On 18:19 Fri 14 Mar , Tim Chase wrote: > On 2014-03-14 10:02, Srikanth Cherla wrote: > > http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_vi_shortcuts_in_terminal. It's great, > > except that ^L (Ctrl + l) does not clear screen any more. I tried > > the two options mentioned in the link but neither of them works. I > > also tried adding the line > > Control+L works in Emacs editing mode (which I tend to prefer for > general command-line operations), but seems to have strange behavior > in vi mode. In some contexts, it seems to correctly clear the > screen; but in other contexts (which I haven't completely sussed > out), it seems to ignore the control+L. You could try explicitly > adding > > "\C-l": clear-screen > > in your ~/.inputrc > > > alias ^L='clear' > > > > in my .bashrc but that didn't work. Can someone suggest what else I > > can do? > > The alias doesn't work for reasons I'd expect for multiple reasons. > > -tim
Just press <Esc> and then CTRL-L, at least it works for me in bash in an xterm. It does not work in in the insert mode. Cheers, Marcin -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
