[syslinux] [PATCH 1/1] cmd.c32: allow an option for clearing the screen

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Sat Mar 14 15:25:31 PDT 2009


Gene Cumm wrote:
> 
> Thank you for reminding me about that.  I keep forgetting about the
> terminal control functions.  I wish I would have learned it sooner.
> 
> Initially, I'm surprised that it shrunk that much but it makes sense
> considering how versatile that function is.
> 

Well, part of it was axing the use of sprintf() in favor of strpcpy() as
well.

This bit about screen clearing seems to have come up a few times lately,
and I'm wondering if perhaps something like a clear attribute in the
config file might make more sense (which could be either global or per
label, maybe.)

	-hpa

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