[Konsole-devel] [Bug 158235] New: Add support for xterm CSI 3 J sequence

[Matthew Woehlke]

Matthew Woehlke wrote:
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> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158235         
>            Summary: Add support for xterm CSI 3 J sequence
>            Product: konsole
>            Version: unspecified
>           Platform: Compiled Sources
>         OS/Version: Linux
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: wishlist
>           Priority: NOR
>          Component: general
>         AssignedTo: konsole-devel kde org
>         ReportedBy: mw_triad users sourceforge net
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> Version:           2.1 (using Devel)
> Installed from:    Compiled sources
> OS:                Linux
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> While looking at http://rtfm.etla.org/xterm/ctlseq.html (mentioned in bug #158905), I noticed the '3' variant of the clear sequence CSI # J, which is described as "Erase Saved Lines". That sounds a whole lot like "clear history", and sure enough, in xterm that's what it does.
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> I know Konsole has the new 'send commands via escape sequences' thing, but that has the disadvantage of a: being very long to type, and b: clear history must be done by disabling history and re-enabling (which means if you had it on 'unlimited' and change it "back" to fixed... oops).
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> How about recognizing CSI 3 J (a.k.a. '\e[3J' a.k.a. '^[[3J') ala xterm?

Robert: ping?

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Matthew
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