Clearing the terminal

Enrique

Hi,
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I remember reading somewhere that one can print certain control characters that will clear the terminal screen, this using the System.out.print() statement. Needless to say I looked all over but cannot find those characters. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
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Thanks,
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Enrique

Peter Verkaik

Here are the codes I know and their function:

· public static final int JIDE_HOME··· = 1;· //move cursor to upper-left position (home)
· public static final int JIDE_LEFT··· = 3;· //move cursor one position to left
· public static final int JIDE_RIGHT·· = 4;· //move cursor one position to right
· public static final int JIDE_UP····· = 5;· //move cursor one line up
· public static final int JIDE_DOWN··· = 6;· //move cursor one line down
· public static final int JIDE_BELL··· = 7;· //sound bell
· public static final int JIDE_BS····· = 8;· //delete character to left of cursor and move cursor left
· public static final int JIDE_TAB···· = 9;· //appears to be ignored by IDE message window
· public static final int JIDE_NEWLINE = 10; //move cursor to start of next line
· public static final int JIDE_CR····· = 13; //appears to be ignored by IDE message window
· public static final int JIDE_CLS···· = 16; //clear message window and home cursor

regards peter

Enrique

I’m using this statement

System.out.print(“\16&#8221[noparse];)[/noparse];

but the terminal is not cleared


Enrique

Peter Verkaik

I think you need to use
System.out.print('\u0010');
to clear the screen (remember, you need to send a character, not a number or string).
Or use System.out.print((char)JIDE_CLS);

regards peter

Enrique

It worked.


Thanks