From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dave@adboyd.com (J. David Boyd) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: erc and the /clear command Date: 13 Sep 2004 14:09:19 -0400 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <81oekados0.fsf@adboyd.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1095099180 7176 80.91.229.6 (13 Sep 2004 18:13:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 18:13:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 13 20:12:28 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C6vJT-0004CG-00 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:12:28 +0200 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by hermes.netfonds.no (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i8DIAJOn006916 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:10:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C6vMx-000428-3P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:16:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C6vMn-00041w-PT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:15:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C6vMn-00041d-5o for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:15:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C6vMn-00041a-3I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:15:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C6vGm-0002AA-44 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:09:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C6vGk-0008Fi-00 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:09:38 +0200 Original-Received: from wbar5.tampa1-4-11-125-246.dsl-verizon.net ([4.11.125.246]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:09:37 +0200 Original-Received: from dave by wbar5.tampa1-4-11-125-246.dsl-verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 13 Sep 2004 20:09:37 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 10 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: wbar5.tampa1-4-11-125-246.dsl-verizon.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:20664 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:20664 Is there a flag, variable setting, etc, so that the /clear command in ERC will actually clean out the buffer, rathern than just push it out of site. I need someway to 'mark' the last place I was when I was reading a newsgroup, and /clear seemed like the perfect way, if it actually removed all old text. Dave