erc and the /clear command

erc and the /clear command

[J. David Boyd]

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

Re: erc and the /clear command

[Marco Parrone]

J. David Boyd on 13 Sep 2004 14:09:19 -0400 writes:

> 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.

You can move the point to the line _before_ the ERC prompt, so that
the point does not get moved, and you can continue reading from where
you stopped.

  C-p

Or, you can set the mark on the line _before_ the ERC prompt, 

  C-p M->

and you exchange the point and the mark when you want to jump back.

  C-x C-x

Or, you can kill the text you have read (you set the mark before the
ERC prompt, then you move the point to the top of the page, then you
kill the region, and you move the point back to the ERC prompt).

  C-p C-a M-< C-w M->

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Re: erc and the /clear command

[J. David Boyd]

Thanks, this is what I was looking for...

Dave