From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Add function eshell/clear to clear current eshell buffer Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 19:06:44 -0400 Organization: =?utf-8?B?0KLQtdC+0LTQvtGAINCX0LvQsNGC0LDQvdC+0LI=?= @ Cienfuegos Message-ID: <87pp71m3y3.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <874mpwhxml.fsf@gmail.com> <83lhj7lcgn.fsf@gnu.org> <87y4n7e1bn.fsf@gmail.com> <831tkz6yh1.fsf@gnu.org> <87oao23dbb.fsf@gmail.com> <20150309101126.GA11863@boo.workgroup> <83twxu5fh5.fsf@gnu.org> <87y4lpofl5.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83vbgt7gqw.fsf@gnu.org> <87d231o954.fsf@lifelogs.com> <83r3rh7dsb.fsf@gnu.org> <87mw25sbvx.fsf@gmail.com> <83lhhp795h.fsf@gnu.org> <87fv7xi48y.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429398624 12070 80.91.229.3 (18 Apr 2015 23:10:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 23:10:24 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 19 01:10:15 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YjbsM-0002eb-BY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 01:10:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47085 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjbsL-0000z9-JI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 19:10:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53525) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjbsI-0000ys-SL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 19:10:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjbsD-00007C-Sb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 19:10:10 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:55432) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjbsD-00005V-Ml for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Apr 2015 19:10:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YjbsB-0002Xt-WB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 01:10:04 +0200 Original-Received: from c-98-229-61-72.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([98.229.61.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 01:10:03 +0200 Original-Received: from tzz by c-98-229-61-72.hsd1.ma.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 01:10:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 29 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-229-61-72.hsd1.ma.comcast.net X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GLGOL5Pqh0PBWFH06J2Eq2jYU8c= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:185643 Archived-At: On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 01:43:49 +0530 vibhavp@gmail.com wrote: v> Attached a patch which adds a clear-scrollback command to eshell. If it v> looks good, I'll push the patch to master with the relevant info in v> etc/NEWS. v> diff --git a/lisp/eshell/esh-mode.el b/lisp/eshell/esh-mode.el v> index 15120cb..21026b2 100644 v> --- a/lisp/eshell/esh-mode.el v> +++ b/lisp/eshell/esh-mode.el v> @@ -878,6 +878,12 @@ When run interactively, widen the buffer first." v> (insert (make-string number-newlines ?\n))) v> (eshell-send-input)) v> +(defun eshell/clear-scrollback () v> + "Clear the scrollback content of the eshell window." v> + (interactive) v> + (let ((inhibit-read-only t)) v> + (erase-buffer))) v> + v> (defun eshell-get-old-input (&optional use-current-region) v> "Return the command input on the current line." v> (if use-current-region That looks great. Could you also make it available through `C-u M-x eshell/clear'? Or maybe "clear t" at the prompt? Whatever you think is best. Ted