Re: Add function eshell/clear to clear current eshell buffer

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:59:34 +0200 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote: 

>> Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2015 11:11:26 +0100
>> From: Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net>
>> 
>> Hi Vibhav,
>> * vibhavp@gmail.com <vibhavp@gmail.com> [09. Mar. 2015]:
>> > +(defun eshell/clear ()
>> > +  "Clear the eshell-buffer"
>> 
>> Now this command does not clear the eshell buffer any more, but the
>> eshell window.  I think the doc string should say so because this has
>> security implications: The user may think some info is gone but actually
>> it’s only no longer visible.

EZ> The same happens with a few terminal emulators, so users should
EZ> already be expecting that possibility

But eshell is not a terminal emulator.  It's a shell.  Emacs provides
the text UI around it.

I would rename `eshell/clear' to `eshell/clear-view' and also provide
`eshell/clear-buffer', if that's OK with Vibhav and everyone else?

Ted