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Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com> writes:

> This reminds me that clear, as in clear(1) or
> /usr/bin/clear , doesn't do anything in
> Shell mode either (Shell mode as in shell.el).
>
> But hey, aren't programmers trained to see the
> beauty in symmetry?


Yeah, a little I guess.

But wasn't it Emerson that said the line about "a foolish consistency", and
what is symmetry but consistency taken to an extreme?