ncurses 6.2 - patch 20210102

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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
  <!-- 
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  <!-- 
    ****************************************************************************
-  * Copyright (c) 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+  * Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                     *
+  * Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
    *                                                                          *
    * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
    * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
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    * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
    * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
    * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
    * authorization.                                                           *
    ****************************************************************************
    * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
    * authorization.                                                           *
    ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: clear.1,v 1.17 2017/08/19 14:12:50 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: clear.1,v 1.23 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp @
    * these would be fallbacks for DS/DE,
    * but groff changed the meaning of the macros.
  -->
    * these would be fallbacks for DS/DE,
    * but groff changed the meaning of the macros.
  -->
@@ -34,15 +35,15 @@
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+<meta name="generator" content="Manpage converted by man2html - see https://invisible-island.net/scripts/readme.html#others_scripts">
  <TITLE>clear 1</TITLE>
  <TITLE>clear 1</TITLE>
-<link rev=made href="mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org">
+<link rel="author" href="mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org">
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-<STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>                                                              <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>                    General Commands Manual                   <STRONG><A HREF="clear.1.html">clear(1)</A></STRONG>
  
  
  
  
  
  
@@ -70,9 +71,10 @@
  
  </PRE><H2><a name="h2-OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
         <STRONG>-T</STRONG> <EM>type</EM>
  
  </PRE><H2><a name="h2-OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></H2><PRE>
         <STRONG>-T</STRONG> <EM>type</EM>
-            indicates the <EM>type</EM> of terminal.  Normally this option is  unneces-
-            sary,  because  the default is taken from the environment variable
-            <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>.
+            indicates  the  <EM>type</EM>  of  terminal.   Normally  this   option   is
+            unnecessary,  because  the  default  is taken from the environment
+            variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>.  If <STRONG>-T</STRONG> is specified, then the shell variables <STRONG>LINES</STRONG>
+            and <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> will also be ignored.
  
         <STRONG>-V</STRONG>   reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and
              exits.  The options are as follows:
  
         <STRONG>-V</STRONG>   reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and
              exits.  The options are as follows:
@@ -82,20 +84,21 @@
  
  
  </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
  
  
  </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
-       A <STRONG>clear</STRONG> command appeared in 2.79BSD dated  February  24,  1979.   Later
+       A  <STRONG>clear</STRONG>  command  appeared  in 2.79BSD dated February 24, 1979.  Later
         that was provided in Unix 8th edition (1985).
  
         that was provided in Unix 8th edition (1985).
  
-       AT&amp;T  adapted  a  different  BSD  program  (<STRONG>tset</STRONG>) to make a new command
-       (<STRONG>tput</STRONG>), and used this to replace the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> command with a shell  script
+       AT&amp;T adapted a different BSD program  (<STRONG>tset</STRONG>)  to  make  a  new  command
+       (<STRONG>tput</STRONG>),  and used this to replace the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> command with a shell script
         which calls <STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>clear</STRONG>, e.g.,
  
         which calls <STRONG>tput</STRONG> <STRONG>clear</STRONG>, e.g.,
  
-         /usr/bin/tput ${1:+-T$1} clear 2&gt; /dev/null
-         exit
+           /usr/bin/tput ${1:+-T$1} clear 2&gt; /dev/null
+           exit
  
  
-       In 1989, when Keith Bostic revised the BSD <STRONG>tput</STRONG> command to make it sim-
-       ilar to the AT&amp;T <STRONG>tput</STRONG>, he added a shell script for the <STRONG>clear</STRONG> command:
+       In 1989, when Keith Bostic revised the BSD  <STRONG>tput</STRONG>  command  to  make  it
+       similar  to  the  AT&amp;T  <STRONG>tput</STRONG>,  he  added  a  shell script for the <STRONG>clear</STRONG>
+       command:
  
  
-         exec tput clear
+           exec tput clear
  
         The remainder of the script in each case is a copyright notice.
  
  
         The remainder of the script in each case is a copyright notice.
  
@@ -108,14 +111,14 @@
             sequence for clearing the screen.  Rather than  clearing  just  the
             visible part of the screen using
  
             sequence for clearing the screen.  Rather than  clearing  just  the
             visible part of the screen using
  
-             printf '\033[2J'
+               printf '\033[2J'
  
             one could clear the <EM>scrollback</EM> using
  
  
             one could clear the <EM>scrollback</EM> using
  
-             printf '\033[<STRONG>3</STRONG>J'
+               printf '\033[<STRONG>3</STRONG>J'
  
  
-           This  is  documented in <EM>XTerm</EM> <EM>Control</EM> <EM>Sequences</EM> as a feature origi-
-           nating with xterm.
+           This  is  documented  in  <EM>XTerm</EM>  <EM>Control</EM>  <EM>Sequences</EM>  as  a  feature
+           originating with xterm.
  
         <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A few other terminal developers adopted the feature, e.g., PuTTY in
             2006.
  
         <STRONG>o</STRONG>   A few other terminal developers adopted the feature, e.g., PuTTY in
             2006.
@@ -147,7 +150,7 @@
  </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
         <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
  
  </PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
         <STRONG><A HREF="tput.1.html">tput(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
  
-       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20170819).
+       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20210102).