mitranim / emptty

Clears the terminal, for real. (But probably only on my system.)

Overview

Clears the terminal, for real. (But probably only on my system.)

Why

Googling brings up bizarre advice:

• Calling a subprocess, when all you needed was to print a few bytes.
• Scrolling the viewport without clearing the scrollback.

Enough! emptty provides several functions including a "hard clear" that should empty the TTY for real.

Usage

import "github.com/mitranim/emptty"

emptty.ClearHard()

See https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/mitranim/emptty for the full API.

Compatibility

Works on everything I tested:

• MacOS Terminal.
• iTerm2.
• Microsoft Terminal running Ubuntu under WSL.
• Terminus (Sublime Text plugin).

May or may not work in other emulators.

License

https://unlicense.org

Misc

I'm receptive to suggestions. If this library almost satisfies you but needs changes, open an issue or chat me up. Contacts: https://mitranim.com/#contacts