Re: [gccsdk] Clear screen under Task Window

The following bytes were arranged on 21 Sep 2012 by tenox@tenox.tc:

> So is there any way to clear the screen output of Edit window from a "text
> mode" application?

From a brief test, the answer would appear to be no. Sorry.

You could try using StrongED instead:

http://stronged.iconbar.com/

Both BASIC's CLS and VDU 12 seem to work with that.

IIRC, getting StrongED to claim TaskWindow requests is a bit tricky.
There's an obey file called !StrongED.Defaults.ClaimFiles, which you
need to edit before StrongED will act as your default text editor. It's
also a good idea to add StrongED to your 'Look at' list on bootup (Menu
over task manager, Configure, Boot, Look at).

> I found that when I double click on the binary produced by gcc it opens a
> small roughly 80x24 window where VDU codes do work.

That's a command window, which doesn't multitask, unlike a TaskWindow.
It's provided by RISC OS, so it can do a lot of things TaskWindows
can't, such as draw graphics.

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