readline: make `ctrl + L` clear the screen

12 years ago · 18574bfaf1
1 changed files with 6 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/lib/readline.js
+++ b/lib/readline.js
@ -663,6 +663,12 @@ Interface.prototype._ttyWrite = function(s, key) {
        this._moveCursor(+1);
        break;

+      case 'l': // clear the whole screen
+        exports.cursorTo(this.output, 0, 0);
+        exports.clearScreenDown(this.output);
+        this._refreshLine();
+        break;
+
      case 'n': // next history item
        this._historyNext();
        break;