Re: Wish list: clear stata result screen

[Daniel Lawson <dlawson1@nd.edu>]

Rather than guessing the monitor size, how about an ado file like this?

*! version 0.1 8nov2004
program define cls
qui query
qui loc lines = c(pagesize)
if c(more) == "on" {
  qui set more off
  display _newline(`lines')
  qui set more on
}
else {
  display _newline(`lines')
}
end

Peace,
Daniel Lawson

On Nov 8, 2004, at 3:09 PM, Nick Cox wrote:

> This is better than my earlier suggestion,
> which please ignore.
>
> That said, the -n(200)- here means 200 newlines.
> You may have a big monitor that makes this
> an optimal answer, but again it may be too high.
>
> Nick
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
>
> Dan Menes
>
> > There doesn't seem to be a "clear" command, but
> >
> > display _newline(200)
> >
> > is a little simpler than the loop you suggested.  Make sure
> > you do a "set more off" first.
> Renzo Comolli
>
> > A small addition to the Stata Wish list: a command for "Clear
> > stata result
> > screen"
> > I think there is no such a command (I looked hard for it).
> >
> > At the moment, I use an ado file I wrote (below), but for
> > some reason it is
> > slow to execute.
> > If any person on Statalist has any idea to make it faster, I
> > would greatly
> > appreciate.
> >
> > program define cls2
> >         forvalues n=1/2000 {
> >         display ""
> >         local ++n
> >         }
> > end
> > exit
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