Hyper: Using "clear" command doesn't clear the screen buffer

[axelitus]

Using the clear command doesn't clear the screen buffer.

This happens in both these situations:

• Using the clear command through linux commands added to the path with git installation.
• Connected to a linux vagrant machine through ssh

Using "cls" command (while in DOS prompt) works fine.

Screenshot:

Hyper 1.3.3
Electron 1.4.16
win32 x64 10.0.15063

[SHewitt95]

I ran into a similar issue on a similar system setup. This comment and this comment resolved the issue for me.

[axelitus]

I had tried your suggestion and it worked (with both, cygwin and msys).

set TERM=cygwin
clear

I tried setting the Environment Variable so it would be fixed and every time I opened Hyper it would have it configured. It does not work, every time I open the console it has TERM=xterm-256color set, and I don't know where it's being set.

Update: I set a Windows environment variable, but I later found out that in hyper config file there's a key for environment variables.

I've tried looking in %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\lxss\home\%USER%.bashrc which is the location of the .bashrc file for "Bash on Ubuntu on Windows" without luck. any ideas? I think it would be best if Hyper added xterm-256color to the list of terms with such behavior though.

[axelitus]

Mmmmm it's strange. It looks as if Hyper is the one setting the term to xterm-256color

I got it working from the Hyper configuration file:

env: {
    TERM: 'cygwin'
}

I still think it's better to add xterm support to Hyper.

[axelitus]

This is still an issue in version 1.4.3

I don't now the internals, but I don't know why this doesn't work, as it works fine in both CMD.exe and PowerShell.

[Magneticmagnum]

Try updating to 1.4.7. It should be resolved now.

[axelitus]

Still not working. Trying with the new 1.4.7 and with a clean .hyper.js config file.

[technbuzz]

I am on version 2.0.2 but still facing this issue. BTW I am on windows and 've set hyper for bash

[esechres]

I am on version 2.0.0 (stable) and still facing the issue where 'clear' does not work. The "shell" is set to shell: 'C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-cmd.exe', and TERM is set to xterm-color. While setting TERM to cygwin allows 'clear' to work, it causes problems with vi/vim.

[tiagoboeing]

Same problem...

Temporary use CTRL + Shift + K to clear the commands!

[Ben2015-2015]

1. echo $SHELL to check what type of shell
2. follow this https://kb.iu.edu/d/acpy

[tracker1]

hyper 2.1.1 stable

Windows, Git For Windows's Bash... Clear and \022[2J both fail to work properly in Hyper.

from Configuration

    shell: 'C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe',
    shellArgs: ['-i'],
    env: {
      CHERE_INVOKING: "1",
      TERM: "cygwin",
    },

Setting TERM in my ~/.profile to cygwin works, but the configuration option doesn't seem to be tacking for env.

@tiagoboeing - when I use CTRL + SHIFT + K it mostly clears, but the active line still has text clobbering the current line and as soon as ENTER is pressed the clobbered screen re-appears.

[tiagoboeing]

This problem is not only for Hyper, when you are using Git Bash for Windows and integrate in a terminal external, bugs happens.

I'm using Terminus and CTRL + SHIFT + K have same problem.