From 18574bfaf1c408fd87b69fa4d041a9f3050d6754 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuan Chuan <yuanchuan23@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 15:48:36 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] readline: make `ctrl + L` clear the screen

---
 lib/readline.js | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/readline.js b/lib/readline.js
index 83b425c4df2..dbd83ea872c 100644
--- 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;