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GNS_IETG - Inquire string to erase text screen

Description:
A character string is returned that will clear the text screen if written to the specified device (normally a terminal). The string may contain control characters.

If no string is available a length of zero is returned.


Invocation:
CALL GNS_IETG( IWKID, TXT, LTXT, STATUS )

Arguments:

IWKID = INTEGER (Given)
GKS workstation identifier
TXT = CHARACTER*(GNS__SZTXT) (Returned)
Text string
LTXT = INTEGER (Returned)
Length of text string
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status



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GNS [2.5exrkstation
Starlink User Note 57
David Terrett & Nicholas Eaton
12 July 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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