How do I clear just the scrollback buffer?

[salmankhilji]

I want to clear the scrollback buffer—nothing more, nothing less.

When I run the following command in my terminal, it gives me exactly the behavior I want:

printf '\e[3J'

The scrollback is cleared, and my prompt stays in place.

However, when I add the following to my kitty.conf:

map f1 clear_terminal scrollback active
map f2 send_text all \e[3J

Neither F1 nor F2 produces the desired outcome.

• F1 erases the screen and leaves me without a PS1 prompt.
• F2 just beeps.

See: #6460

[kovidgoyal]

You need to configure your shell to send that escape code. There are examples of how to do that in the kitty docs: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#shortcut-kitty.Reset-the-terminal