.TH vga_clear 3 "27 July 1997" "Svgalib (>= 1.2.11)" "Svgalib User Manual"
.SH NAME
vga_clear \- clear the screen
.SH SYNOPSIS

.B "#include <vga.h>"

.BI "int vga_clear(void);"

.SH DESCRIPTION
Clears the screen and sets all visible pixels to 0 (which is usually black). This is
automatically done by a
.BR vga_setmode (3)
call.

The function always returns 0 (on which you should probably not really rely).
.SH SEE ALSO

.BR svgalib (7),
.BR vgagl (7),
.BR libvga.config (5),
.BR vga_setmode (3),
.BR vga_setcolor (3),
.BR vga_setrgbcolor (3),
.BR vga_getpixel (3),
.BR vga_drawpixel (3),
.BR vga_drawline (3),
.BR vga_drawscanline (3),
.BR vga_drawscansegment (3),
.BR vga_getscansegment (3)
.SH AUTHOR

This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>. The
exact source of the referenced function as well as of the original documentation is
unknown.

It is very likely that both are at least to some extent are due to
Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>.

Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby
asked to be excused by the original author and will happily accept any additions or corrections
to this first version of the svgalib manual.