From 07203c67ca39cfc343d739b8b0b7b6d241fc5478 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 08:28:54 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about why kitty terminfo does not have E3

See #6255
---
 kitty/terminfo.py | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kitty/terminfo.py b/kitty/terminfo.py
index a8aa010ce..91a61b7f7 100644
--- a/kitty/terminfo.py
+++ b/kitty/terminfo.py
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ string_capabilities = {
     'civis': r'\E[?25l',
     # Clear screen
     'clear': r'\E[H\E[2J',
+    # Clear scrollback. This is disabled because the clear program on Linux by default, without
+    # an option, uses it and nukes the scrollback. What's more this behavior was silently changed
+    # around 2010? Given clear is maintained as part of ncurses this kind of crap is no surprise.
+    # 'E3': r'\E[3J',
     # Make cursor appear normal
     'cnorm': r'\E[?12h\E[?25h',
     # Carriage return