r.executeInTerminal undoes clearing console with ctrl + L

[dorothee-j]

Problem:

I use Ctrl + L to clear the R console. However, whenever I send commands from a script to the console using r.executeInTerminal. (In my case bound to Ctrl + Enter), the console "comes down" again, with all its previous contents. (It basically "undoes" Ctrl +L)
This does not happen when I type commands directly into the R console. And its also not happening when using Ctrl + R in the "vanilla" R programm.

As they say, a picture is worth more than a thousand words:

Things I considered:

• Couldn't find a description of my issue anywhere online.
• Scrolled through the settings for the extension, nothing striking me.
• As mentioned earlier, this does not happen in the "standard" R program.

Any hints or help would be much obliged. :)

[MikhailArkhipov]

Related microsoft/vscode#20013. Terminal content is 100% recreated when window reloads.

[MikhailArkhipov]

So I tried R.exe (this is what VS Code runs) and Ctrl+L does not clear it. Ctrl+L does work in RGui app. Are you on Windows or Mac?

[seebruck]

I'm also running R in VSCode and Ctrl + L does not clear the console. If I open RGui on its own, Ctrl + L works fine. I'm not sure what the problem is, but as a workaround I simply made a custom keyboard shortcut in VSCode.

1. First, open VSCode's keybindings.json by typing Ctrl + Shift + P to bring up the Command Palette (alternatively: View > Command Palette)
2. In the Command Palette search box, input "Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON)" and select it.
3. This will open the Keyboard Shortcuts (JSON) editor, where you can now enter the following: {"key": "ctrl+l", "command":"workbench.action.terminal.clear"}