[Feature Request] Support alias cls='clear' Officially

[Ralf Mardorf]

Hi,

> On 15 Oct 2017, at 09:53, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
> Ralf Mardorf schreef op 15-10-2017 6:22:
>> 
>>> On 14 Oct 2017, at 15:52, 蔡瑋倫 <alan23273850 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 1. From the perspective of keyboard typing, "cls" is much easier to type than "clear."
>> what is speaking against using Ctrl+L ?
> Does the existence of Ctrl+L speak against the existence of the "clear" command? So, moot point.

no, that's why a 'clear' command does exist ;).

However, if 'clear' should be too much to type when writing a scrip, there are better workarounds regarding script portability, than using an alias for 'clear' ;).

FWIW using an alias such as 'll' when posting to a Linux related mailing list is frowned upon for good reasons. Anyway, making 'll' a default is something completely different, than making 'cls' a default alias.

Nothing is speaking against using the alias 'cls', I'm not against it, but I dislike making too many aliases a default for a distro.

Basic shell commands should be the same for all distros, adding too many aliases to a distro, especially the MS DOS related ones, could cause confusing distro specific accents.

Q: "Do you know dash and bash?"
A: "Yes, but only the Ubuntu accent!"

Regards,
Ralf