Function: comint-truncate-buffer

comint-truncate-buffer is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in comint.el.gz.

Signature

(comint-truncate-buffer &optional STRING)

Documentation

Truncate the buffer to comint-buffer-maximum-size.

This function could be on comint-output-filter-functions or bound to a key.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 19.29.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/comint.el.gz
(defun comint-truncate-buffer (&optional _string)
  "Truncate the buffer to `comint-buffer-maximum-size'.
This function could be on `comint-output-filter-functions' or bound to a key."
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
    (goto-char (process-mark (get-buffer-process (current-buffer))))
    (forward-line (- comint-buffer-maximum-size))
    (beginning-of-line)
    (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
      (delete-region (point-min) (point)))))