feat(term): implement clear() method

Clears all but the bottommost row of the terminal (including scrollback
buffer) and moves the bottommost row to the top.

addons/godot_xterm/native/src/terminal.cpp

@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ void Terminal::_bind_methods()
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_copy_on_selection"), &Terminal::get_copy_on_selection);
 	ClassDB::add_property("Terminal", PropertyInfo(Variant::BOOL, "copy_on_selection"), "set_copy_on_selection", "get_copy_on_selection");
 
-	// Methods.
+	// Other methods.
-
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("clear"), &Terminal::clear);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("write", "data"), &Terminal::write);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_cursor_pos"), &Terminal::get_cursor_pos);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_cell_size"), &Terminal::get_cell_size);
@@ -642,6 +642,19 @@ double Terminal::get_blink_off_time() const
 	return blink_off_time;
 }
 
+void Terminal::clear() {
+  // Resize the terminal to a single row, forcing content above in to the scrollback buffer.
+  tsm_screen_resize(screen, cols, 1);
+
+  // Clear the scrollback buffer (hence clearing the content that was above).
+  tsm_screen_clear_sb(screen);
+
+  // Resize the screen to its original size.
+  tsm_screen_resize(screen, cols, rows);
+
+  refresh();
+}
+
 String Terminal::_copy_screen(ScreenCopyFunction func) {
 	char *out;
 	PackedByteArray data;

addons/godot_xterm/native/src/terminal.h

@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ namespace godot
     void set_blink_off_time(const double p_blink_off_time);
     double get_blink_off_time() const;
 
+    void clear();
+
     String copy_all();
     String copy_selection();
     void set_copy_on_selection(const bool p_enable);

test/test_rendering.gd

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ func get_described_class():
 func pick_cell_color(cell := Vector2i(0, 0)) -> Color:
 	var cell_size = subject.get_cell_size()
 	var pixelv = Vector2(cell) * cell_size + (cell_size / 2)
-	return get_viewport().get_texture().get_image().get_pixelv(cell_size / 2)
+	return get_viewport().get_texture().get_image().get_pixelv(pixelv)
 
 
 func before_each():
@@ -27,9 +27,20 @@ func before_each():
 class TestRendering:
 	extends RenderingTest
 
+	# Fill the terminal with colored blocks.
+	func fill_color(color = Color.BLACK, rows: int = subject.get_rows()):
+		subject.write("\u001b[38;2;%d;%d;%dm" % [color.r8, color.g8, color.b8])
+		subject.write("█".repeat(subject.get_cols() * rows))
+
+	func test_render():
+		fill_color(Color.BLUE)
+		await wait_for_signal(subject.draw, 3)
+		await wait_frames(15)
+		var cell_color = pick_cell_color()
+		assert_eq(cell_color, Color.BLUE)
+
 	func test_update():
-		subject.write("\u001b[38;2;255;0;0m")
+		fill_color(Color.RED)
-		subject.write("█".repeat(subject.get_cols() * subject.get_rows()))
 		await get_tree().physics_frame
 		subject.queue_redraw()
 		await wait_for_signal(subject.draw, 3)
@@ -37,6 +48,30 @@ class TestRendering:
 		var cell_color = pick_cell_color(Vector2i(0, 0))
 		assert_eq(cell_color, Color.RED)
 
+	func test_clear_clears_all_but_the_first_row():
+		await wait_frames(15)
+		var cell = Vector2i(0, 1)  # Pick a cell not on the first row.
+		var original_color = pick_cell_color(cell)
+		call_deferred("fill_color", Color.CYAN)
+		await wait_for_signal(subject.draw, 3)
+		await wait_frames(15)
+		subject.clear()
+		await wait_for_signal(subject.draw, 3)
+		await wait_frames(15)
+		var cell_color = pick_cell_color(cell)
+		assert_eq(cell_color, original_color)
+
+	func test_clear_keeps_the_last_row():
+		fill_color(Color.GREEN)
+		fill_color(Color.ORANGE, 1)
+		await wait_for_signal(subject.draw, 3)
+		await wait_frames(15)
+		subject.clear()
+		await wait_for_signal(subject.draw, 3)
+		await wait_frames(15)
+		var cell_color = pick_cell_color(Vector2i(0, 0))
+		assert_eq(cell_color, Color.ORANGE)
+
 
 class TestKeyPressed:
 	extends RenderingTest

test/test_terminal.gd

@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ func before_each():
 	subject.size = Vector2(400, 200)
 
 
+# Helper function to fill the screen with the given character.
+func fill_screen(char: String = "A") -> String:
+	var result = char.repeat(subject.get_cols() * subject.get_rows())
+	subject.write(result)
+	return result
+
+
 class TestInterface:
 	extends TerminalTest
 
@@ -44,8 +51,7 @@ class TestInterface:
 
 	# Methods.
 
-	# TODO: Implement clear() method.
+	func test_has_method_clear():
-	func xtest_has_method_clear():
 		assert_has_method_with_return_type("clear", TYPE_NIL)
 
 	func test_has_method_copy_all():
@@ -196,11 +202,6 @@ class TestWrite:
 class TestCopy:
 	extends TerminalTest
 
-	func fill_screen(char: String = "A") -> String:
-		var result = char.repeat(subject.get_cols() * subject.get_rows())
-		subject.write(result)
-		return result
-
 	func test_copy_all_copies_the_entire_screen():
 		var text = fill_screen()
 		# The text will be wrapped over multiple lines and copy_all() preserves
@@ -220,3 +221,22 @@ class TestCopy:
 		var text = "ｱｲｳｴｵｶｷｸｹｺｻｼｽｾｿ"
 		subject.write(text)
 		assert_string_contains(subject.copy_all(), text)
+
+
+class TestClear:
+	extends TerminalTest
+
+	func test_clear_an_empty_screen_changes_nothing():
+		var empty_screen = subject.copy_all()
+		subject.clear()
+		var screen_after = subject.copy_all()
+		assert_eq(screen_after, empty_screen)
+
+	func test_clear_when_screen_is_full_clears_all_but_the_bottommost_row():
+		fill_screen()
+		var final_line = "THIS SHOULDN'T BE CLEARED"
+		subject.write(final_line)
+		subject.clear()
+		var screen_after = subject.copy_all()
+		var expected = final_line + "\n".repeat(subject.get_rows())
+		assert_eq(screen_after, expected)