> I'd prefer to not see a particular terminal types' escape sequence
> hard-coded in the gettytab (even though just about everything that's
> still in use would probably understand ANSI escape sequences).  Perhaps
> something which pinches the default term entry from /etc/ttys and uses
> the clear-screen sequence from the termcap entry for that terminal
> type?

Yah.  An alternative would be to add a gettytab capability which
causes it to send `rows' newlines before printing the login prompt.
Ok, it might annoy folks still using hardcopy terminals ;-).

						- Bill