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by mihai_sucan 4466 days ago
We have Ctrl-L for clear output.
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⌘+K is consistent across other apps on OS X (e.g. Terminal)
But ^L is also consistent with Terminal, across all platforms, at least in bash and other programs that use readline. :)
We've had long discussions and arguing over cmd-k, ctrl-L, and all the shortcuts we could use. cmd-k takes over the search field focus.

This is a bitter pill: any shortcut we choose is a different kind of 'wrong'.

I'd throw in a vote for cmd+k to clear