con_autoclear
OpenJK
Needs review. The inventory/provenance evidence is recorded, but some behavior, options, or attribution still lacks a direct user-facing source.
Automatically clear console input on close
At a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Category | Engine & diagnostics |
| Feature family | Console |
| Module | engine-client |
| Also registered in | engine-client |
| Renderer | All / not renderer-specific |
| Network scope | client-only — Local to the client/UI/renderer. |
| Derivation | documented |
| Confidence | medium |
| In-game xdocs | No |
| In-game menu | No |
| Default | 1 |
| Value type | bool |
| Restart | No latch flag is registered. |
| Cheat protected | No |
Values
| Value | Meaning | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
0 |
Disabled. | codemp/client/cl_console.cpp:76 |
1 |
Enabled. | codemp/client/cl_console.cpp:76 |
Flags
CVAR_ARCHIVE_ND— saved to configuration without marking the cvar as user-created
Provenance
Origin: OpenJK
- Ultimate-origin introduction:
f8564ad61037in OpenJK (content authored2013-09-02, integrated2013-09-02) - Upstream registration evidence: code/client/cl_console.cpp:420
- Attribution method:
shared-earliest-commit-lineage-order - Attribution confidence:
medium - Notes: The earliest authored/submitted introduction is shared by openjk, eternaljk, rend2, taystjk, japro, newjk, vulkan; fork-lineage order selects openjk.
Dated project introductions
Authored dates come from the exact registration’s first content commit, PR dates identify when work was proposed to each project, and integration dates come from each first-parent mainline. A project merging first does not override earlier upstream authorship or submission.
| Project | Authored | PR opened | Integrated | Commit | Relationship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenJK | 2013-09-02 |
— | 2013-09-02 |
f8564ad61037 |
Ultimate origin |
| EternalJK | 2013-09-02 |
— | 2013-09-02 |
f8564ad61037 |
Shared integration commit |
| rend2 | 2013-09-02 |
— | 2013-09-02 |
f8564ad61037 |
Shared integration commit |
| TaystJK | 2013-09-02 |
— | 2013-09-02 |
f8564ad61037 |
Shared integration commit |
| jaPRO | 2013-09-02 |
— | 2013-09-02 |
f8564ad61037 |
Shared integration commit |
| NewJK / NewMod | 2013-09-02 |
— | 2013-09-02 |
f8564ad61037 |
Shared integration commit |
| Vulkan | 2013-09-02 |
— | 2013-09-02 |
f8564ad61037 |
Shared integration commit |
Later changes
These commits occur after the ultimate-origin introduction on TaystJK’s inherited first-parent lineage. Registration evidence is exact; behavior evidence requires a changed bound cvar reference or a changed registered command-handler hunk.
| Date | Change source | Commit / subject | Evidence | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2013-09-02 |
OpenJK | 24a6cf41baac(SP) Add con_autoclear cvar, defaults to 1. Disable this if you want the console input content to remain after the console closes. |
Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. code/client/cl_console.cpp |
medium |
2015-11-24 |
EternalJK | c8f6ea17a324Remove SP code |
Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. code/client/cl_console.cpp |
medium |
2016-03-24 |
EternalJK | c9c6ab99fdd2Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK into japro |
Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. codemp/client/cl_console.cpp |
medium |
2017-08-31 |
OpenJK | 913e3cc57ec7Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK.git |
Changed registration, default, flags, module, renderer scope, handler, or gating. codemp/client/cl_console.cpp |
medium |
Evidence
- registration: codemp/client/cl_console.cpp:660 (Cvar_Get)
- behavior: codemp/client/cl_console.cpp:76