FEATURE REQUEST: Option to clear terminal before 'Compile active file'

Brief Issue Summary

There is currently an option to Clear Output Before Build which clears the output window “CMake/Build” when you run the CMake: Build command, but there is no option to clear the output when running CMake: Compile Active File which has its output in the terminal window.

I would like an option to clear the output before compiling the active file, either by clearing the terminal, or making that command redirect to the same “CMake/Build” output window used by the build command.

Expected:

1. Run CMake: Compile Active File
2. Scroll to top of terminal window to find the first error to fix

Apparent Behavior:

1. Run CMake: Compile Active File
2. Scroll to top of terminal window and see errors from an earlier run
3. Manually clear the terminal and try again

[mqtthiqs]

Hello, I found this issue google for a way to clear the Output tab when Building+running. The new option does clear the output when running “CMake: Build” but not when running “CMake: Run without debugging”. Woudn’t it be more consistent if the option also acted on the other ways to build?

[andreeis]

This fix is available in CMake Tools #1.4.0 which has been released.