3 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/config/preferences.c b/src/config/preferences.c
index fc755bff..c7196ef5 100644
--- a/src/config/preferences.c
+++ b/src/config/preferences.c
@@ -1646,6 +1646,7 @@ _get_group(preference_t pref)
 {
     switch (pref)
     {
+        case PREF_CLEAR_PERSIST_HISTORY:
         case PREF_SPLASH:
         case PREF_BEEP:
         case PREF_THEME:
@@ -1773,6 +1774,8 @@ _get_key(preference_t pref)
 {
     switch (pref)
     {
+        case PREF_CLEAR_PERSIST_HISTORY:
+            return "clear.persist_history";
         case PREF_SPLASH:
             return "splash";
         case PREF_BEEP:
diff --git a/src/config/preferences.h b/src/config/preferences.h
index 1a6250a4..f000fa5b 100644
--- a/src/config/preferences.h
+++ b/src/config/preferences.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 // represents all settings in .profrc
 // each enum value is mapped to a group and key in .profrc (see preferences.c)
 typedef enum {
+    PREF_CLEAR_PERSIST_HISTORY,
     PREF_SPLASH,
     PREF_BEEP,
     PREF_VERCHECK,
diff --git a/src/ui/window.c b/src/ui/window.c
index 49164769..c1624a50 100644
--- a/src/ui/window.c
+++ b/src/ui/window.c
@@ -620,7 +620,15 @@ win_sub_page_up(ProfWin *window)
 void
 win_clear(ProfWin *window)
 {
-    werase(window->layout->win);
+    if (!prefs_get_boolean(PREF_CLEAR_PERSIST_HISTORY)) {
+        werase(window->layout->win);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    int y = getcury(window->layout->win);
+    int *page_start = &(window->layout->y_pos);
+    *page_start = y;
+    window->layout->paged = 1;
     win_update_virtual(window);
 }