From 544733d9c9a950b402c95cc3268983b830c88932 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kdmukai <keith.mukai@essaytagger.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 21:09:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Clears screen on debugging crash or SIGTERM

Minor convenience when debugging
---
 controller.py | 6 +++++-
 views/view.py | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/controller.py b/controller.py
index be26ee3a..07409f8c 100644
--- a/controller.py
+++ b/controller.py
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ class Controller:
 
             self.menu_view.draw_modal(["Crashed ..."], "", "requires hard restart")
         else:
-            self.show_main_menu()
+            try:
+                self.show_main_menu()
+            finally:
+                self.menu_view.display_blank_screen()
+
 
     ### Menu
     ### Menu View handles navigation within the menu
diff --git a/views/view.py b/views/view.py
index 5f46cf70..5bb65b62 100644
--- a/views/view.py
+++ b/views/view.py
@@ -193,3 +193,8 @@ class View:
         tw, th = View.draw.textsize(line4, font=View.IMPACT20)
         View.draw.text(((240-tw)/2, 160), line4, fill="ORANGE", font=View.IMPACT20)
         View.DispShowImage()
+
+
+    def display_blank_screen(self):
+        View.draw.rectangle((0, 0, View.canvas_width, View.canvas_height), outline=0, fill=0)
+        View.DispShowImage()