screen clear question

2005-01-01 Thread jcollins
Is there a command in Python to clear the screen? That is without writing multiple blank lines. Thanks. Jim C -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: screen clear question

2005-01-01 Thread Craig Ringer
On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 11:31, jcollins wrote: > Is there a command in Python to clear the screen? That is without writing > multiple blank lines. Without knowing what 'screen' you're talking about, it's hard to say. If you mean clearing a terminal, you can call 'tput clear' or '/usr/bin/clear' on

Re: screen clear question

2005-01-01 Thread Daniel Bickett
import os # windows os.system("cls") # bash ( mac, linux ) os.system("clear") That's all I can account for. Daniel Bickett -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: screen clear question

2005-01-02 Thread Alan Gauld
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 14:23:07 +0800, Craig Ringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-02 at 11:31, jcollins wrote: > > Is there a command in Python to clear the screen? That is without writing > > multiple blank lines. > > Without knowing what 'screen' you're talking about, it's hard to s

Re: screen clear question

2005-01-02 Thread Nick Coghlan
Alan Gauld wrote: But the bottom line is that there is no builtin command because the mechanism is different on each platform. I'd have said it was because the inpreter is line-oriented rather than screen-oriented, but YMMV. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, A

Re: screen clear question

2005-01-02 Thread Alan Gauld
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 02:15:23 +1000, Nick Coghlan > Alan Gauld wrote: > > But the bottom line is that there is no builtin command > > because the mechanism is different on each platform. > > I'd have said it was because the inpreter is line-oriented rather than > screen-oriented, but YMMV. Yeah

Re: screen clear question

2005-01-05 Thread Andrew Robert
Nick Coghlan wrote: Alan Gauld wrote: But the bottom line is that there is no builtin command because the mechanism is different on each platform. I'd have said it was because the inpreter is line-oriented rather than screen-oriented, but YMMV. Cheers, Nick. I would try doing a test against the