From caraway78 at yahoo.com Sun Aug 13 13:54:13 2017 From: caraway78 at yahoo.com (Lee caraway) Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 17:54:13 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Idle-dev] clear screen in idle References: <137545221.845100.1502646853783.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <137545221.845100.1502646853783@mail.yahoo.com> Hello, I am new to python and I find it odd that their is not a "clear screen" command ?for the IDLE window.I am in windows 10 I can do: ? >>>import os >>>os.system('cls') ? The window flashs and tries to clear the screen but fails. Please help. Lee Caraway PhD -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tjreedy at udel.edu Wed Aug 23 21:09:00 2017 From: tjreedy at udel.edu (Terry Reedy) Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:09:00 -0400 Subject: [Idle-dev] clear screen in idle In-Reply-To: <137545221.845100.1502646853783@mail.yahoo.com> References: <137545221.845100.1502646853783.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <137545221.845100.1502646853783@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <84e9c11c-5c12-57ce-9a9e-692601127704@udel.edu> On 8/13/2017 1:54 PM, Lee caraway via IDLE-dev wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to python and I find it odd that their is not a "clear screen" > command ?for the IDLE window. > I am in windows 10 > > I can do: > > >>>import os > >>>os.system('cls') > > The window flashs and tries to clear the screen but fails. > > Please help. Non-members are not generally allowed to post messages to this list, both to block spam and so that people get answers. In editor, select all (cntl-a), delete. In shell, it is a low priority item with some unresolved issues. see https://bugs.python.org/issue6143 -- Terry Jan Reedy