Clearing IDLE's screen?

[Miki Tebeka]

Hell Kurt,

> > I'd like to bind <CTRL+L> so that it will clear IDLE's screen (in the
> > interactive prompt).
> Try this:
> 
> def clear():
>     for i in range(60):
>         print
I'd like to clear the history as well.

> The downside is the buffer can get pretty large.  You have to decide
> if that's a problem.  It hasn't been for me.  
I've found that when the buffer is very big IDLE becomes very slow.
(Happes to me a lot, instead of 
>>> print len(open("X").read())
I do
>>> print open("X").read()
)

> The question for the list is, should Clear be orthogonal to Reset or
> should Clear also do a Reset?
IMO it should just clear. I'd like it to remember my previous
definition and just clear the screen.

Miki