print '\n'*1000 "Art McClure" <aamccl at yahoo.com> wrote in message news:7adc6872.0402271949.3645d9c at posting.google.com... > May I ask a dumb question? I am working with Python 2.3 IDLE. I want > to completely clear the screen except for the ">>>", of course. What > do I use? I have tried a number of suggestions, but they don't do the > job.