[Tutor] Looking for a few commands

[Chris Hengge]

Nice Find!

On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 08:50 +0100, Alan Gauld wrote:
> "Chris Hengge" <pyro9219 at gmail.com> wrote
> > Simple command to clear console? (C++ was something like 
> > system.clr())
> > Some sort of cursor positioning? (C++ was something like gotoxy)
> 
> While looking for something else I stumbled across this module in
> the Vaults of Parnassus: WConio
> 
> http://newcenturycomputers.net/projects/wconio.html
> 
> Its a port of the old Borland turboC conio library to Python and there 
> is a
> version for Python versions up to 2.4. Only works for DOS windows
> so far as I can tell, but thats what we wanted...
> 
> It includes amongst many others the functions:
> 
> WConio.clrscr() clears the screen and homes the cursor.
> WConio.cputs(string) prints a string starting at the current cursor 
> position.
> 
> WConio.getch() retrieves a keystroke from the console
> 
> WConio.gettext(left, top, right, bottom) copies characters and 
> attributes from the screen coordinates given and returns them in a 
> string buffer. Usually used with puttext() below.
> 
> WConio.gotoxy(x, y) positions the cursor at the given coordinates.
> 
> etc...
> 
> HTH