[Tutor] Is there any way to move the print cursor in IDLE?

[Alan Gauld]

"Luhmann" <luhmann_br at yahoo.com> wrote

>>> for a in range(int(1e+307)):... a=str(a)... b='\b'*len(a)... print(b,a, 
>>> sep='',end='')
> But this only works on the command prompt, in IDLE it will flood the 
> screen. How do I do it?


I don't think you can since IDLEs output window does not obey the
terminal control codes of the console.

You would need to create a GUI display window and place the
output there. EasyGUI may provide a suitable mechanism for doing it.

HTH,


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