I've said it before and I'll say it again. Why does Python have no platform neutral commands for simple screen manipulation? yabasic (a 'hobby' type language - http://www.yabasic.de/) has commands clear screen, inkey$ and putscreen$ which perform the basic functions of clearing the screen, reading a key press and printing a string at an arbitrary xy position in either Windows or Linux, leaving all the messy implementation away from the user. For me, introducing similar commands in Python would be by far the biggest single improvement that could be made to the language.
Yes, I know the argument that it's up to me to contribute such a module. But I'm afraid my knowledge and skill are way below the threshold needed for such work. Which is why I need it as an addition to the core language! Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
