On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:23:55 +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2011-12-05, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 3:09 AM, Steven D'Aprano >><steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >>> >>> Is there a way to erase the character other than backspacing, writing >>> a space, then backspacing again? That feels inelegant. >> >> Emitting "\b \b" is one very common way to do a destructive backspace. >> Inelegant? Perhaps, but a common inelegance. > > That's pretty much the only way I've seen it done for the past 25 years. > > What would be more elegant?
For backspace to actually backspace, and not just move the cursor. Thanks for those who answered, I guess I'll just do the backspace, space, backspace dance. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
