On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote:
> If you want do do this version portably, hook into the Python curses module
> and get the result of curses.tigetstr('el'). If that returns None, the
> terminal does not support clear-to-end-of-line and you should use the
> spaces-overwrite technique. But if it returns a string, you can write that
> string, whatever it is, to erase to the end of the line.
>
> Most modern terminals are ANSI supersets, but the terminfo database has a
> huge suite of descriptions of terminals, and this will get your the right
> sequence, whatever that may be, for your current terminal.Fair point. I hard-coded it in LetMeKnow because I didn't know of a way to access terminfo in Python; thanks for the tip. Although... > Of course, reaching for the curses module is massive overkill in a sense, > but it is the only way to consult terminfo in the Python stdlib. ... yeah, massive overkill. > But I have to say, I "non-concur." (Non-concur was a term I learned at > IBM. IBM seemed to be a breeding ground for making up words and > phrases, turning verbs into nouns, etc. "Non-concur" seems to be for > those times when saying "I disagree" just isn't strong enough!) > - Robert D. Seidman <rob...@clark.net> Heh. That is so true. My favourite piece of IBM-speak comes from the OS/2 config.sys directive "REIPL=C", which causes fatal errors to be logged to C:\POPUPLOG.OS2 ... of course. http://rosuav.blogspot.com.au/2011/01/reiplophobia.html ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
