you could always use ANSI escape codes: print "\\033[2J"
for a screen clear, or print "\\022[2j \033[0;0H" to clear and reset the way "os.system('clear')" would work. check out http://www.termsys.demon.co.uk/vtansi.htm Seems like all that mud programming came in handy after all. Graham. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list