Eryk Sun added the comment:
> As the legacy cmd.exe can be easily replaced, that leaves python.exe.
python.exe is a console application, which attaches to a console session. Since
Windows 7, each console session is hosted by an instance of conhost.exe.
The CMD shell (cmd.exe) is a console
Mike Miller added the comment:
I found an implementation of this for Windows in case it is needed. Not sure
if it is the best way to do it, as the Console API is rather clumsy. However
this one works to my knowledge:
https://github.com/tartley/colorama/blob/master/colorama/winterm.py#L111
New submission from Mike Miller :
The Ctrl+L as clear-screen hotkey is supported just about everywhere, Unix and
Windows, with the exceptions of cmd.exe and python.exe interactive mode.
As the legacy cmd.exe can be easily replaced, that leaves python.exe. Likely
needs to be configured via
