On 10/17/20, Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com> wrote: > > then how about os.clear_terminal() ?
IMO, an os level function such as os.clear_terminal(fd) should only support terminal/console devices and would be implemented in Modules/posixmodule.c. Higher-level behavior and support for IDEs belongs in shutil. > Sure, there's a manageable set of default terminals across the major OSs > (and lInux Desktops), but there are a LOT of others as well, including > IDEs, and even the new Terminal in Windows: I would expect os.clear_terminal() to make exceptions only for popular terminals/consoles, if they don't support the common ANSI sequence to clear the screen. In Windows 10, you can enable virtual terminal (VT) mode by default for all non-legacy console sessions by setting "VirtualTerminalLevel" to 1 in "HKCU\Console". VT mode supports the standard ANSI sequences for clearing the terminal and/or scrollback. Regardless of the VirtualTerminalLevel setting, each tab in Windows Terminal is a headless pseudoconsole session (ConPTY) that has VT mode enabled by default. In all supported versions of Windows, if VT mode is disabled or not supported, as determined by GetConsoleMode, then the console screen buffer can be scrolled or cleared via GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo and ScrollConsoleScreenBuffer, and the cursor can be reset to (0,0) via SetConsoleCursorPosition. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/7TNXGFFPEUUGX7GTL4S4JRV4Q42EJTLL/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
