Garland W. Binns wrote: > Could someone please tell me a common or semi-frequent scenario in which a > person would use a backspace escape sequence?
Does $ python -c 'print "this is b\bbo\bol\bld\bd"' | less qualify? If you are using (e. g.) Linux this technique is used to show some text in boldface when you type something like >>> help(str) in Python's interactive interpreter. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
