[New-bugs-announce] [issue23220] IDLE does not display \b backspace correctly.

[Al Sweigart]

New submission from Al Sweigart:

IDLE cannot display the \b backspace character correctly. From IDLE's interactive shell:

>>> print('hello\b\b\b\b\bHELLO')
hello◙◙◙◙◙HELLO

Whereas from cmd:

>>> print('hello\b\b\b\b\bHELLO')
HELLO

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messages: 233828
nosy: Al.Sweigart
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: IDLE does not display \b backspace correctly.
versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5

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