Redefining "\n"

[Jason Orendorff]

Dale Strickland-Clark wrote:
> Is there some way to redefine the "\n" escape sequence?
> 
> When preparing strings for the Windows clipboard, I need \x0d\x0a for
> a newline which is a bit cumbersome to insert all over the place.
> 
> It would be neat if I could make "\n" insert some other sequence.
> 
> I know I can do a translation before sending the string to the
> clipboard but this would be nicer.

I know what you're asking... but I can't help thinking that maybe
what you really want is:

def clip(s):
    s = s.replace('\n', '\r\n')
    import win32clipboard as cb
    cb.OpenClipboard()
    cb.EmptyClipboard()
    cb.SetClipboardData(cb.CF_TEXT, s)
    cb.CloseClipboard()

Calling into Win32 is the cumbersomeness-determining step.

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