extension to idle to clear screen - but how to write to screen?

[Tal Einat]

On Nov 15, 10:20 pm, owl <john_now... at carleton.ca> wrote:
> and here I thought I was going to finally be able to change the world
> AND contribute back to python with my amazing clear screen extension -
> but I can't get it to work. ;(
>
> Copying from ZoomHeight.py and someone else's clever print suggestion:
> -------------------------------------------------
> # My Clear extension: clear a window
>
> class Clear:
>
>     menudefs = [
>         ('windows', [
>             ('_Clear', '<<clear>>'),
>          ])
>     ]
>
>     def __init__(self, editwin):
>         self.editwin = editwin
>
>     def clear_event(self, event):
>         for i in range(60):
>             print
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> It shows up as a menu item, but does not do anything. No output,
> nuffin.
> I did get some sort of 'no connection msg' playing around which leads
> me to believe that I can't really write to the window (at least not
> this simplistically)...
>
> Pointers?

Try this:
self.editiwin.write('\n'*60)


- Tal Einat
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