"Isaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Without communicate()[0] the screen is blank and no prompt.
Ah. I see.
OK, Thanks for clarifying that.
I should have tried both versions, I only checked that my version
did, in fact, clear the screen, I didn't check how yours
behaved - naughty!
Alan G.
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> "Isaac"
> > I have the following in my PYTHONSTARTUP file
> >
> > def clear():
> >x = subprocess.Popen("clear").communicate(None)[0]
> >return x
> >
>
> Yes, but can't you simplify this to just:
>
>
> import subprocess
> def clear():
> subProcess.Popen('clear')
>
> if all you want to
"Isaac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> I have the following in my PYTHONSTARTUP file
>
> def clear():
>x = subprocess.Popen("clear").communicate(None)[0]
>return x
>
> Am in correct in my interpretation of the interpreter?
Yes, but can't you simplify this to just:
import subprocess
d
Hello tutors!
I have the following in my PYTHONSTARTUP file
def clear():
x = subprocess.Popen("clear").communicate(None)[0]
return x
so that when I type:
clear()
at the prompt, my terminal screen clears and I get only my prompt at the top
of the screen.
without the index at the end of
