Re: [Tutor] Looking for a few commands

2006-09-10 Thread Chris Hengge
Nice Find! On Sun, 2006-09-10 at 08:50 +0100, Alan Gauld wrote: > "Chris Hengge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > Simple command to clear console? (C++ was something like > > system.clr()) > > Some sort of cursor positioning? (C++ was something like gotoxy) > > While looking for something else I st

Re: [Tutor] Looking for a few commands

2006-09-10 Thread Alan Gauld
"Chris Hengge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Simple command to clear console? (C++ was something like > system.clr()) > Some sort of cursor positioning? (C++ was something like gotoxy) While looking for something else I stumbled across this module in the Vaults of Parnassus: WConio http://newcentu

Re: [Tutor] Looking for a few commands

2006-09-07 Thread Kent Johnson
Chris Hengge wrote: > Thanks for the details, I see several code bits I'll have to play with. > > I got the screen clearing bit no problem, thanks for that one. I'm still > not used to being able to just use c libraries. The ctypes module lets you call functions in shared libraries. It is stan

Re: [Tutor] Looking for a few commands

2006-09-07 Thread Alan Gauld
> I got the screen clearing bit no problem, thanks for that one. I'm > still > not used to being able to just use c libraries. Even the C libraries are non standard - they aren't part of the ANSI C definition. Its just that C libraries for the PC know what the hardware will look like so they can

Re: [Tutor] Looking for a few commands

2006-09-07 Thread Chris Hengge
Thanks for the details, I see several code bits I'll have to play with. I got the screen clearing bit no problem, thanks for that one. I'm still not used to being able to just use c libraries. I don't actually have a need to draw the cursor all over the screen for any practical application eith

Re: [Tutor] Looking for a few commands

2006-09-07 Thread Alan Gauld
Replying to the List The trick is to know either that Fred works at Pythonware, or that his nickname is the effbot... :-) http://effbot.org/downloads/ Sorry, neither are intuitively obvious... but he has lots of goodies on his site, worth perusing the list. And Fred's code is usually of a ve

Re: [Tutor] Looking for a few commands

2006-09-06 Thread Chris Hengge
On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 16:30 -0700, Bob Gailer wrote: > Chris Hengge wrote: > > Woohoo for my first post! > > > > Simple command to clear console? (C++ was something like system.clr()) > > Some sort of cursor positioning? (C++ was something like gotoxy) > This is operating system dependent. Which

Re: [Tutor] Looking for a few commands

2006-09-06 Thread Bob Gailer
Chris Hengge wrote: > Woohoo for my first post! > > Simple command to clear console? (C++ was something like system.clr()) > Some sort of cursor positioning? (C++ was something like gotoxy) This is operating system dependent. Which OS you use? -- Bob Gailer 510-978-4454 ___