Why is there no platform independent way of clearing a terminal?

Tue Jul 27 13:13:33 EDT 2010

On 2010年07月27日, Daniel Fetchinson <fetchinson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> After getting the technicalities out of the way, maybe I should have asked:
>> Is it only me or others would find a platform independent python API
> to clear the terminal useful?

I write a lot of command-line programs, and I can't remember the last
time time I wanted to clear a terminal. But then again, pretty much
all of my programs are designed so that they can be used as filters.
About 10 years ago I did need to do a text-mode UI (menus, popups,
text-entry, etc.), and I used newt.
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