From 326ddaf4100d4a2d47ea053925aa169513c9d464 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ThomasV <thomasv@gitorious>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 18:32:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] clear window on ctrl-L

---
 lib/qt_console.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/qt_console.py b/lib/qt_console.py
index 8374bfd40..0db57dcd4 100644
--- a/lib/qt_console.py
+++ b/lib/qt_console.py
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ class Console(QtGui.QPlainTextEdit):
         self.appendPlainText(message)
         self.newPrompt()
 
+    def clear(self):
+        self.setPlainText('')
+        self.newPrompt()
+
     def newPrompt(self):
         if self.construct:
             prompt = '.' * len(self.prompt)
@@ -160,8 +164,8 @@ class Console(QtGui.QPlainTextEdit):
         elif event.key() == QtCore.Qt.Key_Down:
             self.setCommand(self.getNextHistoryEntry())
             return
-        #elif event.key() == QtCore.Qt.Key_D and event.modifiers() == QtCore.Qt.ControlModifier:
-        #    self.close()
+        elif event.key() == QtCore.Qt.Key_L and event.modifiers() == QtCore.Qt.ControlModifier:
+            self.clear()
         super(Console, self).keyPressEvent(event)