python IDLE shell appears not to handle some escapes correctly <p>For example \b backspace prints as quad (shown as [] in example below). But \n newline is Ok.</p> <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; print 'abc\bd' abc[]d &gt;&gt;&gt; print 'abc\nd' abc d </code></pre> <p>Im running under Vista (pro), python 2.7</p> <p>Ive tried googling this issue generally and in SO and cant find anything relevant, which seems odd and makes me wonder if theres some setting or other may be wrong in my setup. Not sure what to look for. </p>