diff --git a/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index d02488db1..327bd0954 100644
--- a/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/android/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -9201,6 +9201,11 @@ public class PApplet extends Activity implements PConstants, Runnable {
   }
 
 
+  public void clear() {
+    g.clear();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Takes an RGB or ARGB image and sets it as the background.
    * The width and height of the image must be the same size as the sketch.
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index eaa5010cb..fb9a5e3e3 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -14284,6 +14284,12 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
   }
 
 
+  public void clear() {
+    if (recorder != null) recorder.clear();
+    g.clear();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Takes an RGB or ARGB image and sets it as the background.
    * The width and height of the image must be the same size as the sketch.
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 10caabbdd..74ddf1850 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ X remove extra separator at the top of the Help menu on Windows and Linux
 X MovieMaker tool will not start on Windows 8
 X   make a little less fragile by not launching as separate process
 X   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=1447
+X clean up the code and interface for the Movie Maker tool
+X   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=836 
+X on Windows, the Help menu seems to start with a separator
 
-_ on Windows, the Help menu seems to start with a separator
-
+_ add 6u37 as the Java runtime
+_ add bootclasspath for 1.6
 
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