Éric Araujo <mer...@netwok.org> added the comment: > as long as it's implemented and it's in the standard library, and > people don't have to use subprocess to run open or xdg-open themselves > as I currently do.
This new function would call os.startfile on Windows, xdg-open where applicable, and open on Mac OS X (using a subprocess for these last two). I found the python-ideas thread: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2011-July/010674.html There was only limited support. ---------- dependencies: +Finding programs in PATH, adding shutil.which title: implement os.startfile on posix and MacOSX -> Add shutil.open _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue3177> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
