On Dec 16, 10:36 am, Paul Boddie <p...@boddie.org.uk> wrote: > On 16 Des, 17:03, "eric_dex...@msn.com" <eric_dex...@msn.com> wrote: > > > #this should be a cross platform example of os.startfile ( startfile ) > > #for windows and linux. this is the first version and > > #linux, mac, other os's commands for exceptions to the > > #rule would be appreciated. at some point this will be > > #in the dex tracker project. > > You could look at the desktop package for something similar: > > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/desktop > > The desktop.open function supports a few extra workarounds, mostly > because it pre-dates xdg-open. > > Paul
"Since desktop environments like KDE and GNOME provide mechanisms for running browsers and editors according to the identified type of a file or resource, just as Windows "runs" files or resources, it is appropriate to have a module which accesses these mechanisms. It is this kind of functionality that the desktop package aims to support. Note that this approach is arguably better" I am concerned this means I cant do something like associate python files with python in artistx (ubuntu). It just associates text files with editors?? It does look like a cool package and I will look into that further. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
