John McMonagle wrote: > Is there a python module which can determine an operating system's > default web browser application. > > I would like to use it in the following context: I have a GUI > application where all the documentation is written as html pages. I > wish to have these html help pages open in the default browser when > selected from the application's Help menu > > If python can determine the path to the default browser, I can then just > spawn it. >
The module webrowser module does this - and I use it for exactly this purpose. :-) Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml > Regards, > > John McMonagle > > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list