[issue5601] webbrowser doesn't just open browsers

New submission from Mitchell Model : There is a problem with the documentation of the webbrowser module: opening a URL doesn't necessarily open it in a browser. The documentation of the open function and method should say that the URL is opened in whatever application the system chooses based

[issue5601] webbrowser doesn't just open browsers

Georg Brandl added the comment: I'm inclined not to document that. webbrowser is meant for URLs, the behavior if you call it with file names is undefined. -- resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> pending ___ Python tracker

[issue5601] webbrowser doesn't just open browsers

-->Re: [issue5601] webbrowser doesn't just open browsers The problem is not so much that I think people should use it for file URLs, it's that the behavior when they do can be quite confusing. Perhaps a note that webbrowser is not meant for file URLs and that it&

[issue5601] webbrowser doesn't just open browsers

Georg Brandl added the comment: That would be nice. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://m

[issue5601] webbrowser doesn't just open browsers

601> ___ <!-- blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 } -->Re: [issue5601] webbrowser doesn't just open browsers whoops Sorry for the garbage in the previous message. -- --     --- Mitchell __

[issue5601] webbrowser doesn't just open browsers

n.org/file13539/unnamed ___ Python tracker <http://bugs.python.org/issue5601> ___ <!-- blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 } -->Re: [issue5601] webbrowser doesn't just open browser

[issue5601] webbrowser doesn't just open browsers

Georg Brandl added the comment: Updated docs in r71150. -- status: pending -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list maili