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webbrowser.open always opens up Safari on Lion

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From	Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
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Subject	webbrowser.open always opens up Safari on Lion
Date	Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:33:15 +0800
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Hello,

On Lion and with its stock python version 2.7.1 r271:86832,
webbrowser.open('file://localhost/nonexistingfile') always opens up
Safari. Is this a bug?

Leo

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webbrowser.open always opens up Safari on Lion Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 09:33 +0800
  Re: webbrowser.open always opens up Safari on Lion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-26 03:36 +0000
    Re: webbrowser.open always opens up Safari on Lion Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 14:23 +0800
      Re: webbrowser.open always opens up Safari on Lion Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2012-02-26 18:04 +1100
        Re: webbrowser.open always opens up Safari on Lion Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com> - 2012-02-26 15:29 +0800
      Re: webbrowser.open always opens up Safari on Lion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-26 07:12 +0000

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