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Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows

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On Feb 24, 2013 1:21 AM, "llanitedave" <llanitedave@veawb.coop> wrote:
>
> I created an html help page for my Python 2.7.3 application and put it in
a documentation folder.  I used webbrowser.open() to fetch the page.
>
> On linux -- KDE specifically, the command opens the local file on my
default browser with no issues.  However, on Windows 7, it opens Internet
Explorer, which doesn't even search the local folder, but goes straight to
the web and does a Google search, returning nothing but useless noise.
>
> My default browser on Windows is Chrome, so my intention is getting
undermined right from the start.
>
> How do I get a local html file to open properly from Python in Windows?

Please provide the exact code snippet that you're using.

Cheers,
Chris

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webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")--  No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 01:17 -0800
  Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2013-02-24 01:24 -0800
  Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2013-02-24 01:25 -0800
  Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2013-02-24 01:35 -0800
    Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 12:28 -0800
      Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-02-24 20:50 +0000
        Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 13:06 -0800
        Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 13:06 -0800
      Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2013-02-24 12:48 -0800
        Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 13:04 -0800
        Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 13:04 -0800
      Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-02-24 22:15 +0000
        Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 17:03 -0800
        Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 17:03 -0800
      Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-02-25 00:36 -0500
    Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 12:28 -0800
  Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows Demian Brecht <demianbrecht@gmail.com> - 2013-02-24 15:51 -0800
    Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 18:26 -0800
    Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 18:26 -0800
  Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")--  No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 19:37 -0800
    Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")--  No Go in Windows Matej Cepl <mcepl@redhat.com> - 2013-02-26 14:15 +0100
  Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-02-25 00:35 -0500
    Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 22:26 -0800
      Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-25 17:37 +1100
      Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-02-25 06:10 -0500
    Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-02-24 22:26 -0800

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