Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!newsfeed.eweka.nl!eweka.nl!feeder3.eweka.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Windows': 0.09; 'python': 0.09; 'fetch': 0.09; 'path,': 0.09; 'url:github': 0.09; 'useless': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'properly': 0.15; '2.7.3': 0.16; '24,': 0.16; 'chrome,': 0.16; 'folder,': 0.16; 'folder.': 0.16; 'windows?': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'windows': 0.19; 'feb': 0.19; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'linux': 0.24; 'command': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'am,': 0.27; 'subject:skip:d 10': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; "doesn't": 0.28; 'subject:/': 0.28; 'issues.': 0.29; 'url:mailman': 0.29; 'relative': 0.30; 'url:python': 0.32; 'file': 0.32; 'url:listinfo': 0.32; 'getting': 0.33; 'goes': 0.33; 'page.': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'returning': 0.35; 'open': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'created': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'does': 0.37; 'rather': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'nothing': 0.38; 'page': 0.38; 'google': 0.39; 'application': 0.40; 'help': 0.40; 'url:mail': 0.40; 'search,': 0.65; 'internet': 0.71; '2013': 0.84; 'start.': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PWzWxrjcdoldnIj6ZqeYS5kUfSpdEkua1XgnnXYzIww=; b=l9HUgHAE4GVNn0cQGgcvucspeeVi9VK8xtkFv/OjmSMpEdeCVHEAJy8Se7hHTG9qnO dod+8ZYScbFTt2HwbqgPGh470suC+oDPwlR0jocYDrh5qwVoxJ+WhxlBjNokfFWhpyQe wu4rbeUy16JRO4QLN8XjTsQhtbU+/7ZH46tUzK8ct4xjfTbdhXm4td8TEj2SU1u86CyB yndf6sJd2qH6gLEnECNQ0CzCZa2UoC2YzowrWVByTkqw/GDqEc2yxXJcC2SsaePhVfHl WvIYsRcQ9qQ33b8FMws6ebDuCO1s9/0X+cVBhp+4Q4LQO8xJF+agAkfpvsIZmj1cjzRu UGPw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.14.183.198 with SMTP id q46mr26520258eem.1.1361697922732; Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:25:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <659b4770-12fb-400f-8aa5-049605347fe2@googlegroups.com> References: <659b4770-12fb-400f-8aa5-049605347fe2@googlegroups.com> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:25:22 -0800 Subject: Re: webbrowser.open("./documentation/help.html")-- No Go in Windows From: Demian Brecht To: llanitedave Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Python X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 26 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1361697924 news.xs4all.nl 6851 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58715 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:39741 Rather than using a relative path, try using webbrowser.open('{}/documentation/help.html'.format(os.path.dirname(__file_= _))). On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 1:17 AM, llanitedave 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 defa= ult browser with no issues. However, on Windows 7, it opens Internet Explo= rer, which doesn't even search the local folder, but goes straight to the w= eb and does a Google search, returning nothing but useless noise. > > My default browser on Windows is Chrome, so my intention is getting under= mined right from the start. > > How do I get a local html file to open properly from Python in Windows? > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Demian Brecht http://demianbrecht.github.com