Bugs item #1684254, was opened at 2007-03-20 11:09 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by gbrandl You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1684254&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: Python 2.5 >Status: Closed >Resolution: Fixed Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Lukas Lalinsky (luks) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: regression in webbrowser command line parsing Initial Comment: With Python 2.4 it was common to use BROWSER environment variables like: BROWSER="firefox '%s' &" to launch a browser. The apostrophes around %s are required to escape special characters in the URL (because the command is launched using os.system, which uses a shell), and & at the end is required to not block GUI applications. However, in Python 2.5 it uses the subprocess module, and the example above doesn't work. It tries to open `firefox 'URL' &` literally, which causes Firefox to open URIs like file:///path/to/current/directory/'URL'. Attached a patch that fixes the problem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl) Date: 2007-03-21 11:53 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=849994 Originator: NO Thanks for the report, fixed it using shlex in rev. 54485, 54486 (2.5). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1684254&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
