Larry Hastings <la...@hastings.org> added the comment:
> As an example, ``os.startfile("a.py")`` will usually run `a.py`
> in the Python interpreter, while ``xdg-open a.py`` it will
> usually open the source code in an editor on Linux.
Well, so how about on UNIX shutil.launch (or whatever it's called) first checks
to see if we're referring to a file. If we are, check to see if it's marked
executable. If it is, execute it under a shell. Failing *that* we could run
xdg-open where available.
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nosy: +larry
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