A cross-platform version of `os.startfile` from the standard library.
Project description
Overview
This is a cross-platform version of the os.startfile function in the Python standard library.
It emulates the following actions in an operating system's UI:
- double-clicking a file
- single-clicking a URL
which will open the default program associated with that type.
Setup
Requirements
- Python 3.7+
Installation
Install it directly into an activated virtual environment:
$ pip install universal-startfile
or add it to your Poetry project:
$ poetry add universal-startfile
Usage
After installation, import the startfile function:
from startfile import startfile
startfile("~/Downloads/example.png")
startfile("http://example.com")
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