[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-644246 ] file URLs mis-handled by webbrowser

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Bugs item #644246, was opened at 2002-11-26 18:53
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Category: Macintosh
>Group: 3rd Party
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Russell Owen (reowen)
Assigned to: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Summary: file URLs mis-handled by webbrowser

Initial Comment:
file:/... URLs are not handled correctly by the webbrowser module on MacOS X (MacOS X 10.2.1, Python 2.2.2). There are two problems:
- The file is opened by its creator (which might be a text editor), rather than the user's default web browser.
- Even if the creator happens to be a web browser, any #anchor portion of the URL is ignored.

This may be a MacOS X bug. The applescript "open location" also exhibits this behavior, as does the command-line "open -a icab file:/..." (where icab is just one example browser I've tried).

-- Russell

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>Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2003-01-16 01:08

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This is indeed an Apple bug, and there is no way in which we can fix it.

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