Need help with TCP/IP client access from Windows

[Gordon McMillan]

Eric S. Raymond writes:

> Gordon McMillan <gmcm at hypernet.com>:

> > Probably better just to have a default file, and let the user 
> > override that if need be. Which may well never happen.
> 
> OK, but where to put it?  I don't know what the conventions are.

Probably the same directory where you put your script. (The Win31 
convention of putting all ini files in the Windows directory under 
<appname>.ini is now, thank goodness, passe).

> > > (3) Is there a reliable way for Python programs under Windows to
> > > point a local
> > >     browser at a specified URL?
> > 
> > The best way is to use WinExec from Mark's win32 extensions. You just 
> > give it the URL and it loads the user's default browser. Using 
> > os.system is harder, because most of the time a browser is not on the 
> > user's path.
> 
> Are these in the stock 1.5.2 Windows distribution?

No, They're in Mark Hammond's extensions (link from python.org). The 
"start" trick (which I just tried) is probably the best way in stock 
Python (though it raises a bogus console window for a few seconds 
before the browser starts).


- Gordon