PyQt calling an external app?

[Paul Boddie]

gregarican wrote:
>

[os.system using the start command on Windows]

> When I use this the PyQt app freezes up and only when I forcefully
> close it does the browser window pop up.

What does os.startfile do when invoked with the URL? My impression was
that the startfile function - available only on Windows - doesn't wait
for the command to finish, but I don't run Windows and can't test this.
Any feedback would be appreciated, though, since it's part of the
desktop module I proposed a while back:

http://www.python.org/pypi/desktop

Paul