Is anyone else having problems with the webbrowser module?
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>import webbrowser
webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
>>>
It opens firefox as expected, but the url is ...
file:///home/ron/%22http://www.python.org% 22
Which of course doesn't do what is expected.
Any ideas?
Ron 14  2099 
On May 24, 5:03 pm, Ron Adam <r...@ronadam.c omwrote:
Is anyone else having problems with the webbrowser module?
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>import webbrowser
>>webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
>>>
It opens firefox as expected, but the url is ...
file:///home/ron/%22http://www.python.org% 22
Which of course doesn't do what is expected.
Any ideas?
Ron
I don't know. This works for me with Python 2.4 on Windows XP SP2. The
docs don't say much ( http://docs.python.org/lib/module-
webbrowser.html ). Maybe it would be beneficial to read the module's
code? Or use the "register" command manually?
Mike ky******@gmail. com wrote:
On May 24, 5:03 pm, Ron Adam <r...@ronadam.c omwrote:
>Is anyone else having problems with the webbrowser module?
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>import webbrowser
webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
> >>>
It opens firefox as expected, but the url is ...
file:///home/ron/%22http://www.python.org% 22
Which of course doesn't do what is expected.
Any ideas?
Ron
I don't know. This works for me with Python 2.4 on Windows XP SP2. The
docs don't say much (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-
webbrowser.html ). Maybe it would be beneficial to read the module's
code? Or use the "register" command manually?
It works for me on python 2.4 also, but not on later versions.
Looks like I'll need to try to test the url at the point where it calls the
browser from webbrowser.py.
Can someone else test this on python 2.5?
Ron
Ron Adam wrote:
ky******@gmail. com wrote:
>On May 24, 5:03 pm, Ron Adam <r...@ronadam.c omwrote:
>>Is anyone else having problems with the webbrowser module?
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>import webbrowser
>>webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
>>>
It opens firefox as expected, but the url is ...
file:///home/ron/%22http://www.python.org% 22
Which of course doesn't do what is expected.
Any ideas?
Ron
I don't know. This works for me with Python 2.4 on Windows XP SP2. The
docs don't say much (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-
webbrowser.htm l). Maybe it would be beneficial to read the module's
code? Or use the "register" command manually?
It works for me on python 2.4 also, but not on later versions.
Looks like I'll need to try to test the url at the point where it calls the
browser from webbrowser.py.
Can someone else test this on python 2.5?
On my Windows laptop it works on 2.4.1 and 2.5.1 native, but not on
2.5.1 for Cygwin.
regards
Steve
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Ron Adam wrote:
ky******@gmail. com wrote:
>On May 24, 5:03 pm, Ron Adam <r...@ronadam.c omwrote:
>>Is anyone else having problems with the webbrowser module?
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>import webbrowser
>>webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
>>>
It opens firefox as expected, but the url is ...
file:///home/ron/%22http://www.python.org% 22
Which of course doesn't do what is expected.
Any ideas?
Ron
I don't know. This works for me with Python 2.4 on Windows XP SP2. The
docs don't say much (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-
webbrowser.htm l). Maybe it would be beneficial to read the module's
code? Or use the "register" command manually?
It works for me on python 2.4 also, but not on later versions.
Looks like I'll need to try to test the url at the point where it calls the
browser from webbrowser.py.
Can someone else test this on python 2.5?
On my Windows laptop it works on 2.4.1 and 2.5.1 native, but not on
2.5.1 for Cygwin.
regards
Steve
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Ron Adam said unto the world upon 05/25/2007 12:28 PM:
ky******@gmail. com wrote:
>On May 24, 5:03 pm, Ron Adam <r...@ronadam.c omwrote:
>>Is anyone else having problems with the webbrowser module?
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>import webbrowser
>>webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
>>>
It opens firefox as expected, but the url is ...
file:///home/ron/%22http://www.python.org% 22
Which of course doesn't do what is expected.
Any ideas?
<snip>
>
It works for me on python 2.4 also, but not on later versions.
Looks like I'll need to try to test the url at the point where it calls the
browser from webbrowser.py.
Can someone else test this on python 2.5?
Ron
Works fine for me on ubuntu 7.04 (fiesty) with Python 2.5.1c1, which
appear to be your set-up, too.
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>import webbrowser
webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
>>>
Best,
Brian vdB
Brian van den Broek wrote:
Ron Adam said unto the world upon 05/25/2007 12:28 PM:
>ky******@gmail. com wrote:
>>On May 24, 5:03 pm, Ron Adam <r...@ronadam.c omwrote:
Is anyone else having problems with the webbrowser module?
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>import webbrowser
>>webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
>>>
It opens firefox as expected, but the url is ...
file:///home/ron/%22http://www.python.org% 22
Which of course doesn't do what is expected.
Any ideas?
<snip>
>It works for me on python 2.4 also, but not on later versions.
Looks like I'll need to try to test the url at the point where it calls the
browser from webbrowser.py.
Can someone else test this on python 2.5?
Ron
Works fine for me on ubuntu 7.04 (fiesty) with Python 2.5.1c1, which
appear to be your set-up, too.
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>import webbrowser
>>webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
>>>
Best,
Brian vdB
Thanks,
This is strange. Now I have no idea where to look. (?)
I get the same incorrect results doing...
ron@home:~$ python2.5 -m webbrowser 'http://www.python.org'
Firefox attempts to open...
file:///home/ron/%22http://www.python.org% 22
The following works ok:
ron@home:~$ firefox 'http://www.python.org'
Works in the Ubuntu 2.4.4 dist (But blocks until the browser is closed.)
Doesn't work in the Ubuntu 2.5.1c1 dist
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
Doesn't work in the 2.5 maintenance branch
Python 2.5 (release25-maint:54563, May 24 2007, 18:33:45)
Works in the 2.6 branch (trunk)
Works in the 3.0 branch
I'll try uninstalling and reinstalling. The Ubuntu 2.5 dist.
None of the svn versions are on the path, so it shouldn't be a path
conflict with them.
Ron
Steve Holden wrote:
Ron Adam wrote:
>ky******@gmail. com wrote:
>>On May 24, 5:03 pm, Ron Adam <r...@ronadam.c omwrote:
Is anyone else having problems with the webbrowser module?
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>import webbrowser
>>webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
>>>
It opens firefox as expected, but the url is ...
file:///home/ron/%22http://www.python.org% 22
Which of course doesn't do what is expected.
Any ideas?
Ron
I don't know. This works for me with Python 2.4 on Windows XP SP2. The
docs don't say much (http://docs.python.org/lib/module-
webbrowser.ht ml). Maybe it would be beneficial to read the module's
code? Or use the "register" command manually?
It works for me on python 2.4 also, but not on later versions.
Looks like I'll need to try to test the url at the point where it calls the
browser from webbrowser.py.
Can someone else test this on python 2.5?
On my Windows laptop it works on 2.4.1 and 2.5.1 native, but not on
2.5.1 for Cygwin.
Does it mangle the url in the same way?
If so, then that would be enough to file a bug report.
It's maybe not due to the webbrowser module it self, but maybe something
else that's platform dependent?
Can anyone else reproduce this?
Ron
On 25 May, 00:03, Ron Adam <r...@ronadam.c omwrote:
Is anyone else having problems with the webbrowser module?
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>import webbrowser
>>webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
>>>
It opens firefox as expected, but the url is ...
file:///home/ron/%22http://www.python.org% 22
Since %22 is the URL-encoded double-quote character ("), I can only
imagine that something is quoting the URL for the shell, resulting in
the following command:
firefox '"http://www.python.org/"'
Or something similar, at least. Firefox 1.5 seems to refuse to open
such URLs, though.
Paul
Paul Boddie wrote:
On 25 May, 00:03, Ron Adam <r...@ronadam.c omwrote:
>Is anyone else having problems with the webbrowser module?
Python 2.5.1c1 (release25-maint, Apr 12 2007, 21:00:25)
[GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>import webbrowser
webbrowser.op en('http://www.python.org' )
True
> >>>
It opens firefox as expected, but the url is ...
file:///home/ron/%22http://www.python.org% 22
Since %22 is the URL-encoded double-quote character ("), I can only
imagine that something is quoting the URL for the shell, resulting in
the following command:
firefox '"http://www.python.org/"'
Or something similar, at least. Firefox 1.5 seems to refuse to open
such URLs, though.
Paul
Yes, thats it. I've traced it down the the subproccess.Pop en call.
This works
>>subprocess.Po pen(['firefox', 'http://python.org'])
<subprocess.Pop en object at 0xb7ddbeec>
This reproduces the problem I'm having.
>>subprocess.Po pen(['firefox', '"http://python.org"'])
<subprocess.Pop en object at 0xb7ddbf4c>
The quoting does happen in the webbrowser module.
The cmdline is passed as...
['/usr/lib/firefox/firefox', '"http://python.org"']
I've traced it back to the following line where self.args is ['"%s"']
Line 187 in webbrowser.py:
cmdline = [self.name] + [arg.replace("%s ", url)
for arg in self.args]
Now I just need to figure out why self.args is double quoted.
Cheers,
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