Chris Rebert <pyb...@rebertia.com> added the comment:
`operation` seems questionable. IMO, the verbs seem stronger / more important
than mere optional suggestions (particularly "open" vs. "edit" for files with
read-only viewers), and only Windows supports them (so anyone requiring that
feature might as well just use startfile() directly). By virtue of this
function being cross-platform, we're kinda limited to just supporting the
lowest common denominator.
Hobs, can you explain `gui`?
Also, does startfile() raise exceptions for either of the basic error
conditions ("no such file" and "no associated application")? If not, I believe
using the lower-level ShellExecute
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762153%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
) or similar Windows API function would allow us to report such errors, as the
other platform implementations currently do.
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