Rather than using a relative path, try using
webbrowser.open('{}/documentation/help.html'.format(os.path.dirname(__file__))).On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 1:17 AM, llanitedave <llanited...@veawb.coop> wrote: > I created an html help page for my Python 2.7.3 application and put it in a > documentation folder. I used webbrowser.open() to fetch the page. > > On linux -- KDE specifically, the command opens the local file on my default > browser with no issues. However, on Windows 7, it opens Internet Explorer, > which doesn't even search the local folder, but goes straight to the web and > does a Google search, returning nothing but useless noise. > > My default browser on Windows is Chrome, so my intention is getting > undermined right from the start. > > How do I get a local html file to open properly from Python in Windows? > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Demian Brecht http://demianbrecht.github.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
