# HG changeset patch
# User paulb
# Date 1127493112 0
# Node ID ca83893acc40823976fffd117b4fefea19916a4a
# Parent  2f9c5f4def5afa0eeabebee099a9a0e7f9cfba8d
[project @ 2005-09-23 16:31:52 by paulb]
Initial revision

diff -r 2f9c5f4def5a -r ca83893acc40 desktop.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/desktop.py	Fri Sep 23 16:31:52 2005 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"Simple desktop integration for Python."
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+def open(url, desktop=None):
+
+    """
+    Open the 'url' in the current desktop's preferred file browser. If the
+    optional 'desktop' parameter is specified then attempt to use that
+    particular desktop environment's mechanisms to open the 'url' instead of
+    guessing or detecting which environment is being used.
+
+    Suggested values for 'desktop' are "KDE" and "GNOME".
+    """
+
+    if desktop == "KDE" or \
+        desktop is None and (os.environ.has_key("KDE_FULL_SESSION") or
+            os.environ.has_key("KDE_MULTIHEAD")):
+
+        cmd = ["kfmclient", "openURL", url]
+
+    elif desktop == "GNOME" or \
+        desktop is None and (os.environ.has_key("GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID") or
+            os.environ.has_key("GNOME_KEYRING_SOCKET")):
+
+        cmd = ["gnome-open", url]
+
+    else:
+        os.startfile(url)
+        return
+
+    subprocess.Popen(cmd)
+
+# vim: tabstop=4 expandtab shiftwidth=4