python on unix [getting started]

[Erik Max Francis]

dsavitsk wrote:

> In particular, I would like to control mpg123 (i think?).  what is the
> proper way to think about doing something like
> 
> player = win32com.client.Dispatch('mpg123.player')
> player.play('/usr/home/mp3/Some Song.mp3')
> 
> on unix?

Probably something like

	os.system('mpg123 "/usr/home/mp3/Some Song.mp3"')

You will likely find getting things done on UNIX with Python much less
circuitous than on Windows.

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