I have a cross platform os.startfile but I need to asociate files with xdg-open in linux how do I do that??

[Eric_Dexter at msn.com]

On Dec 16, 10:36 am, Paul Boddie <p... at boddie.org.uk> wrote:
> On 16 Des, 17:03, "Eric_Dex... at msn.com" <Eric_Dex... at msn.com> wrote:
>
> > #this should be a cross platform example of os.startfile ( startfile )
> > #for windows and linux.  this is the first version and
> > #linux, mac, other os's commands for exceptions to the
> > #rule would be appreciated.  at some point this will be
> > #in the dex tracker project.
>
> You could look at the desktop package for something similar:
>
> http://pypi.python.org/pypi/desktop
>
> The desktop.open function supports a few extra workarounds, mostly
> because it pre-dates xdg-open.
>
> Paul

"Since desktop environments like KDE and GNOME provide mechanisms for
running
browsers and editors according to the identified type of a file or
resource,
just as Windows "runs" files or resources, it is appropriate to have a
module
which accesses these mechanisms. It is this kind of functionality that
the
desktop package aims to support. Note that this approach is arguably
better"

I am concerned this means I cant do something like associate python
files with python in artistx (ubuntu).  It just associates text files
with editors??  It does look like a cool package and I will look into
that further.