[Tutor] How to get a script to open a text file with Python?

[Alan Gauld]

"Terry Carroll" <carroll at tjc.com> wrote

>> If TextPad is your default txt editor just use
>> os.system("foo.txt")
>
> or os.startfile("foo.txt"); sounds like the equivalent, but for some
> reason, I prefer it.

Actually os.startfile was what I meant for the default case!
Thanks for pointing it out. system() may work if the preference is
already set but startfile is specifically intended for that scnario.

Alan G