#!/usr/bin/env python # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """Utility for opening a file using the default application in a cross-platform manner. Modified from http://code.activestate.com/recipes/511443/. """ __version__ = "1.1x" __all__ = ["open"] import os import sys import webbrowser import subprocess _controllers = {} _open = None class BaseController(object): """Base class for open program controllers.""" def __init__(self, name): self.name = name def open(self, filename): raise NotImplementedError class Controller(BaseController): """Controller for a generic open program.""" def __init__(self, *args): super(Controller, self).__init__(os.path.basename(args[0])) self.args = list(args) def _invoke(self, cmdline): if sys.platform[:3] == "win": closefds = False startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO() startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW else: closefds = True startupinfo = None if ( os.environ.get("DISPLAY") or sys.platform[:3] == "win" or sys.platform == "darwin" ): inout = file(os.devnull, "r+") else: # for TTY programs, we need stdin/out inout = None # if possible, put the child precess in separate process group, # so keyboard interrupts don't affect child precess as well as # Python setsid = getattr(os, "setsid", None) if not setsid: setsid = getattr(os, "setpgrp", None) pipe = subprocess.Popen( cmdline, stdin=inout, stdout=inout, stderr=inout, close_fds=closefds, preexec_fn=setsid, startupinfo=startupinfo, ) # It is assumed that this kind of tools (gnome-open, kfmclient, # exo-open, xdg-open and open for OSX) immediately exit after launching # the specific application returncode = pipe.wait() if hasattr(self, "fixreturncode"): returncode = self.fixreturncode(returncode) return not returncode def open(self, filename): if isinstance(filename, basestring): cmdline = self.args + [filename] else: # assume it is a sequence cmdline = self.args + filename try: return self._invoke(cmdline) except OSError: return False # Platform support for Windows if sys.platform[:3] == "win": class Start(BaseController): """Controller for the win32 start program through os.startfile.""" def open(self, filename): try: os.startfile(filename) except WindowsError: # [Error 22] No application is associated with the specified # file for this operation: '' return False else: return True _controllers["windows-default"] = Start("start") _open = _controllers["windows-default"].open # Platform support for MacOS elif sys.platform == "darwin": _controllers["open"] = Controller("open") _open = _controllers["open"].open # Platform support for Unix else: try: from commands import getoutput except ImportError: from subprocess import getoutput # @WARNING: use the private API of the webbrowser module from webbrowser import _iscommand class KfmClient(Controller): """Controller for the KDE kfmclient program.""" def __init__(self, kfmclient="kfmclient"): super(KfmClient, self).__init__(kfmclient, "exec") self.kde_version = self.detect_kde_version() def detect_kde_version(self): kde_version = None try: info = getoutput("kde-config --version") for line in info.splitlines(): if line.startswith("KDE"): kde_version = line.split(":")[-1].strip() break except (OSError, RuntimeError): pass return kde_version def fixreturncode(self, returncode): if returncode is not None and self.kde_version > "3.5.4": return returncode else: return os.EX_OK def detect_desktop_environment(): """Checks for known desktop environments Return the desktop environments name, lowercase (kde, gnome, xfce) or "generic" """ desktop_environment = "generic" if os.environ.get("KDE_FULL_SESSION") == "true": desktop_environment = "kde" elif os.environ.get("GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID"): desktop_environment = "gnome" else: try: info = getoutput("xprop -root _DT_SAVE_MODE") if ' = "xfce4"' in info: desktop_environment = "xfce" except (OSError, RuntimeError): pass return desktop_environment def register_X_controllers(): if _iscommand("kfmclient"): _controllers["kde-open"] = KfmClient() for command in ("gnome-open", "exo-open", "xdg-open"): if _iscommand(command): _controllers[command] = Controller(command) def get(): controllers_map = { "gnome": "gnome-open", "kde": "kde-open", "xfce": "exo-open", } desktop_environment = detect_desktop_environment() try: controller_name = controllers_map[desktop_environment] return _controllers[controller_name].open except KeyError: if "xdg-open" in _controllers: return _controllers["xdg-open"].open else: return webbrowser.open if os.environ.get("DISPLAY"): register_X_controllers() _open = get() def open(filename): """Open a file or a URL in the registered default application.""" return _open(filename)