'win32': Winstart() # startfile or system
#'win32': Cmdline('start %s')
}

videotools = {
'linux2': Cmdline('tkcVideo_c700 %s'), # zaurus pda
'win32': Winstart(), # avoid DOS pop up
}

imagetools = {
'linux2': Cmdline('zimager %s'), # zaurus pda
'win32': Winstart(),
}

texttools = {
'linux2': Cmdline('vi %s'), # zaurus pda
'win32': Cmdline('notepad %s') # or try PyEdit?
}

apptools = {
'win32': Winstart() # doc, xls, etc: use at your own risk!
}

map mimetype of filenames to player tables

mimetable = {'audio': audiotools,
'video': videotools,
'image': imagetools,
'text': texttools, # not html text: browser
'application': apptools}

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top-level interfaces

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def trywebbrowser(filename, helpmsg=helpmsg, options):
"""
try to open a file in a web browser
last resort if unknown mimetype or platform, and for text/html
"""
trace('trying browser', filename)
try:
player = Webbrowser() # open in local browser
player.run(filename, options)
except:
print(helpmsg % filename) # else nothing worked

def playknownfile(filename, playertable={}, options):
"""
play media file of known type: uses platform-specific
player objects, or spawns a web browser if nothing for
this platform; accepts a media-specific player table
"""
if sys.platform in playertable:
playertable[sys.platform].run(filename, options) # specific tool

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