run a .py script with cmd line args

[r]

i have a python text editor program(script) that i would like to run
when a user clicks on .txt files.
how do i run my script from windows,
and send the filename to my script, so that my script can do:

if len(sys.argv) 1:
try:
self.LoadFile(s ys.argv[1]) # load text into editor
except:
pass

[Mike Driscoll]

Re: run a .py script with cmd line args

On Aug 12, 2:20 pm, r <rt8...@gmail.c omwrote:

i have a python text editor program(script) that i would like to run
when a user clicks on .txt files.
how do i run my script from windows,
and send the filename to my script, so that my script can do:
>
if len(sys.argv) 1:
    try:
         self.LoadFile(s ys.argv[1])  # load text into editor
    except:
        pass

The following thread explains one way to do it:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2006-March/004360.html

You may also find the mimetypes module helpful:

http://docs.python.org/lib/module-mimetypes.html

Mike

[Gabriel Genellina]

Re: run a .py script with cmd line args

En Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:34:13 -0300, Mike Driscoll <kyosohma@gmail .com>
escribió:

On Aug 12, 2:20 pm, r <rt8...@gmail.c omwrote:

>i have a python text editor program(script) that i would like to run
>when a user clicks on .txt files.
>how do i run my script from windows,
>and send the filename to my script, so that my script can do:
>>
>if len(sys.argv) 1:
>    try:
>         self.LoadFile(s ys.argv[1])  # load text into editor
>    except:
>        pass

>
>
The following thread explains one way to do it:
>
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/pyt...ch/004360.html

Instead of directly writing to the Windows registry, you can also execute
these two commands:

assoc .foo=Foo.File
ftype Foo.File=c:\pat h\to\python.exe c:\path\to\scri pt.py "%1" %*

They work on every non-prehistoric Windows version...

(replace foo with the desired extension - I would *NOT* use txt!)

--
Gabriel Genellina