Wammu/Webbrowser.py

   1 # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
   2 # vim: expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4:
   3 '''
   4 Wammu - Phone manager
   5 webbrowser wrapper
   6 '''
   7 __author__ = 'Michal Čihař'
   8 __email__ = 'michal@cihar.com'
   9 __license__ = '''
  10 Copyright © 2003 - 2008 Michal Čihař
  11
  12 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  13 under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by
  14 the Free Software Foundation.
  15
  16 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
  17 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
  18 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
  19 more details.
  20
  21 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
  22 this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
  23 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  24 '''
  25
  26 import webbrowser
  27 import threading
  28
  29 class BrowserThread(threading.Thread):
  30     '''
  31     Thread which opens URL in browser.
  32     '''
  33
  34     def __init__(self, url):
  35         '''
  36         Creates new BrowserThread object.
  37
  38         @param url: URL to open when thread is started.
  39         '''
  40         threading.Thread.__init__(self)
  41         self._url = url
  42
  43     def run(self):
  44         '''
  45         Actually opens browser.
  46         '''
  47         webbrowser.open(self._url)
  48
  49 def Open(url):
  50     '''
  51     Convenience wrapper to open URL in browser without blocking main
  52     thread.
  53     '''
  54     BrowserThread(url).start()