the user exits the browser.
If the environment variable :envvar:`BROWSER` exists, it is interpreted to
-override the platform default list of browsers, as a os.pathsep-separated list
-of browsers to try in order. When the value of a list part contains the string
-``%s``, then it is interpreted as a literal browser command line to be used
-with the argument URL substituted for ``%s``; if the part does not contain
+override the platform default list of browsers, as a :data:`os.pathsep`-separated
+list of browsers to try in order. When the value of a list part contains the
+string ``%s``, then it is interpreted as a literal browser command line to be
+used with the argument URL substituted for ``%s``; if the part does not contain
``%s``, it is simply interpreted as the name of the browser to launch. [1]_
For non-Unix platforms, or when a remote browser is available on Unix, the
Here are some simple examples::
- url = 'http://www.python.org'
+ url = 'http://www.python.org/'
# Open URL in a new tab, if a browser window is already open.
- webbrowser.open_new_tab(url + '/doc')
+ webbrowser.open_new_tab(url + 'doc/')
# Open URL in new window, raising the window if possible.
webbrowser.open_new(url)