Hack the Windows code to use os.popen().
The returned file is assigned to an instance variable;
otherwise the implied close hangs for a long time.
diff --git a/Lib/webbrowser.py b/Lib/webbrowser.py
index 5a4a80f..66cdbff 100644
--- a/Lib/webbrowser.py
+++ b/Lib/webbrowser.py
@@ -183,9 +183,7 @@
class WindowsDefault:
def open(self, url, new=0):
- import win32api, win32con
- win32api.ShellExecute(0, "open", url, None, ".",
- win32con.SW_SHOWNORMAL)
+ self.junk = os.popen("start " + url)
def open_new(self, url):
self.open(url)