Open a text file using notepad as a help file in python?

Question

I would like to give users of my simple program the opportunity to open a help file to instruct them on how to fully utilize my program. Ideally i would like to have a littl

Answer 1

You can do this in one line:

import subprocess
subprocess.call(['notepad.exe', 'file.txt'])

You can rename notepad.exe to the editor of your choice.