Standard way to open a folder window in linux?

Question

I want to open a folder window, in the appropriate file manager, from within a cross-platform (windows/mac/linux) Python application.

On OSX, I can open a window in the

Answer 1

You're going to have to do this based on the running window manager. OSX and Windows have a (defacto) standard way because there is only one choice.

You shouldn't need to specify the exact filemanager application, though, this should be possible to do through the wm. I know Gnome does, and it's important to do this in KDE since there are two possible file managers (Konqueror/Dolphin) that may be in use.

I agree that this would be a good thing for freedesktop.org to standardize, although I doubt it will happen unless someone steps up and volunteers to do it.

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EDIT: I wasn't aware of xdg-open. Good to know!