Adding helper script

scripts/inspect_webbrowser.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+Utility script used to examine the python webbrowser module with different OSs.
+"""
+
+import os
+
+os.environ['BROWSER'] = 'firefox'
+
+# If we want to override the $BROWSER variable that the python webbrowser
+# references, it needs to be done before the webbrowser module is imported
+# for the first time.
+RTV_BROWSER, BROWSER = os.environ.get('RTV_BROWSER'), os.environ.get('BROWSER')
+if RTV_BROWSER:
+    os.environ['BROWSER'] = RTV_BROWSER
+
+print('RTV_BROWSER=%s' % BROWSER)
+print('BROWSER=%s' % BROWSER)
+
+import webbrowser
+
+print('webbrowser._browsers:')
+for key, val in webbrowser._browsers.items():
+    print('  %s: %s' % (key, val))
+
+print('webbrowser._tryorder:')
+for name in webbrowser._tryorder:
+    print('  %s' % name)
+
+webbrowser.open_new_tab('https://www.python.org')