From 06fabe0ace64204b3b223a16b81d0c01ae272466 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pascal Palenda <pascal.palenda@akustik.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:22:28 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Feat: open the examples instead of running them

---
 src/vapython/examples/__main__.py | 19 ++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/vapython/examples/__main__.py b/src/vapython/examples/__main__.py
index fb80e23..887b6c5 100644
--- a/src/vapython/examples/__main__.py
+++ b/src/vapython/examples/__main__.py
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-import importlib
+import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
 def main():
     """
-    Main function to list and execute example scripts.
+    Main function to list and open example scripts.
     This function performs the following steps:
     1. Lists all Python files in the current directory that contain "example" in their name.
     2. If no command-line arguments are provided, it prints the list of example files and prompts the user to select one by index.
-    3. If a command-line argument is provided, it uses that as the index of the example file to run.
-    4. Validates the selected index and either exits, prints an error message, or imports and runs the selected example's main function.
+    3. If a command-line argument is provided, it uses that as the index of the example file to open.
+    4. Validates the selected index and either exits, prints an error message, or opens the file.
     Returns:
         None
     """
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def main():
 
         print(f"{len(example_files)}: Exit")
 
-        example_index = int(input("Enter the index of the example you want to run: "))
+        example_index = int(input("Enter the index of the example you want to open: "))
     else:
         example_index = int(sys.argv[1])
 
@@ -37,14 +37,7 @@ def main():
         return
 
     example_file = example_files[example_index]
-    module_name = f"vapython.examples.{example_file.stem}"
-    module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
-
-    example_main = getattr(module, "main", None)
-    if example_main is not None:
-        example_main()
-    else:
-        print(f"Could not find 'main' function in module '{module_name}'")
+    os.startfile(example_file)  # noqa: S606
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-- 
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