Starts a browser window on startup.

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/open.go b/open.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
+)
+
+// Open opens a file (or a directory or url), just as if the user had double-clicked the file's icon.
+// It uses the default application, as determined by the OS.
+func openInBrowser(path string) {
+	var args []string
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "darwin":
+		args = []string{"open", path}
+	case "windows":
+		args = []string{"cmd", "/c", "start", path}
+	default:
+		args = []string{"xdg-open", path}
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("u4.Open:", err)
+	}
+}