It Opens Stuff
That is, in your desktop environment. This will make actual windows pop up, with stuff in them:
npm install opener -g opener http://google.comopener ./my-file.txtopener firefoxopener npm run lint
Also if you want to use it programmatically you can do that too:
var opener = ; ;;;;
Plus, it returns the child process created, so you can do things like let your script exit while the window stays open:
var editor = ;editor;// These other unrefs may be necessary if your OS's opener process// exits before the process it started is complete.editorstdin;editorstdout;editorstderr;
Use It for Good
Like opening the user's browser with a test harness in your package's test script:
Why
Because Windows has start
, Macs have open
, and *nix has xdg-open
. At least according to some person on StackOverflow. And I like things that work on all three. Like Node.js. And Opener.