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- # It Opens Stuff
- That is, in your desktop environment. This will make *actual windows pop up*, with stuff in them:
- ```bash
- npm install opener -g
- opener http://google.com
- opener ./my-file.txt
- opener firefox
- opener npm run lint
- ```
- Also if you want to use it programmatically you can do that too:
- ```js
- var opener = require("opener");
- opener("http://google.com");
- opener("./my-file.txt");
- opener("firefox");
- opener("npm run lint");
- ```
- Plus, it returns the child process created, so you can do things like let your script exit while the window stays open:
- ```js
- var editor = opener("documentation.odt");
- editor.unref();
- // These other unrefs may be necessary if your OS's opener process
- // exits before the process it started is complete.
- editor.stdin.unref();
- editor.stdout.unref();
- editor.stderr.unref();
- ```
- ## Use It for Good
- Like opening the user's browser with a test harness in your package's test script:
- ```json
- {
- "scripts": {
- "test": "opener ./test/runner.html"
- },
- "devDependencies": {
- "opener": "*"
- }
- }
- ```
- ## Why
- Because Windows has `start`, Macs have `open`, and *nix has `xdg-open`. At least [according to some person on StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/q/1480971/3191). And I like things that work on all three. Like Node.js. And Opener.
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