Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: open-python
Version: 1.0.0
Summary: Cross platform wrapper for opening a file/URL with system default application
Home-page: https://github.com/panda2134/open-python
Author: skratchdot
License: MIT
Keywords: cross platform,xdg-open,open,start,desktop
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Environment :: X11 Applications
Classifier: Environment :: MacOS X
Classifier: Environment :: Win32 (MS Windows)
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX
Classifier: Topic :: Desktop Environment
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
Requires-Dist: six

# open

## Description ##

Open a file, directory, or URI using the OS's default application for
that object type. Optionally, you can specify an application to use.

This is a proxy for the following commands:

        OSX: "open"
    Windows: "start"
Linux/Other: "xdg-open"

This is a python port of the node.js module:
https://github.com/pwnall/node-open


## Import ##

```python
import open_python
```

## Usage ##

### open google.com in the user's default browser:

```python
open_python.start("https://google.com/")
```
### you can specify the program to use:

```python
open_python.start("https://google.com/", "firefox")	
```

## License ##

Copyright (c) 2013 skratchdot  
Licensed under the MIT license.
## Contributors ##

skratchdot
panda2134
Copyright (c) 2013 skratchdot

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