[Pdx-pm] [ANN] App::Open
Erik Hollensbe
erik at hollensbe.org
Thu Jul 10 13:18:32 PDT 2008
Errr, I hope these kinds of announcements are ok!
App::Open is a clone of OS X (and formerly NeXT's) `open` tool that is
platform-independent and makes no assumptions about where it gets the
MIME/program mapping from, allowing it to be retrieved from multiple backend
definitions.
For those unfamiliar with the tool, `open` takes a filename or URL and opens
the file in the default program mapped to it. This has nice applications for
lazy shell users and in automation (write it once, change the defaults when
you want to without modifying the script).
f.e., `openit foo.pdf` will run kpdf on my machine, opening foo.pdf in the
process.
App::Open installs an `openit` script where you like those things installed
which works similar to the `open` tool, and comes with a backend that will
work with a custom YAML mapping, and a backend that will work with your
mailcap files, requiring the optional modules Mail::Cap and MIME::Types.
It's been on CPAN for a week or so, but until now the CPAN testers have been
beating on it, finding problems with my test suite. There were also
documentation errors.
I've a KDE backend in the works and a GNOME one planned after that, and there
is ample (I hope) documentation on how to easily build your own.
CPAN link: http://search.cpan.org/~erikh/App-Open-0.0.4/lib/App/Open.pm
If for some reason you get really obsessed with opening programs based on the
file they're opening, and wish to track this a little closer, there is a
public git repository here: git://hollensbe.org/git/open.git
Thanks for your time.
-Erik
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