phoenix
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Add App.open() method
Opens a file with the default associated app, instead of launching an app. Useful to open files/directories via keyboard shortcuts. My specific use-case was to open my “Downloads” directory.
From developer interface standpoint, having those two methods makes sense, but I am happy to hear any feedback since we are increasing the API surface.
Implementation notes:
- Since opening an .app file by default launches it, the
App.launch()method uses this one internally. Based on the docs, it should work equally well. - Since the old code was using the deprecated
launchApplicationAtURL, I used its counterpart,openURL. I am super new to Apple APIs, so decided to stick with what works, but I am happy to switch to something that's not deprecated. To be honest, I didn't have time to dig into the trade-offs of the various alternatives, likeopen. - We are losing a bit of fidelity in the error message, though it sounds acceptable to me.
Thank you for the great project :)
If the maintainers think the change makes sense, I am happy to add docs/changelog entry.
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