package open

ocaml-open

Conveniently open files such as PDFs in their default applications straigt from OCaml.

Dependencies

The library requires dune (formerly known as jbuilder) to build, but has no other dependencies.

Quick start

Run make to build and make test to see the library in action. This should open several files from the examples/basic folder.

There is also a more sophisticated example in examples/graphviz that requires graphivz and Jane Street's core (version v0.9.0 or higher). You can build & run it as follows:

jbuilder build @graphviz

Limitations and Implementation

The library has been tested under Linux and MacOS and will likely not run under Windows/Cygwin. It uses xdg-open on Linux and open on MacOS.

Suggestion and Contributions

Suggestions and contributions are always welcome. Feel free to submit pull requests.