open doc command for Windows Terminal

kscheltema · September 11, 2022, 4:19pm

Hi.

I practiced the ‘’’ { open index.html } ‘’’ command to open docs on my friends Mac, not peer coding a bit so catching up on my Windows computer. When I implement the same code I get a error.

‘’’ {
PS G:\docs\github\elixir\cards\doc> open index.html
open : The term ‘open’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

open index.html

  + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (open:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

PS G:\docs\github\elixir\cards\doc> open ./index.html
open : The term ‘open’ is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

open ./index.html

  + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (open:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

} ‘’’

Thanks!

kokolegorille · September 11, 2022, 4:24pm

You cannot run mac commands in windows… But You might try explorer instead.

hauleth · September 11, 2022, 5:28pm

It seems that you use PowerShell, quick Google pointed me to Invoke-Item (Microsoft.PowerShell.Management) - PowerShell | Microsoft Docs

LostKobrakai · September 11, 2022, 6:36pm

github.com

elixir-lang/ex_doc/blob/eb463ec13b9713c066ed720fd79d2ecd302b4a55/lib/mix/tasks/docs.ex#L498-L514


      
          defp browser_open(path) do
            {cmd, args, options} =
              case :os.type() do
                {:win32, _} ->
                  dirname = Path.dirname(path)
                  basename = Path.basename(path)
                  {"cmd", ["/c", "start", basename], [cd: dirname]}
          
          
      {:unix, :darwin} ->
                  {"open", [path], []}
          
          
      {:unix, _} ->
                  {"xdg-open", [path], []}
              end
          
          
  System.cmd(cmd, args, options)
          end

This is how ex_doc opens documentation.

kscheltema · September 12, 2022, 4:29pm

So Windows Edge, or just use the file explorer?