On 11/9/22 21:58, Leif H Silli wrote:
The advantage of using
open "%U”
is that the user can use the MacOS Finder to decide which app that
should open a certain file type. (This is done via the Show info panel
for particular files in the Finder.) But this might also be the
disadvantage.
If you want to not rely on the Finder, then another workaround is to
simply remove the «-n» from
open -W -n -a /System/Applications/Preview.app "%F"
so that we get
open -W -a /System/Applications/Preview.app "%F"
By removing the «-n», we avoid that a new instance is opened every time
the command is run … See https://ss64.com/osx/open.html
(I do not know whether the «open» is a MacOS only command of if it also
runs on Linux and more.)
Thank you for these details. We'll put them to good use when we'll try
to improve the "Helper apps" feature in next version of XXE.
To my knowledge, Linux has no equivalent of "open". If a equivalent of
"open" exists then it will be specific to a Linux Desktop. (Linux has
many different "desktops". For example, I personally use KDE.)
The Windows equivalent of "open" is "start".
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