Function: embark-open-externally

embark-open-externally is an interactive and natively compiled function defined in embark.el.

Signature

(embark-open-externally FILE)

Documentation

Open FILE or url using system's default application.

Key Bindings

embark-bookmark-map x embark-buffer-map x embark-file-map x embark-library-map x embark-url-map x

Source Code

;; Defined in /nix/store/lls066p88vbzffl5j0d16jbhwpn2zfz2-emacs-packages-deps/share/emacs/site-lisp/elpa/embark-20260610.302/embark.el
(defun embark-open-externally (file)
  "Open FILE or url using system's default application."
  (interactive "sOpen externally: ")
  (unless (string-match-p "\\`[a-z]+://" file)
    (setq file (expand-file-name file)))
  (message "Opening `%s' externally..." file)
  (if (and (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
           (fboundp 'w32-shell-execute))
      (w32-shell-execute "open" file)
    (call-process (pcase system-type
                    ('darwin "open")
                    ('cygwin "cygstart")
                    (_ "xdg-open"))
                  nil 0 nil file)))