Opens the browser on all non-mobile supported platforms

browser.go

package browser

import (
	"fmt"
	"os/exec"
	"runtime"
)

// TODO: aix, android, hurd, illumos, ?js?, nacl, zos
// TODO: Test plan9, solaris (can we just use "sdtwebclient" instead?)
// The GOOS list comes from https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/go/build/syslist.go
var commands = map[string]string{
	"darwin":    "open",
	"dragonfly": "xdg-open",
	"freebsd":   "xdg-open",
	"linux":     "xdg-open",
	"netbsd":    "xdg-open",
	"openbsd":   "xdg-open",
	// TODO: Does this open mothra or abaco (the two Plan 9 web browsers) by default?
	"plan9":     "web",
	"solaris":   "/usr/dt/bin/sdtwebclient",
	"windows":   "start",
}

func Open(URI string) error {
	run, ok := commands[runtime.GOOS]
	if !ok {
		return fmt.Errorf(`This application is unable to open the browser on your "%s" system. Please file a bug.`, runtime.GOOS)
	}

	cmd := exec.Command(run, URI)
	return cmd.Start()
}