https://github.com/kutsan/reopen-cli

Improvement over `open` utility for macOS and Chrome; open URLs in the browser but instead of creating new tabs every time, use existing ones by mutating them.
https://github.com/kutsan/reopen-cli

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Improvement over `open` utility for macOS and Chrome; open URLs in the browser but instead of creating new tabs every time, use existing ones by mutating them.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kutsan/reopen-cli
• Owner: kutsan
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-02-25T18:10:01.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-06-19T01:51:07.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-30T17:03:26.621Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: google-chrome, macos, open, osascript
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 44.9 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# reopen-cli

[![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/reopen-cli)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/reopen-cli)

|        | Comparison with macOS's `open`       |

|--------|--------------------------------------|

| open   | ![](https://i.imgur.com/frcd25E.gif) |

| reopen | ![](https://i.imgur.com/PgMxiUH.gif) |

## Requirements

- `osascript` which is pre-installed macOS utility

- Google Chrome

## Features

- Should open Google Chrome if it's not already open.

- Should open a new window, if there is no window but Google Chrome is open.

- If there is only one window, one tab and it's new empty tab, it should use that tab.

- Should focus Google Chrome after opening the URL.

- Should focus first tab, if there is one or multiple.

- Should create a new tab, if there is none.

- Should preserve history.

## Installation

```sh

npm install --global reopen-cli

```

## Usage

### Synopsis

```sh

reopen ''

```

### Example

```sh

reopen 'https://devdocs.io/#q=html'

reopen 'https://devdocs.io/#q=react'

```

### Using with vim

Although you can use with any URL, one particular example would be opening

[devdocs.io](https://devdocs.io) upon pressing `'keywordprg'` mapping which is `K` by default.

Create a command.

```vim

command! -nargs=* Docs call system(printf('reopen "https://devdocs.io/?q=%s"', ))

```

Set `'keywordprg'` to that command.

```vim

set keywordprg=:Docs

```

Now, pressing `K` under any keyword (or e.g. `:Docs child_process`) will bring

DevDocs docs and repeating that would replace current open tab.

## License

GPL-3.0