Feature: Open Command
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Description
When in a WSL terminal, it would be nice to be able to open a file explorer against a directory.
For example open ~/ would open file explorer at \\wsl$\SYSTEM\home\USER.
As a bonus it would be cool, if one typed open ./foo.html it opened via file://wsl%24/SYSTEM/path-to/foo.html Using whatever file handler is registered as an editor/viewer for the file extension, similar to double clicking in file explorer on said file.
Aside: would be nice if this command was in windows itself.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the requested examples in a WSL terminal: open ~/ and open ./foo.html. Define the command behavior for directories and files, including the shown \\wsl$\SYSTEM and file://wsl%24 targets and registered Windows file handlers. Done means both examples open through the requested Windows behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100