open-url Function

Summary

Displays a HTML page in a web browser.

Package

system

Signature

open-url url

Arguments

url⇩

A string.

Description

The function open-url displays the page at the URL url in a web browser.

Supported browsers are Netscape, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera on all platforms, Microsoft Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows and macOS, plus Safari on macOS.

open-url is defined in the "hqn-web" module.

Compatibility notes

If your code uses the unsupported function hqn-web:browse please change to use open-url in LispWorks 5.0 and later.

Examples

(sys:open-url "www.lispworks.com")

See also

*browser-location*