IOError on Windows

[carstenbauer]

I get

julia> XKCD.comic()
ERROR: IOError: could not spawn `start https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/alignment_chart_alignment_chart.png`: no such file or directory (ENOENT)
Stacktrace:
 [1] _spawn_primitive(::String, ::Cmd, ::Array{Any,1}) at .\process.jl:99
 [2] setup_stdios(::Base.var"#554#555"{Cmd}, ::Array{Any,1}) at .\process.jl:112
 [3] _spawn at .\process.jl:111 [inlined]
 [4] #run#565(::Bool, ::typeof(run), ::Cmd) at .\process.jl:439
 [5] run at .\process.jl:438 [inlined]
 [6] #comic#1(::Bool, ::typeof(XKCD.comic), ::Nothing) at C:\Users\carsten\.julia\packages\XKCD\eRQxZ\src\XKCD.jl:22
 [7] comic at C:\Users\carsten\.julia\packages\XKCD\eRQxZ\src\XKCD.jl:18 [inlined] (repeats 2 times)
 [8] top-level scope at REPL[3]:1

on Windows 10, Julia 1.3.1.

[joshday]

Hmm, I don't have windows myself to test it with. I just read that start <url> would open the image in browser. I'll see what I can do.

[joshday]

Can you confirm that

explorer https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/alignment_chart_alignment_chart.png

works from a windows terminal? I'm basing this off stack overflow answers, so who knows.

[carstenbauer]

Yep, works for me (Windows 10).

[carstenbauer]

Alternatively, DefaultApplication.jl might be useful.

[joshday]

Thanks for the pointer! I'm going the DefaultApplication route