Added webbroser to auto open the slideshow.

IPython/nbconvert/post_processors/serve.py

@@ -1,48 +1,53 b''
 """
 Contains postprocessor for serving nbconvert output.
 """
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #Copyright (c) 2013, the IPython Development Team.
 #
 #Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 #
 #The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 import os
+import webbrowser
+
 from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer
 from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
 
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode
 
 from .base import PostProcessorBase
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Classes
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 class ServePostProcessor(PostProcessorBase):
     """Post processor designed to serve files"""
 
 
     build_directory = Unicode(".", config=True, 
                               help="""Directory to write output to.  Leave blank
                               to output to the current directory""")
 
     def call(self, input):
         """
         Simple implementation to serve the build directory.
         """
         
         try:
             os.chdir(self.build_directory)
             httpd = HTTPServer(('127.0.0.1', 8000), SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
             sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
-            print("Serving " + input[2:] + " on http://" + sa[0] + ":" + str(sa[1]))
+            name = input[2:]
+            url = "http://" + sa[0] + ":" + str(sa[1]) + "/" + name
+            webbrowser.open(url, new=2)
+            print("Serving " + name + " on " + url)
             print("Use Control-C to stop this server.")
             httpd.serve_forever()
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
             print("The server is shut down.")