Re: follow link on internet with vim

On Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 11:09:16 AM UTC-4, Enno wrote:
> Le mardi 9 juillet 2019 10:32:52 UTC-3, Tony Mechelynck a écrit :
> > On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 2:56 PM Mathieu Roux wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Is it possible to follow a link with vim? for exemple, if my cursor is
> > > on https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim
> > > i want to use my browser to go to this website.
> > >
> > > By the same way, i can open a file with "gf" if my cursor is on the
> > > file's name. But i don't know how to follow a link.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Mathieu
> >
> > I don't know if it is possible, but I know where to find the answer:
> >
> > :help netrw
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Tony.
>
> Thus, if elinks is installed, then typing `gf` will open the link as text in Vim.
> Typing `gx` will open it with the program attached to links in the OS. On Linux, if one does not use Gnome or KDE desktop environment, then adding
>
> let g:netrw_browsex_viewer = "xdg-open"
>
> to the vimrc seems necessary.

Both `gf` and `gx` worked for me as described using Debian/i3 (without having to set `g:netrw_browsex_viewer`).

Thanks for sharing this simple solution, Enno!

PRD

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