Re: follow link on internet with vim

On 7/9/19 11:09 AM, 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.
>


this is stupid. Use a WP

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