Re: Best way to launch a URL from within VIM

On Fr, 27 Sep 2019, 'J S' via vim_use wrote:

> Vim 7.something under (MS) Windows 7.
>
> I want to do the equivalent of:
>
> :!start http://something
>
> But that doesn't work.
>
> This *does* work, but it is ugly (and opens lots of command prompt windows and requries a few "press any key to continues"s. Also, it seems to run CMD twice - i.e., you end up running:
>
> cmd /c cmd /c start ...
>
> :!cmd /c start http://something
>
> I seek a simpler and, ideally, seamless (i.e., no "press any key"s) way.

Isn't that what netrw's normal command `gx` provides?

Best,
Christian
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