Re: PATCH: URLs can't be found in 'path'

[Bram Moolenaar]

Matt Wozniski wrote:

 :help 'path' says
 
 - When using |netrw.vim| URLs can be used.  For example, adding
   http://www.vim.org; will make :find index.html work.
 
 This, however, does not actually work (and hasn't since vim 6.4.10, at
 least).  Attached patch fixes.

Thanks for the fix!

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PATCH: URLs can't be found in 'path'

[Matt Wozniski]

:help 'path' says

- When using |netrw.vim| URLs can be used.  For example, adding
  http://www.vim.org; will make :find index.html work.

This, however, does not actually work (and hasn't since vim 6.4.10, at
least).  Attached patch fixes.

~Matt

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diff --git a/src/misc2.c b/src/misc2.c
index 76fe2ec..1598b10 100644
--- a/src/misc2.c
+++ b/src/misc2.c
@@ -4696,7 +4696,9 @@ vim_findfile(search_ctx_arg)
 stackp-ffs_filearray_cur = i + 1;
 ff_push(search_ctx, stackp);
 
-simplify_filename(file_path);
+if (!path_with_url(file_path)) {
+simplify_filename(file_path);
+}
 if (mch_dirname(ff_expand_buffer, MAXPATHL)
 	== OK)
 {