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 -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/ff2d8365-73a3-49fe-a6fc-3c2bb5225afa%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
