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created 2004 · complexity intermediate · author Xiangjiang Ma · version 6.0
To make gf
work for a URL, say, file:///C:/myfile.txt
, I have the following in my vimrc on Windows:
au BufReadCmd file:///* exe "bd!|edit ".substitute(expand("<afile>"),"file:/*","","")
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How about extending it for http://x.y
For network file like http:// ftp:// etc, I guess it is better to use netrw plugin.
TO DO
- Handle escaped characters like %20 for spaces.
--Fritzophrenic 16:12, January 6, 2010 (UTC)