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| − | The VIM Netrw plugin allows one to view the contents of an http hyperlink via |
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| − | <code>CTRL-W_CTRL-F</code>. Netrw checks the user's system (in this order) for |
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| − | <code>curl</code>, <code>wget</code>, and <code>fetch</code>. Text browsers |
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| − | such as <code>elinks</code> and <code>links</code> are better alternatives to |
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| − | HTTP clients like <code>curl</code> because they have a <code>-dump</code> |
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| − | option which strips out the HTML tags and formats tables for improved ASCII |
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| − | viewing. Getting these text-based web browsers working with Netrw requires a simple |
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| − | wrapper script to format the arguments in the order that Netrw provides them: |
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| + | The Vim Netrw plugin allows one to view the contents of an http hyperlink via <code>CTRL-W_CTRL-F</code>. Netrw checks the user's system (in this order) for <code>curl</code>, <code>wget</code>, and <code>fetch</code>. Text browsers such as <code>elinks</code> and <code>links</code> are better alternatives to HTTP clients like <code>curl</code> because they have a <code>-dump</code> option which strips out the HTML tags and formats tables for improved ASCII viewing. Getting these text-based web browsers working with Netrw requires a simple wrapper script to format the arguments in the order that Netrw provides them: |
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| − | Here is a sample wrapper script for <code>elinks</code> (named <code>elinks-for-vim</code>). |
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let g:netrw_http_cmd = "elinks-for-vim" |
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| + | ==See also== |
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| + | *[[VimTip127|Preview HTML files quickly]] |
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Latest revision as of 09:16, 27 March 2009
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created July 25, 2008 · complexity basic · author Emallove · version 7.0
The Vim Netrw plugin allows one to view the contents of an http hyperlink via CTRL-W_CTRL-F. Netrw checks the user's system (in this order) for curl, wget, and fetch. Text browsers such as elinks and links are better alternatives to HTTP clients like curl because they have a -dump option which strips out the HTML tags and formats tables for improved ASCII viewing. Getting these text-based web browsers working with Netrw requires a simple wrapper script to format the arguments in the order that Netrw provides them:
$ agent tempfile url
Here is a sample wrapper script for elinks (in a file named elinks-for-vim).
#!/bin/sh
tempfile=`echo $* | awk '{print $1}'`
url=`echo $* | awk '{print $2}'`
elinks -dump $url > $tempfile
Then, add this line to your vimrc:
let g:netrw_http_cmd = "elinks-for-vim"