When I press gx over a link in vim, it opens it in an external application, when it does this it also suspends Vim.
How do I prevent it from suspending Vim, so that I can use Vim while browsing whatever it opened externally.
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1Can you specify your OS, Vim version? It does not suspend here (OSX, MacVim 8.0) – nobe4 Jul 17 '17 at 16:13
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Using GVim on Windows, I do not have this problem. However, at the bottom, vim says, "Press <cr> to continue," which is just Enter. Using terminal vim in MinGW (I know, all bets are off), it doesn't open a web page, but still doesn't freeze. – jpaugh Jul 17 '17 at 19:58
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Debian Jessie 8.4.0, Vim 7.4. Hm... mine seems to be a bit iffy, if it opens it will suspend vim, if it doesn't it will not suspend. – Electronic Mail Jul 20 '17 at 2:48
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Vim 8 with Fedora 25 here, works by default without suspending. – Neaţu Ovidiu Gabriel Oct 16 '17 at 9:26
Use vim-shell plugin instead with this config:
let g:netrw_nogx = 1 " disable netrw's gx mapping.
nnoremap gx :Open<CR>
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This doesn't work for me, :Open is still blocking vim. I use NVIM v0.2.2 on lubuntu 17.10 – chrimuelle Jun 21 '18 at 20:31
What works for me with neovim v0.2.2 on lubuntu 17.10 is the open-browser.vim plugin (https://github.com/tyru/open-browser.vim) with the following settings in my init.vim.
let g:netrw_nogx = 1 " disable netrw's gx mapping.
nmap gx <Plug>(openbrowser-smart-search)
vmap gx <Plug>(openbrowser-smart-search)
