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Sherman Chen
Sherman Chen

Reputation: 329

How to open a link when I read a .rst text file?

If we type :help in vim, read the vim help file, and see a blue (or say green-blue) word, that word is a link. We can put the cursor in the word, and press Ctrl-] on the keyboard, then we go to the linked contents.

I am new to .rst files. My question is, when I read a .rst file, and see a blue (or say green-blue) word, can I press any key so I can go to the linked contents?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 727

Answers (3)

Andreas Louv
Andreas Louv

Reputation: 47117

The reason these "links" work in the help files is because vim have created tags files for you.

Find a proper program to generate tags file rst and you will be able to jump to these as well.

See :help 29.1 for more information.

Upvotes: 1

SergioAraujo
SergioAraujo

Reputation: 11820

When it comes to external links like HTTP: and things like that, just type gx in normal mode. See also this link: https://sbulav.github.io/vim/neovim-opening-urls/

Upvotes: 1

romainl
romainl

Reputation: 196789

reStructuredText has lots of kinds of hyperlinks, that Vim may or may not be able to follow natively or with a little help.

Implementing all that sounds like a fun Saturday afternoon project but, if you are in a hurry, you might want to take a look at gu-fan/riv.vim which provides hyperlink navigation, among many other things.

Upvotes: 1

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