This neovim plugin allows you to follow markdown links by pressing enter when the cursor is positioned on a link. It supports:
[a file](/home/user/file.md))[a file](../somefile.txt))~ (e.g. [a file](~/folder/a_file)).[a file](/home/user/file.md:42)), this will also place the cursor on the specified line similar to gF (see :h gF)[a file][label]. [label]: ~/folder/a_file)[example website]. [example website]: https://example.org)[wikipedia](https://wikipedia.org))[chapter 1](#-chapter-1)[printf library](man://printf(3)))<https://example.org>)Local files are opened in neovim and web links are opened with the default browser. Web links need to start with https:// or http:// to be identified properly.
This plugin is tested against the latest stable version of neovim. It might work with other versions, but this is not guaranteed.
Packer:
use {
'jghauser/follow-md-links.nvim'
}
Lazy.nvim:
{
'jghauser/follow-md-links.nvim'
}
The plugin maps <cr> in normal mode to open links in markdown files. You might also want to add the following keymap to easily go back to the previous file with backspace:
vim.keymap.set('n', '<bs>', ':edit #<cr>', { silent = true })