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!xdg-open <URL> doesn't open the website in my default browser

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Mar 15, 20261573 views
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I am using gvim 7.3.401 on archlinux. The shell command doesn't open my default browser with that link. In fact, it appears to do nothing. This works as expected within terminal vim How can I make it work in gvim too?

Error Output

:!xdg-open http://www.vim.org

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Try I had the same issue until I saw how LaTeX-Box does it.

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