On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 02:55:08PM -0400, James Vega wrote: > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 03:31:09PM -0400, James Vega wrote: > > When reading an HTTP URL with NetRW, the default behavior varies > > depending on which binaries are detected on the user's system. If > > (e)links is detected, NetRW retrieves the rendered HTML instead of the > > source. > > > > This is inconsistent with the default behavior when using the other > > binaries and breaks expected behavior from previous NetRW versions. > > > > Could the defaults be changed back to the previous behavior and the > > g:netrw_http_xcmd documentation be updated to show how to get the > > rendered text? > > Attached patch does this.
Have you had a chance to look at this? Patch attached again in case you didn't get the original. -- James GPG Key: 1024D/61326D40 2003-09-02 James Vega <james...@debian.org>
diff --git a/runtime/autoload/netrw.vim b/runtime/autoload/netrw.vim
index 2dadcfa..f058b92 100644
--- a/runtime/autoload/netrw.vim
+++ b/runtime/autoload/netrw.vim
@@ -99,19 +99,13 @@ endif
if !exists("g:netrw_http_cmd")
if executable("elinks")
let g:netrw_http_cmd = "elinks"
- if !exists("g:netrw_http_xcmd")
- let g:netrw_http_xcmd= "-dump >"
- endif
+ call s:NetrwInit("g:netrw_http_xcmd","-source >")
elseif executable("links")
let g:netrw_http_cmd = "links"
- if !exists("g:netrw_http_xcmd")
- let g:netrw_http_xcmd= "-dump >"
- endif
+ call s:NetrwInit("g:netrw_http_xcmd","-source >")
elseif executable("curl")
let g:netrw_http_cmd = "curl"
- if !exists("g:netrw_http_xcmd")
- let g:netrw_http_xcmd= "-o"
- endif
+ call s:NetrwInit("g:netrw_http_xcmd","-o")
elseif executable("wget")
let g:netrw_http_cmd = "wget"
call s:NetrwInit("g:netrw_http_xcmd","-q -O")
diff --git a/runtime/doc/pi_netrw.txt b/runtime/doc/pi_netrw.txt
index 362731c..ad3420b 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/pi_netrw.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/pi_netrw.txt
@@ -176,17 +176,20 @@ EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS AND PROTOCOLS *netrw-externapp* {{{2
sftp: *g:netrw_sftp_cmd* = "sftp"
*g:netrw_http_xcmd* : the option string for http://... protocols are
- specified via this variable and may be independently oveerridden.
+ specified via this variable and may be independently oveerridden. >
- elinks : "-dump >"
- links : "-dump >"
+ elinks : "-source >"
+ links : "-source >"
curl : "-o"
wget : "-q -O"
fetch : "-o"
+<
+ For example, if your system has elinks but you want to see the text
+ rendering rather than the html source, you may wish to have >
- For example, if your system has elinks but you want to see the html
- source in detail rather than a text rendering thereof, you may wish
- to have let g:netrw_http_xcmd= "-source >" in your .vimrc.
+ let g:netrw_http_xcmd= "-dump >"
+<
+ in your .vimrc.
READING *netrw-read* *netrw-nread* {{{2
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