kmbt/vim-protocol

Enable remote access like ':e https://git.io/vgDtJ' without netrw.vim

vim-protocol

Provide features to open, read, source remote contents of http:// or https:// without using netrw.vim. Designed for user who don't use most of features of netrw.vim but want to access remote contents.

Attention

This plugin conflicts with netrw.vim, Vim's default plugin, so you need to disable the plugin. If you need features of netrw.vim, simply don't use this plugin.

Install

Use Plug.vim, neobundle.vim, or whatever like:

" Plug.vim
Plug 'lambdalisue/vim-protocol'

" neobundle.vim
NeoBundle 'lambdalisue/vim-protocol'

" neobundle.vim (Lazy)
NeoBundleLazy 'lambdalisue/vim-protocol', {
      \ 'on_path': '^https\?://',
      \}

Or copy the repository into one of your runtimepath of Vim.

After you install the plugin, you must disable netrw.vim to prevent conflict features. You can disable netrw.vim with the following line in your .vimrc

" disable netrw.vim
let g:loaded_netrw             = 1
let g:loaded_netrwPlugin       = 1
let g:loaded_netrwSettings     = 1
let g:loaded_netrwFileHandlers = 1

Usage

This plugin provides BufReadCmd, FileReadCmd and SourceCmd for filenames starts with http:// or https://. In short, the following command request remote contents of corresponding URLs.

:edit https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lambdalisue/rook/master/home/.vim/vimrc
" Read a remote content and open a corresponding buffer
:read https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lambdalisue/rook/master/home/.vim/vimrc
" Read a remote content and insert into the current buffer
:source https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lambdalisue/rook/master/home/.vim/vimrc
" Read a remote content and source the content as Vim script

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Alisue, hashnote.net

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.