follow-md-links.nvim

This neovim plugin allows you to follow markdown links by pressing enter when the cursor is positioned on a link. It supports:

• absolute file paths (e.g. [a file](/home/user/file.md))
• relative file paths (e.g. [a file](../somefile.txt))
• file paths beginning with ~ (e.g. [a file](~/folder/a_file)).
• file paths with a line number (e.g. [a file](/home/user/file.md:42)), this will also place the cursor on the specified line similar to gF (see :h gF)
• file paths with heading (e.g. [a file](/home/user/file.md#heading)), this will also place the cursor on the specified heading
• reference links (e.g. [a file][label]. [label]: ~/folder/a_file)
• text-only reference links (e.g. [example website]. [example website]: https://example.org)
• web links (e.g. [wikipedia](https://wikipedia.org))
• heading links (e.g. [chapter 1](#-chapter-1)
• man page links (e.g. [printf library](man://printf(3)))
• uri links (e.g. <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.

Installation

Packer:

use {
  'jghauser/follow-md-links.nvim'
}

Lazy.nvim:

{
  'jghauser/follow-md-links.nvim'
}

Configuration

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 })