From ad3c395dca98fc0a0ab8d7363c7616677b8d95de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Dixon <notjamesdixon@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 16:59:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add open-browser.vim to fix broken netrw gx

---
 vim/vimrc | 19 ++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vim/vimrc b/vim/vimrc
index 9baddd6..7e4b7f1 100644
--- a/vim/vimrc
+++ b/vim/vimrc
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ call plug#begin(pluginDir)
     Plug 'tpope/vim-eunuch'
     Plug 'tpope/vim-repeat'
     Plug 'editorconfig/editorconfig-vim'
+    "browser/url opener
+    Plug 'tyru/open-browser.vim'
     "git
     Plug 'tpope/vim-fugitive'
     "visual
@@ -68,8 +70,14 @@ let g:netrw_liststyle = 3
 let g:netrw_preview = 1
 let g:netrw_alto = 0
 let g:netrw_usetab = 1
+let g:netrw_browsex_viewer = "xdg-open"
 let g:NetrwIsOpen = 0 "for toggle function
 
+"netrw gx is borked and open-browser is way better
+let g:netrw_nogx = 1
+nmap gx <Plug>(openbrowser-smart-search)
+vmap gx <Plug>(openbrowser-smart-search)
+
 "ale
 let g:ale_linters = {
 \   'javascript': ['prettier', 'eslint'],
@@ -239,9 +247,6 @@ command! Q q
 command! WQ wq
 command! Q1 q!
 
-"function calls
-command! -nargs=+ SearchGoogle call SearchGoogle(join([<f-args>]))
-
 "general functions
 "-----------------
 "toggle functions
@@ -289,14 +294,6 @@ function! ToggleNetrw() "make netrw toggleable <https://vi.stackexchange.com/que
     endif
 endfunction
 
-"search functions
-function! SearchGoogle(string)
-    let l:google = "https://www.google.com/search?q="
-    let l:browser = "xdg-open >/dev/null 2>/dev/null"
-    let l:query = substitute(join(split(a:string),"+"),'"',"","g")
-    execute "!" l:browser . "\ " . l:google . l:query
-endfunction
-
 "syntax/filetype
 "---------------
 syntax on