relevant commits:
- deprecate!: netrw#Launch, netrw#Open and gx mappings
- refactor: move some utility functions in a private file
- feat: add function to deprecate features
- refactor!: remove NetrwClean command and function
- refactor: use appropriate directories to store temporary files
- refactor: better way to call vim.ui.open
- refactor(Open): prefer lua wrapper function instead of cmdline
- refactor!: drop vim 7 checks
- refactor: use vim.ui.open when using neovim
- refactor: remove s:CheckIfKde
- refactor: balloon functionality
- refactor!: remove netrw#Access function
closes: vim/vim#16519https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/ec961b05dcc1efb0a234f6d0b31a0945517e75d2
Co-authored-by: Luca Saccarola <github.e41mv@aleeas.com>
Problem:
Nvim depends on netrw to download/request URL contents.
Solution:
- Add `vim.net.request()` as a thin curl wrapper:
- Basic GET with --silent, --show-error, --fail, --location, --retry
- Optional `opts.outpath` to save to a file
- Operates asynchronously. Pass an `on_response` handler to get the result.
- Add integ tests (requires NVIM_TEST_INTEG to be set) to test success
and 404 failure.
- Health check for missing `curl`.
- Handle `:edit https://…` using `vim.net.request()`.
API Usage:
1. Asynchronous request:
vim.net.request('https://httpbingo.org/get', { retry = 2 }, function(err, response)
if err then
print('Fetch failed:', err)
else
print('Got body of length:', #response.body)
end
end)
2. Download to file:
vim.net.request('https://httpbingo.org/get', { outpath = 'out_async.txt' }, function(err)
if err then print('Error:', err) end
end)
3. Remote :edit integration (in runtime/plugin/net.lua) fetches into buffer:
:edit https://httpbingo.org/get
Dr. Chip retired some time ago and is no longer maintaining the netrw
plugin. However as a runtime plugin distributed by Vim, it important to
maintain the netrw plugin in the future and fix bugs as they are
reported.
So, split out the netrw plugin as an additional package, however include
some stubs to make sure the plugin is still loaded by default and the
documentation is accessible as well.
closes: vim/vim#16368https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9cfdabb074feefc9848e9f7a4538f201e28c7f06
Co-authored-by: Luca Saccarola <github.e41mv@aleeas.com>
