nvim/Keyshort/Open/Open URL or Filepath Under Cursor

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  • Open the URL or Filepath Under the Cursor Card
    • Shortcut: gx
    • Description: Hands whatever is under the cursor to the system's default handler — an http address opens in the browser, a file in whichever application claims it — and leaves the buffer where it is. Bound in normal and visual mode.
    • The Mnemonic: x for external. gx leaves the editor; gd and gf stay inside it.
  • My Note
    • A stock nvim core default, not something LazyVim adds — LazyVim only relabels it in nvim/Plugin/which-key.nvim. It routes the target through vim.ui.open, which shells out to open on macOS. That is why it behaves differently from vim's gx, which is netrw's.
    • Which of gx, gf and gd to reach for depends on what the link points at: LazyVim/Q/In LazyVim, how can I open a Markdown link with a keyboard shortcut? compares all three, and LazyVim/Tutorial/Browse a Markdown Knowledge Garden puts them in a browsing workflow.