remove custom gx command in favor of netrw functionnalities and add documentation for netrw hijack

README.md

@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ highlight NvimTreeFolderIcon guibg=blue
 - `I` will toggle visibility of folders hidden via |g:nvim_tree_ignore|
 - `H` will toggle visibility of dotfiles (files/folders starting with a `.`)
 - `R` will refresh the tree
-- `gx` opens the file with the `open` command on MACOS and `xdg-open` in linux
 - Double left click acts like `<CR>`
 - Double right click acts like `<C-]>`
 
@@ -138,8 +137,6 @@ highlight NvimTreeFolderIcon guibg=blue
 
 This plugin is very fast because it uses the `libuv` `scandir` and `scandir_next` functions instead of spawning an `ls` process which can get slow on large files when combining with `stat` to get file informations.
 
-The Netrw vim plugin is disabled, hence features like `gx` don't work across your windows/buffers. You could use a plugin like [this one](https://github.com/stsewd/gx-extended.vim) if you wish to use that feature.
-
 ## Features
 
 - Open file in current buffer or in split with FzF like bindings (`<CR>`, `<C-v>`, `<C-x>`, `<C-t>`)

doc/nvim-tree-lua.txt

@@ -186,6 +186,19 @@ Can be 0 or 1. When 1, it will not resize the tree to it's original width
 when opening a new file.
 Default is 0
 
+|g:nvim_tree_hijack_netrw|		        *g:nvim_tree_hijack_netrw*
+
+Can be 0 or 1. When 1, disable netrw buffers when nvim-tree start but keeps
+existing netrw functionnalities accross buffers (like `gx`).
+1 by default.
+
+|g:nvim_tree_disable_netrw|			*g:nvim_tree_disable_netrw*
+
+Can be 0 or 1. When 1, completely disable netrw and all related
+functionnalities.
+1 by default.
+
+
 ==============================================================================
 INFORMATIONS				        *nvim-tree-info*
 
@@ -216,8 +229,6 @@ INFORMATIONS				        *nvim-tree-info*
 - '<Tab>' will open the file as a preview (keeps the cursor in the tree)
 - 'I' will toggle visibility of folders hidden via |g:nvim_tree_ignore|
 - 'R' will refresh the tree
-- 'gx' opens the file with the `open` command on macos and `xdg-open`
-on linux.
 
 - Double left click acts like '<CR>'
 - Double right click acts like '<C-]>'

lua/lib/lib.lua

@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ local function set_mappings()
     [bindings.next_git_item] = 'on_keypress("next_git_item")';
     [bindings.dir_up] = 'on_keypress("dir_up")';
     [bindings.close] = 'on_keypress("close")';
-    gx = "xdg_open()";
   }
 
   for k,v in pairs(mappings) do

lua/nvim-tree.lua

@@ -196,25 +196,6 @@ function M.reset_highlight()
   renderer.render_hl(lib.Tree.bufnr)
 end
 
-function M.xdg_open()
-  local node = lib.get_node_at_cursor()
-  -- TODO: this should open symlink targets
-  if not node or node.entries or node.link_to then return end
-
-  local cmd
-  if vim.fn.has('unix') == 1 then
-    cmd = 'xdg-open'
-  else
-    cmd = 'open'
-  end
-
-  vim.loop.spawn(cmd, {args={node.absolute_path}}, vim.schedule_wrap(function(code)
-    if code ~= 0 then
-      api.nvim_err_writeln("Could not open "..node.absolute_path)
-    end
-  end))
-end
-
 colors.setup()
 vim.defer_fn(M.on_enter, 1)