Follow link in vim with markdown syntax

Question

Is it possible to follow markdown links from vim with a keyboard shortcut? The links look like this:

[foo](relative/path/to/file.pdf)
[bar](www.some-webpage.com)

I want to have a keyboard shortcut that opens the links with the default application. Not sure whether it makes a difference, but I am using OS X.

Answer 1

Try gx when your cursor is over the link. netrw should open the link with the external handler (see :h netrw-gx) which in Mac OS X will be open.