vim.ui.open fails to open the URL that contais equal (=) in WSL

[kyoh86]

Problem

Calling :lua vim.ui.open('https://example.com/?g='), it opens explorer.exe.

Steps to reproduce

nvim --clean -c 'lua vim.ui.open("https://example.com/?g=")'

Expected behavior

https://example.com/?g= is shown in the default browser.

Neovim version (nvim -v)

NVIM v0.10.0-dev-e1ca7a7
(it also fails at v0.10.0-dev-5371ed3)

Vim (not Nvim) behaves the same?

no

Operating system/version

Linux 5.15.146.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2 / Windows 11

Terminal name/version

wezterm 20240203-110809-5046fc22

$TERM environment variable

xterm-256color

Installation

build from repo

[justinmk]

explorer.exe is what decides how to handle the given path. What happens if you do this in your WSL terminal?:

 explorer.exe "https://example.com/?g="

We may need to restore use of wslview , or maybe wsl.exe <subcommand> ? See #26947 (comment)

[kyoh86]

explorer.exe "https://example.com/?g="

It does not open web browser but explorer.

I do not know of any solution that does not use wslview.
I don't think replacing the role that wslview does with vim.ui.open is a very good choice...
https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu

[justinmk]

I don't think replacing the role that wslview does with vim.ui.open is a very good choice...
https://github.com/wslutilities/wslu

? vim.ui.open could call wslview, it's not "replacing" it.

explorer.exe was used because according to #26947 , wslview may not be installed. We can of course prefer wslview if it is found. Someone just needs to send a PR.