1 files changed, 31 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/lua/vim/ui.lua b/runtime/lua/vim/ui.lua
index b0e7ca1a35..99b9b78e2a 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/vim/ui.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/vim/ui.lua
@@ -114,15 +114,20 @@ end
 --- Examples:
 ---
 --- ```lua
+--- -- Asynchronous.
 --- vim.ui.open("https://neovim.io/")
 --- vim.ui.open("~/path/to/file")
---- vim.ui.open("$VIMRUNTIME")
+--- -- Synchronous (wait until the process exits).
+--- local cmd, err = vim.ui.open("$VIMRUNTIME")
+--- if cmd then
+---   cmd:wait()
+--- end
 --- ```
 ---
 ---@param path string Path or URL to open
 ---
----@return vim.SystemCompleted|nil # Command result, or nil if not found.
----@return string|nil # Error message on failure
+---@return vim.SystemObj|nil # Command object, or nil if not found.
+---@return nil|string # Error message on failure, or nil on success.
 ---
 ---@see |vim.system()|
 function M.open(path)
@@ -144,21 +149,37 @@ function M.open(path)
     else
       return nil, 'vim.ui.open: rundll32 not found'
     end
+  elseif vim.fn.executable('wslview') == 1 then
+    cmd = { 'wslview', path }
   elseif vim.fn.executable('explorer.exe') == 1 then
     cmd = { 'explorer.exe', path }
   elseif vim.fn.executable('xdg-open') == 1 then
     cmd = { 'xdg-open', path }
   else
-    return nil, 'vim.ui.open: no handler found (tried: explorer.exe, xdg-open)'
+    return nil, 'vim.ui.open: no handler found (tried: wslview, explorer.exe, xdg-open)'
   end
 
-  local rv = vim.system(cmd, { text = true, detach = true }):wait()
-  if rv.code ~= 0 then
-    local msg = ('vim.ui.open: command failed (%d): %s'):format(rv.code, vim.inspect(cmd))
-    return rv, msg
-  end
+  return vim.system(cmd, { text = true, detach = true }), nil
+end
 
-  return rv, nil
+--- Gets the URL at cursor, if any.
+function M._get_url()
+  if vim.bo.filetype == 'markdown' then
+    local range = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)
+    vim.treesitter.get_parser():parse(range)
+    -- marking the node as `markdown_inline` is required. Setting it to `markdown` does not
+    -- work.
+    local current_node = vim.treesitter.get_node { lang = 'markdown_inline' }
+    while current_node do
+      local type = current_node:type()
+      if type == 'inline_link' or type == 'image' then
+        local child = assert(current_node:named_child(1))
+        return vim.treesitter.get_node_text(child, 0)
+      end
+      current_node = current_node:parent()
+    end
+  end
+  return vim.fn.expand('<cfile>')
 end
 
 return M