prot.sh

#! /usr/bin/env ruby

# the following maps the protocol handler txmt to open a vim file
# For example, if you have a link in Firefox with this URL:
#
#  txmt:///home/my_user/.../index.html.haml
#
# then you can use this script to open VIM in the to the 
# corresponding file and line number.
#
# See stackoverflow:
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2981428/is-there-a-way-to-click-a-link-in-firefox-and-open-a-file-in-an-existing-vim-sess
#


file_result = ARGV[0].scan(/file\:\/\/((\w|\/|\.)*).*/)
file_path = file_result[0][0]


line_result = ARGV[0].scan(/\&amp\;line\=(\d*).*/)

if line_result
  line = line_result[0][0]
  system "gvim --remote-silent +#{line} #{file_path}"
else
  system "gvim --remote-silent #{file_path}"
end