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I search for pdf files and have them show up in a menu using %m. Now, if I press v, it opens all of the pdf files in vim as binary. Is this expected? Is there a way to have the files to open up using their associated filetype?

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Is this expected?

Yes. It actually makes sense in case of PDF as it's partially ASCII and have a highlighting in Vim.

Is there a way to have the files to open up using their associated filetype?

Not from a menu, but you can go to the file in the view via gf or b.

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b works but gf doesn't. Can it be configured?

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Right, use %M macro instead of %m to make gf work. Menus don't run external commands, but you can use c to build one.

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could you point me to the documentation related to c to build external command?

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