Re: point and click

[Urs Liska]

Am 07.09.2013 14:54, schrieb David Kastrup:
> Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > 2013/9/7 David Kastrup <address@hidden>:
> > > Janek Warchoł <address@hidden> writes:
> > > > So, as i see it, the links are useful only for the person who produced
> > > > the pdf.
> > > Sure.  They point is that they _are_ useful.
> > >
> > > > My point is:
> > > > - if you don't compile the file yourself, the links are useless anyway
> > > > - if you compile the file, you should use Frescobaldi or similar
> > > > editor, which can turn point and click on as needed.
> > > The links do no harm.
> > In my opinion they are very annoying if you click on them
> > accidentally, especially when it's in a file i got from someone else.
> They are mostly annoying because your system is set up to handle the
> links.  For someone whose only contact with LilyPond is by getting PDF
> files, the principal annoyance is just the file size.
That's not quite true.
In a system not set up 'correctly' (i.e. having the links open up a 
suitable editor) the end user experiences an error message about 
unusable links while not knowing that and why there are links at all.