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PDF-Editor Links in Windows
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Thomas Wilmot |
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PDF-Editor Links in Windows |
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Wed, 14 Dec 2016 01:15:15 -0400 |
Hello everyone,
I just thought I should once again draw some attention to the PDF
Document-Text Editor hyperlink bug which exists at least in Microsoft
Windows.
There is a post archived here:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-lilypond/2013-04/msg00055.html in
which Phil concludes that this is in fact a bug, as the Windows installer
does not create a functioning environment.
I posted a while back about the same issue here:
http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/PDF-Links-in-Windows-td181761.html
I ran into it again today, but seem to have made new progress!
I was again trying to follow the guidelines at this page:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767914(v=vs.85).aspx
I tried simply making a text file with .REG extension, then double-clicking
to merge with the registry, but it didn't work. When I dug in with the
Registry Editor, the Guile scheme was there, presumably from the initial
installation.
Anyway, after messing around with the registry for a while, I finally got
the [editor] application I requested to open!
This means that all the links in the hyperlink chain are working but the
last!
1. The PDF viewer is recognizing and sending out the URI request properly.
2. Internet Explorer is translating the URI, as described on the MSDN page.
3. The registry is calling the editor application (or whatever application
I tell it to)
4. The Editor Application is receiving the message from MSIE and appearing
when called for even though the slashes are the wrong way!
5. The last step is the editor actually understanding the URI and handling
it correctly.
All the people who have this working seem to be using Vim, Emacs, or some
other crazy editor!
I just want any simple text editor to be able to understand the URI. I would
personally like Frescobaldi to understand it (which is probably something I
should go contact them about), but given that LilyPad is the text editor
which is included with LilyPond, it would make sense for it to be fully
functional out of the box, including the hyperlinking between the original
and Gold standard PDF reader from the creators of the format (Acrobat
Reader) and the LilyPond-included text editor!
It seems that some Unicode support has been gained by LilyPad since I last
used it which is great! (hence the lilypad-ascii.exe version), though I
think this hyperlinking is a much more basic feature! (At least for an
English speaker :P)
I have attached a screenshot of the error message given by LilyPad for not
knowing what to do with the URI.
Thanks,
Thomas
Acrobat-LilyPad Partial Hyperlink Success!.PNG
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- PDF-Editor Links in Windows,
Thomas Wilmot <=