Yes, I see your point. I have, however, tried this both with version 2.4.0 and 2.4.3, so would think this has something to do with my os. some incompatibility / version conflict / permissions that will block what would normally be working. might it have something to do with installing the app?
On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 at 17:04, Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2020-10-03 at 16:48 +0200, Ramon Dor wrote: > > tooltip appears on hover after waiting a few seconds. it contains > > what I would suspect is a valid link from the pdf tag with a format: > > textedit:///tmp/Denemo/..... ..... /DenemoprintB.ly:19:12:13, where > > each note gets a unique xx:xx;xx at the end. > > so this seems to work just fine. I think, however, that there is a > > lack of communication between the print view and the rest of the > > application. > > yes, the Evince library is supposed to emit a signal when you click on > a link, and Denemo has a signal handler connected for it > > g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (Denemo.printarea), "external-link", > G_CALLBACK (action_for_link), NULL); > > at printview.c:2779 > > so breaking gdb on the function action_for_link would establish that > the signal is not being emitted (assuming line 2779 was executed!). > > Richard > > > > > > On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 at 16:40, Richard Shann <rich...@rshann.plus.com> > > wrote: > > > On Sat, 2020-10-03 at 16:17 +0200, Ramon Dor wrote: > > > > hi Richard, thanks for your quick reply! > > > > started from the terminal. > > > > left clicking on a note in the print view window (when the hand- > > > > pointer is showing on hover) has no effect at all. > > > > terminal prints no errors / warnings, in fact, nothing at all > > > beyond > > > > the line: > > > > "Log level set to 287" > > > > Lilypond window is not affected either. > > > > do the terminal messages on startup have anything to do with it? > > > (I > > > > assume they have to do only with Alsa / Jack) > > > > "Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory" > > > > "Cannot connect to server request channel" > > > yes, I'm afraid those are normal, the portaudio library tries > > > various > > > things and reports about it. > > > > > > You didn't mention whether the tooltip pops up when you have moved > > > the > > > arrow pointer to a note (the "hand" pointer appears) and waited a > > > few > > > seconds. This tooltip is a feature of the Evince library and the > > > failure of it to appear would imply that the links are not being > > > emitted. In fact, if you use the PDF button in the Print View to > > > create > > > a pdf file and open that in a viewer it should be the case that the > > > notes still have a link attached to them - again (depending on the > > > pdf > > > viewer used, I have atril) there may be a tooltip and it should > > > throw > > > an error when you try to click the link. (Because it doesn't know > > > what > > > the protocol textedit: of the link means, it being internal to > > > Denemo). > > > > > > Some other tests (with a terminal) > > > > > > A right-click on a note should emit this: > > > > > > Looking at target Note on grob #fwith tag #f ok? > > > > > > and, if you insert a rehearsal mark (Fn9) then right click on the > > > "A" > > > that appears in the typeset should report > > > > > > Looking at target Object on grob RehearsalMarkwith tag > > > RehearsalMark > > > ok? > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > >
