Great! Thanks so much for that tweak. It looks like just what I need: it will hopefully let me open whatever (even html) externally. I will give a road test.
Best, Bill On Nov 14, 7:03 pm, Terry Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:53:03 -0800 (PST) > > wgw <[email protected]> wrote: > > I installed the active_path plugin and everything seems to work fine. > > The only quirk I need to fix is controlling what a double click does. > > > With text or html nodes, it imports the content and puts @auto in the > > headline. > > > With .odt and .gif nodes it launches the node name with the default > > application (openoffice and image viewer). > > > On pdf files it tries to put the pdf content in the node body and adds > > @auto. > > I've pushed a new @setting, > > @data active_path_bin_open > # extensions for files/directories > # active_path will load as binary, i.e. using external software > # use lower case only > .pdf > > The problem was that active_path assumes any file with no zeros in the > first 100 characters is text. This is almost always right, and was > probably right for your .pdf file, so a better test for text/binary > won't really work, it needs a specific list of things to open with > external software. > > Now I think of it the list should probably include > > .svg > .ps > .eps > > Cheers -Terry -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
