On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 08:01:04PM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote: > On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 07:23:09PM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > commit 48b1e8a0aca2f3f3faa8f1f800568e47792ba9a0 > > Author: Pavel Sanda <sa...@lyx.org> > > Date: Fri Aug 14 19:46:13 2020 +0200 > > > > New attempt on #9906: allow following hyperlinks via context menu. > > > > Now safer version with the help of Qt. > > As a somewhat related issue I have very rough code (i.e. intended for my > private patchset) which allows viewing papers cited in the document via > the context menu of citation inset. > > ATM it is really shaped for my needs but I am curious how far I am > from getting something along those lines (see attachment) to the upstream... > > What it essentially does is that: > 1. Adds context menu item for citation to read the paper > 2. Once triggered, first author's name and year is handed over > to external shell script, which is capable to find the most > appropriate pdfs on my drive and launches pdfviewer on them. > > Now, while this mostly satisfies my needs its way too peculiar for master. > Namely it heavily relies on the fact that I have all my bibliography > localy stored in way that name+year is easy searchable (though not always > unique). > > It would not be terribly hard to extend the patch, so the functionality > actually is: > 1. For given reference find > - path+filename of pdf if stored in bibliographic database & launch pdf viewer > - if not found then URL to the paper & launch browser > - if not found then give name + year to user-defined script (essentially my > hack above) > > It could be enhanced by listing all possible targets in contex menu > (because citation might include more papers and each one might have more > pdf's). > > How much opposition would be to commit something like this?
(moving conversation to lyx-devel) I like that idea a lot and would personally find it helpful. Here is a related request, although not many extra details: https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=CAO7dr0jWBgOY8_ozNBQo4FuQpyFZACr1oQ8xzCs%2BnMNS-1Qt8Q%40mail.gmail.com I like your idea of using a script as a translation layer. Indeed, it seems difficult to make the script general enough that it works for other setups but user-friendly enough that non-scripters can figure it out. If you are motivated, after collecting ideas on lyx-devel you might also want to check on lyx-users. They might have some good ideas for the interface. Thanks for considering to try to upstream this (although I recognize it might be complicated). I've wanted this feature for a while! Scott
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