Re: lyx 2.0.0 URL error unable to open external file on Ubuntu 11.10 . File path is correct!! Solved

[AJR]

I solved it, the solution was really simple, but not at all obvious to
me given how careful one must usually be with file paths in any *nix
application.Most apps do not fill in anything for you. Knocking the
leading / off the file path solved the problem. Instead of
putting
/home/foo/bar.xls 
in the Href dialogue box I put
home/foo/bar.xls 
as the target file. All worked as it should. Do you
knock off the leading forward slash off the file path when you use that
feature? Just seems counter intuitive to me.  Thanks for
your help.

Alasdair  

On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 14:07:31 + (UTC)
Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 I downloaded your files, created a home directory for badger with a
 Documents subdirectory, and parked your .xls file there.  Then I
 opened your PDF file in Acrobat Reader (without touching your LyX
 file) and clicked the link.  I already had Firefox open.  AR gave me
 the usual security warning, and then Firefox asked me if I wanted to
 open the file or download it.  I opened it in LibreOffice Calc with
 no problem.
 
 So your PDF output file is fine.  Are you sure that the link does not
 work on your machine?  What happens when you click it in AR?
 
 Paul
 
 
 
 

Re: lyx 2.0.0 URL error unable to open external file on Ubuntu 11.10 . File path is correct!! Solved

[Paul A . Rubin]

AJR alasdair at iprimus.com.au writes:

 Do you
 knock off the leading forward slash off the file path when you use that
 feature? Just seems counter intuitive to me.

No, I don't; I include the initial slash.  In fact, I just tested this with a
new document (LyX 2.0.1 on Linux Mint 11), and it worked fine with
/home/paul/Desktop/whatever as the path for the link. (Fine means, as
before, that Evince would not open the link, but Acrobat Reader 9 did by
forwarding it to Firefox.)

The PDF you uploaded before worked for me, so I'm not convinced this is an
anomaly in LyX.  It's very strange, though. If it were just one PDF viewer
involved at your end, I'd ask if the PDF viewer was current, but IIRC you said
the link was broken in multiple viewers (?).

Paul

Re: lyx 2.0.0 URL error unable to open external file on Ubuntu 11.10 . File path is correct!! Solved

[AJR]

I solved it, the solution was really simple, but not at all obvious to
me given how careful one must usually be with file paths in any *nix
application.Most apps do not fill in anything for you. Knocking the
leading / off the file path solved the problem. Instead of
putting
/home/foo/bar.xls 
in the Href dialogue box I put
home/foo/bar.xls 
as the target file. All worked as it should. Do you
knock off the leading forward slash off the file path when you use that
feature? Just seems counter intuitive to me.  Thanks for
your help.

Alasdair  

On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 14:07:31 + (UTC)
Paul A. Rubin ru...@msu.edu wrote:

 I downloaded your files, created a home directory for badger with a
 Documents subdirectory, and parked your .xls file there.  Then I
 opened your PDF file in Acrobat Reader (without touching your LyX
 file) and clicked the link.  I already had Firefox open.  AR gave me
 the usual security warning, and then Firefox asked me if I wanted to
 open the file or download it.  I opened it in LibreOffice Calc with
 no problem.
 
 So your PDF output file is fine.  Are you sure that the link does not
 work on your machine?  What happens when you click it in AR?
 
 Paul
 
 
 
 

Re: lyx 2.0.0 URL error unable to open external file on Ubuntu 11.10 . File path is correct!! Solved

[Paul A . Rubin]

AJR alasdair at iprimus.com.au writes:

 Do you
 knock off the leading forward slash off the file path when you use that
 feature? Just seems counter intuitive to me.

No, I don't; I include the initial slash.  In fact, I just tested this with a
new document (LyX 2.0.1 on Linux Mint 11), and it worked fine with
/home/paul/Desktop/whatever as the path for the link. (Fine means, as
before, that Evince would not open the link, but Acrobat Reader 9 did by
forwarding it to Firefox.)

The PDF you uploaded before worked for me, so I'm not convinced this is an
anomaly in LyX.  It's very strange, though. If it were just one PDF viewer
involved at your end, I'd ask if the PDF viewer was current, but IIRC you said
the link was broken in multiple viewers (?).

Paul

Re: lyx 2.0.0 URL error "unable to open external file" on Ubuntu 11.10 . File path is correct!! Solved

[AJR]

I solved it, the solution was really simple, but not at all obvious to
me given how careful one must usually be with file paths in any *nix
application.Most apps do not fill in anything for you. Knocking the
leading / off the file path solved the problem. Instead of
putting
/home/foo/bar.xls 
in the Href dialogue box I put
home/foo/bar.xls 
as the target file. All worked as it should. Do you
knock off the leading forward slash off the file path when you use that
feature? Just seems counter intuitive to me.  Thanks for
your help.

Alasdair  

On Sat, 7 Apr 2012 14:07:31 + (UTC)
Paul A. Rubin  wrote:

> I downloaded your files, created a home directory for "badger" with a
> Documents subdirectory, and parked your .xls file there.  Then I
> opened your PDF file in Acrobat Reader (without touching your LyX
> file) and clicked the link.  I already had Firefox open.  AR gave me
> the usual security warning, and then Firefox asked me if I wanted to
> open the file or download it.  I opened it in LibreOffice Calc with
> no problem.
> 
> So your PDF output file is fine.  Are you sure that the link does not
> work on your machine?  What happens when you click it in AR?
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: lyx 2.0.0 URL error "unable to open external file" on Ubuntu 11.10 . File path is correct!! Solved

[Paul A . Rubin]

AJR  iprimus.com.au> writes:

> Do you
> knock off the leading forward slash off the file path when you use that
> feature? Just seems counter intuitive to me.

No, I don't; I include the initial slash.  In fact, I just tested this with a
new document (LyX 2.0.1 on Linux Mint 11), and it worked fine with
"/home/paul/Desktop/whatever" as the path for the link. ("Fine" means, as
before, that Evince would not open the link, but Acrobat Reader 9 did by
forwarding it to Firefox.)

The PDF you uploaded before worked for me, so I'm not convinced this is an
anomaly in LyX.  It's very strange, though. If it were just one PDF viewer
involved at your end, I'd ask if the PDF viewer was current, but IIRC you said
the link was broken in multiple viewers (?).

Paul