Re: launching a PDF from a link
In article , Jim Nagel wrote: > Tim Hill wrote on 11 Jul: > > Yes, I think that was Jim's desire: click on a link to a PDF on a > > webpage and it opens in your default PDF viewer without the save-drag > > & double-click. > Gzackly. The extra steps are too much for the technophobic Mrs N. > She can view a Jpeg link without extra steps, so why must Netsurf > require fifflefaffle for PDF? > (Similar Q for MPro (and Pluto?) email with Jpeg vs PDF attachments.) I know this is not what you want to see/hear... When I get a PDF attached email in Pluto I have absolutely no problem double clicking the attachment PDF and getting it opened in *my* default PDF reader... Foxit PDF reader. I get so many PDFs these days that will not open in RISC OS PDF readers... There are only so many times an app can piss me off before I give up and get the stuff transferred automatically via Uniserver to the PC side and Foxit. Dave -- Dave Triffid
Re: launching a PDF from a link
Tim Hill wrote on 11 Jul: > Yes, I think that was Jim's desire: click on a link to a PDF on a webpage > and it opens in your default PDF viewer without the save-drag & > double-click. Gzackly. The extra steps are too much for the technophobic Mrs N. She can view a Jpeg link without extra steps, so why must Netsurf require fifflefaffle for PDF? (Similar Q for MPro (and Pluto?) email with Jpeg vs PDF attachments.) -- Jim Nagelwww.archivemag.co.uk
Re: launching a PDF from a link
In article <48a3670f57.ga...@wra1th.plus.com>, Gavin Wraith wrote: > But maybe the whole point of what you are looking for is that it acts > automatically without the user having to start it? Yes, I think that was Jim's desire: click on a link to a PDF on a webpage and it opens in your default PDF viewer without the save-drag & double-click. -- Tim Hill timil.com : tjrh.eu : butterwick.eu : blue-bike.uk : youngtheatre.co.uk
Re: launching a PDF from a link
On 28 June 2018 19:13:56 BST, Tim Hill wrote: [snip] >It's easy to think NetSurf really ought to have to option to Filer_Run >any file it doesn't understand after downloading it but it doesn't; it >leaves you to do that which is fine up to a point but a shame because >it >prevents sound and video playing from a link, just as it makes you open >your downloaded PDFs 'manually'. > >I'm expecting to find a utility somewhere which will monitor a specific >folder and filer_run anything saved there but having no luck so far. Though on more popular OSs many take the opportunity to selectively disable auto-run net stuff for obvious reasons. -- Fred @ypical ink
Re: launching a PDF from a link
In message <570f5c0542...@timil.com> Tim Hill wrote: >In article , Richard Porter > wrote: >I'm expecting to find a utility somewhere which will monitor a specific >folder and filer_run anything saved there but having no luck so far. Talk of monitoring implies something that runs as a task and which stores the state of the folder and only acts when it notes that the state has changed. For a lot less effort you could have a utility that you start yourself, say by doubleclicking on its icon, that simply filer_runs whatever appropriate stuff it finds in the folder. But maybe the whole point of what you are looking for is that it acts automatically without the user having to start it? -- Gavin Wraith (ga...@wra1th.plus.com) Home page: http://www.wra1th.plus.com/
Re: launching a PDF from a link
In article , Richard Porter wrote: > On 28 Jun 2018 Jim Nagel wrote: > > When you click the link for a Jpeg (or various other types of file), > > the file opens immediately. Why does PDF behave differently? What > > is the mechanism involved? > I think that offering a save dialogue is the norm. Netsurf processes > JPEG, GIF and PNG files itself, plus html and text of course, so > there's no need to save them. It's easy to think NetSurf really ought to have to option to Filer_Run any file it doesn't understand after downloading it but it doesn't; it leaves you to do that which is fine up to a point but a shame because it prevents sound and video playing from a link, just as it makes you open your downloaded PDFs 'manually'. I'm expecting to find a utility somewhere which will monitor a specific folder and filer_run anything saved there but having no luck so far. -- Tim Hill timil.com : tjrh.eu : butterwick.eu : blue-bike.uk : youngtheatre.co.uk
Re: launching a PDF from a link
On 28 Jun 2018 Jim Nagel wrote: > When you click the link for a Jpeg (or various other types of file), > the file opens immediately. Why does PDF behave differently? What is > the mechanism involved? I think that offering a save dialogue is the norm. Netsurf processes JPEG, GIF and PNG files itself, plus html and text of course, so there's no need to save them. > And why does the PDF link cause BOTH the download dialogue AND a blank > web page to appear? It doesn't unless there's a target="_new" argument or equivalent and you've got "Allow links to open in new windows" ticked in Choices > Content. BUT It's different if you click on an html link in Messenger Pro. In that case NetSurf always opens a new window and then decides what to do. I raised a feature request about this ages ago, but to no avail. Richard -- Richard Porter http://www.minijem.plus.com/ t: @westernexplorer mailto:r...@minijem.plus.com I don't want a "user experience" - I just want stuff that works.
