Si, Thanks for reporting back! I'm super busy right now finishing things up before the holidays, but I'll keep this in my inbox and throw something in the docs about that add-on for anyone else who has the same problem.
I'm still baffled about why it seems to work on my computer and not yours. It makes sense that the browser inside Anki doesn't have access to the filesystem, but that's not what the link is supposed to do...no link on a card ever opens within Anki to my knowledge, it always kicks out to your system's default browser. Who knows. On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at 11:22:04 AM UTC-6 si wrote: > Hi Soren, > > Just to follow up on the problem of getting hyperlinks to work. I posted > on the Anki forums > <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/is-it-possible-to-create-a-link-that-opens-a-local-html-file-in-the-browser/5088> > > about a month or so ago and there was no definite answer, but it sounds > like the browser within Anki just doesn't have access to the file system > for security reasons. No idea why it would work for you though. > > The good news is that I made a feature request > <https://github.com/ijgnd/anki__Open_linked_pdf-_docs-_epub-_audio-_video-_etc_in_external_Program/issues/6> > > for the Anki add-on Open linked pdf, docx, epub, audio/video, etc. in > external Program <https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/879473266> and the > author very kindly made a fix to get it working with permalinks. > > Anyway just letting you know that this is the best solution I found in > case anyone else has the same problem. > On Friday, 13 November 2020 at 18:10:15 UTC Soren Bjornstad wrote: > >> Pretty sure it’s 64-bit. VM on Parallels on my MacBook with the >> default license and settings. Can’t imagine why it would matter anyway. >> >> I’m stumped. I’d suggest you post this on the Anki forums at >> https://forums.ankiweb.net since it’s an Anki issue at this point. >> >> >> On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 9:42:30 AM UTC-6 si wrote: >> >>> Hi Soren. >>> >>> >>> Do other links to websites work in Anki? Perhaps your default >>> browser is configured wrong and Anki can't figure out what to do with links. >>> >>> I have no problem with Anki opening websites. Anything with the prefix >>> "https://"; will open in the browser, but when I use "file://" nothing >>> happens. >>> >>> I also tried this on a totally different Windows 10 machine with an >>> almost fresh install and still it wouldn't work. It also didn't work when I >>> tried clicking the link from AnkiWeb. This was all with me creating the >>> link exactly as you describe above (the file opens if I copy the path >>> directly into the browser). >>> >>> Did you try it on a 64 bit Windows 10, or some earlier version (no idea >>> if that would matter)? >>> >>> On Friday, 13 November 2020 at 13:20:43 UTC [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> I just tried it on Windows and it works fine for me. Downloaded an HTML >>>> to my desktop and added to the card: >>>> >>>> <a href="file://C:/Users/soren/Desktop/test.html">link</a> >>>> >>>> Click the link and test.html opens in the browser. >>>> >>>> I'm on Anki 2.1.34 (a couple versions behind, but can't think of >>>> anything that would have changed here). >>>> >>>> Do other links to websites work in Anki? Perhaps your default browser >>>> is configured wrong and Anki can't figure out what to do with links. >>>> >>>> On Friday, November 13, 2020 at 6:18:22 AM UTC-6 si wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Soren thanks for your reply. >>>>> >>>>> >>> The URL you list is not a valid file: URL, however -- it needs to >>>>> use forward slashes even on Windows. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, I wasn't sure which to use here but I had tried every >>>>> combination and it still didn't work. >>>>> >>>>> >>> It does appear that the permalink generation in TiddlyRemember >>>>> applied during the sync is incorrectly putting a backslash at the end of >>>>> URLs that can't accept one there. >>>>> >>>>> I had noticed this, but I have tested with the correct permalink and >>>>> it still won't work. I've also tried putting the HTML directly into the >>>>> card (<a href="file:///C:/Users/Si/Desktop/file.html">link</a> using >>>>> Ctrl+Shift+X), but again when I click the link while viewing the card >>>>> nothing happens. >>>>> >>>>> I've noticed that there is an add-on >>>>> <https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/879473266> for opening files in an >>>>> external program. I got it to work with an HTML file, but because it >>>>> looks >>>>> for a specific extension at the end of the path, it doesn't work with >>>>> permalinks that end in "#tiddler". >>>>> >>>>> Is it possible that Anki just can't open external HTML files on >>>>> Windows? >>>>> On Friday, 13 November 2020 at 00:08:42 UTC [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Si, >>>>>> >>>>>> It works for me when I just paste an <a href> tag into the HTML >>>>>> editor directly on a card (Ctrl-Shift-X while you have a field >>>>>> selected). >>>>>> The URL you list is not a valid file: URL, however -- it needs to use >>>>>> forward slashes even on Windows. It's possible that is the issue, but I >>>>>> don't have a Windows machine handy at the moment to test on and see if >>>>>> that >>>>>> breaks something. >>>>>> >>>>>> It does appear that the permalink generation in TiddlyRemember >>>>>> applied during the sync is incorrectly putting a backslash at the end of >>>>>> URLs that can't accept one there. On my first try I ended up with >>>>>> "/home/soren/test.html/#TiddlerName" as the permalink, which is invalid >>>>>> since an HTML file is not a directory, and this resulted in nothing >>>>>> happening when I clicked the link. I opened an issue >>>>>> <https://github.com/sobjornstad/TiddlyRemember/issues/31> for that. >>>>>> To see if this is what's causing your problem, you can try manually >>>>>> changing the text in the Permalink field of a card and removing that >>>>>> extra >>>>>> slash. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 3:55:47 PM UTC-6 si wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Soren. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This might be more of an Anki question, but I have been unable to >>>>>>> get permalinks to work in the way that you describe here >>>>>>> <https://sobjornstad.github.io/TiddlyRemember/#Configuring%20the%20Anki%20add-on> >>>>>>> . >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It seems to me that Anki won't open files that are outside of the >>>>>>> "collection.media" folder. I've been trying all sorts of permutations >>>>>>> of <a >>>>>>> href="file:///C:\path\to\file.html">link</a> but when I click the >>>>>>> link nothing happens. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is there some trick to get this to work that I'm not aware of? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Saturday, 30 May 2020 at 14:13:39 UTC+1 [email protected] >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It's a thought. A simple SR algorithm is not particularly hard, so >>>>>>>> that would be doable. But recently I've been seeing sites pop up that >>>>>>>> all >>>>>>>> do their own spaced-repetition implementation, and the result is if >>>>>>>> you use >>>>>>>> more than one of them, pretty soon you have 8 places to go every day >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> review flashcards. I'd rather not be responsible for a fifteenth >>>>>>>> competing standard <https://xkcd.com/927/>. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Anki also has a really nice mobile app, which is something TW still >>>>>>>> struggles with. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 5:07:12 AM UTC-5, TonyM wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Build the whole solution in tiddlywiki would do it. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Tony >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/89717981-6c1b-4658-aca0-89555a71d937n%40googlegroups.com.
