Thank you Mark for your reply. It saves me from trying too hard on this.

As a workaround, I drag the link into a new tab to open in the browser.
I could also drag it into an application in the dock.

SF Rajaona

Le vendredi 5 mai 2017 15:49:54 UTC+2, Mark S. a écrit :
>
> Browser security won't let you access a local file. TiddlyWiki on node.js 
> (TON) doesn't have a file server, so non-embedded images and files are not 
> available. You could run a separate file server, but then you would to put 
> a specific address for your special local server. The address would be 
> meaningless if you exported the TW as a free-standing file (unless you kept 
> the file server running also).
>
> IMO, not being able to access local images and files limits the utility of 
> TON. I can only assume that the people using node.js are doing so as a 
> text-only application.   
>
> HTH
> Mark
>
> On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 3:21:26 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> Hello there,
>>
>> I have used TW5 for some weeks, but now I have a little problem. 
>>
>> I use TiddlyWiki 5.1.13 server on OS X with
>>
>> tiddlywiki /Users/me/Documents/tw --server 19671
>>
>> I can open websites URL from TW5.
>> I can open embedded files (image,pdf,...).
>> But I cannot open an external link to a file on the local disk:
>>  - the link does not react when I click on it
>>  - open link, open link in new tab/window don't work
>>  - but copy link location, paste and go works
>> I tried both with Firefox and Safari, with these tiddlers:
>>
>> file:///Users/me/Documents/tw/myfile.pdf
>>
>> [ext[Open file|./myfile.pdf]]
>>
>> <a href="file:///Users/me/Documents/tw/myfile.pdf">My File</a>
>>
>> I have other applications (Bibdesk) that can open the file in Firefox at 
>> the same address.
>>
>> What might be the problem? I appreciate your help.
>>
>> SF Rajaona
>>
>

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