Hi Jaap, Thanks again for your followup.
This is what I tried next: (1) remove urls.list file that I created (2) replaced all spaces by underscores in notebook names in the file notebooks.list in C:\Users\Jason\.config\zim\ directory (3) tried my link Electronics? - nothing happened, so I ran it from cmd with the --debug flag. Two things I noticed: (a) Error dialog: "Could not find notebook file:///C:/Users/Jason/Notebooks/Master/zim (Master is the name of the notebook that I try to place the link in). (b) I opened the zim.exe.log file and see this line near the bottom: INFO: Spawning: ['C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Zim Desktop Wiki\\zim.exe', 'zim', 'zim+file:///C:/Users/Jason/Notebooks/Electronics?', '--no-daemon'] (cwd: None) (I'm guessing this is a copy of the command that is issued to open the notebook being linked to). Two things I find strange: (a) the /zim appended to the end of the file of the notebook I am working in, (b) that the error reports that the file of the notebook I am working in (where I put the link) is not being found, rather than the notebook I am trying to link to is not being found. I would have guessed that it would report that it cannot find the notebook that I am trying to link to. Sorry for so many e-mails. I'm starting to wonder if I am doing something really stupid. Jason On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Jaap Karssenberg < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jason, > > I just had a look at the parsing of the url.list format. The parser splits > the line at the first space, all subsequent text is taken as the url. > > So the name or "key" that you use in the interwiki link should not contain > any spaces. Typically these are abreviations, so you want to keep them > short anyway. > > The URL is allowed to contain spaces and is handed to the application > handling the link without further processing. For file links I recommend > using spaces instead of "%20" because most applications (including zim) > just remove the "file:///" bit and assume the rest to be a valid file path. > > The "Master NOtebook" example in your last mail probably fails due to the > "%20". > > The "Electronics" example you used earlier should work though. Try the > "--debug" check on that one. However I wouldn't count on zim being fully > robust for "nested" notebooks. It might just open the toplevel notebook > instead. > > Regards, > > Jaap > > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Jason McLafferty < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Jaap, >> >> Thank you for your reply. >> >> Yes, my entire 'urls.list' file is links to other notebooks, so it seems >> the right way to do this then is to not worry about creating my own >> urls.list for notebooks. >> >> However, the link is still not working and Mariano's comment about the >> spaces in a lot of my notebook names has me wondering if this is creating a >> problem? Also, my Electronics notebook, which I am trying to link to (and >> does not have spaces in the file URL) does appear below a notebook which >> does have spaces in its name and file URL - could it be what he said >> regarding an earlier failure in reading the list, due to spaces, that leads >> to the failure? >> >> I did try the suggestion of running "zim --debug". When the notebook >> open dialog appears, I chose the notebook that I am trying to create the >> link in. Then I put the link, click on it, and I get an error message: >> "Could not find the notebook: >> file:///C:/Users/Jason/Notebooks/Master%20Notebook/zim. >> >> That notebook (Master Notebook) is where I am trying to place the link, >> not the notebook I am linking to. >> >> Jason >> >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Jaap Karssenberg < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Stupid question, but are all your interwiki links to other zim >>> notebooks? >>> >>> If so, you shoudl not need to configure the urls.list file at all. Check >>> the "open another notebook" dialog in zim, all notebooks listed there >>> should already be recognized as interwiki links. >>> >>> In the properties dialog you can set an interwiki keyword for the >>> noteobook as well. This is used to set a short name to refer to. >>> >>> Is that what you are looking for? >>> >>> >>> Otherwise, try running "zim --debug". When you click the link, debug >>> info should show which urls.list file zim is reading and how it converted >>> the link. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Jaap >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Mariano Draghi <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Jason, >>>> >>>> I suppose the space might be a problem in the first example. The space >>>> encoded as "%20" in the URL part might be supported (I really don't know >>>> for sure), but I'm sure that you cannot define an interwiki prefix with >>>> spaces in between. At least not in Zim. Zim expects the format of the >>>> urls.list file to be "prefix url" (i.e., prefix, blank, url), so if your >>>> prefix has a blank in between, you're not using the expected syntax. You >>>> should change the first part to "CurveFitting" or "Curve_Fitting" or >>>> something like that. >>>> >>>> The Electronics example looks more or less right, except for the extra >>>> forward-slash and the ":" in between. But if you have already tried the >>>> syntax I used, and it still didn't work, then I am really out of ideas :( >>>> >>>> At first I thought that the "Electronics?" link would be invalid (I >>>> never used such syntax), but I've just tested it in my computer (using >>>> "work?"), and it opens my Work notebook as you would expect. And the other >>>> example ("Electronics?Multimeter") looks perfectly normal. >>>> >>>> Maybe the Electronics interwiki-prefix is not working because Zim >>>> didn't like the space in the other prefix and aborted the parsing of the >>>> urls.list file (or disabled the feature completely) before reading the >>>> Electronics line. I'm just guessing... but it might be a good idea to get >>>> the format right with a simpler urls.list file, with just one example >>>> (maybe the Electronics one), so you are sure that any line with wrong or >>>> unexpected syntax is preventing the whole feature from working. Once you >>>> have one case working, you might try adding the other ones. >>>> >>>> One last thing: make sure you're completely closing Zim before changing >>>> the urls.list file, and that it is not running in the background or >>>> systray. I'm not sure if Zim would detect any changes to that kind of >>>> configuration once it's running. >>>> >>>> Sorry, I don't know what else to suggest. Maybe some other user catches >>>> something we're missing. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Mariano >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> El vie., 23 de oct. de 2015 a la(s) 11:35 a. m., Jason McLafferty < >>>> [email protected]> escribió: >>>> >>>>> Hi Mariano, >>>>> >>>>> Thank you again for your quick reply! I really appreciate your >>>>> detailed example. >>>>> >>>>> My urls.list is at the same location as yours (different username of >>>>> course) following your advice in your first response. >>>>> >>>>> I used a program to generate my urls.list file (my boss wrote it) that >>>>> takes a .txt file of the contents of the Notebooks directory, and creates >>>>> the urls.list file. Here is one example from my urls.list: >>>>> >>>>> Curve Fitting zim+file:///c:/Users/Jason/Notebooks/Curve%20Fitting >>>>> >>>>> (I added percent encoding for the spaces in the file URL because it >>>>> looks like Windows needs this, from what I have read). >>>>> >>>>> To test notebook linking, I used a different notebook which has no >>>>> space to be sure that wasn't the issue: >>>>> >>>>> Electronics zim+file:///c:/Users/Jason/Notebook/Electronics >>>>> >>>>> I tried two styles of links, >>>>> (1) Electronics? (which I assumed would open the entire notebook) >>>>> (2) Electronics?Multimeter (which I assumed would open the Multimeter >>>>> page in the Electronics notebook). >>>>> >>>>> In both cases, clicking the link produces no action. >>>>> >>>>> The only thing standing out to me right now is that my file URLs look >>>>> a bit different than yours (I have three slashes after "file" and a ":" >>>>> after c, whereas you have two slashes after "file" and no ":" after C), >>>>> but >>>>> I tried changing the format of mine to look like yours, but that did not >>>>> affect the result. >>>>> >>>>> Maybe you will see something I missed. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks again, >>>>> >>>>> Jason >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Mariano Draghi <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Maybe there's a problem with the URL you are writing in the urls.list >>>>>> file and/or the way you are using the interwiki link? >>>>>> >>>>>> Let's see a concrete example: >>>>>> >>>>>> - my username in Windows is "mariano", so the %APPDATA% folder >>>>>> resolves to: >>>>>> C:\Users\mariano\AppData\Roaming >>>>>> >>>>>> - in there I have a urls.list file, in the following location: >>>>>> C:\Users\mariano\AppData\Roaming\zim\data\zim\urls.list >>>>>> >>>>>> - I have two Zim Notebooks, "Personal" and "Work", in the following >>>>>> locations (these are the folders where each "notebook.zim" file is >>>>>> located): >>>>>> C:\Users\mariano\Dropbox\Notebooks\Personal >>>>>> C:\Users\mariano\Dropbox\Notebooks\Work >>>>>> >>>>>> - In the urls.list file, I declared an "interwiki" prefix for the >>>>>> Work notebook, with the following line: >>>>>> work zim+file://C/Users/mariano/Dropbox/Notebooks/Work >>>>>> >>>>>> - With that configuration, then if I open my Personal notebook and >>>>>> insert a link like this: >>>>>> work?Home:Projects >>>>>> Then when I clic it a new instance of Zim is opened, with the Work >>>>>> notebook, and the page Home->Projects. >>>>>> >>>>>> Are you doing more or less something like this? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Mariano >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> El vie., 23 de oct. de 2015 a la(s) 10:44 a. m., Jason McLafferty < >>>>>> [email protected]> escribió: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Mariano, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I greatly appreciate your quick reply, however I am sad to report >>>>>>> that my links still do not work. Any other suggestions I might try? >>>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jason >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 8:05 AM, Mariano Draghi <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Jason, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The location of the XDG folders in Windows is a little bit weird... >>>>>>>> you should put your urls.list in the folder >>>>>>>> %APPDATA%/zim/data/zim >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> i.e., there should be an extra "zim" folder inside "data". Weird, >>>>>>>> yes. But it works :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Mariano >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> El vie., 23 de oct. de 2015 a la(s) 5:43 a. m., Jason McLafferty < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> escribió: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I am using Zim on Windows 7. I am trying to add my Zim notebooks >>>>>>>>> to the urls.list file using the "zim+file://" method described here: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://zim-wiki.org/manual/Help/Config_Files.html >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I use ctrl+L to add a link to a notebook as name_of_notebook?, >>>>>>>>> which creates a link, but when I click on it, nothing happens. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> One thing I noticed when I was working through setting this up, is >>>>>>>>> that on my system, the directories APPDATA/zim/config and >>>>>>>>> APPDATA/zim/data >>>>>>>>> do not exist (I checked where APPDATA is on my computer with cmd by >>>>>>>>> typing >>>>>>>>> cd %appdata% and noting the new directory). Not being sure if this is >>>>>>>>> significant or not, I did some poking around in Explorer and found the >>>>>>>>> following directory: C:\Users\Jason\.config\zim in which I find files >>>>>>>>> like >>>>>>>>> preferences.conf and style.conf. I tried putting my urls.list file, >>>>>>>>> containing all my notebooks and formatted as name-space-zim+file:// >>>>>>>>> in both >>>>>>>>> of these directories (APPDATA/zim/data and >>>>>>>>> C:\Users\Jason\.config\zim), but >>>>>>>>> still I do not get a working link. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Any suggestions to where I am going wrong? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thank you, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Jason >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >>>>>>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >>>>>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zim-wiki >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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