Hi Jason, Yes, zim understands this type of file path regardless of the platform.
In the mean time I tested on my own windows system. Interwiki link to another notebook works fine here without the url.list setup. Regards, Jaap On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Jason McLafferty < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jaap, > > Thanks for the suggestions. Along these lines, I removed my own urls.list > to prevent Zim from using that. I also opened the notebooks.list file I > found in C:\Users\Jason\.config\zim and found lines that look like: > > ~/Notebooks/Master > > (I was of the impression that Windows does not understand the tilde as the > home directory but I may be wrong on this, or maybe the way that this file > is used by Zim allows the tilde to work in this way?). > > Jason > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 2:42 PM, Jaap Karssenberg < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Jason, >> >> I think the only way to debug why it doesn't work on your windows install >> is check exactly which file zim gets the URL from. Maybe some older >> urls.list you tried, or from the notebooks.list file in the config. If the >> path is wrong, I guess one of these contains the wrong URL. >> >> Will test my own windows setup on monday to check whether there is a bug >> or not. >> >> REgards, >> >> Jaap >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Jason McLafferty < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Quick note: I also run Linux in VirtualBox, so I put Zim on there and >>> tried linking, and it worked. I just created two notebooks (notes and >>> test), in notes I placed a link "test?" and clicking on that worked >>> perfectly - a new window opened with the test notebook. >>> >>> I do use Windows much more though so that's why I want to get this >>> working in that installation too. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Jason McLafferty < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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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