Hi Jaap, I uninstalled Zim and reinstalled it and now the interwiki links work just as you described.
Jason On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Jason McLafferty < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jaap, > > OK, I think probably what I will try next is uninstall and reinstall. > > I really do appreciate all the help that you and Mariano provided in > trying to figure this out. > > Jason > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 5:05 AM, Jaap Karssenberg < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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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