I had the same problem with Safari. I am not a fan of Adobe installations and all the extra stuff that goes on with them, but installing Reader did fix it.
Stan . On Sep 28, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Frans Goddijn wrote: > When I click on the showcase link, my Firefox 3.0.3 _downloads_ de > PDF, doesn't show it in the browser. I then double click the > downloaded file, Adobe Reader 8.1.2 starts up and if I click a link, > it says "There was an error opening this document. This file cannot be > found." > > I deleted the Reader and downloaded/installed Reader 9.0.0 from the > Adobe website. This time no error message but also no action when I > click on any link but "quit" > > Still, it must be something on my machine, since others don't have > this problem. > > Best > > Frans > > > > On 28 sep 2008, at 14:13, Hans Hagen wrote: > > Frans Goddijn wrote: >> Willi Egger helped me get a minimal install working on my mac and I'm >> working on a collection of columns illustrated with pictures. It's >> been a while since I used Context so I want to download some basic >> manuals to refresh my memory and learn new things. >> >> On my Windows machine I can view/navigate and download manuals from >> the >> http://www.pragma-ade.nl/showcase.pdf >> page, but on my mac this doesn't work. In the Safari browser, nothing >> happens if I click on the "manuals" link. In Firefox, the showcase >> PDF >> is downloaded and I can open it. After allowing the file to go full >> screen, I get error messages for the links "there was an error >> opening >> this document/ the file cannot be found', execpt on the "quit" >> link ;-) >> >> Is there a simple thing I should change to make it work on the mac as >> well? > > doesn't acrobat work? (the mac pdf browser is somewhat limited); best > use acrobat reader as plugin > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE > Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands > tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com > | www.pragma-pod.nl > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry > to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an > entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
