On 6 Apr 2008, at 5:21 AM, Ted Pavlic wrote:
> I brought this issue up on CTT (comp.text.tex), and the hyperref
> author
> responded (with instructions on how to prevent \href from generating
> remote links)...
>
>> Also I find it strange (wrong?) that \href produces a remote goto
>> link, because those are supposed to be for links with a file *and* a
>> destination in the file. For just linking to the file a URL link
>> seems much more appropriate to me.
>
> The response (the ">" are me):
>
> =====
> A remote goto link is handled by most PDF viewers directly without
> using a web browser as intermediate step.
>
However PDFKit does not support it, or at least it supports it by
ignoring it.
>> Perhaps \href should act more like \url and produce a URL link. That
>> is, it should only produce a remote goto link if there is also a
>> destination with the file.
>
> The file type is the important issue, not the destination.
> I would consider a different link type based on the presence
> or absence of a destination as bug.
>
Personally, I lay the blame with the PDF specifications, which are too
much of a mess and too ambiguous.
Also I think though that PDFKit should at least support opening the
file, and I told Apple so (rdar://problem/5840082).
Christiaan
>> On Apr 3, 7:50 am, Ted Pavlic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> \href{file:/...}{see file}
>
> The problem is that file: is also used for relative paths, something
> like "file:abc.pdf', thus href doesn't change the stuff after file,
> then probably the starting slashes ("///") cause the trouble.
>
> The logic for remote links is based on the extension (".pdf").
> Thus the extension can be changed:
>
> \hypersetup{extension=notused}
>
> However, if the file does not have an extension, then a remote
> link with extension ".notused" will be created.
> =====
>
>
> --Ted
>
> --
> Ted Pavlic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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