Re: PDF Links in Windows

[Urs Liska]

Am 28.09.2015 um 00:21 schrieb Thomas WillNot:
> Thomas Morley <thomasmorley65 <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 2015-09-27 23:30 GMT+02:00 Thomas WillNot <113781w <at> acadiau.ca>:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am a Windows user, and since every single note in my PDF files gets
>>> a "textedit" protocol link, it would be handy to be able to use it!
>>> Seemingly last manual I see with any help on this for Windows users is
>>> here: http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.6/Documentation/user/lilypond/Point-
> and-
>>> click.html
>>> It gives instructions for users of Mozilla browsers (which I luckily 
> happen
>>> to be!)
>>> I followed them and the same thing still happens. Although K-Meleon is 
> my
>>> default browser, it tries to open in Internet Explorer.  I get a 
> message if
>>> I want to allow the program to open the link (it says the program
>>> is "guile"), and when I click "allow", the screen goes black for a 
> fraction
>>> of a second and nothing happens.  I looked for settings in Acrobat 
> Reader
>>> and found none.
>>>
>>> Please let me know if this functionality is possible in Microsoft 
> Windows.
>>> Thanks,
>>>     Thomas
>> No clue about windows, but the current doc-link:
>> http://www.lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/usage/point-and-click
>> ff
>>
>> Cheers,
>>   Harm
>>
> As I said, the current documentation only includes setup instructions for
> Using Xpdf            
> Using GNOME 2         
> Using GNOME 3

Having had a look at that page right now I think this would absolutely
deserve some care. Not only is the selection of described
programs/environments very limited, but also the style of explanation is
probably not very helpful for non-programmers.

Urs

> There are lots of Windows users out there in the world! (Though I'd be 
> interested to know which percentage of LilyPonders are!)
>
> Thanks,
>    Thomas
>
>
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