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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
To: Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Org mode links: Open a PDF file at a given page and highlight a given string
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:54:02 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r106z2g5.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tevj61$17d8$1@ciao.gmane.io>

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> Currently I believe that instead of injecting up to 6 entries into 
> `org-file-apps' for various combinations of page, anchor, and search 
> pattern, it is better to add single record with function handler. Notice 
> that the approach presented above is not affected by the bug with 
> multiple regexp group. Its additional advantage is that shell is not 
> involved, so peculiar file names can not cause execution of some code 
> when quoting and escaping are messed up.
>
> I think a set of functions for popular PDF viewers (evince, zathura, 
> okular, xpdf, xpopple, firefox, chromium & Co., etc.) should be defined 
> in some package, but I am in doubts if it suitable for Org core.
>
> Proof of concept implementation.

Thanks for taking time to implement this proof of concept!

I think that it is a very good idea for Org core to support search terms
in file links that are handled by Free Software.

Moreover, I think that we should, by default, auto-detect and use Free
Software to open file links, when such software is installed on user
machine (unless the user explicitly instruct otherwise).

I see Free Software support as dedicated files like ol-evince,
ol-okular, etc. The file functionality and common function may probably
be factored out into ol-file library.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at https://orgmode.org/.
Support Org development at https://liberapay.com/org-mode,
or support my work at https://liberapay.com/yantar92


  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-20 14:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-02 20:07 Org mode links: Open a PDF file at a given page and highlight a given string Rodrigo Morales
2021-03-02 22:36 ` Kyle Meyer
2021-03-03 12:37   ` Maxim Nikulin
2021-09-27 16:39   ` Max Nikulin
2021-03-03  2:31 ` Juan Manuel Macías
2021-03-03 14:51   ` Maxim Nikulin
2021-03-03 16:11     ` Juan Manuel Macías
2021-03-05 13:02       ` Maxim Nikulin
2022-09-03 13:00 ` Max Nikulin
2022-09-20 11:54   ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2022-09-20 17:03     ` Max Nikulin
2022-09-21  8:17       ` Ihor Radchenko
2022-09-21  8:18       ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-25 11:46         ` AW
2023-01-25 11:55           ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-01-25 12:35           ` Max Nikulin
2023-01-25 14:33           ` Jean Louis
2022-10-04  6:45 ` Ihor Radchenko

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