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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Request for help with olink target data fileand @href attribute
> > PDF links are different from Web links from PDF's point of view; the > > same link cannot be both a PDF link and a Web link in the same file. > > What is the expected behaviour from clicking on a web link, as opposed > to a PDF link? > > Is clicking on a PDF link expected to open the other PDF document in > the viewer, and position the cursor at the correct spot? Is clicking > on a web link expected to open the link inside the default web browser > (in effect using it as an external viewer)? > In short, yes, it is. PDF links are normally handled directly by PDF viewers by loading the target PDF in the same or a different window of the viewer and positioning at "the correct spot", in the same way as with internal destinations. Arranged in this way, PDF documents are best suited for off-line reading, for example, documentation sets shipped on removable media (CD,DVD). Web links, however, are handled through delegation to a web browser, that's why a command line for an external www browser can be set in Acrobat Reader, for example. David Tolpin http://davidashen.net/
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