Web link in Notebook
ilavsky
Hello,
I got so used to simply pasting web link (https://...) anywhere now and click on it opening web browser on user computer, that I did not expect this not to work when I paste web link to notebook in Igor. Until user complained and I realized, I never tested it ;-)
When I paste a link in notebook in Igor and click on it, I get error: "The topic was not found after searching all Igor help files...".
Is there way to add web link to notebook? Do I need to add NotebookAction and browseURL to the web address?
Should Igor handle common web links (http:. https:, ftp:. sftp:) automatically as web links and hand them off to system web application?
Put the link in angle brackets, select the whole thing including the angle brackets, and choose Notebook->Make Help Link.
This works for http, https, and ftp. For anything else you need to create a notebook action that calls BrowseURL.
(This is covered in help topic "Creating Links".)
June 28, 2020 at 01:19 pm - Permalink
In reply to Put the link in angle… by hrodstein
Thanks lot! Works great.
I searched... "Creating links" is under "Creating your own help files". I did not search that far, I stayed in "Notebook" area. Even though I know that help files are specially formatted Notebooks.
June 28, 2020 at 01:37 pm - Permalink