[GUI Plugin] Job Spy

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by DaltonST

The regex for links I wrote will not match your file uri example. Easy fix. Tomorrow.

No worries.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Whoops - when I invoke JS->NV it jumps top the top of the book list.

BR

But only in my Test library, which I admit is an absolute shambles, but that's the result of testing issues raised here before posting solutions.

Check Library was no errors

I'll try rebuilding it, after I save the database.

BR

[DaltonST]

By design, it goes to row #0 in the last-used #column.

Should I make that an option only?

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by DaltonST

By design, it goes to row #0 in the last-used #column.

Should I make that an option only?

Yes please

My usage will be ad-hoc, find my way to a book, decide I want to look at a long text column, press the NV shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+N) and then Alt+C to select the column.

Make it an opt-out if that is better for you, and/or other users.

BR

[DaltonST]

So, re: file links in NV:

"External Links" that it knows about, such as https etc. are handled properly.

"Internal Links", like file:///, have the behavior described below.

<a href="file:///X:\MyPluginsPy3\_ris_import_dir\abstract.txt">NV Test File URI</a>

When clicked in NV, the .txt file in the link above is opened by NV directly within the NV qtextbrowser widget, and shown in it. In NV, directly. Clicking "refresh book" reloads the current Custom Column text.

If the file extension were, for example, .xyz, and there were no default file handler for .xyz files (in Qt), NV would do nothing but show an error message in DEBUG.

Example: "QTextBrowser: No document for file:///X:/MyPluginsPy3/_ris_import_dir/test4.ris"

Supposedly the errors is issued because .ris is a random extension that Qt has no standard file handler for. Unlike .txt files.

I will continue researching. Maybe I can allow a user to update on-the-fly what extensions are registered by QDesktopServices, which is what does the work for links. I don't know enough yet to know, and I don't know what I don't know.


DaltonST

[DaltonST]

New version posted in OP.


DaltonST

[DaltonST]

Version 1.0.218 -2023-03-18 Notes Viewer: To support HTML Links, switched to a QTextBrowser widget instead of QTextEdit for HTML Only; Dark Mode; Others.

The ToolTips are required reading to use the NV.


DaltonST

[BetterRed]

I can't get any file:/// links to work in NV, but I might have a clue for you.

Thought I'd try a PDF, viz:



When I clicked PDF TEST in NV I got a spinning wheel for a couple of seconds then this:



This is the Plain view of the html code:



I tried removing the div and color span tags to a barebones link, same result.

BR

[ownedbycats]

Well this is weird. After seeing that plain mode was working fine in BR's screenshot, I installed Calibre portable with just Job Spy to check that it wasn't some config issue. But I'm still getting the grey text on a white background.

BR: Are you using explicit dark mode or System default? (I'm using the former.) I can't see how it would make a difference but thats the only thing I can think of.

[BetterRed]

Color palette (needs restart): System default

BR

[ownedbycats]

Switching Windows to dark and Calibre to system default fixed it!

I wonder what the difference is

[DaltonST]

I found a solution, which appears to be universally used with QTextBrowsers for opening file links. Had to override Qt, and either open a Windows subprocess for the clicked file in the link, or open the default webbrowser via Python.

See the attached version to test.


DaltonST

[ownedbycats]

Tested more: The background colour depends only on the "Choose your default app mode" in Personalize > Colours > Choose your Colour: Custom. Setting it to 'light' results in the white background, setting it to 'dark' results in normal.

[BetterRed]

File links are working

But Onenote links have stopped working. They're weird creatures, viz:

<div>
<p><a href="onenote:https://d.docs.live.net/cc6283b11474a776/Documents/Philip's%20Notebook/Quick%20Notes.one#Tale%20of%20Two%20Cities&amp;section-id=%7BD4B7ECE2-C681-4C2F-99CC-56565B06F898%7D&amp;page-id=%7B822953DD-ACFC-4058-8021-2D87472686B9%7D&amp;end"><span style="color: #ff4fff">Tale of Two Cities</span></a></p></div>

From Book Details I get this:



From NV I get this in Edge (ftr: my default browser is Firefox)?



BR

[ownedbycats]

Edge is kind of pushy. Try pressing F1 on a legacy application that still uses .hlp files and you'll see.