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Created by Roland Puntaier@rpuntaie

zathura does not follow links to same or other pdf

I compared zathura with xpdf:

  • xpdf can follow links to same or other PDFs
  • zathura does NOT follow links to same or other PDFs

To reproduce:

  • a.rst
.. _`targetid`:

:target: goes here

See |targetid|.

.. |targetid| replace:: `target <a.pdf#targetid>`__

EOF
  • make pdf
    pandoc --standalone -f rst -t latex a.rst -o a.pdf
  • start zathura
    zathura a.pdf
  • F1 shows
    file://a.pdf#targetid

but expected:

    file:///a.pdf#targetid
  • f1 opens an empty zathura. Expected: jump to the target location.

Zathura should evaluate the URI before calling xdg-open:

  • split at #
  • remove file://
  • make absolute directory

If the file is the currently open file,

  • zathura should jump to the location.

If the file is different,

  • zathura should call xdg-open, but with 3 slashes in the file URL.