please add built-in preview for text formats, with URL detection - it's quite cumbersome to must open a file in a separate app/window to be able to read short text and click on a link
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medoc
2018-03-26please be more specific. Why does not the current Preview work for you ? For what types of documents ?
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Anonymous
2018-04-01I have short texts (plain text, markdown,...) with links and all I want is to be able to click on the link to be opened by default browser with as low number of clicks and key presses as possible. Now I have to click on preview, select link, copy it, switch to browser, paste it, hit enter - that's lot of work when I'm searching for some info.
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medoc
2018-04-07Thanks, I see now.
This makes sense but also seems a bit complicated.
One other possible approach would be to set a Viewer for these files which does what you want.
For example xfce4-terminal detects HTTP links, and opens them with the default browser when you middle click.
So if you go to Preferences->GUI configuration->User Interface->Editor Applications
Then select the MIME types which should be affected (e.g. text/plain), click "exception to desktop preferences", and then enter the following line as action:
xfce4-terminal -e "cat %f /dev/tty"
Applying, then clicking "Open" on a text/plain result should display the text in the terminal, with HTTP link detection (middle-click to open the links).
the "/dev/tty" is so that the cat command stays around after displaying the text, you can exit the terminal with ^C or ^D
This may be a little simplistic, but you could also use a shell script instead of directly executing 'cat', maybe for deciding what to do depending on the size of the file or whatever.
Please tell me if this works for you.
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medoc
2018-04-16- status: open --> closed
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medoc
2018-04-16I finally implemented link activation inside the preview screen.