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'system' command to open web browser url anchor

caver456

The pound sign (nobody calls it that anymore...) does not seem to translate well from a skill system command to a web browser URL.   I'd like to open a browser to a URL with an anchor:

system("/usr/bin/firefox file:///net/gra-filer/win/GVLayoutDocs/goodies.htm#arrayGen")

results in the attached screenshot where the # is converted to %23 in the URL (but not in the File not found page...) - If I replace %23 with # in the URL it loads to the correct anchor as expected .  How can I preserve the pound sign?

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  • RiadKaced

    Hi Caver,

    This is not a SKILL issue, if you try your command from a Linux terminal then you would run into the same problem as well. Therefore this has to do with your system/browser setup. Here are some commands that I just run on my Linux terminal and CIW as examples, you can try them at your end (I can't run your commands as I don't have your files). Update the Virtuoso paths blow to yours. The interesting matter is, in HTML, the "#" is encoded as "%23" and that should be a valid thing, I'm not sure why Firefox does not handle it as documented. Also, I would advise for you to copy the code snippets from here as the Cadence editor messes up with URl ..etc.

    Linux> firefox $CDSHOME/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html#10794
>> file:///tools/eda/cadence/virtuoso/IC618.050/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html%2310794 NOT FOUND
Linux> firefox file:///tools/eda/cadence/virtuoso/IC618.050/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html#10794
>> file:///tools/eda/cadence/virtuoso/IC618.050/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html#10794 Displayed properly

CIW> system("firefox en.wikipedia.org/.../Percent-encoding &")
>> "#" was preserved and URL Worked fine
CIW> system("firefox $HOME/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html#10794 &")
>> "#" sign converted to "%23"
CIW> system(sprintf(nil "firefox %s &" sprintf(nil "file://%s/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html#10794" simplifyFilename("$CDSHOME"))))
>> "#" was preserved and URL Worked fine

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  • RiadKaced

    Hi Caver,

    This is not a SKILL issue, if you try your command from a Linux terminal then you would run into the same problem as well. Therefore this has to do with your system/browser setup. Here are some commands that I just run on my Linux terminal and CIW as examples, you can try them at your end (I can't run your commands as I don't have your files). Update the Virtuoso paths blow to yours. The interesting matter is, in HTML, the "#" is encoded as "%23" and that should be a valid thing, I'm not sure why Firefox does not handle it as documented. Also, I would advise for you to copy the code snippets from here as the Cadence editor messes up with URl ..etc.

    Linux> firefox $CDSHOME/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html#10794
>> file:///tools/eda/cadence/virtuoso/IC618.050/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html%2310794 NOT FOUND
Linux> firefox file:///tools/eda/cadence/virtuoso/IC618.050/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html#10794
>> file:///tools/eda/cadence/virtuoso/IC618.050/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html#10794 Displayed properly

CIW> system("firefox en.wikipedia.org/.../Percent-encoding &")
>> "#" was preserved and URL Worked fine
CIW> system("firefox $HOME/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html#10794 &")
>> "#" sign converted to "%23"
CIW> system(sprintf(nil "firefox %s &" sprintf(nil "file://%s/doc/sklanguser/chap8.html#10794" simplifyFilename("$CDSHOME"))))
>> "#" was preserved and URL Worked fine

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  • caver456
    in reply to RiadKaced

    thanks for pointing out that this is not a Cadence issue, this was a strange one but I think it is resolved.

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