opening pdf file with okular

Hi Drake,

This is normal as you have a syntax error in your code:

path = /x/y/z

is no valid skill code

also your ipcBeginProces code lacks an strcat to work properly

You don't need ipcBeginProcess (even if it will work), you can simply use a system call if you run it as a background job (with &)
(system "okular ... &") should do the job

I could help you write your code but I will need more details about what you want to do
I guess user is a fixed path to a user manual ? or can it change ?

Also I would advise you to use a naming convention of your variables less prone to errors but this is strictly personal

I'd use pdf instead of user for instance (I believe you mean user manual but it's confusing)

I'd also use lowercase for Dir

Cheers

Aurel

I would do something like this:

(inScheme

 (letseq ((path "/x/y/z")
          (dir  (strcat path "/word"))
          (pdf  (strcat dir "/" "Manual.pdf"))
          )

   (defun open_in_okular (path "t")
     "Properly open file at PATH using okular"
     ;; Check path
     (assert (isReadable path) "Unable to read file at %A" path)
     ;; Run okular in background
     (system (lsprintf "okular %s &" path))
     )

   (defglobalfun open_user_manual_using_okular (@rest _args)
     "Open user manual using okular"
     (open_in_okular pdf))

   ));Scheme closure


hiCreateMenuItem(
?name 'MenuItem
?itemText "A"
?callback "(open_user_manual_using_okular)"
)

you can try this way-

path = /x/y/z

Dir = strcat(path "/word")
user = strcat("okular"  Dir "/" "Manual.pdf" " &")

hiCreateMenuItem(
?name 'MenuItem
?itemText "A"
?callback "ipcBeginProcess(user)"
)

Hope it hepls!

Also @Aural sol is helpful!