PDF files in library manager

It's not a viewType registered as standard, but this article explains how to add support to the data registry: DFII: How to register a pdf, openOffice and an html view in the Virtuoso Design Environment

Regards,

Andrew

Thanks Andrew.  That apnote is dated and a bit of a mess, but I was able to use it to work through the issues I was having.  For any that follow me, here is what I ended up doing to install zathura as a PDF viewer in the library manager.  Zathura is a PDF viewer that supports Vim-like keystroke navigation that is a very efficient way to view a file.

First I needed to add a file that introduces zathura to the registry.  I placed that file here: $CDSHOME/share/cdssetup/registry/data/zathura.reg

    // Data Register file for adding pdf view
    DataFormat Zathura {
        Pattern=document.pdf;
        Preferred_Editor=Zathura;
        dfII_ViewType=document;
        Co_Managed=document.pdf master.tag ;
    }
    ViewAlias {
        document=Zathura;
    }
    Tool Zathura {}

Then, I needed some skill code, which I placed in ~/.cdsinit so that was loaded automatically:

    /* Add PDF view an associate it with Zathura viewer */
    procedure(
        openPdfDataTrigger(argList)
        let(
            (
                mode(getq(argList accessMode))
                libName(getq(argList libName))
                cellName(getq(argList cellName))
                viewName(getq(argList viewName))
                fileId
                fileName
            )
            if(fileId = ddGetObj(libName cellName viewName "document.pdf" nil "r") then
                fileName = strcat(
                    ddGetObjWritePath(ddGetObj(libName cellName viewName))
                    "/document.pdf"
                )
                system(sprintf( nil "/usr/bin/zathura %s &" fileName))
            )
            t
        )
    );

    ; Dummy trigger functions
    procedure( CCSpdfAppTrig(argL) t )
    procedure( CCSpdfEnableTrig(@optional argL) t )

    ; Registration function
    procedure(
        CCSpdfRegister()
        deRegApp(
            ?appName "Zathura"
            ?appTrigger 'CCSpdfAppTrig ; Dummy function
            ?dataTrigger 'openPdfDataTrigger
            ?enableTrigger 'CCSpdfEnableTrig ; Dummy function
            ?viewType "document"
            ?widgetType "none"
        )
    )

    ; Register the triggers
    CCSpdfRegister()

    envSetVal("graphic" "viewNameToTypeList" 'string "document document.od* pdf")

Finally, I manually created a cellview for my PDF file. The file must be named 'document.pdf' and must have a corresponding master.tag file file. Then simply restart virtuoso.

Continuum said:

That apnote is dated and a bit of a mess

Completely agree. This is one of those articles that whenever I see it I want to rewrite it completely and do a better job of explaining it. I can't get the original author to do it since they're no longer around. Maybe I'll have a chance at some point...

Anyway, thanks for your clear outline of what you did to make this work.

Andrew

Continuum said:

That apnote is dated and a bit of a mess

Completely agree. This is one of those articles that whenever I see it I want to rewrite it completely and do a better job of explaining it. I can't get the original author to do it since they're no longer around. Maybe I'll have a chance at some point...

Anyway, thanks for your clear outline of what you did to make this work.

Andrew