Re: External links in PDF?

On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 16:04:20 +0100, Mark Carroll wrote:

> 	lout example.lout -Z -o example.pdf
> 
> but no PDF viewer I try can see a hint of a link in example.pdf.

Ironically, it seems to be not implemented for the PDF backend:

static void PDF_LinkURL(OBJECT url, FULL_LENGTH llx, FULL_LENGTH lly,
  FULL_LENGTH urx, FULL_LENGTH ury)
{
  debug5(DPF, D, "PDF_LinkURL(%s, %d, %d, %d, %d)", EchoObject(url),
    llx, lly, urx, ury);

  /* still to do */
...


As you have already found out, it _is_ implemented for the PS backend
using pdfmark, so it materializes when you create ps output and use
ps2pdf.


-uwe