[OS X TeX] Hyperref in 2018 and 2019 TeXLive

[Nestor Aguilera]

Hi Herb,

> On 24 Apr 2020, at 08:56, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>> Herb,
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>> Thanks for the suggestion, I was wondering whether this is a problem of what I have installed (some underlying conflict), a MacTex issue or a general one.
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>> Given your answer, I understand that you tried the example and it isn't working, is that so?
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>> Thanks again.
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>> Regards,
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>> Nestor
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> If I understand you correctly it isn't working correctly. The links aren't dead but in Preview I get a dialog box saying `The application can't be opened' and in Adobe Reader I get a dialog asking if it ok to open the URL to the file but then nothing happens.
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> I did have to typeset each document and then do each document again in order to get the references correct.
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> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Ok, I use Skim and hadn't tried the files with either Preview or Adobe Reader. I did that now and the results are as you stated. However, both work "as advertised" when compiling with the 2018 MacTex distribution.

I guess Skim and Preview work on the same pdf interpreter, so the identical results are what one would expect.

From the Adobe Reader behavior, I am inclined to believe that this a permission/protection issue inside the pdf file, probably coming from the hyperref/xr compilation.

I could not find any warnings in the "manual" for hyperref (January 2020), nor in the "xr" reference (July 2019).

Just to make sure, I would like to know if the enclosed pdfs compiled with the 2018 distribution work in someone else's machine. I promise I didn't put any viruses in the links.

Thanks,

Nestor





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