[OS X TeX] Hyperref in 2018 and 2019 TeXLive

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Apr 24, 2020, at 4:13 PM, Nestor Aguilera <nestoreaguilera at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 24 Apr 2020, at 13:22, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>>> On Apr 24, 2020, at 11:12 AM, Nestor Aguilera <nestoreaguilera at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi Herb,
>>> 
>>>> On 24 Apr 2020, at 08:56, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>>>>> [...]
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>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> 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
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> I just tried the pdf files you supplied. They give dead links in Preview (Catalina 10.15.4) and I suspect Skim does the same since they both use PDFKit. Under Adobe Reader clicking on the link brings up a side panel element to convert the file to docx!? In neither case does it work as I would expect, i.e., it brings up the other document.
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>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> Hi Herb,
> 
> Everything (Skim, Preview, Adobe Reader) is working fine here with the 2018 compilation, **but** I am on Mojave 10.14.6. So I tried all files with a recent version of Adobe Reader on Windows 10 and the behavior is similar to what you are seeing: at some point it asks for permissions but nothing happens, and the 2018 versions don't work either.
> 
> Since I would like to upload files calling each other so anyone can use them (instead of uploading a big file), I would very much appreciate any advice.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Nestor

Howdy,

I expect that Catalina has raised the anti on security and Mojave raised them on High Sierra.

Have you thought of asking on Stack Exchange as well as here? There are some amazing folks on line there.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)