[Docutils-users] rst2html link to given page in pdf document

[Alan Bromborsky]

I wish to link to a given page in a pdf document from the html document
generated by rst2html:

The following works (in the rst file) - :download:`GA
<../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf>`
to open GA.pdf at the beginning.
The following does not work - :download:`GA <../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf#page=12>`
to open GA.pdf at page 12. However if I use - :download:`GA
<../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf>`
in the rst file and then change - _downloads/GA.pdf
in the html file to - _downloads/GA.pdf#page=12
then the link does open on page 12. Do you know of anyway to code this
directly in the rst file?

[David Goodger]

Post by Alan Bromborsky
I wish to link to a given page in a pdf document from the html document
The following works (in the rst file) - :download:`GA
<../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf>`
to open GA.pdf at the beginning.
The following does not work - :download:`GA <../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf#page=12>`
to open GA.pdf at page 12. However if I use - :download:`GA
<../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf>`
in the rst file and then change - _downloads/GA.pdf
in the html file to - _downloads/GA.pdf#page=12
then the link does open on page 12. Do you know of anyway to code this
directly in the rst file?

What does ":download:`URL`" do? I've never seen that before.

Putting "#page=12" into the RST source ought to work fine, and it
would if it were a simple link (without the :download: part, e.g. just
"`GA <../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf#page=12>`_". This produces the following
HTML:

<a class="reference external" href="../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf#page=12">GA</a>

Please show us the HTML output you get, when you include that parameter.

[David Goodger]

Post by David Goodger

Post by Alan Bromborsky
I wish to link to a given page in a pdf document from the html document
The following works (in the rst file) - :download:`GA
<../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf>`
to open GA.pdf at the beginning.
The following does not work - :download:`GA

<../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf#page=12>`

Post by David Goodger

Post by Alan Bromborsky
to open GA.pdf at page 12. However if I use - :download:`GA
<../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf>`
in the rst file and then change - _downloads/GA.pdf
in the html file to - _downloads/GA.pdf#page=12
then the link does open on page 12. Do you know of anyway to code this
directly in the rst file?

What does ":download:`URL`" do? I've never seen that before.
Putting "#page=12" into the RST source ought to work fine, and it
would if it were a simple link (without the :download: part, e.g. just
"`GA <../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf#page=12>`_". This produces the following
<a class="reference external" href="../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf#page=12">GA</a>
Please show us the HTML output you get, when you include that parameter.

Note that my rst file is processed with python-sphinx.

I can't help you with Sphinx-specific markup ("download"), sorry. Perhaps
ask on the Sphinx list.

The rst text and the resulting html output is shown below
rst html
`GA <../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf>`

Note that you need a trailing underscore for this to work. See my example
above.

:download:`GA <../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf>` <a

class="reference download internal" href="_downloads/GA.pdf"><tt
class="xref download docutils literal"><span
class="pre">GA</span></div>:download:`GA <../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf#page=12>`
<tt class="xref download docutils literal"><span class="pre">GA</span>

[Юрий Кудряшов]

Post by Alan Bromborsky
I wish to link to a given page in a pdf document from the html document
The following does not work - :download:`GA
<../LaTeX_docs/GA.pdf#page=12>` to open GA.pdf at page 12.

What exactly do you get in HTML in both cases (working and not working)?