application setting in acroread (latex file) [SOLVED]

[Efo]

Hi guys,

I am working with latex and I created a link with \href to a script (file.sh), then I generated the pdf file and opened it in acroread.
The problem is that, when I use the link in acroread, firefox is invoked and then it launches the script file. Is there a way I can tell acroread to execute directly files with the extension .sh?

Thanks,

Efo

[ppurka]

You will need to write a script, say open_from_acroread, to parse the argument acroread sends to firefox. The argument is in the form of openURL(<some URL>.newtab). Then you will need to provide the name of the script in Edit->Preference->Internet instead of the default name firefox.
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[Efo]

Hi ppurka,

Thank you for the reply.
I am not sure if I understood you correctly, here is what I did:
1) I have "\href{./play.sh}" in latex
2) I set in "Edit->Preference->Internet" "/bin/sh" as my browser

When I click on the link I get "browser could not be launched. Please check..."
What am I missing?

[ppurka]

You did not understand the openURL part of my earlier reply. acroread will execute /bin/sh as

[Efo]

Thanks ppurka,

With your help and a little bashing I got it working.
For the record:
1) As you suggested I created video.sh:
#!/bin/bash
xmessage "$@"
2) The message was:
-remote openURL(file:/home/user/something/play.sh,new-tab)
3) I removed "-remote openURL(file:" and ",new-tab)" with
fnl=`echo $@ | cut -d : -f2 | cut -d, -f1 `
4) executed play.sh
exec $fnl

Final video.sh files:
#!/bin/bash
#xmessage "$@"
fnl=`echo $@ | cut -d : -f2 | cut -d , -f1 `
#xmessage "$fnl"
exec $fnl

In acroread (Edit->Preference->Internet) I changed firefox with video.sh.

Thanks again,

Efo