A related option that might work depending on the browser used is webdav, but actually it would need to call a local file manager to do the lifting: 

Here's an example setup via ownCloud and KDE / Dolphin (just as an example): 

https://doc.owncloud.com/server/user_manual/files/access_webdav.html#accessing-files-with-kde-and-dolphin-file-manager

One would hope that the functionality would be wired into the protocol (webdav:// or webdavs://) so if a link is crafted with it, the appropriate file manager launches to handle it.

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Ben 

python -c "exec(\"import math\\nprint ''.join(map(lambda x: chr(x), ( (ord('a')-(3*5)), int(math.sqrt(math.pi*76)*5+2), int(math.ceil(math.e)*28), int(math.floor(math.e)*35), long(abs(4%3*35+3)*2))))\")"

On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 11:29 AM Matt Graham <mhgraham@crow202.org> wrote:
>>> On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 10:16 AM Joe Lowder <joe@actionline.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> $ kwrite filename <E>
>>>> But I would like to be able to do it by simply
>>>> clicking on an entry in a simple html menu.
>>>>
>>>> These attempts do not work:
>>>> <li><a href=file:/home/joe/notes>open notes text file</a>

As I said the last time you posted this about a year ago:  If you have
an HTML file on your local disk opened with Konqueror, and that HTML
file has a <a href="path/to/file.txt">link like this</a>, you can
right-click on that link and get a KDE menu where one of the choices is
"Open with".  Kate and kwrite are choices available here.  While this is
not a single-click solution, it's a heck of a lot easier than almost
anything else anyone has mentioned.

On 2019-05-31 12:02, Michael Butash wrote:
> Keep in mind, what you're asking to do (I think) is essentially
> allowing html and hosted files to transcend the browser to open files
> in the os and launch a file with a given application

See above.  When the HTML file and the files it's linking to are all on
a local filesystem, as is the case here, the rules get relaxed.

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