How to achieve menu access to edit text files?
The objective:
To be able to set up an html menu that can be accessed by any
browser (mainly with Konqueror) with multiple href link options
predefined within this menu so that I can open pre-designated text files
with kedit (or any other designated text editor) with a single mouse-click.
I want to be able to set this up so that I can open predefined text files
into either the same window or optionally into a separate window
so that I can edit and/or write additional text to the designated file(s)
with no intervening steps required.
Ideally, I would like to be able to accomplish this by using a simple
code within a single html menu without having to also use any additional
(intervening) files.
While it is possible to accomplish the desired objective by setting up
icons and/or icon-less links on the desktop, that is an unsatisfactory
solution because it would mean cluttering up the desktop with many
dozens if not hundreds of links.
Current status of this objective:
While some html "experts" have told me that what I want to do probably
cannot be done, by experimentation I have been able to accomplish most
aspects of this objective, but I have not yet achieved the entire objective.
With the html code shown below, I am able to accomplish most of the
stated objective in two different ways.
First, using the Konqueror browser, with a single click, I can open a
read-only text file in the same window, and then by clicking on "Location"
and then on "Open with text editor" that opens a second window in which
I can edit the designated text file. The disadvantages of this method are
that it requires two extra steps (clicks) to get into a text editor which
opens in a separate window, and then four more clicks to save, exit, and
return to the menu, or else use CTRL+S and CTRL+Q to do so.
Second, using the Konqueror browser and a different approach, I can get
a bit closer to the desired objective, except that the second method
requires the creation of an additional (intervening) file (and that is a
nuisance to have to create for every target text file). Plus, using this
method, after I click on the main menu href link, one of those nuisance "are
you sure" dialog boxes pops up that reads "Do you really want to execute
'file:/file/home/joe/filename'?"
Also, this method only works by opening a second window rather than allowing
the option to have the target text file open within the original menu
window.
In this second example also, CTRL+S and CTRL+Q to save and exit,
takes me back to the menu.
In summary, the goal is to be able to access, read, and edit a large number
of pre-designated text files with the fewest mouse-clicks, the fewest
keystrokes, and the simplest coding possible.
Below is an example of an html menu that works and almost achieves the
desired objective. Below that is the content of a file copied from and
identified as "Desktop Entry" which, when saved by the name 'xnotes,' can be
called by the second option in the Menu model to demo the second method.
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<html><head><title>Menu model</title></head>
<body><font size=1>
<li><a href=file:/home/joe/mydata/texts/notes>notes</a>
<li><a href=file:/home/joe/mydata/texts/xnotes>xnotes</a>
</body></html>
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[Desktop Entry]
BinaryPattern=kedit;
Exec=kedit /home/joe/mydata/texts/xnotes.txt
MimeType=text/english;text/plain;text/x-makefile;text/x-c++hdr;text/x-c++src;text/x-chdr;text/x-csrc;text/x-java;text/x-moc;text/x-pascal;text/x-tcl;text/x-tex;application/x-shellscript;text/x-c;text/x-c++;;
Name[C]=xnotes
Protocols=file;ftp;http;tar;cgi;
Terminal=0
Type=Application
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Surely there must be an even simpler, more efficient, and more effective way
to accomplish this objective than what I have described above. I hope so,
and I look forward to seeing any suggestions that anyone can offer.
At least, it would be great if someone could tell me how to disable or
bypass that annoying "are you sure" dialog box.
Please respond directly to
joe@actionline.com
Thanks.
Joe
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