Hi Elaine,

Thanks for checking! Dunno why, but It seems to be increasingly common for browsers to ship without pdf readers, requiring you to install Acrobat or some other plug-in to get this capability. I was mainly curious if you knew the reason for this.

Anway, it's something you might consider adding to your undoubtedly long wish list, but I'm sure you have dozens if not 100's of much higher priorities.

Best regards,
-jh-
From: Elaine Meng <meng@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 10:10 AM
To: John Monroe Heumann <John.Heumann@Colorado.EDU>
Cc: chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu>
Subject: Re: [chimerax-users] help browser and embedded pdf's
 
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Hi,
Well, I had to try it (probably same as you) and apparently no, it does not show the PDF in the window.  We use some built-in capabilities of a toolkit to show HTML and it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of a full-featured, actively developed browser like Chrome, et al.
Regards,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Resource for Biocomputing, Visualization, and Informatics
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco


> On Nov 20, 2024, at 8:56 AM, John Monroe Heumann via ChimeraX-users <chimerax-users@cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Am I correct that ChimeraX help browser currently can not automatically open links to pdf's (requiring you to download the file instead)? If so, would this be a reasonable enhancement request or do the pdf reader licensing requirements make it impractical?
>
> Thanks!
> -jh-