Bug 164384

Summary:	fish:// file loads into editor but fails to be processed by pdflatex
Product:	[Applications] kile	Reporter:	Paul Weaver <p.j.weaver>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Michel Ludwig <michel.ludwig>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	normal	CC:	mwoehlke.floss, thomas.braun
Priority:	NOR
Version:	2.0.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Paul Weaver 2008-06-18 15:38:49 UTC

Version:           2.0.1 (using 3.5.3, Kubuntu Package 4:3.5.3-0ubuntu0.2 dapper)
Compiler:          Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.15-27-desktop64-smp

I can open a file in the KDE open dialogue for kile using the fish:// protocol to retrieve a file using ssh from a remote server. e.g., in the address bar I could type:

fish://username@hostname/filepath/filname.tex

and kile will happily open my file.

However, when I try to compile it I get an error which says:

[PDFLaTeX] Sorry, the file filepath/filename.tex does not exist.

It would be brilliant if kile could work on files over ssh using fish://!

Many thanks!

Comment 1 Maksim Orlovich 2008-08-13 19:05:21 UTC

*** Bug 166056 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Thomas Braun 2008-08-26 11:33:27 UTC

Hello,

this is a latex/pdflatex limitation.
Only KDE apps can handle files accessed with special protocols like fish. 

So I would close this bug report as WONTFIX as we can do nothing about it.

Any objections?

Thomas

Comment 3 Paul Weaver 2008-08-26 11:47:46 UTC

I thought it might be the case that latex itself wouldn't be able to cope with the protocol. However, I was wondering whether it would be possible for kile to cache a local copy of the file and work on that? Maybe it's more of a feature request than a bug in this case? What do you think?

Comment 4 Michel Ludwig 2008-08-26 12:02:33 UTC

Yes, I think that was the plan. But it's definitely more of a long-term goal.

Comment 5 Paul Weaver 2008-08-26 12:11:54 UTC

Ok, that's fine. Shall I put in a feature request or just leave things be?

Many thanks,

I'm currently using Kile to write my MPhil dissertation, so I feel indebted to all those who have put together such a good piece of software!

Paul Weaver