Working with pdf files

[Gursimran]

Hi there,

I'm new to the TiddlyWiki world. I want to use the tiddly wiki for my research where I want to write short summaries of research papers with a link to pdf. Additionally, I would also like to annotate pdfs.

What do you guys recommend in terms of workflow I should follow.

Right now, I plan to follow the below

1. Download pdfs in a central folder

2. Use external links in my toddlers to these pdfs

3. View them directly from toddlers by clicking the link (opens in web browser, but sadly can't annotate there)

3. Annotate pdfs in my system pdf software (by going to the path and opening them)

I plan to use WikiFolders since they allow working with separate files rather than one monolithic file.

In this workflow, there are several ways to make it smooth

1. Automatically drag-drop pdfs and has them as external links. Any pointers how this can be achieved?

2. (more important) While viewing, instead of a browser extension, if I can open the pdf in my system application to view, then I can avoid the hassle in step4. Can this be achieved? Technically, it think, that the server should be able to spawn the application with the certain link (instead of the browser). Any pointers on how to do this?

Relevant discussion - https://tiddlywiki.narkive.com/Sxp68aTD/tw-no-linking-to-external-files-in-node-js-setup

My use-case is very similar and I'm also facing the same problem.

[Ste Wilson]

Don't know if this is helpful but I embed pdfs using

<iframe src="http://docs.google.com/gview?url=WEB ADDRESS OF PDF.PDF&embedded=true" style="width:100%; height:500px;" frameborder="0"></iframe>