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Set HTML document base url

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Christian Kaula

17 Apr, 2012 03:58 PM

It might be a good idea to set the document base url for the WebKit view. That way images that are referenced via relative URI would show up in the preview for Scrivener documents.

Example:

![this is an image][img]

[img]: images/someimage.jpg

The above does not work even though a file images/someimage.jpg exists relative to the Scrivener document. So right now I abuse the fact that Marked evaluates script tags and add something like this to my Scrivener document:

<script>
var ab = document.createElement('base');
ab.setAttribute('href', 'file:///path/to/scrienver/doc/');
document.head.insertBefore(ab, document.head.children[0]);
</script>

Since this is pretty hacky and I'm not sure script tags should be evaluated in the first place it would be nice to have this feature natively.

Thanks.

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Brett on 17 Apr, 2012 05:35 PM

   

   Done, it will be in the next version. Preview only, it won't export with the document to maintain portability.

   As a side note, I originally stripped ALL scripts tags not inside of a code block. I got a lot of blowback for that, given that a good portion of my users are quite capable with scripting and wanted to push the boundaries. Given that you can't visit external websites with Marked, I consider it safe enough, I guess.

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2. 2 Posted by Christian Kaula on 17 Apr, 2012 06:02 PM

   

   Cool stuff. Thanks a bunch.

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3. 3 Posted by clements.jb on 31 May, 2013 12:06 PM

   

   Can you confirm if this has been done? I recently purchased Marked, via MacAppsStore, but I've not been able to work out the appropriate 'syntax' (i.e. as above), to facilitate being able to view my Scrivener images, which I would like to be able to do.

   Can you advise?

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Brett on 31 May, 2013 12:28 PM

   

   The version currently in the Mac App Store does not include this improvement. I will contact you privately regarding beta testing the upcoming version if you're interested.

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5. 5 Posted by clements.jb on 31 May, 2013 12:40 PM

   

   I'm open to that. 

   ​The normal Scrivener workflow to pdflatex is working well form generally. 

   But there are times when printing off a PDF directly from Marked would be useful. 

   Is there any documentation of current workarounds for this issue in Scrivener? I couldn't find anything.  

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