In addition to these Services, Nisus Writer Pro enables you to include content from other applications and then edit that content again with just a double-click.
The LinkBack Framework is an open framework that brings editable objects to macOS. Using LinkBack-enabled applications, you can paste content created in other applications into a Nisus Writer Pro document and later edit or update the content from the original application. When activated, content can be updated automatically by the provider application or the provider application can display the content for the user to edit. Any changes automatically replace the original embedded content.
By offering this framework as an open-source project, Nisus Software Inc. hopes to enable a wide variety of Cocoa-based applications, including Nisus Writer Pro, to integrate more tightly with one another.
ⓘ LinkBack is distinct from turning on the “Link to File” option when you insert an image. Although they provide similar automatic update capabilities, LinkBack images include enhanced data that preserve the original document’s edibility.
What applications support LinkBack
LinkBack is included in a number of fine applications. You can learn the current state of development at:
• <http://www.linkbackproject.org>
The goals of the LinkBack framework are
• To enable applications to share data with one another, maintaining a link to the originating application so that you can edit the data or have it refreshed.
• To provide this functionality though underlying technology that is simple to use and requires minimal changes in an existing Cocoa-based application.
The goal of LinkBack is not to provide for in-application editing of data from another application. For example, LinkBack does not provide for a graphics application to do graphics editing in a word processor.
A user scenario that depicts how we envision LinkBack being used follows.
Use LinkBack with a drawing application
1. Create a new image for your research paper with a graphics tool.
2. Paste the image into a Nisus Writer Pro document.
3. You decide you need to change the drawing in your Nisus Writer Pro drawing.
4. Double-click the image in Nisus Writer Pro.
The original application opens and displays the image.
5. Make your changes and choose Save in the drawing application
This updates the image in Nisus Writer Pro.
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