Hi Max, Max Nikulin <maniku...@gmail.com> writes:
> The author suggests to install from github assets instead of official > add-on catalog for some reason. Perhaps it is just survived since times > when cb_thunderlink was not published yet. My new version instructs to install the add-on from Thunderbird, with no OS installation. It's simpler and safer. > > My idea was to push '("\\`mid:" . custom/browse-url-mid) to > `browse-url-handlers' having (untested) > > (defun custom/browse-url-mid (url &optional _ignored) > (browse-url > (replace-regexp-in-string "\\`mid:" "thunderlink:/message-id=" url))) > > I am unsure concerning double slash after protocol since host name > expected after double slash. At least KDE may try to resolve hostname > and to distort URI. I hope, Message-ID never contains characters that > may require percent encoding when used in query parameter value. > > `browse-url-xdg-open' had a lot of revisions before current > `call-process' settled inside. It is the reason why I will prefer to > avoid explicit calls to `start-process' (alternatives known to me are > even worse) and to delegate as much as possible to `browse-url'. My new version instructs to use standard "mid:" by just running Thunderbird. > Since you suggest thunderlink: links instead of built-in mid: I didn't realize that Thunderbird allows to open "mid:". I've simplified the method. I'm now using =cb_thunderlink= just to answer the following question, that currently is on the wiki page: you need to copy the value of the Message-ID header, it should be possible with some add-on. i.e. cb_thunderlink allows to build a full org link (link + description). As it's still not clear to me how to configure browse-url, I'm still relying on start-process. See a new version of the patch. Bruno
>From 89cef9d7acd85828ddfbb1375fac1e805bd03cea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruno BARBIER <brubar...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 20:33:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] org-faq: links with thunderbird: Add cb_thunderlink --- org-faq.org | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) diff --git a/org-faq.org b/org-faq.org index 0410d368..4c2d0c8f 100644 --- a/org-faq.org +++ b/org-faq.org @@ -2051,6 +2051,42 @@ so the following recipe is obsolete: Notice that this link uses Message-ID to reference a particular message as well. +*** Using the =cb_thunderlink= add-on +The add-on =cb_thunderlink= for Thunderbird allows to generate direct +links from emails inside Thunderbird. You can then teach org to repon +these links. + + 1. In Thunderbird, install the =cb_thunderlink= add-on. + + 2. In the options page of the =cb_thunderlink= add-on, add a new link + type, name it =org= with the following value: + + #+begin_example + [[mid:$msgid$][$author_name$: $subject$ ($date_iso$)]] + #+end_example + + 3. In your emacs init file, add the following lines: + #+begin_src elisp + (defvar thunderbird-app nil + "The absolute path to your thunderbird application.") + + (defun thunderbird-message-with-id (message-id) + "Open the given email. MESSAGE-ID is the message id." + (start-process "thunderbird" " *thunderbird*" + thunderbird-app + (concat "mid:" message-id))) + + (org-link-set-parameters "mid" :follow 'thunderbird-open-message-with-id) + #+end_src + + +In Thunderbird, to copy a link to an email into the clipboard, open +the contextual menu, click the =cb_thunderlink= entry and choose the +entry named =org=. Then paste the link in your org file, and, click it +to re-open the email. + + + * Plain Lists :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: Plain-Lists -- 2.39.1