Re: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-31 Thread Charles Wilson
On 3/30/2012 1:52 PM, Ken Brown wrote: Chuck, what would you think of changing this so that cygstart would recognize `mailto:' URLs? It would also be useful if cygstart could learn to handle `file://' URLs involving POSIX paths. As always, PTC... -- Chuck -- Problem reports:

Re: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-31 Thread Ken Brown
On 3/31/2012 12:39 PM, Charles Wilson wrote: On 3/30/2012 1:52 PM, Ken Brown wrote: Chuck, what would you think of changing this so that cygstart would recognize `mailto:' URLs? It would also be useful if cygstart could learn to handle `file://' URLs involving POSIX paths. As always, PTC...

cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-30 Thread Ken Brown
If I type `cygstart mailto:recipient?subject=subject' at a Cygwin bash prompt, I expect my default Windows mail program to start an outgoing message with `recipient' as recipient and `subject' as subject. (This is what happens if I type the same URL into a `Start Menu - Run' box.) What

Re: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-30 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 30/03/2012 9:27 AM, Ken Brown wrote: If I type `cygstart mailto:recipient?subject=subject' at a Cygwin bash prompt, I expect my default Windows mail program to start an outgoing message with `recipient' as recipient and `subject' as subject. (This is what happens if I type the same URL into

Re: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-30 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 30/03/2012 9:43 AM, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/03/2012 9:27 AM, Ken Brown wrote: If I type `cygstart mailto:recipient?subject=subject' at a Cygwin bash prompt, I expect my default Windows mail program to start an outgoing message with `recipient' as recipient and `subject' as subject. (This

RE: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-30 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Ken Brown sent the following at Friday, March 30, 2012 9:28 AM If I type `cygstart mailto:recipient?subject=subject' at a Cygwin bash prompt, I expect my default Windows mail program to start an outgoing message with `recipient' as recipient and `subject' as subject. (This is what happens if I

RE: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-30 Thread Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
Barry Buchbinder sent the following at Friday, March 30, 2012 10:23 AM Ken Brown sent the following at Friday, March 30, 2012 9:28 AM If I type `cygstart mailto:recipient?subject=subject' at a Cygwin bash prompt, I expect my default Windows mail program to start an outgoing message with

Re: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 30 09:43, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/03/2012 9:27 AM, Ken Brown wrote: If I type `cygstart mailto:recipient?subject=subject' at a Cygwin bash prompt, I expect my default Windows mail program to start an outgoing message with `recipient' as recipient and `subject' as subject. (This is

Re: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-30 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 30/03/2012 11:14 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Mar 30 09:43, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/03/2012 9:27 AM, Ken Brown wrote: If I type `cygstart mailto:recipient?subject=subject' at a Cygwin bash prompt, I expect my default Windows mail program to start an outgoing message with `recipient' as

RE: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-30 Thread Nellis, Kenneth
From: Ken Brown If I type `cygstart mailto:recipient?subject=subject' at a Cygwin bash prompt, I expect my default Windows mail program to start an outgoing message with `recipient' as recipient and `subject' as subject. (This is what happens if I type the same URL into a `Start Menu -

Re: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-30 Thread Ken Brown
On 3/30/2012 12:04 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/03/2012 11:14 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Mar 30 09:43, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/03/2012 9:27 AM, Ken Brown wrote: If I type `cygstart mailto:recipient?subject=subject' at a Cygwin bash prompt, I expect my default Windows mail program to

Re: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-30 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 30/03/2012 1:52 PM, Ken Brown wrote: On 3/30/2012 12:04 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/03/2012 11:14 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Mar 30 09:43, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/03/2012 9:27 AM, Ken Brown wrote: If I type `cygstart mailto:recipient?subject=subject' at a Cygwin bash prompt, I

Re: cygstart doesn't handle question marks in mailto URLs

2012-03-30 Thread Ken Brown
On 3/30/2012 1:52 PM, Ken Brown wrote: On 3/30/2012 12:04 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/03/2012 11:14 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Mar 30 09:43, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 30/03/2012 9:27 AM, Ken Brown wrote: If I type `cygstart mailto:recipient?subject=subject' at a Cygwin bash prompt, I