On 18 Jul 2022 at 22:12, Philip Jackson wrote: Date sent: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 22:12:20 +0200 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Question on send to email option in linux.. From: Philip Jackson <philip-jack...@gmx.com> To: LibreOffice <users@global.libreoffice.org>
> On 18/07/2022 21:35, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. I have LibreOffice 7.2.7.2 version as > > loaded by default for my Fedora 35 and also have > > LibreOffice 7.3.4.2 downloaded from libreoffice. > > > > With both I have tried a simple saved file with the word > > test in it. File is saved. Have Tools / Options / Internet / > > Email set to /usr/bin/WSENDTO (Thou I did also try using > > the direct path to program as well.). > > Strange - but in all the years I've been using LO Writer and email, I've > never thought or had reason to look at that setting. But now that you've made > me curious, I've had a look to see what I've got in Tools / Options / > Internet / Email and it informs me that my email program is : sensible-lomua. > > I've no idea what that is. I've used Thunderbird in conjunction with Linux > and LO for many years and it just worked. > > Sorry. Thanks again for the quick response. Don't know if it is trying something else. In browser I can type mailto:mi...@guam.net and it pulls up email client with no problem. Just seeing nothing with libreoffice, but the macro works fine. Thanks. > > > /usr/bin/WSENDTO has this. > > #!/bin/bash > > echo $0 $1 $2 $3 > > /home/msetzerii/.wine/drive_c/PMAIL/Programs/WSENDT > > O.EXE $1 > > > > Strange thing is that absolutely nothing happens. No box > > opens, and nothing in way of a error message is showing > > up.. But with my simple macro - running it opens the > > email client and has the document attached with no > > problem... > > > > Simple Macro > > Sub Mailto > > Dim oDoc As Object > > Dim Path$ > > oDoc = ThisComponent > > Path$ = oDoc.getURL() > > If oDoc.HasLocation() Then > > shell("/home/msetzerii/.wine/drive_c/PMAIL/Programs/W > > SENDTO.EXE " &mid(Path$,8,100) ) > > Else > > Print "The document has not yet been stored" > > End If > > End Sub > > > > Tools / Marco / Run and selecting it opens the email client > > with the file attached.. > > > > Not getting anything is what confuses me. Would expect > > something to show on screen, but nothing. The macro > > calls same program and takes the passed parameter, and > > does trim theFILE:// off the parameter. > > > > > >> ------------------------------------------------------------+ > >>> Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor > >>> (Retired) > >>> mailto:mi...@guam.net > >>> mailto:msetze...@gmail.com > >>> Guam - Where America's Day Begins > >>> G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer > >>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ > >>> +------------------------------------------------------------+ > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy +------------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor (Retired) mailto:mi...@guam.net mailto:msetze...@gmail.com Guam - Where America's Day Begins G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
