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From: Alexander Adolf <alexander.adolf@condition-alpha.com>
To: Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com>,
	Emacs Org Mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to use `open` to handle `message:*` links on macOS
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:12:34 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2acd022ab06f7f7e2fbe74a6b42d816a@condition-alpha.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHa53uyQNLqSRngPLCpfvJbPKi+=5=3uRUO_qhsQtxF3EaV1Kw@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Tim,

Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com> writes:

> [...]
> I'd like to be able to whack `C-c C-o` on `message:*` links on macOS and
> have it call `open` on the contents. Is there a way to make that happen?
>
> My intent is to be able to save a deep link to a Mail.app message in an org
> document.
> [...]

In my setup, I'm using this:
---------------------------- Begin Quote -----------------------------
(org-add-link-type "mac-mail" 'org-mac-mail-link-open)

(defun org-mac-mail-link-open (mid)
  "Visit the email message with message id MID."
  (start-process "open-mail" nil "open" (format "message:%%3C%s%%3E" mid)))
----------------------------- End Quote ------------------------------

It gives me a new link type "mac-mail" for org-insert-link. Copy the
message ID (without the angle brackets) from Mail.app, and insert it as
the link location. This is a manual process, of course, but then I'm not
using it often, and I don't need it for anything else but Mail.app.

org-mac-link as suggested by Diego offers much more convenience by
automating the entire process, and by giving you access to many other
apps, too. So you might prefer that if you are going to use it often.


Hoping to have helped,

  --alex


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-01-15 14:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-11 19:44 How to use `open` to handle `message:*` links on macOS Tim Visher
2021-01-11 21:57 ` Diego Zamboni
2021-01-15 14:12 ` Alexander Adolf [this message]
2021-04-29 16:21   ` Tim Visher
2021-04-29 16:28     ` Diego Zamboni
2021-04-29 19:37     ` Tim Cross
2021-04-29 21:01       ` Tim Visher
2021-04-29 23:38     ` Alexander Adolf
2021-05-02 20:58       ` Tim Visher
2021-05-06 17:04         ` Alexander Adolf
2021-05-06 17:38           ` Tim Visher

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