On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 3:58 AM, alister <alister.nospam.w...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:56:07 +0000, alister wrote: > >> On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:35:11 -0800, Ethan Furman wrote: >> >>> On 11/11/2014 05:08 PM, Ben Finney wrote: >>>> Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> writes: >>>> >>>>> My wife (using a Win7 machine) will be on a web page that has a link >>>>> to mail somebody. She clicks on it, and it opens the currently >>>>> installed but unused Thunderbird. >>>>> >>>>> Ideally, what would happen is a new window/tab would open to gmail >>>>> with a new compose window with the email address in place and the >>>>> cursor in the subject line.
There are plugins on chrome to make gmail the mail client. Firefox I think has a setting to do the same. You should look into the browser/OS settings before rolling your own, since using python means setting up a web site.. all this to pick the default mail client? >>>> >>>> What is the Python question? I can't see anywhere that you would be >>>> using Python code to address this. >>> >>> Really? Huh. >>> >>> Okay, the explicit Python question: Clicking on a mail link in a web >>> browser can start an external program. I would like that external >>> program to be a Python script that: opens a new tab in the currently >>> running browser (or a new default browser window), loads up the default >>> web mail client (or one specified if there is no way to know/have a >>> default), navigates to the compose pane (or starts there if possible), >>> enters in the email address from the link that was passed to it, and, >>> if not too much more, move the cursor to the subject field. >>> >>> Surely this can be done in Python. >> >> any chance you could fix your broken news reader? > > Apologies, all posts seem broken today. I am not sure of the cause yet > > > > -- > Boren's Laws: > (1) When in charge, ponder. > (2) When in trouble, delegate. > (3) When in doubt, mumble. > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
