Re: html page mail link to webmail program

2014-12-02 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 11Nov2014 17:35, Ethan Furman wrote: 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 windo

Re: html page mail link to webmail program

2014-11-27 Thread Akira Li
Ethan Furman writes: > On 11/11/2014 05:08 PM, Ben Finney wrote: >> Ethan Furman 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 wou

Re: html page mail link to webmail program

2014-11-12 Thread Jerry Hill
On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 8:04 PM, Ethan Furman wrote: > 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. As others have mentioned, this is more a question of configuring your b

Re: html page mail link to webmail program

2014-11-12 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 3:58 AM, alister wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:56:07 +, 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 writes: > My wife (using a Win7 machine) will be on a web p

Re: html page mail link to webmail program

2014-11-12 Thread alister
On Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:56:07 +, 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 writes: >>> My wife (using a Win7 machine) will be on a web page that has a link to mail somebody. She clicks on

Re: html page mail link to webmail program

2014-11-12 Thread alister
On Tue, 11 Nov 2014 17:35:11 -0800, Ethan Furman wrote: > On 11/11/2014 05:08 PM, Ben Finney wrote: >> Ethan Furman 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 Thun

Re: html page mail link to webmail program

2014-11-11 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > Ethan Furman writes: > >> 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 [controls an already-running web >> brows

Re: html page mail link to webmail program

2014-11-11 Thread Ben Finney
Ethan Furman writes: > 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 [controls an already-running web > browser to visit a URL and operate a web application]. > > Surely

Re: html page mail link to webmail program

2014-11-11 Thread Ethan Furman
On 11/11/2014 05:08 PM, Ben Finney wrote: Ethan Furman 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 gm

Re: html page mail link to webmail program

2014-11-11 Thread Ben Finney
Ethan Furman 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

html page mail link to webmail program

2014-11-11 Thread Ethan Furman
Just in case that subject line is not perfectly clear: ;) 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 w