emacs-orgmode
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

[PATCH] Fix FAQ entry about mailto links.


From: Robert Goldman
Subject: [PATCH] Fix FAQ entry about mailto links.
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2022 12:34:31 -0600


The old entry referred to the variable =org-link-mailto-program= which
was removed from org-mode almost eight years ago!  See org-mode commit
b9f2e17f07faf01109fc6f7f1eb5a34e0f97eafb
---
 org-faq.org | 18 +++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/org-faq.org b/org-faq.org
index 4b34560c..cac8063e 100644
--- a/org-faq.org
+++ b/org-faq.org
@@ -1927,13 +1927,13 @@ For example:
 #+index: Link!Mailto

 You can customize the function org-mode uses to open mailto links by
-setting the variable =org-link-mailto-program=:
+changing the entry for =mailto:= links in =org-link-parameters=:

-=M-x customize-variable org-link-mailto-program=
+=M-x customize-variable org-link-parameters=

 The default function called is =browse-url=, which opens a mail
 composition buffer within Emacs. The type of buffer opened by
-browse-url depends on the setting of the variable =mail-user-agent=.
+=browse-url= depends on the setting of the variable =mail-user-agent=.
 Thus, if you want to ensure that mailto links use Gnus to open a
 message buffer, you could add the following to your =.emacs=:

@@ -1941,6 +1941,18 @@ message buffer, you could add the following to your =.emacs=:
 (setq mail-user-agent 'gnus-user-agent)
 #+end_src

+You can also change the function used to a different one.  For
+example, the following function (on MacOS) opens =mailto:= links in
+the =MailMate= program:
+
+#+begin_src elisp
+("mailto" :follow
+      (lambda
+        (path)
+        (shell-command
+         (format "open -a MailMate 'mailto:%s'" path))))
+#+end_src
+
 ** Can I use CamelCase links?
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CUSTOM_ID: CamelCase-links
--
2.31.1




reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]