Elimar Riesebieter <riese...@lxtec.de>: > I've tried settings -> apps -> mailto -> shellscript > > Shellscript: > > #!/bin/sh > exec xterm -e mutt "$@" > > The xterm only pops up for 1 second. > > Any hints?
Ben at linuxgazette.net and I've been playing with this for years (I haven't used it in a while; caveat emptor): ---------------------------- #!/usr/bin/perl # # pinehelper.pl - Original from Ben Okopnik of LinuxGazette.net # # i) install wherever you want, make it world execute. # # ii) edit the user's prefs.js (via "about:config") in # ~/.mozilla/firefox/$blah.default: # # user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.mailto", \ # "/path/to/pinehelper"); # # iii) edit "$fn" and "geometry" to taste. # # Restart FF, and clicking on a "mailto:" link should fire up # an xterm running mutt. To: will already be filled in. If # the link provided a "Subject:", it should be handled as well. # # 13Nov2005 Ben Okopnik 0001 Fix Firefox mailto: handling # 16Jun2007 sbk 0002 bulletproofing, strict, my(). # use diagnostics; use warnings; use strict; my ( $fn, @chunks, $key, $value, %header, $opts); # xterm font # # $fn = q(-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15); $fn = q(-*-*-medium-r-normal-*-15-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-15); $geom = q(105x57-84+64); @chunks = split /[?&]/, shift; for ( @chunks ) { ( $key, $value ) = split /[:=]/; # Cheap-ass entity conversion; populates %header hash as: # # key value # --- ----- # subject "subject string" # mailto "w...@where.com" # ( $header{ $key } = $value ) =~ s/%(..)/pack("H2",$1)/eg; } # Define Mutt switches for any headers we're interested in, including # optional ones # $opts = qq[ -s "$header{subject}" ] if exists $header{subject}; $opts .= $header{mailto}; exec qq(/usr/bin/xterm -fn $fn -geometry $geom -T Mutt -e /usr/bin/mutt $opts) || die qq(Blue? No, red?! Aiiii!: $!); __END__ ---------------------------- -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org