Nice - I have been meaning to write something myself like this myself, so
thanks Thomas
Jon N
On Monday, November 24, 2025 at 6:34:17 PM UTC [email protected] wrote:
> Here's a script that lets you send the body of the selected node to email.
> The body needs to contain the text "email: <address>", where "<address>" is
> the email address to send the node to. If there is a text selection, it
> will be searched for the address. If not, the entire body will be
> searched. The script works for both Windows and Linux. It ought to work on
> MacOS but I can't try that. The message is handled by the system default
> email handler.
>
> I have added this script to my "Local" custom menu defined in
> myLeoSettings.leo. Here it is:
>
> @language python
> """Extract email address and launch email program on it.
>
> The address is expected to be prefaced like this:
>
> [optional text first] email: [email protected] [optional text after]
>
> If there is a selection, the selected text is searched for an email
> address. Otherwise, the entire body is searched. The system's
> default email program is opened.
> """
>
> import re
> from sys import platform
> import os
> from subprocess import call
>
> EMAILre = r'.*email:[ ]*([^@]+@[^@ \t\n]+)' # inline
>
> def open_file(filename):
> try:
> os.startfile(filename) # Windows only
> except Exception as e:
> print(e)
> opener = "open" if platform == "darwin" else "xdg-open"
> call([opener, filename])
>
> # List of line(s) containing cursor or selection
> cursor_lines = c.getBodyLines()[1]
> line = cursor_lines[0] if cursor_lines else ''
>
> matched = re.match(EMAILre, line)
> target = matched[1] if matched else None
>
> if target:
> target = 'mailto:' + target.strip()
> open_file(target)
> else:
> g.es('no address found')
>
>
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