Ha! I didn't think of trying that. Control-click worked for me. Tres cool. Double clicking didn't do anything; CTRL-Click opened my email client right directly.
On Monday, November 24, 2025 at 6:21:33 PM UTC-5 jkn wrote: > one reason I never got around to it is that in my setup at least, > double-clicking on a link: > > mailto://[email protected] > > causes the browser to open my mail client similarly. So that is something > similar... > > J^n > > > On Monday, November 24, 2025 at 11:19:12 PM UTC jkn wrote: > >> 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') >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/2e3a5a83-e696-4aed-8d81-60643c220725n%40googlegroups.com.
