On 6 Dec 2013, at 9:01, Torsten Grust wrote:
I too use BusyCal and would love to create calendar entries from with
MailMate.
However, as fas as I can tell (I do hope somebody proves me wrong),
BusyCal
does not have an AppleScript dictionary, effectively rendering it
non-scriptable.
That's a siginifcant obstacle to a tight integration with MailMate
(with any
other application, for that matter).
Busycal has an alternative to using AppleScript based on a custom URL
scheme (similar to what is often done on iOS and what MailMate does for
the `mailto:` URL scheme):
https://support.busymac.com/blog/23829-busycal-url-handler
This can actually be a good thing since it's probably faster than using
AppleScript when launching a command from within MailMate.
Now, I'm not sure exactly how you want this to work, but it's certainly
possible to create a command which based on the currently selected
message (or selected text in the message) can create an event in
BusyCal/iCal/Fantastical (3 more bundles to be created). The main
problem, of course, is to convert text to event data. I could perhaps
implement a feature where MailMate can be told to analyze the message
(or selected text) with the data detectors in Mac OS X (10.7+) before
calling the external script. This could help find dates, addresses, and
phone numbers I believe. (Making no promises, just thinking out loud.)
--
Benny
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