+1000 for this one!

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> On 06 Dec 2013, at 10:16, "Benny Kjær Nielsen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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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