Links in email messages

[Bart Bunting]

That sounds exactly like what I was hoping for.


Kind regards
Bart

Mark Walters  writes:

> Hi
>
> I think C-c RET works to follow the link. At least that seems to do the
> same as clicking it.
>
> I agree that just RET would be nice, but also would like the links to be
> treated as buttons so next-button (ie TAB) would stop at them. What do
> other people think?
>
> (I have a preliminary implementation that does this)
>
> Best wishes
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> Bart Bunting  writes:
>
>> Adam,
>>
>> Thanks for the tip.  That is obvious now you point it out.
>>
>> I too would welcome an implementation that allowed hitting enter to
>> follow a link.  Hitting another key though is not too arduous.
>>
>> Guyzmo, no problems regarding your interpretation of my question.  I
>> should have been more specific with regards to emacs.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Bart
>>
>> Adam Wolfe Gordon  writes:
>>
>>> Hi Bart,
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Bart Bunting  wrote:
 I am having trouble activating links in emails.  I guess what I
 intuitively expect to happen is that if i hit enter on a link that it
 opens up using browse-url-at-point or similar.

 All that appears to happen is that the message I'm viewing collapses.

 I would also if possible like urls to be active in text messages as
 well.

 Is there an easy solution to this that I'm missing?
>>>
>>> First off, if anyone would like to implement this feature, I would
>>> definitely appreciate it. I don't have a great solution, but there are
>>> two workarounds I've used for this:
>>>
>>> 1. I used to use a terminal that automatically made links clickable
>>> (with a modifier key). This worked well until I got tired of other
>>> bugs in that terminal. (Note that this only applies if, like me, you
>>> run emacs -nw).
>>>
>>> 2. These days I add a key to the notmuch-show keymap mapped to
>>> browse-url-at-point, with the following:
>>>
>>> (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "U" 'browse-url-at-point)
>>>
>>> So when there's a URL I want to see, I go to it and hit U. It's not as
>>> convenient/obvious as enter, but it works well enough. I assume this
>>> works in non-terminal emacs as well.
>>>
>>> -- Adam
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Bart

Links in email messages

[Mark Walters]

Hi

I think C-c RET works to follow the link. At least that seems to do the
same as clicking it.

I agree that just RET would be nice, but also would like the links to be
treated as buttons so next-button (ie TAB) would stop at them. What do
other people think?

(I have a preliminary implementation that does this)

Best wishes

Mark




Bart Bunting  writes:

> Adam,
>
> Thanks for the tip.  That is obvious now you point it out.
>
> I too would welcome an implementation that allowed hitting enter to
> follow a link.  Hitting another key though is not too arduous.
>
> Guyzmo, no problems regarding your interpretation of my question.  I
> should have been more specific with regards to emacs.
>
>  
>
> Kind regards
>
> Bart
>
> Adam Wolfe Gordon  writes:
>
>> Hi Bart,
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Bart Bunting  wrote:
>>> I am having trouble activating links in emails.  I guess what I
>>> intuitively expect to happen is that if i hit enter on a link that it
>>> opens up using browse-url-at-point or similar.
>>>
>>> All that appears to happen is that the message I'm viewing collapses.
>>>
>>> I would also if possible like urls to be active in text messages as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> Is there an easy solution to this that I'm missing?
>>
>> First off, if anyone would like to implement this feature, I would
>> definitely appreciate it. I don't have a great solution, but there are
>> two workarounds I've used for this:
>>
>> 1. I used to use a terminal that automatically made links clickable
>> (with a modifier key). This worked well until I got tired of other
>> bugs in that terminal. (Note that this only applies if, like me, you
>> run emacs -nw).
>>
>> 2. These days I add a key to the notmuch-show keymap mapped to
>> browse-url-at-point, with the following:
>>
>> (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "U" 'browse-url-at-point)
>>
>> So when there's a URL I want to see, I go to it and hit U. It's not as
>> convenient/obvious as enter, but it works well enough. I assume this
>> works in non-terminal emacs as well.
>>
>> -- Adam
> ___
> notmuch mailing list
> notmuch at notmuchmail.org
> http://notmuchmail.org/mailman/listinfo/notmuch

Links in email messages

[Bart Bunting]

Adam,

Thanks for the tip.  That is obvious now you point it out.

I too would welcome an implementation that allowed hitting enter to
follow a link.  Hitting another key though is not too arduous.

Guyzmo, no problems regarding your interpretation of my question.  I
should have been more specific with regards to emacs.



Kind regards

Bart

Adam Wolfe Gordon  writes:

> Hi Bart,
>
> On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Bart Bunting  wrote:
>> I am having trouble activating links in emails.  I guess what I
>> intuitively expect to happen is that if i hit enter on a link that it
>> opens up using browse-url-at-point or similar.
>>
>> All that appears to happen is that the message I'm viewing collapses.
>>
>> I would also if possible like urls to be active in text messages as
>> well.
>>
>> Is there an easy solution to this that I'm missing?
>
> First off, if anyone would like to implement this feature, I would
> definitely appreciate it. I don't have a great solution, but there are
> two workarounds I've used for this:
>
> 1. I used to use a terminal that automatically made links clickable
> (with a modifier key). This worked well until I got tired of other
> bugs in that terminal. (Note that this only applies if, like me, you
> run emacs -nw).
>
> 2. These days I add a key to the notmuch-show keymap mapped to
> browse-url-at-point, with the following:
>
> (define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "U" 'browse-url-at-point)
>
> So when there's a URL I want to see, I go to it and hit U. It's not as
> convenient/obvious as enter, but it works well enough. I assume this
> works in non-terminal emacs as well.
>
> -- Adam

Links in email messages

[Guyzmo]

Hi,

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 03:34:26PM +1000, Bart Bunting wrote:
> Sorry if this is an obvious question...

this is not obvious at all, your question lacks a lot of precisions.
You're asking the maling list which topic  is  notmuch  that  does email
indexing, and is not a MTA.

> I am having trouble activating links in emails.  I guess what I
> intuitively expect to happen is that if i hit enter on a link that it
> opens up using browse-url-at-point or similar.
> All that appears to happen is that the message I'm viewing collapses.
> I would also if possible like urls to be active in text messages as
> well.

 - what MTA (aka e-mail client) are you using?
 - what do you mean by "activating links"? Clicking on them? Or do you
   try to open them using your mind?

Usually for text MTAs (such as mutt or afew), this is not their role
to handle url, but the graphical terminal emulator  to  handle  that. If
you use gnome-terminal, for example, it has a configuration to  help one
detect URLs in its buffer.

Cheers,

-- 
Guyzmo

Links in email messages

[Adam Wolfe Gordon]

Hi Bart,

On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Bart Bunting  wrote:
> I am having trouble activating links in emails.  I guess what I
> intuitively expect to happen is that if i hit enter on a link that it
> opens up using browse-url-at-point or similar.
>
> All that appears to happen is that the message I'm viewing collapses.
>
> I would also if possible like urls to be active in text messages as
> well.
>
> Is there an easy solution to this that I'm missing?

First off, if anyone would like to implement this feature, I would
definitely appreciate it. I don't have a great solution, but there are
two workarounds I've used for this:

1. I used to use a terminal that automatically made links clickable
(with a modifier key). This worked well until I got tired of other
bugs in that terminal. (Note that this only applies if, like me, you
run emacs -nw).

2. These days I add a key to the notmuch-show keymap mapped to
browse-url-at-point, with the following:

(define-key notmuch-show-mode-map "U" 'browse-url-at-point)

So when there's a URL I want to see, I go to it and hit U. It's not as
convenient/obvious as enter, but it works well enough. I assume this
works in non-terminal emacs as well.

-- Adam