Hi Max,

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> The author suggests to install from github assets instead of official 
> add-on catalog for some reason. Perhaps it is just survived since times 
> when cb_thunderlink was not published yet.

My new version instructs to install the add-on from Thunderbird, with no
OS installation. It's simpler and safer.

>
> My idea was to push '("\\`mid:" . custom/browse-url-mid) to 
> `browse-url-handlers' having (untested)
>
> (defun custom/browse-url-mid (url &optional _ignored)
>    (browse-url
>     (replace-regexp-in-string "\\`mid:" "thunderlink:/message-id=" url)))
>
> I am unsure concerning double slash after protocol since host name 
> expected after double slash. At least KDE may try to resolve hostname 
> and to distort URI. I hope, Message-ID never contains characters that 
> may require percent encoding when used in query parameter value.
>
> `browse-url-xdg-open' had a lot of revisions before current 
> `call-process' settled inside. It is the reason why I will prefer to 
> avoid explicit calls to `start-process' (alternatives known to me are 
> even worse) and to delegate as much as possible to `browse-url'.

My new version instructs to use standard "mid:" by just running Thunderbird.


> Since you suggest thunderlink: links instead of built-in mid:

I didn't realize that Thunderbird allows to open "mid:". I've simplified
the method.

I'm now using =cb_thunderlink= just to answer the following question, that
currently is on the wiki page:

      you need to copy the value of the Message-ID
      header, it should be possible with some add-on.

i.e. cb_thunderlink allows to build a full org link (link + description).

As it's still not clear to me how to configure browse-url, I'm still relying
on start-process.

See a new version of the patch.

Bruno