From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eric Schulte" Subject: Re: [CONTRIB?] using orgmode to send html mail? Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:31:37 -0600 Message-ID: <8739z9c3vq.fsf@gmail.com> References: <878w9krtyn.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> <871vfa24qo.fsf@gmail.com> <87pr2uww2d.fsf@columbia.edu> <87tys5zrwm.fsf@gmail.com> <87sk7pzk02.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> <87tys5r3q6.fsf@gmail.com> <87ocid7cuj.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> <874ok5qxp9.fsf@gmail.com> <87vdckksnj.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> <874ok33zje.fsf@gmail.com> <87zl1vf4ru.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> <874ok311t9.fsf@gmail.com> <87y6h85pid.fsf_-_@gmail.com> <87fx3g1cld.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> <87eij05had.fsf@gmail.com> <878w98w4sz.fsf@stats.ox.ac.uk> <87sk7f8d6x.fsf@gmail.com> <87aatizcef.fsf@gmail.com> <71591C25-1B0B-4162-A53C-16DB9436C0F3@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NyoHG-0003aU-S6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:31:50 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45824 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NyoHF-0003Zu-9V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:31:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NyoHD-0002Qu-KP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:31:49 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f223.google.com ([209.85.218.223]:46320) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NyoHD-0002Qo-Ec for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:31:47 -0400 Received: by bwz23 with SMTP id 23so1061876bwz.26 for ; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 08:31:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <71591C25-1B0B-4162-A53C-16DB9436C0F3@gmail.com> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Mon, 5 Apr 2010 08:49:22 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: Dan Davison , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Carsten Dominik writes: > On Apr 5, 2010, at 7:39 AM, Eric Schulte wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> It is now possible to send HTML mail directly form an org-mode buffer. >> >> Calling `org-mime-org-buffer-htmlize' (could probably use a better >> name) >> from inside of an org-mode buffer will use `org-export-as-html' to >> generate HTML of the buffer (respecting regions and subtree >> narrowing), >> and will then package the resulting HTML with all linked images into a >> message buffer. >> >> As usual thanks to Carsten's thoughtfully organized functions and >> control variables this was surprisingly easy to implement. >> >> Cheers -- Eric >> >> The code is still up at http://github.com/eschulte/org-mime > > CONTIRB? yes, after the release..... > Sounds great, I'm move this into contrib then. -- Eric > > - Carsten > >> >> "Eric Schulte" writes: >> >>> Dan Davison writes: >>> >>> [...] >>> >>>> >>>> As I understand it the code you've written is designed to be >>>> called in a >>>> message-mode buffer with orgstruct-mode in force. Would it make >>>> sense to >>>> also include in your package a complementary function, that one >>>> calls in >>>> an org-mode buffer? I envisage this generating the HTML, forming the >>>> multipart email contents, and then saving it to the kill ring, so >>>> that >>>> it can be pasted into an email. >>>> >>>> This function would have access to the directory-name and so >>>> should be >>>> able to resolve relative paths. Also, there might be some other >>>> advantages -- for example when exporting just a region or subtree, >>>> buffer-wide properties such as #+TITLE and #+AUTHOR are picked up >>>> by the >>>> org exporter and packaged into the HTML. >>>> >>>> In other words, can I use your machinery to package up the HTML >>>> generated by Org's C-e dispatcher into an appropriately-constructed >>>> email? >>>> >>> >>> Hi Dan, >>> >>> That sounds like a good idea, I've added it to a fledgling task list >>> packaged in the README at [1]. I'd say there are two options. >>> >>> 1) which you mentioned saving the entire exported content to the >>> kill-ring. One problem here is that everything is still text and >>> pastable only *before* the mime export process, which means that >>> linked images wouldn't resolve after pasting into the email client. >>> >>> 2) having the function generate a new mail buffer containing the >>> exported content. This buffer would need to have it's >>> `buffer-file-name' set, for images to resolve during export. I'm >>> not >>> sure how this should best work. >>> >>> Thanks -- Eric >>> >>> Footnotes: >>> [1] http://github.com/eschulte/org-mime >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > - Carsten