Comments on: iPhoto-Thunderbird Bridge http://fdiv.net/2007/08/22/iphoto-thunderbird-bridge/ the floating point divide Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:19:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on iPhoto-Thunderbird Bridge by: Theo de Rose http://fdiv.net/2007/08/22/iphoto-thunderbird-bridge/#comment-27393 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:22:50 +0000 http://fdiv.net/2007/08/22/iphoto-thunderbird-bridge/#comment-27393 Please can you help. I installed the bridge okay; but when I click compose having selected iphotos the thunderbird email does not come up? Thunderbird is selected as email server. Many thanks, Theo. Please can you help.
I installed the bridge okay; but when I click compose having selected iphotos the thunderbird email does not come up? Thunderbird is selected as email server.
Many thanks,
Theo.

]]> Comment on iPhoto-Thunderbird Bridge by: cwright http://fdiv.net/2007/08/22/iphoto-thunderbird-bridge/#comment-21908 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:19:42 +0000 http://fdiv.net/2007/08/22/iphoto-thunderbird-bridge/#comment-21908 Unfortunately, that's using the mailto: method, which does not allow attachments. for example, in a terminal you can do this: open "mailto:foo@bar.com?subject=test&body=blah&attachments=requests.jpg" and you'll get a mail with To, subject, and body filled in, but not attachment. variations that change "attachments" to other forms ("attach", "attachment", etc) have no effect. So, we can create new messages with existing instances, but it doesn't allow attachments... can't win. Unfortunately, that’s using the mailto: method, which does not allow attachments.

for example, in a terminal you can do this:

open “mailto:foo@bar.com?subject=test&body=blah&attachments=requests.jpg”

and you’ll get a mail with To, subject, and body filled in, but not attachment. variations that change “attachments” to other forms (”attach”, “attachment”, etc) have no effect.

So, we can create new messages with existing instances, but it doesn’t allow attachments… can’t win.

]]> Comment on iPhoto-Thunderbird Bridge by: favincen http://fdiv.net/2007/08/22/iphoto-thunderbird-bridge/#comment-21840 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:34:02 +0000 http://fdiv.net/2007/08/22/iphoto-thunderbird-bridge/#comment-21840 Great tool. Thanks for publishing it! Regarding the thunderbird multiple instance issue there may be another way to 'talk' to thunderbird: it wouls be to behave like a mailto: link. Indeed if you click on a mailto: link within any application while thunderbird is the default mailer, then it correctly open a new compose windows even if thunderbird is already running (it works at least from firefox, safari an MS Word). Sadly, behind the hood, I have no idea of how the mailto: links work. All I could witness from my console log is that a process called 'SyndicationAgent' seem to participate in doing the magic... Great tool. Thanks for publishing it!

Regarding the thunderbird multiple instance issue there may be another way to ‘talk’ to thunderbird: it wouls be to behave like a mailto: link.
Indeed if you click on a mailto: link within any application while thunderbird is the default mailer, then it correctly open a new compose windows even if thunderbird is already running (it works at least from firefox, safari an MS Word).
Sadly, behind the hood, I have no idea of how the mailto: links work. All I could witness from my console log is that a process called ‘SyndicationAgent’ seem to participate in doing the magic…

]]> Comment on iPhoto-Thunderbird Bridge by: cwright http://fdiv.net/2007/08/22/iphoto-thunderbird-bridge/#comment-21574 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:28:07 +0000 http://fdiv.net/2007/08/22/iphoto-thunderbird-bridge/#comment-21574 It's actually a limitation of Thunderbird, which refuses to run multiple instances. I've figured out a workaround, but it requires creating a profile for thunderbird (it's quite content running multiple instances if each has its own profile). This can (hopefully) be automated by the installer. It’s actually a limitation of Thunderbird, which refuses to run multiple instances. I’ve figured out a workaround, but it requires creating a profile for thunderbird (it’s quite content running multiple instances if each has its own profile). This can (hopefully) be automated by the installer.

]]> Comment on iPhoto-Thunderbird Bridge by: mradcliffe http://fdiv.net/2007/08/22/iphoto-thunderbird-bridge/#comment-21567 Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:50:36 +0000 http://fdiv.net/2007/08/22/iphoto-thunderbird-bridge/#comment-21567 Nice job Chris. Is having to shutdown Thunderbird first a limitation of IPhoto or your hack? It seems a little hard to use if you have to shutdown thunderbird every time you want to send a photo. Nice job Chris. Is having to shutdown Thunderbird first a limitation of IPhoto or your hack? It seems a little hard to use if you have to shutdown thunderbird every time you want to send a photo.

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