[evolution] help: Cover how to show a specific window/folder when starting the app
- From: Andre Klapper <aklapper src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [evolution] help: Cover how to show a specific window/folder when starting the app
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:37:48 +0000 (UTC)
commit 0e5a8e08293ac1ec977f60af8fff02071e3008e6
Author: Andre Klapper <a9016009 gmx de>
Date: Thu Oct 29 12:35:29 2020 +0100
help: Cover how to show a specific window/folder when starting the app
See #1176
help/C/start-command-line-parameters.page | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
help/CMakeLists.txt | 1 +
2 files changed, 73 insertions(+)
---
diff --git a/help/C/start-command-line-parameters.page b/help/C/start-command-line-parameters.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7aaf0931ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/start-command-line-parameters.page
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
+ type="topic" id="start-command-line-parameters">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#common-other-problems" />
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.39.0" version="0.1" date="2020-10-29" status="draft"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
+ <email its:translate="no">ak-47 gmx net</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <desc>How to make Evolution show a specific window or folder when starting the application.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+<!-- TODO: Update page once https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626635 has more info -->
+
+ <title>Define what to display when starting <app>Evolution</app></title>
+
+ <p>When <app>Evolution</app> starts, it remembers the last view that you used.</p>
+
+ <p>To make <app>Evolution</app> display something else after starting
+ the application, you will have to run the application from the
+ <app>Terminal</app> application and pass corresponding parameters.</p>
+
+ <section id="tools">
+ <title>Windows</title>
+
+ <p its:locNote="TO TRANSLATORS: Do NOT translate 'component' here!">To start
+ <app>Evolution</app> in a specific view, pass the "component" parameter.</p>
+
+ <p>Examples:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution --component=calendar</cmd></p></item>
+ <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution --component=contacts</cmd></p></item>
+ <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution --component=mail</cmd></p></item>
+ <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution --component=memos</cmd></p></item>
+ <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution --component=tasks</cmd></p></item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="mail-folders">
+ <title>Mail folders</title>
+
+ <!-- Introduced in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/1176 : -->
+ <p its:locNote="TO TRANSLATORS: Do NOT translate 'folder' here!">To make
+ <app>Evolution</app> open a specific mail folder, pass the "folder" parameter.</p>
+
+ <p>Examples:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution "folder:On This Computer/Inbox"</cmd></p></item>
+ <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution folder:On%20This%20Computer/Inbox</cmd></p></item>
+ <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution folder://local/Inbox</cmd></p></item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="mail-composer">
+ <title>Mail composer</title>
+
+ <p its:locNote="TO TRANSLATORS: Do NOT translate 'folder' here!">To make <app>Evolution</app>
+ open a mail composer window with some predefined values and content:</p>
+
+ <p>Examples:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution mailto:recipient example com?cc=cc example
com\&subject=Your\ subject\ line\&body=Message\ content\&attach=/home/user/file</cmd></p></item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/CMakeLists.txt b/help/CMakeLists.txt
index 6df1a83e51..f5c3bc0ca4 100644
--- a/help/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/help/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ set(HELP_FILES
problems-getting-help.page
problems-reporting-bugs.page
searching-items.page
+ start-command-line-parameters.page
sync-with-other-devices.page
tasks-caldav.page
tasks-display-settings.page
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