Re: [Evolution-hackers] mailto: (etc.) handling

[Not Zed <notzed ximian com>]

On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 09:07, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 16:44, Radek Doulik wrote:
> > On Čt, 2003-11-20 at 12:56 -0500, Ettore Perazzoli wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I have put support in the 2.0 shell for handling URIs on the
> > > command-line similar to what it did in 1.4.
> > > 
> > > If the user specifies a URI (e.g. "mailto:ettore ximian com") on the
> > > command line, the shell will invoke the handleURI() method on the
> > > component after the first view has been created.
> > 
> > I think it would be nice to bring just composer window and not evolution
> > window with mail component. Is it doable with 2.0 changes?
>
> Hmm not really, because the shell still needs to run in order to run the
> mailer, and it doesn't know anything about the composers...  So if you
> closed the composer the shell wouldn't know when to quit.
But you don't need to call 'get controls' on the component before you get the mail component.  i.e. you don't need to bring up any ui.

> We *could* add more interfaces to handle that, but I don't think it
> woudld be a wise idea at this point.

Do we need to add anything more?