Re: [Evolution] Command to start mail with signature

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 21:35 +0200, Helgi Ãrn wrote:
> On 13 April 2010 16:50, Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 16:17 +0200, Helgi Ãrn wrote:
> > > On 13 April 2010 15:40, Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 13:45 +0200, Helgi Ãrn Helgason wrote:
> > > > > Hi!
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a lot of small scripts to quickly compose new mails with
> > > > > subject and body filled. My problem is that my signature does not
> > > > > appear in these mails. Is there a way to fix this?
> > > >
> > > > What kind of scripts? Evo doesn't support scripting (supposedly Scheme
> > > > can be used but I've never seen anyone do it). If you post one of your
> > > > scripts perhaps the issue will become clearer.
> > >  It's just a small BASH-script that I call for example "dolly":
> > >
> > > #! /bin/bash
> > > thunderbird 'mailto:<someone somewhere now>?subject=All of Me
> > > &body=Hello Dolly.%0A %0AAll the best,%0AHelgi Ãrn%0A%0A'
> > >
> > > Then I do Super+Space, GnomeDo pops up and I type "dolly" and the
> > > ready mail pops up!
> >
> > In Thunderbird. You do realize that this is an Evolution mailing list
> > don't you? It has nothing to do with TBird. You need to ask on a TBird
> > mailing list.
>
> I am moving over from Thunderbird to Evolution. I'm orry if I upset
> you by forgetting to change the name of the application. The question
> is still the same; why doesn't my signature appear when I start a new
> mail this way?
>
> #! /bin/bash
> evolution 'mailto:<someone somewhere now>?subject=All of Me
> &body=Hello Dolly.%0A %0AAll the best,%0AHelgi Ãrn%0A%0A'
>
> Then I do Super+Space, GnomeDo pops up and I type "dolly" and the
> ready mail pops up!
>
> PS: By the way since we mentioned Thunderbird; the signature appears
> in Tb with the exact same script.

Does your signature appear in a manually-composed message? I note that
it doesn't appear on your post to the list, so maybe the problem has
nothing to do with scripting.

To use an automatic signature, you need to enable it under
Preferences-><account>->Identity->Signature.

poc