Re: g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri

[Ricardo Mones <ricardo mones org>]

Hi Jeff,

On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 05:17:42PM +0200, Jeff via gtk-perl-list wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> On 05/05/2020 15:02, Martin Mézl wrote:
> > This should work:
> >
> >   use Glib; # But Glib is not necessary here
> >   use Glib::IO;
> >
> >   # Glib::Object::Introspection is not needed
> >
> >   my $uri = Glib->filename_to_uri($file, undef); # undef => no hostname
> >   my $context = Glib::IO::AppLaunchContext->new;
> >
> >   Glib::IO::AppInfo::launch_default_for_uri($uri, $context);
>
> Oh yes. Very nice, thanks.
>
> Using $uri = 'mailto:x@y', I can start an email client.
>
> How can I add an attachment without resorting to xdg-email?

You can't: mailto URIs only allow header fields¹, which attachments are
not, see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6068#section-2

best regards,

¹ And you can't expect parsers to understand more than a few, as stated
latter on the same RFC.
-- 
  Ricardo Mones 
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