Processing HTML Emails

Processing HTML Emails

[Jake Colman]

I'm having trouble figuring out how to process emails containing links
to web pages and HTML emails.

I have two issues:

1) I have configured browse-url to launch firefox.  If I click on a
   link, firefox is launched but it displays its home page and not the
   URL I wanted.

2) If my email is an HTML email, I see the 'text/html' Mime part button.
   If I click on it, the button expands to show me raw HTML.  How do I
   get that text properly rendered?

Can anyone help?

Thanks.

...Jake

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Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Charles philip Chan]

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Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:

> 1) I have configured browse-url to launch firefox.  If I click on a
>    link, firefox is launched but it displays its home page and not the
>    URL I wanted.

Strange. How did you set up your browse-url?

> 2) If my email is an HTML email, I see the 'text/html' Mime part
>    button.  If I click on it, the button expands to show me raw HTML.
>    How do I get that text properly rendered?

Integrate it with emacs-w3m:

http://olympus.het.brown.edu/cgi-bin/info2www?(emacs-w3m)Gnus

Charles

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Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Jake Colman]

>>>>> "CpC" == Charles philip Chan <cpchan@sympatico.ca> writes:

   CpC> Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:
   >> 1) I have configured browse-url to launch firefox.  If I click on a
   >> link, firefox is launched but it displays its home page and not the
   >> URL I wanted.

   CpC> Strange. How did you set up your browse-url?

(setq browse-url-browser-function (quote browse-url-firefox))

If I click on a link, firefox does launch but won't show the correct
page.  If I launch firefox from the command-line and give it a URL, it
works.  Is there something I'm missing about getting the URL passed to
firefox when executed from gnus?

   >> 2) If my email is an HTML email, I see the 'text/html' Mime part
   >> button.  If I click on it, the button expands to show me raw HTML.
   >> How do I get that text properly rendered?

   CpC> Integrate it with emacs-w3m:

   CpC> http://olympus.het.brown.edu/cgi-bin/info2www?(emacs-w3m)Gnus

You find emacs-w3m better than w3?

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Suite 620
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+1 (610) 755-9786
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Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo]

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>>>>>> "CpC" == Charles philip Chan <cpchan@sympatico.ca> writes:
>
>    CpC> Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:
>    >> 1) I have configured browse-url to launch firefox.  If I click on a
>    >> link, firefox is launched but it displays its home page and not the
>    >> URL I wanted.
>
>    CpC> Strange. How did you set up your browse-url?
>
> (setq browse-url-browser-function (quote browse-url-firefox))
>


Try this approach:


,----
| (setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-firefox
|           browse-url-new-window-flag  t
|           browse-url-firefox-new-window-is-tab t)
`----




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Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Jake Colman]

>>>>> "EdJGC" == Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo <no-spam@gnu.org> writes:

   EdJGC> Jake Colman em gnu.emacs.gnus escreveu :
   >>>>>>> "CpC" == Charles philip Chan <cpchan@sympatico.ca> writes:
   >> 
   CpC> Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:
   >> >> 1) I have configured browse-url to launch firefox.  If I click on a
   >> >> link, firefox is launched but it displays its home page and not the
   >> >> URL I wanted.
   >> 
   CpC> Strange. How did you set up your browse-url?
   >> 
   >> (setq browse-url-browser-function (quote browse-url-firefox))
   >> 

   EdJGC> Try this approach:

   EdJGC> ,----
   EdJGC> | (setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-firefox
   EdJGC> |           browse-url-new-window-flag  t
   EdJGC> |           browse-url-firefox-new-window-is-tab t)
   EdJGC> `----

Tried that and it still only opens a new firefox window each time and
that window simply shows the default search page.

Is there a way for me to see the exactly command-line that is being
executed?


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Suite 620
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+1 (610) 755-9786
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Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo]

Jake Colman em gnu.emacs.gnus escreveu :

>    EdJGC> Try this approach:
>
>    EdJGC> ,----
>    EdJGC> | (setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-firefox
>    EdJGC> |           browse-url-new-window-flag  t
>    EdJGC> |           browse-url-firefox-new-window-is-tab t)
>    EdJGC> `----
>
> Tried that and it still only opens a new firefox window each time and
> that window simply shows the default search page.
>



Have you re-read your init file (by hit `r' on the group buffer) after
this?, really weird.



> Is there a way for me to see the exactly command-line that is being
> executed?



I'm not sure but may be toggle-debug-on-error.

Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Exal de Jesus Garcia Carrillo]

Jake Colman em gnu.emacs.gnus escreveu :

>    EdJGC> Try this approach:
>
>    EdJGC> ,----
>    EdJGC> | (setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-firefox
>    EdJGC> |           browse-url-new-window-flag  t
>    EdJGC> |           browse-url-firefox-new-window-is-tab t)
>    EdJGC> `----
>
> Tried that and it still only opens a new firefox window each time and
> that window simply shows the default search page.
>



Have you re-read your init file (by hit `r' on the group buffer) after
this?, really weird.



> Is there a way for me to see the exactly command-line that is being
> executed?



I'm not sure but may be toggle-debug-on-error.

Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Tassilo Horn]

Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:

Hi Jake,

> Is there a way for me to see the exactly command-line that is being
> executed?

Yes, I figured it out for you.  It calls something like:

  firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de)
  firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de,new-tab)
  firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de,new-window)

I guess you use an old firefox version that doesn't understand those
options.

Bye,
Tassilo
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Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Charles philip Chan]

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Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:

> Yes, I figured it out for you.  It calls something like:
>
>   firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de)
>   firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de,new-tab)
>   firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de,new-window)
>
> I guess you use an old firefox version that doesn't understand those
> options.

No, it is ancient firefox versions that uses this commandline format. If
the OP needs this, then it is time to upgrade firefox.

Charles

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Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Jake Colman]

>>>>> "CpC" == Charles philip Chan <cpchan@sympatico.ca> writes:

   CpC> Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:
   >> Yes, I figured it out for you.  It calls something like:
   >> 
   >> firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de)
   >> firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de,new-tab)
   >> firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de,new-window)
   >> 
   >> I guess you use an old firefox version that doesn't understand
   >> those options.

   CpC> No, it is ancient firefox versions that uses this commandline
   CpC> format. If the OP needs this, then it is time to upgrade
   CpC> firefox.

My firefox is current.  It's browse-url that needs upgrading!

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Suite 620
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+1 (610) 755-9786
www.principiapartners.com

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Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Jake Colman]

>>>>> "TH" == Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:

   TH> Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:
   TH> Hi Jake,

   >> Is there a way for me to see the exactly command-line that is being
   >> executed?

   TH> Yes, I figured it out for you.  It calls something like:

   TH>   firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de)
   TH>   firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de,new-tab)
   TH>   firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de,new-window)

   TH> I guess you use an old firefox version that doesn't understand those
   TH> options.

Bingo!  My firefox doesn't understand that command-line.  Thanks.  Now
let me see if I can get my IS group to update firefox on my sun box.

Thanks!

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Principia Partners LLC
101 West Elm Street
Suite 620
Conshohocken, PA  19428
+1 (610) 755-9786
www.principiapartners.com

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Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Jake Colman]

>>>>> "JC" == Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:

>>>>> "TH" == Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> writes:
   TH> Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:
   TH> Hi Jake,

   >>> Is there a way for me to see the exactly command-line that is being
   >>> executed?

   TH> Yes, I figured it out for you.  It calls something like:

   TH> firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de)
   TH> firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de,new-tab)
   TH> firefox -remote openURL(www.google.de,new-window)

   TH> I guess you use an old firefox version that doesn't understand those
   TH> options.

   JC> Bingo!  My firefox doesn't understand that command-line.  Thanks.  Now
   JC> let me see if I can get my IS group to update firefox on my sun box.

   JC> Thanks!

It appears that firefox 2.0 no longer understands that command-line.
That syntax is for firfox 1.0 and is no longer supported.  A simple

     firefox www.google.de

will open the URL in a new tab of an existing browser or will launch a
new browser.

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Suite 620
Conshohocken, PA  19428
+1 (610) 755-9786
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Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Slackrat]

Jake Colman a écrit profondement:

| You find emacs-w3m better than w3?

You may find this useful

in .gnus:

;; I would like gnus to always use Netscape/mozilla 
(setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-mozilla)
;; (setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-netscape)

;; Use w3m to render html emails // see .emacs file for load command
(setq mm-text-html-renderer 'w3m)
(setq mm-inline-text-html-with-images t)
(setq mm-inline-large-images t)

;; Show the text/plain part of a multipart
;; Now I'm doing that for GNU Emacs only.
 (setq mm-discouraged-alternatives
       '("text/html"
       "text/richtext"))

in .emacs

;; I want to use W3M
(require 'w3m-load)

And I have the following installed on my system (emacs related only):

 emacs-22.1.tar.gz
 emacs-w3m-1.4.4.tar.gz
 libgc_6.4.orig.tar.gz
 muse-latest.tar.gz
 randomsig.el
 w3m-0.5.2.tar.gz

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Re: Processing HTML Emails

[Charles philip Chan]

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Jake Colman <colman@ppllc.com> writes:

> If I click on a link, firefox does launch but won't show the correct
> page.  If I launch firefox from the command-line and give it a URL, it
> works.  Is there something I'm missing about getting the URL passed to
> firefox when executed from gnus?

Strange that this:

,----
| (setq browse-url-browser-function 'browse-url-firefox
|           browse-url-new-window-flag  t
|           browse-url-firefox-new-window-is-tab t)
`----

doesn't work for you. However, I haven't using XEmacs fro a long time-
maybe somthing is different from Emacs. Can you unset the firefox lines
in you init file and try using the browse-url option from one of the
menus (I can't remember which one now, probably "Options" or something
like that) to see if it works.

> You find emacs-w3m better than w3?

Yes, emacs-w3m which is a Emacs frontend to w3m which is about 20x
faster than the slow lisp based w3. Also w3 tend to choke on more
complex pages. emacs-w3m also have this nice feature
"w3m-view-url-with-external-browser" (bound to "M") which will open the
page up in an external browser like firefox.

Charles

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