Description: A service menu for Konqueror that works in conjunction with a python script to allow the user to select multiple files and add them as attachments to an email using whatever mail client is configured. If a directory is selected, then its contents will be attached to the email recursively.
To Install: 0) tar -jxf attach-to-email-servicemenu.tar.bz2
1) cd attach-to-email-servicemenu
2) ./install.sh --remove-old #Get rid of previous installations.
3) ./install.sh [--global-install|--local-install] #Depending on whether you want system-wide or not.
The Readme file included explains how to set this up for different email clients.Last changelog:
0.7.5 New Italian translation by Giurerro.
0.7.4 New Russian translation by Kalimullin Arthur and completed French translation by LaFleche.
0.7.3 New German translation by Adrian Freihofer and partial French translation by LaFleche. Also added instructions for KMail.
0.7.2 New Hungarian translation by Paul Körössy, some minor cleaning, and instructions for Mozilla Thunderbird.
After applying this:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/KDE4-servicemenus?content=80131
and modifying 'kde-config' to 'kde4-config' in the following lines in attach-to-email it works now in KDE4:
emailclient="$(kde-config --prefix)/bin/kmail -s %s --body %B --attach %A"
kdeprefix=commands.getoutput("kde-config --prefix")
kdelocalprefix=commands.getoutput("kde-config --localprefix")
But still have problem: I get an error message with wrong character in the filename if the name of the attachment contains '_' characters.
It would be nice this servicemenu to be updated for KDE4.
i had to remark lines 105 >> 109
#if os.path.isabs(path):
#if find(emailclient,"kmail")!=-1 or find(emailclient,"evolution")!=-1:
#kmail and evolution will interpret http char codes even for local files;
#this compensates for that.
#path=urlsafe(path)
for attachments to work fine in kmail
and copy the generated .desktop file from the current folder to
/usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus
(for global kde4 availability)
thank you for a beautiful and useful service menu :-)
For using with Mozilla Thunderbird 2 (Kubuntu gutsy), I had to change the python script:
- line 109, no \' around %s : attachments.append("%s" % (path))
- line 117, comma separation and "file://" : attachments=join(attachments,",file://")
Good servicemenu, but a little heavy for the translation system in my opinion: for 4 sentences, you may include them in the python script rather than to create a lot of tiny locale folders.
Why did you choose ~/.kde/bin rather than the common ~/bin ? As ~/bin is already in the PATH variable, you don't have to modify attachToEmail.desktop during the install process (more simple).
Regards
Try running the script directly from a command line:
$ attach-to-email "/absolute/path/1" "/absolute/path/2"
and see if it gives any useful information.
It did. Oddly enough, it said the script could not be found. Why it partially worked is beyond me. As soon as I changed perms wrx,r,r (it was already executable), everything works. Go figure.
Thanks for the help and the great service menu. It really should be come standard service menu for KDE.
If you have a wish list, the idea of compressing attachments into a single (compressed) directory would be great. Its better to send attachments in a compressed file for obvious reasons.
Thank you very much for your help.
The Borg Queen
To use thunderbird, change the Exec command in the servicemenu to:
Exec=/usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird -remote "xfeDoCommand(composeMessage,attachment='file://%U')"
Cheers
PS
I use Debian, hence the mozilla-thunderbird command. Others might use thunderbird
i like this small tool very mutch. great!
but now i using suse 9.2, installd via internet. if i take 2 ore more files, only the first is sending to the kmail. the others are displayd in the textarea of the mailer, but not in attached files.
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Hi There, I can't get this working with KDE 4.2.2 :(
After applying this: http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/KDE4-servicemenus?content=80131 and modifying 'kde-config' to 'kde4-config' in the following lines in attach-to-email it works now in KDE4: emailclient="$(kde-config --prefix)/bin/kmail -s %s --body %B --attach %A" kdeprefix=commands.getoutput("kde-config --prefix") kdelocalprefix=commands.getoutput("kde-config --localprefix") But still have problem: I get an error message with wrong character in the filename if the name of the attachment contains '_' characters. It would be nice this servicemenu to be updated for KDE4.
i had to remark lines 105 >> 109 #if os.path.isabs(path): #if find(emailclient,"kmail")!=-1 or find(emailclient,"evolution")!=-1: #kmail and evolution will interpret http char codes even for local files; #this compensates for that. #path=urlsafe(path) for attachments to work fine in kmail and copy the generated .desktop file from the current folder to /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus (for global kde4 availability) thank you for a beautiful and useful service menu :-)
For using with Mozilla Thunderbird 2 (Kubuntu gutsy), I had to change the python script: - line 109, no \' around %s : attachments.append("%s" % (path)) - line 117, comma separation and "file://" : attachments=join(attachments,",file://") Good servicemenu, but a little heavy for the translation system in my opinion: for 4 sentences, you may include them in the python script rather than to create a lot of tiny locale folders. Why did you choose ~/.kde/bin rather than the common ~/bin ? As ~/bin is already in the PATH variable, you don't have to modify attachToEmail.desktop during the install process (more simple). Regards
Can someone explain to me in what it is different from the already existing option in konqui to send file in an email, directories being zipped?
I think the one that comes with your Konqueror installation only supports KMail, while this service menu lets you use any e-mail client.
" Pain relief
it is funamental that it is included as a KDE standard feature in future releases
This should be integrated into KDE! Nice feature! b.
Ya ...... Good Application........
#: attach-to-email:109 msgid "Ce fichier devrait être en pièce jointe : " msgid_plural "Ces fichiers devraient être en pièces jointes : " msgstr[0] "Singular translation:" msgstr[1] "Plural translation:"
Thanks for your contribution. Could you also translate the other messages in the file? A file is attached. Some files are attached.
A file is attached -> Un fichier est en pièce jointe Some files are attached.-> des fichiers sont en pièces jointes
Great work, and I agree should be a KDE default.
This should be a default behaviour of KDE.
I've been looking for something like this!! They should include it in the default KDE install, it's very useful.
Nice work, do you plan to add support for thunderbird as well? It would be really nice ;-)
It will only attach 3 items to an email. Is there a set limit or something? The BorgQueen
It works for me. What email client are you using?
Kmail, kde 3.3 on Debian 3.1 Sarge and Ark Linux
Try running the script directly from a command line: $ attach-to-email "/absolute/path/1" "/absolute/path/2" and see if it gives any useful information.
It did. Oddly enough, it said the script could not be found. Why it partially worked is beyond me. As soon as I changed perms wrx,r,r (it was already executable), everything works. Go figure. Thanks for the help and the great service menu. It really should be come standard service menu for KDE. If you have a wish list, the idea of compressing attachments into a single (compressed) directory would be great. Its better to send attachments in a compressed file for obvious reasons. Thank you very much for your help. The Borg Queen
Could you send me the command to use thunderbird as client??
To use thunderbird, change the Exec command in the servicemenu to: Exec=/usr/bin/mozilla-thunderbird -remote "xfeDoCommand(composeMessage,attachment='file://%U')" Cheers PS I use Debian, hence the mozilla-thunderbird command. Others might use thunderbird
i like this small tool very mutch. great! but now i using suse 9.2, installd via internet. if i take 2 ore more files, only the first is sending to the kmail. the others are displayd in the textarea of the mailer, but not in attached files.