Re: [rox-users] ROX and Sypheed

[JoeHill <jo...@sy...>]

On Mon, 17 May 2004 17:07:50 +0200
Jonatan Liljedahl disseminated the following:

> >  What I thought would be sweet is if one could drag a file to an
> >  AppDir that somehow used that command line, but I am not sure about
> >  how I would script that.
> 
> That is _very_ simple.

I had a feeling, but I know this much so far about bash scripting: you have to
put '#!/bin/sh' at the beginning ;-)

> 1) Create an AppDir
> 2) Create an AppRun script in it:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> sylpheed --compose --attach "$@"

Well, I knew there would be a '$' in there somewhere...I should be off to
O'Reilly's I suppose to buy a big book on bash scripting.

> 3) Done!
> 
> NOTE: If you have Sylpheed installed as an AppDir, replace "sylpheed"
> with "/full/path/to/sylpheed_appdir/AppRun"
> 
> PS.
> Don't forget to make the AppRun file executable

Okay, I knew that part :-D Thanks for not replying 'RTFM', though that may have
been better for me in the long run.

Much appreciated!

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