[kde-linux] Getting Kmailservice working in Opera (solved)

[David Baron]

On Sunday 23 July 2006 17:38, you wrote:
> >> > (Until the konqueror crashes are solved) I want to use opera be able
> >> > to send mail to sites using <mailto>. Opera has its own system but one
> >> > can set it to use another. I set it to use ~kdedir/bin/kmailservice.
> >> > The "composer" dialog comes up fine but the address and subject are
> >> > not filled.
> >> >
> >> > I assume I need command line arguments. What are they?
> >>
> >> The standard would be to add %U to the end.
> >>
> >>         $KDEDIR/bin/kmailservice %U
> >>
> >> Or perhaps as someone else said:
> >>
> >>         $KDEDIR/bin/kmail %U
> >>
> >> {If you don't have the KDEDIR environment variable set, then substitute
> >> you KDE install prefix for it.}
> >>
> >>don't know if that will work with Opera.
> >
> > get the dialog with %U in the To field. Opera does not send (CGI-style?)
> >arguments, I guess.
>
> It does.
>
> 1. using "kmailsevice" will not work.
> 2. kmail with no argument or %t will get toe mailto address in the To
> field. 3. %t %s will place the subject in some form in .... the next To
> field 4. %U will itself appear in the To field.
> 5. Any other text after  the %t or %s will simply be appended.
>
> So .. almost there. What next?

This too is in their support database!
kmail -s %s %t will do it. Body and cc also available with similar syntax.
(The -s should have been known by someone here, I tried all kinds of syntax 
but not that :-) )