firefox+gemail+emacs as an external editor

firefox+gemail+emacs as an external editor

[Uwe Brauer]

Hi

Right now I am forced to use gmails webinterface, since all imap+esmtp
ports etc are blocked

I found 


https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/edit-with-emacs1/

And installed it. I open my gmail account use compose message (in plain
text  mode) click on the emacs button, but nothing happens (I checked
the emacs server is running, but it seems the package has no
configuration option for the emacsclient.

Which emacs client tells me 
/usr/local/bin/emacsclient

Which is correct.

Anybody has used this package successfully (I use emacs 29 some master
version)

Regards

Uwe Brauer 

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Re: firefox+gemail+emacs as an external editor

[Jens Schmidt via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

On 2023-08-13  17:58, Uwe Brauer wrote:

> And installed it. I open my gmail account use compose message (in plain
> text  mode) click on the emacs button, but nothing happens (I checked
> the emacs server is running, but it seems the package has no
> configuration option for the emacsclient.
> 
> Which emacs client tells me 
> /usr/local/bin/emacsclient

That sounded interesting, so I gave it a try ... on the home page
https://github.com/stsquad/emacs_chrome they say you need an additional
MELPA package edit-server to run that beast, and with that it seems to
work.  IOW: Vanilla emacsclient is not good enough here.

Re: firefox+gemail+emacs as an external editor

[Iñigo Serna]

Hi,

On 13 August 2023 at 23:21 +02, Jens Schmidt 
<jschmidt4gnu@vodafonemail.de> wrote:

> On 2023-08-13  17:58, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>
>> And installed it. I open my gmail account use compose message 
>> (in plain
>> text  mode) click on the emacs button, but nothing happens (I 
>> checked
>> the emacs server is running, but it seems the package has no
>> configuration option for the emacsclient.
>> 
>> Which emacs client tells me 
>> /usr/local/bin/emacsclient
>
> That sounded interesting, so I gave it a try ... on the home 
> page
> https://github.com/stsquad/emacs_chrome they say you need an 
> additional
> MELPA package edit-server to run that beast, and with that it 
> seems to
> work.  IOW: Vanilla emacsclient is not good enough here.

There is also https://github.com/alpha22jp/atomic-chrome + Ghost 
Text
extension for Firefox. This offers bidirectional communications
emacs-firefox via a websocket, and refreshes contents in both 
sides.

Greetings,
-- 
Iñigo Serna

Re: firefox+gemail+emacs as an external editor

[Uwe Brauer]

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> Hi,
> On 13 August 2023 at 23:21 +02, Jens Schmidt
> <jschmidt4gnu@vodafonemail.de> wrote:


> There is also https://github.com/alpha22jp/atomic-chrome + Ghost Text
> extension for Firefox. This offers bidirectional communications
> emacs-firefox via a websocket, and refreshes contents in both sides.


Thanks


> Greetings,

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I support to deliver weapons to Ukraine's military. 
I support the NATO membership of the Ukraine.
I support the EU membership of the Ukraine. 
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Re: firefox+gemail+emacs as an external editor

[Uwe Brauer]

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>>> "JSvUlftGEte" == Jens Schmidt via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> On 2023-08-13  17:58, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>> And installed it. I open my gmail account use compose message (in plain
>> text  mode) click on the emacs button, but nothing happens (I checked
>> the emacs server is running, but it seems the package has no
>> configuration option for the emacsclient.
>> 
>> Which emacs client tells me 
>> /usr/local/bin/emacsclient

> That sounded interesting, so I gave it a try ... on the home page
> https://github.com/stsquad/emacs_chrome they say you need an additional
> MELPA package edit-server to run that beast, and with that it seems to
> work.  IOW: Vanilla emacsclient is not good enough here.

Aha, thanks, now it works, however when I reply to an email and call the
editor the quoted text is *not* included, annoying



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Warning: Content may be disturbing to some audiences
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I support to deliver weapons to Ukraine's military. 
I support the NATO membership of the Ukraine.
I support the EU membership of the Ukraine. 
https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/gmail-conversation-view/

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Re: firefox+gemail+emacs as an external editor

[Bob Newell]

On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 5:58 AM Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> wrote:

> Right now I am forced to use gmails webinterface, since all imap+esmtp
> ports etc are blocked

I am veering off topic here but I have encountered such a situation in
numerous public libraries and other institutions.  Wouldn't a VPN get
around this in most cases?

-- 
Bob Newell
Honolulu, Hawai`i

Via Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB.

Re: firefox+gemail+emacs as an external editor

[Uwe Brauer]

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>>> "BN" == Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net> writes:

> On Sun, Aug 13, 2023 at 5:58 AM Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> wrote:
>> Right now I am forced to use gmails webinterface, since all imap+esmtp
>> ports etc are blocked

> I am veering off topic here but I have encountered such a situation in
> numerous public libraries and other institutions.  Wouldn't a VPN get
> around this in most cases?

Hah, thanks. This is of course true last time I tried, it slowed down
things, but will try again. 
Thanks for reminding me.

-- 
Warning: Content may be disturbing to some audiences
I strongly condemn Putin's war of aggression against the Ukraine.
I support to deliver weapons to Ukraine's military. 
I support the NATO membership of the Ukraine.
I support the EU membership of the Ukraine. 
https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/gmail-conversation-view/

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