From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-oo1-xc33.google.com (mail-oo1-xc33.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::c33]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D14683858C74 for ; Mon, 7 Mar 2022 02:00:59 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org D14683858C74 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-oo1-xc33.google.com with SMTP id h16-20020a4a6f10000000b00320507b9ccfso16054648ooc.7 for ; Sun, 06 Mar 2022 18:00:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=p7I1T0QdZ80PPG8498FIi/Qz8Hze+Sr1g3+9uPaFbP0=; b=Jv/HiRfpl2t/OGfESs3P/pnFvBriRMDZrWbpDxWBzGpB/YLK6jLMnJEtj44K4TklrC 8F19yB3Eip2NM+yaLKQexooIQrcyqCpay7tZx7xohYTF6NynpdrSNWpc+YrR92W608eJ 41OOZY+nHU4Ny1VuUvLH/DY1HX6Ppna1p5g1wzOj3ER+ykynAl9VnlWTRvdJELipU/43 f8wr4SfyYVBiRVk+KD1xDkYVNDkpKZs4TPLJ7yvZj6+Bi6QGdriF2Rijirarv+2uKjpm tmj1/DrFQqAQ7hSxXM0yj9kP5/kDDX8L1yMe29yVA7W+diJzIietK0WJyW6m6Qx8XXoX tOaA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=p7I1T0QdZ80PPG8498FIi/Qz8Hze+Sr1g3+9uPaFbP0=; b=ZujVMs9v1IT/BMYlhsZzW97AzqRDh5QlTYqVTJlOCxO/hHoDl5cW1ggK72Z8Ud9vXg NSbBgwPJMapHRgGyy0dr/vmFA3wv5YQC4EH102Y6+qo2jxKlYSe9rDOuITl3M8iCQg+7 /LMCxx4Fg1KMcBC9B48hepN8mVYiiyvQK5Jd91UbXvruGdMRXepwIobKl0ggOhYqGEDj x/SKOhhlmTNjiraXIQP9y1jg1kfkksu9eT9vDzI3PqAlsDBSZdcv0DSmxDgVUXg5Qycw /TQ7EjVU++dwDFhZUUUtCA8mRYsh0GYMANs8G0fksdEWS2jyVIiOUaw3XYeTR8meBhn+ o98A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530R3tX+2ROGRiEyM+dauKQA0HZadaGku+nzWoy35mWwSIEMJ0tG IS25wu9AqiuuIKeU39RiY1Ft4xma30g74p0iUXM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwBTKE4uGEyThSjNH30v8vfqPh3LiIpjS7/Zfp52qNm8m2cJWItgFo9qS9eB5fqVTKzxSmHazRjXJcavLsbZhI= X-Received: by 2002:a4a:4f4f:0:b0:320:eccb:7309 with SMTP id c76-20020a4a4f4f000000b00320eccb7309mr1271692oob.44.1646618458810; Sun, 06 Mar 2022 18:00:58 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Russell VT Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2022 18:00:43 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: emacs-everywhere To: moss@cs.umass.edu Cc: cygwin X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 02:01:01 -0000 Eliot - Are you running Thunderbird under Cygwin (ie. in an "X" environment?), or are you running it directly from Windows? For reference for those of us that may not be familiar with xdotool... it mimics X11 Client responses. GitHub - https://github.com/jordansissel/xdotool ManPage - http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/xdotool.1.html On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 3:49 PM Eliot Moss wrote: > > Dear Cygwiners - I use Thunderbird as my email tool, and in older versions > I > could arrange to invoke emacs as an external editor, edit my mail, save and > exit emacs, and the edited mail would be there in Thunderbird. > > I have seen recommendations to use emacs-everywhere to get something like > this > going in more recent Thunderbirds. However, the recommended emacsclient > command fails saying it can't find xdotool - which apparently is not > available > under Cygwin. > > So ... am I out of luck on this? Or can the technology be hooked up > somehow? > Or maybe somebody here know an esy (not many keystrokes / mouse actions) > way > to get stuff from Thunderbird, edit, and get it back into TBird? > > This is why I am still on Thunderbird 68.12 (!). > > Regards - Eliot Moss > > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Russell M. Van Tassell