[Evolution-hackers] Controlling Evo from an external program

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:54:00 +0800

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its not going to help you much, the interfaces have changed somewhat in
1.5.

the send receive thing should work, but you wont be able to switch
views.  not sure if you can even switch views in 1.4 anyway.  none of
the interfaces have really been designed for external access.

what is mairix and why are you using that to search email from evo?

On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 01:20 -0400, Tessa Lau wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to integrate mairix (the search tool) into Evolution.  I have
> mairix set up to create a virtual Maildir folder containing the results
> of a search.  After doing a search, I want to programmatically tell
> Evolution to do a Send/Receive, and then display the contents of the
> "mairix" folder in my Maildir store.
> 
> This old thread on the evo-hackers mailing list indicates that the way
> to script Evolution is via the CORBA interfaces:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/evolution-hackers@ximian.com/msg01342.html
> 
> So, I'm trying do this from Python+ORBit, but I'm running into a few
> problems.  First, trying to invoke sendReceive() causes a segfault with
> Evo 1.4.6, GNOME 2.6, and Python 2.3.4 (on Debian unstable):
> 
>  import bonobo, ORBit
>  evo = bonobo.activation.activate(
>  	"repo_ids.has('IDL:GNOME/Evolution/ShellComponent:1.0')")
>  evo.sendReceive(0)
> 
> (calling other methods, such as selectUserFolder and handleURI, does
> cause Evo to do the right thing in response, so other things are working
> correctly)
> 
> I also can't figure out (from reading the .idl files) how to make Evo
> display a different folder in the main window.  I think I have to
> construct a URI for the folder, but I haven't found that syntax
> documented anywhere.  Am I on the right path?
> 
> Thanks,
> --Tessa
> _______________________________________________
> evolution-hackers maillist  -  evolution-hackers@lists.ximian.com
> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers

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Michael Zucchi <notzed@ximian.com>

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its not going to help you much, the interfaces have changed somewhat in 1.5.<BR>
<BR>
the send receive thing should work, but you wont be able to switch views.&nbsp; not sure if you can even switch views in 1.4 anyway.&nbsp; none of the interfaces have really been designed for external access.<BR>
<BR>
what is mairix and why are you using that to search email from evo?<BR>
<BR>
On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 01:20 -0400, Tessa Lau wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hi,</FONT>

I'm trying to integrate mairix (the search tool) into Evolution. I have
mairix set up to create a virtual Maildir folder containing the results
of a search. After doing a search, I want to programmatically tell
Evolution to do a Send/Receive, and then display the contents of the
&quot;mairix&quot; folder in my Maildir store.

<FONT COLOR="#000000">This old thread on the evo-hackers mailing list indicates that the way</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">to script Evolution is via the CORBA interfaces:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/evolution-hackers@ximian.com/msg01342.html">http://www.mail-archive.com/evolution-hackers@ximian.com/msg01342.html</A></FONT>

So, I'm trying do this from Python+ORBit, but I'm running into a few
problems. First, trying to invoke sendReceive() causes a segfault with
Evo 1.4.6, GNOME 2.6, and Python 2.3.4 (on Debian unstable):

<FONT COLOR="#000000"> import bonobo, ORBit</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> evo = bonobo.activation.activate(</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> 	&quot;repo_ids.has('IDL:GNOME/Evolution/ShellComponent:1.0')&quot;)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> evo.sendReceive(0)</FONT>

<FONT COLOR="#000000">(calling other methods, such as selectUserFolder and handleURI, does</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">cause Evo to do the right thing in response, so other things are working</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">correctly)</FONT>

I also can't figure out (from reading the .idl files) how to make Evo
display a different folder in the main window. I think I have to
construct a URI for the folder, but I haven't found that syntax
documented anywhere. Am I on the right path?

<FONT COLOR="#000000">Thanks,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">--Tessa</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">_______________________________________________</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">evolution-hackers maillist  -  <A HREF="mailto:evolution-hackers@lists.ximian.com">evolution-hackers@lists.ximian.com</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers">http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers</A></FONT>
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