Camiel B

Camiel BOn unimportant issues and their details

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nat
2022-03-16
Oh man, thanks for trying to fix this - as you say, links don't appear to work under macos. I've been a Thunderbird user for many, many years, but the lack of being able to easily insert a link to an email is very nice feature, and causing me to ditch TBird in favour of the built in mac Mail client. Do appreciate your work though!
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admin
2021-07-18

@Txeni: That is pretty straightforward in cb_background.js

 let author  = the_message.author
 let date    = the_message.date
 let subject = the_message.subject
 let cblink  =  utoa(date.toJSON() + ";" + author)

and

// 
// https://base64.guru/developers/javascript/examples/unicode-strings
//
// Unicode to ASCII (encode data to Base64)
// @param {string} data
// @return {string}
//

function utoa(data) {
  return btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(data)));
}

Txeni
2021-07-09
This is amazing, thanks sooooo much, I updated today to thunderbird 78 and I was in total panic about Thunderbird not working.
One question, could you explain how you transform from message-date and message-author to the base64 string in the cb_thunderlink? Or maybe direct me to where this is in the code? I cannot find it and it would be great to know to feel completely future proof...
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admin
2021-02-18
Yes, I do : thunderbird.exe -thunderlink ... does not work anymore.
This is explained in more detail here, in particular on the OS integration.
Long story short, if you need the equivalent, you need to issue cb_thunderlink.py (cb)thunderlink://.... The OS integration does take care of that, so normally you would not do this manually, but it is possible.
Camiel B.
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Robert
2021-02-12
Hey, I install the extension in Thunderbird 64bit. I generated a link and pasted it using the dedicated button. This works. Then I tried to test the Windows CMD for OS integration by
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Thunderbird\thunderbird.exe" -thunderlink "MjAyMS0wMi0xMlQxMzowMjo0NC4wMDBaO1BhdmxpbmEgQmlub3ZhIDxiaW5vdmFAcmVrLnpjdS5jej4="
and nothing happened. In the console I saw the error generated by "cb_background.js" which read:
Uncaught out of memory handle_incoming_link cbthunderlink://MjAyMS0wMi0xMlQxMzowMjo0NC4wMDBaO1BhdmxpbmEgQmlub3ZhIDxiaW5vdmFAcmVrLnpjdS5jej4=
Any ideas what might be wrong?
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cb_cms

2018-09-16Camiel BouchierSoftware0

In order to publish some pages, articles and other resources, I needed a CMS. There are many choices around, but - surprisingly enough - I could not find one that fulfilled my needs. Therefore I hacked something together myself : cb_cms.

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Photivo

2018-09-16Camiel BouchierSoftware0

I restarted a nice open source raw photo processor that seemed abandonned. I will work on it to the extent time permits. See the Photivo site for more info.

Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools

2018-08-16Camiel BouchierMusic0

Everyone into music realises today one of the greatest passed away ... Aretha Franklin

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2018-08-15Camiel BouchierScience0

If you happen to have a box of spaghetti in your pantry, try this experiment: Pull out a single spaghetti stick and hold it at both ends. Now bend it until it breaks. How many fragments did you make? If the answer is three or more, pull out another stick and try again. Can you break the noodle in two? If not, you're in very good company.

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Tom Waits - Jersey Girl

2018-08-10Camiel BouchierMusic , Covers0

Hard to believe, but even The Boss can make a mistake. Nothing compares to this original by Tom Waits. "Jersey Girl" (1980).

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2018-07-31Camiel BouchierHumor0

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Natalie Merchant - Verdi Cries

2018-07-09Camiel BouchierMusic0

Natalie Merchant (1963) was between 1981 and 1993 the lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs. This song is takenfrom "In My Tribe" (1987).

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Bob Dylan - Make You Feel My Love

2018-07-04Camiel BouchierMusic0

That the youth makes no mistake ... "Make You Feel My Love" door Bob Dylan.

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Cowboy Junkies - Helpless

2018-07-01Camiel BouchierMusic , Covers0

I am a big fan of the Canadian Cowboy Junkies. As many people, I came to know them through their iconic 1988 The Trinity Session

Here they bring a wonderful Neil Young cover : "Helpless" . Canada!

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Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness

2018-06-26Camiel BouchierMusic0

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