attach file found with helm-locate

[Tamas Papp]

Hi,

I have started using helm recently and find it very convenient. If I am
writing a message or replying to one in mu4e, is it possible to
helm-locate a file and attach it?

best,

Tamas

[Dirk-Jan C. Binnema]

This is a bit barbaric:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defun my-helm-locate-attach-file (arg)
(interactive "P")
(helm-locate arg)
(mml-attach-file (car kill-ring)))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The crude part is especially in the fact you need to press
C-u C-c C-k
after selecting the desired file in helm.

Anyway, hopefully this inspires a more elegant solution :)

Kind regards,
Dirk.

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[Josiah Schwab]

Hi Tamas,

> I have started using helm recently and find it very convenient. If I
> am writing a message or replying to one in mu4e, is it possible to
> helm-locate a file and attach it?

I sometimes attach files via an action for helm-find-files, using some
snippets I got from the following r/emacs post.

https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3l3ukg/mu4e_and_helm_attachments/

I think one should be able to set up a similar action for helm-locate,
perhaps using helm-add-action-to-source to modify helm-sources-locate.
(I'm unsure about this last part.)

Hope that helps,
Josiah

[Tamas Papp]

Found that all it takes is

(helm-add-action-to-source "Attach to Email" #'mml-attach-file
helm-source-locate)

This was among the other excellent things at

https://martinralbrecht.wordpress.com/2016/05/30/handling-email-with-emacs/

which is a goldmine of great ideas.

best,

Tamas

[Eduardo Mercovich]

Hello Tamas.

> Found that all it takes is
> (helm-add-action-to-source "Attach to Email" #'mml-attach-file
> helm-source-locate)

> [...]

> https://martinralbrecht.wordpress.com/2016/05/30/handling-email-with-emacs/
> which is a goldmine of great ideas.

Wonderful. Thanks a lot for this tip... :)

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