org-mode/org-mac-message.el

;;; org-mac-message.el - Support for links to Apple Mail messages by Message-ID
;; Carstens outline-mode for keeping track of everything.
;; Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiegley
;;
;; Author: John Wiegey <johnw@gnu.org>
;; Version: 1.2
;; Keywords: outlines, hypermedia, calendar, wp
;;
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(require 'org)

(org-add-link-type "message" 'org-mac-message-open)

(unless (fboundp 'do-applescript)
  ;; Need to fake this using shell-command-to-string
  (defun do-applescript (script)
    (let (start return)
      (while (string-match "\n" script)
	(setq script (replace-match "\r" t t script)))
      (while (string-match "'" script start)
	(setq start (+ 2 match-beginning 0)
	      script (replace-match "\\'" t t script)))
      (setq cmd (concat "osascript -e '" script "'"))
      (setq return (shell-command-to-string cmd))
      (concat "\"" (org-trim return) "\""))))

(defun org-mac-message-open (message-id)
  "Visit the message with the given Message-ID."
  (start-process (concat "open message:" message-id) nil
		 "open" (concat "message://<" (substring message-id 2) ">")))

(defun org-mac-message-insert-link ()
  "Insrt a link to the messages currently selected in Apple Mail."
  (interactive)
  (let ((subject (do-applescript "tell application \"Mail\"
	set theMessages to selection
	subject of beginning of theMessages
end tell"))
	(message-id (do-applescript "tell application \"Mail\"
	set theMessages to selection
	message id of beginning of theMessages
end tell")))
    (insert (org-make-link-string
	     (concat "message://"
		     (substring message-id 1 (1- (length message-id))))
	     (substring subject 1 (1- (length subject)))))))

(provide 'org-mac-message)

;;; org-mac-message.el ends here