email from qpdfview

Hello Ba8ry,

I am not just what exactly do want to do? A simple mailto-Link embedded within a PDF document should launch your configured mail client as it will call into the FreeDesktop.org infrastructure for protocol handlers. But I am not sure that this is what you mean by "execute an email". Hence I can also not estimate the effort required for implementation.

Best regards, Adam.

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I think I have the same question like Ba8ry.

Is it possible to attach a PDF file open in the qpdfview to an e-mail directly from the program by pressing a button?

So, for example, I open a PDF file and then click "Send via e-mail to ...". The standard e-mail program should then open and the PDF file should be attached as an attachment.

If this function does not exist, it would be very nice if you could install it. :-)

Hello Markus,

this does not seem to be possible in a way that is standards-compliant and agnostic w.r.t. the used mail application as mailto links do not support attachments (even though some MUA accept them this way). It is also not clear if one would just attach the document as it is on disk or with modifications and so on. Hence, the feature would be quite complicated to implement even though it is a minor convenience function IMHO. I would therefore prefer to refrain from doing so.

Best regards, Adam.

Hello Adam!

Thank you for your answer. :-)

xdg-email is a standard util: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-utils/
It supports --attach key.