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Sylpheed-Claws/Win32 : Actions

Warning:

Notes:

• Pipes only work for the called process. When starting a batch file, you will only get the output of the batch file itself. Programs called within that batchfile will neither receive data from standard input, nor can its output be fetched. Workaround: Write perl scripts instead of batch files. Remember to call your script by passing it as an argument to perl, e.g. "perl myscript.pl" (when calling "myscript.pl" directly, the commandline parameters will be discarded)
• Quoting on cmd.exe or command.com does not always work as expected. I recommend using a batch file that dumps all parameters to see, what is really passed to your application
• Some Perl builds will not work (e.g. from Cygwin and MinGW). I successfully tested the builds from ActiveState, Siemens (SiePerl) and IndigoStar. IndigoPerl is a very small (~8MB) but complete package, does not need any special installation and supports ActiveState packages. If size really matters, you may prefer the minimalistic Perl build (no modules or documentation).

Requirements:

• gspawn-win32-helper
  Extract the executable into your sylpheed/bin directory (to be included in future releases.
• perl 5.x : From one of the links above
• aspell 3.1.20 : http://aspell.sourceforge.net
• bunzip2 1.0.1, fortune, links : http://sources.redhat.com
• enscript : http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/enscript.htm
• gsview : http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/
• gnupg 1.2.x : http://www.nullify.org
• par 1.5.2 : http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~amc/Par/
• vim 6.1 : http://www.vim.org

Sample actions and scripts:

 Name                                     Last modified      Size  Description
 Parent Directory                                              -   
 MailPrint-1.0.0.1.zip                    2003-04-06 06:18  425K  
 MiniPerl-5.8.0.zip                       2003-02-06 16:55  461K  
 aspell.pl                                2003-02-02 23:18  376   
 bunzip2.pl                               2003-02-02 23:18  171   
 clearsign.pl                             2003-02-02 23:18  237   
 ensprint.bat                             2003-02-02 23:18  1.1K  
 fortune.pl                               2003-02-02 23:18  268   
 google_msgid.pl                          2003-02-02 23:18  205   
 gspawn-win32-helper.zip                  2003-02-02 23:18  2.6K  
 gunzip.pl                                2003-02-02 23:18  185   
 links.pl                                 2003-02-02 23:18  571   
 par.pl                                   2003-02-02 23:18  415   
 rot13.pl                                 2003-02-02 23:18   84   
 sylprint.vim                             2003-02-02 23:18  8.2K  
 ungeek.pl                                2003-02-02 23:18   55K  
 verify.pl                                2003-02-03 17:40  2.6K