Linking mails from Mail App

[jaime_j_sola]

Maybe I’m doing something wrong, but unlike TaskPaper, dragging an email from the Mac Mail App does not generate a valid link.

[complexpoint]

The issue seems to be a missing //

Where we might need:

message://%3C ... %3E

the drag and drop from Mail to Bike appears, at the moment, to be creating:

message:%3C ... %3E

(macOS 13.31, Bike 1.11.1)

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In the interim, FWIW, I personally copy labelled Bike and MD links from Mail and other apps using:

Copy as Markdown Link

[jessegrosjean]

I’ve added this to my todo list. I think I just need to do some special handling for mail links that I haven’t implement in Bike yet.

[complexpoint]

The interim manual fix for a link dragged from Mail is, of course, to:

• Control click on the right-hand link icon (arrow in box)
• Choose Edit Link
• Insert // between message: and %3C

(If volume is large, we could sketch a quick Fix drag-dropped Mail links script for you)

[jaime_j_sola]

Thank you @complexpoint and @jessegrosjean !

[complexpoint]

Here, if you want to experiment with some test files rather than working data, is a script which aims to find and fix any links in the front document which have URLs starting with message:%3C.

(Changing them to start with message://%3C)

To test in Script Editor, set the language selector at top left to JavaScript.

Expand disclosure triangle to view JS source

(() => {
    "use strict";

    // Fix, in front Bike document,
    // any links to messages dragged from Mail to Bike
    // in Bike 1.11.1 or before.

    // (Supplying `//` after `message:`)

    // Rob Trew @2023
    // Ver 0.2

    // main :: IO ()
    const main = () => {
        const doc = Application("Bike").documents.at(0);

        return doc.exists()
            ? doc.rows().flatMap(
                row => {
                    const runs = row.textContent.attributeRuns;

                    return zip(runs)(runs.link())
                    .flatMap(
                        ([run, link]) => "string" === typeof link
                            ? link.startsWith("message:%3C")
                                ? [(
                                    run.link = `message://${link.slice(8)}`,
                                    run.link()
                                )]
                                : ((link && [link]) || [])
                            : ((link && [link]) || [])
                    );
                }
            )
            .join("\n")
            : "No document open in Bike.";
    };

    // --------------------- GENERIC ---------------------

    // zip :: [a] -> [b] -> [(a, b)]
    const zip = xs =>
    // The paired members of xs and ys, up to
    // the length of the shorter of the two lists.
        ys => Array.from({
            length: Math.min(xs.length, ys.length)
        }, (_, i) => [xs[i], ys[i]]);

    // MAIN ---
    return main();
})();

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See: Using Scripts - Bike

[jaime_j_sola]

Thank you, works great!!

[jessegrosjean]

I think this is fixed in latest Bike preview release:

Bike 1.13 (145)

Some things to try and think about: Should be able to set types using Format menu. Undo, Redo should work. Formatting should change for expected types, for example heading type has bold text For some types (such as quote, code) formatting is also applied to children. When you hit return the inserted type depends on editor state… for example if you are typing a task list and press return then a new task list item is inserted. Generally should work like a standard rich text editor. Some types …

[jaime_j_sola]

Yes, indeed. Thank you Jesse!