Re: Org Column in Thunderbird

[Ihor Radchenko]

You dropped Org ML from the CC. Was it intentional?

Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> writes:

> On 10/06/2022 20:11, Ihor Radchenko wrote:
>> I imagine browser URLs could also indicate if they have associated Org
>> notes. Or pdfs.
>
> It seems, most of PDF viewers do not allow decorations added by users. 
> Even built-in viewers in browsers displays document as privileged 
> content inaccessible by extensions. A kind of workaround is loading of 
> the same pdf.js to a regular page, but it is not really convenient. I am 
> unsure concerning security issues when pdf.js is bundled into an add-on.

AFAIK, https://web.hypothes.is/demos/ somehow works with PDFs in browsers.

>> Also, did you announce this anywhere outside Org ML?
>
> I have no idea where I should announce it since currently it is useful 
> mostly with Org mode. Unsure if e.g. API of Joplin app will allow to get 
> all links of certain kind in all notes.

/r/orgmode I guess.

> Also I am afraid that I may broke something in Thunderbird internals. It 
> has some code for custom columns but docs are rather scarce, so I am 
> unsure if I implemented it properly. It is a reason to take a pause and 
> to wait if my profile would turn into unusable state.

Part of the benefit of the announcement could be having a feedback and
people trying and reporting if you actually broke something :)
Of course, it does make sense to test things locally first and catch the
most obvious issues.

Best,
Ihor