Execute custom command on document option

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c
Domain
desktop

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The issue names a document menu item and gives a Thunderbird command as the example. Start by locating the document options menu and the existing command or action entry points, then determine how a selected document is passed to the command. Done means a custom-command menu action can run the supplied command with the document attached for post-processing.

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Description

FEATURE REQUEST

Please add a menu item to execute a custom command on a document: e.g. this can be used to attach a document to a new email, execute a special archiving script or any other post-processing.

Sample command to create a new email with Thunderbird plus attachment:
thunderbird -compose "attachment='$1'"

BTW: in evince this feature is available by the "Send to ..." menu item.

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