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(defcustom send-to-kindle-from-email | |
nil | |
"Your own email address to send from via mu4e." | |
:type 'string | |
:group 'send-to-kindle) | |
(defcustom send-to-kindle-to-email | |
nil | |
"Your Kindle email address to send pdf to." | |
:type 'string | |
:group 'send-to-kindle) | |
(defun send-to-kindle-as-pdf () | |
(interactive) | |
(unless send-to-kindle-from-email | |
(setq send-to-kindle-from-email | |
(read-string "From email address: "))) | |
(unless send-to-kindle-to-email | |
(setq send-to-kindle-to-email | |
(read-string "To email address: "))) | |
(let* ((content (if (region-active-p) | |
(buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)) | |
(buffer-string))) | |
(timestamp (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S" (current-time))) | |
(path (concat (temporary-file-directory) timestamp)) | |
(txt (concat path ".txt")) | |
(pdf (concat path ".pdf")) | |
(buffer (get-buffer-create (generate-new-buffer-name "*Send as pdf*")))) | |
(with-temp-buffer | |
(insert content) | |
(write-file txt)) | |
(with-temp-buffer | |
(let ((exit-code (call-process "pandoc" nil (current-buffer) nil | |
"-f" "markdown_strict+hard_line_breaks" | |
"-V" "fontsize:12pt" | |
"-V" "geometry:margin=0.5in" | |
txt "-o" pdf))) | |
(unless (zerop exit-code) | |
(error (buffer-string))))) | |
(with-current-buffer buffer | |
(erase-buffer) | |
(message-mode) | |
(insert | |
(format | |
"From: %s | |
To: %s | |
Subject: Captured at %s | |
--text follows this line-- | |
<#multipart type=mixed> | |
<#part type=\"application/pdf\" filename=\"%s\" disposition=attachment> | |
<#/part> | |
<#/multipart>" | |
send-to-kindle-from-email | |
send-to-kindle-to-email | |
timestamp pdf))) | |
(switch-to-buffer buffer))) |
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