Feature Request: access browser.*/messenger.* inside template script

[endedasende]

Greetings,
firstly many thanks to author and to maintainer of quicktext!

I am using this extension for simple but effective ticket managment.
I respond to new email with a template, that calls script, which adds ticket number to subject and also opens new compose window with ticket number in subject.

This worked just fine, but now i cannot open new compose window anymore...

var url = encodeURI('mailto:?Subject='+s[0]);

//this no longer works
this.mWindow.open(url, '_self');

//this no longer works
var messenger = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/messenger;1"].createInstance();
messenger = messenger.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIMessenger);
messenger.launchExternalURL(url, '_self');

After some searching i see 2 solutions, either browser.windows.openDefaultBrowser(url) or browser.compose.beginNew()
but i cannot access browser.* from inside template scripts.

I have naively tried adding quicktext.js as background script and adding browser via init function, but this is not ok...

  "background": {
    "scripts": [
      "/chrome/content/scripts/preferences.js", 
      "background.js",
      "/chrome/content/quicktext.js"
    ]
  },

//add browser var
gQuicktextVar.init(window,browser);

So how do i tackle this problem?

Having full browser.* (or restricted) support available from template scripts would be great.

[Alfred-Peters]

This worked just fine, but now i cannot open new compose window anymore...

var url = encodeURI('mailto:?Subject='+s[0]);

//this no longer works
this.mWindow.open(url, '_self');

It seems that only one parameter is missing there. This one works here:

var url = encodeURI('mailto:?Subject='+this.mVariables[0]);
this.mWindow.open(url,'_self',
    "chrome,extrachrome,menubar,resizable,scrollbars,status,toolbar");

[SamuelPlentz]

Can confirm the code working within a community skript. Should be closed.

[jobisoft]

I keep it open, because using webExt API is indeed something which could be useful, as it is easier.

[SamuelPlentz]

Added the community script: OpenComposeWindow.

[endedasende]

Wow time flies...
Thanks everyone for support, open compose window works again!

[jobisoft]

Closing in favor of #371.
Please give feedback regarding the planned modifications for script support.