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    <revision pkgversion="3.39.0" version="0.1" date="2020-10-29" status="draft"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
      <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
    </credit>

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    <desc>How to make Evolution show a specific window or folder when starting the application.</desc>
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  <title>Define what to display when starting <app>Evolution</app></title>

  <p>When <app>Evolution</app> starts, it remembers the last view that you used.</p>

  <p>To make <app>Evolution</app> display something else after starting
  the application, you will have to run the application from the
  <app>Terminal</app> application and pass corresponding parameters.</p>

  <section id="tools">
    <title>Windows</title>

    <p its:locNote="TO TRANSLATORS: Do NOT translate 'component' here!">To start
    <app>Evolution</app> in a specific view, pass the "component" parameter.</p>

    <p>Examples:</p>
    <list>
      <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution --component=calendar</cmd></p></item>
      <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution --component=contacts</cmd></p></item>
      <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution --component=mail</cmd></p></item>
      <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution --component=memos</cmd></p></item>
      <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution --component=tasks</cmd></p></item>
    </list>
  </section>

  <section id="mail-folders">
    <title>Mail folders</title>

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    <p its:locNote="TO TRANSLATORS: Do NOT translate 'folder' here!">To make
    <app>Evolution</app> open a specific mail folder, pass the "folder" parameter.</p>

    <p>Examples:</p>
    <list>
      <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution "folder:On This Computer/Inbox"</cmd></p></item>
      <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution folder:On%20This%20Computer/Inbox</cmd></p></item>
      <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution folder://local/Inbox</cmd></p></item>
    </list>
  </section>

  <section id="mail-composer">
    <title>Mail composer</title>

    <p its:locNote="TO TRANSLATORS: Do NOT translate 'folder' here!">To make <app>Evolution</app>
    open a mail composer window with some predefined values and content:</p>

    <p>Examples:</p>
    <list>
      <item><p><cmd its:translate="no">evolution mailto:recipient@example.com?cc=cc@example.com\&amp;subject=Your\ subject\ line\&amp;body=Message\ content\&amp;attach=/home/user/file</cmd></p></item>
    </list>
  </section>

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