#Signature Creator
AppleScript (createSignature.scpt) program grabs information from a user which then uses a shell script (sig.sh) to place that information into an HTML document that is turned into a webarchive by webarchiver for use in Mail (or without webarchiver for Thunderbird). Designed as a starting point - from where it stands it needs to be customized for use but should serve as a half decent starting point.
More about how this was developed will be posted on http://chealion.ca (link will be added at a later date after I post it)
Big Thank You to Paul William's blog entry on webarchiver: Create safari webarchives from the command line. The source code is available on: GitHub
##Build Steps:
- Create webarchiver using XCode
- Open up .scpt file and edit the file customizing information asked as required.
- Open up .sh file and edit the file to use customized information.
- Create a new application using Script Editor using the .scpt file
- Copy the built webarchiver executable and sig.sh into the Resources folder of the new application.
##Caveats and Limitations
- Uses ~/sigtmp instead of /tmp because in testing with network based user directories /tmp wouldn't always permit write access. No idea why that was but ~/sigtmp only appears during the script.
- Only creates the signature - does not apply the signature in Thunderbird or Mail. When this was developed (10.5.4) the AppleScript dictionary for Mail was broken when dealing with Signatures. (Among many other AppleScript issues with Mail in Leopard)
- Assumes only one Thunderbird profile - if you have multiples it only picks the first one alphanumerically.
Webarchiver.git (Applescripts/Signatures) - GitHub : paulwilliam : webarchiver
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