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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
type="topic" id="start-command-line-parameters">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#common-other-problems" />
<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>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>How to make Evolution show a specific window or folder when starting the application.</desc>
</info>
<!-- TODO: Update page with https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/1176#note_946174 -->
<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>
<!-- Introduced in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/1176 : -->
<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>
</page>