On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 01:38:07PM -0800, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * Gary Johnson <garyj...@spocom.com> [120407 13:06]:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well, mbox folders are just files. Could you save to an mbox
> > > > > > folder?
> > > > >
> > > > > Of course, but what I was really inquiring about was whether I could
> > > > > save 'en masse' :: a thread to one file.
> > > > > thanks
> > > >
> > > > I don't understand what you are asking.
> > > It would be nice if I could save all of the tagged messages to one
> k > *named* (not mbox) file - just as if I were saving a viewed
> > > attachment. It looks like that is not doable.
> >
> > I'm not following you at all. An mbox file _is_ a named file. You
> > can choose any name you like, absolute, relative to your mail folder
> > directory, or relative to the directory in which you started mutt.
> >
> > > > You can tag the thread, and save it all 'en masse' to an 'mbox' file
> > > > anywhere where you can create a file. How would the file you are want
> > > > to create differ from what you get when it is created as an 'mbox'?
> > > Yeah, what would work for me is a special mbox directory for just
> > > saving stuff then open them in vim and weed out headers, saving
> > > content to a new file..
> >
> > Save a thread to any file name you like, open that file in vim and
> > tell me how that differs from what you requested.
> Gary, below is my original question:
> > > > > > > I can <Esc>t to tag the thread and then ;s to save to another
> > > > > > > mailbox, but I don't know if I can save the same to a file.
> To recap, if I tag the thread and invoke ;s
> I get the following response
> "Save tagged to mailbox ('?' for list): =tim"
> If I back up the cursor and enter "~/save-thread.txt",
> mutt creates a mailbox named save-thread.txt
> That is not what I want.
save-thread.txt is just a file, no more, no less. Do you want to remove
all the headers? What is it that is not what you want?
However, I think you have a bigger problem. Doing what you suggest, I
think, gives only the first message of the thread. I think you want all
messages. I agree it would be a nice feature, but I can not see how to
do it at the moment.
Brian.
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> Please tell me how you would save the entire thread to one file.
> Clearly I am not using the correct command.
> thanks
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> Tim
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