Try something like this: M A ; A A S E
You can then specify the format to be exported: A for address list (the default), V for VCard, or T for Tab Separated. And then the file name (and possibly the directory to put the file in). You can then do < to get back to the Main Menu and possibly I to get back to the Message Index. The commands in that sequence are: M Main Menu A Addressbook ; Select A All A Apply S Save E Export I haven't used this at all myself, just came up with that sequence, so not really sure if it'll do just what you want -- but it at least seems close. Milt Epstein mepst...@illinois.edu On Mon, 30 Sep 2024, Karen Lewellen via Alpine-info wrote: > Goodness, still not being clear. > Chime, and all. > When sitting in alpine itself, if you wish to write text to a file, what steps > can you take? > I believe? you can edit our addressbook, so it might be possible? > Sorry not to be clear before...I simply used lynx to save the .addressbook > file to a new name. > However, that will not work for the gmail address book. > Karen > > > > On Mon, 30 Sep 2024, Chime Hart wrote: > > > Well Karen, I think once you have that newer copy in LYNX, you can hit an e > > for an editor such as NANO, where you can block. Even from importing the > > file in a new mail in Alpine, you can use similar keystrokes to NANO or even > > PICO > > Chime > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Alpine-info mailing list > Alpine-info@u.washington.edu > https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/alpine-info__;!!DZ3fjg!98fui_OmT05x6mYmY0X9KgE1ry_onlu8rFI9xp8V7pWFhXXPEix0K-W7RnqT8b-saNZ0OavkZUauxYDGvUtXQ9p1fvS_EoHF$ > _______________________________________________ Alpine-info mailing list Alpine-info@u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/alpine-info
