Unsubscribe On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 4:30 PM Milt Epstein via Alpine-info < alpine-info@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> 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 >
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