How to uses the Control-R subcommand when I export?

[Jean-Pierre Coulon]

When I read a mail and type E to export Alpine does not react to Control-R. Of
course providing a file name an Return works fine.

If you are SAVING a text part (text/plain, text/html, etc.) you can use the
Control-R subcommand to toggle if saving will be done in binary mode [...]

What is the right way to toggle between modes when I export?

[Jim Jackson]

Post by Jean-Pierre Coulon
When I read a mail and type E to export Alpine does not react to Control-R. Of
course providing a file name an Return works fine.

If you are SAVING a text part (text/plain, text/html, etc.) you can use the
Control-R subcommand to toggle if saving will be done in binary mode [...]

What is the right way to toggle between modes when I export?

I think one way is - before exporting use the H command to show full
headers, it appears to give the "raw" email. Then use Export.

[Jean-Pierre Coulon]

Post by Jim Jackson
I think one way is - before exporting use the H command to show full
headers, it appears to give the "raw" email. Then use Export.

It exports the full headers you know when I export but the behaviour when
I type E is the same.

[Jim Jackson]

Post by Jean-Pierre Coulon

Post by Jim Jackson
I think one way is - before exporting use the H command to show full
headers, it appears to give the "raw" email. Then use Export.

It exports the full headers you know when I export but the behaviour when
I type E is the same.

When I use it, "H" toggles full/not-full headers. "E" exports the email
in the form it is displayed on the alpine display - either with or
without full headers.

[Jean-Pierre Coulon]

Post by Jim Jackson
When I use it, "H" toggles full/not-full headers. "E" exports the email
in the form it is displayed on the alpine display - either with or
without full headers.

But then how to toggle between binary or not?

[Jim Jackson]

Post by Jean-Pierre Coulon

Post by Jim Jackson
When I use it, "H" toggles full/not-full headers. "E" exports the email
in the form it is displayed on the alpine display - either with or
without full headers.

But then how to toggle between binary or not?

I thought you wanted the "RAW" email format - which is what "H" toggles
on/off?

Maybe you want something else - in which sorry I misunderstood.

[Jean-Pierre Coulon]

Post by Jim Jackson
I thought you wanted the "RAW" email format - which is what "H" toggles
on/off?
Maybe you want something else - in which sorry I misunderstood.

When you read a mail type E and <ctrl> G and read the help.

[Eduardo Chappa]

Post by Jean-Pierre Coulon
When I read a mail and type E to export Alpine does not react to
Control-R. Of course providing a file name an Return works fine.

If you are SAVING a text part (text/plain, text/html, etc.) you can use
the Control-R subcommand to toggle if saving will be done in binary
mode [...]

What is the right way to toggle between modes when I export?

I guess the key observation here is the difference between EXPORTING and
SAVING. What you are after is not the EXPORT command, but the SAVE
command. If you press "V" to view the list of attachments, then pressing
"S" (to save) will show the ^R command that you are looking for.

[Jean-Pierre Coulon]

Post by Eduardo Chappa
I guess the key observation here is the difference between EXPORTING and
SAVING. What you are after is not the EXPORT command, but the SAVE command.
If you press "V" to view the list of attachments, then pressing "S" (to save)
will show the ^R command that you are looking for.

Thanks. Now I see Binary or No-binary in the shortcuts at the bottom of
Alpine.

But perhaps the Help that comes along with Export should not mention this
ctrl-R option?