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4.1.1 Saving message text into a plain text file

In order to export the message text into a plain text file, you have to invoke the export reader or editor function. If you did not change the keyboard binding, this is done by pressing Alt-W. You will be shown a menu that looks like this:

+-----------------------------------------+
|  Write to File                          |
|  Print                                  |
|  Pipe into external Program             |
|  Cancel                                 |
+-----------------------------------------+

Select the first entry, ‘Write to File’. You then will be shown a dialog box where you can select a file name. You can use the cursor keys to navigate through the directory structure and select a file to be overwritten. If you want to create a new file, press Tab to get to the ‘File:’ entry box and enter a new file name.

After that, you will see a menu that asks you how the text should be exported:

+-----------------------------------------+
|  As Plain Text                          |
|  Binary (for re-importing into Msged)   |
|  Cancel                                 |
+-----------------------------------------+

Normally you will want to select ‘As Plain Text’. This produces a nice message header and nicely wrapped paragraphcs. This format is useful for reading with normal editors, for printing etc. The ‘Binary’ format (formerly known as ‘Msged Format’) will not write any headers, and it will not break the paragraphs into lines. This format is useful if you intend to re-import the text into MsgEd TE or into another application that works paragraph-oriented rather than line-oriented (like a word processor).

Note that this dialog box will not be shown if you try to export text while you are editing a message; in this case, the plain text mode will always be used.

When you have made your selection, the file will be written. If you selected a file that already exists. you will see an additional dialog box that asks if you want to append to the file, overwrite it, or cancel the operation.


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