Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 23:42:30
From: Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net>
Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: A challenging question?
Hi folks,
I do wonder if we have tmox at shellworld.
Actually, the printer friendly edition of emails at google will produce
fine text, and yes I can save the file with the p function.
The challenge is, since this is court evidence, I must gather likely a
couple hundred of them.
Something to petition the judge regarding.
Thanks for the ideas,
Kare
On Thu, 19 Jan 2017, Tim Chase wrote:
> On January 19, 2017, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > Asking just in case there is a simple tool for this process.
> > I need to capture several emails from my gmail account. It is
> > critical that the e-mails appear, as they do for me, not how they
> > might in standard view, i. e. with alt tags visible for anyone.
> > Lynx, links, and e-links are the browsers I wish to use for this, I
> > would imagine the alt tag would be different even if I had access
> > to say Firefox.
> > Depending on the target audience, a couple ways come to mind:
> > 1) In lynx-the-cat, use the "p" command to print to a file. This is
> basically the same thing as doing a "lynx -dump" on a page. In
> links-the-chain and elinks, you can use "File, Save formatted
> document" to get the same sort of results.
> > 2) use your terminal emulator's copy/paste functionality to select
> the content of the gmail session in lynx/links/elinks session
> > 3) fire up GNU screen or tmux, launch Lynx inside, browse to your
> email, and then use the "scrollback" functionality in screen/tmux to
> copy text off the screen into a buffer, then use the screen/tmux
> scrollback-paste functionality to dump it into a file.
> > 4) use the "script" program to record the entire session with
> timings:
> > $ script --timing=gmail.timings gmail.script
> $ lynx https://gmail.com
> (do your thing)
> $ exit # leaves the "script" recording session
> > this will give you two files "gmail.timings" and "gmail.script" which
> you can then play back with
> > $ scriptreplay gmail.timings gmail.script
> > Now on to comparing:
> > #1 is easiest choice with some of the best results for the use-case
> you are describing.
> > #2 & #3 are basically a screen capture of the text that you can dump
> into a text file, but don't include any coloration or playback (like
> #1). Also, these usually end up being one screen at a time with
> full-screen curses applications like lynx/links/elinks, so if your
> text is more than one page, it's a bit annoying to capture, save,
> scroll, capture, save, repeat. But they do work for any terminal
> application, not just relying on browser-specific functionality.
> > #4 gives an exact replay of the options, but requires a terminal that
> understands it. If you're playing back on the same terminal where
> you recorded, this has no issues. But if you're trying to share it,
> there may be hurdles involved. Also, while a quick test here
> suggests that script doesn't capture passwords in certain modes, it
> might if recording a lynx/links session, so I'd either only share it
> with someone you trust with your gmail password, or redact the file
> before sharing it.
> > And if you haven't had a chance to play with screen/tmux, they're
> incredibly powerful and well worth the investment of time (I
> personally prefer and recommend tmux, but both are substantially
> similar to the end user).
> > As usual, my verbose replies are likely overkill, but hopefully give
> you some options to explore. (grins)
> > -tim
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