A challenging question?

[Karen Lewellen]

Fine, but logging into  gmail is not the problem.  It is gathering in a 
fashion that reflects how these e-mails appear in a low graphics 
environment.  That and the volume.
Whatever the program is, does it exist at shellworld?  I have no other 
access to Linux at all, save for my office shell with dreamhost.


On Fri, 20 Jan 2017, Jude DaShiell wrote:

> tmux, not tmox.
>
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2017, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>
>>  Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 23:42:30
>>  From: Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net>
>>  Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>  To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at 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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