On 08/24/2015 04:29 PM, Yasha Karant wrote:
> My query applies specifically to Mozilla Thunderbird current, but could
> have a more general solution.
>
> I need to convert to a plain text file listing (that could be imported
> into a word processor, LaTeX or a GUI front end thereto, etc) what
> appears in the display of Thunderbird as the columns Subject From and
> Date for an internal activity report that I must write.   These columns
> appear on the end-user GUI display and allow one to then read specific
> messages by "point and click".  As I cannot find a description of the
> official Thunderbird nomenclature for the various sections of the GUI
> display, I am using the above descriptions.
>
> I could use a screenshot application, select a rectangular region, save
> each entity as a PNG image, and then use an OCR application to yield
> plain text.  I would prefer that the screenshot application simply
> recognizes the text *AS* text, allowing me to copy and paste into a text
> editor, etc., all running under X wndows.   Does anyone know of an
> application that does this?  A brief perusal on the web as well as a
> quick read of the information on the "default" screenshot applications
> that come with either MATE or KDE does not seem to reveal a mechanism
> for this (but rather the PNG or other image, non-text, route).
>
> The normal mechanism I use -- highlight (select), pointing device button
> (to copy), and then point device button (paste) to capture from say a
> text HTTP file in a web browser to a word processor application -- does
> not seem to work for the above "column" portion of the Thunderbird
> display.  This normal mechanism does work if I view source for each
> message, displaying the SMTP text source and headers in a box, but is
> very time consuming as the information that I need is available in the
> "columns" of the basic Thunderbird user interface without having to view
> the source.
>
> Any assistance is appreciated.
>
> Yasha Karant

Hi Yasha,

    Something like this?

        grep -i  "subject\|from\|date" Inbox

-T



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