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[Emacs] Give mu4e the ability to export mails to PDF again!

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Lucien Cartier-Tilet 2021-03-26 13:49:22 +01:00
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@ -4494,6 +4494,22 @@ signature to emails to the hook called when creating a new email.
(add-hook 'mu4e-compose-mode-hook 'mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime) (add-hook 'mu4e-compose-mode-hook 'mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime)
#+END_SRC #+END_SRC
mu4e used to be able to export emails to PDFs, but unfortunately this
possibility was discontinued. But we can (sort of) bring it back!
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(defun mu4e-action-open-as-pdf (msg)
"Export and open as PDF a mu4e `MSG'"
(let* ((date (mu4e-message-field msg :date))
(infile (mu4e~write-body-to-html msg))
(outfile (format-time-string "/tmp/%Y-%m-%d%H%M%S.pdf" date)))
(with-temp-buffer
(shell-command
(format "wkhtmltopdf %s %s" infile outfile) t))
(find-file outfile)))
(add-to-list 'mu4e-view-actions '("PDF view" . mu4e-action-open-as-pdf) t)
#+END_SRC
Lastly, some emails are better displayed in a browser than in Emacs. My Emacs Lastly, some emails are better displayed in a browser than in Emacs. My Emacs
build has the webkit browser enabled, so I’ll add an option to open with it build has the webkit browser enabled, so I’ll add an option to open with it
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