thx both John and Matt I went on and used johns function he recommended (since i needed a simple text only export) and it works flawlessly :) John: just a quick follow up though with that function you kindly shred "email-heading " it opens up a buffer and you insert the email address. is it possible to have a function that sends to a prefixed email address (ie myself :)). also can the function then just do it in the background without even opening the buffer? since i want to send it to a prefixed email i dont really need to see it and press C-c C-c. This isnt really important so if its complicated please feel free to ignore ;-) best Z On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 6:24 PM, John Kitchin wrote: > You probably could use the function here > https://github.com/jkitchin/jmax/blob/master/email.el#L51 for the email > part after you find the heading you want to send. I think there is some > code there to send a pdf too. > > > On August 1, 2015, at 10:49 AM, Xebar Saram wrote: > > > Hi all > i find that i keep copy pasting food recipes (which i collect with org > obviously) to my email client and then sending it over to the phone to use > in the kitchen (which reminds Me really should get a emacs touch screen for > the kitchen..though my wife would get a stroke if she sees that > ;-))..anyway, anyone knows how one (with almost none to zero elisp skills) > create such a function? > > all i need is locate the recipe (header) and then send the header and sub > headers as text or pdf to my email > > best! > > Z > >