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Subject: Re: How to convert org file to such a plain text
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anhnmncb <anhnmncb@gmail.com> writes:
> Sorry, I can't find more useful info, the app just says it can import
> the txt file which has different level of indents. So I think replace
> star(*) with <tab> is enough. Such like this:
>
> Org file              -->  txt file
> --------------------       --------------------
> |* level 1                 |level 1            
> |** level 2           -->  |<tab>level 2       
> |<tab>- item               |<tab>- item        
> |*** level 3               |<tab><tab>level 3  
> --------------------       --------------------
>
> I'm not a programmer, so if my request is stupid and easy to achieve by
> any other way, please let me know.

For the time being, it might make sense to create a keyboard macro
that exports to ASCII, and then replaces stars with tabs.

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