From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: convert a mailbox or a vm folder to a org-mode file Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:13:39 +0000 Message-ID: <87egbbirzw.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <87k2l3es0a.fsf@mat.ucm.es> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50100) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afsXT-0008R5-HZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:13:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afsXP-000676-HI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:13:47 -0400 Received: from mail-am1on0141.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([157.56.112.141]:61536 helo=emea01-am1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1afsXP-00066l-7u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Mar 2016 13:13:43 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87k2l3es0a.fsf@mat.ucm.es> (Uwe Brauer's message of "Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:27:01 +0000") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Tuesday, 15 Mar 2016 at 14:27, Uwe Brauer wrote: > Hello > > > Does somebody know a tool which would allow to convert a (unix) mailbox > or a vm folder to the org-mode format? The power of org is that "it's all text"... A regex based replace would do the job if you simply want to make all "^From" lines headlines. Depends on what you mean by org-mode format. In ed/ex/vi format: %s/^From/* From/ (as an evil in emacs user ;-) -- : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.91.1, Org release_8.3.4-626-gb62d55