[Alpine-info] Question about message composition - attaching files

[Lucio Chiappetti via Alpine-info]

On Tue, 27 May 2025, Bret Busby via Alpine-info wrote:


>> In this message, I have posted a screenshot of the message


Unfortunately we do not see screenshtois through the mailing  list


> Okay - I figured it out after all of that - the cursor needs to be in

> the Attachment field of the header, then, <CTRL><j> appears as the

> option to attach a file (and not to justify).


Not just in the Attachment field (by default not shown if you do not call 
for rich header) but in any position in thr header (in the text area 
ctsl-J is short for "justify" ... don't know what is short for in the 
header, but I memorized since ages as short for "attach")

When you press control-J a prompt "File to attach:" appears. You can dco 
it one file at a time by name, or if you type a path of a directory, WITH 
TRAILING SLASH and the press control-T you will be able top navigate such 
directroy. If you press L for list mode, you will see )(scroll down ifd 
there subdirectories on top) someything like

[ ] b1.tmp                              1.8 KB
[ ] b2.tmp                              1.8 KB

moving to ech line and clicking the [ ] changes in [X] and multiple files 
can be selected. Usage of the rest of the bottom menu should be 
self-explanatory.

If you do not put the trailing slash, or do not use a full path. you will 
navigate your home directory. Sometimes I forget ...


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