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

[Eduardo Chappa via Alpine-info]

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


> Hello.

>

> I have a memory that, in pine, a hotkey combination was available for 

> attaching files to a message being composed, but, in this version of 

> alpine that I have; 2.25, running on Linux Mint Mate 21.3 - a derivative 

> of Ubuntu Linux 22.04, I cannot find how to attach a file to a message 

> that I am composing.


if you place the cursor in the headers section, and press ctrl-j, you will 
be able to attach a file.


> It is not in the menu at the bottom of the screen,


when you place the cursor on the headers section the ctrl-j command 
appears.


> and, previously, an option existed for displaying other available 

> commands, and, that option is also not shown in the menu at the bottom 

> of the compose message screen; and, I have also searched in the Help 

> facility within alpine 2.25, and, cannot find how to attach a file to a 

> message being composed.


here you got me. i do not know of a way to do that within the composer. 
there is no 'others' commands in that screen while composing a message. of 
course there is one in other screens, not the composer screen.


> Has the ability to attach a file to a message being composed, been 

> removed from alpine?


not at all.

-- 
eduardo