[MlMt] copy markdown from a message?

[Philip Paeps]

On 2023-10-31 08:02:02 (+0800), Christian Bailey via mailmate wrote:

> Is there a way to copy markdown from a message in MailMate? I need to 
> do
> this from both messages I received and messages I previously sent.
>
> When I copy-paste into another markdown-compatible program (e.g., 
> Notion
> web app) it comes across as plain text.
>
> My current hack is to press Cmd-Shift-D to resend the message and copy
> markdown from there. But it would be easier to copy directly from the
> rendered email. And this hack doesn’t work for copying formatted 
> text
> from messages that were replied to (anything below the top message in
> and email with replies or forwards).
>
> e.g. here is some text I’d like to copy as markdown from a formatted
> message:
>
> ![](cid:3BAD2AF1-7599-4E2E-9A80-AC7EE41DC172 at gmail.com
> "PastedImage.png")
> ![](cid:293E1B49-7E93-43B8-BA2A-4A4072BB420C at gmail.com
> "PastedImage.png")

You could copy the Markdown from the source of the message (⌘+⌥+u) 
rather than the rendered message.  That'll work as long as it wasn't 
base64 encoded for some reason.  (It will only work on Markdown email, 
not on HTML.)

Philip

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Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Alternative Enterprises
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