I have one interesting messages thread
that at least I want to save to posterity.
Is there an easy way to do that, or do I
have to copy/pasty 98 times?
Have fun!
Claes in Lund, Sweden
Assuming you are on linux:
wget -E -H -k -K -p url_goes_here
Example (this page: Balcony - ( Balc-ovni ).)
$ cd ~/Downloads/Temp
$ wget -E -H -k -K -p https://discuss.pixls.us/t/balcony-balc-ovni/40272
$ ls -l
total 12
drwxr-x--- 4 druuna druuna 4096 nov 11 12:26 d2x313g9lpht1q.cloudfront.net
drwxr-x--- 7 druuna druuna 4096 nov 11 12:27 discuss.pixls.us
drwxr-x--- 2 druuna druuna 4096 nov 11 12:27 fonts.googleapis.com
Now accessable via the browser, locally:
cd to discuss.pixls.us/t/balcony-balc-ovni
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Avonds, Jacques!
Dank U wel ā but does not seem to work
on a PM thread. Presumably calls for
a log-in/UID somewhere?
2023-11-11 13:41:54 ERROR 404: Not Found.
MvG
Claes in Lund, Zweden
Not sure how to do that.
You would need to log in first using wget and the login page, save all the cookie stuff and other session data before fetching the PM thread using that cookie/session data as a reference.
Logging in shouldnāt be too hard (using wget --user=user_name --password=āpwdā url or post-data āname/passwordā), the rest would need to use save-cookie/save-session/load-cookie (from the top of my head), but Iām not familiar enough with how to do that. Maybe have a look on-line and/or in the wget man-page.
Just did a quick on-line search (using: wget using login): There are enough examples out there that might help you to figure it out.
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Thanks 
Since this is a one-off (I do not write brilliant threads
worth saving all too often), it presumably is quickest
with a bunch of ctrl-c ctrl-vā¦
MvG
Claes in Lund, Zweden
You could make a screen capture and have it as a āmovieā 
Try a PDF print??? I guess it might mess up some things but just a quick one from this post seems to capture most of itā¦
Possible to save entire Messages thread in one go_ - Meta - discuss.pixls.us.pdf (287.1 KB)
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Thanks @priort,
Good idea ā and works for smaller threads,
but not this large one; pdf print stops at 8 pages.
Will investigate moreā¦
[Me whisper to myself: ctrl-c ctrl-vā¦]
I just printed @s7habo ā s famous threadā¦ 555 pagesā¦ I wonder if it depends on the pdf printerā¦
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Ctrl+s in Firefox?
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Ctrl-P in Firefox
Destination ā Save to PDF
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Bingo!
Thank you very much, that produced the result I hoped for!
Have fun!
Claes in Lund, Sweden
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@Thomas_Do
Negative. Hangs at post #21;
outbuffered, perhaps?
If you let me know the post I can see if it prints for meā¦