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I try to convert to pdf with this following code found on Emacs SE:

(defun mu4e-action-save-to-pdf (msg) (let* ((date (mu4e-message-field msg :date)) (infile (mu4e~write-body-to-html msg)) (outfile (format-time-string "%Y-%m-%d%H%M%S.pdf" date))) (with-temp-buffer (shell-command (format "wkhtmltopdf %s ~/Desktop/%s" infile outfile) t)))) (add-to-list 'mu4e-view-actions '("Save to PDF" . mu4e-action-save-to-pdf) t)

But when I launch the action it says:

void function mu4e-write-body-to-html

When I M-x mu4e-write<TAB> nothing exists. Can someone tell me how to fix that?

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  • I edited your question but for future reference, you should have provided a link to where you found that code. Commented Oct 26, 2022 at 13:42
  • The function mu4e~write-body-to-html is defined in mu4e-view-old.el[c] and seems to be outdated. Note the tilde ~ in the name, which is a non-standard convention for names in Emacs. You can try M-x load-library RET mu4e-view-old to load the library (assuming it's in your load-path): that should resolve the error message you get, but whether that will actually work... I don't know but I somehow doubt it. Commented Oct 26, 2022 at 14:13
  • @jagrg can you take a look at this? You answered the linked question, so I figure you know more about mu4e than I do (which is not hard, since I know almost nothing about it). [I'm not sure whether the at-reference will work btw, but I thought it's worth trying] Commented Oct 26, 2022 at 14:24
  • And how can I find this library or at least the lisp code for that function ? Commented Oct 27, 2022 at 15:22
  • It should be in the same place as mu4e.el I think. Did M-x load-library RET mu4e-view-old not work? Commented Oct 27, 2022 at 15:32

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If I recall, mu4e no longer uses its own built-in view mode, it relies on functions from Gnus. If that's correct, I suspect the file mu4e-view-old.el is no longer loaded automatically. You can load it via (require 'mu4e-view-old). That should make the function you want available.

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