XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-02 15:28, Qihe wrote:   
   > "Carlos E.R."  ha scritto:   
   >   
   >> On 2026-01-31 08:42, Herbert Kleebauer wrote:   
   >>> On 1/31/2026 4:10 AM, micky wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>>> The chat is exported as a zip file. It contains the chat as .txt   
   >>>>>> file (utf-8 including smileys.) and all pictures, videos, pdfs etc.   
   >>>>>> in the original format.   
   >>>   
   >>>>> That is useless crap. Now I remember, I tried that one years ago.   
   >>>   
   >>>> It certainly is disappointing. Whatsapp could have done a lot better.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I mentioned the one that would not export.  Did i get around to telling   
   >>>> you all -- no I didn't; -- that I found you could forward the chat, but   
   >>>> you have to tap on each little piece individually.   
   >>>   
   >>>> The result has even a worse format, in that the time for every comment   
   >>>> is the time I did the fowarding and there is no date at all.  What's app   
   >>>> could have done better.   
   >>>   
   >>> But what is the real problem with using "export chat" for archive   
   >>> purpose?   
   >>   
   >> No formatting.   
   >>   
   >> It is plain text, and only names attached photos, audios, videos, etc.   
   >>   
   > If you tell Whatsapp to export the zip file including media and   
   >   then you run in the terminal   
   > $ chat-export -z  ChatWhatsApp.zip  --embed-media   
   >   
   > ...you will get an HTML file with "embed media " .   
      
   Yes, but we are talking of what WhatsApp on its own does.   
      
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