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   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:28:53 +0100   
   (GMT+01:00), 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 " .   
      
   So will it show one party on the left the answers from the other party   
   on the right, like the original whatsapp.   
      
   None of the chats I was interested in had any media, only text, but I   
   tried With Media a couple times when I couldn't get Without to work.   
   "With" didn't work either so just used Without from then on, but if With   
   also formatted the chat like the original, I'm sorry I didn't use With   
   Media. It would make it much easier to read, now that I returned the   
   phone.   
   >   
   >.   
   >>   
   >> If WhatsApp would print to PDF the entire chat with clickable files   
   >> inserted in the correct places, that would be wonderful.   
   >>   
   >> Some people talk to me via audio messages, while I answer by typing.   
   >>   
   >I can open the HTML file and tap on the audio messages and listen   
   > to them and all the pictures are in the right place.   
   >You probably exported the chat without media or maybe you didn't   
   > run chat-export with the proper option (--embed-media   
   > ).   
      
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