On 30-Sep-2015 02:50, Walter Bright wrote:
On 9/29/2015 1:58 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
There have certainly been times where I've wanted to copy text that
was not
selectable for some reason (or selectable but not copyable), but it
sounds like
you have a much higher expectation of text selectability than I do.
Cases that frustrate me:
1. In filing a bug report, I need to input the version number. For
Internet Explorer, I bring up the "About Internet Explorer" dialog box.
The version is (I kid you not) a 55 character string of random digits
and letters. I want to cut&paste this. Not possible.
2. I get a dialog box popping up with an error message in it. I want to
google the error message. Have to retype it.
3. Thunderbird Mail lets me import/export the address book. But not
account settings. So I want to select and copy the account settings
dialog box. Nope.
Really, what's the case for not supporting this? Am I really a unique
snowflake?
When that happens to me I use Abbyy FineReader to OCR the screenshot,
there is even a special screenshot reader app. Sometimes it's a lifesaver.
--
Dmitry Olshansky
