http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30909
Bug #: 30909 Summary: Support copying text from dialog boxes Product: Wine Version: 1.5.3 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: enhancement Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: pastas4@gmail.com Classification: Unclassified
On Windows, when a dialog box pops up, pressing Ctrl+C copies the text of that box into the clipboard so you could paste it in pure text. Here is a more detailed description:
http://www.nilpo.com/2009/01/windows-xp/copy-text-from-error-message-dialog-...
In Wine, however, pressing Ctrl+C when a dialog box is displayed does nothing at all. Nothing is placed in the clipboard.
This feature would be a real time saver. In my case, I'm compiling a set of documentation for one program, and it provides some documentation only in the form of dialog boxes. Copying it all letter by letter would take hours if not days, while on Windows it takes just a few minutes. Not to mention that direct copies assure that you get exactly what is written in the dialog box without spelling mistakes, which is especially important when copying error codes (where characters such as O/0 are easy to confuse).
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--- Comment #1 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com 2012-06-14 14:12:58 CDT --- FWIW, WINEDEBUG=+text will dump that text to the console.
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--- Comment #2 from GreatEmerald pastas4@gmail.com 2012-06-14 15:58:34 CDT --- Well, that certainly helps a little. It's difficult to find the required text between all the other console output, and it's formatted in a rather inconvenient way, but at least now I don't need to switch to Windows just to copy that text output, thanks.
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--- Comment #3 from GreatEmerald pastas4@gmail.com 2012-06-15 02:43:56 CDT --- Eh, I just noticed that this workaround has a character limit... This is what I get when trying to copy a rather long dialog box:
trace:text:DrawTextExW L"Excludes/Includes nodes and/or node subtrees to determine which nodes\nare currently active. Other node-affecting abilities can look at which\nnodes are active or inactive during evaluation. All nodes are made active\nat the start of each frame, so any deactivations will cease when this\nability te"..., -1, [(0,0)-(352,0)] 00000450
So that won't work... Unless there is a way to increase this character limit?..
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--- Comment #4 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com --- This is your friendly reminder that there has been no bug activity for two years. Is this still an issue in current (1.7.25 or newer) wine?
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--- Comment #5 from GreatEmerald pastas4@gmail.com --- If nobody implemented it, then it still applies. It's trivial to test (just have any popup dialog appear, press ctrl+C, press ctrl+V in a text editor), but I don't have Wine installed on any of my devices at the moment...
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--- Comment #6 from GreatEmerald pastas4@gmail.com --- Tested myself, it still applies. Neither pressing Ctrl+C works, nor can you select the text by dragging the mouse over it.
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--- Comment #7 from Austin English austinenglish@gmail.com --- This is your friendly reminder that there has been no bug activity for over a year. Is this still an issue in current (1.7.51 or newer) wine?
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Alistair Leslie-Hughes leslie_alistair@hotmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |leslie_alistair@hotmail.com Resolution|--- |DUPLICATE Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED
--- Comment #8 from Alistair Leslie-Hughes leslie_alistair@hotmail.com --- Duplicate of bug 17205
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 17205 ***
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Alistair Leslie-Hughes leslie_alistair@hotmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |CLOSED
--- Comment #9 from Alistair Leslie-Hughes leslie_alistair@hotmail.com --- Closing Duplicate
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