copy text from "About ImageJ"

[Rodrigo Gonçalves]

Hi all,

Usually when asking for help, reporting bug, etc. it's important to state your system, eg. ImageJ 1.49k12; Java 1.6.0_10 [32-bit]; Windows 7; 6706 K of 999MB (<1%)

In LibreOffice it's super handy that you can go to the "Help - About" menu and just copy it, ie the version and build are shown in selectable text. Therefore it is very easy to just copy and paste "Version: 4.3.2.2; Build ID: edfb5295ba211bd31ad47d0bad0118690f76407d" when asking/discussing in forums, etc. (ok maybe the build ID is not super important, but it seems important to report eg Java version and OS when talking about ImageJ.)

Would that be possible in ImageJ? As far as I know, this information is currently as an image in About ImageJ, therefore one has to manually write it... I see this information in ImageJ in text but only when I get exceptions. It would be great to (also) have it an a convenient way at any moment, independently from exceptions, etc.

Cheers and thanks for this great software!Rodrigo
 

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[BenTupper]

Hello,

On Nov 12, 2014, at 12:26 PM, Rodrigo Gonçalves <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Usually when asking for help, reporting bug, etc. it's important to state your system, eg. ImageJ 1.49k12; Java 1.6.0_10 [32-bit]; Windows 7; 6706 K of 999MB (<1%)
>
> In LibreOffice it's super handy that you can go to the "Help - About" menu and just copy it, ie the version and build are shown in selectable text. Therefore it is very easy to just copy and paste "Version: 4.3.2.2; Build ID: edfb5295ba211bd31ad47d0bad0118690f76407d" when asking/discussing in forums, etc. (ok maybe the build ID is not super important, but it seems important to report eg Java version and OS when talking about ImageJ.)
>
> Would that be possible in ImageJ? As far as I know, this information is currently as an image in About ImageJ, therefore one has to manually write it... I see this information in ImageJ in text but only when I get exceptions. It would be great to (also) have it an a convenient way at any moment, independently from exceptions, etc.
>

I have found Plugins > Utilities > ImageJ Properties is helpful.

Cheers,
Ben


> Cheers and thanks for this great software!Rodrigo
>  
>
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[ctrueden]

Hi Rodrigo,

> Usually when asking for help, reporting bug, etc. it's important to
> state your system, eg. ImageJ 1.49k12; Java 1.6.0_10 [32-bit]; Windows
> 7; 6706 K of 999MB (<1%)

The Help > Report a Bug command includes this information, and much more,
automatically.

Help > Report a Bug is currently distributed with Fiji, with plans to
migrate it into ImageJ2 core.

See also http://imagej.net/Bugs

Regards,
Curtis

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Ben Tupper <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On Nov 12, 2014, at 12:26 PM, Rodrigo Gonçalves <
> [hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Usually when asking for help, reporting bug, etc. it's important to
> state your system, eg. ImageJ 1.49k12; Java 1.6.0_10 [32-bit]; Windows 7;
> 6706 K of 999MB (<1%)
> >
> > In LibreOffice it's super handy that you can go to the "Help - About"
> menu and just copy it, ie the version and build are shown in selectable
> text. Therefore it is very easy to just copy and paste "Version: 4.3.2.2;
> Build ID: edfb5295ba211bd31ad47d0bad0118690f76407d" when asking/discussing
> in forums, etc. (ok maybe the build ID is not super important, but it seems
> important to report eg Java version and OS when talking about ImageJ.)
> >
> > Would that be possible in ImageJ? As far as I know, this information is
> currently as an image in About ImageJ, therefore one has to manually write
> it... I see this information in ImageJ in text but only when I get
> exceptions. It would be great to (also) have it an a convenient way at any
> moment, independently from exceptions, etc.
> >
>
> I have found Plugins > Utilities > ImageJ Properties is helpful.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
>
>
> > Cheers and thanks for this great software!Rodrigo
> >
> >
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[Rasband, Wayne (NIH/NIMH) [E]]

On Nov 12, 2014, at 12:26 PM, Rodrigo Gonçalves <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Usually when asking for help, reporting bug, etc. it's important to state your system, eg. ImageJ 1.49k12; Java 1.6.0_10 [32-bit]; Windows 7; 6706 K of 999MB (<1%)
>
> In LibreOffice it's super handy that you can go to the "Help - About" menu and just copy it, ie the version and build are shown in selectable text. Therefore it is very easy to just copy and paste "Version: 4.3.2.2; Build ID: edfb5295ba211bd31ad47d0bad0118690f76407d" when asking/discussing in forums, etc. (ok maybe the build ID is not super important, but it seems important to report eg Java version and OS when talking about ImageJ.)
>
> Would that be possible in ImageJ? As far as I know, this information is currently as an image in About ImageJ, therefore one has to manually write it... I see this information in ImageJ in text but only when I get exceptions. It would be great to (also) have it an a convenient way at any moment, independently from exceptions, etc.

The information shown in the Help>About ImageJ window is displayed in a text window when you press "i" (Image>Show Info) and is therefore easily copied to the clipboard. Use the Plugins>Utilities>ImageJ Properties command to display additional information.

-wayne


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