Re: copy text from "About ImageJ"

Posted by Rasband, Wayne (NIH/NIMH) [E] on Nov 13, 2014; 2:13am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/copy-text-from-About-ImageJ-tp5010392p5010397.html

On Nov 12, 2014, at 12:26 PM, Rodrigo Gonçalves <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> 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%)
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> 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.)
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> 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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