On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 4:36 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 15:54:31 +0000, Tim Golden wrote: > >> At least for Windows users, grabbing a partial screenshot (eg of text) >> has been very easy since Windows 7 when the "Snipping Tool" was added to >> the builtins. > > Thanks, I didn't know that.
It's a common feature in desktop environments. In Ubuntu Linux I can hit Shift+PrintScreen to select and save part of the screen as a PNG file, or copy it to the clipboard. But it's no excuse for sending screen shots of source code. Fortunately on Stack Overflow I usually see this for command prompt screenshots of errors, not source code. >> Certainly easier for the average user than trying to do a >> slightly tricky rectangle selection within the Windows console. > > But I'm not seeing that it could possibly be easier than selecting text > and hitting copy and paste. Not even in the Windows console, which I > admit is a bit clunky, let alone a modern IDE. More *familiar*, maybe, > but easier? The new console in Windows 10 defaults to line-wrapping selection instead of rectangle selection. Holding the ALT key temporarily toggles the selection mode. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
