Opened 19 months ago

Last modified 19 months ago

#66500 new enhancement

Remove $ dollar sign from line copy&paste (user terminal commands) — at Version 2

Reported by: esbugz Owned by:
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: guide Version:
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Description (last modified by esbugz)

Terminal commands that a user is supposed to type are formatted with $ dollar sign

$ Commands to be typed into a terminal window.

However, this makes it very inconvenient to copy&paste the easiest selection item — the whole line — since the $ dollar sign will corrupt the command.

The better way is to either:

  • enhance the guide's terminal command field to show the $ without it being selectable on triple click as some other websites do, for example, check this one https://scoop.sh/#/apps?q=regfileexport&s=0&d=1&o=true — you don't even need to triple click to select a line, just clicking on the line can select the command you can paste to the terminal, and there is also a very helpful clipboard icon indicator that you've copied
  • or change the syntax to exclude the $ altogether (a much more disruptive move as it's a common convention to denote user terminal input with $)

Change History (2)

comment:1 Changed 19 months ago by ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)

Version: 2.8.0

comment:2 Changed 19 months ago by esbugz

Description: modified (diff)
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