Bug #82866 | Hard to use copied multi-line statements from the documentation | ||
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Submitted: | 6 Sep 2016 5:41 | Modified: | 22 Sep 2016 17:08 |
Reporter: | monty solomon | Email Updates: | |
Status: | Closed | Impact on me: | |
Category: | MySQL Server: Documentation | Severity: | S3 (Non-critical) |
Version: | 5.7, all | OS: | Any |
Assigned to: | CPU Architecture: | Any |
[6 Sep 2016 5:41]
monty solomon
[6 Sep 2016 6:30]
MySQL Verification Team
Hello Monty, Thank you for the feedback! Thanks, Umesh
[12 Sep 2016 4:29]
monty solomon
The copied text also includes the leading "mysql> " prompt when using the copy to clipboard feature in the upper right corner of the examples (as opposed to selecting the text to copy and using copy). For example, mysql> SELECT * FROM performance_schema.setup_instruments -> WHERE NAME LIKE '%memory%'; I suggest removing the "mysql> " prompts from the examples to make them useful when copying.
[22 Sep 2016 17:08]
Stefan Hinz
Posted by developer: Thanks for the suggestion, Monty! After quite some discussion in the Docs team, we decided we'll implement an easier way to copy from examples. Unfortunately, that's a manual process, and such will take time. There are lots of examples where having a prompt makes sense, or is even a prerequisite for understanding. So, nothing we could fix with a lazy regex or XPath. We also discussed splitting examples into programlisting and screen elements, but found that would be an improvement for the worse, at least from a readability standpoint.