Copy&Paste code from forum

Thorsten A

Hi,

I use the Vaadin forum very often - it is a great source for information and helpfull hints!

I'm just a litte bit bothered by the code formatting.

It looks good, but when I copy&paste code from a posting then I get one single line which also contains the line numbers. So I have to reformat this line of code manually to get proper code.

Does anyone have an idea how to do this better?

Thanks, Thorsten

Last updated on Mar, 12th 2010

Henri Sara

You can check out this post for one tool that makes it easier.

Jouni Koivuviita

You could try a Vaadin app on Uilder that parses all code blocks from a single forum thread: code copy

Ha, once again Henri beat me to it :)

Last updated on Mar, 12th 2010

Thorsten A

Nice! Did not see that post before...
Thanks, Thorsten

Jens Jansson

I use a little different hack. I click 'reply with quote' on the message that contains the code. When I get to the "Add message" window, the Body part has the post in it with the unformatted code snippet, which is easy to copy and paste.

Thorsten A

Much better! Thanks for the hint!

Due to increasing Vaadin popularity I think it would be a good idea to implement a better code view in the forum software....

Joonas Lehtinen

101% agreed. Added this to our backlog.

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Copy&Paste code from forum

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