Pathing in the D ecosystem is generally broken (at least on windows)

[rumbu via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 28 September 2015 at 21:41:27 UTC, rumbu wrote:
> On Monday, 28 September 2015 at 19:44:11 UTC, Walter Bright 
> wrote:
>> On 9/28/2015 12:36 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>>> On Monday, 28 September 2015 at 19:27:52 UTC, Walter Bright 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Except that copy/paste does not work in the dialog box (or 
>>>> any Windows dialog
>>>> box).
>>>
>>> Yes it does, you can ctrl+c or right click and get to it from 
>>> that menu. It
>>> works in all Windows edit boxes.
>>
>> The dialog box itself is not an edit box, and copy simply does 
>> not work. (Just tried it again.) You cannot copy ANY text from 
>> it, even the highlighted text.
>>
>> This really blows when you've got a message window with an 
>> error message in it, and you cannot copy it to google it. You 
>> cannot copy the "About" dialog box text, either, so you have 
>> to painfully type in the version/build number when filing a 
>> bug report.
>>
>> Unbelievable.
>
> Dear Walter,
>
> Pressing Ctrl-C in any *standard* dialog will copy the text to 
> clipboard since Windows 2000, even captions and buttons.

And before telling that don't work, this a remote desktop 
connection to a non existent computer error obtained using Ctrl-C:

[Window Title]
Remote Desktop Connection

[Content]
Remote Desktop can't find the computer "abcd". This might mean 
that "abcd" does not belong to the specified network.  Verify the 
computer name and domain that you are trying to connect to.

[OK] [Help]