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

[Dmitry Olshansky via Digitalmars-d]

On 30-Sep-2015 02:50, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 9/29/2015 1:58 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>> There have certainly been times where I've wanted to copy text that
>> was not
>> selectable for some reason (or selectable but not copyable), but it
>> sounds like
>> you have a much higher expectation of text selectability than I do.
>
> Cases that frustrate me:
>
> 1. In filing a bug report, I need to input the version number. For
> Internet Explorer, I bring up the "About Internet Explorer" dialog box.
> The version is (I kid you not) a 55 character string of random digits
> and letters. I want to cut&paste this. Not possible.
>
> 2. I get a dialog box popping up with an error message in it. I want to
> google the error message. Have to retype it.
>
> 3. Thunderbird Mail lets me import/export the address book. But not
> account settings. So I want to select and copy the account settings
> dialog box. Nope.
>
> Really, what's the case for not supporting this? Am I really a unique
> snowflake?
>

When that happens to me I use Abbyy FineReader to OCR the screenshot, 
there is even a special screenshot reader app. Sometimes it's a lifesaver.

-- 
Dmitry Olshansky