Proactive & Constructive Problem Reporting (Advice)

[Vektor]

I hope this is better. My first picture in a post. Yay!

[img]file:///media/demo/63b4d169-b3af-403d-a155-43bc19b1e0a7/2-STORAGE/LINUX/OS/MX/SYSTEM-SETTINGS-FILES/QSI/QSI-result.png[/img]

Vektor

[fehlix]

The only text I added is "HERE" inside the code tags. I had to remove the outside brackets in the example because it made the code window, which I did not want.

Does that clarify?

The original text "Paste directly into forum post." tells what to do. The text you suggested, would potentially end up with having code-tags twice when pasted from Clipboard. OTOH, I see the idea, as new user may not know what those code-tags are ( like those [code] here [/code] ) and how those magic is done of having the paste buffer filled by a report, b/c normally user do actively copy and afterwards paste. Now they get asked only paste, without having copied anything first - which may be confusing to new users.

[richb]

I have to say it confuses me.( And I am not a new user). The current instructions do NOT confuse me.

[Eadwine Rose]

Would 'QSI copied for the forum, click paste in a reply' be sufficient?

[Vektor]

The goal is to show where to click, nothing more. I experienced uncertainty the first time I did it. Trying to keep it simple.

Regardless, it works for me in my personal respin.

Thanks for your attention and a great os.

Vektor

[Vektor]

AHA! I have been using the "</>" button and pasting the QSI code in the middle instead of right clicking in the body of the post. Now I understand your responses. After I wiped the blood off my forehead from hitting the wall, I laughed.

Maybe it is too easy.

So the problem is that people are right clicking "select all" and "copy" in the QSI terminal before pasting in the body of the post. Is that right?

Just click "paste" and done.

Thanks for holding my hand,

Vektor

[fehlix]

AHA! I have been using the "</>" button and pasting the QSI code in the middle instead of right clicking in the body of the post. Now I understand your responses. After I wiped the blood off my forehead from hitting the wall, I laughed.

Maybe it is too easy.

So the problem is that people are right clicking "select all" and "copy" in the QSI terminal before pasting in the body of the post. Is that right?

Just click "paste" and done.

Either just "paste" (which what ever you use, e.g right-click and paste or just with keyboard Ctrl+v.
And in addition to normal "paste" you can use mouse middle-button "click to paste" from the select/mark buffer.
Both buffers - the normal clipboard "copy/paste" buffer and the "select/mark" buffer - may be emptied out, when the terminal get closed, which depends a bit on the settings and the terminal involved and on the DE in use (Kde, Xfce, Fluxbox or something else). In most cases user may have the clipboard manager running which captures a copy of one or both of the mentioned buffers, for re-use in case the paste-buffers get cleared. Or just simply don't close the terminal until they have pasted the report into the forums post or somewhere else.

[Vektor]

The problem is because I was looking at the three lines of the popup as unrelated pieces of info. I was seeing that:

1-info was copied to the clipboard (ok,thanks)
2-the QSI output in the terminal was formatted for the forum (whatever that means, website guru stuff)
3-paste directly into forum post (I thought I needed to hit that "</>" button first to avoid the really long post syndrome)

Maybe it IS too easy. I like to do things the hard way. Only then have I accomplished something.

Thanks again

Vektor

[Vektor]

In hindsight I should have started a new topic with post #15 ...

I have been analyzing why I was so confused about the QSI process. The terminal comes up with all that info, making me feel like I need to do something with it. In reality I did not even need to see it. The popup is probably enough for me.

I will try to shut up now.

Vektor

[MXRobo]

@Vektor No Vektor, please don't stop, you're making this newbie not feel so stupid after seeing your "Show off your bash - .rc, that is" post.