#748 Feature: collection of environment information

[Miguel Gimenez]

This patch collects environment information that can be used when looking for help in the forum, for example. This information can be retrieved in text format or in HTML (with or without header). The text format has been used to fill a tab in the About Dialog (System tab). The HTML without headers can be attached when saving the build log in HTML, and the HTML with headers can be used to save standalone files, maybe in the menu option "Collect data to report to forum" proposed by BlueHazzard.

To achieve this I have modified globals.cpp so the BackTicksMap is accesible (read only) and the macros manager so the list of macros can be queried.

The collector itself is a class called SysInfo; now it resides in dlgabout, but of course it can be moved to a more suitable place.

Discussed in http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php/topic,22825.0.html

[Andrew Cottrell]

Code to resolve this issue as per the forum posts are available from the following github branch:
https://github.com/acotty/codeblocks_sf/tree/AC-Help-AdditionalInfo

[Andrew Cottrell]

Why won't this get fixed? I agree with the initial ticket concept that more info is required.

Posts in the forum from 2021 show allot of additional info that can be collected that will/may be useful from end users when reporting bugs.

Should I raise a new ticket for the code changes that output the additional info in the 2021 posts in the forum thread?

[Miguel Gimenez]

I am the OP, so I agree this is useful, but I will redesign my original proposal. Meanwhile, I declare this patch obsolete.

You can PM me what additional info would be useful.