Several of the entries in the HowToAskQuestionsOnJavaRanch FAQ recommend copying and pasting code and configuration settings into the edit screen instead of typing them.
Here are some tips for capturing system information such as environment variables and directory structures in a Windows environment. Most modern Unix shell windows allow copying and pasting so the results from the "ls -R" and "echo" commands are easy to copy.
Copying an environment variable PATH, CLASSPATH, JAVA_HOME, etc..
For Windows (from the command line):
echo %CLASSPATH% > my-classpath.txt
notepad my-classpath.txt |
This will open up a text file containing your CLASSPATH environment variable in notepad; where it will be easy to copy to your clipboard.
Copying a directory structure
In this example, we're going to write the entire directory structure of the "ROOT" webapp that
ships with Apache Tomcat (assuming that the current working directory is {tomcat install}\webapps):
dir /b /s ROOT > my-directory-structure.txt
notepad my-directory-structure.txt |
When pasting the results into the JavaRanch edit screen be sure to UseCodeTags to insure that everything is rendered as plain text with all indenting preserved.
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