How to copy text from a forum topic?
Submitted by MargaretB on Sun, 01/08/2006 - 20:59.
Is there a way to save all of the text in the threads of a given forum topic to one's hard drive without getting all the HTML etc. for the graphic elements on the page? I can Save As in my browser, and then edit the resulting HTML file, but I would like to be able to end up with a plain text file consisting of just the text and paragraphing without having to manually delete the HTML tags etc. in a text editor.
Thanks,
MargaretB
I use Copy and Paste into
I use Copy and Paste into Word.
Quentin
Yeah, for example for
Yeah, for example for collecting commentaries like those from Chuck Runquist, I just highlight everything from the title to the closing signature, copy and paste into a text editor, like TextPad. That maintains a good source trail when I need to attribute something I'm repeating.
You can also click on "Quote" and select and copy everything, and then paste it all into an editor. Then just shut down the page and no trace is left except maybe in admin's logs. That gives the "quote" tags, but they're not too difficult to eliminate with a regular expressions macro.
Bruce
There's no way currently in
There's no way currently in the system to do that. There is a module for making a printer friendly page, but currently it only works for the top post and not for comments. There are plans (or so I read) of adding the comments. When I see it's ready it will be installed here.
Until then, the copy/paste method is what I think all of us use.
OK, Skip, thanks for letting
OK, Skip, thanks for letting me know. And a big thanks for all your work in creating/maintaining these pages.
Margaret
Two methods come to mind.
Two methods come to mind. Skip could add full text RSS feeds (see http://www.gerd-riesselmann.net/archives/2005/11/o... ) or you could use PureText which is a nice utility that strips formatting from copied text.
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ScottW wrote:Skip could add
Skip could add full text RSS feeds...
Done. It works a bit odd. See my admin forum post for more info on this.