arduino / arduino/Arduino

Make it easy to copy to clipboard all information relevant to support

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Component: IDE Component: IDE user interface feature request
Dominant language
Java
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Description

newbees tend to ask quick questions with insufficient information about their setup. So a function that collects important data like:

- selected board
- IDE-Version,
- selected COM-Port,
- COM-Port-driver
- operating system
- include-files of opened *.INO-file

and copies this info to the clipboard
ready to paste into a posting would improve the process of giving helpful answers.

It would reduce the all-day ping-pong-game of

while (NewBeeDoesKnowVeryLittle) {
....newbee posts (insuficient) question
....helpers ask back
....newbee posts (still insuficient) question
}

getting the IDE's Version and the selected board should vrey easy

best regards Stefan

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points, so start by locating the Arduino IDE's existing board, version, serial-port, driver, operating-system, and sketch include information. Done would mean a user can collect the requested support details and copy them to the clipboard in a paste-ready form.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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