[Feature] Copy result

[shpoont]

Hi,

It would be great to be able to copy the result of calculation from a single line, it is currently a cumbersome process to get the value - we need to select the expression, copy with output to the clipboard, then copy to a different line, and then copy the result.

[nortakales]

Would your ideal solution be an action (with a keybinding) that copies only the result of the current line to the clipboard?

[shpoont]

I think the best solution would be if I could simply select and copy the result as with any other text.

[nwehrle]

All my development needs are satisfied with vscode and the right set of extensions. The only reason I prefer numi over qalc is the simple copy-to-clipboard mechanism. It does not have to be oneclick. But a simple select/copy would make your extension so much better. Can I bribe you with a coffee/beer?

[nortakales]

Due to how the results are displayed, I can't make them selectable (or, maybe I could, but through a pretty big refactor/rewrite of the entire extension). What I can do is look into including the results with the copied text as if it were selected. It could be controlled with a setting probably. I'm not yet sure if this is even feasible though. I'll have to see if VSCode has an extension API to access copy/paste. Would this be enough?

[nwehrle]

Hi and thank you for your anwer. How about a 2nd best or 3rd best option that may be easier to implement? 2nd: a command that copies only the result from the selected line (you seem to concatenate the copied line with the result in the code, maybe just omitting the line and the separator will do the trick) 3rd: typing "last" also copies the result to the clipboard

[nortakales]

A command to copy just the output to the clipboard will be in v0.1.11

[nortakales]

https://github.com/nortakales/vs-code-qalc/commit/3303711f8156ad079f8bd5fe6333aace50c933d5