Re: why graphical screenshot? from a command prompt console window?

On Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:55:40 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 2/7/2026 11:22 AM, Kenny McCormack wrote:
>> 
>> No worries; I have no desire to post any screenshots here.
>> 
>> I was just amused by the idea of someone requesting a screenshot on Usenet.
>> 
>> As Tim Walz would say, weird!
>> 
>> And, the point is: Usenet *is* a text-only medium, by definition and
>> decree, even if lots of people have abused it over the years.
>
>Well, sometimes this is easier for the discussion. I have met users who 
>don't quite understand how to capture text directly in a Command Prompt 
>window. Old-time DOS or terminal users surely know how.
>
>I am NOT trying to break any customs, rules nor netiquette (network 
>etiquette). :)

The South African archives made their indexing system (called STAIRS.
originally by IBM) available via the web. As it was a text-only
system, results were displayed as text, and could be copied as text,
which made it easy to copy elsewhere, as text. 

Nevertheless many users would send graphical screenshots of the
output, which wasted bandwidth, as well as making it necessary to
retype whatever was on the screen if one wanted to use it.





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