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Q&A Issues with copying post source from revision history

As a workaround, it's possible to write code in the browser console to iterate over the <li> tags within the <div> for each diff entry, and join their text with newlines in between. The...

posted 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Karl Knechtel‭ · 2023-08-09T08:17:33Z (over 1 year ago)
  • I was able to extract the text I wanted (I think) - each revision, as separate text entries, in reverse order - at the browser console like so:
  • ```
  • $($('.diff-new').get().reverse()).each(function() { console.log($(this).find('li').map(function() { return $(this).text() }).get().join('\n'))})
  • ```
  • As a workaround, it's possible to write code in the browser console to iterate over the `<li>` tags within the `<div>` for each diff entry, and join their text with newlines in between. The page renders empty space with empty `<li>`s.
  • I was able to extract the text I wanted (I think) - each revision, as separate text entries, in reverse order - at the browser console like so:
  • ```
  • $($('.diff-new').get().reverse()).each(function() { console.log($(this).find('li').map(function() { return $(this).text() }).get().join('\n'))})
  • ```
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Karl Knechtel‭ · 2023-08-09T08:15:31Z (over 1 year ago)
I was able to extract the text I wanted (I think) - each revision, as separate text entries, in reverse order - at the browser console like so:

```
$($('.diff-new').get().reverse()).each(function() { console.log($(this).find('li').map(function() { return $(this).text() }).get().join('\n'))})
```