# HELP: Quick System Info (GUI)

Displays a Quick System Info (QSI) report based on `inxi` and a few custom parameters for MX Linux.

The Quick System Info GUI application can display any log or report shown in the list (left pane) by clicking on an item.

Use the "Copy for forum" button at the bottom of the report display (right pane) to copy the report to the clipboard in a format suitable for directly pasting into a forum post, complete with code tags.
If a portion of text is seleted, only that portion is copied and encapsulated in code tags.

Use the "Save" button to save multiple selected reports into an archive file.

Use the "Save text" button to save the text from the report display to a text file.

If the user is running systemd as init (pid 1), then a Journald tab will be available. There are selection tools for filtering the journal report displayed.

- Log Type allows the user to choose user level logs or system level logs. System level require root permissions.
- Priority sets the verbosity or seriousness of messages displayed. Higher numbers show more messages.
- Choose boot log allows choosing either the current boot log (default) or past boot logs.
- Service search allows users to filter down to a particular service. Only one service at a time may be filtered. After changing search terms is a reload button that regenerates the report.

## Menus and Shortcut Keys

Right-clicking on a pane will trigger a pop-up menu, which can also be used to perform similar actions to the buttons.

Pane | Menu Item | Shortcut | Action
--- | --- | --- | ---
List | Select All | Ctrl+A* | Selects all reports to be saved to an archive file.
Revert Selection | Ctrl+Shift+A | Selects only the reports that were selected when the program started, unselecting the others.
Save | Ctrl+S | Same as the "Save" button.
Text | Copy for forum | Ctrl+Shift+C | Same as the "Copy for forum" button.
Plain text copy | Ctrl+C | Copies the text displayed as-is to the clipboard. If a portion of text is selected, only that portion is copied to the clipboard.
Save text | Ctrl+Shift+S | Same as the "Save text" button.
Find | Ctrl+F | Search for text in the report display.
Find Next | F3 | Find the next occurrence of the text from the previous search.

* If the report display pane is in focus, Ctrl+A selects all the text in the report display, instead of selecting items in the list.

## Resizing the report list

To resize or collapse the list pane, place the cursor in the handle between the two panes and drag it to the preferred size. Double-clicking this handle will resize the list pane to best fit its contents.

Development history: MX Linux

License: GNU General Public License - Version 3.0