Is there a way to get Visual Studio to display strings as verbatim strings (prefixed with '@')? I'd like to easily cut strings containing file paths from Visual Studio into Explorer or other apps.
Clarification: when VS displays a string in the auto, watch, immediate, etc. window, I'd like it to be formatted as as verbatim string so that I can simple copy it for use elsewhere.
You can click on the magnifier in VS 2008 debugger variable display and select "Text Visualizer" which will give you the text in an unmassaged format.
You may need to clarify your question. My first thought was that you just need to prefix the string with '@' to make them verbatim, but you already know that.
string s = @"c:\my folder\";
What exactly are you trying to do with the string?
Here's a discussion on how to actually build verbatim-ized strings: Can I convert a C# string value to a string literal.
Plugging this in a debug vizualiser is a different story...
