Export session info data

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Issue migrated from trac ticket # 1705

component: client | priority: minor | resolution: wontfix | keywords: statistics performance

2017-11-24 19:10:33: Boruch created the issue

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From the system tray menu, the menu item "session info" allows for limited export of data. This ticket suggests expanding that functionality.

1] Currently, it seems that only the tab "Graphs" offers this, in the form of saving a graph as a .png file. However, for that particular functionality to be useful, the graph needs more environment information, including a session identifier, date, time, endpoint machine IDs, and interface ID.

1.1] Anyone who wanted to seriously use the graph data would want it available in some text form, eg. csv.

2] More generally, each of the other five tabs don't seem to have a way to copy or export or otherwise save the data that they present. My failed attempts included:

2.1] selecting a region with a mouse

2.2] right clicking on a region and selecting either 'copy' or 'select all' and then C-c.

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2017-11-26 08:02:36: antoine changed status from new to closed

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2017-11-26 08:02:36: antoine set resolution to wontfix

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2017-11-26 08:02:36: antoine commented

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This ticket suggests expanding that functionality.
The recommended way of exporting session information is through the [/wiki/ReportingBugs#BugReportTool bug report tool] and with xpra info.
Both will capture very detailed information, including pretty much everything shown on the session-info dialog and more.

The graphing code needs to be re-written for python3 (#1568), so maybe we can improve it then.