Description of the need
In https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/5791 we are looking into providing a list of enabled modules. This however was in response to a perceived need for site information for debugging.
As in Q: "My site is producing fatal errors" A: "What modules you have installed?"
But I find that frequently other questions accompany, like "What Backdrop/PHP/MySQL version, which theme are you using, is Javascript aggregated, etc etc"
Noting that the Status Report page provides a lot of that info already, but is not printable, and may be too much info in some situations
Proposed solution
A link/button on the status Report page to print a report. I propose a radio with two options: "full", and "Basic" (or maybe "Safe"). When you click the button you get the Status report info in printable format, with added stuff like enabled/disabled modules, themes, layout, etc etc. "Full" prints everything on the Status Report page, "Basic/Safe" would be default, and print only stuff that shouldn't put your site at risk if you post it in the Forums.
An example of a similar effort for WP is this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/website-information-report/
Alternatives that have been considered
A View of enabled modules alone is being considered for core in https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/5791
Recent comments
The simple way is - View source code - Copy and paste what you need - Bold can be easily added with <b> or <strong> tags
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I have had a read of what Lando provides, and it's an excellent development tool, and it would solve the problem. But, I would prefer to find out why the problem is there in the first...
How often is the settings.php loaded.
Thanks for the info. I will give it a try...
How often is the settings.php loaded.