# Formatting output for use in forums etc [duplicate]

If we take the (simple) example

x = 1;
y = 2;
z = 3;

x + y + z


we get the (complete screen) result when copying into a more basic interface, such as a web forum or text editor

In[1]:= x = 1;
y = 2;
z = 3;

In[4]:= x + y + z

Out[4]= 6


Is there any clever way to modify this output (preferably during the copy/paste operation) to become

x = 1;
y = 2;
z = 3;

x + y + z

> 6


(or some other 'minimalistic' output indicator than '>'), removing the input labels as well as reducing the output labels. It would be very convenient to have when pasting Mathematica code/output in web forums as well as in the verbatim environment in LaTeX. TIA.

• – Alexey Popkov Nov 5 '19 at 14:20

You can disable copying of the cell labels on the global level:

SetOptions[\$FrontEnd, {
"ExportTypesetOptions" -> {"PageWidth" -> 90, "IncludeCellLabels" -> False},
"ExportMultipleCellsOptions" -> {"IncludeCellLabels" -> False}}]


(I also set copied page width to be suitable for StackExchange).

This setting will persists between FrontEnd sessions.

As regards to prepending >  to the output expression (I would recommend prepending >      to have it formatted as code of the output), it can be achieved by low-level Notebook programming. Here is a start:

SetOptions[EvaluationNotebook[], CellEpilog :> Module[{out = NextCell[], boxes, newboxes},
If[CurrentValue[out, GeneratedCell],

Now any simple output will be prepended by >     .