I don't see any problem with screenshots. I don't even understand the issue here. It's a strange complaint, be.
Depending on the problem, the environment, the frequency of the issue and the resources available, a screenshot is sometimes easier to capture. This is *especially* true in the case of complex terminal output or any form of remote console/KVM/out-of-band management.
More than that, the screenshot is there to illustrate a point-in-time condition. Searchability is a non-issue.
I use code blocks and screen captures in nearly [all of my questions here][1]. Sometimes it's to [illustrate a point][2]. Sometimes it's [absolutely critical][3] to describing the problem. Very rarely are the contents of such an image necessary for search reasons. Sometimes [text is the only appropriate method][4].
Let's say I'm trying to describe the state of the storage appliance I'm working on... Which looks better? Which makes more sense? Copy/paste is tricky, given the refresh rate. A screenshot of the relevant window does the job. Neither have important searchable text.
┌nmon─13g─────────────────────Hostname=san2─────────Refresh= 2secs ───18:40.40───────────────────────────┐
│ CPU Utilisation ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│
│ +-------------------------------------------------+ │
│CPU User% Sys% Wait% Idle|0 |25 |50 |75 100| │
│ 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│ 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│ 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│ 4 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│ 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│ 6 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│ 7 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│ 8 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│ 9 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│10 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│11 3.0 0.5 0.0 96.5|U > | │
│12 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│13 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│14 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│15 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│16 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0| > | │
│ +-------------------------------------------------+ │
│Avg 0.2 0.1 0.0 99.7| > | │
│ +-------------------------------------------------+ │
│ Memory Stats ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│
│ RAM High Low Swap │
│ Total MB 32035.1 -0.0 -0.0 32755.0 │
│ Free MB 6578.1 -0.0 -0.0 32755.0 │
│ Free Percent 20.5% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% │
│ MB MB MB │
│ Cached= 688.1 Active= 471.5 │
│ Buffers= 71.6 Swapcached= 0.0 Inactive = 601.5 │
│ Dirty = 0.1 Writeback = 0.0 Mapped = 43.2 │
│ Slab = 90.0 Commit_AS = 1607.7 PageTables= 7.9 │
│ Kernel Stats ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│
│ RunQueue 1 Load Average CPU use since boot time │
│ ContextSwitch 525.2 1 mins 0.22 Uptime Days= 0 Hours= 7 Mins=33 │
│ Forks 5.0 5 mins 0.20 Idle Days= 5 Hours= 0 Mins= 9 │
│ Interrupts 356.3 15 mins 0.28 Average CPU use=-1491.10% │
│ Disk I/O ──/proc/diskstats────mostly in KB/s─────Warning:contains duplicates───────────────────────────│
│DiskName Busy Read Write Xfers Size Peak% Peak-RW InFlight │
│sda 0% 0.0 0.0KB/s 0.0 0.0KB 0% 10.0KB/s 0 │
│sda1 0% 0.0 0.0KB/s 0.0 0.0KB 0% 10.0KB/s 0 │
│sda2 0% 0.0 0.0KB/s 0.0 0.0KB 0% 0.0KB/s 0 │
│sda5 0% 0.0 0.0KB/s 0.0 0.0KB 0% 0.0KB/s 0 │
│sdb 0% 0.0 0.0KB/s 0.0 0.0KB 0% 0.0KB/s 0 │
│sdb1 0% 0.0 0.0KB/s 0.0 0.0KB 0% 0.0KB/s 0 │
│sdb9 0% 0.0 0.0KB/s 0.0 0.0KB 0% 0.0KB/s 0 │
│Totals Read-MB/s=0.0 Writes-MB/s=0.0 Transfers/sec=0.0 │
│────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│
│ │
│ │
│ │
│ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
[![enter image description here][5]](https://i.sstatic.net/LztlF.png)
[1]: https://serverfault.com/search?tab=newest&q=user%3A13325%20%20is%3Aquestion
[2]: https://serverfault.com/questions/582622/sorting-by-ip-address-in-the-windows-2008-r2-dns-utility
[3]: https://serverfault.com/questions/568061/2008-r2-terminal-server-insufficient-system-resources-exist-to-complete-the-re
[4]: https://serverfault.com/questions/506682/high-latency-drops-between-cisco-switches-in-two-locations-how-to-troubleshoot
[5]: https://i.sstatic.net/LztlF.png