Paste as node or plain text -- never HTML

[Joseph Reagle]

I use cut & paste to organize nodes, this works great. But when it comes to copying/pasting from Web pages, I'd like the default to be as plain text. I do this a lot, and typing {super+shit+V,tab,tab,tab,tab,space,enter} is a nuisance.

[Felix Natter]

hello Joseph,

If you are using the edit popup window ("rich text editor"),
you can change Preferences->Behavior->Default paste mode at the very bottom.
Cheers and Best Regards,
Felix

[zipizap]

Yup

Or even create your own shortcut to "paste-as-text" directly

[Joseph Reagle]

zipizap, how would you create such a shortcut?

[zipizap]

Goto "Edit/Paste.../Paste-as-text" and hold CONTROL key while clicking it:
and it will ask you for the new shortcut.

This add-shortcut-by-CONTROL-while-clicking works for any menu, and its so
great.

(Recalling from my memory, so please be forgiving)

[Joseph Reagle]

I don't have a "paste-as-text" submenu. I have a "paste as", but then I get a pop-up and still have to type {tab,tab,tab,tab,space,enter} to get paste-as-text...?

[Joseph Reagle]

I don't have a "paste-as-text" submenu. I have a "paste as", but then I get a pop-up and still have to type {tab,tab,tab,tab,space,enter} to get paste-as-text...?

[Joseph Reagle]

I'm not using a popup. I copy, say, three paragraphs from a web page and hit ctrl+v at a node. I'd get three formatted children nodes, but I want three plaintext nodes.

[Alexandre]

You could use this autohotkey snippet to paste without formatting:

^+v::
    ; Convert any copied files, HTML, or other formatted  to plain text
    Clipboard = %Clipboard%

    ; Paste by pressing Ctrl+V
    SendInput, ^v
return

And to copy without formatting:

  ; Copy without formatting
            ^+c::
                ; Convert any copied files, HTML, or other formatted text to plain text
                Clipboard = %Clipboard%
            return

Alexandre

[Joseph Reagle]

Alexandre, thanks, I might have to resort to something like that. I think a nicer fix would be if there were seperate past as option in the menu bar -- which could have their own command shortcuts -- rather than the popup.

[zipizap]

I was really convinced there was such option.

Another workaround could be to create a new node (INSERT) and hit paste
(CTRL-V) in inline-editor

[fpay]

If you use Windows a tool like http://www.stevemiller.net/puretext/ is very helpful. Another option are tools like http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/.

[Dimitry Polivaev]

Try Tools -> Preferences -> Behaviour -> Confirmation -> Use rich text for pasted nodes -> No

[Joseph Reagle]

Dimitry, thanks, that seems to be working! There's so many options that even after a Web search I sometimes miss things.

[Alexandre]

The only thing then with this option is that it is not possible to paste with format once set to 'No'.
If you use the autohotkey snippet you have both + you can copy/paste without format in other applications.