How to copy and paste code without rich text formatting? [closed]

Answer 1

If you're pasting into Word you can use the Paste Special command.

Answer 2

I have Far.exe as the first item in the start menu.

Richtext in the clipboard ->

ctrl-escape,arrdown,enter,shift-f4,$,enter
shift-insert,ctrl-insert,alt-backspace,
f10,enter

-> plaintext in the clipboard

Pros: no mouse, just blind typing, ends exactly where i was before

Cons: ANSI encoding - international symbols are lost

Luckily, I do not have to do that too often :)

Answer 3

Just for reference, under Mac OS X, you can use ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+⇧ Shift+V to paste without formatting or with the "current" format.

Note: in some apps it's ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+⌥ Alt+V (see "Edit" Menu → "Paste and Match Style")

Answer 4

I'm a big fan of Autohotkey. I defined a 'paste plain text' macro that works in any application. It runs when I press Ctrl+Shift+V and pastes a plain version of whatever is on the clipboard. The nice thing about Autohotkey: you can code things to work the way you want them to work across all applications.

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

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

Answer 5

Whenever these plugins and options aren't available I just use my good ol friend notepad. Paste content into notepad where it won't accept the extra formatting and then copy it right back out. Sort of hacky but oh well. It works!

Answer 6

Just to summarize the available options:

Tools

• PureText - free tool for Windows
• Use AutoHotkey and write your own macro as suggested by Dean

Browsers

• To copy plain text from a browser: Copy As Plain Text or CopyPlainText (suggested by cori) - Firefox extensions
• To paste without formatting to a browser (Firefox/Chrome at least): CTRL+⇧ Shift+V on Windows/Linux, see below for Mac OS X.

Other

• Under Mac OS X, you can ⇧ Shift+⌥ Alt+⌘ Command+V to paste with the "current" format (Edit -> Paste and Match Style); or ⌘ Command+⇧ Shift+V to paste without formatting (by Kamafeather)
• Paste to Notepad (or other text editor), and then copy from Notepad and paste again
• For single-line text: paste to any non-rich text field (browser URL, textarea, search/find inputs, etc.)

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