How to copy and paste code without rich text formatting

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I used to often find myself coping a piece of code from a website Word document etc only to discover that when doing Paste I would end up with the desired code plus some extra HTML tags text  basically extra formatting information   To get rid of that extra ballast I would paste the text to the Notepad and then copy it again and then paste to the desired destination    Pretty recently I discovered a simple and free tool for Windows called PureText that allows me to cut the Notepad step  It basically adds an extra keyboard shortcut e g WinKey   V that will do the Paste action without formatting  just pure text   I find it very handy   I was wondering what approach would you use yourselves  Are they any better easier to use tools around

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From websites  using Firefox  I use the CopyPlainText extension

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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

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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

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I wrote an unpublished java app to monitor the clipboard  replacing items that offered text along with other richer formats  with items only offering the plain text format

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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      Please feel free to edit add new items

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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

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Look for a little clipboard icon that pops up at the end of the material you pasted   Click on this and choose  keep text only

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

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If you are using MS Word then try ALT E  S  U  Enter  Uses the Paste Special

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I usually work with Notepad2  all the text I copy from the web are pasted there and then reused  that allows me to clean it  from format and make modifications    You can download Notepad2 here

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I use OpenOffice org and that offers a paste special option  where you can omit the formatting altogether  If you are not bound to MS Word  it s IMO worth a try and it s free  -

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Nice find with your PureText  I had build  before I change keyboard  a key that was running a macro that was copying-pasting-copying in notepad for this task  I ll give a try to your software since I do not have any macro key now

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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

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