INTERNAL On February 5, 2026 5:20 PM John Ruckstuhl wrote: >> This is a 2-phase problem. While you might manage to get man suppliers to >> clean up what they release (I have serious doubts about that happening, but >> I hope I'm wrong), that doesn't do anything about pasting from web pages, >> documents, etc. where text is often mangled with HTML and/or Unicode >> characters. >> >> A filter such as I proposed would go a long way toward making copying and >> pasting less cumbersome. I currently have another script (I admit to being >> script-crazed) that dumps the clipboard into a temp file that I then open >> in Notepad so that I can clean it up before pasting it. If my proposed >> de-gunking filter existed, I could dispense with doing this a lot of the >> time. > >For inspiration, ask google "what program is used to paste without formatting", >and see references to PureText, Pure Paste, DevComrade, and built-in >shortcuts like Ctrl+Shift+V.
Or in mintty or similar "getclip | putclip" also removes a lot of junk. Michael -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
