Llewellyn GriffithsApr 30
Paul Förster 

I *HATE* pasting with formatting. Whatever moron even created that "feature" and made it default should be fired. Pasting with formatting has never worked even once in my whole life and only creates a mess, always and with a reliable 100% certainty. And yes, on Windows as well as macOS.

https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/macos-copy-paste-text-without-formatting/

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macOS Quick Tip: Copy and Paste Text Without Formatting

If you're a Mac user with a Windows PC background, you'll probably know how to use the typical copy and paste commands in macOS. But...

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Show threadGurre VildskäggApr 26
@paulfoerster
100% agree.
Goes on my list of things to fix if I'm elected planetary governor. :)
Show threadArnanApr 26

@paulfoerster Pasting without formatting is so 'muscle memory' for me that I had to look up the key combination.

Because indeed, the moron who invented pasting with formatting as the default is an idiot.

Show threadÖlbaumApr 27
@arnan @paulfoerster So whenever you move a paragraph to somewhere else in a document you reformat it completely?
Show threadArnanApr 27
@oscherler @paulfoerster I don't use things like MS word or Pages, so that's very rarely an issue.
Show threadPaul Förster Apr 27

@oscherler @arnan No, I insert as plain text, without formatting. So the text takes the formatting of the target, and does not keep its source formatting.

Also, I don't use office apps very often. I spend 99% of my work time in either a Linux shell or editor (yes, vi 🤣).

Show threadArnanApr 27
@paulfoerster @oscherler yep, markdown mostly, or blog posts as plain html/text
Show threadMalcolm HerbertApr 30
@paulfoerster for completeness - shift+ctrl+v on Windows does much the same thing ... you may find that the same combo works on macOS also for those with muscle-memory that's sticky between OSes ... unsure whether win+ctrl+v on Windows would dtrt but I can check when I get to work (currently on Linux)
Show threadPaul Förster May 1

@mherbert shift-ctrl-v does not work because shift-ctrl invokes the magnifying glass. I need that often and need a really quick access key for it. So, everything shift-ctrl is out of the question.

Also, I use Pasta (not to be confused with Pasteapp). It lets me indirecty do that calling the window and selecting the snipped to be pasted with alt. Then paste as usual with cmd-v gets plain text. But that's an extra step, i. e. slower.

I think, I just stick with shift-ctrl-alt-cmd-v.

Show threadMalcolm HerbertMay 1
@paulfoerster ah well, consistency is such a fleeting thing in the IT world ... I don't tend to use a mac, so I'm generally all at sea when I do and that would probably be why ... :)
Show threadMalcolm HerbertMay 1
@paulfoerster I have an ergonomic keyboard which has a PC/Mac switch ... never really think much of it except when after some time handling the keyboard it does work its way to the Mac setting ... the mac-specific keys generate different scancodes than the same key when in PC mode ...
Show threadPaul Förster May 1
@mherbert Interpreting scan-codes is a science on its own right. I miss the golden C64 days when it was a simple matrix. 🤣
Show threadMalcolm HerbertMay 2
@paulfoerster ... for some unknown reason I still recall that 'print chr(147);' cleared the screen on my vic-20 back in the day ... totally useless knowledge now though ...
Show threadPaul Förster May 2

@mherbert Yes, but it's CHR$(147) and not CHR(147). Also, if you replace the 147 with 19, the cursor just moves to the home position (top left). 🤣

Also, not useless knowledge if you still have fun with those old machines as I do.

Show threadPaulApr 30
@paulfoerster same. I just wish I didn’t need to throw a 4 fingered gang sign to paste the way I want to 90%+ of the time.
Show threadDavid AdamApr 30
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Show threadPaul Förster May 1
@zanchey That will not make Apple change their minds.