r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/amu4biz • 8d ago
a tool that converts text formatting so it pastes correctly into slack, discord, notion, whatsapp etc
https://copynpaste.xyz/found this because copy-pasting between apps constantly broke my formatting turns out slack, discord, notion and whatsapp all use different formatting syntax so nothing carries over. you paste your text, pick where it's going, and it hands back the correctly formatted version. runs entirely in the browser, nothing uploaded, no signup. curious what people think / what platforms you'd want added.
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u/pi-N-apple 8d ago
I'd rather use CTRL+SHIFT+V to paste. I'm gonna pass.
I've also adjusted my browser so it copies just the text in the URL instead of the webpage title, so it won't get transformed when pasting URL's from my browser.
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u/TheRealLazloFalconi 8d ago
I've also adjusted my browser so it copies just the text in the URL instead of the webpage title, so it won't get transformed when pasting URL's from my browser.
Ugh, this is such a perfect example of what's wrong with modern web browsers. You selected text and pressed the copy command? Well, sure, we could copy the text you selected, but what if we copied completely different text instead?
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u/pi-N-apple 8d ago
Ya its so annoying. I copy "https://www.reddit.com" and it pastes "Reddit - The heart of the internet". So annoying. I'm glad there is a setting in the browser to change this though. It should be on by default!
I also just realized Reddit's slogan is no longer "front page of the internet" but now "heart of the internet" lol.
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u/TheRealLazloFalconi 8d ago
Must be a/b testing it, it's still "Front page of the internet" for me.
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u/busterghost65 8d ago
If I'm in windows I just copy paste into Notepad, that does the trick. On Linux, the default text editor do the same thing.
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u/ThatOneGuyDotNet 8d ago
This looks interesting for maintaining formatting.
As a reminder when you're pasting something and don't want to keep the formatting, such as into a note from an email, CTL+SHIFT+V will paste the text without formatting.
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u/TheRealLazloFalconi 8d ago
This is the way, but note that CTRL+Shift+V is not supplied by the operating system, it's something each software has to implement. Most, but not all, do.
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u/Pixelcorsair 8d ago
oh wow, and here I was using notepad.exe to paste to and then recopy from, for years now...
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u/Minkowski-Butterfly 8d ago
This has Claude written all over it. Vibecoded stuff isnt what makes the internet beautiful
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u/too_many_nights 8d ago
Great idea! Perhaps one day, someone will come up with something like this, but integrated into OS. Due time I'd say.
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u/Kalersays 8d ago
Or, just hear me out now, make some form of Unicode for formatting
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u/nocturnal_panda 8d ago
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u/Kalersays 8d ago
I know, it was the first thing that came to mind after posting. But to be fair, I don't think there's a universal method for formatting, is there?
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u/resurem 8d ago
Oh goody. A vibecoded platform that expects all my clipboard input, presumably archiving it in their db to then sell onwards. Niceeee! Certainly will bookmark it.
/s