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Prefer pasting plain text for source code #1489

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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions MarkEditMac/Modules/Sources/AppKitExtensions/Foundation/NSPasteboard+Extension.swift
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Expand Up @@ -69,8 +69,16 @@ public extension NSPasteboard {
setString(url, forType: .URL)
}

// Handle the case where the pasted content has different line endings
if let lineBreak, let sanitized = string?.sanitizing(lineBreak: lineBreak), sanitized != string {
let sanitized: String? = {
// Prefer pasting plain text for source code
let containsCode = (types ?? []).contains { $0.rawValue.hasPrefix("SourceEditor") }
// Normalize line endings when the pasted content uses a different style
let lineBreakNormalized = (lineBreak.flatMap { string?.sanitizing(lineBreak: $0) }) ?? string
// Paste plain text for source code, or whenever line endings were changed
return (containsCode || lineBreakNormalized != string) ? lineBreakNormalized : nil
}()
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if let sanitized {
let savedItems = getDataItems()
declareTypes([.string], owner: nil)
setString(sanitized, forType: .string)
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