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I don't think I quite get this. Everything I paste here shows up in plain text. It doesn't automatically do any syntax highlighting; it only seems to work if yo

by gcr 10y ago

I don't think I quite get this. Everything I paste here shows up in plain text. It doesn't automatically do any syntax highlighting; it only seems to work if you're already copying rich text to begin with.

kahseng 10y ago
I guess I have to do better on the value proposition. Yes, there are many other of pastebins that work on code or plaintext for syntax highlighting (which might be the use case you're thinking of), but there is virtually no solution that works on rich text. Pasting rich text into any of these solutions wouldn't work, and many times I would love to keep the styles and just make the content readable (e.g. tables, paragraphs, headers, stay the same etc.)
- H4CK3RM4N 10y ago
  Does Sublime Text's syntax highlighting count as rich text for this?
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  - Nadya 10y ago
    Not by default. But you can install a plugin: http://monkeyhacks.com/post/sublime-text-3-copy-as-rtf-and-html-with-sublimehighlight http://monkeyhacks.com/post/sublime-text-3-copy-as-rtf-and-h...
clishem 10y ago
This. There's absolutely no formatting, and pictures don't get pulled if I simply copy & paste. E.g. https://ctxt.io/2/AAAAwO8FEw https://ctxt.io/2/AAAAwO8FEw
- kahseng 10y ago
  Which page did you do this on? You might need to use the browser extension for some pages. Some styles do not transfer without it. I can show you what it looks like with my browser extension if you let me know the URL you tried this on?
  - ldjb 10y ago
    Not the person you replied to, but it's this article: http://www.pcgamer.com/why-the-creator-of-dwarf-fortress-is-really-excited-about-boats/ http://www.pcgamer.com/why-the-creator-of-dwarf-fortress-is-... I get similar results when copy&pasting.
    - kahseng 10y ago
      This is how it looks with the extension used: https://ctxt.io/2/AAAA4BMMFw https://ctxt.io/2/AAAA4BMMFw Still needs fixing some image proxying bugs, will work on it, thanks!
subtenante 10y ago
You can paste snapshots / screenshots. With mezer tools, I can do a quick Win S, two clicks, one paste, copy/paste the URL and you get https://ctxt.io/2/AAAA4MNyFw https://ctxt.io/2/AAAA4MNyFw .
jInflux 10y ago
Same for me, copying out of a variety of editors/IDEs and it doesn't retain the font/syntax highlighting at all.
- kahseng 10y ago
  Does your IDE/editor support copying out as rich text? The ones I tried did and it worked. Maybe there's a setting for copying out with styles. If not, this isn't a use case I've primarily worked on yet, but I can try to support it later.
  - wjoe 10y ago
    I can't see any such option in Atom, Sublime, or Eclipse to copy as rich text. To be fair I didn't really expect it to work with automagically copying the syntax highlighting from my IDE, but it made it sound like it could. It's definitely a useful project, and surprising that nothing else like it exists, but may be worth making it clearer that it's designed for rich text, and may or may not work with formatting when pasting for various programs.
    - kahseng 10y ago
      Fair, I think I extrapolated too eagerly. Will think of a solution, including dropping the code use case. Terminal and web based output works at least.
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    - kahseng 10y ago
      Here are some extensions needed for this. Atom: https://atom.io/packages/copy-with-syntax https://atom.io/packages/copy-with-syntax VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=atian25.copy-syntax https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=atian25.... Sublime Text: https://github.com/n1k0/SublimeHighlight https://github.com/n1k0/SublimeHighlight
rodw 10y ago
Here's an example. Using Chrome on OSX I did a quick `select-all` then `copy`, switched to the ctxt.io tab, gave the text area focus then `paste`. I ended up with this - https://ctxt.io/2/AAAAYGAfEw https://ctxt.io/2/AAAAYGAfEw I think "only works if you're copying rich text to begin with" is the kinda the point. (I'm not affiliated with ctxt.io at all, just trying to understand it like you are.)

by gcr 10y ago

kahseng 10y ago

I guess I have to do better on the value proposition. Yes, there are many other of pastebins that work on code or plaintext for syntax highlighting (which might be the use case you're thinking of), but there is virtually no solution that works on rich text. Pasting rich text into any of these solutions wouldn't work, and many times I would love to keep the styles and just make the content readable (e.g. tables, paragraphs, headers, stay the same etc.)

H4CK3RM4N 10y ago
Does Sublime Text's syntax highlighting count as rich text for this?
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]
- Nadya 10y ago
  Not by default. But you can install a plugin: http://monkeyhacks.com/post/sublime-text-3-copy-as-rtf-and-html-with-sublimehighlight http://monkeyhacks.com/post/sublime-text-3-copy-as-rtf-and-h...

clishem 10y ago

This. There's absolutely no formatting, and pictures don't get pulled if I simply copy & paste. E.g. https://ctxt.io/2/AAAAwO8FEw https://ctxt.io/2/AAAAwO8FEw

kahseng 10y ago
Which page did you do this on? You might need to use the browser extension for some pages. Some styles do not transfer without it. I can show you what it looks like with my browser extension if you let me know the URL you tried this on?
- ldjb 10y ago
  Not the person you replied to, but it's this article: http://www.pcgamer.com/why-the-creator-of-dwarf-fortress-is-really-excited-about-boats/ http://www.pcgamer.com/why-the-creator-of-dwarf-fortress-is-... I get similar results when copy&pasting.
  - kahseng 10y ago
    This is how it looks with the extension used: https://ctxt.io/2/AAAA4BMMFw https://ctxt.io/2/AAAA4BMMFw Still needs fixing some image proxying bugs, will work on it, thanks!

subtenante 10y ago

You can paste snapshots / screenshots. With mezer tools, I can do a quick Win S, two clicks, one paste, copy/paste the URL and you get https://ctxt.io/2/AAAA4MNyFw https://ctxt.io/2/AAAA4MNyFw .

jInflux 10y ago

Same for me, copying out of a variety of editors/IDEs and it doesn't retain the font/syntax highlighting at all.

kahseng 10y ago
Does your IDE/editor support copying out as rich text? The ones I tried did and it worked. Maybe there's a setting for copying out with styles. If not, this isn't a use case I've primarily worked on yet, but I can try to support it later.
- wjoe 10y ago
  I can't see any such option in Atom, Sublime, or Eclipse to copy as rich text. To be fair I didn't really expect it to work with automagically copying the syntax highlighting from my IDE, but it made it sound like it could. It's definitely a useful project, and surprising that nothing else like it exists, but may be worth making it clearer that it's designed for rich text, and may or may not work with formatting when pasting for various programs.
  - kahseng 10y ago
    Fair, I think I extrapolated too eagerly. Will think of a solution, including dropping the code use case. Terminal and web based output works at least.
  - deleted 10y ago
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  - kahseng 10y ago
    Here are some extensions needed for this. Atom: https://atom.io/packages/copy-with-syntax https://atom.io/packages/copy-with-syntax VS Code: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=atian25.copy-syntax https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=atian25.... Sublime Text: https://github.com/n1k0/SublimeHighlight https://github.com/n1k0/SublimeHighlight

rodw 10y ago

Here's an example. Using Chrome on OSX I did a quick `select-all` then `copy`, switched to the ctxt.io tab, gave the text area focus then `paste`. I ended up with this - https://ctxt.io/2/AAAAYGAfEw https://ctxt.io/2/AAAAYGAfEw I think "only works if you're copying rich text to begin with" is the kinda the point. (I'm not affiliated with ctxt.io at all, just trying to understand it like you are.)