I use Plain Clip (http://www.bluem.net/en/mac/plain-clip/ http://www.bluem.net/en/mac/plain-clip/) for this. It also gives you optional text processing steps (e

I use Plain Clip (http://www.bluem.net/en/mac/plain-clip/ http://www.bluem.net/en/mac/plain-clip/) for this. It also gives you optional text processing steps (e.g., remove all trailing whitespace) which are super useful.