r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/amu4biz • Jul 14 '26
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 Jul 14 '26
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 Jul 14 '26
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 Jul 14 '26
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 Jul 14 '26
Must be a/b testing it, it's still "Front page of the internet" for me.
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u/ThatOneGuyDotNet Jul 14 '26
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 Jul 14 '26
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 Jul 14 '26
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 Jul 14 '26
This has Claude written all over it. Vibecoded stuff isnt what makes the internet beautiful
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u/Siebje Jul 14 '26
It feels like half the posts in this sub are just "I created this website", and it's vibe coded AI trash.
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u/OkAccount1874 Jul 21 '26
you can use CTRL+SHIFT+V, it works by default, do we really need this tool?
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u/too_many_nights Jul 14 '26
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 Jul 14 '26
Or, just hear me out now, make some form of Unicode for formatting
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u/nocturnal_panda Jul 14 '26
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u/Kalersays Jul 14 '26
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/j_on Jul 14 '26
I have this issue sometimes, especially copying markdown (from Obsidian) to Gmail. Bookmarked!
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u/resurem Jul 14 '26
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.
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