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   Andy Burns to Maria Sophia   
   Re: PSA: HTML fragment mode interaction    
   10 Feb 26 12:46:46   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows   
   From: usenet@andyburns.uk   
      
   Maria Sophia wrote:   
      
   > When you copy text from any Chromium-based application, Apparently Windows   
   > does not just copy plain text. Windows actually puts two versions of the   
   > text on the Windows clipboard:   
   > 1. a normal plain-text version   
   > 2. a hidden HTML-formatted version   
      
   Not uncommon for many apps to make multiple formats avaailable on the   
   clipboard.   
      
   > When we paste that clipboard data into Notepad++, Notepad++ sees the hidden   
   > HTML version and Notepad++ assumes the paste is part of a larger HTML   
   > fragment. That puts Notepad++ into a strange internal state, which is   
   > apparently sometimes called "HTML fragment mode".   
      
   I think notepad++ has a "paste special" command, does that let you pick   
   the plain text version?   
      
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