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		m463 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unified Grid: How we re-architected Slack for our ... My problem is that copy/paste strips out the newlines. So copy this: `line1 line2 line3` and paste into the input box becomes: > line1line2line3 (browser slack on macos)

eddyg 11 months ago [–]

Does “Paste and Match Style” (cmd-shift-V) work? I use this key combo (or the alternative binding, cmd-option-shift-V) all the time in various apps to paste more “directly”.

m463 11 months ago | [–]

actually, some pastes give no text. Then you try paste and match style and get the text... with no newlines. sigh.

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