Paste Rules

Limitations

The plugin only works with the standard pasting (cmd/ctrl + v) shortcut, and not with the p operator in vim. (Pasting with cmd/ctrl + v in normal or insert mode does work though.)
To avoid conflicts with Plugins like Auto Link Title or Paste URL into Selection, will not be triggered when an URL is detected in the clipboard.
On mobile, in order to paste the URL, ensure you perform the Tap and Hold -> Paste action to paste into your document and use the paste rules.
When doing a multicursor multiline paste, the cursors will stay where they were after pasting the values instead of moving to the end of the pasted value

Add Blockquote Indentation on Paste

Alias: add-blockquote-indentation-on-paste

Adds blockquotes to all but the first line, when the cursor is in a blockquote/callout line during pasting

Examples

Line being pasted into regular text does not get blockquotified with current line being `Part 1 of the sentence`

Before:

was much less likely to succeed, but they tried it anyway.
Part 2 was much more interesting.

After:

was much less likely to succeed, but they tried it anyway.
Part 2 was much more interesting.

Line being pasted into a blockquote gets blockquotified with current line being `> > `

Before:

This content is being added to a blockquote
Note that the second line is indented and the surrounding blank lines were trimmed

After:

This content is being added to a blockquote
> > Note that the second line is indented and the surrounding blank lines were trimmed

Prevent Double Checklist Indicator on Paste

Alias: prevent-double-checklist-indicator-on-paste

Removes starting checklist indicator from the text to paste if the line the cursor is on in the file has a checklist indicator

Examples

Line being pasted is left alone when current line has no checklist indicator in it: `Regular text here`

Before:

- [ ] Checklist item being pasted

After:

- [ ] Checklist item being pasted

Line being pasted into a blockquote without a checklist indicator is left alone when it lacks a checklist indicator: `> > `

Before:

- [ ] Checklist item contents here
More content here

After:

- [ ] Checklist item contents here
More content here

Line being pasted into a blockquote with a checklist indicator has its checklist indicator removed when current line is: `> - [x] `

Before:

- [ ] Checklist item contents here
More content here

After:

Checklist item contents here
More content here

Line being pasted with a checklist indicator has its checklist indicator removed when current line is: `- [ ] `

Before:

- [x] Checklist item 1
- [ ] Checklist item 2

After:

Checklist item 1
- [ ] Checklist item 2

Line being pasted as a checklist indicator has its checklist indicator removed when current line is: `- [!] `

Before:

- [x] Checklist item 1
- [ ] Checklist item 2

After:

Checklist item 1
- [ ] Checklist item 2

When pasting a checklist and the selected text starts with a checklist, the text to paste should still start with a checklist

Before:

- [x] Checklist item 1
- [ ] Checklist item 2

After:

- [x] Checklist item 1
- [ ] Checklist item 2

Prevent Double List Item Indicator on Paste

Alias: prevent-double-list-item-indicator-on-paste

Removes starting list indicator from the text to paste if the line the cursor is on in the file has a list indicator

Examples

Line being pasted is left alone when current line has no list indicator in it: `Regular text here`

Before:

- List item being pasted

After:

- List item being pasted

Line being pasted into a blockquote without a list indicator is left alone when it lacks a list indicator: `> > `

Before:

* List item contents here
More content here

After:

* List item contents here
More content here

Line being pasted into a blockquote with a list indicator is has its list indicator removed when current line is: `> * `

Before:

+ List item contents here
More content here

After:

List item contents here
More content here

Line being pasted with a list indicator is has its list indicator removed when current line is: `+ `

Before:

- List item 1
- List item 2

After:

List item 1
- List item 2

When pasting a list item and the selected text starts with a list item indicator, the text to paste should still start with a list item indicator

Before:

- List item 1
- List item 2

After:

- List item 1
- List item 2

Proper Ellipsis on Paste

Alias: proper-ellipsis-on-paste

Replaces three consecutive dots with an ellipsis even if they have a space between them in the text to paste

Examples

Replacing three consecutive dots with an ellipsis even if spaces are present

Before:

Lorem (...) Impsum.
Lorem (. ..) Impsum.
Lorem (. . .) Impsum.

After:

Lorem (…) Impsum.
Lorem (…) Impsum.
Lorem (…) Impsum.

Remove Hyphens on Paste

Alias: remove-hyphens-on-paste

Removes hyphens from the text to paste

Examples

Remove hyphen in content to paste

Before:

Text that was cool but hyper-
tension made it uncool.

After:

Text that was cool but hypertension made it uncool.

Remove Leading or Trailing Whitespace on Paste

Alias: remove-leading-or-trailing-whitespace-on-paste

Removes any leading non-tab whitespace and all trailing whitespace for the text to paste

Examples

Removes leading spaces and newline characters

Before:

         This text was really indented

After:

This text was really indented

Leaves leading tabs alone

Before:

        This text is really indented

After:

        This text is really indented

Remove Leftover Footnotes from Quote on Paste

Alias: remove-leftover-footnotes-from-quote-on-paste

Removes any leftover footnote references for the text to paste

Examples

Footnote reference removed

Before:

He was sure that he would get off without doing any time, but the cops had other plans.50

_Note that the format for footnote references to remove is a dot or comma followed by any number of digits_

After:

He was sure that he would get off without doing any time, but the cops had other plans

_Note that the format for footnote references to remove is a dot or comma followed by any number of digits_

Footnote reference removal does not affect links

Before:

[[Half is .5]]
[Half is .5](HalfIs.5.md)
![](HalfIs.5.jpg)
![[Half is .5.jpg]]

After:

[[Half is .5]]
[Half is .5](HalfIs.5.md)
![](HalfIs.5.jpg)
![[Half is .5.jpg]]

Remove Multiple Blank Lines on Paste

Alias: remove-multiple-blank-lines-on-paste

Condenses multiple blank lines down into one blank line for the text to paste

Examples

Multiple blanks lines condensed down to one

Before:

Here is the first line.




Here is some more text.

After:

Here is the first line.

Here is some more text.

Text with only one blank line in a row is left alone

Before:

First line.

Last line.

After:

First line.

Last line.