Conemu: make multiline ctrl+v paste behaviour default to keep UX consistency

Created on 22 Apr 2018  路  8Comments  路  Source: Maximus5/ConEmu

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ConEmu build: 180418 preview x64
OS version: Windows 10 1709 x64
Used shell version (Far Manager, git-bash, cmd, powershell, cygwin, whatever): bash on windows

Problem description

Pasting multiline text with ctrl+v is now set to "one line paste" and this is UX inconsistency.

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also, many times (after recent updates which this option was added) I pasted configs (nano in an ssh session) and multiline commands from a tutorial (e.g. apt update \n apt install nginx ) and the fact that the multiline command became one line drove me crazy. for a 10 line config file I needed to copy and paste each line and that's not how copying and pasting should work.
also about safety, I think the fact that ConEmu warns me when I'm pasting a multiline text makes it safe enough.

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But it is safe.

In most cases you use paste to execute some commands in the prompt. So, by Ctrl+V you get the command pasted and it's ready to be executed by explicit Enter.

I often paste multiple commands from e.g. a PowerShell script. Just saying.

also, many times (after recent updates which this option was added) I pasted configs (nano in an ssh session) and multiline commands from a tutorial (e.g. apt update \n apt install nginx ) and the fact that the multiline command became one line drove me crazy. for a 10 line config file I needed to copy and paste each line and that's not how copying and pasting should work.
also about safety, I think the fact that ConEmu warns me when I'm pasting a multiline text makes it safe enough.

BTW, Shift+Ins does multiline paste by default

I've seen the settings. What I'm saying is I expect Ctrl + V to work the same everywhere including ConEmu and it did until recently. And this different behavior is a bad UX.

P.S. Instead of Shift+Ins you could've mentioned that I can change this behavior in the settings page (I did the minute I found out it was there)
Also you can switch these: Shift+Ins for one-line past and Ctrl+V for the natural behavior.

You've asked about default Ctrl+V behavior (options for the fresh installation). So I didn't mention any option.

thanks :) but please think about my argument about Ctrl + V consistent behavior.

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