[PLUG] question on linux formatting tool

[Ben Koenig]

On Monday, February 3rd, 2025 at 4:52 PM, American Citizen <website.reader3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Occasionally I post to Facebook, but everytime I drop in text, for
> example, from LibreOffice, instantly the bold formats, colored text, are
> all removed and bland text results. Does anyone know what linux UTF-8
> editor will work, such that edited text can be copied from the mouse and
> dropped straight into the Facebook post?
> 
> I have tried some but so far have failed 100%. The only one which worked
> was some online tool, and I had to copy the converted text. Needless to
> say, I don't want my information being copied by some online site and
> sent to digital archives around the world.
> 
> Does anyone know an editor which will work? I tried SeaMonkey, but
> dropping the formatted text did not work, everything format was cleansed
> and only bland text was left in the post.

The standard keyboard shortcut for this is CTRL+SHIFT+h. Usually called something like "paste with formatting". Libreoffice has a "paste special" submenu in Edit.

This typically works in all applications if the text area supports formatting. ctrl+v to paste the text. ctrl+shift+v to paste the copied text and all additional formatting.

I'm not sure if this is dependent on the DE or if it's tied into some sort of X clipboard feature. YMMV

Also works in windows and mac. Not sure who came up with that particular feature. 
-Ben