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DESCRIPTION
Plain Clip is a faceless application (no GUI) that removes text formatting from styled text which is on the clipboard and which can perform additional text cleaning.

Plain Clip is optimized to be triggered from hotkey / launcher applications such as Spark, LaunchBar or QuickSilver.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.1.1:
  • Removal of whitespace at end of lines is more reliable.
  • Removes another invisible control character that was not stripped in previous versions
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

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Developer:Carsten Blüm
Downloads:6,110
  - Version d/l:733
Business:Word Processing
License:Free
Date:01 Oct 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
RATING
*****
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May 21 2009

RIP0FF  Works fast ! The better thing would be to make it a service, as I don't want to install Spark on my machine for just one function.   
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
+1
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May 21 2009

MAKAI  Same sentiment here. Esp. since version 2 I think that integration with a hot-key launcher has much more complicated.  
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
+1
May 22 2009

CALIXTUS  It's not more complicated than with version 1: tell your favourite hotkey utility to launch Plain Clip, and that's it.

Only if you need different shortcuts for different types of text cleaning (for instance, one which will only remove formatting and another one that will additionally remove trailing whitespace, control characters and line breaks) you have to deal with calling the shell script.  
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
0
Aug 22 2009

DOOBIEXX  ThisService is the answer. Go to iusethis.com and check it out there. It will turn any script,Truly I mean any script, i.e. bash, applescript, python, etc... etc... up to the "more" serious languages like C.  
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
0

May 20 2009

TICE  If you want to make it quick, use Freeware Spark (Shortcut app) and this AppleScript:

try

set the clipboard to string of (the clipboard as record)

on error errMsg

display dialog errMsg

end try  
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
0
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May 20 2009
*****

SCHMELDING  Plain Clip, will you marry me?  
(Version 2.1)

praisebury
+2
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Feb 6 2009

DARTH BROOKS  Version 2.0 launches then quits a second later (observed in Activity Monitor, 10.4.11 PPC).  
(Version 2.0)

praisebury
-1
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May 11 2009

ROGER KATZ  It is apparently supposed to do just that. I opened it, and it automatically quit - but it didn't quit until AFTER it cleaned the text on the Clipboard. (MaxOS 10.5.6)  
(Version 2.0)

praisebury
+1

Mar 27 2008
*****

SCHOSCHIE  Indispensable.  
(Version 1.0.6)

praisebury
+1
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May 21 2006
*****

JAZZADDICT  Works just as it says. Very useful. Saves me a lot of time!  
(Version 1.0.6)

praisebury
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Aug 20 2004
*****

RHYTHMICUS  A very useful little freeware app!  
(Version 1.0.5)

praisebury
+1
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Aug 19 2004
*****

THEL  In a word —> *YES!!!!*

[insert MacHead ::::happy dance:::: here.............] (-:  
(Version 1.0.5)

praisebury
+1
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