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by marcosdumay 1498 days ago
That's why the option exists. But a vast majority of the cases, it's harmful, not helpful, so it shouldn't be the default.
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Oh, definitely. Folks that say there isn't a frequent use case for format pasting are simply working under different conditions. But while I use it frequently, it's probably more common for me to just want plain text and I would prefer that to be the default.