@kmiyh/pi-full-text-paste

@kmiyh/pi-full-text-paste is a Pi extension that keeps pasted text as full editor text.

By default, Pi may collapse large pastes into markers like [paste #1 +123 lines]. This extension disables that behavior and keeps the full pasted content directly in the input editor.

What it does

• inserts large pasted text as full text
• prevents [paste #...] placeholders for big text pastes
• works with normal terminal paste / bracketed paste
• handles common paste shortcuts
• preserves Pi image paste: if the clipboard contains an image, the image paste wins

Installation

pi install npm:@kmiyh/pi-full-text-paste

Keyboard shortcuts

| System | Use | |---------|---------------------------------------------| | macOS | ⌘V or Ctrl+V | | Windows | Ctrl+V, Ctrl+Shift+V, or Alt+V | | Linux | Ctrl+V, Ctrl+Shift+V, or Shift+Insert |

Notes:

• On macOS, ⌘V usually reaches Pi as a normal terminal paste event, not as a raw keybinding.
• The extension also recognizes raw shortcuts Pi receives: Ctrl+V, Alt+V, Ctrl+Shift+V, Shift+Insert.

How it works

The extension replaces Pi's default editor with a custom editor and changes paste handling in two places:

1. Terminal paste: when the terminal sends pasted text, the extension inserts the full text instead of collapsing it.
2. Clipboard shortcut paste: when Pi receives a supported paste shortcut, the extension checks the clipboard.

Priority is:

• image in clipboard → use Pi's normal image paste
• text in clipboard → insert full text

Limitations

• affects only the interactive TUI editor
• true low-level Command+V interception is not generally possible inside terminal apps on macOS
• if a terminal does not support normal paste events and does not pass through a supported paste shortcut, behavior may depend on that terminal
• if the clipboard contains both image and text, image is preferred for raw shortcut paste

Local development

npm install
npm run typecheck
pi -e ./src/index.ts

License

MIT