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Premise The text/plain representation of my HTML5 markup is inequivalent to its CSS3 markup, even in manners which /plain is able to represent, like the amount of line breaks and depth (or even pr...
#5: Post edited
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Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB)
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2025-09-16T10:03:05Z (about 1 year ago)
- #### Premise
When I duplicate the content of a `<blockquote>`, it is indented with a tabulator, even though my linked CSS3 stylesheet does not indent it. Similarly, `<p>`s retain a single line between them even when it is not rendered, and margins that would produce a line between non-`<p>` text lack line breaks between them, rendering them nigh unreadable.- #### Demonstration
- An example is how, in `firefox-142.0`, `firefox 'data:text/html;charset=utf-8,<!DOCTYPE html><html><body><p>Unindented</p><blockquote>Indented</blockquote></body></html>'` becomes:
- ~~~txt
- Unindented
- Indented
- ~~~
- #### Rationale
- I would like my webpage to be as readable as is possible when duplicated into plain text form with <kbd>Control</kbd>. To this end, I've appended colons to `<h[1-6]>` (with ECMAScript). However, I utilise indentation extensively to indicate nested sections. Until [the WHATWG implements an `<indent>` element][1], which would presumably be indented as `<blockquote>` is on paste, I need to manually implement this.
- [1]: https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8751#issuecomment-2676253060
- #### Desire
- Can this be achieved? If so, how?
- #### Premise
- The `text/plain` representation of my HTML5 markup is inequivalent to its CSS3 markup, even in manners which `/plain` is able to represent, like the amount of line breaks and depth (or even presence of) indentation. Specifically:
- 1. When I duplicate the content of a `<blockquote>`, it is indented with a tabulator, even though my linked CSS3 stylesheet does not indent it.
- 1. Similarly, `<p>`s retain a single line between them even when it is not rendered.
- 1. Likewise, margins that would produce a line between non-`<p>` text lack line breaks between them, rendering them nigh unreadable.
- For this question, I care about the indentation. However, if someone is competent enough to generalise to the other problems, I'll be glad for the effort.
- #### Demonstration
- An example is how, in `firefox-142.0`, `firefox 'data:text/html;charset=utf-8,<!DOCTYPE html><html><body><p>Unindented</p><blockquote>Indented</blockquote></body></html>'` becomes:
- ~~~txt
- Unindented
- Indented
- ~~~
- #### Rationale
- I would like my webpage to be as readable as is possible when duplicated into plain text form with <kbd>Control</kbd>. To this end, I've appended colons to `<h[1-6]>` (with ECMAScript). However, I utilise indentation extensively to indicate nested sections. Until [the WHATWG implements an `<indent>` element][1], which would presumably be indented as `<blockquote>` is on paste, I need to manually implement this.
- [1]: https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8751#issuecomment-2676253060
- #### Desire
- Can this be achieved? If so, how?
#4: Post edited
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Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB)
·
2025-09-16T09:46:22Z (about 1 year ago)
- #### Premise
- When I duplicate the content of a `<blockquote>`, it is indented with a tabulator, even though my linked CSS3 stylesheet does not indent it. Similarly, `<p>`s retain a single line between them even when it is not rendered, and margins that would produce a line between non-`<p>` text lack line breaks between them, rendering them nigh unreadable.
- #### Demonstration
- An example is how, in `firefox-142.0`, `firefox 'data:text/html;charset=utf-8,<!DOCTYPE html><html><body><p>Unindented</p><blockquote>Indented</blockquote></body></html>'` becomes:
- ~~~txt
- Unindented
- Indented
- ~~~
- #### Rationale
I would like my webpage to be as readable as is possible when duplicated into plain text form with <kbd>Control</kbd>. To this end, I've appended colons to the text with ECMAScript. However, I utilise indentation extensively to indicate nested sections. Until [the WHATWG implements an `<indent>` element][1], which would presumably be indented as `<blockquote>` is on paste, I need to manually implement this.- [1]: https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8751#issuecomment-2676253060
- #### Desire
- Can this be achieved? If so, how?
- #### Premise
- When I duplicate the content of a `<blockquote>`, it is indented with a tabulator, even though my linked CSS3 stylesheet does not indent it. Similarly, `<p>`s retain a single line between them even when it is not rendered, and margins that would produce a line between non-`<p>` text lack line breaks between them, rendering them nigh unreadable.
- #### Demonstration
- An example is how, in `firefox-142.0`, `firefox 'data:text/html;charset=utf-8,<!DOCTYPE html><html><body><p>Unindented</p><blockquote>Indented</blockquote></body></html>'` becomes:
- ~~~txt
- Unindented
- Indented
- ~~~
- #### Rationale
- I would like my webpage to be as readable as is possible when duplicated into plain text form with <kbd>Control</kbd>. To this end, I've appended colons to `<h[1-6]>` (with ECMAScript). However, I utilise indentation extensively to indicate nested sections. Until [the WHATWG implements an `<indent>` element][1], which would presumably be indented as `<blockquote>` is on paste, I need to manually implement this.
- [1]: https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8751#issuecomment-2676253060
- #### Desire
- Can this be achieved? If so, how?
#3: Post edited
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Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB)
·
2025-08-24T21:32:54Z (about 1 year ago)
Provided an example.
- When I duplicate the content of a `<blockquote>`, it is indented with a tabulator, even though my linked CSS3 stylesheet does not indent it. Similarly, `<p>`s retain a single line between them even when it is not rendered, and margins that would produce a line between non-`<p>` text lack line breaks between them, rendering them nigh unreadable.
- I would like my webpage to be as readable as is possible when duplicated into plain text form with <kbd>Control</kbd>. To this end, I've appended colons to the text with ECMAScript. However, I utilise indentation extensively to indicate nested sections. Until [the WHATWG implements an `<indent>` element][1], which would presumably be indented as `<blockquote>` is on paste, I need to manually implement this.
- [1]: https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8751#issuecomment-2676253060
- Can this be achieved? If so, how?
- #### Premise
- When I duplicate the content of a `<blockquote>`, it is indented with a tabulator, even though my linked CSS3 stylesheet does not indent it. Similarly, `<p>`s retain a single line between them even when it is not rendered, and margins that would produce a line between non-`<p>` text lack line breaks between them, rendering them nigh unreadable.
- #### Demonstration
- An example is how, in `firefox-142.0`, `firefox 'data:text/html;charset=utf-8,<!DOCTYPE html><html><body><p>Unindented</p><blockquote>Indented</blockquote></body></html>'` becomes:
- ~~~txt
- Unindented
- Indented
- ~~~
- #### Rationale
- I would like my webpage to be as readable as is possible when duplicated into plain text form with <kbd>Control</kbd>. To this end, I've appended colons to the text with ECMAScript. However, I utilise indentation extensively to indicate nested sections. Until [the WHATWG implements an `<indent>` element][1], which would presumably be indented as `<blockquote>` is on paste, I need to manually implement this.
- [1]: https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8751#issuecomment-2676253060
- #### Desire
- Can this be achieved? If so, how?
#2: Post edited
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Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB)
·
2025-08-23T22:09:58Z (about 1 year ago)
How to control how text is copied into the clipboard in plain text form?
- How to control how HTML is copied into the clipboard in plain text form?
#1: Initial revision
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Mr. Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart (RJLB)
·
2025-08-23T22:06:11Z (about 1 year ago)
How to control how text is copied into the clipboard in plain text form?
When I duplicate the content of a `<blockquote>`, it is indented with a tabulator, even though my linked CSS3 stylesheet does not indent it. Similarly, `<p>`s retain a single line between them even when it is not rendered, and margins that would produce a line between non-`<p>` text lack line breaks between them, rendering them nigh unreadable. I would like my webpage to be as readable as is possible when duplicated into plain text form with <kbd>Control</kbd>. To this end, I've appended colons to the text with ECMAScript. However, I utilise indentation extensively to indicate nested sections. Until [the WHATWG implements an `<indent>` element][1], which would presumably be indented as `<blockquote>` is on paste, I need to manually implement this. [1]: https://github.com/whatwg/html/issues/8751#issuecomment-2676253060 Can this be achieved? If so, how?