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Feature-request: copy-as-rtf, copy-selection-as-rtf
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- JavaScript
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Description
Support copy sketch (or selection) to allow pasting into other documents with syntax highlighting, etc.
This is a really common task for teachers: code an example, paste it into a powerpoint or keynote doc...
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the editor's existing copy behavior for a whole sketch and for a selection. Determine how copied code can preserve syntax highlighting when pasted into PowerPoint or Keynote, and consider both requested cases done when they paste as formatted code into other documents.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100