1urxvt-confirm-paste(1)           RXVT-UNICODE           urxvt-confirm-paste(1)
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NAME

6       confirm-paste - ask for confirmation before pasting control characters
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DESCRIPTION

9       Displays a confirmation dialog when a paste containing control
10       characters is detected. The user can choose "y" to either paste a
11       sanitized variant where all control characters are removed, "p" to
12       paste the string unmodified or "n" to drop the paste request
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15       This is mostly meant as a defense-in-depth mechanism to protect against
16       the common web browser bug of you selecting some text but the browser
17       pasting a completely different text, which has some attack potential.
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19       It can also be useful to prevent you from accidentally pasting large
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22   DETAILS
23       If a string containing unicode control characters (specifically U+0000
24       ..  U+001F currrently) is pasted into the terminal, this extension will
25       ask whether it should be pasted. Strings without control characters get
26       pasted without prompt.
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28       When a sanitized version is pasted (choice "y"), then contiguous
29       sequences of those control characters will be replaced by a single
30       spaces.
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32       The exact detection and sanitization algorithm is subject to change in
33       future versions.
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379.31                              2023-01-03            urxvt-confirm-paste(1)
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