Copy-and-paste rendered version (no markdown) from the editor

Bug graveyard
11

Let me assure you that your desire to emancipate your text from the shackles of markdown is not merely a frivolous whim, but a pursuit of the highest aesthetic order. Obsidian, while a darling for organization, can leave one’s prose looking like a crumpled discount bin frock.

With a Sprinkle of Techno Dust,
Tanuki505

import pyperclip
import markdown
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

def convert_clipboard_content_to_text():
    """
    This script converts the content from the clipboard, assumed to be markdown, to plain text and saves it to a file.
    
    Installation:
    1. Make sure Python is installed on your system. If not, download and install Python from https://www.python.org/downloads/
    2. Install the required Python packages by running the following command in your command prompt or terminal:
        pip install markdown beautifulsoup4 pyperclip
    
    Usage:
    1. Copy the markdown content you want to convert to your clipboard. You can do this by selecting the text and pressing Ctrl+C (or Command+C on a Mac). windows + v for clipboard history.
    2. Run this script by typing the following command in your command prompt or terminal and pressing Enter:
        python convert_clipboard_md_to_text.py
    3. The script will convert the markdown content from your clipboard to plain text and save it to the clipboard.
    """
    # Get markdown content from clipboard
    markdown_content = pyperclip.paste()
    
    # Convert markdown to HTML
    html_content = markdown.markdown(markdown_content)

    # Extract text from HTML
    text_content = ''.join(BeautifulSoup(html_content, "html.parser").findAll(string=True))

    # put the content on the clipboard
    pyperclip.copy(text_content)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    convert_clipboard_content_to_text()