Show HN: I built a clipboard tool to strip/keep specific formatting like Italics

Re:Show HN: I built a clipboard tool to strip/keep specific ... by frizlab on Friday January 02, 2026 @08:42AM (#46464653)

> AI-generated artifacts (like "smart quotes" or em-dashes)

I write from the keyboard using “smart quotes…” It’s so much more beautiful.

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Re:Show HN: I built a clipboard tool to strip/keep specific ... by thrownato on Friday January 02, 2026 @09:39AM (#46465177)

Smart quotes should work like ligatures rather than being special characters.

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Re:Show HN: I built a clipboard tool to strip/keep specific ... by EvaWorld9 on Friday January 02, 2026 @08:55AM (#46464751)

Totally agree for prose. The headache is that AI often generates code with those smart quotes, which causes immediate syntax errors in compilers.

That’s why I made it a toggleable rule: keep them for writing, but swap them automatically when you need valid code.

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