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Feature request: Pasting with OSC 52 (for e.g. terminal-based editors) #9479

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Feature request: Pasting with OSC 52 (for e.g. terminal-based editors)#9479
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Area-SettingsIssues related to settings and customizability, for console or terminalArea-TerminalControlIssues pertaining to the terminal control (input, selection, keybindings, mouse interaction, etc.)Help WantedWe encourage anyone to jump in on these.Issue-TaskIt's a feature request, but it doesn't really need a major design.Product-TerminalThe new Windows Terminal.
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opened on Mar 13, 2021

Related: #2946, #5823

It seems like a decision was made not to support pasting due to security concerns. This is understandable of course, but considering there are editors (such as micro) that actually use this functionality, it's also a bit disappointing.

Perhaps a middle ground would be to have the support but require the user to opt in in Windows Terminal settings?

FWIW, > help copypaste in micro gives this useful info:

* Kitty: supported, but only writing is enabled by default. To enable
  reading, add `read-primary` and `read-clipboard` to the
  `clipboard_control` option.

* iTerm2: only copying (writing to clipboard) is supported. Must be enabled in
  `Preferences->General-> Selection->Applications in terminal may access clipboard`.
  You can use Command-v to paste.

* `st`: supported.

* `rxvt-unicode`: not natively supported, but there is a Perl extension
   [here](http://anti.teamidiot.de/static/nei/*/Code/urxvt/).

* `xterm`: supported, but disabled by default. It can be enabled by putting
   the following in `.Xresources` or `.Xdefaults`:
   `XTerm*disallowedWindowOps: 20,21,SetXprop`.

* `gnome-terminal`: does not support OSC 52.

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