This extension removes new lines and hyphens at the end of the line. It is especially helpful for processing text from pdfs.
# popclip
name: remove newlines and end-of-line hyphens
icon: strike symbol:return
javascript: |
const text = popclip.input.text;
popclip.pasteText(text.replace(/-\r?\n/g, '').replace(/\r?\n/g, ' '));
(The above block is an extension snippet – select it to install the extension with PopClip)
Before:
Though an oft-repeated zom-
bie statistic posits that as many as 10% of
children are fathered outside of marriage,
he has found that over the past 500 years,
the rate in Europe is much closer to 1%.
(Source: pdf version of https://www.science.org/content/article/how-often-are-children-genetically-unrelated-their-presumed-fathers)
After:
Though an oft-repeated zombie statistic posits that as many as 10% of children are fathered outside of marriage, he has found that over the past 500 years, the rate in Europe is much closer to 1%.
The icon from Apple’s SF symbols requires macOS Ventura or later. You can replace it with a return icon from Iconify by using e.g. icon: iconify:material-symbols:keyboard-return-rounded.