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Simulated pasting - Annoying login window that doesn't allow you to paste your 128-char long password? dfwp to the rescue!
https://github.com/tddschn/dont-fuck-with-paste

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Simulated pasting - Annoying login window that doesn't allow you to paste your 128-char long password? dfwp to the rescue!

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# dont-fuck-with-paste

Annoying login window that doesn't allow you to paste your 128-char long password?
`dfwp` to the rescue!

`dfwp` uses `keyboard.write()` to simulate pasting.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3bbf4ec0-981d-42ed-ae7b-f17d9c664d12

Demo: using `dfwp` to deal with trading software's unpastable login text fields.

- [dont-fuck-with-paste](#dont-fuck-with-paste)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [pipx](#pipx)
- [pip](#pip)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [On the Command Line](#on-the-command-line)
- [Invoking `dfwp` without A Terminal](#invoking-dfwp-without-a-terminal)
- [Develop](#develop)
- [Credits](#credits)

## Installation

Requires Python>=3.10, <4.0.

### pipx

This is the recommended installation method.

```
$ pipx install dont-fuck-with-paste
```

### [pip](https://pypi.org/project/dont-fuck-with-paste/)

```
$ pip install dont-fuck-with-paste
```

## Usage

### On the Command Line

Either `dfwp` or `dont-fuck-with-paste` works.

```plain
$ dfwp -h

usage: dfwp [-h] [-t TEXT] [-S] [-V]

Uses keyboard.write() to simulate pasting

options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t TEXT, --text TEXT Text to simulate pasting, uses copied text if not provided (default: None)
-S, --no-strip Do not strip leading/trailing whitespace (default: False)
-V, --version show program's version number and exit
```

### Invoking `dfwp` without A Terminal

You can install the tool using `pipx install dont-fuck-with-paste` and use software like Alfred / Keyboard Maestro / Raycast to invoke the simulated pasting by running `dfwp` or `~/.local/bin/dfwp` with a keyboard shortcut or keyword.

## Develop

```
$ git clone https://github.com/tddschn/dont-fuck-with-paste.git
$ cd dont-fuck-with-paste
$ poetry install
```

## Credits

The naming was inspired by a browser extension with a similar name.