# Nice weird feature on pasting julia\> code

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nice-weird-feature-on-pasting-julia-code/15020>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [September 16, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nice-weird-feature-on-pasting-julia-code/15020 "2018-09-16T15:53:32Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nice-weird-feature-on-pasting-julia-code/15020/22 "2023-04-15T06:41:48Z")

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Above, in the second command, did you type it or did you paste it?

I tried the same thing. If I type it out, it gives the same error but if I paste it, it removes the `julia>` string.

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win10, running cmd within ConEmu [https://conemu.github.io/](https://conemu.github.io/)

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**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nice-weird-feature-on-pasting-julia-code/15020/23 "2023-04-15T17:59:36Z")

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I pasted it.

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**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nice-weird-feature-on-pasting-julia-code/15020/24 "2023-04-15T20:45:56Z")

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> [@kristoffer.carlsson](#):
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> It is only active for `Julia>`.

It looks like customized prompts work too:

```julia
(thermal-model) julia> x = 2
2

(thermal-model) julia> y = 4
4

(thermal-model) julia> # copy & paste

(thermal-model) julia> x = 2
2

(thermal-model) julia> y = 4
4

```

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**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nice-weird-feature-on-pasting-julia-code/15020/25 "2023-04-15T21:13:16Z")

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> [@airpmb](#):
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> It looks like customized prompts work too:

Many things can happen in five years heh.

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**Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nice-weird-feature-on-pasting-julia-code/15020/26 "2023-04-15T21:13:41Z")

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> [@Keno](#):
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> See [bracketed paste in conhost · Issue #395 · microsoft/terminal · GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/395). It should be supported

I think it is turned off in the julia repl code as well.

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**Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/nice-weird-feature-on-pasting-julia-code/15020/27 "2023-04-17T05:47:23Z")

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Might not be what you are looking for but I did a few tests using regular cmd. win10.

The black background is ConEmu while the blue background is the regular cmd.

In ConEmu, inside julia REPL:  
the string `julia> 2+2` when copied pastes as `2+2` using Ctrl+V

In cmd, inside the julia REPL,  
Ctrl+V doesn’t paste anything in the julia REPL Instead I have to use the right click of the mouse & it pastes the entire string `julia> 2+2`

In cmd prompt by itself  
Ctrl+V works and it pastes the string `julia>2+2`

So perhaps something about the way Julia interacts with regular cmd. Hope this helps.

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