Sep 05, '07 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: mistersquid
try
set the clipboard to string of (the clipboard as record)
on error errMsg
display dialog errMsg
end try
Turn it into a run-only AppleScript, bind that AppleScript to a keyboard shorcut with a utility like Keyboard Maestro (my personal favorite), and never look back again. Note that the code above is adapted from the script "clip2pure_text" found at the bottom of this blog post.
[robg adds: In the comments to this older hint, an alternative method was provided -- just do a pbpaste | pbcopy, if you happen to be working in Terminal when you need this done.]
