# New lines change when pasting and copying

**URL:** https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/new-lines-change-when-pasting-and-copying/2157
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**Created:** [August 20, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/new-lines-change-when-pasting-and-copying/2157 "2019-08-20T19:08:42Z")
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### Author: ![mustafa0x](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/user_avatar/discuss.prosemirror.net/mustafa0x/32/1045_2.png) [@mustafa0x](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/u/mustafa0x)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.prosemirror.net/t/new-lines-change-when-pasting-and-copying/2157/3 "2019-08-21T08:08:40Z")

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Shouldn’t ProseMirror detect that plain text is coming in, and replace new lines with paragraphs as expected? I’ve tested with a few other popular editors and that seems to be the common behavior.

Also, an issue exists when copying from a rich text editor, as noted above.

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