From 49d86855ce6c5c0df785dc5f4b786707d650a83c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Douglas <32344964+NotTheDr01ds@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:15:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes `clip copy` stripping control characters when
 de-ansifying (#15428)

Fixes #15414 by changing the method used to de-ansi-fy the input. Control characters will now be kept when using `clip copy`, but ANSI escape codes will be removed (when not using `--ansi (-a)`)
---
 crates/nu-std/std-rfc/clip/mod.nu | 16 ++++------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/nu-std/std-rfc/clip/mod.nu b/crates/nu-std/std-rfc/clip/mod.nu
index 60e8d0fefe..44cc4cbaa1 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/std-rfc/clip/mod.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/std-rfc/clip/mod.nu
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ export def copy [
   --ansi (-a)                 # Copy ansi formatting
 ]: any -> nothing {
   let input = $in | collect
+  if not $ansi {
+    $env.config.use_ansi_coloring = false
+  }
   let text = match ($input | describe -d | get type) {
     $type if $type in [ table, record, list ] => {
       $input | table -e
@@ -18,18 +21,7 @@ export def copy [
     _ => {$input}
   }
 
-  let do_strip_ansi = match $ansi {
-    true  => {{||}}
-    false => {{|| ansi strip }}
-  }
-
-  let output = (
-    $text
-    | do $do_strip_ansi
-    | encode base64
-  )
-
-	print -n $'(ansi osc)52;c;($output)(ansi st)'
+  print -n $'(ansi osc)52;c;($text | encode base64)(ansi st)'
 }
 
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