I am using openbox as my window manager. When I copy and paste using Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v from one application into another, it transfers the text formatting together with the text.

I have to use plaintext editor in between, so that the formatting is lost.

This is pure evil. I assume this was invented by the same people who gave us CapsLock and NumLock, just to drive people crazy and waste millions of man-hours yearly.

Anyway, how can I disable this in openbox?

I am aware of this post, but I am not sure how to integrate the suggested solution in my situation.

I don't use any external clipboard program, I don't have xclip or xsel installed. I assume the copy/paste functionality is native to openbox?

I am using openbox as my window manager. When I copy and paste using Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v from one application into another, it transfers the text formatting together with the text.

I have to use plaintext editor in between, so that the formatting is lost.

This is pure evil. I assume this was invented by the same people who gave us CapsLock and NumLock, just to drive people crazy and waste millions of man-hours yearly.

Anyway, how can I disable this in openbox?

I am aware of this post, but I am not sure how to integrate the suggested solution in my situation.

I don't use any external clipboard program, I don't have xclip or xsel installed. I assume the copy/paste functionality is native to openbox?

UPDATE:

as I explained in the comments, this happens for example when copying from chromium and pasting into firefox. Using Ctrl+Shift+v does seem to work, and pastes text without formatting. However, it is another extra step i need to remember. I have Ctrl+v ingrained in my muscle memory. is it possible to re-define the key shortcut, so that Ctrl+v acts as if i used Ctrl+Shift+v ?

I am using openbox as my window manager. When I copy and paste using Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v from one application into another, it transfers the text formatting together with the text.

I have to use plaintext editor in between, so that the formatting is lost.

This is pure evil. I assume this was invented by the same sadistical people who gave us CapsLock and NumLock, just to drive people crazy and waste millions of man-hours yearly.

Anyway, how can I disable this in openbox?

I am aware of this post, but I am not sure how to integrate the suggested solution in my situation.

I don't use any external clipboard program, I don't have xclip or xsel installed. I assume the copy/paste functionality is native to openbox?

I am using openbox as my window manager. When I copy and paste using Ctrl+c and Ctrl+v from one application into another, it transfers the text formatting together with the text.

I have to use plaintext editor in between, so that the formatting is lost.

This is pure evil. I assume this was invented by the same people who gave us CapsLock and NumLock, just to drive people crazy and waste millions of man-hours yearly.

Anyway, how can I disable this in openbox?

I am aware of this post, but I am not sure how to integrate the suggested solution in my situation.

I don't use any external clipboard program, I don't have xclip or xsel installed. I assume the copy/paste functionality is native to openbox?