Snippets - persist state of "Wait for shell prompt before pasting each line"?

[Larry Azlin]

Because I'm using xonsh, or perhaps because my configuration of shell integration isn't quite right, I need to turn this check-box off every time before I paste a snippet (otherwise, the contents show up twice in the terminal, and I have to press Enter twice to get back to a prompt).  Is there any way for me to configure this to permanently default to off?

iTerm2 3.5.14.  macOS 15.5

[George Nachman]

This is controlled by the advanced setting "Should Advanced Paste automatically enable “Wait for shell prompt before pasting each line” by default when shell integration is detected"

On Jun 22, 2025 at 3:51:35 PM, Larry Azlin <la...@azlin.com> wrote:

Because I'm using xonsh, or perhaps because my configuration of shell integration isn't quite right, I need to turn this check-box off every time before I paste a snippet (otherwise, the contents show up twice in the terminal, and I have to press Enter twice to get back to a prompt).  Is there any way for me to configure this to permanently default to off?

iTerm2 3.5.14.  macOS 15.5

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[Larry Azlin]

Thanks.  I've done that now, and the checkbox does stay off.  And if I hit the paste button from that dialog, it works great.  However, if I double-click the snippet, I'm still getting extra lines and have to press Enter twice.

Here's the snippet, pasted correctly:

def allPi():

   for Pi in $ALLPI.split( ' ' ):
       doit( Pi )

and here's what I get when I double-click the snippet:

def allPi():
    for Pi in $ALLPI.split( ' ' ):
       doit( Pi )

    for Pi in $ALLPI.split( ' ' ):

       doit( Pi )

[George Nachman]

Can you send me a debug log that reproduces the double click issue? I’m not getting it locally, but maybe I’m doing something different. Instructions are here: https://iterm2.com/debuglog

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[Larry Azlin]

attached.   Thanks for the help!

Cheers!

Larry

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[George Nachman]

The logic is that if shell integration was ever used in a session and you are not presently at a command prompt, then “wait for shell prompt before pasting each line” will be on by default.

You can make it default to off by toggling Settings > Advanced > Should Advanced Paste automatically enable “Wait for shell prompt before pasting each line” by default when shell integration is detected?

On Jun 22, 2025 at 3:51:35 PM, Larry Azlin <la...@azlin.com> wrote:

Because I'm using xonsh, or perhaps because my configuration of shell integration isn't quite right, I need to turn this check-box off every time before I paste a snippet (otherwise, the contents show up twice in the terminal, and I have to press Enter twice to get back to a prompt).  Is there any way for me to configure this to permanently default to off?

iTerm2 3.5.14.  macOS 15.5

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