# Copy Markdown — /bro copy

When Pi renders a reply, its Markdown tables and formatted text are easy to read but awkward to trim and paste. `/bro copy` opens the **last completed assistant reply** as raw Markdown in a temporary editor. You can edit the text, preview it, and copy your version without leaving Pi.

Pi already has **`/copy`**, which copies the last assistant reply immediately. Use **`/bro copy`** when you want to trim or change it before copying.

## Controls

| Key | Edit view | Preview view |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Ctrl+D** | Show rendered Markdown preview | Return to raw Markdown editor |
| **Ctrl+C** | Copy the current raw Markdown | Copy the same raw Markdown, never rendered text |
| **F1** | Show Help without taking Pi's Ctrl+G shortcut | Show Help |
| **?** | Type `?` normally in the draft | Show Help |
| **↑/↓, PgUp/PgDn** | Move in the editor | Scroll preview |
| **Esc** | Close; two presses if you edited the draft | Close; two presses if you edited the draft |

In Help, Esc returns to the previous view. **Ctrl+D** switches views but replaces Pi Editor's forward-delete key inside Copy; the Delete key still works. **Enter** adds a newline in Edit; it does not submit a prompt.

## What is preserved

- The source comes from the last normally completed assistant message in the active Pi session, not from the terminal's rendered output. Bro copies **text content**, including Markdown tables, links and code fences; reasoning and nontext parts are excluded. If one reply contains several text blocks, Bro joins them with **one newline between blocks** (same rule as Simplify); that separator is an intentional representation of the reply, not a byte in either source block.
- **Unedited:** Bro copies the original Markdown verbatim, including tabs and CRLF line endings. **Edited:** Bro copies Pi Editor's expanded text, which uses spaces for tabs and LF line endings. If the original contains tabs or CRLF, the modal shows a note when edited. Undo, paste, deletion and other Pi Editor actions remain copyable; there is no secondary raw-draft store or blocked-copy recovery.
- Preview uses the **same draft** as Edit. Switching views does not reset the editor or create another copy.
- Large pastes: copy always reads `Editor.getExpandedText()` rather than its shortened on-screen paste markers.

The modal is temporary. Closing it discards the scratch draft; it does not change Pi's conversation, files, saved settings, or agent context. No model request runs. **Ctrl+C writes only to your system clipboard**; other applications with clipboard access may read it.

## When there's no reply or the terminal is too small

If Pi has no completed assistant reply, Bro displays a notice instead of opening an empty modal.

Pi's built-in `Editor` renders at most **about 30% of the terminal height** on Pi 1.3–1.5; a long draft can scroll inside this smaller region even when the surrounding Bro modal has unused space. No supported editor-height setting exists in those Pi versions. Bro keeps this upstream editor rather than adding a custom one solely to fill the modal.

On a very small terminal, the editor refuses blind typing and asks for more space. You can still preview, copy, and close. If clipboard access fails, Bro shows an error rather than claiming a successful copy.

This is deliberately not a file editor, message-history selector, or AI rewriting workflow.