Whenever I paste from ChatGPT or Apple Mail etc… I end up with an extra line in between each line of text. That generally messes up the formatting especially with ChatGPT as it puts markdown on the clipboard, often with tables, that then doesn’t display correctly without a lot of reformatting.
Is there an easy solution to this?
These source apps are probably putting HTML in the clipboard, not just plain text. By default, Drafts will run HTML in the clipboard through conversion to Markdown.
Depending on the HTML source, that can have mixed benefits. It will maintain bold/italics/lists and other formatting – but often the source HTML has extra paragraph and other block elements that can result in spacing like you describe.
If this is a common use case for you, you can simply disable the HTML to Markdown conversion option (in Settings > HTML), or you can “Paste as Plain Text” - either via the Edit > Paste as Plain Text command on Mac, or using an action on iOS.
More details on the feature in this User Guide article:
If on Mac or using an external keyboard, try using Shift-Option-Command-V to paste as plain text.