From 1c781bab76c7db6f4b7a9250075857e177d341d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gelin Luo <greenlaw110@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 09:15:19 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix #28: allow paste a string directly through API call

---
 src/Editor.js | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Editor.js b/src/Editor.js
index 384ca21..f79d135 100644
--- a/src/Editor.js
+++ b/src/Editor.js
@@ -289,11 +289,15 @@ Editor.prototype.paste = function(evt){
     self.selMgr.setRange(start, start);
     self.changed();
   }
+  
+  var insert = typeof evt == 'string';
+  
+  if(insert || evt.clipboardData){
+    if (!insert) {
+      evt.preventDefault();
+    }
 
-  if(evt.clipboardData){
-    evt.preventDefault();
-
-    var pasted = evt.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
+    var pasted = insert ? evt : evt.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
 
     this.apply({
       add: pasted,
@@ -310,4 +314,5 @@ Editor.prototype.paste = function(evt){
       applyPasted(self.getText().slice(start, newEnd));
     }, 0);
   }
+
 };