2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/reline/general_io.rb b/lib/reline/general_io.rb
index 3b40888bed..01a592e038 100644
--- a/lib/reline/general_io.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/general_io.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 require 'timeout'
 
 class Reline::GeneralIO
+  def self.reset
+    @@pasting = false
+  end
+
   def self.encoding
     RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin|mingw/ ? Encoding::UTF_8 : Encoding::default_external
   end
@@ -67,8 +71,18 @@ class Reline::GeneralIO
   def self.set_winch_handler(&handler)
   end
 
+  @@pasting = false
+
   def self.in_pasting?
-    false
+    @@pasting
+  end
+
+  def self.start_pasting
+    @@pasting = true
+  end
+
+  def self.finish_pasting
+    @@pasting = false
   end
 
   def self.prep
diff --git a/lib/reline/line_editor.rb b/lib/reline/line_editor.rb
index f9ef980cf4..10ce208e93 100644
--- a/lib/reline/line_editor.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/line_editor.rb
@@ -1161,6 +1161,8 @@ class Reline::LineEditor
     if Reline::IOGate.in_pasting?
       @continuous_insertion_buffer << str
       return
+    elsif not @continuous_insertion_buffer.empty?
+      process_insert
     end
     width = Reline::Unicode.get_mbchar_width(str)
     if @cursor == @cursor_max