def paste(self, text):
        """
        Inserts the string text into the buffer at the position of the cursor. This does not actually use the system's clipboard, it only pastes from the text parameter.
        """
        text = unicode(text)
        if not self.insertMode and len(text) + len(self.buffer) == self._maxlength:
            text = text[:self._maxlength - len(self.buffer)] # truncate the pasted text (this is what web browsers do, so I'm copying that behavior)

        if self.cursor == len(self.buffer):
            # append to end
            self.buffer.extend(list(text))
        elif self.cursor == 0:
            # prepend to beginning
            self.buffer = list(text) + self.buffer
        else:
            if self.insertMode:
                # Overwrite characters
                self.buffer = self.buffer[:self.cursor] + list(text) + self.buffer[self.cursor + len(text):]
            else:
                self.buffer = self.buffer[:self.cursor] + list(text) + self.buffer[self.cursor:]
dataset/ETHPy150Open asweigart/pygcurse/pygcurse/__init__.py/PygcurseInput.paste/operator `>` -> `==`