diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/Insert.cpp b/uppsrc/ide/Insert.cpp
index 1318144ac..808cb6467 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/Insert.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/Insert.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ void Ide::InsertText(const String& text)
 	editor.Paste(text.ToWString());
 }
 
+void Ide::InsertCString()
+{
+	String txt = ReadClipboardText();
+	if(txt.GetCount())
+		editor.Paste(AsCString(txt).ToWString());
+}
+
 void Ide::InsertMenu(Bar& bar)
 {
 	if(bar.IsScanKeys())
@@ -123,6 +130,7 @@ void Ide::InsertMenu(Bar& bar)
 			bar.Add(s, THISBACK1(InsertText, s));
 		}
 	}
+	bar.Add("Insert clipboard as C string", THISBACK(InsertCString));
 }
 
 void Ide::EditorMenu(Bar& bar)
diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/ide.h b/uppsrc/ide/ide.h
index 79691ffcf..cece0dcbf 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/ide.h
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/ide.h
@@ -847,6 +847,7 @@ public:
 		void  InsertLay(const String& fn);
 		void  InsertIml(const String& fn, String classname);
 		void  InsertText(const String& text);
+		void  InsertCString();
 		void  InsertMenu(Bar& bar);
 		void  EditorMenu(Bar& bar);
 
@@ -870,6 +871,7 @@ public:
 		void  TextToAscii();
 		void  TextInitCaps();
 		void  SwapCase();
+		void  ToCString();
 
 	void      MacroMenu(Bar& menu);
 		bool  HasMacros();
diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/ide.key b/uppsrc/ide/ide.key
index 3b5f76e29..ac31177c4 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/ide.key
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/ide.key
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ KEY(TOLOWER, "To lowercase", 0)
 KEY(INITCAPS, "Capitalize the first character of words", 0)
 KEY(SWAPCASE, "Swap case", 0)
 KEY(TOASCII, "To ASCII", 0)
+KEY(TOCSTRING, "Convert to C string", 0)
 
 KEY(DIFF, "Compare with file..", 0)
 KEY(SVNDIFF, "Show svn history of file..", 0)
diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/idebar.cpp b/uppsrc/ide/idebar.cpp
index 60f3ddeb2..1fb08cd6a 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/idebar.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/idebar.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ void Ide::EditSpecial(Bar& menu)
 	    .Help("Capitalize the first character of words in selection"); 
 	menu.Add(AK_SWAPCASE, THISBACK(SwapCase))
 	    .Help("Swap the case of letters in selection"); 
+	menu.Add(AK_TOCSTRING, THISBACK(ToCString))
+	    .Help("Convert selection to CString");
 }
 
 void Ide::SearchMenu(Bar& menu)
diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/idetool.cpp b/uppsrc/ide/idetool.cpp
index 8c836ca84..320ee1ad6 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/idetool.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/idetool.cpp
@@ -283,6 +283,16 @@ void Ide::SwapCase()
 	AlterText(sSwapCase);
 }
 
+static WString sCString(const WString& s)
+{
+	return AsCString(s.ToString()).ToWString();
+}
+
+void Ide::ToCString()
+{
+	AlterText(sCString);
+}
+
 void Ide::Times()
 {
 	WithStatisticsLayout<TopWindow> statdlg;