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| β | Pasting text into a terminal running Vim with |
+ | Pasting text into a terminal running Vim with 'autoindent' or 'smartindent' set can destroy the indenting of the pasted text. This tip shows how to avoid the problem. |
See [[VimTip330|how to stop auto indenting]] for automatic indentation issues while you are typing. |
See [[VimTip330|how to stop auto indenting]] for automatic indentation issues while you are typing. |
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If you use Vim commands to paste text, nothing unexpected occurs. The problem only arises when pasting from another application, and only when you are not using a GUI version of Vim. |
If you use Vim commands to paste text, nothing unexpected occurs. The problem only arises when pasting from another application, and only when you are not using a GUI version of Vim. |
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| β | In a console or terminal version of Vim, there is no standard procedure to paste text from another application. Instead, the |
+ | In a console or terminal version of Vim (not gvim), there is no standard procedure to paste text from another application. Instead, the shell may emulate pasting by inserting text into the keyboard buffer, so Vim thinks the text has been typed by the user. After each line ending, Vim may move the cursor so the next line starts with the same indent as the last. However, that will change the indents already in the pasted text. |
==Paste toggle== |
==Paste toggle== |
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