{"id":170,"date":"2015-08-19T15:38:36","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T15:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alltechbusiness.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2015-08-19T15:39:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T15:39:25","slug":"automatically-change-indent-when-pasting-in-vim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alltechbusiness.com\/automatically-change-indent-when-pasting-in-vim\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatically Change Indent When Pasting in Vim"},"content":{"rendered":"

For years I’ve been trying to figure out how to keep Vim from automatically indenting when I copy from one file to another. <\/p>\n

Stackoverflow mentioned this page buy a developer named Marcin Kulik<\/p>\n

Automatically set paste mode in Vim when pasting in insert mode<\/a><\/p>\n

let &t_SI .= \"\\[?2004h\"
\nlet &t_EI .= \"\\[?2004l\"<\/p>\n

inoremap [200~ XTermPasteBegin()<\/p>\n

function! XTermPasteBegin()
\n set pastetoggle=[201~
\n set paste
\n return \"\"
\nendfunction<\/code><\/p>\n

This code automatically turns off the Vim indent functionality when new text is pasted into a file. Just add it to your .vimrc file. <\/p>\n

It’s the same as a set paste and set nopaste before and after pasting new text, but it happens automatically. I’ve tested it and it seems to be working PERFECT. I love it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For years I’ve been trying to figure out how to keep Vim from automatically indenting when I copy from one file to another. Stackoverflow mentioned this page buy a developer named Marcin Kulik Automatically set paste mode in Vim when pasting in insert mode let &t_SI .= “\\[?2004h” let &t_EI .= “\\[?2004l” inoremap [200~ XTermPasteBegin() function! XTermPasteBegin() set pastetoggle=[201~ set…<\/p>\n

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