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handle tabs
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regarding vim: default configuration does not properly handle tabs
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Package: vim
Version: 1:7.1.314-3+b1
Severity: normal
I have always had a problem with vim on Debian where tabs are not
handled correctly. You can reproduce by creating a text file as such:
=======================================================================
No indent
one tab indent, line one
one tab indent, line two
one tab indent, line three
No indent
=======================================================================
Close vim, cat that file, copy it. Open vim (use vim or vi), and paste the
file.
You will get something like this, with extra tabs inserted every time
vim sees a tab on a line of pasted content:
=======================================================================
No indent
one tab indent, line one
one tab indent, line two
one tab indent, line three
No indent
========================================================================
This really sucks when you want to do something like cat
/etc/samba/smb.conf and paste it into vim (say, a bug report).
When starting this bug report, reportbug asked me to try vim using
`vim -U NONE -u NONE` to see if it was a configuration error
I tried that, and lo and behold I *DID NOT* see the above behavior.
I have not customized my vim settings from the default ones included in
the package. Tested with konsole and xterm. I don't have my mouse set
up with a normal VT login so I don't do a lot of copy/paste there.
Which of the default settings would cause the extra tabs to be inserted?
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii libacl1 2.2.47-2 Access control list shared library
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgpm2 1.20.4-2 General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii libncurses5 5.6+20080713-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libselinux1 2.0.65-2 SELinux shared libraries
ii vim-common 1:7.1.314-3+b1 Vi IMproved - Common files
ii vim-runtime 1:7.1.314-3 Vi IMproved - Runtime files
vim recommends no packages.
Versions of packages vim suggests:
pn ctags <none> (no description available)
pn vim-doc <none> (no description available)
pn vim-scripts <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
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On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 10:11:07AM -0800, James F Zuelow Jr wrote:
> I have always had a problem with vim on Debian where tabs are not
> handled correctly. You can reproduce by creating a text file as such:
>
> =======================================================================
> No indent
> one tab indent, line one
> one tab indent, line two
> one tab indent, line three
> No indent
> =======================================================================
>
> Close vim, cat that file, copy it. Open vim (use vim or vi), and paste the
> file.
>
> You will get something like this, with extra tabs inserted every time
> vim sees a tab on a line of pasted content:
This problem is two-fold. First, is that the 'autoindent' option is set
in /etc/vim/vimrc. This causes Vim to do some automatic indentation.
Second, is that Vim doesn't know that you're pasting text, so it just
indents as if you were typing.
The general fix here is to ":set paste", paste your text, and then
":set nopaste". This works no matter the Vim setup you have.
If you're using gvim (or vim in a proper terminal with ":set mouse=i"),
Vim *can* detect that you are pasting and the text will be pasted as
expected.
Closing the bug since it is expected behavior with known workarounds.
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James
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