On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the solution to begin able to paste code I find on the web
> into a file in vim and being able to keep the indentation from
> changing?
>
> For instance, here's the first few lines of code from a web page:
>
> #define ARRAYSIZE(x) (sizeof(x)/sizeof(*(x)))
>
> int main(void)
> {
> const char filename[] = "file.csv";
> /*
> * Open the file.
> */
>
> The indentation on the code from const down is consistently 3 spaces:
>
>
> Pasted into vi:
>
> #define ARRAYSIZE(x) (sizeof(x)/sizeof(*(x)))
>
> int main(void)
> {
> const char filename[] = "file.csv";
> /*
> * Open the file.
> */
>
> In this case const is correct, but the next line is 6 spaces, then 9
> spaces, then 12 spaces.
>
> If it matters, I'm using KDE using Konsole, but I've seen this in
> other WMs. I looked at the Tab settings in my Konsole profile but
> nothing seems to matter.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>
I solved it by creating a .vimrc file and putting
set pastetoggle=<F2>
in it. Now I hit F2, vim says (paste), I do the paste and it works nicely.
- Mark
