[gentoo-user] Re: Paste into vim keeping indention or original?

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@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