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

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

[Mark Knecht]

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

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

[Mark Knecht]

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

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

[Mike Gilbert]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> I solved it by creating a .vimrc file and putting
>
> set pastetoggle=<F2>

Running :set paste will do the job as well if you don't want to assign
a hot key for it.

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

[Petri Rosenström]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Mike Gilbert <floppymaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I solved it by creating a .vimrc file and putting
>>
>> set pastetoggle=<F2>
>
> Running :set paste will do the job as well if you don't want to assign
> a hot key for it.
>
>

I usually do as Mike suggest. When I need to paste stuff into vim I
just type :set paste and paste the stuff and continue working.

Best regards
Petri

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

[YoYo Siska]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 02:28:47PM -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I solved it by creating a .vimrc file and putting
> >
> > set pastetoggle=<F2>
> 
> Running :set paste will do the job as well if you don't want to assign
> a hot key for it.

BTW, if 
 - vim has access to X (you run it on your local machine or from 
   ssh -X or something similar) 
 - is compiled with X support (check with vim --version | grep +X11)
 - and you :set mouse=a
then you can paste by middle clicking in vim (not shift-middle click),
which should paste the text as is...

The difference is that with shift-middle click, or with vim that cannot
talk to X, the terminal sends the selected text to vim as normal input
(as if you would type it) and thus its get indented/formated/etc.. 

If you have mouse=a set and vim can talk to X, when you  middle click
it will ask X for the selection and insert it as is without any
formatting

yoyo

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

[Bill Longman]

On 01/27/2011 12:53 PM, YoYo Siska wrote:
> BTW, if 
>  - vim has access to X (you run it on your local machine or from 
>    ssh -X or something similar) 
>  - is compiled with X support (check with vim --version | grep +X11)
>  - and you :set mouse=a
> then you can paste by middle clicking in vim (not shift-middle click),
> which should paste the text as is...
> 
> The difference is that with shift-middle click, or with vim that cannot
> talk to X, the terminal sends the selected text to vim as normal input
> (as if you would type it) and thus its get indented/formated/etc.. 
> 
> If you have mouse=a set and vim can talk to X, when you  middle click
> it will ask X for the selection and insert it as is without any
> formatting

Oooh, aaah. Fireworks. This one's going into my .vimrc file....

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

[kashani]

On 1/28/2011 9:08 AM, Bill Longman wrote:
> On 01/27/2011 12:53 PM, YoYo Siska wrote:
>> BTW, if
>>   - vim has access to X (you run it on your local machine or from
>>     ssh -X or something similar)
>>   - is compiled with X support (check with vim --version | grep +X11)
>>   - and you :set mouse=a
>> then you can paste by middle clicking in vim (not shift-middle click),
>> which should paste the text as is...
>>
>> The difference is that with shift-middle click, or with vim that cannot
>> talk to X, the terminal sends the selected text to vim as normal input
>> (as if you would type it) and thus its get indented/formated/etc..
>>
>> If you have mouse=a set and vim can talk to X, when you  middle click
>> it will ask X for the selection and insert it as is without any
>> formatting
>
> Oooh, aaah. Fireworks. This one's going into my .vimrc file....
>

You might like one too.

cmap w!! w !sudo  tee % >/dev/null

When you forget to sudo vi you can use w!! which pipes writing the file 
though sudo. You get some term gunk, but it does work.

kashani

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

[Bill Longman]

On 01/28/2011 12:03 PM, kashani wrote:
> 
> You might like one too.
> 
> cmap w!! w !sudo  tee % >/dev/null
> 
> When you forget to sudo vi you can use w!! which pipes writing the file
> though sudo. You get some term gunk, but it does work.

That's what "screen" and PS1 are for....

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

[David Abbott]

> On 01/27/2011 12:53 PM, YoYo Siska wrote:
>> BTW, if
>>  - vim has access to X (you run it on your local machine or from
>>    ssh -X or something similar)
>>  - is compiled with X support (check with vim --version | grep +X11)
>>  - and you :set mouse=a
>> then you can paste by middle clicking in vim (not shift-middle click),
>> which should paste the text as is...
Thank You !!!

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

[James]

Mark Knecht <markknecht <at> gmail.com> writes:


> 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?


Well, if you want to keep it simple, here is what I do:
edit /etc/vim/vimrc

"set ai                  " Always set auto-indenting on
set noai                " No auto indenting (James added this



now pasting into with vi does not indent deeper with each line.

hth,
James