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Sorry for this rather dumb question, but i have just returned to vi editing after two years out of software. I have just installed mandrake 10.1 (loving it). Anyway, i ...
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  1. 10-06-2005 #1
    ringo22
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    Pasting into vi and can't turn aouto indent off! Aghh!

    Sorry for this rather dumb question, but i have just returned to vi editing after two years out of software. I have just installed mandrake 10.1 (loving it).

    Anyway, i select a nice bit of code off a forum and paste it into my vi window - every line gets shifted along. Fine i think - i should have expected that - so i type :set noai
    to stop the autoindent.

    This doesnt work! It still gets shifted along every line!

    Does anyone have any ideas ?

    Thanks in advance

    Ringo
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  2. 10-06-2005 #2
    kyku
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    Hi.

    Do ":set paste" before pasting and ":set nopaste" afterwards. This should help.
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  3. 10-06-2005 #3
    ringo22
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    yep - that did the trick.

    Thanks very much!

    I will remember that!

    Thanks again

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