Re: pasting into vi inserts many indents

[iain d broadfoot <ibroadfo@cis.strath.ac.uk>]

* Brian (b_rose@shaw.ca) wrote:
> Hi,
> Lately, if I open a file with vi from inside a gnome-terminal and then
> select a large chunk of text, (it doesn't matter where, e.g., Mozilla or
> the same vi session, both do it), it corrupts the formatting with many
> indents.  The pasted output inserts more indents on each line than there
> were on the previous line to create a "cascading formatting".  Can someone

:set paste

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