On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 09:12:13PM -0800 or thereabouts, Christopher S. Swingley wrote: > > > I am using vim and am having problems pasting content into a file while > > > using vim. vim is "auto-indenting" based on the previous line, so the > > > pasted text is quickly mauled and tabbed out more and more every line > > > (for large chunks of text, this is completely unmanageable). > > > > > > However, when I am programming, I make use of this feature. How can > > > I selectively turn this feature on and off? > > You might consider something similar to the following in your .vimrc: > > :autocmd! " clears autocommands > > :autocmd FileType * set noai " default is not auto-indent > > :autocmd FileType c,cpp,cc set ai " auto-indent in program code > i tried this on vim 5.6.70 and it doesn't work. reading the vim help file i found this:
NOTE: Although a mapping is installed for a specific file type, it will
be used for all buffers. There are no mappings local to a buffer yet.
so i guess you are using a much later vim version?
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