On Tuesday 18 November 2003 01:27 pm, Brian 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 > point me to how I can stop this? I know I can fix past problems with > cat file | tr -d '\t' , but how can I stop the bug in the first place? > However, I can't get it to do it now for an example. > > Brian > > --
This is due to a vi setting, autoindent. Try typing :set noai before pasting text. If you want ai back on, :set ai. :help ai for more info. If that's not it, I may need more details. Justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
