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#1 2005-12-24 17:36:38

Gullible Jones
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Registered: 2004-12-29
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Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

When I paste things into a vim session (in a terminal), the text I'm transferring gets rearranged weirdly.

Example: the PKGBUILD for Cube. It goes from this:

# Maintainer: Eric Belanger <belanger@astro.umontreal.ca>
# Contributor: Peter Baldwin <bald_pete@hotmail.com>

pkgname=cube
pkgver=2005_08_29
pkgrel=4
pkgdesc="Open source multiplayer and singleplayer first person shooter game"
url="http://www.cubeengine.com/"
depends=('sdl_mixer' 'sdl_image')
backup=(opt/cube/autoexec.cfg opt/cube/servers.cfg)
install=cube.install
source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/cube/${pkgname}_${pkgver}_unix.tar.gz 
                    cube.xpm cube.desktop cube.sh cubed.sh)
md5sums=('e77f3cf85292bf61100d2f8511a254cc' 'd8c1368a2ac729e168fe3dac7e7bd284'
         'a09afc0facfb3f048bcc4d9377af3189' 'b57c33005a88a72cb4f6d0bab0e5bb0a'
         '9fe10f48983864e0ebaa76abe9827065')

build() {
  install -d $startdir/pkg/opt
  cp -r $startdir/src/cube $startdir/pkg/opt
  cd $startdir/pkg/opt/cube

  touch servers.cfg packages/base/temp.{cfg,cgz}
  chown root:20 servers.cfg autoexec.cfg packages/base/temp.{cfg,cgz}
  chown root:20 savegames demos screenshots
  chmod 664 servers.cfg autoexec.cfg packages/base/temp.{cfg,cgz}
  chmod 775 savegames demos screenshots

  install -D -m644 $startdir/src/cube.desktop $startdir/pkg/usr/share/applications/cube.desktop
  install -D -m644 $startdir/src/cube.xpm $startdir/pkg/usr/share/pixmaps/cube.xpm
  install -D -m755 $startdir/src/cube.sh $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/cube
  install -D -m755 $startdir/src/cubed.sh $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/cubed
  install -m755 bin_unix/linux_client cube_client
  install -m755 bin_unix/linux_server cube_server
  rm -r $startdir/pkg/opt/cube/{bin_unix,cube_unix}
}

To this:

intainer: Eric Belanger <belanger@astro.umontreal.ca>
# Contributor: Peter Baldwin <bald_pete@hotmail.com>

pkgname=cube
pkgver=2005_08_29
pkgrel=4
pkgdesc="Open source multiplayer and singleplayer first person shooter game"
url="http://www.cubeengine.com/"
depends=('sdl_mixer' 'sdl_image')
backup=(opt/cube/autoexec.cfg opt/cube/servers.cfg)
install=cube.install
source=(http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/cube/${pkgname}_${pkgver}_unix.tar.gz

                    cube.xpm cube.desktop cube.sh cubed.sh)
                    md5sums=('e77f3cf85292bf61100d2f8511a254cc'
                    'd8c1368a2ac729e168fe3dac7e7bd284'
                             'a09afc0facfb3f048bcc4d9377af3189'
                             'b57c33005a88a72cb4f6d0bab0e5bb0a'
                                      '9fe10f48983864e0ebaa76abe9827065')

                                      build() {
                                           install -d $startdir/pkg/opt
                                             cp -r $startdir/src/cube
                                             $startdir/pkg/opt
                                               cd $startdir/pkg/opt/cube

                                                 touch servers.cfg
                                                 packages/base/temp.{cfg,cgz}
                                                   chown root:20 servers.cfg
                                                   autoexec.cfg
                                                   packages/base/temp.{cfg,cgz}
                                                     chown root:20 savegames
                                                     demos screenshots
                                                       chmod 664 servers.cfg
                                                       autoexec.cfg
                                                       packages/base/temp.{cfg,cgz}
                                                         chmod 775 savegames
                                                         demos screenshots

                                                           install -D -m644
                                                           $startdir/src/cube.desktop
                                                           $startdir/pkg/usr/share/applications/cube.desktop
                                                             install -D -m644
                                                             $startdir/src/cube.xpm
                                                             $startdir/pkg/usr/share/pixmaps/cube.xpm
                                                               install -D
                                                               -m755
                                                               $startdir/src/cube.sh
                                                               $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/cube
                                                                 install -D
                                                                 -m755
                                                                 $startdir/src/cubed.sh
                                                                 $startdir/pkg/usr/bin/cubed
                                                                   install
                                                                   -m755
                                                                   bin_unix/linux_client
                                                                   cube_client
                                                                     install
                                                                     -m755
                                                                     bin_unix/linux_server
                                                                     cube_server
                                                                       rm -r
                                                                       $startdir/pkg/opt/cube/{bin_unix,cube_unix}
                                                                    }

WTF is going on?

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#2 2005-12-24 17:55:21

Mr Green
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

cat prog | sed -e 's/^ * //' > prog2

Mr Green

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#3 2005-12-24 20:20:00

paranoos
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Posts: 442

Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

it's because vim automatically tabs stuff out for you.
this is what the paste option is for.

:set paste

and when you're done, turn it off.

:set nopaste

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#4 2005-12-24 20:24:28

Gullible Jones
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

Thanks!

(I assume that turning off autoindent would also solve the problem?)

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#5 2005-12-25 11:18:00

gunnix
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

Nice! I also had problems with this smile

As is true for most people I know, I've always loved learning. As is also true for most people I know, I always hated school. Why is that?

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#6 2005-12-25 11:23:24

shbang
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

Thanks paranoos.  I have been switching to gvim for cut and paste when I have this issue.

Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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#7 2005-12-25 11:33:30

T-Dawg
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

Am I the only who feels silly for not knowing this?

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#8 2005-12-25 12:42:17

postlogic
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

nano has the same problem, with you set auto indenting on.

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#9 2005-12-26 06:33:36

phrakture
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

paranoos wrote:

it's because vim automatically tabs stuff out for you.
this is what the paste option is for. 

:set paste

and when you're done, turn it off. 

:set nopaste

Just to expand - you can also do:

:set paste!

to toggle the setting (which makes this key bindable).

However, vim-devel in [unstable] supports 

set pastetoggle=<F2>

which will allow F2 to toggle the paste mode in any mode (normal, insert, visual, select, etc)

http://phraktured.net

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#10 2005-12-26 06:50:15

Moo-Crumpus
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

this is why i hate all the vims so much ...

Frumpus ♥ addict
[mu'.krum.pus], [frum.pus]

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#11 2005-12-27 10:52:26

postlogic
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

IMHO, it would be nice for all tips like these to be added to some kind of tips & tricks section in the Wiki. Not directly related to Arch, but it's always nice to have a page with stuff like this.

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#12 2005-12-27 16:12:07

phrakture
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

Problem with that is there's *so much* vim information out there, that it's hard to keep track of them all.  But still, it'd be nice to have common things in the wiki.

http://phraktured.net

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#13 2005-12-28 01:56:23

codemac
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

How about we have a vim page in the wiki, with links to vim wikis :-D

http://codemac.net

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#14 2005-12-28 07:40:51

postlogic
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

I didn't mean a specific vim-wiki (although a few, nice vimrc's is always good),  but a tips & tricks section. Maybe with a vim-article? Just a suggestion.

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#15 2005-12-28 18:53:00

Komodo
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

I think that'd be a great idea, since everyone tries vim at some point.

Personally I think phrakture would be the best person to write it, but I understand if he's too busy now he's a dev tongue

.oO Komodo Dave Oo.

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#16 2005-12-29 08:26:35

iphitus
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Re: Pasting stuff into vim arranges text weirdly

And theres so many things that everyone asks at one stage or another.

I'll try starting one now

iphitus

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