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alex.blackbit
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 Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:35 pm Post subject: vim pasting "stairway" [SOLVED] |
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hello everybody!
i am not sure if this is a problem of my terminal emulator (xterm), vim or my vim-settings.
in one xterm window with open vim i mark a section with the mouse.
in a second xterm with vim i am in "-- INSERT --" mode and hit the middle mouse button to paste the stuff i copied before.
the posted text is intended too much, like this: | Code: | void
randomize (void)
{
struct timeval *tv = (struct timeval *) malloc (sizeof (struct timeval));
struct timezone *tz =
(struct timezone *) malloc (sizeof (struct timezone));
gettimeofday (tv, tz);
srand (tv->tv_usec);
free (tv);
free (tz);
}
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it looked like this: | Code: | void
randomize (void)
{
struct timeval *tv = (struct timeval *) malloc (sizeof (struct timeval));
struct timezone *tz =
(struct timezone *) malloc (sizeof (struct timezone));
gettimeofday (tv, tz);
srand (tv->tv_usec);
free (tv);
free (tz);
} |
before.
does anybody know why this happens? it is very annoying.
Last edited by alex.blackbit on Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:58 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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ppurka
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alex.blackbit
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| Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | " Paste Mode On/Off
map <F11> :call Paste_on_off()<CR>
set pastetoggle=<F11>
let paste_mode = 0 " 0 = normal, 1 = paste
func! Paste_on_off()
if g:paste_mode == 0
set paste
let g:paste_mode = 1
else
set nopaste
let g:paste_mode = 0
endif
return
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thank you for the link ppurka.
i found this piece of code there that you can add to your ~/.vimrc to have a <F11> button to switch between a paste and a nopaste mode.
this is the only thing about vim i find VERY strange.
have a nice day
--alex |
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bertk
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SiberianSniper
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:46 am Post subject: |
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why not just use this:
| ~/.vimrc: | | nnoremap <silent> <F11> :set paste!<CR> |
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swimmer
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| SiberianSniper wrote: | why not just use this:
| ~/.vimrc: | | nnoremap <silent> <F11> :set paste!<CR> |
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How to switch back then?
Therefore I use | Code: | | set pastetoggle=<F5> |
and it works perfect both in insert- and normal-mode ...
HTH
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jlh
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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This happens because vim can't make the difference between typed text and pasted text. Thus the 'paste' setting is useful. However, there's a simpler solution; if you make vim handle the mouse clicks itself, then it will know when you're typing and when you're pasting and do the right thing automatically.
I'm not totally sure how to do this however. You probably need to compile vim with support for X, and you have to set the 'mouse' option to something suitable. I use mouse=a.
(In this mode, you can still make vim not handle mouse clicks by holding down shift. For example when you want to mark text across split windows in a raw way.) |
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Stu_28
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| Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| You could also use the C-indenting formatting function =. So, to indent the whole file you would do "<Esc>gg=G" or to do 5 lines starting from the one you are on, "<Esc>=5". It's pretty handy. |
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SiberianSniper
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| swimmer wrote: | | How to switch back then? |
The ! in a set command toggles the variable, so you'd just hit F11 or whatever key bound to that action again to switch back. |
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swimmer
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| Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| SiberianSniper wrote: | | The ! in a set command toggles the variable, so you'd just hit F11 or whatever key bound to that action again to switch back. |
Ah nice to know
Thank you very much!
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timeBandit
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| Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| SiberianSniper wrote: | | ~/.vimrc: | | nnoremap <silent> <F11> :set paste!<CR> |
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This is wonderful--thank you. The indention nonsense is one of those minor annoyances that didn't burn me enough to hunt down and correct but I really wished I could be rid of it.
One tip: GNOME Terminal intercepts F11 to toggle full-screen mode (for HIG consistency). So those who, like me, often use vim in GNOME Terminals should use a different key binding. (I chose F12.)
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