Thursday, December 2, 2010

Re: how to solve this strange issue?

On Thu, December 2, 2010 11:50 pm, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Dec 2010, bsmile wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear members,
>>
>> I copy something and paste to another vi editor, but the leading white
>> space adds up for subsequent lines. For example, what is copied is
>>
>> aa
>> bb
>> cc
>> dd
>>
>> when pasted into another vi, what I get is
>>
>> aa
>> bb
>> cc
>> dd
>>
>> Any idea to why this happens and how to solve it?
>
> This is becoming a FAQ. 'paste' is one workaround for the problem, but
> see my response at:
> http://groups.google.com/group/vim_use/browse_thread/thread/b68671e8a397f6e8#d8af3ae5276368f8

Indeed and there exists already an entry:
http://vimhelp.appspot.com/vim_faq.txt.html#faq-14.14

Your answer contains useful information, that should
be contained in the FAQ as well.

Well, would you mind, sending me a patch, that enhances that entry
with your answer from above?

regards,
Christian

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