[lug] vi/eclipse copy and paste indent issue

[Jeff Schroeder]

John:

> I'd blame it on space vs tab in eclipse but that's far too extreme to
> be a 4 space vs tab issue. Has anyone run into this problem before
> and/or know what I might be able to do to fix it?

You have autoindenting turned on.  The editor is automatically indenting 
each line X spaces (whatever the line above has) and since you're 
pasting a bunch of spaces on each subsequent line, it just keeps 
indenting more and more.

To turn it off, use

:set noai

It's really nice to have on during coding, so to turn it back on after 
pasting, use

:set ai

HTH,
Jeff
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