vim keeps inserting hash

suk352 · 11-04-2010, 09:07 AM

If I try and paste text from the clipboard when using vim, it automatically inserts hash at the start of every line. This is driving me mad! How to I get rid of it? Ive deleted all my .vim files/directories in my home directory.

I dont want any smart features , i Just want plain old vim!

r0b0 · 11-04-2010, 09:09 AM

before pasting text in vim run

:set paste

suk352 · 11-04-2010, 09:16 AM

Thanks worked like a charm! do i need to put this in my .vimrc to make it permanent?

r0b0 · 11-04-2010, 09:29 AM

I wouldn't do that. Vim would start to really behave and you would get even more upset about it than you are now

Only run it before you want to paste something and put it back with nopaste when you are done with pasting and starting editing text manually again.

:help paste