How to Fix Wrong Indentation When Pasting Source Code in VIM
When copying and pasting source code into the VIM text editor, you might encounter issues with incorrect indentation due to the way VIM handles auto-indentation. This happens because VIM’s default behavior tries to adjust the indentation based on the surrounding code, which can lead to unwanted results when pasting code from external sources. To prevent this, you can use the :set paste
and :set nopaste
commands to toggle the paste mode. Here’s how to do it: