cut and paste into reflection hpterm tabs problem

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

Hi,

how can I get rid of the tabs problem when cutting and pasting text from hpterm to hpterm.

I'm sure you know the problem.. looks like this:

hpt1
a
b
c
d
e

hpt2 (after paste into vi session)
a
----b
--------c
------------d
----------------e

I realise the ITRC will delete tabs and spaces,
so the ---- represents the tab indent

Later,
Bill

[Madhu Sudhan_1]

Try Shift+I to insert the text into hpterm1.

-Madhu

[Madhu Sudhan_1]

sorry it is hpterm2

-MAdhu

[Madhu Sudhan_1]

Sorry iam making too many posts. Ensure you are in insert mode and paste it. It should work.

-Madhu

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

I prefer the mouse, sorry..

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

it does insert, not a problem there,
but not identical to the window it came from.
ie it's a problem of formating, there are tabs added to hpterm2 insertion.

I though there was some tabs command, or stty tabs xyz
that fixed it but forgot the fix in a .profile oh so long ago..

Later,
Bill

[Steven Gillard_2 · Accepted solution]

Dont know if this will fix it because it looks like your original file isn't indented, but make sure vi is in "noautoindent" mode:

:set noautoindent

I get this problem when cutting & pasting perl scripts / C code. Setting noautoindent works in my case.

Cheers,
Steve

[Duncan Edmonstone]

... And to make the change permanent for a given user, edit the users ${HOME}/.exrc file and replace autoindent with noautoindent

HTH

Duncan

[Thierry Poels_1]

Hi,

most of times I use "ed" for cut & paste; but Steven's set autoindent off should do the trick within vi

good luck,
Thierry.