________________________________ > From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:23 AM > Subject: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x > When I use copy/paste text into a window running vi, if there is a > single line starting with '#', in the pasted content, it adds a # to > all subsequent lines and indents each an additional level. Is there > some way to eliminate this bizarre behavior, preferably globally and > permanently so I don't have to repeat some change for every > machine/user where I might log in? > > -- > Les Mikesell === To make vi less annoying, I always create a .vimrc in the homedir of the account in question. It contains: syntax off set nohlsearch set noincsearch :let loaded_matchparen = 1 set noai set paste set mouse= set noautoindent Hope this helps! ______________________________________________________________________ If life gives you lemons, keep them-- because hey.. free lemons. "♥ Sticker" fixer: http://microflush.org/stuff/stickers/heartFix.html