On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 1:44 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > >> >>> 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? >> >> I discovered exactly the same behaviour in the Sylpheed email editor a few >> weeks back. Not only with cut-and-paste, but just typing into the editor >> window. If a line starts with # then every following line after that also >> gains one as you type. > > Huh. I just tried it, KDE, rxvt, CentOS 6.3, and don't see that. > # ipmitool -o supermicro sel list > 1 | 08/15/2012 | 20:06:32 | Physical Security #0xaa | General Chassis > intrusion | Asserted > gets just that. It is probably trying to be smarter than we are and doing something context-sensitive. Try naming the file you are editing something.pl. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com