+1 for .vimrc config files vi is generally a symlink to vim these days. @Les, I've seen the auto-comment behavior you speak of. You may want to set formatoptions [0] in your .vimrc [0] http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/change.html#fo-table @Joseph: You have autoindent specified twice - once in its abbreviated form and then the long version. set noai set noautoindent ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 // On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Joseph Spenner <joseph85750 at yahoo.com> wrote: > > ________________________________ > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos