VIM commenting out what I paste

Question

I got this when trying to copy this gist on vim: https://gist.github.com/w0ng/3278077

I notice the same behaviour everywhere: If I paste something that includes a comment, everything that follows the comment is pasted commented.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that if I write a comment on insert mode and press enter, the following line automatically appends a comment.

How can I get rid of this behaviour?

Solution 1

Enter paste mode before you paste:

:set paste

To switch back to "normal" mode:

:set nopaste

Solution 2

Beside the paste option mentioned by Mat, you can also directly access the X clipboard from VIM:

• "*p to insert the X11 selection
• "+p to insert the X11 clipboard

You need a VIM version with X11 support (in Debian and its derivatives you need to install the vim-gtk or vim-gnome package).

For more information, see the documentation (:help x11-selection).

Solution 3

My favorite is using the put command.

• :put* paste from selection at the current line
• :put+ paste from buffer at the current line

"*p/"+p is also good, but :pu[t] has some advantages:

• it always pastes linewise
• you can add an additional parameter to control where to insert:
  • :$put+ paste after the last line
  • :0put+ paste at the beginning of the file

Solution 4

As a side answer, If you have any files which have this in you can get rid of it by entering Vertical Visual block mode

ctrl+v and then using arrow keys / hjkl to navigate the parts you wish to delete and then just hitting d

Sometimes i find this quicker than undo'ing setting paste mode, pasting and unsetting paste mode.

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Comments

[valbaca]

or :set paste! to toggle :)

[Izkata]

@valbaca You can use backticks to create code blocks in comments

[vinnydiehl]

I needed those commands the opposite way around!

[aegatlin]

Is there a downside to permanently disabling past mode?