Paste Indent

Plugin for maintainging correct indent when pasting.

Introduction

Paste-indent is a simple plgin that makes indentation simple when pasting with vim. Take this block of C code for example with the cursor at '|':

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    if (argc == 2) {
    }
    |printf("%s\n", argv[1]);
    return 0;
}

Input: ddkP

Without paste-indent:

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    if (argc > 1) {
    printf("%s\n", argv[1]);
    }
    return 0;
}

With paste-indent:

int main (int argc, char **argv) {
    if (argc > 1) {
        printf("%s\n", argv[1]);
    }
    return 0;
}

This works for any number of lines, can take a range, uses the correct registers, and even works for nested code.

It's smart too! When making characterwise pastes (without newlines), paste-indent knows not to indent unless pasting on an empty line.

Installation

Copy plugin/paste-indent.vim to ~/vim/plugin

If you prefer to use pathogen, just run the following commands:

cd ~/.vim

git clone https://github.com/ForTheReallys/paste-indent.git bundle/paste-indent

Options

The g:paste_indent_off option

Do nothing on startup

The g:paste_indent_after_char option

The character to paste after the cursor

Default: 'p'

The g:paste_indent_before_char option

The character to paste before the cursor

Default: 'P'

Commands

The :PasteIndentOn command

Map the the appropriate paste keys to indent after pasting

The :PasteIndentOff command

Turn off indent after pasting