Re: [Nano-devel] Re: switch autoindent on/off?

[John Gabriele]

On 4/18/07, David Ramsey <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 4/18/07, Hans Ecke <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Of course I could use M-I to switch autoindent off before pasting and
> > switch it back on afterward, but could nano not do that for me? I
> > mean, it should be able to detect that I'm pasting something...
>
> It's not that simple.  There are two different ways of pasting with the
> mouse: with gpm on the console, or with X11.  To ncurses, there's no
> difference between pasting text and typing it as fast as possible, and
> so, as long as nano is based solely on ncurses, it shares that
> limitation.

Possible addition to the faq:

4.14. When I paste text into a document, each line is getting indented
further than the last. How do I avoid this?

Temporarily disable the autoindent feature by hitting M-I, paste your
text, then toggle it back on again.

---John