I am struggling to regain control of indentation for certain filetypes, particularly when pasting code. I end up with what I call "cascading indentation" which is nearly unreadable.
I've run into this problem in the past, and have sort of limped my way through getting it to work. Today I am trying to understand the problem in a complete and systematic way.
For an example, if I copy this to my clipboard...
proc dumpDut1Stats {VARNAME_statsKeyedList} {
upvar $VARNAME_statsKeyedList statsList
foreach k0 {sip} {
foreach k1 [keylkeys statsList $k0] {
puts "test"
}
}
}
and paste it into a vim buffer with filetype 'tcl', I get ...
proc dumpDut1Stats {VARNAME_statsKeyedList} {
upvar $VARNAME_statsKeyedList statsList
foreach k0 {sip} {
foreach k1 [keylkeys statsList $k0] {
puts "test"
}
}
}
I have been able to avoid the problem with this configuration...
- Don't use 'indent' with the filetype command
- Confirm indentexpr is unset
- Disable autoindent and smartindent
- Don't use 'a' and 'c' in formatoptions
[Note: using :set paste is impractical because it also disables the mapping I use for clipboard pasting]
While these steps seem to help me achieve the immediate goal of pasting code from clipboard to my vim buffer with correct indentation, it comes at a cost...
- I do not benefit from the filetype's indentation script (i.e., files in the /usr/local/share/vim/vim82/indent directory)
- I do not benefit from smartindent
- I cannot enable certain formatoptions flags
Surely someone has a function to share that sets up the restrictive configuration, performs a clipboard paste, and returns the user's original configuration?
A secondary issue is that my formatoptions gets overwritten or modified by most of the filetype plugin scripts. This is because (apparently) my vimrc file is processed prior to the filetype plugin script.
Is there a way to automatically restore my formatoptions after the filetype plugin script is run?
BTW I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 with gvim 8.2. Also, in order to use Shift-Insert for pasting from my clipboard, I use these mappings...
nnoremap <S-Insert> "*p
inoremap <S-Insert> <C-R>*
and for completeness ...
:set all
--- Options ---
aleph=224 cedit=^F nodelcombine foldlevelstart=-1 imstatusfunc= matchtime=4 printdevice= selectmode= nosplitright timeoutlen=1000 nowildmenu
noarabic charconvert= dictionary= foldmethod=manual imstyle=1 maxcombine=2 printencoding= shell=/bin/bash startofline title wildmode=full
arabicshape nocindent nodiff foldminlines=1 includeexpr= maxfuncdepth=100 printfont=courier shellcmdflag=-c suffixesadd= titlelen=85 wildoptions=
noallowrevins cinoptions= diffexpr= foldnestmax=20 incsearch maxmapdepth=1000 printmbcharset= shellquote= swapfile nottimeout winaltkeys=menu
ambiwidth=single cmdheight=1 nodigraph formatexpr= indentexpr= maxmem=12182042 printmbfont= shelltemp swapsync=fsync ttimeoutlen=-1 wincolor=
noautochdir cmdwinheight=7 display= formatprg= infercase menuitems=25 printoptions= shellxquote= switchbuf= ttybuiltin window=57
noautoindent colorcolumn= eadirection=both fsync noinsertmode modeline prompt shellxescape= synmaxcol=3000 ttyfast winheight=1
noautoread columns=235 noedcompatible nogdefault isprint=@,161-255 nomodelineexpr pumheight=0 noshiftround syntax=tcl ttymouse= nowinfixheight
noautowrite comments=:# emoji guifontwide= joinspaces modelines=5 pumwidth=15 shiftwidth=4 tabline= ttyscroll=999 nowinfixwidth
noautowriteall commentstring=#%s encoding=utf-8 guiheadroom=50 key= modifiable pythonthreehome= noshortname tabpagemax=10 undofile winminheight=1
background=dark nocompatible endofline guipty keymap= nomodified pythonhome= showbreak= tabstop=8 undolevels=1000 winminwidth=1
backup concealcursor= equalalways guitablabel= keymodel= more pyxversion=0 noshowcmd tagbsearch undoreload=10000 winwidth=20
backupcopy=auto conceallevel=0 equalprg= guitabtooltip= keywordprg=man -s mouse=a quickfixtextfunc= noshowfulltag tagcase=followic updatecount=200 nowrap
backupext=~ completefunc= noerrorbells helpheight=20 langmap= nomousefocus quoteescape=\ showmatch tagfunc= updatetime=4000 wrapmargin=0
backupskip=/tmp/* completepopup= esckeys helplang=en langmenu= mousehide noreadonly showmode taglength=0 varsofttabstop= nowrapscan
balloondelay=600 noconfirm eventignore= nohidden nolangnoremap mousemodel=extend redrawtime=2000 showtabline=1 tagrelative vartabstop= write
noballooneval nocopyindent expandtab history=50 langremap mousetime=500 regexpengine=0 sidescroll=8 tagstack verbose=0 nowriteany
noballoonevalterm cpoptions=aABceFs noexrc nohkmap laststatus=2 nonumber norelativenumber sidescrolloff=0 term=builtin_gui verbosefile= writebackup
balloonexpr= cscopepathcomp=0 fileencoding= nohkmapp nolazyredraw numberwidth=4 remap signcolumn=auto notermbidi viminfo='20,"80 writedelay=0
belloff= cscopeprg=cscope fileformat=unix hlsearch nolinebreak omnifunc= report=2 smartcase notermguicolors viminfofile=
nobinary cscopequickfix= nofileignorecase icon lines=58 operatorfunc= norevins nosmartindent termwinkey= virtualedit=
nobomb nocscoperelative filetype=tcl iconstring= linespace=0 nopaste norightleft nosmarttab termwinsize= visualbell
nobreakindent nocscopetag fixendofline ignorecase nolisp pastetoggle= ruler softtabstop=0 noterse warn
breakindentopt= cscopetagorder=0 foldclose= imactivatefunc= list patchexpr= rulerformat= nospell textauto noweirdinvert
browsedir=last nocscopeverbose foldcolumn=0 imactivatekey= loadplugins patchmode= scroll=28 spellfile= notextmode whichwrap=b,s
bufhidden= nocursorbind foldenable noimcmdline magic nopreserveindent noscrollbind spelllang=en textwidth=512 wildchar=<Tab>
buflisted nocursorcolumn foldexpr=0 noimdisable makeef= previewheight=12 scrolljump=1 spelloptions= thesaurus= wildcharm=0
buftype= nocursorline foldignore=# iminsert=0 makeencoding= previewpopup= scrolloff=0 spellsuggest=best notildeop wildignore=
cdpath=,, debug= foldlevel=0 imsearch=-1 makeprg=make nopreviewwindow nosecure nosplitbelow timeout nowildignorecase
backspace=start,eol,indent
backupdir=~/.vim/bkupdir
breakat= ^I!@*-+;:,./?
casemap=internal,keepascii
cinkeys=0{,0},0),0],:,0#,!^F,o,O,e
cinwords=if,else,while,do,for,switch
clipboard=autoselect,exclude:cons\|linux
complete=.,w,b,u,t,i
completeopt=menu,preview
cryptmethod=blowfish2
cursorlineopt=both
define=^\s*#\s*define
diffopt=internal,filler,closeoff
directory=.,~/tmp,/var/tmp,/tmp
errorfile=errors.err
errorformat=%*[^"]"%f"%*\D%l: %m,"%f"%*\D%l: %m,%-G%f:%l: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once,%-G%f:%l: for each function it appears in.),%-GIn file included from %f:%l:%c:,%-GIn file included from %f:%l:%c\,,%-GIn file
included from %f:%l:%c,%-GIn file included from %f:%l,%-G%*[ ]from %f:%l:%c,%-G%*[ ]from %f:%l:,%-G%*[ ]from %f:%l\,,%-G%*[ ]from %f:%l,%f:%l:%c:%m,%f(%l):%m,%f:%l:%m,"%f"\, line %l%*\D%c%*[^ ] %m,%D%*\a[%*\d]: Entering directory %*[`
']%f',%X%*\a[%*\d]: Leaving directory %*[`']%f',%D%*\a: Entering directory %*[`']%f',%X%*\a: Leaving directory %*[`']%f',%DMaking %*\a in %f,%f|%l| %m
fileencodings=ucs-bom,utf-8,default,latin1
fileformats=unix,dos
fillchars=vert:|,fold:-
foldmarker={{{,}}}
foldopen=block,hor,mark,percent,quickfix,search,tag,undo
foldtext=foldtext()
formatoptions=tcroql
formatlistpat=^\s*\d\+[\]:.)}\t ]\s*
grepformat=%f:%l:%m,%f:%l%m,%f %l%m
grepprg=grep -n $* /dev/null
guicursor=n-v-c:block-Cursor/lCursor,ve:ver35-Cursor,o:hor50-Cursor,i-ci:ver25-Cursor/lCursor,r-cr:hor20-Cursor/lCursor,sm:block-Cursor-blinkwait175-blinkoff150-blinkon175
guifont=Ubuntu Mono Bold 12
guioptions=aegimrLtTl
helpfile=/usr/local/share/vim/vim82/doc/help.txt
highlight=8:SpecialKey,~:EndOfBuffer,@:NonText,d:Directory,e:ErrorMsg,i:IncSearch,l:Search,m:MoreMsg,M:ModeMsg,n:LineNr,a:LineNrAbove,b:LineNrBelow,N:CursorLineNr,r:Question,s:StatusLine,S:StatusLineNC,c:VertSplit,t:Title,v:Visual,V:
VisualNOS,w:WarningMsg,W:WildMenu,f:Folded,F:FoldColumn,A:DiffAdd,C:DiffChange,D:DiffDelete,T:DiffText,>:SignColumn,-:Conceal,B:SpellBad,P:SpellCap,R:SpellRare,L:SpellLocal,+:Pmenu,=:PmenuSel,x:PmenuSbar,X:PmenuThumb,*:TabLine,#:TabLin
eSel,_:TabLineFill,!:CursorColumn,.:CursorLine,o:ColorColumn,q:QuickFixLine,z:StatusLineTerm,Z:StatusLineTermNC
include=^\s*#\s*include
indentkeys=0{,0},0),0],:,0#,!^F,o,O,e
isfname=@,48-57,/,.,-,_,+,,,#,$,%,~,=
isident=@,48-57,_,192-255
iskeyword=@,48-57,_,192-255
lispwords=defun,define,defmacro,set!,lambda,if,case,let,flet,let*,letrec,do,do*,define-syntax,let-syntax,letrec-syntax,destructuring-bind,defpackage,defparameter,defstruct,deftype,defvar,do-all-symbols,do-external-symbols,do-symbols,
dolist,dotimes,ecase,etypecase,eval-when,labels,macrolet,multiple-value-bind,multiple-value-call,multiple-value-prog1,multiple-value-setq,prog1,progv,typecase,unless,unwind-protect,when,with-input-from-string,with-open-file,with-open-s
tream,with-output-to-string,with-package-iterator,define-condition,handler-bind,handler-case,restart-bind,restart-case,with-simple-restart,store-value,use-value,muffle-warning,abort,continue,with-slots,with-slots*,with-accessors,with-a
ccessors*,defclass,defmethod,print-unreadable-object
listchars=precedes:<,extends:>
matchpairs=(:),{:},[:]
maxmempattern=1000
maxmemtot=12182042
mkspellmem=460000,2000,500
mouseshape=i-r:beam,s:updown,sd:udsizing,vs:leftright,vd:lrsizing,m:no,ml:up-arrow,v:rightup-arrow
nrformats=bin,octal,hex
packpath=~/.vim,/usr/local/share/vim/vimfiles,/usr/local/share/vim/vim82,/usr/local/share/vim/vimfiles/after,~/.vim/after
paragraphs=IPLPPPQPP TPHPLIPpLpItpplpipbp
path=.,/usr/include,,
perldll=libperl.so.5.30
printexpr=system('lpr' . (&printdevice == '' ? '' : ' -P' . &printdevice) . ' ' . v:fname_in) . delete(v:fname_in) + v:shell_error
printheader=%<%f%h%m%=Page %N
pythonthreedll=libpython3.8.so.1.0
pythondll=libpython2.7.so.1.0
rightleftcmd=search
rubydll=libruby-2.7.so.2.7
runtimepath=~/.vim,/usr/local/share/vim/vimfiles,/usr/local/share/vim/vim82,/usr/local/share/vim/vimfiles/after,~/.vim/after
scrollopt=ver,jump
sections=SHNHH HUnhsh
selection=inclusive
sessionoptions=blank,buffers,curdir,folds,help,options,tabpages,winsize,terminal
shellpipe=2>&1| tee
shellredir=>%s 2>&1
shortmess=filnxtToOS
spellcapcheck=[.?!]\_[\])'"^I ]\+
statusline= %<%F [%M%R%H%W%Y,%{&ff}] %= line:%l/%L col:%c %p%%
suffixes=.bak,~,.o,.h,.info,.swp,.obj
tags=./tags,./TAGS,tags,TAGS
termencoding=utf-8
termwinscroll=10000
titleold=RmbInspiro2018
titlestring=[ %t ] VIM
toolbar=icons,tooltips
toolbariconsize=small
ttytype=builtin_gui
undodir=~/.vim/undodir
viewdir=~/.vim/view
viewoptions=folds,options,cursor,curdir
<C-r>*? Because I can't see the issue with normal mode"*p. – Maxim Kim Oct 17 '20 at 8:57