Update: Better answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/38258720/62202
To turn off autoindent when you paste code, there’s a special “paste” mode.
Type
:set paste
Then paste your code. Note that the text in the tooltip now says -- INSERT (paste) --
.
After you pasted your code, turn off the paste-mode, so that auto-indenting when you type works correctly again.
:set nopaste
However, I always found that cumbersome. That’s why I map <F3>
such that it can switch between paste and nopaste modes while editing the text! I add this to .vimrc
set pastetoggle=<F3>