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Re:Thanks for the memory: How cheap RAM changes computing by yumaikas on Monday October 17, 2016 @11:30AM (#12725894)
I have a very specific example of jobs for nano vs vim. When I need to copy paste some code into a server and I don't have clipboard access over ssh, nano is better for that than vim, because vim tends to keep tabs indented, so I'll use nano to paste the file into, and then go into vim to edit it. I'm sure there are other examples.
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Re:Thanks for the memory: How cheap RAM changes computing by OMGWTF on Monday October 17, 2016 @12:21PM (#12726483)
Use ":set paste" before you paste. (Disable with ":set nopaste".)

See also: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Toggle_auto-indenting_for_code_pas...

Or, if your terminal emulator supports "bracketed paste", use something like this: https://github.com/ConradIrwin/vim-bracketed-paste

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