Tabs mangled when copying between AppVMs

[tetra...@danwin1210.me]

When copying from AppVM to AppVM, tabs and/or spaces often get mangled
(additional tabs/spaces inserted).

For example, if I have a block of text in one AppVM that looks like:

def my_function():
msg = "foo"
othermsg = "bar"
print(msg + othermsg)


When I Ctrl-C (or Ctrl-Insert) and Ctrl-Shift-C this block of text, then
Ctrl-Shift-V and Shift-Insert it into an editor in another VM, it
sometimes comes out looking like:

def my_function():
msg = "foo"
othermsg = "bar"
print(msg + othermsg)

The issue does not crop up every time. Unfortunately, I haven't been
able to figure out a pattern or logic for when it occurs vs when it does
not occur.

Any suggestions for how to stop this happening?

[Andrew David Wong]

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Are you, by any chance, copying into Vi/Vim? That sort of thing happens
when you have "smart indentation" (or similar) enabled in Vim.

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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org

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[tetra...@danwin1210.me]

On Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 08:26:34PM -0500, Andrew David Wong wrote:
>Are you, by any chance, copying into Vi/Vim? That sort of thing happens
>when you have "smart indentation" (or similar) enabled in Vim.

Ah, yes, that would explain it. Thanks!