From:	71231 DOT 104 AT compuserve DOT com (Richard Slobod)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Pasting in a DOS box
Date:	Wed, 07 May 1997 23:27:42 GMT
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zif AT world-net DOT net (Zif Rocks) wrote:
>
>On 3 May 1997 13:17:27 GMT, mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
>wrote:

>>Zif Rocks (zif AT world-net DOT net) wrote:
>>: Using win95, I often copy snippets or full sources from web pages or
>>: example texts, but when I paste these into dos edit or rhide, the
>>: indentations are completely wrong, leaving a staggered text.  Is there
>>: a convenient way to work around this, or to change it?  Any help . . .
>>
>>In RHIDE, turn off autoinednt (options->Environment->Editor Options)
>>before pasting, and say `To All'. When you've done the pasting, turn it on
>>again and say `To All'.
>
>Perfect.  This worked exactly as you said in RHIDE.  I still have to
>wonder why I had the same problem in dos EDIT.  It doesn't have any
>indentation features.

Yes it does.  The DOS Editor carries over the indentation from the
last line (as hard as it is to believe, the DOS Editor actually is
meant to be a programmer's editor . . . it's the QuickBasic editor).
I don't believe it provides any way to turn off the feature though.

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