[Bug 1576583] Re: vim paste option bracks expandtab option

[Will Gray]

This is not a bug, but the defined behavior of the 'paste' setting.

> When the 'paste' option is switched on (also when it was already on):
>         - 'expandtab' is reset

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  vim paste option bracks expandtab option

Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  i am using ubuntu xenial.

  when I use vim options at the end of a file like the following:

  # vim: syntax=yaml ts=2 sw=2 et sr softtabstop=2 autoindent paste

  it should convert an entered tab into spaces (pressing tab should
  result into 2 spaces). in the past it actually did. currently it does
  not anymore. the problem here seems to be the last option "paste". if
  i leave out the paste options the expandtab (et) option works again.
  the paste option should not have any effect on the expandtab option
  though.

  
  steps to reproduce:

  - create a file with "# vim: syntax=yaml ts=2 sw=2 et sr softtabstop=2 autoindent paste" at the end of the file. 
  - save it
  - reopen it with vim
  - in insert mode: press tab key
  - the tab should have been converted into 2 spaces (but it doesn't)
  - remove the paste option  "# vim: syntax=yaml ts=2 sw=2 et sr softtabstop=2 autoindent"
  - save it
  - reopen it with vim
  - in insert mode: press tab key again
  - now the tab is converted into 2 spaces

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