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Asked: 2026-05-25T16:19:20+00:00

When the cursor is placed at the end of a line containing nothing but

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When the cursor is placed at the end of a line containing nothing but withspace characters, vim will, when i press enter, remove that whitespace. I find this irritating, as it breaks my script for selecting code that are indented to the same level. How can I prevent vim from doing this?

In my .vimrc (http://bjuhn.com/randomstuff/vimrc) I have the following:

filetype plugin on
set copyindent

that is, I am not using any syntax-aware auto-indention, as I have yet to find one that does everything to my liking.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The Vim wiki suggests this:

    inoremap <CR> <CR>x<BS>

    because the indenting is not removed if some text has been entered on the line, even if it has been deleted.

    [EDIT – milimetric]

    Just a couple of pieces missing from a full solution. You also need remaps for o and O and whatever else you use to add lines:

    inoremap <CR> <CR>x<BS>
nnoremap o ox<BS>
nnoremap O Ox<BS>

    Same idea but people newer to vim might not figure it out quickly.

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