Vim 8.0: Can't disable autoindent on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Question

I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and install vim by sudo apt get install vim . Package version is 8.x. Event I set noautoindent and set nosmartindent but the indentation still happens automatically. It looks more like a "smart" one because if I type "end" after typing enter in a *.rb file, the indentation is automatically removed.

Answer 1

:filetype plugin indent off ?

Also consider 'pastetoggle' to disable indent temporarily for pasting.

Answer 2

The Ubuntu 18.04 LTS working solution was given by Roman Odaisky in one of the comments. I am just moving it here and expanding on a little bit for the future users, since it took me some time to find a way to disable this annoyance:

1. To turn off all autoindent temporarily in VIM session issue the following command while in vi:

    :setl noai nocin nosi inde= 

2. To have VIM remember the setting, add it to your .vimrc :

    $ vi ~/.vimrc --- setlocal noautoindent setlocal nocindent setlocal nosmartindent setlocal indentexpr=