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Pasting code into listings removes indentation

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Description

By default, you lose all indentation if you copy and past a code listing into a .tex file in TeXStudio. I found the way around this problem, set a config file option: https://sourceforge.net/p/texstudio/bugs/1209/

My suggestion is that, for code at least, maintaining the indentation should be the default. I can imagine that you want to autoindent other latex elements, but for computer source code I think the most common case is that pasting code should maintain the indentation. You could add yet another checkbox for "maintain indentation in code," on by default. I suspect this idea will be shot down, but I hope you consider more creative solutions (maybe a pop up when you first paste a code listing into a window?) - right now TeXStudio looks broken with this "remove code indentation" default in place.

See reproduction steps at bottom.

Environment
  • TeXstudio: 2.12.14
  • Qt: 5.8.0
  • OS: Windows 10
  • TeX distribution: miktex
Expected behavior
\begin{lstlisting}[
caption={This short example function illustrates the copy and paste problem}
language=someCode
]
static some_func() {
    // indented code - when pasted into TeXStudio, indentation goes away.
    float sqrt2 = sqrt(2.0f);
    float radperdeg = M_PI / 180.f;
    return;
}
\end{lstlisting}
Actual behavior
\begin{lstlisting}[
caption={This short example function illustrates the copy and paste problem}
language=someCode
]
static some_func() {
// indented code - when pasted into TeXStudio, indentation goes away.
float sqrt2 = sqrt(2.0f);
float radperdeg = M_PI / 180.f;
return;
}
\end{lstlisting}
How to reproduce

Take the lines below and copy them. Paste into TeXStudio. The indentation disappears.

\begin{lstlisting}[
caption={This short example function illustrates the copy and paste problem}
language=someCode
]
static some_func() {
    // indented code - when pasted into TeXStudio, indentation goes away.
    float sqrt2 = sqrt(2.0f);
    float radperdeg = M_PI / 180.f;
    return;
}
\end{lstlisting}

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Start by following the reproduction steps in the issue using the provided code listing in TeXstudio on the described environment. The work is done when pasted code preserves its indentation by default, with the resulting behavior verified against the expected and actual examples.

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Assessment

Tech stack
latex
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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