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If you paste text in vim and sometimes it distorts the text like some extra indentation gets added. This is a pain for those who work with python :P This problem occurs when there is auto indent or smart indent enabled. There might be other reasons. To solve this simply type in command mode:
:set paste
this will put vim in paste mode. And try pasting the same text now. It works. To disable the paste mode, type:
:set nopaste
You may also try :set noai and :set nosi for disabling autoindent and smartindent respectively. When you are done pasting, do** :set ai** and :set si