While inserting a new line below a comment in vim, the result tends to insert a "
at the start of the new line. It's probably a simple solution or reason why this is happening, but I am unable to find an exact solution.

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` clears the line if you dont want to alter that setting. – romainl Oct 19 '13 at 07:19 -
1See also [Is there a keyboard shortcut in Insert mode to tell vim that I don't want to be inside a comment any more?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/17878768). – glts Oct 19 '13 at 08:14
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2You may also be interested in [this petition](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/vim_dev/EKDS1PP4rPo/ifLO6FFNqe4J) on the developer's mailing list: some people feel that this setting, `formatoptions=ro`, shouldn't be on by default since it is a user preference. – glts Oct 19 '13 at 08:20
4 Answers
If you’re editing a file of the vim
filetype, Vim might by default insert the comment character (in Vimscript, this would be "
) at the beginning of each new line you enter after a comment. As already mentioned, this is a result of Vim’s formatoptions
setting.
To turn this behavior off in the current file, run
:set formatoptions-=ro
To turn it off by default, add this to your ~/.vimrc
:
set formatoptions-=ro
To turn it off for Vimscript files, add this to your ~/.vimrc
:
augroup filetype_vim
autocmd!
autocmd FileType vim setlocal formatoptions-=ro
augroup END
r
and o
are options which can be given to formatoptions
. For the full list of possible options, run :help fo-table
.

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This behaviour is governed by the formatoptions variable.
Use :h formatoptions
to find out more.
The following article might also be helpful: Disable automatic comment insertion.

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I think this should work, regardless of your formatoptions
settings.
inoremap <CR> <CR><C-U>

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what command are you using to insert below?
If you use the standard "o" keystroke while in Navigation mode, it should insert a new line immediately below whatever the cursor is on, and automatically place you into Insert mode, without inserting an extra "
Similarly an uppercase "O" will insert a new line above whatever line the cursor is on, and place you in insert mode.

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I'm well aware of what "o" and "O" does. However, whenever using comments in a file with the .vim extensions, vim creates an addition " at the start of a new line. The " part is what I didn't understand. – Brandon Mercer Oct 21 '13 at 03:19