I use vim as my editor, and it's been driving me crazy: I use smartindent which means after I type this: if(some_condition()) { and press enter, it automatically tabs me in the correct number of tabs to line up my next line of code. However, if I then type a # character to start a comment, it jumps the cursor to the beginning of the line and then shows the character on the screen. So if I am 3 tabs in, and I press a #, it automatically jumps me to the 0th character of the line. Anybody know how to fix this? Here are my customized vim settings (I'm assuming everything else is the default - and by the way, I use gvim (vim-gtk package in Debian)). 
colorscheme torte

set nowrap
set linebreak
set nu
set tabstop=4

set shiftwidth=4
set gfn=ProFont\ 11
set gfn=ProggyCleanTTSZ\ 12
set smartindent
set noexpandtab
set showmatch
set formatoptions=tcr
set textwidth=80

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In reply to Slightly Off Topic: vim/perl comment behavior by saberworks

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