vim: Jump to the last known cursor when file open

May 21st, 2010 mysurface Posted in gvim | Hits: 163489 | 2 Comments »

When dealing with source codes by using vim, I usually open and close the files repeatably. It will be good if vim can automatically jump me to the last known position when I reopen a file.

To have vim do so, you must have viminfo, which usually exist by default.

Add in the setting into your ~/.vimrc


if has("autocmd")
  autocmd BufReadPost *
    \ if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
    \   exe "normal! g`\"" |
    \ endif
endif

Ok, I have no idea what how it does the magic, but I know if your vim editor have autocmd capability, it will do wonders.

P.S. For gvim users, you can edit the vimrc by accessing the menu Edit > Startup Settings from the gvim.

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2 Responses to “vim: Jump to the last known cursor when file open”

  1. dutor Says:
    May 21st, 2010 at 10:04 pm

    But, by this solution, it just jumps to the “line” but not the exact cursor position where you left.

  2. mysurface Says:
    May 22nd, 2010 at 10:51 am

    Probably, but it is sufficient for me :)

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