Re: Cursor column on line 1 not remembered

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010, Brett Stahlman wrote:

> On Mar 18, 11:19 pm, "Benjamin R. Haskell" wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> > Turns out there's something in Gentoo's /etc/vim/vimrc that defeats
> > restoring the cursor column:
> >
> >   " When editing a file, always jump to the last cursor position
> >   autocmd BufReadPost *
> >         \ if ! exists("g:leave_my_cursor_position_alone") |
> >         \     if line("'\"") > 0 && line ("'\"") <= line("$") |
> >         \         exe "normal g'\"" |
> >         \     endif |
> >         \ endif
> >
> > OpenSUSE (at work) has the non-broken (abbreviated):
> >
> > if has("autocmd")
> >   autocmd BufReadPost *
> >       \ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
> >       \   exe "normal g`\"" |
> >       \ endif
> > endif
> >
> > The difference in the executed commands is subtle:
> > g'"
> > versus
> > g`"
> >
> > But, perhaps your distribution has something that uses (perhaps
> > inadvertently) 'if line("'\"") > 1', for example.  What system are
> > you on, precisely?
>
> Just to be clear... The version in my .vimrc appears to be correct...
>
> autocmd BufReadPost *
> \ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
> \ exe "normal g`\"" |
> \ endif
>
> ...yet I still experience the issue.

In your own .vimrc? or in a system-wide vimrc? Maybe there are two
commands being processed.

Either way, do you see anything odd in the output of:

:au BufReadPost *

Maybe something else is resetting the position as well.

--
Best,
Ben

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