Re: Always restore buffer list from .viminfo file

On 20/02/13 10:26, Arvid Warnecke wrote:
>Hello,
>
>is there any chance to recover all opened buffers in vim from the
>~/.viminfo file somehow?
>I understood that vim trashes the buffers list when vim is started with
>a specific file to edit. But as I use vim in mutt as my default editor
>as well, I always loose my buffers because mutt opens it like this:
>
>`vim /tmp/mutt-archbookPro-1000-895-3021467551525290154`
>
>So it does not help when I try to use only one vim instance running on
>my workstation to keep all buffers around.
>
>I read something about v:oldfiles, but I have no clue how this file
>might be of any help, because I just have a list of all old files in a
>new buffer. I am not able to restore the buffers from it.
>
>Best regards,
>Arvid
>

Maybe :mksession is the right answer for you...

:h mksession

see point #7.

Best regards.

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