Re: execute sub command without moving cursor

On Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 4:56:06 PM UTC-5, ZyX wrote:
> 2017-04-05 22:21 GMT+03:00 Ni Va <nivaemail@gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > I use this kind of command but it moves my cursor pos.
> >
> >
> > silent! exe '?^BEGIN?,/^END/s/^NETWORK.*$/\="NETWORK".s:inc()." \/\/In ".s[0]." : ".s[1]/e'
> >
> >
> > Can I avoid to move cursor when I replace executing sub command ?
> > Thanks
> > niva
>
> You can restore it afterwards: use winsaveview()+winrestview().
> Otherwise you will have to emulate `:substitute` with search() and
> setline() and this is going to be way too tricky.
>

Depending on what you're trying to do, winsaveview()/winrestview() may be overkill and a simple `` in normal mode may suffice. Or ma/`a.

Although maybe I should map something to winsaveview()/winrestview() one of these days...

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