Re: Where are vim macros stored

On 2021-05-28 11:47, 'Grant Taylor' via vim_use wrote:
> My understanding is that, by default, macros only exist in memory,
> are volatile, and not stored persistently. The only live in vim's
> memory while vim is running.
>
> There are some non-default options that you can use to change some
> of that.

Depends on whether vim was started in compatible mode or not. The
gritty details of "should I default to compatible or not" is spelled
out at

:help compatible-default

In compatible mode, it doesn't store registers in your viminfo,
whereas for nocp mode, it does by default:

:help 'viminfo'
Vi default: ""
Vim default
for MS-Windows: '100,<50,s10,h,rA:,rB:,
for Amiga: '100,<50,s10,h,rdf0:,rdf1:,rdf2:
for others: '100,<50,s10,h)

So based on a number of factors (initial 'cp' determination,
overridden 'cp' setting, manually setting 'viminfo', manually setting
'viminfofile', etc), the results may vary. Tuneable to the point of
fault^Wconfusion. ;-)

-tim


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