Re: Avoid jumping cursor after undo

On 2022-03-14, Lifepillar <lifepillar@lifepillar.me> wrote:
> I have defined this function:
>
> fun! Lint()
> let l:view = winsaveview()
> keepjumps normal gggqG
> call winrestview(l:view)
> endf
>
> When the function is executed, the cursor does not move, as expected.
> Unfortunately, pressing u after that makes the cursor jump to the top
> of the buffer. I had hoped that keepjumps would prevent that, but that
> does not seem the case. How can I avoid moving the cursor upon undoing
> (without touching registers)?

I have found a rational for this behaviour (Vim restores the position to
where the undone change has happened), and a way to keep the cursor
where it is:

https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Restore_the_cursor_position_after_undoing_text_change_made_by_a_script

Perhaps, there is a less hackish way that does not modify the buffer.

Life.


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