Re: How do I replicate vim settings across two machines?

Am 14/03/2023 um 11:38 schrieb Christian Brabandt:
>
> On Di, 14 Mär 2023, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have two laptops.
>>
>> LAP-EXT is a laptop that I use when out and about and is connected to the
>> Internet via mobile 4G.
>>
>> I frequently edit a file called mlog.txt
>>
>> $ vim ~/docs/mlog
>>
>> At home I have another laptop (LAP-HOME), with no access to the Internet, on
>> which I mount $HOME on LAP1 over sshfs:
>>
>>
>> $ sshfs LAP-HOME: ~/external
>>
>> Both machines run latest Debian stable.
>>
>> So I can access mlog.txt as:
>>
>> $ vim ~/external/docs/mlog
>>
>>
>> However if I do that, I get different behaviours, for example the cursor
>> mark is in different places, so I don't know where I left the text on the
>> other machine.
>>
>> The only workaround at the moment is to ssh to LAP-EXT and run vim from
>> there.
>>
>> How can I tell vim on LAP-HOME to use exactly the same settings as vim on
>> LAP-EXT including leaving the cursor at the same position?
>
> You are editing the same file using 2 different paths, so Vim thinks
> those are different files. I don't think there is a way to convince Vim
> that those are the same files, thus the only other option would be to
> edit your viminfo file manually and carefully and change the path there.
>
> Best,
> Christian

Thanks.

Would it work if I sym-linked the remote .viminfo to the local one (or
vice versa)?

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