Re: What's the point of the "-i" switch? was : How do I replicate vim settings across two machines?

Am 31/03/2023 um 14:40 schrieb Christian Brabandt:
>
> On Fr, 31 Mär 2023, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use wrote:
>
>> Follow up to this thread, see bottom post. I have been messing about with
>> vim and I have used this command from my local machine:
>>
>> $ vim ~/external/docs/mlog -i ~/external/.viminfo
>>
>> From the manual:
>>
>> -i {viminfo}
>> Specifies the filename to use when reading or writing the
>> viminfo file, instead of the default "~/.viminfo". This
>> can also be used to skip the use of the .viminfo file, by
>> giving the name "NONE".
>>
>>
>> But when I use this syntax, the cursor mark is still not at the same place
>> where I left when I used vim directly on the remote machine.
>
> I suppose because the filename is still stored twice within the viminfo
> file with two different paths? Open your viminfo file (please make a
> backup of it before messing with it) and search for the filename, for
> which this issue occurs. You most likely find it there twice and you
> need to make sure to have it there only once (with whatever path you
> want to access the file).
>
>> So, my question is, what is the practical point of this switch?
>
> It uses a different viminfo file than the default one. By itself it
> won't help, because you still have the problem, that you are editing the
> same file under two different paths, so it looks like 2 different files
> for Vim.

Ok, thanks. It makes sense.

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