Re: First line starting with space affects cursor position when switching buffers

On Thu, 31 May 2018, dmccooey@comcast.net wrote:

> Save the file (:w) and switch (:e) to view another file.
> Switch back (:e) to the original file.
> Notice that the cursor is on the first line, not where it was originally.

This is original default behaviour - open file, stand at first char.

But in my .vimrc I have the following snippet
(for so long, that I do not remember where from):
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" Uncomment the following to have Vim jump to the last position when
" reopening a file
au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$")
\| exe "normal! g'\"" | endif
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With it vim remembers the position-per-filename (in .viminfo)
and jumps to the position re-entering the file.

BUT the ':help viminfo' contains the following 'NOTE':
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The marks are only written when exiting Vim, which is fine because
marks are remembered for all the files you have opened in the
current editing session, unless ":bdel" is used. If you want to
save the marks for a file that you are about to abandon with
":bdel", use ":wv".
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SO, what you (and me too) really need, is some way to make
sure the marks are written, even if we 'abandon the file' !
(Or how to make 'wv' the default instead of typing the v ???)
I assume ':e' does the same as (or imples) ':bdel' with the
current/old file here.

Stucki

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