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

Andy Wokula wrote:

> Am 01.06.2018 um 08:25 schrieb dmccooey@comcast.net:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have encountered what appears to be a bug in vim,
> > but it might be a feature that I would like to disable.
> >
> > To reproduce the problem:
> >
> > Use vim to create a new file, and add 10 or so lines of text to the file.
> > In the first line, put at least two characters, and make sure the first character is a space or tab.
> > Place the cursor on the last line (or any line other than the first line).
> > 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.
> >
> > I am using vim 8.0 for Mac.
> >
> > Dave McCooey
>
> I've seen this too for a long time (before v8.0), but didn't bother to investigate ...
> It's easy to "fix": just don't start the first line with whitespace.
>
> Ok, I did some bisecting (first time ^^):
>
> gvim-v7-4-674.exe (and earlier) works ok
> gvim-v7-4-675.exe (and later) shows the bug
>
> Someone should take a look at Patch 7.4.675

That patch looks fine.

Vim normally puts the cursor in the first line. There must be an
autocommand that is moving it to the last used position, the problem is
most likely in that autocommand.

You can use $VIMRUNTIME/macros/editexisting.vim

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