Re: Why does (my) Vim leave the cursor to the last mark even if I don't save the file?

On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 5:40 PM Christian Brabandt <cblists@256bit.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Do, 19 Jan 2023, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use wrote:
>
> > Ok, the title is probably not accurate, so I'll try to explain.
> >
> >
> > Let's say I have a file with 5 lines
> >
> > --------------------------
> >
> > This is line 1
> > Another line
> > More lines
> > Even more lines
> > This is the last line
> >
> > -------------------------
> >
> > I save the file (Esc w q). When I reopen it, the cursor is at the end of
> > line 5.
> >
> > Then I move the cursor up two lines. I quit without saving (Esc q!).
> >
> > When I reopen the file, the cursor is now at the 3rd line.
> >
> > Is this intended behaviour? If so, how can I tell Vim to ignore movements
> > but just this time?
> >
>
> The behaviour you are seeing, comes from a BufReadPost autocommand, that
> restores the last cursor position. It's defined in the help below
> :h last-position-jump
>
> > $ cat .vim/vimrc
> > source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim
>
> This is where the auto command is defined. If you do not want it, you
> can delete this after sourcing the defauls.vim file:
>
> :augroup vimStartup | au! | augroup END

Yes, indeed, you can suppress it if you want: everything (or almost)
is configurable in Vim (and I just checked: it is the only autocommand
in group vimStartup so no side-effects). Or else, you can decide that
it is a feature, not a bug, and enjoy having all your editfiles
reopened just where you were the last time you used them and not
always at the very top.

Best regards,
Tony.
>
>
> Best
> Christian
> --
> Es mag zu meinem Vorteil oder Nachteil ausfallen, ich fürchte nicht,
> so gesehen zu werden, wie ich bin.
> -- Jean Jacques Rousseau (an Malesherbes, 1762)
>
@Christian: weißt Du wie Jean-Jacques Rousseau dies auf Französisch schreibte?

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