[vox-tech] vim question

[Peter Jay Salzman]

hi jan,

the viminfo file just stores information.  it doesn't actually do
anything by itself.  in other words, the viminfo file differs from the
.vimrc file in that:

viminfo: stores state data for vim
.vimrc: a list of vim commands to run at the start of a vim session

so how does the cursor get positioned when vim is started?

pete




begin Jan W <jcwynholds@yahoo.com> 
> Hi Peter:
> 
> Look in ~/.viminfo
> 
> There should be a line like:
> 
> # File marks:
> '0  37  0  ~/textfile3.txt
> '1  35  0  ~/textfile.txt
> 
> I think that is the place that you are talking about.
> 
> :)
> 
> HTHO,
> 
> jan
> 
> --- Peter Jay Salzman <p@dirac.org> wrote:
> > hi lugod,
> > 
> > i've seen vim on a mandrake system which, when opening a file a second
> > time, will place the cursor at its last position when the file was
> > initially opened.
> > 
> > anyone know how to get vim to do this?
> > 
> > i've checked the ~/.vimrc and can find nothing that does this.  i also
> > checked bash aliases to make sure vim wasn't aliased to vim plus some
> > command line switches.   nothing.
> > 
> > i'd like for my own vim to do this.  anyone know the magic?
> > 
> > pete
> > 
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