Linda W wrote:
A.J.Mechelynck wrote:
As has been repeatedly said this past week, this requires a viminfo
setting and an autocommand.
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Maybe as has not been said. I have all that.
The autocommand is defined near line 70 of
$VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim so if you source the latter, you should
have it.
I don't source example files by default. But my system has a /etc/vimrc
and it does have the lines below, which appear to be equivalent if not the
same as what is in the example. Perhaps vim no longer reads /etc/vimrc...?
" Only do this part when compiled with support for autocommands.
if has("autocmd")
" When editing a file, always jump to the last known cursor position.
" Don't do it when the position is invalid or when inside an event
handler
" (happens when dropping a file on gvim).
autocmd BufReadPost *
\ if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
\ exe "normal g`\"" |
\ endif
endif " has("autocmd")
" /etc/vimrc ends here
Type ":version". Near the middle of the output, there is a line saying
"System vimrc file:". The file named on that line is sourced (in
'compatible' mode unless it sets 'nocompatible' itself) before your
vimrc. The default is $VIM/vimrc (with neither dot nor underscore), on
both Unix and Windows. If you don't have a file by that name, you can
create it with (for a start) the following:
if has("unix")
source /etc/vimrc
else
runtime vimrc_example.vim
endif
Another possibility is to source the vimrc_example near the beginning of
your own vimrc; anything in /etc/vimrc that the vimrc_example lacks can
be added after the invocation. (The only things which should come
_before_ the invocation are "set nocompatible" if used, and anything
which influences the menus, e.g. "language messages <languagename>".
The vimrc_example.vim contains a lot of useful settings. I recommend
sourcing it from one's vimrc, then adding any desired tweaks as needed.
Oh, and I almost forgot: the command ":scriptnames" will tell you which
scripts were sourced by the current instance of Vim, and in which sequence.
Best regards,
Tony.
