Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> In the current $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim ("Last change: 2014 Nov
> 05") the following autocommand is defined at lines 73 to 81:
>
> " When editing a file, always jump to the last known cursor position.
> " Don't do it when the position is invalid or when inside an event
> handler
> " (happens when dropping a file on gvim).
> " Also don't do it when the mark is in the first line, that is the
> default
> " position when opening a file.
> autocmd BufReadPost *
> \ if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") |
> \ exe "normal! g`\"" |
> \ endif
>
>
> This results in failing to go back to the last known cursor position if
> it was in line 1 but not at start-of-line. (The default position is _at
> start_ of line 1.) I have a file with a long first line, in which it
> would be extremely useful to me to be able to reload the file with the
> cursor correctly positioned in that first line, just like it is if it
> happened to be in line 2 or higher when the file was last closed in Vim.
>
> IMHO the first condition (before the &&) should be
> either
> line("'\"") >= 1
> or
> line("'\"") > 0
>
> and (again, IMHO) the two-line comment sentence starting "Also" should
> be removed.
If the " mark is at the default position we most likely don't want to
move the cursor there. However, if it is not on the first non-blank in
the first line then that is not the default position. Thus if the mark
is in line 1 the column needs to be compared with the indent of the
first line.
> I see that line() returns zero if the mark is not defined: I suppose
> this would be the case for a file which already exists but wasn't edited
> with Vim before. In that case (finding the mark not set) it would still
> be expected that he cursor be left at its default start-of-file
> position, e.g. by sidestepping the g`" in the autocomand.
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