Solved! (I think) I had in my vimrc
" retain view state when switching windows autocmd BufWinLeave *.* mkview autocmd BufWinEnter *.* silent loadview It's a cargo-cult answer but removing that has solved the problem for me. -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php