I have nothing to add, but I like Christian's signature with varying
quotes. I might search how to do that too :-) Catherine Deneuve was all
class.
On Saturday, 1 April 2023 at 00:40:51 UTC+10 Christian Brabandt wrote:
>
> On Fr, 31 Mär 2023, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use wrote:
>
> > Follow up to this thread, see bottom post. I have been messing about with
> > vim and I have used this command from my local machine:
> >
> > $ vim ~/external/docs/mlog -i ~/external/.viminfo
> >
> > From the manual:
> >
> > -i {viminfo}
> > Specifies the filename to use when reading or writing the
> > viminfo file, instead of the default "~/.viminfo". This
> > can also be used to skip the use of the .viminfo file, by
> > giving the name "NONE".
> >
> >
> > But when I use this syntax, the cursor mark is still not at the same
> place
> > where I left when I used vim directly on the remote machine.
>
> I suppose because the filename is still stored twice within the viminfo
> file with two different paths? Open your viminfo file (please make a
> backup of it before messing with it) and search for the filename, for
> which this issue occurs. You most likely find it there twice and you
> need to make sure to have it there only once (with whatever path you
> want to access the file).
>
> > So, my question is, what is the practical point of this switch?
>
> It uses a different viminfo file than the default one. By itself it
> won't help, because you still have the problem, that you are editing the
> same file under two different paths, so it looks like 2 different files
> for Vim.
>
> Best,
> Christian
> --
> Die Religion hat viel Schlechtes und nur wenig Gutes hervorgebracht.
> -- Claude Adrien Helvétius
>
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