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Reputation: 8073

Vim function to return to current line

I'm trying to write a Vim function that will execute a series of actions then returned to the line where the function was first triggered. Is it possible to somehow write a Vim function that can perform this behavior?

For example, if I'm somewhere in a vim buffer—say line 55 and type gg to go to the first line, I can return to line 55 with <C-o>? How can I write this behavior in a Vim function? Thanks in advance for the help.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 492

Answers (1)

Ingo Karkat
Ingo Karkat

Reputation: 172550

First of all, you can do everything in a function that you'd normally type. To use <C-o>, you just need the right escaping:

:execute "normal! \<C-o>"

Apart from that, you can also use dedicated Vimscript functions. Simplest is cursor(), which does not modify the jump list (use line('.') to save the original position in a variable; I'm hard-coding it here):

:call cursor(55, 0)

If you want your actions to be completely invisible, just restoring the cursor position isn't enough, though. The moves may also have affected the viewport; i.e. which buffer lines are displayed in the window. To keep that intact, use:

:let save_view = winsaveview()
" Your actions here
:call winrestview(save_view)
" Now the window looks exactly as before.

Upvotes: 7

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