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Costa Michailidis
Costa Michailidis

Reputation: 8178

In Vim, how would I make a change then go back where I was?

In vim, lots of times, I'm working on something, and I need to jump down a bunch of lines (or up) and make a quick edit. How do I then quickly go back to where I was?

Maybe... 

`.

or...

`2

Upvotes: 0

Views: 58

Answers (4)

Vitor
Vitor

Reputation: 1976

You could simply mark your current position with ma (using register a as an example), do whatever you need to do and then jump back to the mark with `a.

Upvotes: 1

Costa Michailidis
Costa Michailidis

Reputation: 8178

I ended up doing this

nnoremap t g;zz
vnoremap t g;zz
nnoremap T g,zz
vnoremap T g,zz

So t now moves me back one step in the changelist (changelist, right?), and shift + t moves me forward one step.

The zz helps center the line so it's easier to read.

Upvotes: 0

Ricky Nelson
Ricky Nelson

Reputation: 876

Have you tried two single quotes? I'm not sure if that is exactly what you are looking for or not, but I use it all the time to say go look at the top of the file for an include or something, then '' to jump back to where I was.

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Moving_around

'' Return to the line where the cursor was before the latest jump. (Two single quotes.)

Upvotes: 1

bitmask
bitmask

Reputation: 34628

I typically do a :split, edit and then :q.

It's fast in my setup, because I have the following:

nmap <Bar> <C-w>v
nmap - <C-w>s
map <C-c> :quit<CR>

So I just have to hit -, edit and then Ctrl+c.

Upvotes: 2

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