It may be nice to try and restore the scroll position in addition to the last place that was edited. Various challenges would have to be dealt with including:

• windows of different heights
• scrolloff settings that are non zero
• other??

A naive implementation could be realized by following this outline:

• Ask the user set set viminfo+=! in their .vimrc
• BufWinLeave: save line("w0") in a global variable that is persisted due to viminfo ! flag being set
• BufWinEnter : jump to saved w0, then to '"

I'm attempting to use a default template for new Perl files with this command:

autocmd BufNewFile *.pl 0r ~/.vim/perl/base_template.pl

I would like Vim to start the cursor on Line 11 of the template which is done like this:

autocmd BufNewFile *.pl 0r ~/.vim/perl/base_template.pl | 11

With vim-lastplace enabled when I create a new .pl file it loads the template but always puts the cursor on line 0. If I disable vim-lastplace then it starts on line 11.

Since the BufRead event happens before modelines are processed, lastplace cannot tell when the cursor will be inside a fold. It sounds from :help BufRead that BufWinEnter would be the right place for this functionality.

Some folks have expressed interest in a Debian package. Here's the RFP:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825665

I would like to use vim-lastplace, but want to disable this for vimdiff.
I could disable it with code like:

if &diff
    let g:lastplace_disable = "on"
endif

in my .vimrc, if we had such a global disable var. Do you think there is another way ?
Thank you for vim-lastplace.

Hi, thanks for this nice plugin.

There's one small issue with it which is a bit annoying, it does preserve cursor location when I open a file, but it scrolls the file one line, hiding the top line, when used, even if I closed the file without scrolling it at all.

Hello! Thank you for your plugin.
I have an issue with your and Fold-License plugin. When If I open the file for the first time, the license of the file is opened automatically. Is it possible to keep license folded?
Tested on this project.

Hi. Just a minor thing I noticed in your code. You are storing lastplace_ignore and lastplace_ignore_buftype as strings instead of a list. If you would store them as a list you wouldn't need to call split() on them here:

Hi. Folds open after reopening a file even tho let g:lastplace_open_folds = 0 is set.

0. Set let g:lastplace_open_folds = 0 in your vimrc
1. Open file & create a paragraph
2. Fold paragraph with zfip
3. Exit vim and open it again
4. See that fold is now open

I use nvim v0.4.3

Consider adding a note that this plugin isn't needed in Vim 8+ onwards.

:h last-position-jump

One can have this behavior out-of-the-box with the following in ~/.vimrc (see :h skip_defaults_vim):

unlet! skip_defaults_vim
source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim

The magic setting is this part:

  " Put these in an autocmd group, so that you can revert them with:
  " ":augroup vimStartup | au! | augroup END"
  augroup vimStartup
    au!

    " When editing a file, always jump to the last known cursor position.
    " Don't do it when the position is invalid, when inside an event handler
    " (happens when dropping a file on gvim) and for a commit message (it's
    " likely a different one than last time).
    autocmd BufReadPost *
      \ if line("'\"") >= 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") && &ft !~# 'commit'
      \ |   exe "normal! g`\""
      \ | endif

  augroup END

endif

I mean, I am sure your plugin does more than that, and I am not advocating for you to delete it. However, it would be nice to warn users that the basic functionality for it ships out-of-the-box with recent versions of vim. It would be even better if the diff parts of this plug-in compared to the status quo were merged upstream - but hey, one step at a time.

Nonetheless, great job in your repository management - This is one of the fewest I found with all issues and pull requests closed.

Useful plugin, and new to me. Interesting would be a comparison, or even symbiosis, with https://github.com/kopischke/vim-stay which, on first glance, does something similar.

I read this article and wonder if vim-lastplace can also keep windown view?

I'd like to feature request an option for this feature of automatically opening folds, personally I don't like it because sometimes when opening a file one wants to check another position in the file and not care about the last one or the last fold, which sometimes one even wishes to keep closed because of that.

Vim-Lastplace works well when opening a file using NERDTree, but if I toggle tagbar after opening the file, the entire layout get messed up.

I've found a stackoverflow question (#33516037) that describes the exact situation and even have text diagram explaning the situation. It seems that BufWinEnter function causes this issue.

Hi,

Would be nice to be able to keep the cursor position as well.

Example (_ is the cursor):

line
line _line
line

When we reopen the file, the cursor goes to the first position:

line
_line line
line

What you think?

One problem I see is that we would have to deal with lines where no longer large as the last position, in that case I think going to the last position would be okay.

I use vim-lastplace under some environment such as ubuntu14, lubuntu14, lubuntu18.

In the ubuntu14, lubuntu14, vim-lastplace work very well.
However, in the lubuntu18, vim-lastplace can not work well with latest vim.
The cursor is always on the first line, no matter which line was last opened

vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Apr 10 2018 21:31:58)
Included patches: 1-1453

lsb_release -d
Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

The recent commit conflicts with vim-buffergator.

Error detected while processing function <SNR>38_lastplace:
line    2:
E16: Invalid range
E16: Invalid range

The conflict was introduced at the commit f1c8989ea6af5ed297d7d622d190a86cc86f7681, the commit 36c4ae38130232134ece7bdd0e844d8034b585ab works.

Maybe I could change the default setting to ignore vim-buffergator list window, but I do not know vim-buffergator list window type or name.

    let g:lastplace_ignore = "gitcommit,gitrebase,svn,hgcommit"
    let g:lastplace_ignore_buftype = "quickfix,nofile,help"

I am running vim on popos 22 (linux).

I have been using lastplace plugin for years without issue.

BUT today ... I received the following ERROR message while doing a PluginUpdate

Sorry I don't know how to follow the hint "git config --global"

Any help much appreciated.

DL

My VIM version:

VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled May 10 2022 08:40:37)
Included patches: 1-749
Modified by [email protected]
Compiled by [email protected]
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Sometimes I am editing a file a.txt and I want to reference two separate locations while editing. For this I usually split the window. I will also often switch between the alternate buffer b.txt for another reference. Under some circumstances (detailed below), this plugin prevents restoring the cursor to the last buffer position when switching alternate buffers. Here are two recordings:

In both cases I:

• Open a.txt for editing. Note that the cursor starts on line 3 (the '" marks's location)
• Use 'G' to view the bottom of a.txt
• Split my window with <c-w>s
• Refocus the top window to the top of a.txt and open b.txt for editing in the lower window
• Use <c-6> to switch to alternate buffer repeatedly in the lower window

If I open a.txt for editing and the '" mark is positioned on line 1, this issue does not occur.

The first with this plugin installed:
When switching from b.txt to a.txt as the alternate buffer with this plugin installed, the cursor is returned to line 3, where my file was opened (the '" mark). This loss of context removes the benefit of having an alternate buffer for reference.

Without the plugin installed:

Without the plugin installed everything works as expected. I also tested without loading my .vimrc which also functioned properly. I am using Neovim 0.6 if that makes a difference.

It would be nice if it was possible to center the line on the screen instead of being at the bottom. Maybe a zz would handle it?