Vim editor

Saving your editor session

As we work with projects we tend to open a large number of files, with vim features like tabbed-open, split-view etc … If you want to take a break and return back to the same environment later, you can do so by saving the vim session as,

:mksession! .vimsession

Current vim session is saved under file .vimsession - overwriting if it already exists.

Some common problems with vim

If you cannot open a file at the same line number you closed it at last time, add the following in your .vimrc file.

" Vim jump to the last position when reopening a file
if has("autocmd")
  au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$")
      \| exe "normal! g'\"" | endif
endif

Also make sure that $HOME/.viminfo has read/write permissions enabled.