Automatic file marks

automatic_file_marks.md

Automatic file marks

File marks are like regular marks except that they are associated to a specific file, which makes them pretty useful for quick file navigation. One use that is commonly mentionned would be to add a V mark to one's vimrc, for example, which would make editing it only one 'V away.

Here, a mnemonic mark is left when leaving files of a specific kind:

• mark C for "CSS" and "SCSS",
• mark H for "HTML",
• etc.

which makes it super easy to jump back to the last file of a certain kind that was edited:

'E

This is very handy in long sessions where you edit lots of filetypes.

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This was initially VERY influenced by another one I found online, circa 2011-12. I didn't bookmark it at the time, though. I have posted my own version in various forums over the years but I could never point people to the actual original and give credit where credit is due. If you know where to find it I would gladly link to it.

automatic_file_marks.vim

augroup AutomaticMarks
    autocmd!
    autocmd BufLeave *.css,*.scss normal! mC
    autocmd BufLeave *.html       normal! mH
    autocmd BufLeave *.js,*.ts    normal! mJ
    autocmd BufLeave *.vue        normal! mV
    autocmd BufLeave *.yml,*.yaml normal! mY
    autocmd BufLeave .env*        normal! mE
    autocmd BufLeave *.md         normal! mM
augroup END