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vim is not remembering last position

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My Ubuntu LTS 12.04 has vim editor. If I open a file, move to a paragraph and reopen vim, then the cursor goes to beginning of the file always.

This is not the expected behavior. How the vim can remember last read position after closing a file?

I tried vi also, but the result is the same.

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answered 2 Years ago kilusy · Accepted Answer

The file /etc/vim/vimrc already contains necessary feature. Just need to uncomment it:

" Uncomment the following to have Vim jump to the last position when

" reopening a file

if has("autocmd")

  au BufReadPost * if line("'"") > 1 && line("'"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g'"" | endif

endif

(Infact, you can refer to /usr/share/vim/vim73/vimrc_example.vim also)