In version 6.3 (and as far as I can remember in Vim versions) it would
return my cursor to the line I was at when I saved a file the next
time I opened that file.
It now returns me to the beginning of the file in Vim 7.
I looked at :help restore-position, but that doesn't do it by default.
The weird thing is that before I never had to set anything special for
it to do it. It even worked if I didn't have a .vimrc.
I suspect somewhere along the line the 'viminfo' setting changed
subtly. Perhaps in your stock install, perhaps inadvertantly.
Particularly, you'd want to look at the "f" portion of it:
from ":help 'viminfo'"
f Whether file marks need to be stored. If
zero, file marks ('0 to '9, 'A to 'Z) are
not stored. When not present or when
non-zero, they are all stored. '0 is used
for the current cursor position (when exiting
or when doing ":wviminfo").
This would be where I'd start...comparing your old 'viminfo'
setting with your new one.
-tim
