ok, thank you. that helps very much.
i appreciate your fast and thorough response.
On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 01:46:40PM -0600, Tim Chase wrote:
> >i am trying to find the best way to save marks for each project.
> >i currently do a :mks! project_name.vim for my session. this does
> >not save the marks.
> >
> >is the best way to do this by :wviminfo and :rviminfo?
>
> If you go to
>
> :help 21.4
>
> and search
>
> /mark
>
> you'll land in the "SESSIONS AND VIMINFO" section where it
> details your conundrum (that sessions don't store marks), and it
> suggests there that you use it in concert with wviminfo/rviminfo.
> So you're correct that this seems to be the best way to do it.
>
> >if so, does anyone have any suggestions on how to automate this somehow?
>
> The above-mentioned help lacks any ideas on how to automate this.
> You might do something like wrap the following in a pair of
> functions to save and restore the whole schlemiel:
>
> " get the name of the directory the current file is in
> let l:fname = (split(expand('%:p:h'), '\\')[-1])
> " in pre-vim7, the above could be done as
> " let l:fname = matchstr(expand('%:p:h'), '\w*$')
> exec 'mksession! '.getcwd().'/'.l:fname.'.sess'
> exec 'wviminfo! '.getcwd().'/'.l:fname.'.vim'
>
> and a counterpart function to do something like
>
> " get the name of the directory the current file is in
> let l:fname = (split(expand('%:p:h'), '\\')[-1])
> " in pre-vim7, the above could be done as
> " let l:fname = matchstr(expand('%:p:h'), '\w*$')
> exec 'source! '.getcwd().'/'.l:fname.'.sess'
> exec 'rviminfo! '.getcwd().'/'.l:fname.'.vim'
>
>
> Tweak as needed.
>
> HTH,
>
> -tim
>
>
>
