Bug#347597: vim: Automatically jump to last editing position

[Matthew A. Nicholson]

Package: vim
Version: 1:6.4-006+1
Severity: wishlist

I have always wondered why debian's default vimrc did not make vim jump
to the last editing position. Several other distros include this
functionality.

This line from ':help last-position-jump' in the vim online help,
enables this feature.

au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal g'\"" | endif

This would be useful to have in the default vimrc, even if it it
commented out with a description like the 'syntax on' option is now.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.5-11    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgpmg1                     1.19.6-21   General Purpose Mouse - shared lib
ii  libncurses5                  5.5-1       Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  vim-common                   1:6.4-006+1 Vi IMproved - Common files
ii  vim-runtime                  1:6.4-006+1 Vi IMproved - Runtime files

vim recommends no packages.

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