Autocmd for hard wrap and going back to the previous position!

Question

In my .vimrc file I have

autocmd BufWritePre *.c :g/./ normal gqq

with text width 119 in order to hardwrap the lines before saving the buffer.

I tried

autocmd BufWritePre *.c :g/./ normal gqq``zz

to move the cursor back to where it was and bring it in the centre but it seems like taking me to some arbitary location.

Can anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

What your command does :g/./ normal gqq``zz is "for each line do normal command which is format line and goto last position and recenter.

What you have to do is to separate :g/../normal gqq command and the rest.

Smth like (tested) exe ':g/./normal gqq' | normal ``zz

1. exe is to execute a string as a command (:h execute)
2. | is to add another command to the line
3. normal to execute normal mode commands from command mode :)

So the end result should be (not tested)

autocmd BufWritePre *.c :exe ':g/./normal gqq' | normal ``zz