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How does one keep the cursor in its place after a file-replace using :%s/find/replace/g ? I looked at restoring cursor position, but not quite what I was looking for, and I could jump back to previous position using ''.

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  • So what are you looking for? Using '' or <C-o> is sort of the answer :-) Do you want it to happen automatically? – Martin Tournoij Mar 16 '15 at 14:53
  • Automatically would be great; I'm hoping to eliminate an extra couple of keys, since I find myself going find-replace a lot, oh and learn something new (_: – KM. Mar 16 '15 at 15:06
  • @Carpetsmoker as well as `` ) Actually it looks like this particular question boils down to the issue whether it is possible to find some autocmd event we can listen to and trigger this automatically. – shabunc Mar 16 '15 at 18:53
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The anwolib plugin has a :KeepView command:

:KeepView %s/find/replace/g
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  • Is there a way to "enable" KeepView for all find-replace operations? I'm trying to minimize typing (_: – KM. Mar 16 '15 at 17:57
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    You can create a shorter :KV alias command, or even :kv using cmdalias.vim. To be even more extreme: :nnoremap : :KeepView<Space> – Ingo Karkat Mar 16 '15 at 19:59
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    Aaaand it's still the same two keys as with ''. – user1685095 Apr 11 '16 at 12:17

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