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Vim diff opens 2 files for diffing, but it doesn't navigate to the first diff section automatically on startup. Can I add something to startup script (like _vimrc) to do this?

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  • What do you mean with "navigate to the first diff"? – Martin Tournoij Jun 9 '15 at 7:21
  • I mean jump to the first diff section, like command ]c does. – Thomson Jun 9 '15 at 7:26
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]c doesn't jump to the first difference, it jumps to the next difference. If your first difference is on the first line, ]c would jump to the the second one which is not what you want. One could work around that with ]c[c (jump to next difference then jump to previous).

This command:

$ vim -d -c 'norm ]c[c' filea fileb

seems to do what you want.

I don't think it is necessarily a good idea to put that in your startup sciript.

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    You could put that as an autocommand only when 'diff' is on, I suppose. That seems harmless enough... :help vimdiff gives an example of how (if &diff) – derobert Jun 9 '15 at 17:21

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