Tip 53: Mark Your Place and Snap Back to It
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m{a-zA-Z}: marks the current cursor location with designated letter
References
# If you open the file in vim, # then you can \"ayy@a the next line to execute the vim command: :h m
- `{mark}: moves the cursor on the first non-whitespace character
References
# If you open the file in vim, # then you can \"ayy@a the next line to execute the vim command: :h mark-motions
Automatic Marks
| Keystrokes | Buffer Contents |
| `` | Position before the last jump within current line |
| `. | Location of last change |
| `^ | Location of last insertion |
| `[ | Start of last change or yank |
| `] | End of last change or yank |
| `< | Start of last visual selection |
| `> | End of last visual selection |