Tip 58: Snap Between Files Using Global Marks

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• m{letter}: create a mark at the current cursor position.
  • Lowercase letter: create marks that are local to a buffer
  • Uppercase letter: create global marks

References

# If you open the file in vim,
# then you can \"ayy@a the next line to execute the vim command: 
:h m

• `{letter}: snap the cursor back to the mark

Set a Global Mark Before Going Code Diving

Suggestion: set a global mark before using any commands that interact with the quickfix list (e.g. :grep/:vimgrep/make), the buffer and argument lists (e.g. :args {arglist}/:argdo)