vim/Keyshort/Mark

• Keyshort vim vim/Keyshort
  • Set a Mark Card
    • Shortcut: m followed by a letter, e.g. ma
    • Description: Drops a named mark at the cursor. Lowercase letters are local to the buffer; uppercase letters are global and carry a file with them, so mA jumps back across files.
  • Jump to a Mark Card
    • Shortcut: `a exact position, 'a start of line
    • Description: Backtick returns to the exact line and column of mark a; the apostrophe returns to the first non-blank character of that line.
  • Jump Back to Where I Just Was Card
    • Shortcut: '' or
    • Description: Returns to the position before the last jump, using the automatic ' mark. The one mark worth knowing even without setting any by hand.
  • Delete Marks Card
    • Shortcut: :delmarks a-z
    • Description: Clears marks by name or range — :delmarks ax removes just a and x, :delmarks! clears all lowercase marks for the buffer while leaving A-Z and 0-9 intact.
  • My Note
    • Marks are only worth setting if they can be found again; <leader>sm in LazyVim opens a picker over every set mark with its file and line, which removes the need to remember letters (see LazyVim/Keyshort/Search).
    • Distinct from the jump list, which records where I have been automatically rather than where I chose to bookmark — see vim/Keyshort/Jump/Back and Forward.