Here is something for your vimrc which will allow you to restore your cursor position in a file over several editing sessions. This technique uses the viminfo option, so be sure to have viminfo enabled with reasonable options (it is enabled by default): If you are on Unix, the viminfo example above is probably fine as is (but check up on Vim's help for viminfo to see if you like the settings above). For Windows you will need to change the "n" suboption to something like: set viminfo='10,\"100,:20,%,nc:\\some\\place\\under\\Windows\\_viminfo This tip is an improved version of the example given for [