vimscript using another file instead of .viminfo

Question

I installed a vimscript written by expert in this question.

But there is one problem in the script. When I restart the computer, the bookmarks saved by the script will disappear.

Is it possible to store the bookmarks to another file (eg mybookmarks.txt ) instead of .viminfo file? Bookmarks stored in .viminfo disappear unpredictably.

Answer 1

Yes. Use the 'viminfo n' option.

From :he 'viminfo' :

Name of the viminfo file. The name must immediately follow the 'n'. Must be the last one! If the "-i" argument was given when starting Vim, that file name overrides the one given here with 'viminfo'. Environment variables are expanded when opening the file, not when setting the option.

Answer 2

Since it seems like a good tool in general, I extracted it to a plugin: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3826 . This would store bookmarks only, regardless of viminfo settings, in ~/.vim_bookmarks . The filename is configurable by changing g:simple_bookmarks_filename .

Since it's a full blown plugin now, you can send bug reports on the issue tracker , so if it's not working quite right, let me know.

Cheers.