Question

I used to have a macro that would return the cursor to its previous position the moment I hit the . (repeat command)

This was pretty useful, since I use . a lot.

Basically, I want . to do exactly what it does now — but without changing the cursor position.

I know it’s possible, but I’ve forgotten how to do it.

Answer 1

One way to accomplish this is to use marks: nnoremap . ma.`a

What this does:

• marks a position with ma
• repeats the last change with .
• returns to the marked position with `a.

It will overwrite whatever position was previously marked with a, but you can replace a with whatever letter you want.