Question

when exiting vim and then re-entering, all bookmarks have gone

have found out how to remember last position between files, but not how to remember bookmarks after having exited.

is there a way to configure vim so that bookmarks are remembered for a file?

Answer 1

Yes. Add the following to your .vimrc:

:set viminfo='1000,f1

But note:

Lowercase marks ‘a to ‘z are remembered as long as the file remains in
the buffer list. If you remove the file from the buffer list, all its
marks are lost. If you delete a line that contains a mark, that mark
is erased.

So you’ll need to use uppercase or numeric marks.

See:

• :he 21.3
• :he E20

…for more information.

You may also find :mksession useful if you want to save session state.