VIM : Limit jumplist to certain jump commands

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Vim default behavior for jumplist is as the following

The following commands are "jump" commands: "'", "`", "G", "/", "?", "n", "N", "%", "(", ")", "[[", "]]", "{", "}", ":s", ":tag", "L", "M", "H" and the commands that start editing a new file.

However, i have the feeling that so many jump command make the jumplist contain more than what I have. For example, I am using cscope to jump to from function invocation to function implementation, then in the implementation, I may use % to navigate to matching braces, or / to search for certain contents. However, I want the jumplist only keeps the cscope jump history so I can easily come back to the invocation point.

Is there some way to exclude certain motion from the jumplist?

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2 Answers

If you were using the regular ctags instead of cscope, this would be built-in via the :help tagstack; the equivalent to <C-O> in the jumplist is <C-T> in the tagstack.

:help cscope-intro offers the following:

cscope query results become just like regular tags, so you can jump to them just like you do with normal tags (Ctrl-] or :tag) and then go back by popping off the tagstack with Ctrl-T. (Please note however, that you don't actually jump to a cscope tag simply by doing Ctrl-] or :tag without remapping these commands or setting an option.

Which I think means that, if you use the cscope interface correctly, <C-T> should work just fine, but in order to make tag looksups more convenient, you need to build your own shortcuts to the cscope interface.

user_8136020

In theory you want to use the tagstack instead of the jumplist as @Ingo Karkat, suggested. However, I think it would be simpler to just use [[ or [m to back to the function definition assuming you didn't leave the function. If you know you are going to come back to it then I would recommend opening a new window (e.g. :split or <c-w>s) or setting a (file-)mark (e.g. mm or mM).

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