Marks: go to the position before the last jump

[AWaselnuk]

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I'm opening this issue as per your instructions on the roadmap. Hoping to bump this feature up a bit.

It might be because I'm a Vim newb who hasn't unlocked the full potential of marks, but I find myself constantly pressing ' ' and nothing happens.

[bijoutrouvaille]

It would be lovely to have also support for the double-tick variant ``, on which many, like myself, are dependent. Double apostrophe jumps back to the beginning of line. The double-tick jumps back to the same place in line.

[Chillee]

@bijoutrouvaille Is there any difference between and ``?

[bijoutrouvaille]

Yes, to augment my failed attempt at explaining it above, the general difference is that the backtick remembers the column number of the marked line, while with the apostrophe the "cursor is positioned on the first non-blank character in the line," i.e. the beginning of line. Both are useful.
:help mark-motions

[Chillee]

Oh shit Github formatting messed up my comment. I meant to say

@bijoutrouvaille Is there any difference between <C-o> and ``?

[bijoutrouvaille]

Yep. C-O is a "back" command that moves back one item on the jumplist. The double tick simply alternates between last two positions.

[halindrome]

FWIW I was unaware of C-O... and I have been using vi(m) since 1985!

[brandonbloom]

I've written patches to address this issue. If you're willing and able. Please test/vote/whatever. Thank you.