vim Sessions

 

1         The following command creates a session file:

:mksession file

2         Later if you want to resotre this session,you can use this command:

:source file 

3           If you want to start vim and restore a specific session,you can use the following command:

$:vim -c ":source file"

4            The 'sessionoption' option controls what is saved in a session file.It is a string of keywords separeted 

by commas.For example,the default 'sessionoptions' setting is as follows:

:set sessionoptions = buffers,winsize,options,help,blank

The various keywords are

buffers            

globals

help            The help window

blank           Any blank windows on the screen

options 

winpos

resize

winsize

slash                 Replace backslashes in filenames with forward slashes.This option is useful if

you share session files betwwen UNIX and MIcrosoft Windows

unix           Write out the file using the UNIX end-of-line format.This makes the session portable between UNIX and Microsoft Windows