vimrc: 'nostartofline' for window scroll commands only.

diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
index 87724343ab8db6aabc870b759245d3bb8b61b9bc..7a51eba3ba0036c069fc162009a3f6b67dcd260b 100644 (file)
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -284,6 +284,33 @@ cmap <Left>  <Nop>
 cnoremap <C-P> <Up>
 cnoremap <C-N> <Down>
 
+if has('eval')
+" Don't move the cursor to the first column for certain scroll commands (<C-F,
+" <C-B>, <C-D>, <C-U>). Thanks to jamessan in #vim on Freenode (2011-08-31
+" 02:27 CEST) for the 'nostartofline' tip. But I can't use 'nostartofline'
+" directly because it also enables that feature for other commands which I
+" don't want.
+
+    " Set 'nostartofline' for a single movement.
+    function! s:TemporaryNostartofline(movement)
+        let l:startofline = &startofline
+        set nostartofline
+        execute 'normal! ' . a:movement
+        let &startofline = l:startofline
+    endfunction
+
+    " Thanks to fow in #vim on Freenode (2012-02-16 15:38 CET) for the idea to
+    " use "<Bslash><Lt>"; Vim documentation reference: :help <>.
+    nnoremap <silent> <C-F>
+        \ :call <SID>TemporaryNostartofline("<Bslash><Lt>C-F>")<CR>
+    nnoremap <silent> <C-B>
+        \ :call <SID>TemporaryNostartofline("<Bslash><Lt>C-B>")<CR>
+    nnoremap <silent> <C-D>
+        \ :call <SID>TemporaryNostartofline("<Bslash><Lt>C-D>")<CR>
+    nnoremap <silent> <C-U>
+        \ :call <SID>TemporaryNostartofline("<Bslash><Lt>C-U>")<CR>
+endif
+
 " Write before suspending, thanks to deryni in #vim on Freenode (2011-05-09
 " 20:02 CEST). To suspend without saving either unmap this or use :stop<CR>.
 nnoremap <silent> <C-Z> :update<CR>:stop<CR>
@@ -292,9 +319,10 @@ nnoremap <silent> <C-Z> :update<CR>:stop<CR>
 " in #vim on Freenode (2011-08-15 00:17 CEST).
 nnoremap <C-G> 2<C-G>
 
-" Use <Space> to move down a page and - to move up one like in mutt.
-nnoremap <Space> <C-F>
-nnoremap - <C-B>
+" Use <Space> to move down a page and - to move up one like in mutt. Don't use
+" nnoremap so the <C-F>/<C-B> 'nostartofline' fix (see above) works.
+nmap <Space> <C-F>
+nmap - <C-B>
 
 " Go to next and previous buffer. Thanks to elik in #vim on Freenode
 " (2010-05-16 18:38 CEST) for this idea.