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navigation_enhancer.vim : When moving between windows, uses history not cursor position to select target.

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created by
joey twiddle
 
script type
utility
 
description
Navigation Enhancer v2.0 by joey.neuralyte.org

aka Retrace Your Steps

When moving the cursor between windows, given a choice of target windows,
Vim normally uses the *cursor position* to choose the destination window.

However I think a more intuitive approach when there may be more than one
potential target window is to pick the one which was *used most recently*.

Or perhaps more accurately, we want the window that we *last entered from, in
that direction*.

So now if I casually move between windows in one direction, and then in the
opposite direction, I should always return to the window I started from!
 
install details
drop in plugin/

Check the mappings in the script to check that it intercepts the keys you use for window navigation.  (If C-W k or C-W-Up then fine.)
 

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package script version date Vim version user release notes
navigation_enhancer.vim 2.0 2012-10-24 7.0 joey twiddle Initial upload
ip used for rating: 18.97.9.175

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