romainl · October 8, 2025 13:24 · Oct 8, 2025 · Apr 28, 2023 · Apr 2, 2023 · Apr 2, 2023
diff --git a/automatic_file_marks.md b/automatic_file_marks.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Automatic file marks
 
-File marks are like regular marks except that they are associated to a specific *file*, which makes them pretty useful for quick file navigation. One use that is commonly mentionned would be to add a `V` mark to one's `vimrc`, for example, which would make editing it only one `'V` away.
+File marks are like regular marks except that they are associated with a specific *file*, which makes them pretty useful for quick file navigation. One use that is commonly mentionned would be to add a `V` mark to one's `vimrc`, for example, which would make editing it only one `'V` away.
 
 Here, a mnemonic mark is left when leaving files of a specific kind:
 
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ This is very handy in long sessions where you edit lots of filetypes.
 
 ---
 
-This was initially ***VERY*** influenced by another one I found online, circa 2011-12. I didn't bookmark it at the time, though. I have posted my own version in various forums over the years but I could never point people to the actual original and give credit where credit is due. If you know where to find it I would gladly link to it.
+This was initially ***VERY*** influenced by another one I found online, circa 2011-12. I didn't bookmark it at the time, though. I have posted my own version in various forums over the years but I could never point people to the actual original and give credit where credit is due. If you know where to find it I would gladly link to it.
+
+---
+
+[My Vim-related gists](https://gist.github.com/romainl/4b9f139d2a8694612b924322de1025ce).
diff --git a/automatic_file_marks.vim b/automatic_file_marks.vim
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ augroup AutomaticMarks
     autocmd BufLeave *.yml,*.yaml normal! mY
     autocmd BufLeave .env*        normal! mE
     autocmd BufLeave *.md         normal! mM
+    " add your own!
 augroup END
diff --git a/automatic_file_marks.md b/automatic_file_marks.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Automatic file marks
 
-File marks are like regular marks except that they are associated to a specific *file*, which make them pretty useful for quick file navigation. One use taht is commonly mentionned would be to add a `V` mark to one's `vimrc`, for example, which would make editing it only one `'V` away.
+File marks are like regular marks except that they are associated to a specific *file*, which makes them pretty useful for quick file navigation. One use that is commonly mentionned would be to add a `V` mark to one's `vimrc`, for example, which would make editing it only one `'V` away.
 
 Here, a mnemonic mark is left when leaving files of a specific kind:
 

diff --git a/automatic_marks.md → automatic_file_marks.md b/automatic_marks.md → automatic_file_marks.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Automatic file marks
+
 File marks are like regular marks except that they are associated to a specific *file*, which make them pretty useful for quick file navigation. One use taht is commonly mentionned would be to add a `V` mark to one's `vimrc`, for example, which would make editing it only one `'V` away.
 
 Here, a mnemonic mark is left when leaving files of a specific kind:

diff --git a/automatic_marks.vim → automatic_file_marks.vim b/automatic_marks.vim → automatic_file_marks.vim
diff --git a/automatic_marks.md b/automatic_marks.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+File marks are like regular marks except that they are associated to a specific *file*, which make them pretty useful for quick file navigation. One use taht is commonly mentionned would be to add a `V` mark to one's `vimrc`, for example, which would make editing it only one `'V` away.
+
+Here, a mnemonic mark is left when leaving files of a specific kind:
+
+- mark `C` for "CSS" and "SCSS",
+- mark `H` for "HTML",
+- etc.
+
+which makes it super easy to jump back to the last file of a certain kind that was edited:
+
+    'E
+
+This is very handy in long sessions where you edit lots of filetypes.
+
+---
+
+This was initially ***VERY*** influenced by another one I found online, circa 2011-12. I didn't bookmark it at the time, though. I have posted my own version in various forums over the years but I could never point people to the actual original and give credit where credit is due. If you know where to find it I would gladly link to it.
diff --git a/automatic_marks.vim b/automatic_marks.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+augroup AutomaticMarks
+    autocmd!
+    autocmd BufLeave *.css,*.scss normal! mC
+    autocmd BufLeave *.html       normal! mH
+    autocmd BufLeave *.js,*.ts    normal! mJ
+    autocmd BufLeave *.vue        normal! mV
+    autocmd BufLeave *.yml,*.yaml normal! mY
+    autocmd BufLeave .env*        normal! mE
+    autocmd BufLeave *.md         normal! mM
+augroup END