You can mark your place with the m command. In command mode, type m followed by any letter. (We'll use x in the example.) Here are the commands to do the job:

mx

Marks current position with x (x can be any letter).

'x

Moves cursor to first character of line marked by x.

`x

Moves cursor to character marked by x.

``

Returns to exact position of previous mark or context after a move.

''

Returns to the beginning of the line of the previous mark or context.

I often find it just as easy to type u to undo my last edit. That pops me right back to the place where I was editing. Then I type u again to restore the edit. Watch out for the new multilevel undo feature in vi clones: typing u twice will undo two edits! (I still use m if I want to mark more than one place.)

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