[mini.files] Auto bookmark for jumping back to last location?

[pkazmier]

What are your thoughts about automatically updating the ' bookmark with the position right before someone jumps to a bookmark? Here is one use case. Let's say I want to copy a bunch of non-consecutive files to the same target location. With this feature, I can mark the destination directory with a bookmark, let's assume I use d. Then I go to the source directory, perform my yank, press 'd, paste, then press '' to immediately jump back, and then repeat the process but this time without ever needing to press 'd again as I can just just use '' to jump back and forth now.

[echasnovski]

Thanks for the suggestion!

Yes, I've considered that. I barely convinced myself that adding the whole built-in bookmarks was worth adding 100 lines to 'mini.files' file. And implementing this behavior would lead to even more, while it can be reproduced with deliberate m' prior to jumping.

However, I somehow missed the possibility of setting this bookmark before every jump (in my mind it was something more complicated like automated tracking of "latest visited directory" or something). Setting it just before performing a jump is only essentially +3 lines. I'll think about it.

[echasnovski]

This is now implemented on latest main. Thanks for describing in more detail how this "jump to latest" can be implemented.

[pkazmier]

Works great! Thanks!!