Code folding is not saved in my vimrc

Question

I added the following code to my .vimrc: ``` " save and restore folds when a file is closed and re-opened autocmd BufWinLeave *.* mkview autocmd BufWinEnter *.* silent loadview ``` HTML and CSS documents save and restore their folds but code folding is not being saved in my .vimrc Any suggestions? EDIT: The following code solves the problem: ``` au BufWinLeave ?* mkview au BufWinEnter ?* silent loadview ``` but if I write it, the MRU files disappear from my list (and I have to open MRU twice in order to see my list of recent files why?)

Accepted Answer

The problem is that your original `autocmd` lines are set to match the pattern `*.*`, i.e. any filename which contains some characters, followed by a dot, followed by some more characters.

So the file `test.html` or `anothertest.css` will be matched, and your command will run, but `.vimrc`, which has nothing prior to the dot, will not be matched.

The solution is to set up an autocmd which will match `.vimrc`. Your guess of `?*` does match this (because it's looking for any character, followed by any number of other characters), but you say it somehow affects MRUs. I don't know what plugin you're using for your MRUs, but I'm guessing it's one which opens the MRU list in a temporary window with a name that matches the ?* pattern, and the subsequent loading of the view is somehow messing with your MRUs.

Therefore, the fix is to use something a bit more specific to match .vimrc:

```
autocmd BufWinLeave .vimrc mkview
autocmd BufWinEnter .vimrc silent loadview 
```

It's possible that this will work, too, and is more general:

```
autocmd BufWinLeave .* mkview
autocmd BufWinEnter .* silent loadview 
```

Code folding is not saved in my vimrc

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