I've recently started to use vim and want to learn how to save views into files (most importantly for saving folds).
Let's say I'm editing a file called int_array.c and I've finished adding lots of useful folds.
When I execute the following command:
:mkview int_array.v
A file called int_array.v gets created that seems to contain the data for all the folds and such. Here's an example of the code in the folder:
12,44fold
48,56fold
63,90fold
...
Which corresponds to the start/end lines of my folds.
However, when I close and reopen int_array.c, obviously my folds are gone, so I run:
:loadview int_array.v
But nothing happens. No folds are in the document at all: I ran the two commands:
:%foldc
and
:%foldo
which close/open all the folds respectively, but nothing happened, so I conclude that the folds didn't load. (I tested the commands on a file with folds, and they are the correct commands).
Note: Just using :mkview and :loadview to use vim's internal buffer works great, but I'd love to be able to move the view files across machines, so this won't do.
I tried this process on both my local computer and on the instructional machines available to me through ssh, but neither worked. I also tried saving the view to many different file names, but to no avail.
Any idea on what I'm doing wrong? Thanks!
edit: if needed, I can show the contents of int_array.v.
Create views just like you have done:
:mkview %.v
However :loadview only accepts a number, not a file path. View files are just a bunch of vim commands so you just :source it.
:source %.v