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How to jump to original mark after overwriting

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MWE

In Vim:

mm.
o ESC
mm (by accident, meant mn).

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How do I jump to the original mark m set in action 1.?

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I'm sorry, what I meant was you issue mm when you meant 'm. (It almost happened to me again.) Both are legitimate.

vim mark

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As far as I know, you can't. Each mark refers to a single location; if you change this location with the m command, the previous location is lost. There is no concept of a "mark value history" which can be accessed by the user.

Your best bet, if you want to avoid accidentally overwriting a mark, is to use a mark name which is hard to type accidentally on your keyboard. E.g. instead of using mm (which could happen easily due to key chatter or double-tapping), use mq or mz (assuming a QWERTY layout).