Markers

A marker is a named location in a buffer. There can be any number of markers defined at any one time. Markers are persistent; they are saved to .filename.marks, where filename is the file name. (The dot prefix makes the marks file hidden on Unix systems). In a way, markers are similar to position registers (see the section called Position Registers) except that they are persistent and can have names of any length.

Search>Set Marker (keyboard equivalent: Control-E Control-M) will prompt for a marker name (the default being the selected text) and set a marker at the caret position.

To go to a marker position, select it from the Search>Go to Marker menu. Alternatively, use the Search>Go to Previous Marker (keyboard equivalent: Alt-Up Arrow) and Search>Go to Next Marker (keyboard equivalent: Alt-Down Arrow) commands, which move the caret to the closest marker before and after the caret, respectively.

To remove a marker from the current buffer, select it from the Search>Clear Marker menu.