Vi/Vim restore opened files

Question

I was wondering if this common IDE feature is available.

Suppose I open many files using Vim, using vsplit and split. Then, I close everything.

The next day, I want to recover those files. That is, recover the way they were opened, not having to open each one (using split and vsplit) again.

Is that possible?

UPDATE:

Using mksession! and source commands, mapping commands in .vimrc file, is there a way to parameterize mappings so as to write a specific file?

for example:

map <F2> :mksession! ~/vim_session @INSERT_HERE<cr> "Save session to @INSERTHERE file 

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

You can map using :mksession and :source to a set of keys for easy saving and restoring. Here's an example from my .vimrc that uses F2 and F3:

map <F2> :mksession! ~/vim_session <cr> " Quick write session with F2 map <F3> :source ~/vim_session <cr>     " And load session with F3 

Answer 2

Give a look at the :mksession command, to create a session:

A Session keeps the Views for all windows, plus the global settings. You can save a Session and when you restore it later the window layout looks the same. You can use a Session to quickly switch between different projects, automatically loading the files you were last working on in that project.