Is there a command in vim that can bookmark a place (path to the file, line number in that file), so that I can go to that place easily later?
vim
It would be s
This doesn't solve your problem as stated, but you may find it helps.
MRU.vim - Most Recently Used files plugin
Type :MRU and you get a nice searchable list of your most recently used files. Pressing enter on one brings you to it.
:MRU