If j or k is prefixed with a count, they should ignore wrapped lines

[nik-rev]

Consider a file in which we have 3 lines:

• Line 1 has 20 characters
• Line 2 has 1000 characters
• Line 3 has 20 characters

In Vim, If our cursor is on Line 1, then pressing 2j will move us to Line 3 by default.

But in Helix, pressing 2j will move us to the second wrapped-line on Line 2. This makes relative numbers basically useless, because their main usecase is to be able to travel vertically instantly and delete large chunks of text

my proposition is that k and j will ignore wrapped lines, so if a line wraps the movement won't be 'absorbed'

[kirawi]

https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/wiki/FAQ#can-the-jk-bindings-be-changed-to-ignore-soft-wrapping-when-using-a-count-like-3j

[nik-rev]

Ahh thank you, gk and gj can be used to travel to absolute lines.

This is useful, but I think that <count>j and <count>k behaving like <count>gj and <count>gk also makes sense, because you wouldn't normally use a count with k or j unless you were using relative lines.

[nik-rev]

I added an updated discussion with another change I would like to see, so I'm closing this one

#12010