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MrMattBusby
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Reputation: 160

VIM which "set" setting maintains cursor horizontal character position when navigating up/down lines?

Which VIM setting allows you to move vertically between lines and still save/maintain the current cursor's horizontal character position?

E.g.

  int variable1[*4]; // Cursor starts on "4"
  char c[3]*;        // Use "j" twice
  int variable2[*6]; // Should end up on "6" (does in VIM on MING and Unix)
  int varia*ble2[6]; // On VSCodeVim I end up here instead (see Background)

The function is referenced in this question: Cursor not returning to horizontal position in vim but not what I'm seeking (what is this setting "set" option).

Background: Both in my MINGW64 VIM > 9.0, and in my Unix VIM > 8.1 in normal mode it works fine. This has always worked fine and I have a large .vimrc. But in VSCodeVim plugin > v1.26 (!= VIM) where my VS VIM sharing the same .vimrc and .vim files, it does not work, so I'm trying to figure out step-1 which is what "set" setting controls this functionality in VIM to determine if it's truly a setting or something I need to setup in a custom fashion in VSCode?

The answer would be the :set setting that I can modify in VIM that changes this VIM behavior. If there is no setting and this is native operation, or it's a function instead that controls this feature, this would then be the answer otherwise.

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