Vertical cursor moving for CJK lines
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area/non-latin-characters
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kind/bug
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Describe the bug
Vertical cursor moving is incorrect when lines contain CJK characters even using monospace CJK fonts.
To Reproduce
- Type CJK characters.
- Move cursor with 'j' 'k' or arrow keys in NORMAL, INSERT, VISUAL modes.
Expected behavior
VSCODE fixed this issue, but VSCodeVim still have one.
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/44259
Behave same as default VSCODE expected.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing vertical cursor movement with CJK lines in NORMAL, INSERT, and VISUAL modes using j, k, and the arrow keys. Read the linked VS Code pull request and compare its behavior with VSCodeVim; done means cursor movement matches the expected VS Code behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100