I use the below to get that behavior when working with txt files. autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPost *.txt noremap <buffer> <silent> k gk autocmd BufNewFi

I use the below to get that behavior when working with txt files. autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPost *.txt noremap <buffer> <silent> k gk autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPost *.txt noremap <buffer> <silent> j gj autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPost *.txt noremap <buffer> <silent> 0 g0 autocmd BufNewFile,BufReadPost *.txt noremap <buffer> <silent> $ g$ If you want this for all filetypes, just remove everything before "noremap". noremap <buffer> <silent> k gk noremap <buffer> <silent> j gj noremap <buffer> <silent> 0 g0 noremap <buffer> <silent> $ g$