Chinese IME: pressing j/k in Normal mode still moves cursor and may alter text

[qizhengyang2017]

When using a Chinese IME in Obsidian’s Normal mode, pressing j or k still triggers cursor movement. Additionally, the movement is abnormal — the cursor does not move continuously but instead jumps erratically. However, in terminal Vim/Neovim, pressing j or k while using a Chinese IME typically does not move the cursor at all.

This discrepancy makes Normal-mode navigation frustrating for Chinese-speaking users. Is there a way to adjust this behavior to match standard Vim behavior — i.e., in Normal mode, when the IME is in Chinese input state, pressing j or k should not cause cursor movement?

[jiyee]

It's not easy to do this in vimrc. You can try it in the obsidian-vim-im-switch-plugin. I tried to implement this feature, but the default behavior of Obsidian is to output J/K when you press the j/K key multiple times, not quite perfectly.