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<c-d> and <c-u> both, by default, drop you in the first non-whitespace column of the given row.
This behavior is kind of distracting when quickly scanning through pages. Is there a way to get way to configure vim to keep the cursor in the same column when scrolling by pages. I have virtualedit enabled, so not-moving the cursor is always possible, even if <c-u>/<c-d> moves focus to an empty line.
In addition to setting virtualedit=all,
:set nostartofline
The relevant option is startofline.
set nostartofline will prevent vim from moving to just after leading indentation after performing a motion like c-u, c-d, gg, G.
I can confirm that it interacts in the expected way (not moving the column) when virtualedit is enabled.
