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Another user mentioned this too. I'll be adding settings to let users turn relative lines off.

is the vimrc exposed?

For maximum vimness you could let players mod an empty vinrc from start

I think the library just has key bindings, so it wouldn't even have a vimrc.

The library seems great at the time, but I might need to look into alternatives in the future.

A full vimrc would allow blatant cheating, such as preprogramming commands to do exactly the movements you need for a given case.

It sounds like allowing toggles for a few key options would probably satisfy most people while keeping the spirit of the exercise.