[vim/vim] Native way of moving cursor one display line up in insert mode. (Discussion #16823)

[Toby She]

Background: you can move one display line up in normal mode using gk and you can easily rebind <up> to gk.

There is no native way of moving one display line up in insert mode. So you would have to use one of the following remap options:

• <c-o>gk. This options works correctly and I've been using it regularly in vim. However, it can lags significantly when scrolling rapidly sometimes (especially in neovim as it is bloated). I think that is due to the fact that <c-o> leaves and reenters insert mode, and that triggers a bunch of auto commands if you got any.
• <cmd>normal gk<cr>. This option is very fast. However, when the cursor arrives at the back of a line it is always in front of the last character. e.g.

1 b                                       1 |b                  
2 a|  /** pressing up leads to */	  2  a

It would be great if a new key bind or command is added for going one display line up natively in insert mode.

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