patch 8.1.1758: count of g$ not used correctly when text is not wrapped commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/d5c8234517c18fa059b78f59eb96c35eda323dae Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jul 27 18:44:57 2019 +0200 patch 8.1.1758: count of g$ not used correctly when text is not wrapped Problem: Count of g$ not used correctly when text is not wrapped. Solution: Do use the count. (Christian Brabandt, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/4729, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/4566)

--- a/src/normal.c
+++ b/src/normal.c
@@ -8062,10 +8062,14 @@ nv_g_cmd(cmdarg_T *cap)
 	    }
 	    else
 	    {
+		if (cap->count1 > 1)
+		    // if it fails, let the cursor still move to the last char
+		    cursor_down(cap->count1 - 1, FALSE);
+
 		i = curwin->w_leftcol + curwin->w_width - col_off - 1;
 		coladvance((colnr_T)i);
 
-		/* Make sure we stick in this column. */
+		// Make sure we stick in this column.
 		validate_virtcol();
 		curwin->w_curswant = curwin->w_virtcol;
 		curwin->w_set_curswant = FALSE;