diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/after/plugin/prose.vim b/nvim/.config/nvim/after/plugin/prose.vim
index c4dd1a6..b0c512d 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/after/plugin/prose.vim
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/after/plugin/prose.vim
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 " PROSE: function to automatically enables markdown plugins for md & txt files
 function! s:Prose()
-  call plug#load('vim-pencil')
   call plug#load('goyo.vim')
   call plug#load('limelight.vim')
-  call pencil#init()
   " PLUGIN: vim-textobj-sentence
   " enable extended sentence textobject use on md and plaintext files
   call textobj#sentence#init()
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/init.vim b/nvim/.config/nvim/init.vim
index 74ef82c..f9573d9 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/init.vim
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/init.vim
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ Plug 'kana/vim-textobj-user'
 Plug 'reedes/vim-textobj-sentence'                                                    " extends the capabilities of sentence detection
                                                                                       " and allows you to jump to the *end* of this <g)> or last <g(> sentence.
 
-Plug 'reedes/vim-pencil', { 'for': ['pandoc', 'markdown', 'txt'], 'on': 'Goyo' }      " provide md convenience functions like hard/softwrap
 Plug 'junegunn/goyo.vim', { 'for': ['pandoc', 'markdown', 'txt'], 'on': 'Goyo' }      " provide distraction free writing
 Plug 'junegunn/limelight.vim', { 'for': ['pandoc', 'markdown', 'txt'], 'on': 'Goyo' } " provide even distraction free-er writing (lowlight paragraphs)
                                                                                       " Language Integration
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/maps.vim b/nvim/.config/nvim/maps.vim
index 1cc7ccb..550c716 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/maps.vim
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/maps.vim
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ nnoremap Q @
 nnoremap H ^
 nnoremap L $
 
+" when in softwrapped files, allow moving through the visible lines with j/k
+" but when prepending a number jump *exactly* as many lines, wrapped or not
+" This makes relative linenumbers much more useful in prose docs since they
+" are always exactly correct
+nnoremap <expr> k (v:count == 0 ? 'gk' : 'k')
+nnoremap <expr> j (v:count == 0 ? 'gj' : 'j')
+
 " move around between matching brackets with tab
 nnoremap <tab> %
 nnoremap <tab> %
@@ -254,12 +261,10 @@ vnoremap <leader>zt "ky:ThesaurusQueryReplace <cr>k<cr>
 " o to open the resulting document (mostly for pdfs)
 " po to comPile *and* open a doc
 " and all the same in uppercase for verbose output
-nnoremap <localleader>pp :DocCompile<cr>
-nnoremap <localleader>PP :DocCompile!<cr>
-nnoremap <localleader>po :DocCompileOpen<cr>
-nnoremap <localleader>PO :DocCompileOpen!<cr>
-nnoremap <localleader>o :DocOpen<cr>
-nnoremap <localleader>O :DocOpen!<cr>
+nnoremap <localleader>dp :DocCompile<cr>
+nnoremap <localleader>dP :DocCompile!<cr>
+nnoremap <localleader>do :DocOpen<cr>
+nnoremap <localleader>dO :DocOpen!<cr>
 
 " PLUGIN: easy-align
 " Start interactive EasyAlign in visual mode (e.g. vipga)
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/vim-pandoc.vim b/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/vim-pandoc.vim
index c217927..faf946e 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/vim-pandoc.vim
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/vim-pandoc.vim
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ let g:pandoc#filetypes#pandoc_markdown = 1
 let g:pandoc#filetypes#handled = [ "extra", "latex", "markdown", "pandoc", "rst", "textile" ]
 " disable all default keymaps
 let g:pandoc#keyboard#use_default_mappings=0
+" needs to be set for wrapping and unwrapping of lines to work when doing j/k
+" or gj/gk respectively, to allow precise relative cursor jumping
+let g:pandoc#keyboard#display_motions=0
 let g:pandoc#hypertext#use_default_mappings=0
 " if there's a pdf and an html or similar, open the pdf
 let g:pandoc#command#prefer_pdf=1
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/vim-pencil.vim b/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/vim-pencil.vim
deleted file mode 100644
index 097427e..0000000
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/vim-pencil.vim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-" PLUGIN: vim-pencil
-" set default wrap mode to hard - TODO test which mode works better for
-" me, it seems hardmode has trouble with markdown lists (see issue #31)
-let g:pencil#wrapModeDefault = 'soft'   " default is 'hard'