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Bram Moolenaar67fe1a12005-05-22 22:12:58 +00001*todo.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2005 May 22
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 TODO list for Vim *todo*
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9This is a veeeery long list of known bugs, current work and desired
10improvements. To make it a little bit accessible, the items are grouped by
11subject. In the first column of the line a classification is used to be able
12to look for "the next thing to do":
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14Priority classification:
159 next point release
168 next release
177 as soon as possible
186 soon
195 should be included
204 nice to have
213 consider including
222 maybe not
231 probably not
24- unclassified
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26 *votes-for-changes*
27See |develop.txt| for development plans. You can vote for which items should
28be worked on, but only if you sponsor Vim development. See |sponsor|.
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30 *known-bugs*
31-------------------- Known bugs and current work -----------------------
32
Bram Moolenaar67fe1a12005-05-22 22:12:58 +000033Make option like 'verbose' that writes output into a file? Should make it
34possible to see what's happening without messing up the display.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000035
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000036Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung):
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000037- selecting proportional font breaks display
Bram Moolenaare2ac10d2005-03-07 23:26:06 +000038- UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +000039
40autoload:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000041- Add a Vim script in $VIMRUNTIME/tools that takes a file with a list of
42 script names and a help file and produces a script that can be sourced to
43 install the scripts in the user's directories.
44 Use findfile(), so that only file names need to be given:
45 script plugin/myscript.vim
46 script autoload/mylib.vim
47 script autoload/yourlib.vim
48 helpfile doc/myscript.txt
49 For the "helpfile" item ":helptags" is run.
Bram Moolenaarbac234e2005-01-17 22:21:07 +000050
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000051Win32: Balloon text can't contain line break.
Bram Moolenaarb982ca52005-03-28 21:02:15 +000052 Hints for multiline tooltips from Alexei Alexandrov (2005 Mar 26)
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000053 Patch from Sergey Khorev, 2005 Apr 11
Bram Moolenaarb982ca52005-03-28 21:02:15 +000054 Add has("balloon_multiline")
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000055
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000056Patch to alternate fold highlighting. (Anthony Iano-Fletcher, 2005 May 12)
57More levels?
58
Bram Moolenaar8fc061c2004-12-29 21:03:02 +000059Awaiting response:
60- Patch for mch_FullName() also in Vim 6.3? os_mswin.c
Bram Moolenaar8fc061c2004-12-29 21:03:02 +000061- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
62 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +000063
Bram Moolenaarf4630b62005-05-20 21:31:17 +000064Patch for if_python to make exit work better with threads. (ugo)
65Still seems to fail 15% of the time.
66
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000067
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000068PLANNED FOR VERSION 7.0:
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000069
Bram Moolenaar60c78922005-03-20 22:40:14 +000070- Add SPELLCHECKER, with support for many languages.
71 - Use "engspchk" from Charles Campbell for ideas.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000072 - Is it worth trying the trie structure (see code from Olaf Seibert, 2005
73 May 9)
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000074 - Spell checking code todo's:
Bram Moolenaar0e21a3f2005-04-17 20:28:32 +000075 - Implement user and project word lists. Commands to add words and to
76 mark words as wrong.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000077 - Implement = flag in .dic: KEEPCASE for lower case word.
78 's morgens/= does not match 'S morgens
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000079 - Implement compound words?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000080 - Make "en-rare" spell file.
81 Convention: use en_US (language_region) and en-rare (language-field)
Bram Moolenaar0e21a3f2005-04-17 20:28:32 +000082 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
83 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
Bram Moolenaar54ff3412005-04-20 19:48:33 +000084 - How about making suggestions? Use an external program like aspell?
85 Or include the myspell suggestion code in Vim?
86 - Some word lists are inefficient. Remove affixes from a word when it
87 results in another basic word.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000088 - References MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000089 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000090 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
91 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
Bram Moolenaar43b604c2005-03-22 23:06:55 +000092 - Alternative: use aspell library.
Bram Moolenaar0e21a3f2005-04-17 20:28:32 +000093 ispell is replaced by aspell, thus forget about ispell.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000094 - More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g. comments in
95 English, strings in German (po file).
Bram Moolenaara0084652005-03-16 09:57:51 +000096 - Commands required:
Bram Moolenaara0084652005-03-16 09:57:51 +000097 add word to private dict: wrong and OK (in popup menu for evim)
98 :spell good <word> zg
99 :spell wrong <word> zw
Bram Moolenaar60c78922005-03-20 22:40:14 +0000100 - Update option window for 'spell' and 'spelllang'.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000101 - Distribution: Need wordlists for many languages; "language pack"
Bram Moolenaar54ff3412005-04-20 19:48:33 +0000102 Put them on the ftp site, ready to download. Include README for
103 copyrights.
Bram Moolenaar0e21a3f2005-04-17 20:28:32 +0000104 - Work together with OpenOffice.org to update the wordlists. (Adri
Bram Moolenaar54ff3412005-04-20 19:48:33 +0000105 Verhoef, Aad Nales) Setup vim-spell maillist?
Bram Moolenaar43b604c2005-03-22 23:06:55 +0000106 - Support for approximate-regexps will help with finding similar words
107 (agrep http://www.tgries.de/agrep/).
Bram Moolenaar4ad237d2005-03-11 22:49:40 +0000108 - Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to
109 existing syntax items (to add @Spell).
110 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
111 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax
112 items.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +0000113 - Install spell files with src/main.aap.
Bram Moolenaar4ad237d2005-03-11 22:49:40 +0000114 Alternatives using ispell or aspell:
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +0000115 8 Add spell checking. Use "ispell -a" somehow.
116 ~/vim/patches/wm_vim-5_4d.zip can be used as an example (includes
117 ispell inside Vim). Gautam Iyer has an example with "aspell".
Bram Moolenaar60c78922005-03-20 22:40:14 +0000118 Patch from Marcin Dalecki, uses pipe to aspell.
119
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000120
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000121- REFACTORING: The main() function is very long. Move parts to separate
122 functions, especially loops. Ideas from Walter Briscoe (2003 Apr 3, 2004
123 Feb 9).
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +0000124 Move the printing stuff to hardcopy.c.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +0000125- Improve the interface between the generic GUI code and the system-specific
126 code. Generic code handles text window with scrollbars, system-specific
127 code menu, toolbar, etc.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +0000128- Support using "**" in filename for ":next", ":vimgrep", etc., so that a
129 directory tree can be searched.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000130- Store messages to allow SCROLLING BACK for all commands. And other "less"
131 like commands.
132- "INTELLISENSE". First cleanup the Insert-mode completion.
133 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
Bram Moolenaarb982ca52005-03-28 21:02:15 +0000134 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000135 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000136 of http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +0000137 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000138 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000139 Ideas from Emads:
140 http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000141 Can't call it Intellisense, it is a trademark by Microsoft.
142 Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
143 - It's not possible to have one solution for all languages. Design an
144 interface for completion plugins. The matches can be done in a
145 Vim-script list.
146 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
147 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
Bram Moolenaar43b604c2005-03-22 23:06:55 +0000148 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000149 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
150 - Use ctags for other languages. Writing a file could trigger running
151 ctags, merging the tags of the changed file.
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +0000152 Also see "Visual Assist" http://www.wholetomato.com/products:
153 - Put the list of choices right under the place where they would be
154 inserted.
155 - Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000156- UNDO TREE: keep all states of the text, don't delete undo info.
157 When making a change, instead of clearing any future undo (thus redo)
158 info, make a new branch.
159 To navigate through the undo tree number the states of the text
160 sequentially and make it possible to go through the tree in that order.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000161 Use "g+++" to go forward, "g---" to go backward. Can mix - and +.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000162 Could also use timestamps (to show the time and/or jump to a state five
163 minutes ago). (David Schweikert)
164 To go from one state to another: backtrack to a common state, then forward
165 again.
166 Only difficult thing: When going back in time, how to find the previous
167 text state in the tree?
168 Show the list of changes in a window to be able to select a version?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000169- PERSISTENT UNDO: store undo in a file.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000170 Use timestamps, so that a version a certain time ago can be found and info
171 before some time/date can be flushed. 'undopersist' gives maximum time to
172 keep undo: "3h", "1d", "2w", "1y", etc. For the file use dot and
173 extension: ".filename.un~" (like swapfile but "un~" instead of "swp").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001747 Support WINDOW TABS. Works like several pages, each with their own
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000175 split windows. Patch for GTK 1.2 passed on by Christian Michon, 2004 Jan 6.
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +0000176 Don't forget to provide an "X" to close a tab.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000177 Also for the console!
178 In Emacs these are called frames. Could also call them "pages".
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000179 Use "1gt" - "99gt" to switch to a tab?
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000180 Simple patch for GTK by Luis M (nov 7).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000181- EMBEDDING: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
182 For Xwindows this can be done with XReparentWindow().
183 For GTK Neil Bird has a patch to use Vim like a widget.
184- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
185 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
186- Add DEBUGGER INTERFACE. Implementation for gdb by Xavier de Gaye,
187 assisted by Mikolaj Machowski. Should work like an IDE. Try to keep it
188 generic. Also found here: http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/vimgdb
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000189 And the idevim plugin/script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000190 To be able to start the debugger from inside Vim: For GUI run a program
191 with a netbeans connection; for console: start a program that splits the
192 terminal, runs the debugger in one window and reconnect Vim I/O to the
193 other window.
194 Wishes for NetBeans commands:
195 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
196 - send 'balloonText' events for the cursor position (using CursorHold ?)
197 in terminal mode.
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +0000198- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
199 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
200 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
201 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000202- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
203 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
204 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000205- Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
206 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
207 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +00002088 Support four composing/combining characters, needed for Hebrew. (Ron Aaron)
209 Add the 'maxcombining' option to set the nr. of composing characters.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000210 At the same time support more colors (use two bytes when necessary).
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000211- Add a few more things to 'diffopt': "horizontal", "vertical",
212 "foldcolumn". (Benji Fisher, 2004 Jun 21)
213- FileChangedShellPost autocommand event: after (not) reloading a changed
214 file. Can be used to update statusline oslt.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +0000215- VimResized autocmd event: When the Vim window has been resized (SIGWINCH)
216 patch from Yakov Lerner, 2003 July 24.
217 It's not clear that this doesn't cause problems when the executed
218 commands do something like changing 'lines'. Esp. because the
219 screen has not yet been allocated with the new size.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000220- Running a shell command from the GUI still has limitations. Look into how
221 the Vim shell project can help: http://vimshell.wana.at
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000222- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +0000223 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenfull, also count the
224 characters.
Bram Moolenaar798c5a72005-01-16 22:06:30 +0000225- Mac: Unicode input and display (Eckehard Berns, 2004 June 27)
226 Other patch from Da Woon Jung, 2005 Jan 16.
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00002278 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
228 New patch 2004 Jun 16
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00002299 Add cursor-column highlighting. Enable it with 'cursorcolumn' option,
230 set highlighting with "CursorColumn" group. Useful for aligning text.
231 Also cursor-row highlighting. Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto for
232 underlining the cursor line: 2004 Jun 17. Should use highlight group
233 instead.
234 Alternative: when 'number' is set highlight the number of the current
235 line.
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +00002367 Make ":startinsert" command work directly for functions and scripts?
237 Also make it possible to append (it's difficult at end of line).
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +0000238- When using 'incsearch" CTRL-R CTRL-W gets the word under the cursor, but
239 the part that already matched is doubled then. Remove the part of the
240 word that would be doubled. Make it work line CTRL-N in Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000241- Add Lua interface? (Wolfgang Oertl)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000242- "onemore" flag in 'virtualedit': move cursor past end of line. Patch by
243 Mattias Flodin (2004 Jul 30)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000244- In a :s command multi-byte characters should also be upper/lower cased
245 with \u, \U, etc.
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000246
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +0000247Adjust src/main.aap for installing manpages like in Makefile.
248
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +0000249Also generate the .pdb file that can be used to generate a useful crash report
250on MS-Windows. (George Reilly)
251
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000252Add strtol() to avoid the problems with leading zero causing octal conversion.
253
254Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
255Before April 23 if possible.
256
257Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be several.
258Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
259
Bram Moolenaar60c78922005-03-20 22:40:14 +0000260Win32: Patch for Korean IME. (Yusung, 2005 March 21)
261
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000262Support ":set syntax=cpp.doxygen"? Suggested patch by Michael Geddes (9 Aug
2632004). Should also work for 'filetype'.
264
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000265For manipulating buffers without opening a new window, support Virtual
266windows. Example:
267 :virtwin let l = GetBufLine(4, 10)
268 :fun GetBufLine(bufnr, lnum)
269 : exe "buffer " . a:bufnr
270 : return getline(lnum)
271 :endfun
272The getline() and setline() functions could work for other buffers, using a
273Virtual window.
274A Virtual window only exists for one command. There can be several (for
275nested commands). The window works as if it comes after the last window, size
276is the Vim window size, but it's never displayed.
277
278Win32: In the generated batch files, use $VIMRUNTIME if it's set. Examples by
279Mathias Michaelis (2004 Sep 6)
280Also place vimtutor.bat in %windir%?
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000281
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000282Add gui_mch_browsedir() for Motif, KDE and Mac OS/X.
283
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00002847 Add a ":cstring" command. Works like ":cfile" but reads from a string
285 variable. Also accept a list variable? Patch from Yegappan Lakshmanan.
286 2005 Feb 17 Now it's ":cexpr".
287
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000288HTML indenting can be slow, find out why. Any way to do some kind of
Bram Moolenaarb2956cd2005-01-27 14:42:53 +0000289profiling for Vim script? At least add a function to get the current time in
290usec. reltime([start, [end]])
291 reltime().sec == seconds, reltime().usec = microseconds
292 reltime(start) current time relative to [start]
293 echo timestring(reltime(start), 3) (3 is nr of digits after dot)
294 reltime(start, end) difference between start and end
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +0000295Real Profiling:
296 - :profile start /tmp/somefile (append if exists)
297 - :profile pause
298 - :profile resume
299 - :profile stop
300 - per function line
301 - self, Vim and total time (incl system time)
302 - dump results in file on exit or when stopped.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000303
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +0000304Add more tests for all new functionality in Vim 7. Especially new functions.
305
Bram Moolenaarf1ab3802005-01-15 22:17:32 +0000306Updated Ruby interface. (Ryan Paul)
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +0000307
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000308Awaiting updated patches:
309 --- awaiting updated patch ---
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000310 8 Add ":n" to fnamemodify(): normalize path, remove "../" when possible.
311 Aric Blumer has a patch for this.
312 He will update the patch for 6.3.
313 Autocommands:
314 7 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
315 Update 2004 Sep 6.
316 How does this work? Missing comments.
317 gettext() Translate a message. (Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
318 Update 2004 Sep 10
319 More docs. Search in 'runtimepath'?
320 How to get the messages into the .po files?
321 --- did not respond (yet) --
322 - Patch for 'breakindent' option: repeat indent for wrapped line. (Vaclav
323 Smilauer, 2004 Sep 13, fix Oct 31)
324 Asked for improvements 2004 Dec 20.
325 7 Make "5dd" on last-but-one-line not delete anything (Vi compatible).
326 Add flag in 'cpoptions' for this. When not present, "2dd" in the last
327 line should delete the last line. Patch from greenx 2002 Apr 11.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000328 8 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
329 (28 feb 2002).
330 7 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it' appears
331 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
332 - Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
333 for multi-byte characters.
334 - Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
335 - Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
336 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
337 been given values.
338 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
339 8 "fg" and "bg" don't work in an xterm. Get default colors from xterm
340 with an ESC sequence. Ideas in: ~/vim/patches/vikas.xtermcolors .
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +0000341 7 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
Bram Moolenaar6cc16192005-01-08 21:49:45 +0000342 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000343 - Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
344 line in between columns (e.g. for 'textwidth').
345 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
346 8 Add functions:
347 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
348 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
349 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
350 (2003 May 13)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000351 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
352 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
353 7 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
354 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
355 - Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
356 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000357 7 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
358 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
359 8 Lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk (uncrypted).
360 Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23.
361 7 Support a stronger encryption. Jason Holt implemented AES (May 6 2003).
362 7 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
363 8 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
364 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
365 7 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
366 Kotchan has a patch for it)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000367 8 Include a connection to an external program through a pipe? See
368 patches from Felbinger for a mathematica interface.
369 Or use emacs server kind of thing?
370 7 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
371 - findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
372 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
373 incomplete patch Mar 18)
374 - Set user variables to the names of the actually used user vimrc file,
375 the first directory looked for user plugins/syntax files.
376 $MYVIMRC for .vimrc, $MYGVIMRC for .gvimrc, $MYRUNTIME/plugin for
377 runtime files?
378 Also: when the environment variable exists, use it. If it doesn't
379 exist, set it. Requires good names: $VIM_USER_VIMRC $VIM_USER_DIR
380 - The Replace dialog takes "\r" literal, unless "replace all" is used.
381 Need to escape backslashes.
382 Win32: the text to replace with isn't remembered.
383 - For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
384 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000385
Bram Moolenaar4ad237d2005-03-11 22:49:40 +0000386Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
387
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +0000388Check if file explorer can handle directory names and links with a single
389quote. (Nieko Maatjes, 2005 Jan 4)
390
391
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000392Vi incompatibility:
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +00003939 In Ex mode, "u" undoes all changes, not just the last one. (John Cowan)
3948 In Ex mode, an empty file doesn't have a first line, "1p" should fail.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003958 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
396 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
397 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
398 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
399 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
400 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004018 ":change" in a single-line file adds an empty line. When the file used to
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000402 be longer a "~" line is displayed, but there really is an empty line.
403 (Haakon Riiser, 2003 Dec 3 and Dec 16)
4048 ":append" and ":insert" in an empty file add an extra empty line. (Haakon
405 Riiser, 2003 Dec 3) Test for ML_EMPTY.
4068 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
407 make Vim exit.
4087 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
409 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
410 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
4118 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
412 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
413 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
4146 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
415 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
416 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
4178 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
418 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
419 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
420 names in one buffer???
421 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
422 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
423 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
4247 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
425 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
426 command was one command.
4277 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
428 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
4297 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
4307 Implement 'prompt' option. Init to off when stdin is not a tty.
4317 CTRL-T in Insert mode inserts 'shiftwidth' of spaces at the cursor. Add a
432 flag in 'cpoptions' for this.
4337 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
434 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
435 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
436 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
4377 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
4387 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
4397 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
440 to the match with the tag? Option?
4417 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
4427 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
443 (Sayre).
4447 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
445 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004467 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
447 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
448 match. Nvi can do it too.
4497 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
450 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
451 line 1\ line 2\\
452 line 2\ line 3\\
453 . line4/
4546 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
455 the way the shell is started?
4566 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
457 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
458
459
460GTK+ 1 (OK in GTK 2):
4618 When menus are disabled, 'm' removed from 'guioptions', Alt-F still pops
462 up the File menu. Cannot reproduce this: gives a warning for a NULL
463 pointer if the menu was never displayed.
4648 When using "gvim -geom 40x30" or setting 'columns' in .gvimrc or with a
465 GUIEnter autocommand, the width is still set to fit the toolbar. Also
466 happens when changing the font. How to avoid that the toolbar specifies
467 the minimal window width?
4688 When using a theme with different scrollbars (gtkstep), the scrollbars can
469 be too narrow. (Drazen Kacar)
4708 Font "7x14" has a bold version "7x14bold". Try to find the bold font by
471 appending "bold" when there are not 14 dashes.
472
473GTK+ GUI known bugs:
4748 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
475 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
476 creating a label?
4779 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
478 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
479 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
480 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
4817 DND doesn't work with KDE (also with GTK 1).
482
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +0000483KDE GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar8fc061c2004-12-29 21:03:02 +0000484- There is no active maintenance and "yzis" is supposed to replace it.
485- With the default 'guifont' value bold text differs in size from normal
486 text, causing the display to be messed up.
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +0000487- Error messages when starting up. The "tip of the day" box is empty.
488- Encoding of menu items needs to be converted. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000489
490Win32 GUI known bugs:
4918 On Windows 98 the unicows library is needed to support functions with UCS2
492 file names. Can we load unicows.dll dynamically?
4938 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
494 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
495 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
4968 In eval.c, io.h is included when MSWIN32 is defined. Shouldn't this be
497 WIN32? Or can including io.h be moved to vim.h? (Dan Sharp)
4987 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
499 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
500 "lucida_console:h8").
5016 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
502 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +00005038 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
504 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
505 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005067 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
507 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
508 to use an opaque background in most places?
5098 Use another default for 'termencoding': the active codepage. Means that
510 when 'encoding' is changed typing characters still works properly.
511 Alternative: use the Unicode functions to obtain typed characters.
5128 Win32: Multi-byte characters are not displayed, even though the same font
513 in Notepad can display them. (Srinath Avadhanula) Try with the
514 UTF-8-demo.txt page with Andale Mono.
5157 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
516 2004 May 9)
5178 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
518 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
519 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
520 MS-Windows 98?
521 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
522 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
523 file: Window moves with the cursor!
524 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
5258 When activating the Vim window with mouse click, don't move cursor to
526 mouse position. Catch WM_MOUSEACTIVATE. (Luevelsmeyer)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005278 Win32: When mouse is hidden and in the toolbar, moving it won't make it
528 appear. (Sami Salonen)
5298 Windows NT: writing to aux.* makes Vim hang. (Acevedo)
5308 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
531 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
532 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
533 doesn't work properly.
5348 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
535 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
536 appears in the right position. (Webb)
5379 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
538 button doesn't give popup menu.
539 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
540 selection.
541 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
542 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
543 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
5448 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
545 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
546 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
547 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
5488 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
549 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
550 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005517 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
552 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
553 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
5547 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
555 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
556 scroll? Need to be able to get out of hit-enter prompt with the mouse
557 anyway.
5587 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
559 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
5607 "!start /min cmd" should run in a minimized window, instead of using
561 "/min" as the command name. (Rogall)
5626 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
5638 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
564 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
565 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
5668 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
567 know which keyboard is being used?
5687 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
569 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
570 area (Koloseike).
5718 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
572 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
573 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
574 the font name).
575
576
577Athena and Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00005786 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
579 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
580 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
581 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
582 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005839 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
584 required and it's missing?
5858 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
586 wrong.
5879 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
588 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005899 XIM doesn't work properly for Athena/Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000590 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
591 flag.
5928 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
593 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
594 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
5958 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
5966 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
597 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
598 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
599 the tooltips work though...
6007 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
601 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
6028 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
603 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
604 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
605
606
607Athena GUI:
6089 When dragging the scrollbar thumb very fast, focus is only obtained in
609 the scrollbar itself. And the thumb is no longer updated when moving
610 through files.
6117 The file selector is not resizable. With a big font it is difficult to
612 read long file names. (Schroeder)
6134 Re-write the widget attachments and code so that we will not have to go
614 through and calculate the absolute position of every widget every time the
615 window is refreshed/changes size. This will help the "flashing-widgets"
616 problem during a refresh.
6175 When starting gvim with all the default colors and then typing
618 ":hi Menu guibg=cyan", the menus change color but the background of the
619 pullright pixmap doesn't change colors.
620 If you type ":hi Menu guibg=cyan font=anyfont", then the pixmap changes
621 colors as it should.
622 Allocating a new pixmap and setting the resource doesn't change the
623 pullright pixmap's colors. Why? Possible Athena bug?
624
625
626Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006277 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
628 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006298 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
630 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
631 (Phillipps)
632
633
634GUI:
6359 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
636 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
6379 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
638 e.g. on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
639 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
6409 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
641 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
6428 X11 GUI: When menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', ALT key
643 should not be used to trigger a menu (like the Win32 version).
6448 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
645 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
646 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
6478 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
648 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
649 of where it is processing the output.
650 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
6518 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
652 doesn't work.
6538 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga, BeOS.
6548 Add menu separators for Amiga, RISCOS.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006558 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
656 browse().
6578 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
658 use that code? Or use console dialog.
6598 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
660 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00006617 More features in the find/replace dialog:
662 - regexp on/off
663 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
664 when all buffers/directory is used:
665 - filter for file name
666 when directory is used:
667 - subdirectory on/off
668 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006698 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
670 to avoid problems.
6718 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
672 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
673 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
6748 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
675 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
676 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
6778 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
678 up. Set erase character somehow?
6798 A dead circumflex followed by a space should give the '^' character
680 (Rommel). Look how xterm does this.
681 Also: Bednar has some code for dead key handling.
682 Also: Nedit 5.0.2 with USE_XMIM does it right. (Gaya)
6838 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
6847 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
685 visible.
6867 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
687 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
6887 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
689 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
6908 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
691 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
6928 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
693 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
694 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
695 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
696- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
6974 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
698 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
699 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
700
701
702MSDOS/DJGPP:
7039 Pressing CTRL-C often crashes the console Vim runs in. (Ken Liao)
704 When 'bioskey' isn't set it doesn't happen. Could be a problem with the
705 BIOS emulation of the console. Version 5.6 already had this problem.
7068 DJGPP: "cd c:" can take us to a directory that no longer exists.
707 change_drive() doesn't check this. How to check for this error?
7089 The 16 bit version runs out of memory very quickly. Should find unused
709 code and reduce static data.
7109 Crash when running on Windows 98 in a console window and pressing CTRL-C.
711 Happens now and then. When debugging Vim in gdb this also happens. Since
712 the console crashes, might be a bug in the DOS console. Resetting
713 'bioskey' avoids it, but then CTRL-C doesn't work.
7149 DOS: Make CTRL-Fx and ALT-Fx work.
715 CTRL-F1 = CE-5E, CTRL-F2 = CE-5F, .., CTRL-F10 = CE-67
716 ALT-F1 = CE-68, ALT-F2 = CE-69, .., ALT-F10 = CE-71
717 Shifted cursor keys produce same codes as unshifted keys. Use bioskey(2)
718 to get modifier mask for <S-C-M-Fx>.
719 Use K_SPECIAL/KS_MODIFIER codes to insert modifier mask in input stream?
720 Make this work like in Win32 console.
721 Mapping things like <M-A> doesn't work, because it generates an extended
722 key code. Use a translation table?
7239 Can't read an opened swap file when the "share" command has not been used.
724 At least ignore the swap files that Vim has opened itself.
7258 Use DJGPP 2.03.
7268 The Dos32 version (DJGPP) can't use long file names on Windows NT.
727 Check if new package can be used (v2misc/ntlfn08[bs].zip).
7288 setlocale() is bogus.
7298 Vim busy waits for new characters or mouse clicks. Should put in some
730 sort of sleep, to avoid eating 50% of the CPU time. Test on an unpatched
731 Windows 95 system!
7328 DJGPP: when shell is bash, make fails. (Donahoe)
7337 Hitting CTRL-P twice quickly (e.g. in keyword completion) on a 8088
734 machine, starts printer echo! (John Mullin).
7357 MSDOS 16 bit version can't work with COMSPEC that has an argument, e.g.:
736 COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 (Bradley)
737 Caused by BCC system() function (Borland "make" has the same problem).
7388 Mouse: handle left&right button pressed as middle button pressed. Add
739 modifier keys shift, ctrl and alt.
7407 When too many files are open (depends on FILES), strange things happen.
741 The Dos16 version runs out of memory, in the Dos32 version "!ls" causes a
742 crash. Another symptom: .swp files are not deleted, existing files are
743 "[New file]".
7447 DJGPP version doesn't work with graphics display mode. Switch to a mode
745 that is supported?
7468 DJGPP: ":mode" doesn't work for many modes. Disable them.
7478 DJGPP: When starting in Ex mode, shouldn't clear the screen. (Walter
748 Briscoe)
749
750
751MSDOS, OS/2 and Win32:
7528 OS/2: Add backtick expansion. Undefine NO_EXPANDPATH and use
753 gen_expand_wildcards().
7548 OS/2: Add clipboard support? See example clipbrd.exe from Alexander
755 Wagner.
7568 OS/2: Add Extended Attributes support and define HAVE_ACL.
7578 OS/2: When editing a file name "foo.txt" that is actually called FOO.txt,
758 writing uses "foo.txt". Should obtain the real file name.
7598 Should $USERPROFILE be used instead of $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH?
7608 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
761 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
7628 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
763 Should work like in the GUI version.
7648 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
765 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
7668 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
767 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
7688 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
769 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
770 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
7718 ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means directory "#bb"
772 in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
7738 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
774 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
775 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
776
777
778Windows 95:
7798 Editing a file by it's short file name and writing it, makes the long file
780 name disappear. Setting 'backupcopy' helps.
781 Use FindFirstFile()->cAlternateFileName in fname_case() (George Reilly).
7828 Doing wildcard expansion, will match the short filename, but result in the
783 long filename (both DJGPP and Win32).
784
785
786Win32 console:
7879 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
788 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
789 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
790 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
791 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
792 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
793 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
794 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
795 and the file is not saved.
796 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
797 long name.
7988 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
799 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
8007 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
801 besides the console.
8028 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
8039 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
804 <C-S-i>?
8059 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
806 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
8078 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
808 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008097 Use SetConsoleCP() and SetConsoleOutputCP() to implement 'termencoding'?
810 Avoids that input and output work differently. Need to be restored when
811 exiting.
812
813
814Amiga:
8158 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
816 sequences.
8179 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
818 backslashes in result.
8198 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
820 all options, using white space separation.
821
822
823Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00008247 Patch to add 'transparency' option. Disadvantage: it's slow. (Eckehard
825 Berns, 2004 May 9) http://ecki.to/vim/TransBack-2004-05-09.diff
826 Needs more work. Add when someone really wants it.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008277 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
828 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
829 (Jack)
830 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
8318 Inputting Unicode characters does not work in the terminal. They appear
832 to arrive as upper and lower bytes. (David Brown, 2004 April 17)
8338 Typing Unicode characters doesn't work at all in the GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008349 Problems in Carbon version for OS X: (Benji Fisher)
835 - keyboard shortcuts in the menus get lost.
8368 The Vim/About menu doesn't work.
8378 ":gui" doesn't fork. Enabling the code in gui.c to fork causes a SEGV.
8388 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
8398 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
8409 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
841 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
8429 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, control strip causes characters messed up when
843 scrolling (CTRL-L cleans it up). (Benji Fisher)
8449 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, variable-speed scrolling doesn't work, after two
845 seconds of scrolling the screen freezes. (Benji Fisher)
8469 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
8478 Standard Mac shortcuts are missing. (Amerige)
8488 Handling of non-fixed width fonts is wrong. (Amerige)
849
850
851"Small" problems:
8528 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
853 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
854 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +0000855 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008569 When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
857 'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though
858 the fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to
859 check for the buffer to be unmodified.
8608 ":g//" gives "Pattern not found error" with E486. Should not use the
861 error number, it's not a regular error message.
8627 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
863 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
8648 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
865 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
866 for redirection.
8677 There is no way to change directory and go back without changing the local
868 and/or global directory. Add a way to find out if the current window uses
869 a local directory. Add cdcmd() that returns ":cd" or ":lcd"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008707 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
871 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008728 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
873 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
874 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
875 using the horizontal scrollbar.
8767 VisVim can only open one file. Hard to solve: each opened file is passed
877 with a separate invocation, would need to use timestamps to know the
878 invocations belong together.
8798 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
880 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
8818 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
882 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
883 UnxUtils.zip archive.
884 Alternate one: http://www.pramodx.20m.com/tee_for_win32.htm, but Walter
885 Briscoe says it's not as good.
8868 'fillchars' doesn't work for multi-byte characters.
8879 Editing a XML file with a long line is extremely slow. Example file from
888 Randy Parker (Dec 13). Editing the dictionaries for engspchk plugin with
889 syntax highlighting is also very slow.
890 Limit the searching for items to a few hundred characters?
8918 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
892 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
8937 Output for ":scriptnames" and ":breaklist" should shorten the file names:
894 use "~/" when possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008957 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
896 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
897 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
898 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
8998 'backupdir' and 'directory' should use $TMPDIR, $TMP and/or $TEMP when
900 defined.
9017 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
902 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
903 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
9047 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
905 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
906 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
9077 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
908 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
9097 "[p" doesn't work in Visual mode. (David Brown)
9107 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
911 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
9129 The argument <f-args> of a user command doesn't handle backslashes
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000913 properly. "Cmd \ e" is one argument, "Cmd \\ e" still is one argument.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000914 "Cmd \ e" is two arguments, first one ending in space. (Kontra Gergely)
9159 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
916 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
917 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
918 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
919 script can be called.
9208 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
921 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
922 works.
9239 When a syntax region does not use "keepend" and a contained item does use
924 "extend", this makes the outer region stop at the end of the contained
925 region. (Lutz Eymers) Another example Nov 14 2002.
9268 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
927 CTRL-C.
9287 clip_x11_own_selection() uses CurrentTime, that is not allowed. VNC X
929 server has a problem with this. (Mark Waggoner) Remembering the timestamp
930 of events isn't always possible. We don't get them in an xterm. GTK
931 doesn't obtain the selection again when the timestamp differs, thus it
932 won't work for GTK anyway.
9338 When the clipboard isn't supported: ":yank*" gives a confusing error
934 message. Specifically mention that the register name is invalid.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00009358 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000936 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
937 configurable?
9388 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
9399 When "$" is in 'cpoptions' and folding is active, a "C" command changes
940 the folds and resets w_lines_valid. The display updating doesn't work
941 then. (Pritesh Mistry)
9428 ":s!from!to!" works, but ":smagic!from!to!" doesn't. It sees the "!" as a
943 flag to to the command. Same for ":snomagic". (Johan Spetz)
9448 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
945 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
9468 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
947 always written, even when the original file already exists.
9487 When using "daw" on the last word in a file and this is a single letter,
949 nothing is deleted. Should delete the letter and preceding white space.
9509 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
951 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
952 written.
9539 The "Error detected while processing modelines" message should have an
954 error number.
9557 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009568 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
957 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
958 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
9598 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
960 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
9619 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
962 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
963 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
964 one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009657 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
966 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
9677 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
968 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
9697 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
970 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
971 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
972 direction, not horizontally?
9738 When using CTRL-D after ":help", restrict the number of matches to a
974 thousand, otherwise using CTRL-D without an argument takes too long.
9758 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000976 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
977 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
978 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
979 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000980 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
981 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000982 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000983 - Should interpreted CTRL-L as a page break.
984 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
985 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
986 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
987 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
988 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
9898 In Visual block mode with 'lbr' set, a change command doesn't insert the
990 text in following lines where the linebreak changes.
9919 dosinst.c: The DJGPP version can't uninstall the Uninstall registry key on
992 Windows NT. How to install a .inf file on Windows NT and how to detect
993 that Windows NT is being used?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009948 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
995 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
9968 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
997 in lines that don't extend into the block?
9988 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
999 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
1000 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
10018 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
1002 'linebreak'.
10038 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
1004 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
1005 (Helmut Stiegler)
10068 With 'virtualedit' set, a blockwise Visual selection that starts and ends
1007 in a tab, "<" shifts too much. (Helmut Stiegler)
10089 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
1009 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
1010 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
1011 'magic' in history. (Margo)
10129 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
1013 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
10149 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
1015 isn't updated).
10169 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
10179 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
1018 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
1019 cause another redraw, etc.
10208 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
1021 must escape special characters in the pattern.
10228 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
1023 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
1024 ":w!!" for that.
1025 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
1026 restore file to readonly afterwards.
10277 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
1028 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
1029 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
1030 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
1031 clipboard)
10327 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
1033 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
1034 Waggoner)
10358 For xterm need to open a connection to the X server to get the window
1036 title, which can be slow. Can also get the title with "<Esc>[21t", no
1037 need to use X11 calls. This returns "<Esc>]l{title}<Esc>\".
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000010386 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
1039 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
1040 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010418 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
1042 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
10438 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
1044 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
1045 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
10468 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
1047 (e.g., ":w").
10488 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
1049 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
10508 Make it possible to disable the special meaning of "#" in the first column
1051 for ">>".
10528 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
1053 script in do_cmdline().
10548 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
1055 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
1056 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
1057 changes.
10588 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
1059 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
10608 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
1061 check for file marks. This can be slow.
10627 In xterm, recognize both vt100 and vt220 cursor keys. Change
1063 add_termcode() to not remove an existing entry for a name, when it's
1064 needed.
1065 Need a generic solution to recognize different codes for the same key.
10668 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
1067 to skip catch_signals()?
10689 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
1069 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
1070 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
1071 text?
10728 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
1073 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
10748 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
1075 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
10769 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
1077 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
1078 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
1079 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
1080 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
10817 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
1082 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
1083 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
1084 in the list?
10858 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
1086 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
1087 instead of on button down.
10888 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
10899 Evaluating 'statusline' in build_stl_str_hl() does not properly check for
1090 reaching the end of the available buffer.
10918 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
1092 character is typed.
10938 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
1094 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
10958 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
1096 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
10978 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
1098 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
1099 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
1100 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
1101 cygwin bash.
11027 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
1103 Remember flags for backreferences.
11047 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
1105 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
11067 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
1107 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
11088 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
1109 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
11107 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
1111 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011127 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
1113 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
1114 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
11157 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
1116 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
11178 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
1118 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
1119 that the user knows he has to delete the files.
11207 It's possible to redefine a script-local function with ":func
1121 <SNR>123_Test()". (Krishna) Disallow this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001122
1123
1124I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
11259 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
1126 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
1127 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001128
1129
1130Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00001131- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
1132 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00001133 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00001134 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
1135 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
1136 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001137- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
1138 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
1139 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
1140 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
1141 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
1142- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
1143 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
1144 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
1145- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
1146 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
1147- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
1148 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
1149 character gets the highlighting.
1150- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
1151 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
1152- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
1153 (Jennings)
1154- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
1155- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
1156 errors. How do we get the rest?
1157- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001158- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001159 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
1160- MSDOS: When using smartdrive with write-back buffering, writing to a
1161 readonly floppy will cause problems. How to test for a writable floppy
1162 first?
1163- MSDOS: Both 16 and 32 bit versions: File name expansion doesn't work for
1164 names that start with a dot. These used to be illegal file names.
1165- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
1166 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
1167 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
1168- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
1169 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
1170 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
1171 (Benzinger).
1172- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
1173 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
1174 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
1175- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
1176 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
1177- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
1178 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
1179- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
1180 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
1181 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
1182 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
1183 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
1184 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
1185- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
1186 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
1187 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
1188- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
1189 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
1190 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
1191- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
1192 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
1193- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
1194 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
1195- VMS v7.1 and older: Tests 21 and 32 fail. From VMS v7.1-2 and newer Vim
1196 does not have this behavior. (Zoltan Arpadffy)
1197- Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
1198 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
1199- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
1200 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
1201 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
1202 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
1203 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
1204- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
1205 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
1206 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
1207- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
1208 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
1209 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00001210- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
1211 This is a GTK 2.4.x bug, fixed in GTK 2.4.2. (Thomas de Grenier de Latour)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001212- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
1213 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
1214 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
1215 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
1216 in the vimrc file to be lost.
1217- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
1218 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
1219
1220--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
1221 *extensions-improvements*
1222
1223Documentation:
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000012248 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
1225 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000012268 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
1227 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012288 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012297 Add a section on debugging scripts in the user manual.
12309 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
1231 - change to cursor position and curswant
1232 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
1233 - how it works for folded lines
1234 - how it works with multi-byte characters
12359 In change.txt, remark about Javadoc isn't right. Right alignment would
1236 work too.
12378 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
1238 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
1239 text.
12408 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
12417 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
1242 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
12437 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
1244 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
1245- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
1246
1247
1248Help:
1249- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
1250 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
1251- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
1252 to the other matches.
1253- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
1254- Default mapping for help files: <Tab> to position cursor on next |:tag|.
1255- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
1256 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
1257 user can edit it to insert his favorite commands, new account can contain a
1258 default contents.
1259- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
1260 height for the help window (and other windows).
1261- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
1262- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
1263- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
1264
1265
1266User Friendlier:
12678 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
1268 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
1269 Briscoe)
12708 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
12718 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
1272 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
1273 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
12748 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
1275 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
1276- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
1277 ":mkplugin <file>"?
12788 Add ":plugininstall" command. Can be used to install a plugin file that
1279 includes documentation. Let the user select a directory from
1280 'runtimepath'.
1281 " Vim plugin
1282 <main plugin code>
1283 " >>> plugin help start <<<
1284 <plugin docs>
1285- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..."?
12869 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
1287 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
1288 item?).
1289 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012908 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
12917 Add the arguments for configure to the ":version" output?
1292
1293
1294Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012958 Use diff mode to show the changes made in a buffer (compared to the file).
1296 Use an unnamed buffer, like doing:
1297 new | set bt=nofile | r # | 0d_ | diffthis | wincmd p | diffthis
12987 Add cursor-binding: when moving the cursor in one diff'ed buffer, also
1299 move it in other diff'ed buffers, so that CTRL-W commands go to the same
1300 location.
1301
1302
1303Folding:
1304 (commands still available: zg zG zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zw zW zy zY;
1305 secondary: zB zS zT zZ)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000013068 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013078 Add different highlighting for a fold line depending on the fold level.
1308 (Noel Henson)
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000013097 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013108 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
1311 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
1312 user aware of this?
13138 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
1314 commands skip over a closed fold.
13158 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
13168 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013177 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001318- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
1319 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
1320 missing line goes unnoticed.
1321 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001322- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
1323 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
1324 smoother?
1325- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
1326 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
1327- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
1328- Add 'hidecomment' option: don't display comments in /* */ and after //.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001329 Or is the conceal patch from Vince Negri a more generic solution?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001330- "zu": undo change in manual fold. "zU" redo change in manual fold. How to
1331 implement this?
1332- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
1333 cursor.
1334- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3": set fold level for a region.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001335- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000013368 Have some way to restrict commands to not folded text. Also commands like
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001337 searches.
1338
1339
1340Multi-byte characters:
13419 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
1342 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
1343 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
1344 byte).
13458 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
1346 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
1347 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
1348 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
1349 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
1350 item.
13518 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001352 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
1353 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013548 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
1355 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001356 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
Bram Moolenaar46c9c732004-12-12 11:37:09 +00001357 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013588 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
1359 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
13607 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
1361 so that the user can fix the problem.
13628 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
1363 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013649 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
13658 Should add test for using various commands with multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013668 'infercase' doesn't work with multi-byte characters.
13678 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013688 "ga" should show all composing characters, also if there are more than 2.
13697 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
13708 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
13718 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
13728 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multi-byte
1373 characters.
13748 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
13758 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
1376 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
13777 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
1378 'display' option to specify this.
13797 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
1380 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
1381- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
1382 fontselector somehow.
1383- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
1384 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
1385- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
1386 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
1387- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
1388 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
1389 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
1390 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
1391 if a font exists?
1392- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar6cc16192005-01-08 21:49:45 +00001393 convert_input() for Mac GUI and RiscOS GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001394- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
1395 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
13967 In "-- INSERT (lang) --" show the name of the keymap used instead of
1397 "lang". (Ilya Dogolazky)
1398- Make 'langmap' accept multi-byte characters.
1399- Do we need the reverse of 'keymap', like 'langmap' but with files and
1400 multi-byte characters? E.g., when using a Russian keyboard.
1401- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
1402 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
1403 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":tmap" command?
1404- When breaking a line, take properties of multi-byte characters into
1405 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
1406 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
1407 But it's very complicated...
1408
1409
1410Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000014117 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001412- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
1413- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
1414 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00001415- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
1416 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001417- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
1418- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
1419 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001420- PostScript: only works for 7-bit ASCII and EBCDIC. Should support
1421 different 'encoding' values somehow.
1422- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
1423 units as for the margins.
1424- Support right-to-left text?
14258 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
1426 color.
1427
1428
1429Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014308 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
1431 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
14328 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
1433 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
14348 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
1435 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
14368 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
1437 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
1438 ":wq file".
14398 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
14409 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
1441 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014427 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
1443 Search highlighting.
14448 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
1445 change this for each release.
14468 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
1447 pattern, but not in the body.
14488 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
1449 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
1450 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014518 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
14528 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword'. When switching to another filetype
1453 this isn't reset. Add a special keyword definition for the syntax rules?
1454 When this is done, use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples,
1455 but without ":" in 'iskeyword' for syntax.
14568 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
1457 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
14588 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
1459 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
1460 Or highlight the matching paren when the cursor is on one.
14618 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
14628 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
1463 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
1464 used.
14658 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
1466 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
14678 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
1468 re-insert the [] if possible.
14698 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
1470 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014718 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
1472 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
14738 Support for deleting syntax items:
1474 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
1475 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
1476 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
14778 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
1478 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
1479 a '<'. (Fleiner)
14807 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
1481 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
1482 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
14837 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
1484 detected.
14858 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001486 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014878 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
1488 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014898 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
14908 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
14917 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
1492 ":mkvimrc".
14938 Improve c.vim:
1494 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
1495 "c_strict_ansi".
1496 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
14978 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
1498 current line while in Insert mode.
14998 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
1500 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
15018 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
1502 display position.
15038 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
1504 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
1505 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
15068 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
1507 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
1508 highlighting starts.
15097 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
1510 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
1511 E.g. for this html:
1512 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
15137 Wild idea: Not only set highlighting, but also change what is displayed
1514 (e.g., remove characters, so that "<B>bold</B>" can be shown as "bold"):
1515 :syn region boldstuff start="<B>" display="" end="</B>" display=""
15167 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
15177 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
1518 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015197 Command line completion for ":find" should search in 'path'.
15208 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
15218 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
15228 Add more command line completion for :sign.
15237 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
1524 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
1525 completion?
15268 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
1527 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
15287 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
1529 select one of the sets.
15308 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
1531 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
1532 2, etc.
15338 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
1534 highlighting (for "." command).
15358 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
1536 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
15378 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
15387 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
1539 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
15406 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
1541 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
1542- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
1543 when extending an already existing syntax file.
1544- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001545- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
1546 (for comment blocks).
1547- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
1548 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
1549 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
1550 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
1551 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
1552 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
1553 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
1554 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
1555 (Campbell)
1556 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
1557 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
15587 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
1559 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
15607 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
1561 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
1562 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
15637 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
1564 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
1565 messages. And external commands?
15668 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
1567 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
15687 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
1569 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
1570
1571
1572Built-in script language:
15738 Add referring to key options with "&t_xx". Both for "echo &t_xx" and
1574 ":let &t_xx =". Useful for making portable mappings.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015758 exists("&&option") tests if 'option' is actually implemented. Useful for
1576 'shellslash', for example.
Bram Moolenaar1c2fda22005-01-02 11:43:19 +00001577- Add "{range}source": execute lines from a buffer.
1578 Alternative: Allow range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command.
1579 (Webb)
1580 You can already yank lines and use :@" to execute them.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015818 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
15828 Add ":fungroup" command, to group function definitions together. When
1583 encountered, all functions in the group are removed. Suggest using an
1584 obscure name to avoid name clashes. Require a ":fungroup END" in the same
1585 sourced file? Assume the group ends at the end of the file. Handle
1586 nested packages?
1587 Alternative: Support packages. {package-name}:{function-name}().
1588 Packages are loaded automatically when first used, from
1589 $VIMRUNTIME/packages (or use a search path).
15907 Make globpath() also work with "**" and upwards search. (Brian Medley)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000015917 Add the markclear() function to delete a mark in another buffer. Charles
1592 Campbell (2004 Jan 9)
1593 http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#Patch
1594 Implement setmark(markname, lnum [, col [, filename]]) instead?
1595 When "lnum" is zero delete the mark.
1596 When "filename" has no wildcards and there is no matching buffer, add
1597 the buffer (unlisted).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015987 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode.
1599 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
1600 has('bytecode')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
1601 supports it. Update the code with a command, can be used in an
1602 autocommand.
1603 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
1604 .vim file. Problem: distribution.
1605 3. Use a cache directory for each user. How to recognize which cached
1606 file belongs to a sourced script?
16077 Add "n" flag to search() function, just like searchpair(). (Alexey
1608 Marinichev)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016097 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
1610 signs and/or 'number'.
16118 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00001612 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
1613 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
1614 3 2002
1615 Only add this when also implemented for
1616 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
1617 be used.
1618 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00001619 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
1620 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
1621 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
1622 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
1623 File.Open..." argument.
1624 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
1625 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
1626 with properties instead.
1627 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
1628 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
1629 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001630 printf(format, arg, ..) How to prevent a crash???
1631 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001632 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001633 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001634 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001635 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001636 input(prompt, complete) like input() but do specified completion
1637 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
1638 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
1639 Visual block mode.
1640 tagtype(tag) get type of tag (also checks if it exists)
1641 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001642 getbufline() get line from any buffer
1643 deletebufline() delete line in any buffer
1644 appendbufline() append line in any buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001645 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
1646 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
1647 to allow the library to execute a command or
1648 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016497 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
1650 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
16518 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
1652 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
16538 Pass the executable name to the Vim scripts in some way. As v:argv0?
16548 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
16558 When starting to source a vim script, delete all functions that it has
1656 previously defined? Avoids using ":fun!" all the time.
16577 Add optional arguments to user functions:
1658 :func myFunc(arg1, arg2, arg3 = "blah", arg4 = 17)
16596 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
16608 Add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var" just ignore.
16618 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
1662 option or environment variable.
16638 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
16647 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the
1665 stack available (separated with '\n').
16668 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
1667 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
16688 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
16698 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
1670 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
1671 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
1672 charwise({expr}).
16737 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
1674 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
1675 buffer for this?
1676 result = scratch(string, command)
1677 result = apply(string, command)
1678 result = execute(string, command)
1679 "command" would use <> notation.
1680 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
16817 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
16827 Automatically load a function from a file when it is called. Need an
1683 option for the search path. (Sekera)
16847 Persistent variables: "p:var"; stored in viminfo file and sessions files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001685
1686
1687Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000016886 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
1689 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
1690 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
1691 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
1692 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
1693 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
1694 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001695
1696
1697Performance:
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +000016987 For strings up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list itself as a
1699 character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000017008 Loading plugins takes startup time. Only load the part that is used to
1701 trigger the rest, and load the rest when it's needed?
17028 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
17039 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
17048 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
17057 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
1706 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
17078 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
1708 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
1709 when starting up in a color terminal.
17108 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
1711 Win16.
17129 Setting GUI options in the console (e.g., 'guifont') should not cause a
1713 redraw.
17148 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
1715 function be improved?
17168 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
1717 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
1718 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
1719 this be improved?
17208 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
1721 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000017227 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
1723 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000017247 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
1725 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
17267 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
1727 lot of abbreviations).
17287 DOS console: Add t_DL support, to make scrolling faster.
17297 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
1730 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
1731 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
1732 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
1733 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
1734 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
1735 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
17368 When editing a file with extremely long lines (e.g., an executable), the
1737 "linerest" in readfile() is allocated twice to be able to copy what was
1738 read so far. Use realloc() instead? Or split the line when allocating
1739 memory fails and "linerest" is big (> 100000)?
17408 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
1741 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
1742 using strcmp() too often?
17437 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
1744 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
1745 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
1746 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
1747 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
1748 the two blocks to the memfile block.
17497 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
1750 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
1751 with an argument that can be messed with.
1752 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
1753 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
17547 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
1755- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
17568 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
1757 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
1758- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
1759 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
1760- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
1761- Do profiling on:
1762 - :g/pat/normal cmd
1763 - 1000ii<Esc>
1764 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
1765 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
1766 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
1767 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
1768 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
1769 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
1770 - editing a vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
17717 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
1772 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
1773 changed).
1774 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
1775 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
1776- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
1777- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
1778 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
1779- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
1780 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
1781 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
1782- Repeating insert "1000i-<Esc>" displays --INSERT-- all the time, because of
1783 the <Esc> at the end. Make this work faster (disable redrawing).
1784- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
1785- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
1786 cursor is right of the screen.
17878 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
1788 CTRL-C (it's slow).
1789
1790
1791Code size:
17928 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
1793- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
1794 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
17958 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
17968 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
1797 it.
17987 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
1799 left out.
18008 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
1801 can be removed.
18028 Can the check for libelf in configure.in be removed?
1803
1804
1805Messages:
18068 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
1807 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
18088 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
1809 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
18108 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
1811 script.
18128 "vim --version" output goes to stderr, should be stdout. Can all output
1813 from messages using printf() go to stdout?
1814- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
1815 Perhaps after ten seconds?
1816- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
18179 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
1818 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
1819 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
1820 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
1821 redrawing.
18227 Add an option, which is a regexp, that disables warning messages which
1823 match that regexp (Tsirkin).
18248 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
1825 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
18268 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
1827 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
1828 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
1829 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
1830 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
1831 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001832- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001833 sleep before second message?
18348 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
1835 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
1836 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
1837 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
1838 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
1839 error messages, printing text, etc.
18408 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
1841 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
1842 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
1843
1844
1845Screen updating:
18467 Add a string to the 'display' option to make CTRL-E and CTRL-Y scroll one
1847 screen line, also if this means the first line doesn't start with the
1848 first character (like what happens with a single line that doesn't fit).
1849- screen_line():
1850 - insert/delete character stuff.
1851 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
1852- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
1853 dragging the status line with the mouse).
1854- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
1855 waiting for a character.
18568 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
1857 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
1858 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
18597 Make 'list' and 'linebreak' work together.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001860
1861
1862Scrolling:
18638 Add "zm" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
18646 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
1865- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
1866 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
1867 windows.
18687 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
1869 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
1870 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
1871- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
1872 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
1873 (Goldfarb)
1874- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
1875 bound windows.
1876- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
1877 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00001878- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001879- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
1880 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
1881 of lines but not with a single line).
1882
1883
1884Autoconf:
18858 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
18868 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
1887 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
1888- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
1889 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
1890- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
1891- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
1892- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
1893
1894
1895Perl interface:
18968 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000018977 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
18987 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
18996 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
1900
1901
1902Shared libraries:
19036 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
1904 :libload internal-name libname
1905 :libunload internal-name
1906 :liblist
1907 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
1908 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
1909 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
19106 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
1911
1912
1913Tags:
19148 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
1915 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
19168 Add a function that returns the line in the tags file for a matching tag.
1917 Can be used to extract more info (class name, inheritance, etc.) (Rico
1918 Hendriks)
19197 Count before CTRL-]: jump to N'th match
19208 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
19218 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
1922 to type the tag number directly.
19237 Add a tag-select window. Works like ":cwindow". (Michal Malecki)
19247 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
1925 window for each tag.
19267 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
19277 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
1928 bottom" search message.
19297 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
1930 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
1931 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00001932- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
1933- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000019347 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
1935 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
1936 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
1937 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
19387 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
1939 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
1940 :tagargs clear
1941 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
1942 matching).
19437 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
1944 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
1945 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
1946 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
19477 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
1948 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
19497 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
1950 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
1951 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001952
1953
1954Security:
1955- nothing at the moment
1956
1957
1958Win32 GUI:
19598 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
1960 the message and input?
19617 The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
1962 compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2
1963 dynamically?
19647 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
1965 (Mike McCollister)
19668 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
1967 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
1968 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
1969 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
1970 common part of the path.
19718 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
19728 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
1973 gettext and menus work.
19748 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
1975 return in every console.
1976 Also: Look at how Emacs does runs external commands:
1977 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
19788 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
1979 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
19808 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
1981 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
19827 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
1983 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
19847 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
19857 <Esc> should close a dialog.
19867 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
1987 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
1988 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
1989 prompts.
19907 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
1991 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
1992 the file added into an already running Vim.
19937 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
1994 functions to find the window title.
1995
1996
1997GUI:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000019988 Make inputdialog() work for Photon, Amiga, RiscOS.
1999- <C--> cannot be mapped. Should be possible to recognize this as a
2000 normal "-" with the Ctrl modifier.
20017 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
20028 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
20036 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
20048 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
2005 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
20069 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
20077 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
20088 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
2009 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
20108 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
2011 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
2012 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
20138 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
2014 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
20158 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
2016 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
2017 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
2018 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020197 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
20208 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
2021 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
20227 Add some code to handle proportional fonts? Need to draw each character
2023 separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font is not exactly
2024 double-width. (Maeda)
20258 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
20268 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00002027 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020288 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
20298 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
20308 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
2031 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
2032 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
20337 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
2034 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
2035 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
20367 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
2037 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
20387 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
2039 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
2040 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
2041 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
20427 Add command line argument for "gvim" not to start the GUI. Sort of the
2043 inverse of "vim -g". (Vikas)
20447 Should support multi-column menus.
2045- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
2046 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
2047- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
20488 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
20496 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
2050 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
20517 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
20527 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
2053 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
2054 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
20557 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
20568 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
2057 name can be chosen free.
20587 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
2059 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
20606 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
2061 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
2062 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
2063 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
2064 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
2065 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
2066 things.
20677 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
2068 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020697 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002070 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002071- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
2072 where it was started from?
20737 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
2074
2075
2076VMS:
2077- Improvement: rewrite term/TTY handling.
2078- Improvement: create VMS GTK runtime libraries on OpenVMS 7.1-2 (today GTK
2079 works just on 7.3).
2080
2081
2082Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000020837 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
2084 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
2085 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
2086 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020878 Add ScriptReadCmd event: used to load remote Vim scripts, e.g.
2088 "vim -u http://mach/path/vimrc".
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000020897 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020908 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
2091 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
2092 difficult).
20938 Also trigger CursorHold in Insert mode?
20947 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that user
2095 can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the kind
2096 of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
20978 Can't use ":normal" in CursorHold autocommands. Make the CursorHold event
2098 insert a special key code, and call the autocommand functions from a
2099 higher level, so that vgetc() isn't used recursively.
21008 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
2101 And anything else?
21028 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
2103 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
2104 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
21058 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
21068 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
2107 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
21086 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
2109 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
21107 Add a way to skip an autocommand if going from one *.c file to another *.c
2111 file.
21127 When trying to open a directory, don't load the file but trigger an
2113 autocommand event OpenDirectory.
21147 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
2115 <x> for executable, etc. <&xxx> for Risc OS. With commas to separate
2116 alternatives. The autocommand is only executed when both the file type
2117 AND the file pattern match. (Leonard)
21185 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
2119 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
2120 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
21217 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
2122 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
2123 file.
21248 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
2125 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
2126 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002127- Add events to autocommands:
2128 Error - When an error happens
2129 NormalEnter - Entering Normal mode
2130 InsertEnter - Entering Insert mode
2131 ReplaceEnter - Entering Replace mode
2132 CmdEnter - Entering Cmdline mode
2133 VisualEnter - Entering Visual mode
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +00002134 *Leave - Leaving a mode (in pair with the above *Enter)
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00002135 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
2136 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00002137 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002138 CmdUndefined - Like FuncUndefined but for user commands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002139 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
2140 PreDirChanged/PostDirChanged
2141 - Before/after ":cd" has been used (for changing the
2142 window title)
2143 BufReadAction - replaces reading a file
2144 BufWriteAction - replaces writing a file
2145 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
2146 InsertCharPre - user typed character Insert mode, before inserting the
2147 char. Pattern is matched with text before the cursor.
2148 Set v:char to the character, can be changed.
2149 (not triggered when 'paste' is set).
2150 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
2151 the char.
2152 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
2153 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
2154 file from CVS).
2155 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
2156 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
2157 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
2158 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
2159 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
2160 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
2161 WinResized - When a window has been resized
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002162- Add autocommand to be executed every so many seconds? For writing the
2163 file now and then ('autosave').
2164 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
2165 'autosave' 'aw' number (default 0)
2166 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
2167 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
2168 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
2169 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
2170 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
2171
2172
2173Insert mode completion/expansion:
21748 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
2175 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
21769 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
2177 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
2178 (Webb)
21798 The code has become too complex. Redesign it, or at least add proper
2180 comments.
21818 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
2182 - ignore/match case
2183 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000021848 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
21858 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
2186 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
2187 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
2188 Should work for C++ and Java.
2189 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
21907 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
21917 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
2192 instead of words.
21938 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
21948 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
2195 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
21968 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
2197 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
2198- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
2199 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
2200 wildcards in the file name)?
2201- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
2202- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
2203- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
2204 be in another file).
2205- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
2206- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
2207- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
2208 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
2209- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
2210- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
2211- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
22128 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
2213 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
2214 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
2215 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
2216- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
2217
2218
2219Command line editing:
22207 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
2221 line.
22228 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
2223 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
2224 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
2225- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
2226 lines wraps to start of line).
2227- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
2228 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
2229 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
2230 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
2231 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
2232 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
2233 cmdwin does now already.
2234 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
2235 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
2236 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
2237 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
2238 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
2239 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
2240 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
2241 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
2242 Problems:
2243 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
2244 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
2245 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
2246 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
2247 - Normal: no ":" commands?
2248 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
2249 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
2250 character in first column?
2251 - Implementation ideas:
2252 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
2253 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
2254 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
2255 - sync undo after entering a command line?
2256 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
2257 Mode.
2258
2259
2260Command line completion:
22618 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
22628 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
2263 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
22648 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
2265 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022667 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
2267 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002268- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
2269- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
2270 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
22718 For ":find" and ":sfind" expand files found in 'path'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022728 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
2273 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
22747 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
2275 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
2276- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
2277 identifiers (Webb).
22788 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
2279 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
22807 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
2281 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
2282- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
2283 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
2284- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
2285 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
2286 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002287
2288
2289Command line history:
Bram Moolenaar60c78922005-03-20 22:40:14 +000022909 Remember which command lines were actually typed and were not loaded from
2291 viminfo. When writing viminfo append only these lines, so that lines from
2292 other Vim's are not overwritten.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002293- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
2294 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
2295 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
2296 completely resulted from one mapping.
2297- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
2298 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
2299
2300
2301Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000023029 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
2303 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
2304 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023058 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
2306 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
2307 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
2308 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
2309 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
23107 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
2311 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023127 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
2313 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
2314- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
2315 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
2316 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
2317 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
2318 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
2319 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
2320- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
2321 Normal mode.
2322- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
2323 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
2324 are used.
2325- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
2326- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
2327- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
2328
2329
2330'cindent', 'smartindent':
23318 Wrong indent for ":" after a method with line break in arguments:
2332 Foo::Foo (int one,
2333 int two)
2334 : something(4)
2335 {}
23368 Wrong indent for ":" after a method with multiple lines:
2337 Foo::Foo (int one, int two)
2338 : something(4),
2339 somethingelse(3)
2340 {}
23419 Too much indent for "lulu": (Uwe Zeisberger)
2342 int main ()
2343 {
2344 if (lala)
2345 do
2346 ++(*lolo);
2347 while (lili
2348 && lele);
2349 lulu;
2350 }
23519 Function gets extra indent: (Jamax)
2352 void function(int param) {
2353 if (false)
2354 return;
2355 }
23569 brace not indented correctly:
2357 case 'c': if (cond)
2358 {
2359 Should align with "if" in case statement.
23607 Allow aligning a closing ")" with the line above, instead of the matching
2361 "(": (Riehm) if (asdfasdf &&
2362 asdf
2363 )
23648 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
2365 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
23668 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
2367 func(
2368 new String[] {
2369 "asdf",
2370 "asdf"
2371 }
2372 );
23737 Separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
2374 func(
2375 int x) // indent like "(4"
2376 {
2377 if (a
2378 && b) // indent like "(0"
23798 Strange problem with this code, "hello" is indented wrong: (Gary Holloway)
2380 main() { char foo[] = "/*";
2381 /* This is a comment; the indentation of C
2382 * source below this comment gets messed up due to the string above.
2383 */
2384 hello
23859 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
2386 if (a)
2387 {
2388 if (b)
2389 {
2390 // {
2391 }
2392 } <-- this is indented incorrect
23939 Wrong indent for cino=(4, removing the (void) fixes it: (Zellner)
2394 (void) MyFancyFunction(
2395 argument);
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002396- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002397 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
23987 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
2399- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
2400 line).
2401- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
2402- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
2403 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
24047 Add 'j' flag to 'formatoptions': Remove comment leader when joining lines.
2405- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
2406 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
2407- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
2408 code), unless the line starts with "*".
2409- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
2410- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
2411 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
24128 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
2413 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
2414 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
2415- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
2416- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
2417 lines start with "\item".
2418- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
2419 /* here is a comment that
2420 is just autoindented, and
2421 nothing else */
2422- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
24237 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
2424 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
2425 indents.
2426 And/or: Add option to copy indent as-is, without changing spaces to tabs.
2427 also for 'autoindent'. 'keeptabs': when set don't change the tabs and
2428 spaces used for indent, when the indent remains the same or increases.
2429
2430
2431Java:
24328 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
2433 Odendahl?
24348 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
2435 "[i" commands and friends.
2436- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
2437 (Jason)
2438- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
2439 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
2440
2441
2442'comments':
24438 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
2444 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
2445 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
2446 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00002447 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
2448 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024497 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
2450 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
24517 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
24526 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
2453 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
2454 regexp is used.
24558 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
2456 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
2457
2458
2459Virtual edit:
24608 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
24617 Add a mode where the cursor is only allowed to go one character after the
2462 end of the line?
24637 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
2464
2465
2466Text objects:
24678 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +000024688 Add text object for part of a CamelHumedWord and under_scored_word.
2469 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000024708 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multi-byte
2471 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00002472 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
2473 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000024748 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multi-byte ones.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024757 Add text object for current search pattern: "a/" and "i/". Makes it
2476 possible to turn text highlighted for 'hlsearch' into a Visual area.
24778 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
2478 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
2479 the end of the line or before a ".".
24807 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
2481 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
24827 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
2483 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024846 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
24855 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
2486 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
2487 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
2488 cursor is on.
2489
2490
2491Select mode:
24928 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
2493 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
24947 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
2495 See http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=743
24967 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
2497 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
2498 contains 'C' or 'A'.
2499 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
2500 normal_cmd().
2501 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
2502 - Typing text replaces the selection.
2503
2504
2505Visual mode:
2506- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
2507 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
2508 is in the top line.
25098 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
2510 text. make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
2511 where needed.
25127 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
2513 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
25147 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
2515 of each selected line.
25168 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
25178 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
2518 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
2519 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
25208 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
2521 Ben Godfrey)
25227 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
2523 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
25247 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
2525 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
25267 CTRL-V :s should substitute only in the block, not to whole lines. (David
2527 Young is working on this)
25287 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00002529 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002530 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
25318 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
2532 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
25337 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
2534 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
2535 option!
25367 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
2537 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
2538 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
2539 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
2540 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
2541 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
2542 without changing the column.
25436 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000025447 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
2545 current buffer.
25467 CTRL-A and CTRL-X should increase/decrease all numbers in the Visual area.
25476 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
2548 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
25496 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
25506 ":'<,'>source" should read the selected lines and ":source" them.
25516 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002552 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002553 or other special character.
25546 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
2555
2556
2557More advanced repeating commands:
2558- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000025597 Repeating "d:{cmd}" with "." doesn't work. (Benji Fisher) Somehow remember
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002560 the command line so that it can be repeated?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002561- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002562 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
2563 "y." will repeat last yank.
2564 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
2565 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
2566 and/or pick an older command.
2567- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
2568
2569
2570Mappings and Abbreviations:
25718 Let ":verbose map xx" report where the mapping was set, just like with
2572 ":verbose set".
25738 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
2574 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
2575 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
25768 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
25777 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
2578 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
25798 ":verbose map" could show the script where the mapping was defined.
2580 m_script_ID can be used.
25818 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
2582 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
25838 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
25848 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
2585 entering search strings.
25868 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
2587 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
2588 not the <Space>.
25898 Allow mapping of CTRL-@ (anywhere in the LHS).
25908 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
2591 (?) work.
25927 ":verbose map" should display where a mapping was defined, like ":verbose
2593 set".
25948 Add a way to save a current mapping and restore it later. Use a function
2595 that returns the mapping command to restore it: mapcmd()? mapcheck() is
2596 not fool proof. How to handle ambiguous mappings?
25977 Add <0x8f> (hex), <033> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
25987 Allow mapping "Q" and "Q}" at the same time. Need to put a flag with "Q",
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002599 that it needs an extra character before it can match. See Vile 'maplonger'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002600 option.
26017 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
2602 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
26037 Make it possible to map 'wildchar', but only when it's a special character
2604 (like CTRL-E). Currently it's only recognized when typed. Useful for
2605 mapping a key to do something and then completion.
26067 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
26076 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
2608 abbreviations are to be used.
2609- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
2610 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
2611 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
2612- Make it possible to include a <Nul> in the lhs and rhs of a mapping.
2613- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
2614 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
2615 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002616- Add an option to ":map" that makes it display the special keys in
2617 <> notation (e.g. <CR> instead of ^M). Or just always do this?
2618- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
2619 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
2620- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
2621 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
26226 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
2623 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
2624 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
2625 hit another character.
2626- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
2627 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
2628 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
2629 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
2630 Or implicit:
2631 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
2632- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
2633 non-replace Insert mode?
2634- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
26356 Alias for Normal mode commands, works like :substitute? Would allow
2636 mappings with arguments.
2637- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
2638- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
2639 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
2640- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002641 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002642- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
2643 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
2644- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
2645- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
2646 ":freekeys".
2647- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
2648
2649
2650Incsearch:
2651- Add a limit to the number of lines that are searched for 'incsearch'?
2652- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
2653 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
2654 up every time.
2655- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
2656 folds when going to another line.
2657- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
2658 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
2659 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
2660 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
2661- With incsearch, use CTRL-N/CTRL-P to go to next/previous match, some other
2662 key to copy matched word to search pattern (Alexander Schmid).
2663
2664
2665Searching:
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000026667 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
2667 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000026688 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
2669 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
2670 Perl does it this way:
2671 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
2672 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
2673 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
2674 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000026758 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
2676 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000026777 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002678 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
2679 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
2680 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
26817 Add an option to accept a match at the cursor position. Also for
2682 search(). (Brett)
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000026837 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
2684 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for an offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000026857 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
2686 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000026878 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
2688 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
26898 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
2690 line.
26917 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use ~/vim/macros/matchit.vim as an
2692 example.
26938 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
2694 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
2695- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
2696 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
2697 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
2698 Alternative: use matchit.vim
26998 "/:/e+1" gets stuck on a match at the end of the line. Do we care?
27008 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
2701 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
2702 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
27037 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
2704 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000027057 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
2706 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027078 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
2708 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
2709 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
27108 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
2711 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
27128 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
2713 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
2714 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
2715 search pattern.
2716- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
2717 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
2718- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
2719 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
2720 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
2721 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
27227 Add POSIX regexp, like Nvi, with 'extended' option? It's like very-magic.
2723- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
2724 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
2725- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
2726 i ignore case
2727 I use case
2728 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
2729 v use Vi regexp syntax
2730 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
2731 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
2732 Perl uses these too:
2733 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
2734 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
2735 o compile only once (Perl only)
2736 s single line expression (we don't need it)
2737 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
2738 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
2739 following command.
2740 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
2741- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
2742 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
2743 for search string)?
27447 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
2745 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
2746- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
2747 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
2748- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
2749 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
2750- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
2751- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002752 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002753 a for the next file in the argument list
2754 f for file in the buffer list
2755 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002756 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
2757 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002758 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
2759 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
2760- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027617 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002762 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027637 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
2764 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
2765 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
2766 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
27676 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
2768 effects.
27697 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
2770 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
2771 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000027727 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002773 Also ":dselect".
2774
2775
2776Undo:
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00002777- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
2778 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002779- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
2780 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
2781 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
27828 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
2783 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
2784 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
2785 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
27868 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
2787 only remember the lines that really changed.
27887 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
2789 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
2790 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
2791 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002792- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
2793 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
2794- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
2795 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
2796- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
2797 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
2798 [-99].
2799- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
2800- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
2801- Store undo info in a file that survives until the next edit. Then it's
2802 possible to undo to before the current editing session. Combined with
2803 viminfo?
2804- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
2805 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
2806
2807
2808Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028097 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
2810 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
2811 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
2812 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
28138 Add File.{recent_files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
2814 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
28158 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
2816 inode too.
28177 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002818 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
2819 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028207 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
2821 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
2822- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
2823 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
2824- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
2825 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
28267 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
2827 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
28287 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
2829 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
28308 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000028318 Some commands don't use line numbers, but buffer numbers. '$'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002832 should then mean the number of the last buffer. E.g.: "4,$bdel".
28337 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
2834 internal use and for when executing an external program?
2835
2836
2837Swap (.swp) files:
28388 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
2839 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
2840 there are short file name problems.
28418 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
2842 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
28438 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
28448 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002845 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002846 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
2847 file the same as the actual file?
2848 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028497 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
2850 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
28517 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002852 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002853 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
2854 enough room.
28557 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
2856 or /var/preserve.
2857- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
2858 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
2859- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
2860 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskback' and 'umaskswap'?
2861- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
2862 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
2863 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
2864 cached list of which line is where.
2865
2866
2867Viminfo:
28687 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
2869 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
2870 else's viminfo file.
28718 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
2872 name. (Schild)
28738 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
28748 Remember the last used register for "@@".
28758 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
2876 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
2877 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
2878 this?
28797 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
28807 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
2881 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
28826 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
2883 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
2884 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
2885- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
2886 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
2887
2888
2889Modelines:
28908 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
2891 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
2892 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
2893- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
2894 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
2895 modeline setting.
2896- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
2897 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
2898- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
2899 .cpp files.
2900- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
2901 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
2902- Add option setting to ask user if he wants to have the modelines executed
2903 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
2904
2905
2906Options:
29078 Make ":mksession" store buffer-specific options for the specific buffer.
29088 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
2909 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
29107 Setting an option always sets "w_set_curswant", while this is only
2911 required for a few options. Only do it for those options to avoid the
2912 side effect.
29138 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
2914 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
2915 default value.
29168 Should ":mksession" restore the current directory when writing the
2917 session, or the directory where the session file is? Probably need a word
2918 in 'sessionoptions' to make a choice:
2919 "curdir" (cd to current directory when session file was generated)
2920 "sessiondir" (cd to directory of session file)
2921 "nodir" (don't cd at all)
29228 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
2923 options that are a comma separated list. The old number values should
2924 also be supported.
29258 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
2926 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
2927 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
29287 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
29297 Make 'scrolloff' a global-local option, so that it can be different in the
2930 quickfix window, for example. (Gary Holloway)
29317 Add plugins for formatting. Should be able to make a choice depending on
2932 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
2933
2934
2935External commands:
29368 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
2937 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
29384 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
2939 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
2940 -f).
29414 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
29424 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
2943 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
29444 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
2945
2946
2947Multiple Windows:
29487 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
29498 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
2950 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
29517 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
2952 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
2953 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
29547 Add a 'winfixwidth' option, similar to 'winfixheight'.
29556 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
2956 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002957 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002958 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
29597 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
2960 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
2961 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
2962 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
2963- Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
2964 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
2965 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
2966 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
2967
2968
2969Marks:
29708 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
2971 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000029728 Add a command to jump to a mark and make the motion inclusive. g'm and g`m?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029738 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
2974 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
29758 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
2976 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
2977 the mark was set.
29787 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
2979 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
2980 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
2981 ":browse marks"?
29826 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029837 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
2984 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
29857 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
2986 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
29877 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
2988 command).
29897 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
2990 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
2991 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
2992 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
29935 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
2994 mappings.
29956 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
2996 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
2997 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
2998
2999
3000Digraphs:
30017 Make "ga" show the digraph for a character, if it exists.
3002 Also the keymap?
3003- Make it possible to enter "r<C-E>" and "r<C-Y>" (get character from line
3004 below/above).
3005- Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
3006 characters?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000030078 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030087 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
3009 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
3010
3011
3012Writing files:
3013- In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
3014 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
3015 shortname conversion.
30168 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
30178 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
3018 file.
30198 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
3020 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
3021 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
30227 The 'directory' option supports changing path separators to "%" to make
3023 file names unique, also support this for 'backupdir'. (Mikolaj Machowski)
30246 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
3025 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
30266 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
3027 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
30286 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
3029 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000030308 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003031 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
30327 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
3033 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
30347 When editing a file, check that it has been change outside of Vim more
3035 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
3036 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
3037 waiting for a character to be typed).
30388 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
3039 line of the window, like "[time]".
3040 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
3041 Automatic and/or with a command.
3042
3043
3044Substitute:
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000030458 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003046 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
3047- :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
3048- With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
30498 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
3050 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003051- Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003052 :s///N substitutes N times.
3053- Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
3054 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
3055 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
30567 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
3057 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
3058 last line column 5.
30595 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
3060 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
3061 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
3062 (Stanislav Sitar)
3063
3064
3065Mouse support:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030668 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
30677 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
30688 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
3069 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
3070 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
30717 Checkout sysmouse() for FreeBSD console mouse support.
3072- Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
3073- Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
3074 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
3075- Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
3076- When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
3077
3078
3079Crypt and security:
30808 Also crypt the swapfile, each block separately. Change mf_write() and
3081 mf_read(). How to get b_p_key to these functions?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003082
3083
3084Argument list:
30856 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
3086 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
3087 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
30886 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
3089
3090
3091Registers:
30928 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
30938 Make the # register writable, so that it can be restored after jumping
3094 around in windows.
30958 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
3096 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
3097 for every line.
30986 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
3099 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
3100 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
3101- When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
3102 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
3103- When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
3104 leader when line wraps?
3105- The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
3106 line in the range.
3107- Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
3108 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
31098 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
3110 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00003111
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003112
3113Debug mode:
31147 Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
31158 Add breakpoints for setting an option
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000031168 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031177 Add a watchpoint in the debug mode: An expression that breaks execution
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +00003118 when evaluating to non-zero. Add the "watchadd expr" command, stop when
3119 the value of the expression changes. ":watchdel" deletes an item,
3120 ":watchlist" lists the items. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031217 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
31227 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
3123
3124
3125Various improvements:
31268 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
3127 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00003128- Perhaps ":cexpr" could read errors from a list?
3129 Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
3130 Govindachar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031316 In the quickfix window statusline add the command used to get the list of
3132 errors, e.g. ":make foo", ":grep something *.c".
31336 Python interface: add vim.message() function. (Michal Vitecek, 2002 Nov 5)
31347 Support using ":vert" with User commands. Add expandable items <vert>.
3135 Do the same for ":browse" and ":confirm"?
3136 For ":silent" and ":debug" apply to the whole user command.
31377 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
3138 window as a buffer-tab selection.
31397 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
3140 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
31418 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
3142 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031437 Add a ":cpfile", go in the other direction as ":cnfile".
31446 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031458 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
3146 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
3147 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
3148 in this Vim.
31498 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003150 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031518 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
3152 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
3153 have it apply to the following command.
31548 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
3155 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
3156 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
3157 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031587 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
3159 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031607 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
3161 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
3162 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
3163 without modifier (unless mapped).
31648 Add ":breakdel *": delete all breakpoints.
31657 Support ":browse edit" in console, using explorer.vim?
31666 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
31678 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
31689 Support ACLs on more systems.
31697 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
3170 highlighted differently.
31718 Allow using "**" as a wildcard in commands like ":next" and ":args".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031727 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
3173 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
3174 (truncated to fit in the space).
31757 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
31768 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
31778 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
3178 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000031797 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003180 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
31817 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
3182 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031837 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031847 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
31857 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031868 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
31878 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
3188 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
3189 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
3190 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
31918 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
31926 Add ":timer" command, to set a command to be executed at a certain
3193 interval, or once after some time has elapsed. (Aaron)
31948 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
31958 Use confirm/dialog stuff to ask the user, when a file has changed outside
3196 of Vim, if he wants to reload it. Triggered when focus gained, after
3197 shell command, when entering another buffer, etc..
3198 Also do this when editing a new file, and another application creates
3199 the file before doing ":w" in Vim.
3200 Also check if the file protection has changed. When checking a file into
3201 RCS it is made read-only, when checking out it is made read-write.
32028 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
3203 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
3204 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
3205 does something like this. (Shah)
32067 Use growarray for replace stack.
32077 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
3208 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
32093 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
32108 Make "more" prompt accept command characters, like "hit-enter" prompt?
3211 Or extend it with more commands, like "less": 'b' for back, 'j' for one
3212 line down, etc.
32138 For the "--more--" prompt, support the 'b'ack command for more commands.
3214 Possible implementation: Do it at a very low level, caching the lines that
3215 are on the screen (with highlight attributes). Avoids that changes have
3216 to be made for all functions that list something.
32177 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
3218 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
3219- Keep a list of most recently used files for each window, use "[o" to go
3220 back (older file) and "]n" to go forward (newer file) (like ^O and ^I for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003221 jumps). (Webb) Use ":files" and ":ls" to list the files in history order.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032227 Add a history of recently accessed buffer. Maybe make "2 CTRL-^" jump to
3223 the 2nd previously visited buffer, "3 CTRL-^" to the third, etc. Or use
3224 "3 g CTRL-^" for this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003225- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
3226- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
3227- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
3228- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
32297 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
3230 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
3231- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
3232 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
3233- Remove mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
3234- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
3235 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
3236- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
3237 call "play newbeep.au").
3238- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
3239 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
3240 (Bhatt).
3241- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
3242 blockwise registers).
3243- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
3244 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
3245- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
3246 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
3247 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
3248 noticeable.
32499 When using ":w <fname>" it's possible that this file is loaded in another
3250 buffer. Give a warning right away, don't wait for a shell command.
3251- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032527 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
3253 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
3254- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
3255 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
3256 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
3257 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
3258 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaar269ec652004-07-29 08:43:53 +000032597 Add a way to define an item list with a pattern in 'formatoptions'. The
3260 'n' flag doesn't work for "6.3" or "6a.".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032618 Add 'formatexpr' option: Used for formatting operator "gq" instead of the
3262 builtin formatting or 'formatprg'.
32638 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
3264 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
3265 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
3266 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
3267 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
3268- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00003269- Support multi-byte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032707 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
3271 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
3272- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
3273 not in column 1.
32746 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
3275 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
32767 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
3277- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
32788 findmatchlimit() should be able to skip comments. Solves problem of
3279 matching the '{' in /* if (foo) { */ (Fiveash)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003280- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00003281 :redir #> bufname
3282 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003283- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
3284 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003285- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
3286 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
3287 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
32886 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
3289 console? (Klaus Hast)
3290- Add :delcr command:
3291 *:delcr*
3292 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
3293 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
3294 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
3295 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
3296 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
3297 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set. {not in Vi}
3298- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
3299- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
3300 characters from 'isprint'.
3301- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
3302- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
3303 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
3304- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
3305 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
3306 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
3307- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
3308- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
3309 Nvi).
3310- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
3311 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
33127 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
3313- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
3314 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
33156 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
3316- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
3317 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
3318 macro).
3319- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003320- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
3321 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
3322- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
33238 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
3324- Should be possible to write to a device, e.g. ":w! /dev/null".
3325- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
3326- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
3327- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
3328 if it is not the first or last window.
3329- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
3330 there is one) instead of the file itself.
33317 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
3332 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
3333 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
3334- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
3335- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003336 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003337 many percent down the windows).
3338- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
3339 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
3340 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
3341- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
3342 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
3343- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
3344 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
3345- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
3346- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
3347- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
3348 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033498 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
3350 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
3351 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
3352 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
3353 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003354- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
3355 t_bs is set? (Webb)
3356- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003357 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
3358- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003359 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
3360 (Webb).
3361- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003362 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003363- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
3364 hex codes like 0xff).
3365- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
3366 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
3367 the last TYPED command.
3368- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
3369- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
3370- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
3371 should also work?
3372- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on an URL?
33738 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
3374 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
3375 name.
3376- When finding an URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
3377 trailing '.'.
3378- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
3379 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
3380 find_file_in_path().
3381- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
3382 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
3383- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
3384- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
3385 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
3386- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003387 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003388- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
3389 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
3390 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003391- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003392 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
3393- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
3394- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
3395- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
3396 to the minimal size.
3397- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
3398- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
3399- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
3400- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
3401- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
3402- Allow autowrite when doing ":e file" (with an option 'eaw').
3403- Allow a "+command" argument before each file name in the Vim command line:
3404 "vim +123 file1 +234 file2 +345 file3". ???
3405- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
3406 entered)?
3407- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
3408 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003409- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003410- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
3411- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
3412- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
3413- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
3414- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
3415 lines.
3416- Uppercase characters in ex commands can be made lowercase?
34178 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
3418 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
3419 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
3420 or in octal.
34217 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
3422 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003423- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003424 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
3425- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
3426- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
3427 insert line command).
3428- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
3429- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
3430- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
3431- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
3432- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
3433 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003434- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003435 yet.
3436- Implement 'redraw' option.
3437- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
3438 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034397 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
3440 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00003441 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
3442 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034438 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
3444 do it.
3445- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
3446- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
3447 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
3448- Add text justification option.
3449- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
3450- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
3451 off".
3452- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
3453- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
3454- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003455 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003456- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
3457- If file does not exists, check if directory exists.
3458- MSDOS: although t_cv and t_ci are not set, do invert char under cursor.
3459- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
3460 commands.
3461- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
3462- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
3463- :table command (Webb)
3464- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
3465- Make it possible for a user to define a new operator. Implementation with
3466 internal scripting language or Perl?
3467- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
3468- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
3469- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
3470- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
3471- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
3472 (Demirel).
3473- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
3474- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
3475 for use in macro's and the like.
3476- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003477 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003478- Add possibility to put output of ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
3479 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
3480- 'edit' option: When off changing the buffer is not possible (Really
3481 read-only mode).
3482- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003483 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003484 a window to become smaller (Webb).
3485- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
3486 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003487- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003488 mkopttab to make option table?
3489- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
3490 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
3491- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
3492 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003493- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003494 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
3495- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
3496 cursor?
3497- Option to make a .swp file only when a change is made (Templeton).
3498- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
34995 Add 'ignorefilecase' option: Ignore case when expanding file names.
3500 ":e ma<Tab>" would also find "Makefile" on Unix.
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000035018 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
3502 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
3503 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
3504 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
3505 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035068 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
3507 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
3508 (Netherton)
35096 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
3510 space after "(", for example.
35115 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
3512 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
3513 (Servatius Brandt)
3514
3515
3516From Elvis:
3517- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
3518- Add ":alias" command.
3519- fontchanges recognized "\\fB" etc.
3520- Search patterns:
3521 \@ match word under cursor.
3522 but do:
3523 \@w match the word under the cursor?
3524 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
35258 ":window" command:
3526 :win + next window (up)
3527 :win ++ idem, wrapping
3528 :win - previous window (down)
3529 :win -- idem, wrapping
3530 :win nr to window number "nr"
3531 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
35327 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
3533 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
3534
3535
3536From Nvi:
3537- 'searchincr' option, alias for 'incsearch'?
3538- 'leftright' option, alias for 'nowrap'?
3539- Have a look at "vi/doc/vi.chart", for Nvi specialties.
35408 Add 'keytime', time in 1/10 sec for mapping timeout?
3541- Add 'filec' option as an alternative for 'wildchar'.
35426 Support Nvi command names as an alias:
3543 :bg :hide
3544 :fg fname :buf fname (with 'hidden' set?)
3545 :dis b :ls
3546 :Edit fname :split fname
3547 :Fg fname :sbuf fname (with 'hidden' set?)
3548 :Next :snext (can't do this, already use :Next)
3549 :Previous :sprevious
3550 :Tag :stag
3551
3552
3553From xvi:
3554- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
3555- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
3556
3557
3558From vile:
3559- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
3560- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
3561 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
3562
3563
3564Far future and "big" extensions:
3565- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
3566 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
3567- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
3568 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
3569 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
3570 current layout mirrored.
3571- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
3572- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
3573 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
3574- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
3575- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
3576 font in each top-level window.
3577- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
3578- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
3579- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
3580- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
3581 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
3582- Implement ":Bset", set option in all buffers. Also ":Wset", set in all
3583 windows, ":Aset, set in all arguments and ":Tset", set in all files
3584 mentioned in the tags file.
3585 Add buffer/arg range, like in ":2,5B%s/..." (do we really need this???)
3586 Add search string: "B/*.c/%s/.."? Or ":F/*.c/%s/.."?
3587- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
3588 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
3589- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
3590 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
35914 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
3592 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
3593 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
3594 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003595 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003596 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
3597 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
3598- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
3599 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
3600 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
3601
3602
3603vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
3604vim: set fo+=n :