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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
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +010010improvements. To make it a little bit accessible, the older items are grouped
11by subject. In the first column of the line a classification is used to be
12able to look for "the next thing to do":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013
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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Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +020030Issues can also be entered online: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +010031Only use this for bug reports, not for questions! Those belong on the
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +010032maillist. Updates will be forwarded to the |vim_dev| maillist. Issues
33entered there will not be repeated below, unless there is extra information.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020034
Bram Moolenaarb1c91982018-05-17 17:04:55 +020035The #1234 numbers refer to an issue or pull request on github. To see it in a
36browser use: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/1234
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020037(replace 1234 with the issue/pull number)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038 *known-bugs*
39-------------------- Known bugs and current work -----------------------
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Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +000041Upcoming larger works:
42- Make spell checking work with recent .dic/.aff files, e.g. French. #4916
43 Make Vim understand the format somehow? Search for "spell" below.
44 Make sure suggestions are speedy, also with composed words (German).
45- Discuss alternatives for using other grammars (treesitter, TextMate).
46 - Possibly conversion to Vim syntax rules.
47 - Other mechanism than group and cluster to nest syntax items, to be used
48 for grammars.
49 - Possibly keeping the parsed syntax tree and incremental updates.
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +000050 - tree-sitter doesn't handle incorrect syntax (while typing) properly.
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +000051 - Make clear how it relates to LSP.
52 - example plugin: https://github.com/uga-rosa/dps-vsctm.vim
Bram Moolenaarf269eab2022-10-03 18:04:35 +010053
Bram Moolenaar9b03d3e2022-08-30 20:26:34 +010054
Bram Moolenaar4c295022021-05-02 17:19:11 +020055Further Vim9 improvements, possibly after launch:
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +000056- implement :class and :interface: See |vim9-classes| #11544
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +000057 class members: add test for read/write access
58 Test for E1337
59 Should object members be declared with "var"? Looks more normal.
60 Don't use "class method" in the help but use "class function", more people
61 are used to that.
62 implement class functions: static def Method()
63 Disallow shadowing class members, e.g. by function arguments.
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +000064 tv_equal() should compare values, not identity.
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +000065 import/export of a class
66 using a class name as a type
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +000067 garbage collection: set_ref_in_item(): Mark items in class as used ?
68 type() should return different type for each class?
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +000069 object empty(), len() - can class define a method to be used for them?
Bram Moolenaar7db29e42022-12-11 15:53:04 +000070 how about lock/unlock?
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +000071- implement :type
72- implement :enum
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +000073- Use Vim9 for more runtime files.
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +020074- Inline call to map() and filter(), better type checking.
Bram Moolenaar4c295022021-05-02 17:19:11 +020075- When evaluating constants for script variables, some functions could work:
76 has(featureName), len(someString)
77- Implement as part of an expression: ++expr, --expr, expr++, expr--.
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010078
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +000079Information missing in terminfo:
80Priority:
81- t_RV request terminal version string; xterm: "\033[>c"
82Codes used for focus gained and lost (currently using use_xterm_like_mouse())
83 termcodes are hard-coded in set_termname(), not named.
84- t_fe enable focus-event tracking
85- t_fd disable focus-event tracking
86Underline and similar:
87- t_AU - Set underline color: like "AF" and "AB" entries.
88- t_Ce undercurl and underline end
89- t_Cs undercurl (curly underline) mode
90- t_Us double underline mode
91- t_ds dotted underline mode
92- t_Ds dashed underline mode
93- t_Te strikethrough end
94- t_Ts strikethrough mode
95Cursor codes: |termcap-cursor-shape|
96- t_RC request terminal cursor blinking
97- t_RS request terminal cursor style
98- t_VS cursor normally visible (no blink)
99- t_SI start insert mode (bar cursor shape)
100- t_SR start replace mode (underline cursor shape)
101- t_EI end insert or replace mode (block cursor shape)
102- t_SC set cursor color start
103- t_EC set cursor color end
104- t_SH set cursor shape
105State requests:
106- t_RF request terminal foreground color
107- t_RB request terminal background color
108Less important (not needed for regular editing):
109- t_IS set icon text start
110- t_IE set icon text end
111- t_ST save window title to stack
112- t_RT restore window title from stack
113- t_Si save icon text to stack
114- t_Ri restore icon text from stack
115- t_WP set window position (Y, X) in pixels
116- t_GP get window position (Y, X) in pixels
117- t_WS set window size (height, width in cells)
118Vim internal, but there should be a terminfo entry for these:
119- t_8f set foreground color (R, G, B) in printf() format
120- t_8b set background color (R, G, B) in printf() format
121- t_8u set underline color (R, G, B) in printf() format
122Probably Vim internal, not in terminfo:
123- t_TE end of "raw" mode
124- t_TI put terminal into "raw" mode
125- t_RK request terminal keyboard protocol state; sent after |t_TI|
126Already working, not properly documented:
127- t_u7 request cursor position
128
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200129Popup windows:
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +0100130- Add a function to redraw a specific popup window. Esp. to be used when
131 editing the command line, when screen updating doesn't happen. (Shougo)
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +0100132 #10210 Example that shows the need on the issue.
133 Probably need to update all popup windows (they may overlap)
Bram Moolenaarf269eab2022-10-03 18:04:35 +0100134 If the display is scrolled need to redraw everything later.
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200135- Add a flag to make a popup window focusable?
136 CTRL-W P cycle over any preview window or focusable popup, end up back in
137 current window.
138 ? - switch between current window and all popup windows
139 Esc in popup window goes back to previous current window
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200140- Add a termcap entry for changing the cursor when it goes under the popup and
141 back. like t_SI and t_EI (t_SU and t_EU, where "U" means under?)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100142- With terminal in popup, allow for popup_hide() to temporarily hide it.?
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +0200143- Make it possible to scroll horizontally when 'wrap' is off. Does this
144 require an ascii scrollbar, like with the vertical one?
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100145- Fire some autocommand event after a new popup window was created and
146 positioned? PopupNew? Could be used to set some options or move it out of
147 the way. (#5737)
148 However, it may also cause trouble, changing the popup of another plugin.
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +0200149- Width is not computed correctly when minwidth and maxwidth are &columns
150 and padding and a scrollbar are used. (#6676)
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +0100151- Should popup_getoptions() also return the mask? #7774
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200152- Add a way to use popup_menu() synchronously: instead of invoking the
153 callback, return the choice. (Ben Jackson, #6534)
Bram Moolenaard7df2792020-01-02 21:34:42 +0100154- When using a popup for the info of a completion menu, and there is not
155 enough space, let the popup overlap with the menu. (#4544)
156- Implement flip option.
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200157- Make redrawing more efficient and avoid flicker:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200158 - put popup menu also in popup_mask?
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100159- Match does not have right BG color if line length equals popup width.
160 (#5658)
Bram Moolenaar91359012019-11-30 17:57:03 +0100161- Figure out the size and position better if wrapping inserts indent
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200162
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100163'incsearch' with :s:
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200164- :s/foo using CTRL-G moves to another line, should not happen, or use the
165 correct line (it uses the last but one line) (Lifepillar, Aug 18, #3345)
166- Also support range: :/foo/,/bar/delete
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200167- Also support for user command, e.g. Cfilter
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200168- :%s/foo should take the first match below the cursor line, unless there
169 isn't one?
170 Then :%s?foo should take the first match above the cursor line.
171
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200172Prompt buffer:
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100173- Add a command line history, using up/down keys. issue #5010
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200174- delay next prompt until plugin gives OK?
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100175- add prompt_addtext({buf}, {expr}) none add text to a prompt buffer
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200176
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200177Terminal debugger:
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +0100178- Add a mechanism for configuration. Instead of several global variables use
179 a dictionary. Use callbacks for some things, e.g. opening a debug window in
180 a certain position.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200181- Make prompt-buffer variant work better.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100182- Add option to not open the program window. It's not used when attaching to
183 an already running program. (M. Kelly)
Bram Moolenaard899e512022-05-07 21:54:03 +0100184- Use the optional token on requests, match the result with it. #10300
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200185- When only gdb window exists, on "quit" edit another buffer.
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200186- Termdebug does not work when Vim was built with mzscheme: gdb hangs just
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200187 after "run". Everything else works, including communication channel. Not
188 initializing mzscheme avoid the problem, thus it's not some #ifdef.
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100189- Add support for lldb? issue #3565
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100190- Could we do something similar for debugging Vim scripts? At least see the
191 script while stepping through it. Simple version would use an extra window.
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100192 More complete solution would actually run Vim in a Terminal and control it
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100193 with another Vim instance.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200194
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200195Terminal emulator window:
Bram Moolenaar7e6a5152021-01-02 16:39:53 +0100196- Can escape a terminal popup with win_gotoid(), should be an error
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200197- No support for underline color, t_8u.
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200198- When in terminal-Normal mode when the job finishes, the cursor jumps to the
199 end but the window is not updated. This only happens when typing "a".
200 :term bash -c "for V in {0..5}; do echo $V; sleep 1; done"
Bram Moolenaar2c7f8c52020-04-20 19:52:53 +0200201- When started with ":terminal ++close" and the shell exits but there is a
202 background process, the window remains open, because the channel still
203 exists (and output still shows). Perhaps close the window when an explicit
204 ++close was used? (#5931)
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200205- Using "CTRL-W :confirm quite" and selecting "yes" should work like ":quit!".
206 (Harm te Hennepe, #6129)
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100207- When the job in the terminal doesn't use mouse events, let the scroll wheel
208 scroll the scrollback, like a terminal does at the shell prompt. #2490
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200209 A bit like using CTRL-W N first.
210 Jump back like with "a" when any key is typed.
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100211 And use modeless selection. #2962
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100212- Use CTRL-W CTRL-K to enter a digraph? #5371
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100213- When Vim runs in the terminal and changes the title, the statusline needs to
214 be redrawn.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200215- GUI: When using ":set go+=!" a system() call causes the hit-enter prompt.
216 (#3327)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200217- Allow for specifying the directory, with ++cwd={dir}.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200218- When pasting should call vterm_keyboard_start_paste(), e.g. when using
219 K_MIDDLEMOUSE, calling insert_reg().
220- Users expect parsing the :term argument like a shell does, also support
221 single quotes. E.g. with: :term grep 'alice says "hello"' (#1999)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200222- Win32: Redirecting input does not work, half of Test_terminal_redir_file()
223 is disabled.
224- Win32: Redirecting output works but includes escape sequences.
225- Win32: Make terminal used for :!cmd in the GUI work better. Allow for
226 redirection.
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200227- When the job only outputs lines, we could handle resizing the terminal
228 better: store lines separated by line breaks, instead of screen lines,
229 then when the window is resized redraw those lines.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100230- Redrawing is slow with Motif. (Ramel Eshed)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200231- For the GUI fill termios with default values, perhaps like pangoterm:
232 http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~leonerd/pangoterm/trunk/view/head:/main.c#L134
233- When 'encoding' is not utf-8, or the job is using another encoding, setup
234 conversions.
Bram Moolenaar7c63fbc2018-05-17 13:15:23 +0200235
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +0000236Patch adds showcmd() function #11708 - tests missing StopVimInTerminal()
237
238Some setaf/setab/t_AF/t_AB values support RGB somehow? Can we use that?
239
Bram Moolenaar6ebe4f92022-10-28 20:47:54 +0100240Crash when a variable is removed while listing variables (Issue #11435)
241
Bram Moolenaar016188f2022-06-06 20:52:59 +0100242Autoconf: must use autoconf 2.69, later version generates lots of warnings
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +0100243- try using autoconf 2.71 and fix all "obsolete" warnings #11322
244
245Problem with Visual highlight when 'linebreak' and 'showbreak' are set.
246#11272
Bram Moolenaar016188f2022-06-06 20:52:59 +0100247
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +0100248Can deref_func_name() and deref_function_name() be merged?
249
Bram Moolenaar921bde82022-05-09 19:50:35 +0100250After patch 8.2.4915 w_botline is computed much more often. Can this be
251reduced?
Bram Moolenaarfd31be22022-01-16 14:46:06 +0000252
Bram Moolenaar0daafaa2022-09-04 17:45:43 +0100253Add BufDeletePost. #11041
254
Bram Moolenaar76db9e02022-11-09 21:21:04 +0000255Add winid arg to col() and charcol() #11466 (request #11461)
256
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +0000257Can we make 'noendofline' and 'endoffile' visible? Should show by default,
258since it's an unusual situation.
259- Show 'noendofline' when it would be used for writing ('fileformat' "dos")
260 with an upside down exclamation mark? NonText highlighting.
261- Show 'endoffile' when it would be used for writing ('fileformat' "dos") with
262 "CTRL-Z", NonText highlighting.
263- Add 'fillchars' items to change this, default behavior like:
264 noeol:¡
265 eof:CTRL-Z
266
Bram Moolenaar9fbdbb82022-09-27 17:30:34 +0100267Test property disappears when using CR twice in a row. OK when some text was
268entered. (#11151)
269
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +0000270Add 'keywordprg' to various ftplugin files:
271https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/5566
272
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +0000273PR #11579 to add visualtext(), return Visually selected text.
274
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +0000275Stray characters in the shell #11719, caused by requesting a response for:
276- XT key sequences
277- Whether modifyOtherKeys is active
278- Whether kitty keyboard protocol is active
279Can we not request XT key sequences, or reduce them drastically?
280
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +0000281Issue #10512: Dynamic loading broken with Perl 5.36
282Damien has a patch (2022 Dec 4)
283
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +0000284Add some kind of ":whathappend" command and functions to make visible what the
285last few typed keys and executed commands are. To be used when the user
286wonders what went wrong.
287- typed keys - Normal mode command - like what is recorded in a register and
288 displayed by 'showcmd'.
289- executed command lines
290- with more verbosity: what scripts/functions/autocommands were executed
291
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +0100292NFA regexp does not handle composing characters well: #10286
293 [ɔ̃] matches both ɔ and ɔ̃
294 \(ɔ\|ɔ̃\) matches ɔ and not ɔ̃
295
Bram Moolenaar76db9e02022-11-09 21:21:04 +0000296Is there a way to make 'autowriteall' make a clean exit when the xterm is
297closed? (Dennis Nazic says files are preserved, okt 28). Perhaps handle TERM
298like HUP?
299
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +0000300Better terminal emulator support:
301 > Somehow request the terminfo entry from the terminal itself. The $TERM
302 value then is only relevant for whether this feature is supported or not.
303 Replaces the xterm mechanism to request each entry separately. #6609
304 Multiplexers (screen, tmux) can request it to the underlying terminal, and
305 pass it on with modifications.
306 How to get all the text quickly (also over ssh)? Can we use a side channel?
307 > When xterm supports sending an Escape sequence for the Esc key, should
308 have a way to request this state. That could be an XTGETTCAP entry, e.g.
309 "k!". Add "esc_sends_sequence" flag.
310 If we know this state, then do not pretend going out of Insert mode in
311 vgetorpeek(), where kitty_protocol_state is checked.
312 > If a response ends up in a shell command, one way to avoid this is by
313 sending t_RV last and delay starting a shell command until the response
314 has been seen.
315 > Can we use the req_more_codes_from_term() mechanism with more terminals?
316 Should we repeat it after executing a shell command?
317 Can also add this to the 'keyprotocol' option: "mok2+tcap"
318 > In the table of terminal names pointing to the list of termcap entries,
319 add an optional additional one. So that "xterm-kitty" can first load
320 "xterm" and then add "kitty" entries.
Bram Moolenaar76db9e02022-11-09 21:21:04 +0000321
Bram Moolenaar2ecbe532022-07-29 21:36:21 +0100322Using "A" and "o" in manually created fold (in empty buffer) does not behave
323consistenly (James McCoy, #10698)
324
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +0100325In a timer callback, when using ":echo" and then input() the message is
326overwritten. Could use ":echowin" and call redraw_cmd() in get_user_input().
327#11299
328
329Syntax include problem: #11277. Related to Patch 8.2.2761
330
Bram Moolenaar05a80612022-08-01 15:09:53 +0100331To avoid flicker: add an option that when a screen clear is requested, instead
332of clearing it draws everything and uses "clear to end of line" for every line.
Bram Moolenaar48c3f4e2022-08-08 15:42:38 +0100333Resetting 't_ut' already causes this?
Bram Moolenaar05a80612022-08-01 15:09:53 +0100334
Bram Moolenaarb529cfb2022-07-25 15:42:07 +0100335When scheme can't be found by configure there is no clear "not found" message:
336 configure:5769: checking MzScheme install prefix
Bram Moolenaarb59ae592022-11-23 23:46:31 +0000337 configure:5781: result:
Bram Moolenaarb529cfb2022-07-25 15:42:07 +0100338
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100339Can "CSI nr X" be used instead of outputting spaces? Is it faster? #8002
340
Bram Moolenaar0d878b92022-07-01 18:45:04 +0100341Typed keys invisible after calling interrupt() from a timer. #10631
342
Bram Moolenaar63f32602022-06-09 20:45:54 +0100343With a window height of 6 and 'scrolloff' set to 3, using "j" does not scroll
Bram Moolenaard799daa2022-06-20 11:17:32 +0100344evenly. (#10545) Need to handle this in scroll_cursor_bot().
Bram Moolenaar63f32602022-06-09 20:45:54 +0100345
Bram Moolenaar89a9c152021-08-29 21:55:35 +0200346Idea: when typing ":e /some/dir/" and "dir" does not exist, highlight in red.
347
Bram Moolenaard799daa2022-06-20 11:17:32 +0100348":set shellpipe&" and ":set shellredir&" should use the logic from
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200349initialization to figure out the default value from 'shell'. Add a test for
350this.
351
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +0000352Support translations for plugins: #11637
353- Need a tool like xgettext for Vim script, generates a .pot file.
354 Need the equivalent of _() and N_(), perhaps TR() and TRN().
355- Instructions for how to create .po files and translate.
356- Script or Makefile to generate .mo files.
357- Instructions and perhaps a script to install the .mo files in the right
358 place.
359- Add variant of gettext() that takes a package name.
360
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +0100361With concealed text mouse click doesn't put the cursor in the right position.
362(Herb Sitz) Fix by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 16. Doesn't work properly,
363need to make the change in where RET_WIN_BUF_CHARTABSIZE() is called.
364IDEA: when drawing the text, store the text byte index in ScreenLinesIdx[].
365When converting screen column to text position use this.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +0100366The line number can be obtained from win->w_lines[].
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +0100367
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200368MS-Windows: did path modifier :p:8 stop working? #8600
369
Bram Moolenaar0d878b92022-07-01 18:45:04 +0100370Version of getchar() that does not move the cursor - #10603 Use a separate
371argument for the new flag.
372
Bram Moolenaar85388672021-01-31 17:03:52 +0100373test_arglist func Test_all_not_allowed_from_cmdwin() hangs on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200374
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +0100375Can we add highlighting to ":echowindow"?
376
Bram Moolenaar47003982021-12-05 21:54:04 +0000377Information for a specific terminal (e.g. gnome, tmux, konsole, alacritty) is
378spread out. Make a section with copy/paste examples of script and pointers to
379more information.
380
Bram Moolenaar90df4b92021-07-07 20:26:08 +0200381Problem that a previous silent ":throw" causes a following try/catch not to
382work. (ZyX, 2013 Sep 28) With examples: (Malcolm Rowe, 2015 Dec 24)
383Also see #8487 for an example.
384
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200385Request to use "." for the cursor column in search pattern \%<.c and \%<.v.
386(#8179)
387
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +0000388":filter set termcap" only filters terminal codes, not keys. (#9297)
389
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +0100390Add an option to restrict 'incsearch' to not scroll the view. (Tavis Ormandy)
391
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +0000392Remove SPACE_IN_FILENAME ? It is only used for completion.
393
Bram Moolenaar519cc552021-11-16 19:18:26 +0000394When 'term' starts with "foot" then default t_TI and t_TE to the values used
395for the builtin xterm termcap.
396
Bram Moolenaar98a29d02021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100397Adding "10" to 'spellsuggest' causes spell suggestions to become very slow.
Bram Moolenaare0e39172021-01-25 21:14:57 +0100398(#4087) Did patch 8.2.2379 help?
Bram Moolenaarc8cdf0f2021-03-13 13:28:13 +0100399Also, z= in German on a long word can take a very long time, but CTRL-C to
400interrupt does not work. Where to add ui_breakcheck()?
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +0000401New English spell files also have very slow suggestions.
Bram Moolenaar9fbdbb82022-09-27 17:30:34 +0100402
Bram Moolenaar6ebe4f92022-10-28 20:47:54 +0100403When 'spelloptions' is "camel" then zG doesn't work on some words.
404(Gary Johnson, 17 Oct 2022)
405
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200406Make "g>" and "g<" in Visual mode move the text right or left.
407Also for a block selection. #8558
408
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +0000409When using dictionary insert completion with 'ignorecase', the leading capital
410in a word should be preserved.
411
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +0200412Add optional argument to virtcol() that specifies "start", "cursor" or "end"
413to tell which value from getvvcol() should be used. (#7964)
414Value returned by virtcol() changes depending on how lines wrap. This is
415inconsistent with the documentation.
416
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100417globpath() does not use 'wildignorecase' at all? (related to #8350)
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200418
Bram Moolenaar0d878b92022-07-01 18:45:04 +0100419mksession uses :buffer instead of :edit in one place but not another. #10629
420
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200421Add 'termguiattr' option, use "gui=" attributes in the terminal? Would work
422with 'termguicolors'. #1740
423
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200424Patch for blockwise paste reporting changes: #6660. Asked for a PR.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200425
Bram Moolenaarcb80aa22020-10-26 21:12:46 +0100426Missing filetype test for bashrc, PKGBUILD, etc.
427
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200428Add an option to not fetch terminal codes in xterm, to avoid flicker when t_Co
429changes.
430
Bram Moolenaard899e512022-05-07 21:54:03 +0100431Add ??= operator, "a ??= b" works like "a = a ?? b". #10343
432
Bram Moolenaare1dc76f2022-06-25 18:01:32 +0100433When ":redir" is used while already active, the previous one is ended. But
434when redirecting to a local variable (function or script) storing the value
435won't work. At least give an error. Is there a way to make it work?
436#10616
437
Bram Moolenaar76db9e02022-11-09 21:21:04 +0000438Completion for ":runtime" should show valid values, not what's in the current
439directory. (#11447)
440
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200441Add an option to start_timer() to return from the input loop with K_IGNORE.
442This is useful e.g. when a popup was created that disables mappings, we need
443to return from vgetc() to make this happen. #7011
444
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200445Expanding <mods> should put the tab number from cmdmod.tab before "tab".
446Any way to convert "$" back by using a special value? (#6901)
447
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200448Can we detect true color support? https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728
449Try setting a color then request the current color, like using t_u7.
450
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200451Make the jumplist behave like a tag stack. (#7738) Should there be a more
452time bound navigation, like with undo?
453
Bram Moolenaard799daa2022-06-20 11:17:32 +0100454For testing, make a copy of ml_line_ptr instead of pointing it into the data
455block, so that valgrind can do out of bounds check. Set ML_LINE_DIRTY flag or
456add ML_LINE_ALLOCED.
457
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +0100458Changing a capturing group to non-capturing changes the result: #7607
459 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '\(.\{-1,}\>\)\|.*')
460 aaa
461 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '\%(.\{-1,}\>\)\|.*')
462 aaa bbb
463Should also work without any group:
464 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '.\{-1,}\>\|.*')
465 aaa bbb (should be aaa)
466
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200467Should add a match/str/list/pos method that also returns the test and position
468of submatches. #8355
469
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200470Check out PR #543 (Roland Puntaier).
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200471Patch for multibyte characters in langmap and applying a mapping on them.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200472(Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jun 12, update July 25)
473Is this the right solution? Need to cleanup langmap behavior:
474- in vgetorpeek() apply langmap to the typeahead buffer and put the result in
475 a copy-buffer, only when langmap is appropriate for the current mode. Then
476 check for mapping and let gotchars() work on the copy-buffer.
477- Remove LANGMAP_ADJUST() in other parts of the code. Make sure the mode is
478 covered by the above change.
479So that replaying the register doesn't use keymap/langmap and still does the
480same thing.
481Also see #737: langmap not applied to replaying recording.
Bram Moolenaar6ebe4f92022-10-28 20:47:54 +0100482Perhaps also related: #5147
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200483
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200484Matchparen doesn't remove highlight after undo. (#7054)
485Is OK when syntax HL is active.
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200486
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200487Currently Del can be used to delete the last character of a typed count.
488Can it also be used to delete an incomplete Normal mode command? (#7096)
489After an operator: should work. After "a" or "i" for text objects: should
490work.
491
492Using "au!" after "filetype on" is a bit slow. Can the matching of
493autocommands be made faster? (#7056)
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200494
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +0000495Using a search pattern containing "\%V" and 'hlsearch' set keeps old matches
496when the Visual area changes. #11694. Do a redraw when starting a Visual
497selection?
498
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200499Append in Visual block mode inserts the wrong character.
500Test_visual_block_mode() already has the proper check, which is commented out.
501(#8288)
502
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200503Add the <=> (spaceship) operator and "cond ?< expr ?= expr ?> expr"
504 replace this:
505 let left = GetLeftFunc()
506 let right = GetRightFunc()
507 let res = left < right ? lower : left == right ? equal : upper
508 by:
509 let res = GetLeftFunc() <=> GetRightFunc() ?< lower ?= equal ?> upper
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200510Patch to make :q work with local arglist. (Christian Brabandt, #6286)
511
Bram Moolenaard58a3bf2020-09-28 21:48:16 +0200512Why does Test_invalid_sid() not work in the GUI?
513
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +0100514":pedit" ignores the local working directory when 'pvp' is set (#7267)
515
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200516Lua: updating wrong buffer when using newly created, unloaded buffer.
517(#6539)
518
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100519File marks merging has duplicates since 7.4.1925. (Ingo Karkat, #5733)
520
Bram Moolenaar8cc5b552022-06-23 13:04:20 +0100521A syntax plugin cannot use autocommands, it could be sourced from setting
Bram Moolenaare1dc76f2022-06-25 18:01:32 +0100522'syntax' in a modeline. Add a function that indicates whether "secure"
Bram Moolenaar8cc5b552022-06-23 13:04:20 +0100523and/or "sandbox" are set.
524
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200525Problem with auto-formatting - inserting space and putting cursor before added
526character. (#6154)
Bram Moolenaar6ebe4f92022-10-28 20:47:54 +0100527Auto-formatting comments joins a following non-comment line when the comment
528ends in a space. (Adam Levy, 18 Oct 2022)
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200529
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100530When 'lazyredraw' is set sometimes the title is not updated.
531(Jason Franklin, 2020 Feb 3) Looks like a race condition.
532
Bram Moolenaar7ceefb32020-05-01 16:07:38 +0200533With bash ":make" does not set v:shell_error. Possible solution: set
534'shellpipe' to "2>&1| tee %s; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}" #5994
Bram Moolenaar191acfd2020-03-27 20:42:43 +0100535
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200536Using mode() when "/pat" is used in Visual mode returns "v" instead of "c",
537which is not useful. Return "c/v" instead. And "c/o" when using "d/pat".
538#6127
539
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +0200540Add a cterm attribute for "dimmed" or "faint" text. (#8269)
541
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200542When 'fileignorecase' is set ":e testfile.c" works to edit TestFile.c, but
543":find testfile.c" does not ignore case.
544Might be related to #6088.
545
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200546Error for reverse range when using :vimgrep in file "[id-01] file.txt".
547(#6919)
548
Bram Moolenaar47e13952020-05-12 22:49:12 +0200549When changing the crypt key the buffer should be considered modified.
550Like when changing 'fileformat'. Save the old key in save_file_ff().
551(Ninu-Ciprian Marginean)
552
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100553Strange sequence of BufWipeout and BufNew events while doing omni-complete.
554(Paul Jolly, #5656)
555Get BufDelete without preceding BufNew. (Paul Jolly, #5694)
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100556 Later more requests for what to track.
557 Should we add new events that don't allow any buffer manipulation?
558 Really only for dealing with appearing and disappearing buffers, load and
559 unload.
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100560BufWinenter event not fired when saving unnamed buffer. (Paul Jolly, #5655)
Bram Moolenaareab6dff2020-03-01 19:06:45 +0100561Another spurious BufDelete. (Dani Dickstein, #5701)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100562
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200563Wrong error when using local arglist. (Harm te Hennepe, #6133)
564
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200565Test loose_clipboard() by selecting text before suspending.
566
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100567:unmap <c-n> gives error but does remove the mapping. (Antony Scriven, 2019
568Dec 19)
569
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200570Patch to add an option to enable/disable VTP. (Nobuhiro Takasaki, #5344)
571Should have three values: empty, "off", "on". Name it 'winterm'?
572
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +0100573Patch to fix session file when using multiple tab pages. (Jason Franklin, 2019
574May 20)
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200575Also put :argadd commands at the start for all buffers, so that their order
576remains equal? Then %argdel to clean it up. Do try this with 'hidden' set.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100577Also #5326: netrw buffers are not restored.
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200578
Bram Moolenaarff781552020-03-19 20:37:11 +0100579When 'backupdir' has a path ending in double slash (meaning: use full path of
580the file) combined with 'patchmode' the file name is wrong. (#5791)
581
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200582Completion mixes results from the current buffer with tags and other files.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100583Happens when typing CTRL-N while still searching for results. E.g., type "b_"
584in terminal.c and then CTRL-N twice.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200585Should do current file first and not split it up when more results are found.
586(Also #1890)
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200587
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200588Help for ":argadd fname" says that if "fname" is already in the argument list
589that entry is used. But instead it's always added. (#6210)
590Add flag AL_FIND_ADD, if there is one argument find it in the list.
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100591
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +0100592Statusline highlighting error, off by one. (#5599)
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +0100593
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200594":find" with 'path' set to "data*" does not find files, while completion does
595find them. (Max Kukartsev, #6218)
596
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200597Enable 'termbidi' if $VTE_VERSION >= 5703 ?
598
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +0100599Python 3.8 doesn't work. (Antonios Hadjigeorgalis, #5509)
600
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100601"--cleanFOO" does not result in an error. (#5537)
602
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200603Output from assert_equalfile() doesn't give a hint about what's different.
604Assuming the files are text, print the line with the difference.
605
Bram Moolenaar403f3eb2019-11-20 22:31:13 +0100606Result of synID() sometimes wrong in help files. (#5252)
607
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +0200608When a help file is opened that doesn't have "ft=help" in the modeline then
609the FileType is first set to "text" before it is set to "help". (#8099)
610
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200611Problem showing a line if the number column width changes when using "o".
612(Mateusz Morusiewicz, #4245)
613
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200614When using :packadd for a replacement language plugin, it is loaded after the
615default one. #4698
616
617When using :packadd files under "later" are not used, which is inconsistent
618with packages under "start". (xtal8, #1994)
619
Bram Moolenaarc08ee742019-12-05 22:47:25 +0100620Patch to add new motion ]( and ]{. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #5320)
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200621Better: use the "z" prefix. or ]t) and [t(.
Bram Moolenaarc08ee742019-12-05 22:47:25 +0100622
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200623Visual highlight not removed when 'display' is "lastline" and line doesn't
Bram Moolenaar7dd64a32019-05-31 21:41:05 +0200624fit. (Kevin Lawler, #4457)
625
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200626Current position in the changelist should be local to the buffer. (#2173)
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200627
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200628Does not build with MinGW out of the box:
629- _stat64 is not defined, need to use "struct stat" in vim.h
630- WINVER conflict, should use 0x0600 by default?
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100631- INT_MAX not defined: need to include <limits.h> in vim.h
Bram Moolenaareb3dc872018-05-13 22:34:24 +0200632
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100633Display messed up with matchparen, wrapping and scrolling. (#5638)
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200634Screen update bug related to matchparen. (Chris Heath, 2017 Mar 4, #1532)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100635
Bram Moolenaar4ceaa3a2019-12-03 22:49:09 +0100636When getting a focus event halfway a mapping this aborts the mapping. E.g.
637when "qq" is mapped and after the first "q" the mouse is moved outside of the
638gvim window (with focus follows mouse), then the K_FOCUSLOST key is put in the
639input buffer. (#5302)
640
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200641Check_external_diff() is used too often. (Daniel Hahler, #4800)
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200642
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100643Win32: after "[I" showing matches, scroll wheel messes up screen. (Tsakiridis,
6442007 Feb 18)
645Patch by Alex Dobrynin, 2007 Jun 3. Also fixes other scroll wheel problems.
646
647Add a WindowScrolled event. Trigger around the same time as CursorMoved.
648Can be used to update highlighting. #3127 #5181
649
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200650Incorrect formatting with autoindent. (Sebastian Gniazdowski, #4909)
651
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200652Patch to add the :bvimgrep command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Nov 12)
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200653Updated 2016 Jun 10, #858 Update 2017 Mar 28: use <buffer>.
654Better use ":bufgrep" ?
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200655
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200656Improve fallback for menu translations, to avoid having to create lots of
657files that source the actual file. E.g. menu_da_de -> menu_da
658Include part of #3242?
659
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200660Patch to have text objects defined by arbitrary single characters. (Daniel
661Thau, 2013 Nov 20, 2014 Jan 29, 2014 Jan 31)
662Added tests (James McCoy, 2016 Aug 3, #958). Still needs more work.
663
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200664Would be nice to set tab-local values for 'diffexpr' and 'diffopt'. Use
665t:diffexpr_option t:diffopt_option? (#4782)
666
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100667Internal diff doesn't handle binary file like external diff does. (Mike
668Williams, 2018 Oct 30)
669
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200670'[ mark in wrong column after put. (#4776)
671
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100672Problem with :tlmenu: Detach item added with all modes? Issue #3563.
673
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200674Add an argument to expandcmd() to expand like ":next" does.
675
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100676When both "a" and "l" is in 'formatoptions' then auto-formatting also happens
677in a long line. #5189
678
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200679The quoting of the [command] argument of :terminal is not clearly documented.
680Give a few examples. (#4288)
681
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200682Opening a file with --remote-tab-silent that matches 'wildignore' does not
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +0200683work, results in "E479: No match". (#4610)
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200684
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +02006857 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
686 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
687 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200688Patch for this (Tristan Konolige, #1011, only added the option, no implem.)
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200689
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100690Bug: script written with "-W scriptout" contains Key codes, while the script
691read with "-s scriptin" expects escape codes. Probably "scriptout" needs to
692be adjusted. (Daniel Steinberg, 2019 Feb 24, #4041)
693
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200694Window size changes after closing a tab. (#4741)
695
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200696Problem with colors in terminal window. (Jason Franklin, 2019 May 12)
697
Bram Moolenaar22863042021-10-16 15:23:36 +0100698Color schemes:
699NOTE: modernizing the default colorschemes _AND_ introducing new ones is now
700a project in its own right: https://github.com/vim/colorschemes. Feel free to
701reach out if you want to lend a hand.
702- Lifepillar: Updated/cleaned up color schemes:
703 https://github.com/lifepillar/vim8-colorschemes.
704- Include a few color schemes, based on popularity:
705 - http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_search_results.php?keywords=&script_type=color+scheme&order_by=rating&direction=descending&search=search
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200706http://vimawesome.com/?q=tag:color-scheme
Bram Moolenaar22863042021-10-16 15:23:36 +0100707- Use names that indicate their appearance (Christian Brabandt, 2017 Aug 3)
708 - monokai - Xia Crusoe (2017 Aug 4)
709 - seoul256 - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3)
710 - gruvbox - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3) (simplified version from
711 Lifepillar, 2018 Jan 22, #2573)
712 - janah - Marco Hinz (2017 Aug 4)
713 - apprentice - Romain Lafourcade (2017 Aug 6) remarks about help file #1964
714- Suggested by Hiroki Kokubun:
715 - [Iceberg](https://github.com/cocopon/iceberg.vim) (my one)
716 - [hybrid](https://github.com/w0ng/vim-hybrid)
717- Include solarized color scheme?, it does not support termguicolors.
718 - Sanitized version of pablo (Lifepillar, 2017 Nov 21)
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200719
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100720Bug: "vipgw" does not put cursor back where it belongs. (Jason Franklin, 2019
721Mar 5)
722
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200723Some composing characters actually add a cell width to the character they are
724on top off, making the whole thing two characters wide. (#4526)
725
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200726Should we include some part of pull request #4505, not increment changedtick
727in some cases? E.g. for ":write" when the changed flag was already off, the
728buffer didn't change at all.
729
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100730When using a timer callback vgetc_busy is reset, allowing for using input().
731But in a channel callback this does not happen. We need to do something
732similar to check_due_timer(). Also see #3809.
733
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200734C syntax: {} inside () causes following {} to be highlighted as error.
735(Michalis Giannakidis, 2006 Jun 1)
736
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100737Check: __attribute__((format(printf, on semsg() and siemsg(). Where was this
738added?
739
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200740Add test for urxvt mouse codes. Also test that mouse coordinates can be
741negative. (see #4326)
742
743'cmdheight' has a tab-local value, but it cannot be obtained with
744`:echo gettabwinvar(2, 1, '&cmdheight')` returns the value for the _current_
745tab page. (Ingo Karkat, #4324)
746:call settabwinvar(1, 1, '&cmdheight', 2) also doesn't work well.
747
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +0100748When opening a file, allow for specifying the initial column position:
749 vim +12:5 file.txt line 12 column 5
750 :edit +12:5 file.txt
751Should probably use the column as the character index.
752
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200753This modeline throws unexpected errors: (#4165)
754 vim: syn=nosyntax
755
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100756Make balloon_show() work outside of 'balloonexpr'? Users expect it to work:
757#2948. (related to #1512?)
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100758Also see #2352, want better control over balloon, perhaps set the position.
759Should also be possible to add highlighting, like in the status line?
760balloonexpr() on MS-Windows GUI doesn't handle accented chars? (nivaemail,
7612018 Sep 14)
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100762
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200763More warnings from static analysis:
764https://lgtm.com/projects/g/vim/vim/alerts/?mode=list
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200765
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200766Not existing directory in CDPATH leads to two shell calls. (#4525)
767
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200768Use dict_iterate_start() / dict_iterate_next() instead of relying on the
769internals of the dict structure.
770
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100771nvo-mode mapping works on Windows, not on Linux. (#3678)
772
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200773Redo only remembers the last change. Could use "{count}g." to redo an older
774change. How does the user know which change? At least have a way to list
775them: ":repeats". Add to history, like search history and command line history.
776
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100777When 'confirm' is set a "silent q" doesn't show the prompt. It should in this
778case. (Nate Peterson, 2019 Jan 31, #3892)
779For "silent! q" it should not prompt and just fail.
780
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200781Add <aevent>, which expands to the currently triggered autocommand event name.
782(Daniel Hahler, #4232) Or add it to v:event (easier to use but slightly more
783expensive).
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200784
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200785Some xterm responses are not properly handled: (Markus Gömmel, 2019 Apr 1)
786 DCS 0 $ r Pt ST should be ignored.
787 DCS 0 + r/Pt/ ST already ignored?
788
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100789Using CTRL-L to add a character to the search string that contains \v,
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100790punctuation is repeated. (Smylers, 2018 Nov 17, #3621)
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100791
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200792Using single wide base character with double wide composing character gives
793drawing errors. Fill up the base character? (Dominique, #4328)
794
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100795When 'sidescrolloff' is set, using "zl" to go to the end of the line, suddenly
796scrolls back. Should allow for this scrolling, like 'scrolloff' does when
797using CTRL-E. (Yee Cheng Chin, #3721)
798
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200799Add function to make use of internal diff, working on two lists and returning
800unified diff (list of lines).
801
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100802When splitting a window with few text lines, the relative cursor position is
803kept, which means part of the text isn't displayed. Better show all the text
804when possible. (Dylan Lloyd, #3973)
805
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100806Make ":interactive !cmd" stop termcap mode, also when used in an autocommand.
807(#3692)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100808
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100809Add something like 'fillchars' local to window, but allow for specifying a
810highlight name. Esp. for the statusline.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200811And "extends" and "precedes" are also useful without 'list' set. Also in
812'fillchars' or another option?
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100813
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +0100814Sourceforge Vim pages still have content, make them empty, keep redirect.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100815Check for PHP errors. (Wayne Davison, 2018 Oct 26)
816
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200817Problem with Visual yank when 'linebreak' and 'showbreak' are set.
818Patch with tests, but it's not clear how it is supposed to work. (tommm, 2018
819Nov 17) Asked about this, Dec 22. Christian will have a look.
820
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100821Update for xim-input-style help (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 Jan 10).
822Feedback from someone who uses this?
823
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200824Only output t_Cs when t_Ce is also set. do not use Cs and Ce termcap entries. (Daniel Hahler, 2018 Sep 25)
825Add t_cS and t_cR for cursor color select and reset. Use Cs and Cr terminfo
826values.
827
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100828Further xdiff changes:
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200829- More options, e.g. different kind of whitespace diff.
830- when editing text, update the surrounding diff blocks.
831- omit diff.exe from distribution
832- Can we make this show differences within a line?
833- add option to use external diff above a certain size.
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200834
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200835Difference between two regexp engines: #3373
836
837When the last line wraps, selecting with the mouse below that line only
838includes the first screen line. (2018 Aug 23, #3368)
839
840Refactored HTML indent file. (Michael Lee, #1821)
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200841Asked to write a test.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200842
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100843Merge checking for 'cursorline' and 'concealcursor', see neovim #9492.
844
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200845Add a windowID argument to placing a sign, so that it only shows up in one
846window for the buffer.
847
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +0000848Compiler warning (geeknik, 2017 Oct 26):
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +0100849- undefined left shift in eval_string(), before hex2nr() (#2250)
850 Use unsigned for "nr".
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100851
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100852Add Native language protocol server (LSP) support. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2018
853Oct 28)
854
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200855Patch to be able to use hex numbers with :digraph. (Lcd, 2015 Sep 6)
856Update Sep 7. Update by Christian Brabandt, 2015 Sep 8, 2016 Feb 1.
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100857Patch to be able to disable default digraphs (incomplete) (Eric Pruitt, 2018
858Nov 22).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200859
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200860Patch to list user digraphs. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Apr 14)
861
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200862Setting 'columns' in a BufEnter autocommand causes a second tab width to
863behave strangely, as if there is a gap and a vertical window separator.
864(Michael Soyka, 2018 Sep 23, #3477)
865
Bram Moolenaar25a6e8a2018-03-30 12:27:32 +0200866Add an option similar to 'lazyredraw' to skip redrawing while executing a
867script or function.
868
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +0100869Using a menu item while the "more" prompt is displayed doesn't work well.
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200870E.g. after using help->version. Have a key that ends the "more" prompt and
871does nothing otherwise?
872
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200873MS-Windows: write may fail if another program is reading the file.
874If 'readonly' is not set but the file appears to be readonly later, try again
875(wait a little while).
876CreateFile() returns ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION (Linwei, 2018 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100877
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200878Using --remote to open a file in which a # appears does not work on
879MS-Windows. Perhaps in \# the \ is seen as a path separator. (Axel Bender,
8802017 Feb 9) Can we expand wildcards first and send the path literally to the
881receiving Vim? Or make an exception for #, it's not useful remotely.
882
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100883Column number is wrong when using 'linebreak' and 'wrap'. (Keith Smiley, 2018
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100884Jan 15, #2555)
885
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100886Add Makefiles to the runtime/spell directory tree, since nobody uses Aap.
887Will have to explain the manual steps (downloading the .aff and .dic files,
888applying the diff, etc.
889
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100890User dictionary ~/.vim/spell/lang.utf-8.add not used for spell checking until a
891word is re-added to it. (Matej Cepl, 2018 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100892
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100893Fold at end of the buffer behaves inconsistently. (James McCoy, 2017 Oct 9)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200894
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200895Implement option_save() and option_restore():
896option_restore({list}) *option_restore()*
897 Restore options previously saved by option_save().
898 When buffer-local options have been saved, this function must
899 be called when the same buffer is the current buffer.
900 When window-local options have been saved, this function must
901 be called when the same window is the current window.
902 When in the wrong buffer and/or window an error is given and
903 the local options won't be restored.
904
905option_save({list}) *option_save()*
906 Saves the options named in {list}. The returned value can be
907 passed to option_restore(). Example: >
908 let s:saved_options = option_save([
909 \ 'ignorecase',
910 \ 'iskeyword',
911 \ ])
912 au <buffer> BufLeave *
913 \ call option_restore(s:saved_options)
914< The advantage over using `:let` is that global and local
915 values are handled and the script ID is restored, so that
916 `:verbose set` will show where the option was originally set,
917 not where it was restored.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100918 Alternatively: save and restore ALL options. Implementation needs to use
919 copy-on-write. Return an ID from option_save(), when
920 option_restore(ID) is called give an error if another option_save()
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100921 was called in the meantime, they must be balanced.
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200922
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100923"gvim --remote" from a directory with non-word characters changes the current
924directory (Paulo Marcel Coelho Arabic, 2017 Oct 30, #2266)
925Also see #1689.
926
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100927When 'virtualedit' is "all" and 'cursorcolumn' is set, the wrong column may be
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100928highlighted. (van-de-bugger, 2018 Jan 23, #2576)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100929
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100930No profile information for function that executes ":quit". (Daniel Hahler,
9312017 Dec 26, #2501)
932
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200933A function on a dictionary is not profiled. (ZyX, 2010 Dec 25)
934
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200935Add script number to profile? (#3330 breaks tests).
936
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200937A function defined locally and lambda's are not easily recognized.
938Mention where they were defined somewhere.
939
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200940ml_get errors with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
941
942Error in emsg with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
943
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100944Join truncates xml comment. (Dmitrii Tcyganok, 2017 Dec 24, #2494)
945Requires 'formatoptions' to include "j". (Gary Johnson, 2017 Dec 24)
946
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100947Patch to support hunspell. (Matej Cepl, Jan 2018, #2500) Based on older patch
948in #846)
949Doesn't work on Windows yet. Not ready to included, hard coded paths.
950
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100951When a timer is running and typing CTRL-R on the command line, it is not
952redrawn properly. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 23, #2241)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200953
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100954In an optional package the "after" directory is not scanned?
955(Renato Fabbri, 2018 Feb 22)
956
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100957Patch for Neovim concerning restoring when closing help window. (glacambre
958neovim #7431)
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100959
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100960Patch for improving detecting Ruby on Mac in configure. (Ilya Mikhaltsou, 2017
961Nov 21)
962
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +0100963When t_Co is changed from termresponse, the OptionSet autocommand event isn't
Bram Moolenaar7db25fe2018-05-13 00:02:36 +0200964triggered. Use the code from the end of set_num_option() in
965set_color_count().
966
967Add another autocommand like TermResponse that is fired for the other terminal
968responses, such as bg and fg. Use "bg", "fg", "blink", etc. for the name.
969
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100970When using command line window, CmdlineLeave is triggered without
971CmdlineEnter. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 30, #2263)
972Add some way to get the nested state. Although CmdwinEnter is obviously
973always nested.
974
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200975matchit hasn't been maintained for a long time. #955.
976
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100977Problem with 'delcombine'. (agguser, 2017 Nov 10, #2313)
978
Bram Moolenaar6c391a72021-09-09 21:55:11 +0200979'delcombine' does not work for the command line. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jul
98020)
981
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100982MS-Windows: buffer completion doesn't work when using backslash (or slash)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100983for a path separator. (xtal8, #2201)
984
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200985Would be nice for Insert mode completion to highlight the text that was added
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100986(and may change when picking another completion).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200987
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +0200988Test more runtime files.
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200989
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200990Window not closed when deleting buffer. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Aug 27, #2029)
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200991
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200992Add options_default() / options_restore() to set several options to Vim
993defaults for a plugin. Comments from Zyx, 2017 May 10.
994Perhaps use a vimcontext / endvimcontext command block.
995
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200996After using :noautocmd CursorMoved may still trigger. (Andy Stewart, 2017 Sep
99713, #2084). Set old position after the command.
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200998
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200999When bracketed paste is used, pasting at the ":append" prompt does not get the
1000line breaks. (Ken Takata, 2017 Aug 22)
1001
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001002Cannot copy modeless selection when cursor is inside it. (lkintact, #2300)
1003
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02001004Test_writefile_fails_conversion failure on Solaris because if different iconv
1005behavior. Skip when "uname" returns "SunOS"? (Pavel Heimlich, #1872)
1006
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001007'tagrelative' is broken in specific situation. (xaizek, 2017 Oct 19, #2221)
1008
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001009The ++ options for the :edit command are also useful on the Vim command line.
1010
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001011Overlong utf-8 sequence is displayed wrong. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Sep 14,
1012#2089) Patch with possible solution by Björn Linse.
1013
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001014X11: Putting more than about 262040 characters of text on the clipboard and
1015pasting it in another Vim doesn't work. (Dominique Pelle, 2008 Aug 21-23)
1016clip_x11_request_selection_cb() is called with zero value and length.
1017Also: Get an error message from free() in the process that owns the selection.
1018Seems to happen when the selection is requested the second time, but before
1019clip_x11_convert_selection_cb() is invoked, thus in X library code.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02001020Kazunobu Kuriyama is working on a proper fix. (2017 Jul 25)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001021
1022Problem with three-piece comment. (Michael Lee, 2017 May 11, #1696)
1023
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001024Creating a partial with an autoload function is confused about the "self"
1025attribute of the function. For an unknown function assume "self" and make
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02001026that optional? (Bjorn Linse, 2017 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001027
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001028Cindent: returning a structure has more indent for the second item.
1029(Sam Pagenkopf, 2017 Sep 14, #2090)
1030
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001031Patch from Christian Brabandt to preserve upper case marks when wiping out a
1032buffer. (2013 Dec 9)
1033Also fixes #2166?
1034
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001035Profile of a dict function is lost when the dict is deleted. Would it be
1036possible to collect this? (Daniel Hahler, #2350)
1037
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001038When checking if a bufref is valid, also check the buffer number, to catch the
1039case of :bwipe followed by :new.
1040
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +02001041Patch to skip writing a temp file for diffing if the buffer is equal to the
1042existing file. (Akria Sheng, 2017 Jul 22)
1043Could also skip writing lines that are the same.
1044
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001045MS-Windows: Opening same file in a second gvim hangs. (Sven Bruggemann, 2017
1046Jul 4)
1047
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001048Setting 'clipboard' to "unnamed" makes a global command very slow (Daniel
1049Drucker, 2017 May 8).
1050This was supposed to be fixed, did it break again somehow?
1051Christian cannot reproduce it.
1052
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001053Using composing char in mapping does not work properly. maparg() shows the
1054wrong thing. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Jul 8, #1827)
1055Or is this not an actual problem?
1056
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001057Better TeX indent file. (Christian Brabandt, 2017 May 3)
1058
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001059Use gvimext.dll from the nightly build? (Issue #249)
1060
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001061'synmaxcol' works with bytes instead of screen cells. (Llandon, 2017 May 31,
1062#1736)
1063
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001064Problem with using :cd when remotely editing a file. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2017 May
10658, #1690)
1066
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001067Memory leak in test97? The string is actually freed. Weird.
1068
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001069assert_fails() can only check for the first error. Make it possible to have
1070it catch multiple errors and check all of them.
1071
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001072Add a toolbar in the terminal. Can be global, above all windows, or specific
1073for one window.
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001074
1075Make maparg() also return the raw rhs, so that it doesn't depend on 'cpo'.
1076(Brett Stahlman, 2017 May 23)
1077Even better: add a way to disable a mapping temporarily and re-enable it
1078later. This is for a sub-mode that is active for a short while (one buffer).
1079Still need maplist() to find the mappings. What can we use to identify a
1080mapping? Something unique would be better than the LHS.
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001081Perhaps simpler: actually delete the mappings. Use maplist() to list matching
1082mappings (with a lhs prefix, like maparg()), mapdelete() to delete,
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001083maprestore() to restore (using the output of maplist()).
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001084
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +01001085Add an argument to :mkvimrc (or add another command) to skip mappings from
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001086plugins (source is a Vim script). No need to put these in a .vimrc, they will
1087be defined when the plugin is loaded.
1088
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001089Use tb_set(winid, [{'text': 'stop', 'cb': callback, 'hi': 'Green'}])
1090 tb_highlight(winid, 'ToolBar')
1091 tb_get(winid)
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001092
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001093json_encode(): should convert to utf-8. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Jan 23)
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001094What if there is an invalid character?
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001095
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001096Json string with trailing \u should be an error. (Lcd)
1097
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001098import can't be used in define option when include matches too.
1099(Romain Lafourcade, 2017 Jun 18, #1519)
1100
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001101Wrong diff highlighting with three files. (2016 Oct 20, #1186)
1102Also get E749 on exit.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001103Another example in #1309
1104
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001105Suggestion to improve pt-br spell checking. (Marcelo D Montu, 2016 Dec 15,
1106#1330)
1107
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001108Error in test_startup_utf8 on Solaris. (Danek Duvall, 2016 Aug 17)
1109
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001110Rule to use "^" for statusline does not work if a space is defined with
1111highlighting for both stl and stlnc. Patch by Ken Hamada (itchyny, 2016 Dec 11)
1112
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001113Using CTRL-G_U in InsertCharPre causes trouble for redo. (Israel Chauca
1114Fuentes, 2017 Feb 12, #1470)
1115
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001116Add a "keytrans()" function, which turns the internal byte representation of a
1117key into a form that can be used for :map. E.g.
1118 let xx = "\<C-Home>"
1119 echo keytrans(xx)
1120 <C-Home>
1121
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001122Check for errors E704 and E705 only does VAR_FUNC, should also do VAR_PARTIAL.
1123(Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Mar 13, #1557)
1124Make a function to check for function-like type?
1125
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001126Implement named arguments for functions with optional arguments:
1127 func Foo(start, count = 1, all = 1)
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001128 call Foo(12, all = 0)
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001129
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001130Add a command to take a range of lines, filter them and put the output
1131somewhere else. :{range}copy {dest} !cmd
1132
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001133The TermResponse event is not triggered when a plugin has set 'eventignore' to
1134"all". Netrw does this. (Gary Johnson, 2017 Jan 24)
1135Postpone the event until 'eventignore' is reset.
1136
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001137Expanding /**/ is slow. Idea by Luc Hermitte, 2017 Apr 14.
1138
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001139Once .exe with updated installer is available: Add remark to download page
1140about /S and /D options (Ken Takata, 2016 Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001141Or point to nightly builds: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases
1142
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001143":sbr" docs state it respects 'switchbuf', but "vsplit" does not cause a
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001144vertical split. (Haldean Brown, 2017 Mar 1)
1145
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001146Use ADDR_OTHER instead of ADDR_LINES for many more commands.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +02001147E.g. all the location list commands use a count.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001148Add tests for using number larger than number of lines in buffer.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001149
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001150Might be useful to have isreadonly(), like we have islocked().
1151Avoids exceptions, e.g. when using the b: namespace as a dict.
1152
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001153Patch to make v:shell_error writable. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Sep 27)
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001154Useful to restore it. Is there another solution?
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001155
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001156"ci[" does not look for next [ like ci" does look for next ".
1157(J.F. 2017 Jan 7)
1158
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001159Patch for wrong cursor position on wrapped line, involving breakindent.
1160(Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 25)
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001161
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001162Patch for 'cursorlinenr' option. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 30)
1163
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001164Window resizing with 'winfixheight': With a vertical split the height changes
1165anyway. (Tommy allen, 2017 Feb 21, #1502)
1166
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001167Invalid behavior with NULL list. (Nikolai Pavlov, #768)
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001168E.g. deepcopy(test_null_list())
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001169
Bram Moolenaar3e496b02016-09-25 22:11:48 +02001170Patch to make it possible to extend a list with itself.
1171(Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Sep 23)
1172
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001173Patch to add Zstandard compressed file support. (Nick Terrell, 2016 Oct 24)
1174
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001175On Windows buffer completion sees backslash as escape char instead of path
1176separator. (Toffanim, 2016 Nov 24, #1274)
1177
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001178Should :vmap in matchit.vim be :xmap? (Tony Mechelynck)
1179
Bram Moolenaar26852122016-05-24 20:02:38 +02001180Problem with whitespace in errorformat. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2016 May 15, #807)
1181
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001182Add "unicode true" to NSIS installer. Doesn't work with Windows 95, which we
1183no longer support.
1184
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +02001185Support sort(l, 'F'), convert strings to float. (#7857)
Bram Moolenaar9faec4e2021-02-27 16:38:07 +01001186
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001187sort() is not stable when using numeric/float sort (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep
11884#1038)
1189
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +01001190sort() does not use 'smartcase' for the skip pattern, even though 'ignorecase'
1191is used. (Filipe Brandenburger, #7322)
1192
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001193+channel:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +02001194- Add a in_cb, invoked when the write buffer has become empty. (Matteo Landi)
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +01001195- Add ch_readlines(): for a channel in NL mode, reads as many lines as are
1196 available. Should be more efficient than looping over ch_read() with
1197 ch_status() to check for more.
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +02001198- If buffer contents is changed in a callback, set w_redr_status so that it
1199 gets redrawn in redraw_after_callback(). #6120
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001200- Add a separate timeout for opening a socket. Currently it's fixed at 50
1201 msec, which is too small for a remote connection. (tverniquet, #2130)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001202- Writing raw mode to a buffer should still handle NL characters as line
1203 breaks. (Dmitry Zotikov, 2017 Aug 16)
1204- When out_cb executes :sleep, the close_cb may be invoked. (Daniel Hahler,
1205 2016 Dec 11, #1320)
1206- Implement |job-term| ?
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +01001207- Calling a function when receiving a "call" on a channel, using feedkeys()
1208 does not work. It does work from a timer. (Qiming Zhao, #3852)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001209- Channel test fails with Motif. Sometimes kills the X11 server.
1210- When a message in the queue but there is no callback, drop it after a while?
1211 Add timestamp to queued messages and callbacks with ID, remove after a
1212 minute. Option to set the droptime.
1213- Add an option to drop text of very long lines? Default to 1 Mbyte.
1214- Add remark about undo sync, is there a way to force it?
1215- When starting a job, have an option to open the server socket, so we know
1216 the port, and pass it to the command with --socket-fd {nr}. (Olaf Dabrunz,
1217 Feb 9) How to do this on MS-Windows?
1218- For connection to server, a "keep open" flag would be useful. Retry
1219 connecting in the main loop with zero timeout.
1220- job_start(): run job in a newly opened terminal (not a terminal window).
1221 With xterm could use -S{pty}.
1222 Although user could use "xterm -e 'cmd arg'".
1223
1224Regexp problems:
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +01001225- NFA engine can be slow for some patterns. Dominique found out that most
1226 time is spent in addstate_here() copying the threads. Instead of copying,
1227 let each thread point to the next one (by offset, the list is reallocated).
1228 (Dominique Pelle, 2019 Feb 18)
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02001229- Old engine: using 'incsearch' /\Zabc does not highlight the "c" if it has a
1230 composing character. New engine is OK. (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001231- When search pattern has the base character both with and without combining
1232 character, search fails. E.g. "รรีบ" in "การรีบรักใคร". (agguser, #2312)
1233- [:space:] only matches ASCII spaces. Add [:white:] for all space-like
1234 characters, esp. including 0xa0. Use character class zero.
1235- Since 7.4.704 the old regex engine fails to match [[:print:]] in 0xf6.
1236 (Manuel Ortega, 2016 Apr 24)
1237 Test fails on Mac. Avoid using isalpha(), isalnum(), etc? Depends on
1238 LC_CTYPE
1239- The old engine does not find a match for "/\%#=1\(\)\{80}", the new engine
1240 matches everywhere.
1241- Using win_linetabsize() can still be slow. Cache the result, store col and
1242 vcol. Reset them when moving to another line.
1243- Very slow with a long line and Ruby highlighting. (John Whitley, 2014 Dec 4)
1244- Bug with pattern: '\vblock (\d+)\.\n.*\d+%(\1)@<!\.$'
1245 (Lech Lorens, 2014 Feb 3)
1246- Issue 164: freeze on regexp search.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02001247- Ignorecase not handled properly for multibyte characters. (Axel Bender,
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001248 2013 Dec 11)
1249- Using \@> and \?. (Brett Stahlman, 2013 Dec 21) Remark from Marcin
1250 Szamotulski; Remark from Brett 2014 Jan 6 and 7.
1251- NFA regexp doesn't handle \%<v correctly. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 May 12)
1252- Does not work with NFA regexp engine:
1253 \%u, \%x, \%o, \%d followed by a composing character
1254- Search for \%d0\+ may fail with E363. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Oct 4)
1255- \%'[ does not work. '%'] does work. (Masaaki Nakamura, 2016 Apr 4)
1256- Bug relating to back references. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Jul 24)
1257- New RE does not give an error for empty group: "\(\)\{2}" (Dominique Pelle,
1258 2015 Feb 7)
1259- Using back reference before the capturing group sometimes works with the old
1260 engine, can we do this with the new engine? E.g. with
1261 "/\%(<\1>\)\@<=.*\%(<\/\(\w\+\)>\)\@=" matching text inside HTML tags.
1262 This problem is probably the same: "\%(^\1.*$\n\)\@<=\(\d\+\).*$".
1263 (guotuofeng, 2015 Jun 22)
1264- Strange matching with "\(Hello\n\)\@<=A". (Anas Syed, 2015 Feb 12)
1265- Problem with \v(A)@<=b+\1c. (Issue 334)
1266- Diff highlighting can be very slow. (Issue 309)
1267- Using %> for a virtual column has a check based on 'tabsize'. Better would
1268 be to cache the result of win_linetabsize(col), storing both col and vcol,
1269 and use them to decide whether win_linetabsize() needs to be called. Reset
1270 col and vcol when moving to another line.
1271- this doesn't work: "syntax match ErrorMsg /.\%9l\%>20c\&\%<28c/". Leaving
1272 out the \& works. Seems any column check after \& fails.
1273- Difference between two engines: ".*\zs\/\@>\/" on text "///"
1274 (Chris Paul, 2016 Nov 13) New engine not greedy enough?
1275 Another one: echom matchstr(" sdfsfsf\n sfdsdfsdf",'[^\n]*')
1276 (2017 May 15, #1252)
1277
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001278Idea from Sven: record sequence of keys. Useful to show others what they are
1279doing (look over the shoulder), and also to see what happened.
1280Probably list of keystrokes, with some annotations for mode changes.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001281Could store in logfile to be able to analyse it with an external command.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001282E.g. to see when's the last time a plugin command was used.
1283
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001284cmap using execute() has side effects. (Killthemule, 2016 Aug 17, #983)
1285
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001286:map X may print invalid data. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2017 Jul 3, #1816)
1287
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001288Patch to order results from taglist(). (Duncan McDougall, 2016 Oct 25)
1289
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001290ml_get errors when reloading file. (Chris Desjardins, 2016 Apr 19)
1291Also with latest version.
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001292
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001293Completion for input() does not expand environment variables. (chdiza, 2016
1294Jul 25, #948)
1295
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001296Patch to add 'systemencoding', convert between 'encoding' and this for file
1297names, shell commands and the like. (Kikuchan, 2010 Oct 14)
1298Assume the system converts between the actual encoding of the filesystem to
1299the system encoding (usually utf-8).
1300
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001301MS-Windows: use WS_HIDE instead of SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE in os_win32.c?
1302Otherwise task flickers in taskbar.
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001303
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001304Second problem in #966: ins_compl_add_tv() uses get_dict_string() multiple
1305times, overwrites the one buffer. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Aug 5)
1306
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001307Patch to improve map documentation. Issue #799.
1308
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01001309We can use '. to go to the last change in the current buffer, but how about
1310the last change in any buffer? Can we use ', (, is next to .)?
1311
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001312Ramel Eshed: system() is much slower than job_start(), why? (Aug 26)
1313
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001314When generating the Unicode tables with runtime/tools/unicode.vim the
1315emoji_width table has only one entry.
1316
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001317It's possible to add ",," to 'wildignore', an empty entry. Causes problems.
1318Reject the value? #710.
1319
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001320When doing "vi buf.md" a BufNew autocommand for *.md is not triggered.
1321Because of using the initial buffer? (Dun Peal, 2016 May 12)
1322
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001323Neovim patch for utfc_ptr2char_len() https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/4574
1324No test, needs some work to include.
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001325
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001326Patch to improve indenting for C++ constructor with initializer list.
1327(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Mar 31)
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01001328
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001329Zero-out krypt key information when no longer in use. (Ben Fritz, 2017 May 15)
1330
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001331Add stronger encryption. Could use libsodium (NaCl).
1332https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02001333Possibly include the needed code so that it can be built everywhere.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001334
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001335Add a way to restart a timer. It's similar to timer_stop() and timer_start(),
1336but the reference remains valid.
1337
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +02001338Need to try out instructions in INSTALLpc.txt about how to install all
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001339interfaces and how to build Vim with them.
1340Appveyor build with self-installing executable, includes getting most
1341interfaces: https://github.com/k-takata/vim/tree/chrisbra-appveyor-build
1342result: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/k-takata/vim/history
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001343
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001344Problem using ":try" inside ":execute". (ZyX, 2013 Sep 15)
1345
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001346Patch to make tests pass with EBCDIC. (Owen Leibman, 2016 Apr 10)
1347
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02001348Add ":read :command", to insert the output of an Ex command?
1349Can already do it with ":$put =execute('command')".
1350
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001351exists(":tearoff") does not tell you if the command is implemented. (Tony
1352Mechelynck) Perhaps use exists("::tearoff") to check?
1353
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001354Use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples, but without ":" in
1355'iskeyword' for syntax.
1356
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001357Installation of .desktop files does not work everywhere.
1358It's now fixed, but the target directory probably isn't right.
1359Add configure check?
1360Should use /usr/local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications.
1361Or use $XDG_DATA_DIRS.
1362Also need to run update-desktop-database (Kuriyama Kazunobu, 2015 Nov 4)
1363
Bram Moolenaar369b6f52017-01-17 12:22:32 +01001364Test object i{ and it do not behave the same. #1379
1365Do not include the linebreak at the start?
1366
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001367Feature request: add the "al" text object, to manipulate a screen line.
1368Especially useful when using 'linebreak'
1369
Bram Moolenaar438f67a2014-01-07 06:09:28 +01001370":cd C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc*" does not work, even though the
1371directory exists. (Sergio Gallelli, 2013 Dec 29)
1372
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001373Patch to avoid redrawing tabline when the popup menu is visible.
1374(Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jan 28)
1375
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001376When the CursorMovedI event triggers, and CTRL-X was typed, a script cannot
1377restore the mode properly. (Andrew Stewart, 2016 Apr 20)
1378Do not trigger the event?
1379
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001380Patch to make the behavior of "w" more straightforward, but not Vi compatible.
1381With a 'cpo' flag. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 8)
1382
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001383Patch to add optionproperties(). (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Mar 27, update Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001384
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +01001385Patch to add TagNotFound autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 3)
1386
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001387Patch to add Error autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 17)
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001388Only remembers one error.
1389
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02001390GVim: when both Tab and CTRL-I are mapped, use CTRL-I not for Tab.
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001391
Bram Moolenaar12969c02015-09-08 23:36:10 +02001392Unexpected delay when using CTRL-O u. It's not timeoutlen.
1393(Gary Johnson, 2015 Aug 28)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001394
Bram Moolenaar345efa02016-01-15 20:57:49 +01001395Instead of separately uploading patches to the ftp site, we can get them from
1396github with a URL like this:
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001397 https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v7.4.920%5E...v7.4.920.diff
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001398Diff for version.c contains more context, can't skip a patch.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001399
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001400Python: ":py raw_input('prompt')" doesn't work. (Manu Hack)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001401
Bram Moolenaar77cdfd12016-03-12 12:57:59 +01001402Comparing nested structures with "==" uses a different comparator than when
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001403comparing individual items.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001404
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001405Using uninitialized memory. (Dominique Pelle, 2015 Nov 4)
1406
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001407MS-Windows: When editing a file with a leading space, writing it uses the
1408wrong name. (Aram, 2014 Nov 7) Vim 7.4.
1409
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001410Can't recognize the $ProgramFiles(x86) environment variable. Recognize it
1411specifically? First try with the parens, then without.
1412
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001413Patch to add :mapgroup, put mappings in a group like augroup.
1414(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Feb 19)
1415
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001416Can we cache the syntax attributes, so that updates for 'relativenumber' and
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001417'cursorline'/'cursorcolumn' are a lot faster? Thus store the attributes
1418before combining them.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001419
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001420C highlighting: modern C allows: /* comment */ #ifdef
1421and also line continuation after #include.
1422I can't recommend it though.
1423
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001424Build with Python on Mac does not always use the right library.
1425(Kazunobu Kuriyama, 2015 Mar 28)
1426
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001427To support Thai (and other languages) word boundaries, include the ICU
1428library: http://userguide.icu-project.org/boundaryanalysis
1429
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001430Patch to use two highlight groups for relative numbers. (Shaun Brady, 2016 Jan
143130)
1432
Bram Moolenaar75b81562014-04-06 14:09:13 +02001433MS-Windows: Crash opening very long file name starting with "\\".
1434(Christian Brock, 2012 Jun 29)
1435
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001436The OptionSet autocommand event is not always triggered. (Rick Howe, 2015 Sep
143724): :diffthis, :diffoff.
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001438
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001439":set all&" still does not handle all side effects. Centralize handling side
1440effects for when set by the user, on init and when reset to default.
1441
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001442":tag" does not jump to the right entry of a :tselect. (James Speros, 2015 Oct
14439)
1444
1445The argument for "-S" is not taken literally, the ":so" command expands
1446wildcards. Add a ":nowild" command modifier? (ZyX, 2015 March 4)
1447
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001448Proposal to make options.txt easier to read. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001449Update Aug 14.
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001450
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001451When using --remote-tab on MS-Windows 'encoding' hasn't been initialized yet,
1452the file name ends up encoded wrong. (Raul Coronado, 2015 Dec 21)
1453
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001454Example in editing.txt uses $HOME with the expectation that it ends in a
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001455slash. For me it does, but perhaps not for everybody. Add a function that
1456inserts a slash when needed? pathconcat(dir, path) (Thilo Six, 2015 Aug 12)
1457
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001458ml_updatechunk() is slow when retrying for another encoding. (John Little,
14592014 Sep 11)
1460
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001461Patch to fix checking global option value when not using it.
1462(Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 23)
1463
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001464When 'showbreak' is set repeating a Visual operation counts the size of the
1465'showbreak' text as part of the operation. (Axel Bender, 2015 Jul 20)
1466
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001467Patch to add grepfile(). (Scott Prager, 2015 May 26)
1468Work in progress.
1469
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001470Would be useful to have a treemap() or deepmap() function. Like map() but
1471when an item is a list or dict would recurse into it.
1472
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001473Patch for global-local options consistency. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 22)
1474Is this right?
1475
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001476Patch to make getregtype() return the right size for non-linux systems.
1477(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Jul 8)
1478Breaks test_eval. Inefficient, can we only compute y_width when needed?
1479
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001480Patch to use different terminal mode settings for system(). (Hayaki Saito)
1481Does this work for everybody?
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001482
Bram Moolenaare2db6c92015-06-19 18:48:41 +02001483Patch for man.vim. (SungHyun Nam, 2015 May 20)
1484Doesn't work completely (Dominique Orban)
1485
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001486Patch to add a "literal" argument to bufnr(). (Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 Aug 4)
1487
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001488Extended file attributes lost on write (backupcopy=no). Issue 306.
1489
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001490Patch to add :lockjumps. (Carlo Baldassi, 2015 May 25)
1491OK to not block marks?
1492
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001493Patch on Issue 72: 'autochdir' causes problems for :vimgrep.
1494
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02001495When two SIGWINCH arrive very quickly, the second one may be lost.
1496(Josh Triplett, 2015 Sep 17)
1497
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001498Make comments in the test Makefile silent. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 24)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001499
Bram Moolenaared32d942014-12-06 23:33:00 +01001500Result of systemlist() does not show whether text ended in line break.
1501(Bjorn Linse, 2014 Nov 27)
1502
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001503When in 'comments' "n:x" follows after three-part comment directly it repeats
1504any one-character from the previous line. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 19)
1505
Bram Moolenaar92dff182014-02-11 19:15:50 +01001506Adding "~" to 'cdpath' doesn't work for completion? (Davido, 2013 Aug 19)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001507
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001508Patch: Let rare word highlighting overrule good word highlighting.
1509(Jakson A. Aquino, 2010 Jul 30, again 2011 Jul 2)
1510
1511Patch to add digits argument to round(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2015 Apr 26)
1512
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001513Can assign to s:type when a function s:type has been defined.
1514Also the other way around: define a function while a variable with that name
1515was already defined.
1516(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 3)
1517
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001518Patch for ordered dict. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2015 May 7)
1519
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001520Patch for building a 32bit Vim with 64bit MingW compiler.
1521(Michael Soyka, 2014 Oct 15)
1522
Bram Moolenaar8a94d872015-01-25 13:02:57 +01001523Patch: On MS-Windows shellescape() may have to triple double quotes.
1524(Ingo Karkat, 2015 Jan 16)
1525
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001526Patch for glob(), adding slash to normal files. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Dec 22)
1527
Bram Moolenaara0f849e2015-10-30 14:37:44 +01001528When entering and leaving the preview window autocommands are triggered, but
1529these may not work well. Perhaps set a flag to indicate that the preview
1530window is involved? (John Otter, 2015 Oct 27)
1531
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001532Using "." to repeat an Ex command puts that command in history. Probably
1533should not happen. If the command is the result of a mapping it's not put in
1534history either. (Jacob Niehus, 2014 Nov 2)
1535Patch from Jacob, Nov 2.
1536
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001537"hi link" does not respect groups with GUI settings only. (Mark Lodato, 2014
1538Jun 8)
1539
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001540Bug: Autocompleting ":tag/pat" replaces "/pat" with a match but does not
1541insert a space. (Micha Mos, 2014 Nov 7)
1542
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001543No error for missing endwhile. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 20)
1544
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001545Patch to make extend() fail early when it might fail at some point.
1546(Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 May 2) Makes extend() slower, do we still want it?
1547Perhaps only the checks that can be done without looping over the dict or
1548arguments.
1549
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001550Problem with transparent and matchgroup. Issue #475
1551
Bram Moolenaar13600302014-05-22 18:26:40 +02001552Idea: For a window in the middle (has window above and below it), use
1553right-mouse-drag on the status line to move a window up/down without changing
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001554its height? It's like dragging the status bar above it at the same time.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02001555
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001556Patch to add a :domodeline command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Oct 21)
1557
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001558This does not give an error: (Andre Sihera, 2014 Mar 21)
1559 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo if 1 | echo 1'
1560This neither: (ZyX)
1561 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo while 1 | echo 1'
1562
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001563'viewdir' default on MS-Windows is not a good choice, it's a system directory.
1564Change 'viewdir' to "$HOME/vimfiles/view" and use 'viewdiralt' to also read
1565from?
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001566
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001567Include a plugin manager with Vim? vim-plug seems to be the best currently:
1568https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug.
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001569Also Vundle: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001570Or minpac: https://github.com/k-takata/minpac, since it leverages the builtin
1571package feature.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001572Long message about this from ZyX, 2014 Mar 23. And following replies.
1573Also see http://vim-wiki.mawercer.de/wiki/topic/vim%20plugin%20managment.html
1574User view:
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001575- Support multiple sources, basically any http:// URL. Or a central place that
1576 will work for everybody (github? redirects from vim.org?).
1577 Be able to look into the files before deciding to install.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001578- Be able to try out a plugin and remove it again with (almost) no traces.
1579- Each plugin needs a "manifest" file that has the version, dependencies
1580 (including Vim version and features), conflicts, list of files, etc.
1581 Updater uses that to decide what/how to update.
1582 Dependencies can use a URL for specific versions, or short name for scripts
1583 on vim.org.
1584- Once a plugin is installed it remembers where it came from, updater checks
1585 there. Can manually update when really needed.
1586- Must be possible to install for one user. Also system wide?
1587- Can edit plugin config with Vim. Can temporarily disable a plugin.
1588- Run the update manually, find latest version and install.
1589- Be able to download without special tools, must work for 95% of users.
1590Implementation:
1591- Avoid the 'runtimepath' getting long. Need some other way to keep each
1592 plugin separate.
1593- When installing or updating, first figure out what needs to be done. This
1594 may involve recursively fetching manifest files for dependencies. Then show
1595 the user what's going to change and ask for OK.
1596- Scripts on Vim.org must be able to consist of several files. Is zip format
1597 sufficient? Upload the manifest? Or refer to a site that has the manifest?
1598- Best is to fetch individual files or use a Vimball. Reduces dependency on
1599 tools that might be missing and allows inspection of the files before
1600 installing.
1601Out of scope:
1602- Overview of plugins, ratings, comments, etc. That's another world.
1603- Development work on plugins (although diff with distributed version would be
1604 useful).
1605
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001606When typing the first character of a command, e.g. "f", then using a menu, the
1607menu item doesn't work. Clear typeahead when using a menu?
1608
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001609Editing an ascii file as ucs-2 or ucs-4 causes display errors.
1610(ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
1611
1612":Next 1 some-arg" does not complain about trailing argument. Also for
1613various other commands. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001614
Bram Moolenaar0a63ded2015-04-15 13:31:24 +02001615Patch to skip sort if no line matches the expression.
Bram Moolenaar8bb1c3e2014-07-04 16:43:17 +02001616(Christian Brabandt, 2014 Jun 25)
1617
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001618VMS: Select() doesn't work properly, typing ESC may hang Vim. Use sys$qiow
1619instead. (Samuel Ferencik, 2013 Sep 28)
1620
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001621Patch for XDG base directory support. (Jean François Bignolles, 2014 Mar 4)
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001622Remark on the docs. Should not be a compile time feature. But then what?
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001623Also see #2034.
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001624
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001625Patch to define macros for hardcoded values. (Elias Diem, 2013 Dec 14)
1626
Bram Moolenaard5d015d2013-11-03 21:14:31 +01001627Updated spec ftplugin. (Matěj Cepl, 2013 Oct 16)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001628
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001629Patch to handle integer overflow. (Aaron Burrow, 2013 Dec 12)
1630
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +010016317 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
1632 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
1633 "lucida_console:h8").
1634Patch by Thomas Tuegel, also for GTK, 2013 Nov 24
1635
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001636:help gives example for z?, but it does not work. m? and t? do work.
1637
Bram Moolenaar8e5af3e2011-04-28 19:02:44 +02001638Discussion about canonicalization of Hebrew. (Ron Aaron, 2011 April 10)
1639
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001640Checking runtime scripts: Thilo Six, 2012 Jun 6.
1641
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001642When evaluating expression in backticks, autoload doesn't work.
1643(Andy Wokula, 2013 Dec 14)
1644
1645Using <nr>ifoobar<esc> can slow down Vim. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013
Bram Moolenaar259f26a2018-05-15 22:25:40 +02001646Dec 13. Only helps a bit, 10000ii<Esc> is still too slow.
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001647
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02001648Javascript file where indent gets stuck on: GalaxyMaster, 2012 May 3.
1649
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001650The BufUnload event is triggered when re-using the empty buffer.
1651(Pokey Rule, 2013 Jul 22)
1652Patch by Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Jul 22.
1653
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001654Patch to allow more types in remote_expr(). (Lech Lorens, 2014 Jan 5)
1655Doesn't work for string in list. Other way to pass all types of variables
1656reliably?
1657
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001658Patch to add {lhs} to :mapclear: clear all maps starting with {lhs}.
1659(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Dec 9)
1660
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001661Exception caused by argument of return is not caught by try/catch.
1662(David Barnett, 2013 Nov 19)
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001663Bug in try/catch: return with invalid compare throws error that isn't caught.
1664(ZyX, 2011 Jan 26)
1665try/catch not working for argument of return. (Matt Wozniski, 2008 Sep 15)
1666try/catch not working when inside a for loop. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 25)
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001667
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001668Patch to fix that 'cedit' is recognized after :normal. (Christian Brabandt,
16692013 Mar 19, later message)
Bram Moolenaar26402cb2013-02-20 21:26:00 +01001670
1671Patch to view coverage of the tests. (Nazri Ramliy, 2013 Feb 15)
1672
Bram Moolenaar56b45b92013-06-24 22:22:18 +02001673Patch to add "Q" and "A" responses to interactive :substitute. They are
1674carried over when using :global. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jun 19)
1675
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02001676Bug with 'cursorline' in diff mode. Line being scrolled into view gets
1677highlighted as the cursor line. (Alessandro Ivaldi, 2013 Jun 4)
1678
Bram Moolenaar4b60a6c2013-11-14 05:48:46 +01001679Two highlighting bugs. (ZyX, 2013 Aug 18)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001680
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001681Patch to support 'u' in interactive substitute. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Sep
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200168228) With tests: Oct 9.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001683
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001684Dialog is too big on Linux too. (David Fishburn, 2013 Sep 2)
1685
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001686- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
1687 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
1688Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 Apr 20, unfinished.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001689
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001690Bug: findfile("any", "file:///tmp;") does not work.
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001691
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001692Patch to add getsid(). (Tyru, 2011 Oct 2) Do we want this? Update Oct 4.
1693Or use expand('<sid>')?
1694
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001695Patch to make confirm() display colors. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Nov 9)
1696
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +01001697Problem with refresh:always in completion. (Tyler Wade, 2013 Mar 17)
1698
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001699b:undo_ftplugin cannot call a script-local function. (Boris Danilov, 2013 Jan
17007)
1701
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +02001702Win32: The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
1703compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2 dynamically?
1704
1705Python: Be able to define a Python function that can be called directly from
1706Vim script. Requires converting the arguments and return value, like with
1707vim.bindeval().
1708
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001709Patch for :tabcloseleft, after closing a tab go to left tab. (William Bowers,
17102012 Aug 4)
1711
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001712Patch to improve equivalence classes in regexp patterns.
1713(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jan 16, update Jan 17)
1714
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001715Patch with suggestions for starting.txt. (Tony Mechelynck, 2012 Oct 24)
1716But use Gnome instead of GTK?
1717
1718Should be possible to enable/disable matchparen per window or buffer.
1719Add a check for b:no_match_paren in Highlight_matching_Pair() (Marcin
1720Szamotulski, 2012 Nov 8)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02001721
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001722'iminsert' global value set when using ":setlocal iminsert"? (Wu, 2012 Jun 23)
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001723
Bram Moolenaarad3b3662013-05-17 18:14:19 +02001724Patch to append regexp to tag commands to make it possible to select one out
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001725of many matches. (Cody Cutler, 2013 Mar 28)
1726
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001727The input map for CTRL-O in mswin.vim causes problems after CTRL-X CTRL-O.
1728Suggestion for another map. (Philip Mat, 2012 Jun 18)
1729But use "gi" instead of "a". Or use CTRL-\ CTRL-O.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001730
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001731When there are no command line arguments ":next" and ":argu" give E163, which
1732is confusing. Should say "the argument list is empty".
1733
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001734URXVT:
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001735- will get stuck if byte sequence does not contain the expected semicolon.
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001736- Use urxvt mouse support also in xterm. Explanations:
1737 http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2662
1738
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001739Patch to add tests for if_xcmdsrv.c., Jul 8, need some more work. (Brian Burns)
Bram Moolenaar6c35bea2012-07-25 17:49:10 +02001740New tests Jul 13. Update Jul 17. Discussion Jul 18.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001741
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02001742Patch for input method status. (Hirohito Higashi, 2012 Apr 18)
1743
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001744Update Vim app icon (for Gnome). (Jakub Steiner, 2013 Dec 6)
1745
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001746Patch to use .png icons for the toolbar on MS-Windows. (Martin Gieseking, 2013
1747Apr 18)
1748
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001749Patch for has('unnamedplus') docs. (Tony Mechelynck, 2011 Sep 27)
1750And one for gui_x11.txt.
1751
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001752":cd" doesn't work when current directory path contains "**".
1753finddir() has the same problem. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jan 10)
1754Requires a rewrite of the file_file_in_path code.
1755
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001756Should use has("browsefilter") in ftplugins. Requires patch 7.3.593.
1757
Bram Moolenaar34700a62013-03-07 13:20:54 +01001758Update for vim2html.pl. (Tyru, 2013 Feb 22)
1759
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001760Patch to sort functions starting with '<' after others. Omit dict functions,
1761they can't be called. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2011 Oct 11)
1762
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001763Patch to pass list to or(), and() and xor(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2012 Feb 8)
1764
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001765Patch to improve "it" and "at" text object matching. (Christian Brabandt, 2011
1766Nov 20)
1767
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001768Patch to improve GUI find/replace dialog. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 May 26)
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001769Update Jun 2.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001770
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001771`] moves to character after insert, instead of the last inserted character.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001772(Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Dec 9)
1773
1774Plugin for Modeleasy. (Massimiliano Tripoli, 2011 Nov 29)
1775
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01001776BufWinLeave triggers too late when quitting last window in a tab page. (Lech
1777Lorens, 2012 Feb 21)
1778
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001779Patch for 'transparency' option. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1780Only for MS-Windows. No documentation. Do we want this?
1781
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01001782Patch to support cursor shape in Cygwin console. (Ben bgold, 2011 Dec 27)
1783
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001784On MS-Windows a temp dir with a & init causes system() to fail. (Ben Fritz,
17852012 Jun 19)
1786
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001787'cursorline' is displayed too short when there are concealed characters and
1788'list' is set. (Dennis Preiser)
1789Patch 7.3.116 was the wrong solution.
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001790Christian Brabandt has another incomplete patch. (2011 Jul 13)
Bram Moolenaar5b435d62012-04-05 17:33:26 +02001791
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001792Win32: Patch to use task dialogs when available. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1793New feature, requires testing. Made some remarks.
1794
1795Win32: Patch for alpha-blended icons and toolbar height. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011
1796Sep 17) Asked for feedback from others.
1797
Bram Moolenaar6be7f872012-01-20 21:08:56 +01001798Win32: Cannot cd into a directory that starts with a space. (Andy Wokula, 2012
1799Jan 19)
1800
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001801Need to escape $HOME on Windows for fnameescape()? (ZyX, 2011 Jul 21,
1802discussion 2013 Jul 4) Can't simply use a backslash, \$HOME has a different
1803meaning already. Would be possible to use $$HOME where $HOME is to be used.
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001804
Bram Moolenaarbc488a72013-07-05 21:01:22 +02001805"2" in 'formatoptions' not working in comments. (Christian Corneliussen, 2011
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001806Oct 26)
1807
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001808Bug in repeating Visual "u". (Lawrence Kesteloot, 2010 Dec 20)
1809
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001810Windows keys not set properly on Windows 7? (cncyber, 2010 Aug 26)
1811
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001812When using a Vim server, a # in the path causes an error message.
1813(Jeff Lanzarotta, 2011 Feb 17)
1814
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001815When there is a ">" in a line that "gq" wraps to the start of the next line,
1816then the following line will pick it up as a leader. Should get the leader
1817from the first line, not a wrapped line. (Matt Ackeret, 2012 Feb 27)
1818
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001819Using ":break" or something else that stops executing commands inside a
1820":finally" does not rethrow a previously uncaught exception. (ZyX, 2010 Oct
182115)
1822
1823Vim using lots of memory when joining lines. (John Little, 2010 Dec 3)
1824
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02001825BT regexp engine: After trying a \@> match and failing, submatches are not
1826cleared. See test64.
1827
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001828On 64 bit MS-Windows "long" is only 32 bits, but we sometimes need to store a
182964 bits value. Change all number options to use nropt_T and define it to the
1830right type.
1831
1832string() can't parse back "inf" and "nan". Fix documentation or fix code?
1833(ZyX, 2010 Aug 23)
1834
1835When doing "redir => s:foo" in a script and then "redir END" somewhere else
1836(e.g. in a function) it can't find s:foo.
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001837When a script contains "redir => s:foo" but doesn't end redirection, a
1838following "redir" command gives an error for not being able to access s:foo.
1839(ZyX, 2011 Mar 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001840
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02001841When setqflist() uses a filename that triggers a BufReadCmd autocommand Vim
1842doesn't jump to the correct line with :cfirst. (ZyX, 2011 Sep 18)
1843
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001844Behavior of i" and a" text objects isn't logical. (Ben Fritz, 2013 Nov 19)
1845
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001846When setting a local option value from the global value, add a script ID that
1847indicates this, so that ":verbose set" can give a hint. Check with options in
1848the help file.
1849
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001850After patch 7.3.097 still get E15. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Jan 18)
1851Also for another example (ZyX, 2011 Jan 24)
1852
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02001853"0g@$" puts '] on last byte of multibyte. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 22)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001854
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001855Patch for :tabrecently. (Hirokazu Yoshida, 2012 Jan 30)
1856
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001857Problem with "syn sync grouphere". (Gustavo Niemeyer, 2011 Jan 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001858
1859Loading autoload script even when usage is inside "if 0". (Christian Brabandt,
18602010 Dec 18)
1861
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001862With a filler line in diff mode, it isn't displayed in the column with line
1863number, but it is in the sign column. Doesn't look right. (ZyX 2011 Jun 5)
1864Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 5. Introduces new problems.
1865
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001866Add jump() function. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Aug 29)
1867Is this needed? CTRL-O and CTRL-I do the same, just more difficult to use.
1868
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020018698 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
1870Patch by Christian Brabandt, uses ]e [e ]t and [t. 2011 Aug 9.
1871
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001872Add event for when the text scrolls. A bit like CursorMoved. Also a similar
1873one for insert mode. Use the event in matchparen to update the highlight if
1874the match scrolls into view.
1875
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020018767 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
1877Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
1878Update by Ben Fritz, with fix for TOhtml. (2011 Jul 30)
1879
18809 Add %F to 'errorformat': file name without spaces. Useful on Unix to
1881 avoid matching something up to a time 11:22:33.
1882Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
1883
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02001884Patch to add up to 99 match groups. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 Dec 22)
1885Also add named groups: \%{name}(re) and \%{name}g
1886
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001887In the sandbox it's not allowed to do many things, but it's possible to change
1888or set variables. Add a way to prevent variables from being changed in the
1889sandbox? E.g.: ":protect g:restore_settings".
1890
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001891Win32: tear-off menu does not work when menu language is German. (Markus
1892Bossler, 2011 Mar 2) Fixed by 7.3.095?
1893
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001894Wish for NetBeans commands:
1895 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
1896
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +020018977.3.014 changed how backslash at end of line works, but still get a NUL when
1898there is one backslash. (Ray Frush, 2010 Nov 18) What does the original ex
1899do?
1900
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001901New esperanto spell file can't be processed. (Dominique Pelle, 2011 Jan 30)
1902- move compflags to separate growarray?
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001903- instead of a regexp use a hashtable. Expand '?', '*', '+'. What would be
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001904 the maximum repeat for * and +?
1905
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01001906"L'Italie" noted as a spell error at start of the sentence. (Dominique Pelle,
19072011 Feb 27)
1908
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001909Editing a file with a ^M with 'ff' set to "mac", opening a help file, then the
1910^M is displayed as ^J sometimes. Getting 'ff' value from wrong window/buffer?
1911
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001912When Vim is put in the background (SIGTSTP) and then gets a SIGHUP it doesn't
1913exit. It exists as soon as back in the foreground. (Stephen Liang, 2011 Jan
19149) Caused by vim_handle_signal(SIGNAL_BLOCK); in ui.c.
1915
1916g` not working correctly when using :edit. It works OK when editing a file on
1917the command line. (Ingo Karkat, 2011 Jan 25)
1918
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01001919Since patch 7.2.46 Yankring plugin has become very slow, eventually make Vim
1920crash? (Raiwil, 2010 Nov 17)
1921
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02001922Regexp engine performance:
1923- Profiling:
1924 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/ruby.vim
1925 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/loop.vim
1926 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/alsa.vim
1927 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/todo.vim
1928 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/xml.vim
1929 Dominique Pelle: xmlSyncDT is particularly slow (Jun 7)
1930- More test files from the src/pkg/regexp/testdata directory in the Go repo.
1931- Performance tests:
1932 - Using asciidoc syntax. (Marek Schimara, 2013 Jun 6)
1933 - ~/vim/text/FeiqCfg.xml (file from Netjune)
1934 - ~/vim/text/edl.svg (also XML)
1935 - glts has five tests. (May 25)
1936 - ~/vim/test/slowsearch
1937 - ~/vim/test/rgb.vim
1938 - search for a.*e*exn in the vim executable. Go to last line to use
1939 'hlsearch'.
1940 - Slow combination of folding and PHP syntax highlighting. Script to
1941 reproduce it. Caused by "syntax sync fromstart" in combination with patch
1942 7.2.274. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 May 27) Generally, folding with
1943 'foldmethod' set to "syntax" is slow. Do profiling to find out why.
1944
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001945Problem producing tags file when hebrew.frx is present. It has a BOM.
1946Results in E670. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 May 2)
1947
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001948'beval' option should be global-local.
1949
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01001950Ruby: ":ruby print $buffer.number" returns zero.
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02001951
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02001952setpos() does not restore cursor position after :normal. (Tyru, 2010 Aug 11)
Bram Moolenaar2a988a12010-08-13 15:24:39 +02001953
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02001954With "tw=55 fo+=a" typing space before ) doesn't work well. (Scott Mcdermott,
19552010 Oct 24)
1956
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02001957Messages in message.txt are highlighted as examples.
1958
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02001959When using cp850 the NBSP (0xff) is not drawn correctly. (Brett Stahlman, 2010
1960Oct 22) 'isprint' is set to "@,161-255".
1961
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02001962":echo "\x85" =~# '[\u0085]'" returns 1 instead of 0. (ZyX, 2010 Oct 3)
1963
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001964'cindent' not correct when 'list' is set. (Zdravi Korusef, 2010 Apr 15)
1965
Bram Moolenaar6ee8d892012-01-10 14:55:01 +01001966C-indenting: A matching { in a comment is ignored, but intermediate { are not
1967checked to be in a comment. Implement FM_SKIPCOMM flag of findmatchlimit().
1968Issue 46.
1969
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01001970Using CompilerSet doesn't record where an option was set from. E.g., in the
1971gcc compiler plugin. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Dec 13)
1972
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001973":helpgrep" does not put the cursor in the correct column when preceded by
1974accented character. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 Apr 15)
1975
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02001976Don't call check_restricted() for histadd(), setbufvar(), settabvar(),
1977setwinvar().
1978
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02001979Patch for gVimExt to show an icon. (Dominik Riebeling, 2010 Nov 7)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01001980
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02001981When 'lines' is 25 and 'scrolloff' is 12, "j" scrolls zero or two lines
1982instead of one. (Constantin Pan, 2010 Sep 10)
1983
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02001984Gui menu edit/paste in block mode insert only inserts in one line (Bjorn
1985Winckler, 2011 May 11)
1986Requires a map mode for Insert mode started from blockwise Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01001987
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01001988Problem with cursor in the wrong column. (SungHyun Nam, 2010 Mar 11)
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001989Additional info by Dominique Pelle. (also on 2010 Apr 10)
1990
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01001991CreateFile and CreateFileW are used without sharing, filewritable() fails when
1992the file was already open (e.g. script is being sourced). Add FILE_SHARE_READ|
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +01001993FILE_SHARE_WRITE in mch_access()? (Philippe Vaucher, 2010 Nov 2)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01001994
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001995Is ~/bin (literally) in $PATH supposed to work? (Paul, 2010 March 29)
1996Looks like only bash can do it. (Yakov Lerner)
1997
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02001998Cscope "cs add" stopped working somewhat before 7.2.438. (Gary Johnson, 2010
1999Jun 29) Caused by 7.2.433?
2000
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002001Jumplist doesn't work properly in Insert mode? (Jean Johner, 2010 Mar 20)
2002
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002003Problem with transparent cmdline. Also: Terminal title is wrong with
2004non-ASCII character. (Lily White, 2010 Mar 7)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002005
2006iconv() doesn't fail on an illegal character, as documented. (Yongwei Wu, 2009
2007Nov 15, example Nov 26) Add argument to specify whether iconv() should fail
2008or replace with a character and continue?
2009
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002010Add local time at start of --startuptime output.
2011Requires configure check for localtime().
2012Use format year-month-day hr:min:sec.
2013
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01002014Patch to make ":hi link" also take arguments. (Nate Soares, 2012 Dec 4)
2015
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002016Shell not recognized properly if it ends in "csh -f". (James Vega, 2009 Nov 3)
2017Find tail? Might have a / in argument. Find space? Might have space in
2018path.
2019
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002020Test 51 fails when language set to German. (Marco, 2011 Jan 9)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002021Dominique can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002022
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02002023'ambiwidth' should be global-local.
2024
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002025":function f(x) keepjumps" creates a function where every command is executed
2026like it has ":keepjumps" before it.
2027
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002028Coverity: Check if there are new reported defects:
2029https://scan.coverity.com/projects/241
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002030
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002031Problem with editing file in binary mode. (Ingo Krabbe, 2009 Oct 8)
2032
Bram Moolenaar4421d6a2010-08-14 13:33:56 +02002033Display error when 'tabline' that includes a file name with double-width
2034characters. (2010 Aug 14, bootleq)
2035
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002036Problem with stop directory in findfile(). (Adam Simpkins, 2009 Aug 26)
2037
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02002038Using ']' as the end of a range in a pattern requires double escaping:
2039 /[@-\\]] (Andy Wokula, 2011 Jun 28)
2040
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002041For running gvim on a USB stick: avoid the OLE registration. Use a command
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002042line argument -noregister.
2043
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002044When using an expression in 'statusline' leading white space sometimes goes
2045missing (but not always). (ZyX, 2010 Nov 1)
2046
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002047When a mapping exists both for insert mode and lang-insert mode, the last one
2048doesn't work. (Tyru, 2010 May 6) Or is this intended?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002049
2050Still a problem with ":make" in the wrong directory. Caused by ":bufdo".
2051(Ajit Thakkar, 2009 Jul 1) More information Jul 9, Jul 15.
2052Caused by "doautoall syntaxset BufEnter *" in syntax/nosyntax.vim ?
2053There also is a BufLeave/BufEnter aucmd to save/restore view.
2054Does the patch to save/restore globaldir work?
2055
2056":bufdo normal gg" while 'hidden' is set leaves buffers without syntax
2057highlighting. Don't disable Syntax autocommands then? Or add a flag/modifier
2058to avoid changing 'eventignore'?
2059
2060Patch for displaying 0x200c and 0x200d. (Ali Gholami Rudi, 2009 May 6)
2061Probably needs a bit of work.
2062
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002063List of encoding aliases. (Takao Fujiwara, 2009 Jul 18)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002064Are they all OK? Update Jul 22.
2065
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002066Win32: Improved Makefile for MSVC. (Leonardo Valeri Manera, 2010 Aug 18)
2067
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002068Win32: Expanding 'path' runs into a maximum size limit. (bgold12, 2009 Nov 15)
2069
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01002070Win32: Patch for using .png files for icons. (Charles Peacech, 2012 Feb 5)
2071
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02002072Putting a Visual block while 'visualedit' is "all" does not leave the cursor
2073on the first character. (John Beckett, 2010 Aug 7)
2074
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002075Setting 'tags' to "tagsdir/*" does not find "tagsdir/tags". (Steven K. Wong,
20762009 Jul 18)
2077
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002078Patch to add "focusonly" to 'scrollopt', so that scrollbind also applies in
2079window that doesn't have focus. (Jonathon Mah, 2009 Jan 12)
2080Needs more work.
2081
2082Problem with <script> mappings (Andy Wokula, 2009 Mar 8)
2083
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002084When starting Vim with "gvim -f -u non_existent_file > foo.txt" there are a
2085few control characters in the output. (Dale Wiles, 2009 May 28)
2086
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002087'cmdwinheight' is only used in last window when 'winheight' is a large value.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002088(Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Apr 15)
2089
2090Status line containing winnr() isn't updated when splitting the window (Clark
2091J. Wang, 2009 Mar 31)
2092
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002093When $VIMRUNTIME is set in .vimrc, need to reload lang files. Already done
2094for GTK, how about others? (Ron Aaron, 2010 Apr 10)
2095
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002096":tab split fname" doesn't set the alternate file in the original window,
2097because win_valid() always returns FALSE. Below win_new_tabpage() in
2098ex_docmd.c.
2099
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002100Space before comma in function definition not allowed: "function x(a , b)"
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002101Give a more appropriate error message. Add a remark to the docs.
2102
2103string_convert() should be able to convert between utf-8 and utf-16le. Used
2104for GTK clipboard. Avoid requirement for iconv.
2105
2106Now that colnr_T is int instead of unsigned, more type casts can be removed.
2107
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002108Don't load macmap.vim on startup, turn it into a plugin. (Ron Aaron,
21092009 Apr 7) Reminder Apr 14.
2110
2111Add "no_hlsearch" to winsaveview().
2112
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002113Bug: When reloading a buffer changed outside of Vim, BufRead autocommands
2114are applied to the wrong buffer/window. (Ben Fritz, 2009 Apr 2, May 11)
2115Ignore window options when not in the right window?
2116Perhaps we need to use a hidden window for applying autocommands to a buffer
2117that doesn't have a window.
2118
2119When using "ab foo bar" and mapping <Tab> to <Esc>, pressing <Tab> after foo
2120doesn't trigger the abbreviation like <Esc> would. (Ramana Kumar, 2009 Sep 6)
2121
2122getbufvar() to get a window-local option value for a buffer that's not
2123displayed in a window should return the value that's stored for that buffer.
2124
2125":he ctrl_u" can be auto-corrected to ":he ctrl-u".
2126
Bram Moolenaar84f888a2010-08-05 21:40:16 +02002127Diff mode out of sync. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Aug 4)
2128
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002129Win32: completion of file name ":e c:\!test" results in ":e c:\\!test", which
2130does not work. (Nieko Maatjes, 2009 Jan 8, Ingo Karkat, 2009 Jan 22)
2131
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002132opening/closing window causes other window with 'winfixheight' to change
2133height. Also happens when there is another window in the frame, if it's not
Bram Moolenaar2c3b1d92010-07-24 16:58:02 +02002134very high. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2010 Jul 22, Michael Peeters, 2010 Jul 22)
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002135
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002136Using ~ works OK on 'a' with composing char, but not on 0x0418 with composing
2137char 0x0301. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Mar 4)
2138
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02002139This does not work yet: "a\(%C\)" (get composing characters into a submatch).
2140
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002141Inconsistent: starting with $LANG set to es_ES.utf-8 gives Spanish
2142messages, even though locale is not supported. But ":lang messages
2143es_ES.utf-8" gives an error and doesn't switch messages. (Dominique Pelle,
21442009 Jan 26)
2145
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002146When $HOME contains special characters, such as a comma, escape them when used
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002147in an option. (Michael Hordijk, 2009 May 5)
2148Turn "esc" argument of expand_env_esc() into string of chars to be escaped.
2149
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002150Should make 'ignorecase' global-local, so that it makes sense setting it from
2151a modeline.
2152
2153Add cscope target to Makefile. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jun 18, replies by
2154Sergey Khorev)
2155
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002156Completion for ":buf" doesn't work properly on Win32 when 'shellslash' is off.
2157(Henrik Ohman, 2009, Jan 29)
2158
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002159shellescape() depends on 'shellslash' for quoting. That doesn't work when
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002160'shellslash' is set but using cmd.exe. (Ben Fritz)
2161Use a different option or let it depend on whether 'shell' looks like a
2162unix-like shell?
2163
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002164Bug: in Ex mode (after "Q") backslash before line break, when yanked into a
2165register and executed, results in <Nul>: instead of line break.
2166(Konrad Schwarz, 2010 Apr 16)
2167
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002168Have a look at patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Mar 1, Mar 23)
2169Now at: http://vimgadgets.sourceforge.net/liblinebreak/
2170
2171Greek sigma character should be lower cased depending on the context. Can we
2172make this work? (Dominique Pelle, 2009 Sep 24)
2173
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002174When changing 'encoding' convert all the swap file names, so that we can
2175still delete them. Also convert all buffer file names?
2176
2177"gqip" in Insert mode has an off-by-one error, causing it to reflow text.
2178(Raul Coronado, 2009 Nov 2)
2179
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002180MS-Windows: editing the first, empty buffer, 'ffs' set to "unix,dos", ":enew"
2181doesn't set 'ff' to "unix". (Ben Fritz, 2008 Dec 5) Reusing the old buffer
2182probably causes this.
2183
2184'scrollbind' is not respected when deleting lines or undo. (Milan Vancura,
Bram Moolenaar927edbd2010-05-17 22:07:47 +020021852009 Jan 16)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002186
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002187Having "Syntax" in 'eventignore' for :bufdo may cause problems, e.g. for
2188":bufdo e" when buffers are open in windows. ex_listdo(eap) could set the
2189option only for when jumping to another buffer, not when the command argument
2190is executed.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002191
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002192":pedit %" with a BufReadPre autocommand causes the cursor to move to the
2193first line. (Ingo Karkat, 2008 Jul 1) Ian Kelling is working on this.
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02002194Similar problem with ":e". (Marc Montu, 2014 Apr 22)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002195
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002196Cursor line moves in other window when using CTRL-W J that doesn't change
2197anything. (Dasn, 2009 Apr 7)
2198
2199On Unix "glob('does not exist~')" returns the string. Without the "~" it
2200doesn't. (John Little, 2008 Nov 9)
2201Shell expansion returns unexpanded string?
2202Don't use shell when "~" is not at the start?
2203
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002204When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
2205'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though the
2206fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to check for
2207the buffer to be unmodified.
2208Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 11. Followup Jul 14, need to have
2209another look at it.
2210
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002211c.vim: XXX in a comment is colored yellow, but not when it's after "#if 0".
2212(Ilya Dogolazky, 2009 Aug 7)
2213
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002214You can type ":w ++bad=x fname", but the ++bad argument is ignored. Give an
2215error message? Or is this easy to implement? (Nathan Stratton Treadway, 2008
2216Aug 20) This is in ucs2bytes(), search for 0xBF. Using the ++bad argument is
2217at the other match for 0xBF.
2218
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002219When adding "-complete=file" to a user command this also changes how the
2220argument is processed for <f-args>. (Ivan Tishchenko, 2008 Aug 19)
2221
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002222Win32: associating a type with Vim doesn't take care of space after a
2223backslash? (Robert Vibrant, 2008 Jun 5)
2224
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002225When 'rightleft' is set, cursorcolumn isn't highlighted after the end of a
2226line. It's also wrong in folds. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 21)
2227
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002228":help s/~" jumps to *s/\~*, while ":help s/\~" doesn't find anything. (Tim
2229Chase) Fix by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 14.
2230
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002231When mapping : to ; and ; to :, @; doesn't work like @: and @: doesn't work
2232either. Matt Wozniski: nv_at() calls do_execreg() which uses
2233put_in_typebuf(). Char mapped twice?
2234
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002235Despite adding save_subexpr() this still doesn't work properly:
2236Regexp: matchlist('12a4aaa', '^\(.\{-}\)\(\%5c\@<=a\+\)\(.\+\)\?')
2237Returns ['12a4', 'aaa', '4aaa'], should be ['12a4', 'aaa', '']
2238Backreference not cleared when retrying after \@<= fails?
2239(Brett Stahlman, 2008 March 8)
2240
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002241Problem with remote_send(). (Charles Campbell, 2008 Aug 12)
2242
2243ftplugin for help file should set 'isk' to help file value.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002244
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002245Win32: remote editing fails when the current directory name contains "[".
2246(Ivan Tishchenko, Liu Yubao) Suggested patch by Chris Lubinski: Avoid
2247escaping characters where the backslash is not removed later. Asked Chris for
2248an alternate solution, also for src/ex_getln.c.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002249This also fails when the file or directory name contains "%". (Thoml, 2008
2250July 7)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02002251Using --remote-silent while the current directory has a # in the name does not
2252work, the # needs to be escaped. (Tramblay Bruno, 2012 Sep 15)
2253
2254When using remote-silent the -R flag is not passed on. (Axel Bender, 2012 May
225531)
2256
2257Win32: A --remote command that has a directory name starting with a ( doesn't
2258work, the backslash is removed, assuming that it escapes the (. (Valery
2259Kondakoff, 2009 May 13)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002260
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002261Win32: Using "gvim --remote-tab-silent elŝuti.txt" doesn't work, the
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02002262multibyte character isn't passed and edits elsuti.txt.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002263(Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado, 2015 Dec 18)
2264
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002265Problem with CTRL-F. (Charles Campbell, 2008 March 21)
2266Only happens with "gvim -geometry "160x26+4+27" -u NONE -U NONE prop.c".
2267'lines' is 54. (2008 March 27)
2268
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002269Problem with pointer wrapping around in getvcol(). (Wolfgang Kroworsch, 2008
2270Oct 19) Check for "col" being "MAXCOL" separately?
2271
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002272Unexpectedly inserting a double quote. (Anton Woellert, 2008 Mar 23)
2273Works OK when 'cmdheight' is 2.
2274
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +020022758 Use a mechanism similar to omni completion to figure out the kind of tab
2276 for CTRL-] and jump to the appropriate matching tag (if there are
2277 several).
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +02002278
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002279The utf class table is missing some entries:
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01002280 0x2212, minus sign
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002281 0x2217, star
2282 0x2500, bar
2283 0x26ab, circle
2284
2285Visual line mode doesn't highlight properly when 'showbreak' is used and the
2286line doesn't fit. (Dasn, 2008 May 1)
2287
2288GUI: In Normal mode can't yank the modeless selection. Make "gy" do this?
2289Works like CTRL-Y in Command line mode.
2290
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002291C't: On utf-8 system, editing file with umlaut through Gnome results in URL
2292with %nn%nn, which is taken as two characters instead of one.
2293Try to reproduce at work.
2294
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002295Patch for default choice in file changed dialog. (Bjorn Winckler, 2008 Oct 19)
2296Is there a way to list all the files first?
2297
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002298Fail to edit file after failed register access. Error flag remains set?
2299(Lech Lorens, 2010 Aug 30)
2300
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002301Problem with 'ts' set to 9 and 'showbreak' to ">>>". (Matthew Winn, 2007 Oct
23021)
2303
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002304":tab help" always opens a new tab, while ":help" re-uses an existing window.
2305Would be more consistent when an existing tab is re-used. (Tony Mechelynck)
2306
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002307Using Aap to build Vim: add remarks about how to set personal preferences.
2308Example on http://www.calmar.ws/tmp/aap.html
2309
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002310When 'diffopt' has "context:0" a single deleted line causes two folds to merge
2311and mess up syncing. (Austin Jennings, 2008 Jan 31)
2312
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002313Gnome improvements: Edward Catmur, 2007 Jan 7
2314 Also use Save/Discard for other GUIs
2315
2316New PHP syntax file, use it? (Peter Hodge)
2317
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002318":echoe" in catch block stops processing, while this doesn't happen outside of
2319a catch block. (ZyX, 2011 Jun 2)
2320
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002321Test 54 uses shell commands, that doesn't work on non-Unix systems. Use some
2322other way to test buffer-local autocommands.
2323
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002324The documentation mentions the priority for ":2match" and ":3match", but it
2325appears the last one wins. (John Beckett, 2008 Jul 22) Caused by adding
2326matchadd()? Suggested patch by John, 2008 Jul 24.
2327
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002328When 'encoding' is utf-8 the command line is redrawn as a whole on every
2329character typed. (Tyler Spivey, 2008 Sep 3) Only redraw cmdline for
2330'arabicshape' when there is a character on the command line for which
2331(ARABIC_CHAR(u8c)) is TRUE.
2332
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002333Cheng Fang made javacomplete. (2007 Aug 11)
2334Asked about latest version: 0.77.1 is on www.vim.org.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002335
2336More AmigaOS4 patches. (Peter Bengtsson, Nov 9)
2337
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002338Amiga patches with vbcc. (Adrien Destugues, 2010 Aug 30)
2339http://pulkomandy.ath.cx/drop/vim73_vbcc_amiga.diff
2340
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002341Problem with compound words? (Bert, 2008 May 6)
2342No warning for when flags are defined after they are used in an affix.
2343
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002344Screen redrawing when continuously updating the buffer and resizing the
2345terminal. (Yakov Lerner, 2006 Sept 7)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002346
2347Add option settings to help ftplugin. (David Eggum, 2006 Dec 18)
2348
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002349Autoconf problem: when checking for iconv library we may add -L/usr/local/lib,
2350but when compiling further tests -liconv is added without the -L argument,
2351that may fail (e.g., sizeof(int)). (Blaine, 2007 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002352
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002353Problem with ".add" files when using two languages and restarting Vim. (Raul
2354Coronado, 2008 Oct 30)
2355
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002356Popup menu redraw: Instead of first redrawing the text and then drawing the
2357popup menu over it, first draw the new popup menu, remember its position and
2358size and then redraw the text, skipping the characters under the popup menu.
2359This should avoid flicker. Other solution by A.Politz, 2007 Aug 22.
2360
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002361When the file name has parenthesis, e.g., "foo (bar).txt", ":!ls '%'" has the
2362parenthesis escaped but not the space. That's inconsistent. Either escape
2363neither or both. No escaping might be best, because it doesn't depend on
2364particularities of the shell. (Zvi Har'El, 2007 Nov 10) (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2365Jun 3)
2366However, for backwards compatibility escaping might be necessary. Check if
2367the user put quotes around the expanded item?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002368
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002369A throw in a function causes missing an endif below the call. (Spiros
2370Bousbouras, 2011 May 16)
2371
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002372Error E324 can be given when a cron script has wiped out our temp directory.
2373Give a clear error message about this (and tell them not to wipe out /tmp).
2374
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002375Color for cUserLabel should differ from case label, so that a mistake in a
2376switch list is noticed:
2377 switch (i)
2378 {
2379 case 1:
2380 foobar:
2381 }
2382
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002383Look at http://www.gtk-server.org/ . It has a Vim script implementation.
2384
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002385Netbeans problem. Use "nc -l 127.0.0.1 55555" for the server, then run gvim
2386with "gvim -nb:localhost:55555:foo". From nc do: '1:editFile!0 "foo"'. Then
2387go to Insert mode and add a few lines. Then backspacing every other time
2388moves the cursor instead of deleting. (Chris Kaiser, 2007 Sep 25)
2389
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002390Windows installer could add a "open in new tab of existing Vim" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002391GvimExt: patch to add "Edit with single Vim &tabbed" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002392Just have two choices, always using one Vim and selecting between using an
2393argument list or opening each file in a separate tab.
2394(Erik Falor, 2008 May 21, 2008 Jun 26)
2395
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002396Windows installer: licence text should not use indent, causes bad word wrap.
2397(Benjamin Fritz, 2010 Aug 16)
2398
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002399Changes for Win32 makefile. (Mike Williams, 2007 Jan 22, Alexei Alexandrov,
24002007 Feb 8)
2401
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002402Win32: Can't complete shell command names. Why is setting xp_context in
2403set_one_cmd_context() inside #ifndef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002404
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002405Win32: Patch for cscope external command. (Mike Williams, 2007 Aug 7)
2406
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002407Win32: XPM support only works with path without spaces. Patch by Mathias
2408Michaelis, 2006 Jun 9. Another patch for more path names, 2006 May 31.
2409New version: http://members.tcnet.ch/michaelis/vim/patches.zip (also for other
2410patches by Mathias, see mail Feb 22)
2411
2412Win32: compiling with normal features and OLE fails. Patch by Mathias
2413Michaelis, 2006 Jun 4.
2414
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002415Win32: using CTRL-S in Insert mode doesn't remove the "+" from the tab pages
Bram Moolenaared39e1d2008-08-09 17:55:22 +00002416label. (Tsakiridis, 2007 Feb 18) Patch from Ian Kelling, 2008 Aug 6.
2417
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002418Win32: using "gvim --remote-tab-silent fname" sometimes gives an empty screen
2419with the more prompt. Caused by setting the guitablabel? (Thomas Michael
2420Engelke, 2007 Dec 20 - 2008 Jan 17)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002421
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002422Win32: patch for fullscreen mode. (Liushaolin, 2008 April 17)
2423
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002424Win32: When 'shell' is bash shellescape() doesn't always do the right thing.
2425Depends on 'shellslash', 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote', but shellescape()
2426only takes 'shellslash' into account.
2427
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002428Menu item that does "xxd -r" doesn't work when 'fileencoding' is utf-16.
2429Check for this and use iconv? (Edward L. Fox, 2007 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002430Does the conversion in the other direction work when 'fileencodings' is set
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002431properly?
2432
2433Cursor displayed in the wrong position when using 'numberwidth'. (James Vega,
24342007 Jun 21)
2435
2436When $VAR contains a backslash expand('$VAR') removes it. (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2437Jun 18)
2438
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002439C++ indenting wrong with "=". (James Kanze, 2007 Jan 26)
2440
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002441":lockvar" should use copyID to avoid endless loop.
2442
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002443When using --remote-silent and the file name matches 'wildignore' get an E479
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002444error. without --remote-silent it works fine. (Ben Fritz, 2008 Jun 20)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002445
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002446GVim: dialog for closing Vim should check if Vim is busy writing a file. Then
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002447use a different dialog: "busy saving, really quit? yes / no".
2448
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002449Check other interfaces for changing curbuf in a wrong way. Patch like for
2450if_ruby.c.
2451
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002452":helpgrep" should use the directory from 'helpfile'.
2453
2454The need_fileinfo flag is messy. Instead make the message right away and put
2455it in keep_msg?
2456
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002457Editing a file remotely that matches 'wildignore' results in a "no match"
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002458error. Should only happen when there are wildcards, not when giving the file
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002459name literally, and esp. if there is only one name.
2460
Bram Moolenaar1423b9d2006-05-07 15:16:06 +00002461Test 61 fails sometimes. This is a timing problem: "sleep 2" sometimes takes
2462longer than 2 seconds.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002463
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002464Using ":au CursorMoved * cmd" invokes mch_FullName(), which can be slow.
2465Can this be avoided? (Thomas Waba, 2008 Aug 24)
2466Also for ":w" without a file name.
2467The buffer has the full path in ffname, should pass this to the autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002468
2469"vim -C" often has 'nocompatible', because it's set in some startup script.
2470Set 'compatible' after startup is done? Patch by James Vega, 2008 Feb 7.
2471
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002472VMS: while editing a file found in complex, Vim will save file into the first
2473directory of the path and not to the original location of the file.
2474(Zoltan Arpadffy)
2475
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002476VMS: VFC files are in some cases truncated during reading (Zoltan Arpadffy)
2477
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002478input() completion should not insert a backslash to escape a space in a file
2479name?
2480
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002481Ruby completion is insecure. Can this be fixed?
2482
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002483When 'backupskip' is set from $TEMP special characters need to be escaped.
2484(patch by Grembowietz, 2007 Feb 26, not quite right)
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01002485Another problem is that file_pat_to_reg_pat() doesn't recognize "\\", so "\\("
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002486will be seen as a path separator plus "\(".
2487
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002488gvim d:\path\path\(FILE).xml should not remove the \ before the (.
2489This also fails with --remote.
2490
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002491When doing ":quit" the Netbeans "killed" event isn't sent. (Xavier de Gaye,
24922008 Nov 10) call netbeans_file_closed() at the end of buf_freeall(), or in
2493all places where buf_freeall() is called?
2494
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002495aucmd_prepbuf() should also use a window in another tab page.
2496
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002497When unloading a buffer in a BufHidden autocommand the hidden flag is reset?
2498(Bob Hiestand, 2008 Aug 26, Aug 27)
2499
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002500Substituting an area with a line break with almost the same area does change
2501the Visual area. Can this be fixed? (James Vega, 2006 Sept 15)
2502
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002503GUI: When combining fg en bg make sure they are not equal.
2504
2505Use different pt_br dictionary for spell checking. (Jackson A. Aquino, 2006
2506Jun 5)
2507
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002508Use different romanian dictionary for spell checking. (Andrei Popescu, Nov
25092008) Use http://downloads.sourceforge.net/rospell/ro_RO.3.2.zip
2510Or the hunspell-ro.3.2.tar.gz file, it also has a iso-8859-2 list.
2511
2512In a C file with spell checking, in "% integer" "nteger" is seen as an error,
2513but "]s" doesn't find it. "nteger" by itself is found. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008
2514Jul 22)
2515
2516There should be something about spell checking in the user manual.
2517
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002518Add an option to specify the character to use when a double-width character is
2519moved to the next line. Default '>', set to a space to blank it out. Check
2520that char is single width when it's set (compare with 'listchars').
2521
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002522The generated vim.bat can avoid the loop for NT. (Carl Zmola, 2006 Sep 3)
2523
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002524When showing a diff between a non-existent file and an existing one, with the
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002525cursor in the empty buffer, the other buffer only shows the last line. Change
2526the "insert" into a change from one line to many? (Yakov Lerner, 2008 May 27)
2527
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002528These two abbreviations don't give the same result:
2529 let asdfasdf = "xyz\<Left>"
2530 cabbr XXX <C-R>=asdfasdf<CR>
2531 cabbr YYY xyz<Left>
2532
2533Michael Dietrich: maximized gvim sometimes displays output of external command
2534partly. (2006 Dec 7)
2535
2536In FileChangedShell command it's no longer allowed to switch to another
2537buffer. But the changed buffer may differ from the current buffer, how to
2538reload it then?
2539
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002540For Aap: include a config.arg.example file with hints how to use config.arg.
2541
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01002542Default for 'background' is wrong when using xterm with 256 colors.
2543Table with estimates from Matteo Cavalleri, 2014 Jan 10.
2544
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002545Setting 'background' resets the Normal background color:
2546 highlight Normal ctermbg=DarkGray
2547 set background=dark
2548This is undesired, 'background' is supposed to tell Vim what the background
2549color is, not reset it.
2550
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002551Completion menu: For a wrapping line, completing a long file name, only the
2552start of the path is shown in the menu. Should move the menu to the right to
2553show more text of the completions. Shorten the items that don't fit in the
2554middle?
2555
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002556Accessing file#var in a function should not need the g: prepended.
2557
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002558When exiting detects a modified buffer, instead of opening the buffer in the
2559current tab, use an existing tab, if possible. Like finding a window where
2560the buffer is displayed. (Antonios Tsakiridis)
2561
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002562When ":cn" moves to an error in the same line the message isn't shortened.
2563Only skip shortening for ":cc"?
2564
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002565Problem with ":call" and dictionary function. Hari Krishna Dara, Charles
2566Campbell 2006 Jul 06.
2567
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002568A custom completion function in a ":command" cannot be a Funcref. (Andy
2569Wokula, 2007 Aug 25)
2570
2571Problem with using :redir in user command completion function? (Hari Krishna
2572Dara, 2006 June 21)
2573
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002574Another resizing problem when setting 'columns' and 'lines' to a very large
2575number. (Tony Mechelynck, 2007 Feb 6)
2576
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002577After starting Vim, using '0 to jump somewhere in a file, ":sp" doesn't center
2578the cursor line. It works OK after some other commands.
2579
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002580Win32: Is it possible to have both postscript and Win32 printing?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002581
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002582Problem with 'cdpath' on MS-Windows when a directory is equal to $HOME. (2006
2583Jul 26, Gary Johnson)
2584
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002585Using UTF-8 character with ":command" does not work properly. (Matt Wozniski,
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010025862008 Sep 29)
2587
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002588In the Netbeans interface add a "vimeval" function, so that the other side can
2589check the result of has("patch13").
2590
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002591Cursor line at bottom of window instead of halfway after saving view and
2592restoring. Only with 'nowrap'. (Robert Webb, 2008 Aug 25)
2593
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002594Netrw has trouble executing autocommands only for a directory. Add <isdir>
2595and <notisdir> to autocommand patterns? Also <isfile>?
2596
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002597Add command modifier that skips wildcard expansion, so that you don't need to
2598put backslashes before special chars, only for white space.
2599
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002600In mswin.vim: Instead of mapping <C-V> for Insert mode in a complicated way,
2601can it be done like ":imap <C-V> <MiddleMouse>" without negative side effects?
2602
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002603When right after "vim file", "M" then CTRL-W v the windows are scrolled
2604differently and unexpectedly. Caused by patch 7.2.398?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002605
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002606The magic clipboard format "VimClipboard2" appears in several places. Should
2607be only one.
2608
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02002609Win32, NTFS: When editing a specific infostream directly and 'backupcopy' is
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002610"auto" should detect this situation and work like 'backupcopy' is "yes". File
2611name is something like "c:\path\foo.txt:bar", includes a colon. (Alex
2612Jakushev, 2008 Feb 1)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002613
2614Small problem displaying diff filler line when opening windows with a script.
2615(David Luyer, 2007 Mar 1 ~/Mail/oldmail/mool/in.15872 )
2616
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002617Is it allowed that 'backupext' is empty? Problems when backup is in same dir
2618as original file? If it's OK don't compare with 'patchmode'. (Thierry Closen)
2619
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002620Patch for adding ":lscscope". (Navdeep Parhar, 2007 Apr 26; update 2008 Apr
262123)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002622
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002623":mkview" isn't called with the right buffer argument. Happens when using
2624tabs and the autocommand "autocmd BufWinLeave * mkview". (James Vega, 2007
2625Jun 18)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002626
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002627When completing from another file that uses a different encoding completion
2628text has the wrong encoding. E.g., when 'encoding' is utf-8 and file is
2629latin1. Example from Gombault Damien, 2007 Mar 24.
2630
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002631In gvim the backspace key produces a backspace character, but on Linux the
2632VERASE key is Delete. Set VERASE to Backspace? (patch by Stephane Chazelas,
26332007 Oct 16)
2634
2635TermResponse autocommand isn't always triggered when using vimdiff. (Aron
2636Griffis, 2007 Sep 19)
2637
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002638Create a gvimtutor.1 file and change Makefiles to install it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002639
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002640When 'encoding' is utf-8 typing text at the end of the line causes previously
2641typed characters to be redrawn. Caused by patch 7.1.329. (Tyler Spivey, 2008
2642Sep 3, 11)
2643
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002644":vimgrep" does not recognize a recursive symlink. Is it possible to detect
2645this, at least for Unix (using device/inode)?
2646
2647When switching between windows the cursor is often put in the middle.
2648Remember the relative position and restore that, just like lnum and col are
2649restored. (Luc St-Louis)
2650
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02002651Add an option for a minimal text length before inserting a line break for
2652'textwidth'. Avoids very short lines when a very long word follows.
2653(Kartik Agaram)
2654
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002655
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002656Better plugin support (not plugin manager, see elsewhere for that):
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002657- Avoid use of feedkeys, add eval functions where needed:
2658 - manipulating the Visual selection?
2659- Add createmark(): add a mark like mM, but return a unique ID. Need some way
2660 to clean them up again... Use a name + the script ID.
2661 Add createmark( , 'c') to track inserts/deletes before the column.
2662- Plugins need to make a lot of effort, lots of mappings, to know what
2663 happened before pressing the key that triggers a plugin action. How about
2664 keeping the last N pressed keys, so that they do not need to be mapped?
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01002665- equivalent of netbeans_beval_cb(). With an autocommand?
2666- Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002667
2668
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002669More patches:
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02002670- Another patch for Javascript indenting. (Hari Kumar, 2010 Jul 11)
2671 Needs a few tests.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002672- Add 'cscopeignorecase' option. (Liang Wenzhi, 2006 Sept 3)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002673- Extra argument to strtrans() to translate special keys to their name (Eric
2674 Arnold, 2006 May 22)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002675- Mac: indicate whether a buffer was modified. (Nicolas Weber, 2006 Jun 30)
2676- Allow negative 'nrwidth' for left aligning. (Nathan Laredo, 2006 Aug 16)
2677- ml_append_string(): efficiently append to an existing line. (Brad
2678 Beveridge, 2006 Aug 26) Use in some situations, e.g., when pasting a
2679 character at a time?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002680- recognize hex numbers better. (Mark Manning, 2006 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002681- Add <AbbrExpand> key, to expand an abbreviation in a mapping. (Kana
2682 Natsuno, 2008 Jul 17)
2683- Add 'wspara' option, also accept blank lines like empty lines for "{" and
2684 "}". (Mark Lundquist, 2008 Jul 18)
2685- Patch to add CTRL-T to delete part of a path on cmdline. (Adek, 2008 Jul
2686 21)
2687- Instead of creating a copy of the tutor in all the shell scripts, do it in
2688 vimtutor.vim. (Jan Minar, 2008 Jul 20)
2689- When fsync() fails there is no hint about what went wrong. Patch by Ben
2690 Schmidt, 2008 Jul 22.
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +02002691- testdir/Make_dos_sh.mak for running tests with MingW. (Bill McCarthy, 2008
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002692 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02002693- Replace ccomplete.vim by cppcomplete.vim from www.vim.org? script 1520 by
2694 Vissale Neang. (Martin Stubenschrott) Asked Vissale to make the scripts
2695 more friendly for the Vim distribution.
2696 New version received 2008 Jan 6.
2697 No maintenance in two years...
Bram Moolenaar5aae4192010-08-03 23:00:38 +02002698- Patch to open dropped files in new tabs. (Michael Trim, 2010 Aug 3)
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002699
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002700Awaiting updated patches:
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +000027019 Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung, Eckehard Berns):
2702 8 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
2703 New patch 2004 Jun 16
2704 - selecting proportional font breaks display
2705 - UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
2706 - Command-key mappings do not work. (Alan Schmitt)
2707 - With 'nopaste' pasting is wrong, with 'paste' Command-V doesn't work.
2708 (Alan Schmitt)
2709 - remove 'macatsui' option when this has been fixed.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002710 - when 'macatsui' is off should we always convert to "macroman" and ignore
2711 'termencoding'?
Bram Moolenaar76b92b22006-03-24 22:46:53 +000027129 HTML indenting can be slow. Caused by using searchpair(). Can search()
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002713 be used instead? A.Politz is looking into a solution.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000027148 Win32: Add minidump generation. (George Reilly, 2006 Apr 24)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000027157 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
2716 Update 2004 Sep 6.
2717 How does this work? Missing comments.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000027188 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00002719 (28 feb 2002). Will mess the translations...
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +020027207 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it" appears
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002721 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
2722- Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02002723 for multibyte characters.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002724- Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
2725- Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
2726 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
2727 been given values.
2728 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000027297 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
2730 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
2731- Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
2732 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
2733 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002734 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
2735 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
2736 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
2737 (2003 May 13)
2738 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
2739 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002740 taglist() add argument to specify maximum number of matches.
2741 useful for interactive things or completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002742 col('^') column of first non-white character.
2743 Can use "len(substitute(getline('.'), '\S.*', '', ''))
2744 + 1", but that's ugly.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000027457 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
2746 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000027477 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
2748 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +000027498 Option to lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +02002750 (unencrypted). Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23. Uses mlock.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000027517 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
27528 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
2753 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
27547 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
2755 Kotchan has a patch for it)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000027567 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
2757- findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
2758 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
2759 incomplete patch Mar 18)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002760- For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
2761 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
2762- Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01002763- Patch for redo register. (Ben Schmidt, 2007 Oct 19)
2764 Await response to question to make the register writable.
2765
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002766
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +02002767Better 'rightleft' or BIDI support:
2768- Minimal Vi with bidi support: https://github.com/aligrudi/neatvi
2769 By Ali Gholami Rudi, also worked on arabic.c
2770
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +02002771
2772Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaar71b6d332022-09-10 13:13:14 +01002773- List of common misspellings in English:
2774 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lists_of_common_misspellings/For_machines
2775 German:
2776 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Liste_von_Tippfehlern/F%C3%BCr_Maschinen
2777 There are other languages.
Bram Moolenaar48c3f4e2022-08-08 15:42:38 +01002778- [s does not find missing capital at start of the line. #10838
2779 Probably because the dot at the end of the previous line isn't seen.
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +02002780- When 'cursorline' is set and the first word should have SpellCap
2781 highlighting, redrawing the line removes it when moving the cursor away
2782 from the line. (#7085) Would need to inspect the end of the previous line
2783 and update "capcol_lnum" and "cap_col".
2784- Mixup of highlighting when there is a match and SpellBad. (ZyX, 2015 Jan 1)
2785- Spell files use a latin single quote. Unicode also has another single
2786 quote: 0x2019. (Ron Aaron, 2014 Apr 4)
2787 New OpenOffice spell files support this with ICONV. But they are not
2788 compatible with Vim spell files. The old files can no longer be
2789 downloaded.
2790- Add a feature to only consider two spaces after a dot to start a new
2791 sentence. Don't give the capitalization error when there is one space.
2792- Add a way to specify punctuation characters. Add the superscript numbers
2793 by default: 0x2070, 0xb9, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0x2074 - 0x2079.
2794- In popup menu: If the only problem is the case of the first character,
2795 don't offer "ignore" and "add to word list".
2796- Spell menu: When using the Popup menu to select a replacement word,
2797 ":spellrepeat" doesn't work. SpellReplace() uses setline(). Can it use
2798 "z=" somehow? Or use a new function.
2799
2800
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01002801Quickfix/Location List:
2802- Window size is wrong when using quickfix window. (Lifepillar, 2018 Aug 24,
2803 #2999)
2804- When using CTRL-W CR in the quickfix window, the jumplist in the opened
2805 window is cleared, to avoid going back to the list of errors buffer (would
2806 have two windows with it). Can we just remove the jump list entries for
2807 the quickfix buffer?
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01002808- When an item in the quickfix list has a file name that does not exist,
2809 behave like the item was not a match for :cnext.
2810- When adding an item to a new quickfix list make ":cnext" jump to that
2811 item. Make a difference being at the first item and not having used
2812 :cnext at all. (Afanasiy Fet, 2017 Jan 3)
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01002813- When opening quickfix window, disable spell checking?
2814- Patch for supporting count before CR in quickfix window. (AOYAMA Shotaro,
2815 2007 Jan 1)
2816- Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
2817 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
2818- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
2819 errors. How do we get the rest?
28208 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
2821 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
2822 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
2823 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
28247 Add a command that goes back to the position from before jumping to the
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02002825 first quickfix location.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002826
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002827Vi incompatibility:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002828- Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
2829 Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028308 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
2831 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
2832 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
2833 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
2834 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
2835 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028368 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
2837 make Vim exit.
28387 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
2839 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
2840 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
28418 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
2842 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
2843 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
28446 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
2845 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
2846 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
28478 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
2848 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
2849 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
2850 names in one buffer???
2851 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
2852 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
2853 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
28547 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
2855 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
2856 command was one command.
Bram Moolenaareaa48e72005-06-08 22:07:37 +00002857 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
2858 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028597 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
2860 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
28617 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028627 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
2863 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
2864 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
2865 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
28667 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
28677 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
28687 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
2869 to the match with the tag? Option?
28707 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
28717 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
2872 (Sayre).
28737 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
2874 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028757 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
2876 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
2877 match. Nvi can do it too.
28787 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
2879 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
2880 line 1\ line 2\\
2881 line 2\ line 3\\
2882 . line4/
28836 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
2884 the way the shell is started?
28856 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
2886 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
2887
2888
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01002889GTK+ GUI:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000028909 Crash with X command server over ssh. (Ciaran McCreesh, 2006 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028918 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
2892 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
2893 creating a label?
Bram Moolenaar6e7c7f32005-08-24 22:16:11 +000028948 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters are sometimes not drawn properly.
2895 Depends on the font size, "monospace 13" has the problem. Vim seems to do
2896 everything right, must be a GTK bug. Is there a way to work around it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028979 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
2898 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
2899 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
2900 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
Bram Moolenaare580b0c2006-03-21 21:33:03 +00002901- Gnome2: When moving the toolbar out of the dock, so that it becomes
2902 floating, it can no longer be moved. Therefore making it float has been
2903 blocked for now.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01002904- Mapping with partial match not executed properly in GTK. (Ingo Karkat,
2905 #7082)
2906- Add more testing of the GTK GUI.
2907 - gtk_test_widget_click() can be used to simulate a click in a widget.
2908- Tests failing for "make testgui" with GTK:
2909 - Test_setbufvar_options()
2910 - Test_exit_callback_interval()
2911- When adding a timer from 'balloonexpr' it won't fire, because
2912 g_main_context_iteration() doesn't return. Need to trigger an event when
2913 the timer expires.
2914- problem with 'L' in 'guioptions' changing the window width. (Aaron
2915 Cornelius, 2012 Feb 6)
2916- Patch to invert characters differently in GTK. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2013
2917 May 5)
2918- drawing a double-width combining character over single-width characters
2919 doesn't look right. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 8)
2920- tear-off menu does not work. (Kurt Sonnenmoser, 2010 Oct 25)
2921- Patch for GTK buttons X1Mouse and X2Mouse. (Christian J. Robinson, 2010
2922 Aug 9)
2923- When setting 'columns' in a startup script and doing ":vertical diffsplit"
2924 the window isn't redrawn properly, see two vertical bars.
2925- when the Tab pages bar appears or disappears while the window is maximized
2926 the window is no longer maximized. Patch that has some idea but doesn't
2927 work from Geoffrey Antos, 2008 May 5. Also: the window may no longer fit
2928 on the screen, thus the command line is not visible.
2929- Patch to support horizontal scroll wheel in GTK. Untested. (Bjorn
2930 Winckler, 2010 Jun 30)
Bram Moolenaare580b0c2006-03-21 21:33:03 +00002931
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002932
2933Win32 GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002934- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
2935 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029368 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
2937 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
2938 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029396 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
2940 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000029418 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
2942 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
2943 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029447 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
2945 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
2946 to use an opaque background in most places?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029477 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
2948 2004 May 9)
29498 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
2950 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
2951 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
2952 MS-Windows 98?
2953 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
2954 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
2955 file: Window moves with the cursor!
2956 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029578 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
2958 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
2959 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
2960 doesn't work properly.
29618 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
2962 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
2963 appears in the right position. (Webb)
29649 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
2965 button doesn't give popup menu.
2966 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
2967 selection.
2968 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
2969 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
2970 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
29718 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
2972 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
2973 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
2974 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
29758 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
2976 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
2977 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029787 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
2979 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
Bram Moolenaar4463f292005-09-25 22:20:24 +00002980 scroll?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029817 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
2982 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029836 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
29848 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
2985 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
2986 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
29878 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
2988 know which keyboard is being used?
29897 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
2990 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
2991 area (Koloseike).
29928 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
2993 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
2994 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
2995 the font name).
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01002996- When running a fast timer, the cursor no longer blinks. Was reported:
2997 cursor blinks in terminal on widows with a timer. (xtal8, #2142)
2998- Last message from startup doesn't show up when there is an echoerr
2999 command. (Cyril Slobin, 2009 Mar 13)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003000
3001
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01003002Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000030036 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
3004 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
3005 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
3006 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
3007 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030089 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
3009 required and it's missing?
30108 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
3011 wrong.
30129 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
3013 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +010030149 XIM doesn't work properly for Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003015 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
3016 flag.
30178 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
3018 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
3019 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
30208 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
30216 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
3022 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
3023 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
3024 the tooltips work though...
30257 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
3026 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
30278 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
3028 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
3029 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
3030
3031
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003032Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02003033- gui_mch_browsedir() is missing, browsedir() doesn't work nicely.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030347 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
3035 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030368 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
3037 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
3038 (Phillipps)
3039
3040
3041GUI:
30429 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
3043 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
30449 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +00003045 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003046 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
30479 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
3048 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030498 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
3050 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
3051 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
30528 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
3053 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
3054 of where it is processing the output.
3055 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
30568 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
3057 doesn't work.
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +010030588 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000030598 When translating menus ignore the part after the Tab, the shortcut. So
3060 that the same menu item with a different shortcut (e.g., for the Mac) are
3061 still translated.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020030628 Add menu separators for Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030638 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
3064 browse().
30658 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
3066 use that code? Or use console dialog.
30678 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
3068 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000030697 More features in the find/replace dialog:
3070 - regexp on/off
3071 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
3072 when all buffers/directory is used:
3073 - filter for file name
3074 when directory is used:
3075 - subdirectory on/off
3076 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030778 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
3078 to avoid problems.
30798 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
3080 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
3081 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
30828 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
3083 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
3084 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
30858 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
3086 up. Set erase character somehow?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030878 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
30887 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
3089 visible.
30907 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
3091 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
30927 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
3093 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
30948 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
3095 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
30968 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
3097 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
3098 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
3099 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
3100- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
31014 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
3102 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
3103 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
3104
3105
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01003106Win32 console:
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000031078 Should $USERPROFILE be preferred above $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH? No, but it's
3108 a good fallback, thus use:
3109 $HOME
3110 $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH
3111 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE);
3112 $USERPROFILE
3113 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, FALSE);
3114 $ALLUSERSPROFILE
3115 $SYSTEMDRIVE\
3116 C:\
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031178 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
3118 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
31198 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
3120 Should work like in the GUI version.
31218 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
3122 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
31238 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
3124 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
31258 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
3126 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
3127 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031288 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
3129 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
3130 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
3131
3132
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003133Win32 console:
31349 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
3135 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
3136 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
3137 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
3138 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
3139 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
3140 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
3141 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
3142 and the file is not saved.
3143 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
3144 long name.
31458 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
3146 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
31477 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
3148 besides the console.
31498 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
31509 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
3151 <C-S-i>?
31529 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
3153 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
31548 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
3155 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003156
3157
3158Amiga:
31598 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
3160 sequences.
31619 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
3162 backslashes in result.
31638 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
3164 all options, using white space separation.
3165
3166
3167Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003168- GUI: gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031697 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
3170 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
3171 (Jack)
3172 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000031738 inputdialog() doesn't resize when giving more text lines. (David Fishburn,
3174 2006 Sept 28)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031758 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
31768 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
31779 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
3178 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031799 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003180- Build problem with small features on Mac OS X 10.6. (Rainer, 2011 Jan 24)
3181- Version of netbeans.c for use with MacVim. (Kazuki Sakamoto, 2010 Nov 18)
3182- Mac with X11: clipboard doesn't work properly. (Raf, 2010 Aug 16)
3183- Move Carbon todo items to os_mac.txt. Note that this version is frozen,
3184 try the Cocoa version.
3185- After a ":vsplit" the left scrollbar doesn't appear until 'columns' is
3186 changed or the window is resized.
3187- Patch for configure: remove arch from ruby link args. (Knezevic, 2008 Mar
3188 5) Alternative: Kazuki Sakamoto, Mar 7.
3189- trouble compiling with Motif, requires --disable-darwin. (Raf, 2008 Aug 1)
3190 Reply by Ben Schmidt.
3191- Using gvim: netrw window disappears. (Nick Lo, 2006 Jun 21)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003192
3193
3194"Small" problems:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003195- When using e_secure in do_one_cmd() mention the command being executed,
3196 otherwise it's not clear where it comes from.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +000031979 For Turkish vim_tolower() and vim_toupper() also need to use utf_
3198 functions for characters below 0x80. (Sertacyildiz)
Bram Moolenaarc93b83a2006-04-29 22:02:36 +000031999 When the last edited file is a help file, using '0 in a new Vim doesn't
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003200 edit the file as a help file. 'filetype' is OK, but 'iskeyword' isn't,
3201 file isn't readonly, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032028 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
3203 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
3204 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +00003205 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032067 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
3207 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
32088 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
3209 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
3210 for redirection.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032117 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
3212 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003213- Could the hit-enter prompt be avoided when a message only overlaps the
3214 'showcmd' area? Clear that area when the next cmd is typed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032158 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
3216 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
3217 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
3218 using the horizontal scrollbar.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032198 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
3220 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
32218 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
3222 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
3223 UnxUtils.zip archive.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01003224 Is it better than what we have in src/tee?
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000032258 When doing Insert mode completion a mapping cannot recursively call
3226 edit(), because the completion information is global. Put everything in
3227 an allocated structure?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032287 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
3229 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
3230 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
3231 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032327 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
3233 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
3234 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
32357 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
3236 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
3237 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
32387 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
3239 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032407 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
3241 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032429 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
3243 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
3244 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
3245 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
3246 script can be called.
32478 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
3248 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
3249 works.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032508 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
3251 CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000032528 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003253 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
3254 configurable?
32558 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032568 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
3257 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020032588 Should allow multibyte characters for the delimiter: ":s+a+b+" where "+"
3259 is a multibyte character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032608 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
3261 always written, even when the original file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032629 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
3263 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
3264 written.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032657 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032668 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
3267 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
3268 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000032698 Also store the line number with the script ID and use it for ":verbose",
3270 so that "set nocompatible" is found when it changes other option values.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003271 When an option is set indirectly mention the command? E.g. when
3272 ":diffsplit" sets 'foldmethod'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032738 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
3274 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
32759 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
3276 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
3277 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003278 one. Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 July 14.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032797 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
3280 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032817 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
3282 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
3283 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
3284 direction, not horizontally?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032858 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003286 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
3287 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
3288 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
3289 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003290 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
3291 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +00003292 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02003293 - Should interpret CTRL-L as a page break.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003294 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
3295 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
3296 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
3297 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
3298 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032998 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
3300 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
33018 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
3302 in lines that don't extend into the block?
33038 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
3304 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
3305 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
33068 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
3307 'linebreak'.
33088 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
3309 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
3310 (Helmut Stiegler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033119 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
3312 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
3313 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
3314 'magic' in history. (Margo)
33159 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
3316 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033179 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
33189 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
3319 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
3320 cause another redraw, etc.
33218 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
3322 must escape special characters in the pattern.
33238 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
3324 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
3325 ":w!!" for that.
3326 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
3327 restore file to readonly afterwards.
Bram Moolenaar04a09c12005-08-01 22:02:32 +00003328 Overwriting a file for which a swap file exists is similar issue.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033297 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
3330 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
3331 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
3332 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
3333 clipboard)
33347 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
3335 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
3336 Waggoner)
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000033376 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
3338 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
3339 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033408 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
3341 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
33428 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
3343 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
3344 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
33458 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
3346 (e.g., ":w").
33478 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
3348 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033498 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
3350 script in do_cmdline().
33518 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
3352 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
3353 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
3354 changes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033558 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
3356 to skip catch_signals()?
33579 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
3358 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
3359 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
3360 text?
33618 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
3362 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
33638 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
3364 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
33659 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
3366 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
3367 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
3368 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
3369 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
33707 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
3371 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
3372 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
3373 in the list?
33748 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
3375 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
3376 instead of on button down.
33778 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033788 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
3379 character is typed.
33808 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
3381 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
33828 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
3383 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
33848 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
3385 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
3386 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
3387 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
3388 cygwin bash.
33897 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
3390 Remember flags for backreferences.
33917 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
3392 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
33937 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
3394 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
33958 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
3396 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
33977 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
3398 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033997 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
3400 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
3401 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
34027 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
3403 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003404
3405
3406I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
34079 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
3408 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
3409 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003410
3411
3412Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaara93fa7e2006-04-17 22:14:47 +00003413- GTK: when using the popup menu with spelling suggestions and releasing the
3414 right mouse button before the menu appears selecting an item with the
3415 right mouse button has no effect. GTK does not produce an event for this.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003416- GTK 2: Cannot use the file selector. When using it many things become
3417 slow. This is caused by some code in GTK that writes
3418 ~/.recently-used.xbel every time an event is handled. It assumes the main
3419 loop is never quit, which is a wrong assumption. Also, it overwrites the
3420 file with different file permissions, which is a privacy issue. This
3421 needs to be fixed in GTK. A solution in Vim would be really complicated.
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02003422 (2008 Jul 31) This appears to be fixed in Vim 7.3.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003423- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
3424 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003425 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003426 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
3427 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
3428 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003429- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
3430 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
3431 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
3432 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
3433 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
3434- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
3435 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
3436 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
3437- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
3438 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003439- Win32 tcl: has("tcl") hangs when the tcl84.dll is from cygwin.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003440- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
3441 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
3442 character gets the highlighting.
3443- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
3444 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
3445- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
3446 (Jennings)
3447- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003448- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003449- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003450 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003451- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
3452 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
3453 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
3454- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
3455 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
3456 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
3457 (Benzinger).
3458- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
3459 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
3460 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
3461- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
3462 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
3463- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
3464 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
3465- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
3466 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
3467 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
3468 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
3469 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
3470 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
3471- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
3472 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
3473 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01003474- Win32, MS-Windows: expanding plugin/**/*.vim also picks up
3475 dir/ctags.vim,v. This is because the short file name is something like
3476 "ctags~1.vim" and that matches the pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003477- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
3478 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
3479 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
3480- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
3481 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
3482- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
3483 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003484- Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
3485 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
3486- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
3487 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
3488 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
3489 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
3490 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
3491- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
3492 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
3493 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
3494- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
3495 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
3496 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003497- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
3498 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 +00003499- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
3500 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
3501 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
3502 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
3503 in the vimrc file to be lost.
3504- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
3505 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
3506
3507--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
3508 *extensions-improvements*
3509
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003510Most interesting new features to be added when all bugs have been fixed:
3511- Using ":exe edit fname" has escaping problems. Use ":edit ++(fname)".
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01003512 Thus use "++=" to give arguments as expressions, comma-separated as if
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003513 calling a function.
3514 With options: ":edit ++(['!', '++enc=abc'], ['+/pat'], fname)".
3515 Alternative: Make a function for Ex commands: cmd_edit().
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003516- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
3517 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01003518 (issue #3292)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003519- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
3520 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
3521 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
3522 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
3523 Eclim does it: http://eclim.sourceforge.net/ (Eric Van Dewoestine)
3524 Plugin that uses a terminal emulator: http://vimplugin.sf.net
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003525 And another one: http://www.satokar.com/viplugin/index.php
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003526- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
3527 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
3528 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003529- Scroll commands by screen line. g CTRL-E and g CTRL-Y ? Requires the
3530 first line to be able to start halfway.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000035318 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
3532 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
3533 Also allow specifying the file and command, so that the result of
3534 taglist() can be used.
Bram Moolenaar27dc1952006-03-15 23:06:44 +00003535- X11: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
3536 This can be done with XReparentWindow(). But how exactly?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003537
3538
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003539Documentation:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000035408 List of Vim runtime directories. dotvim.txt from Charles Campbell, 2007
3541 Feb 20.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000035428 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
3543 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000035448 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
3545 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035468 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035479 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
3548 - change to cursor position and curswant
3549 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
3550 - how it works for folded lines
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003551 - how it works with multibyte characters
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035528 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
3553 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
3554 text.
35558 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
35567 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
3557 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
35587 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
3559 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003560 Patch by Balazs Kezes, 2007 Dec 30. Remark from A. Politz.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003561- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
3562
3563
3564Help:
3565- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
3566 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
3567- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
3568 to the other matches.
3569- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003570- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
3571 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02003572 user can edit it to insert favorite commands, new account can contain a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003573 default contents.
3574- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
3575 height for the help window (and other windows).
3576- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
3577- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
3578- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
3579
3580
3581User Friendlier:
35828 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
3583 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
3584 Briscoe)
35858 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
35868 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
3587 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
3588 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
35898 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
3590 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
3591- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
3592 ":mkplugin <file>"?
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +00003593- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..." #9339
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035949 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
3595 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
3596 item?).
3597 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035988 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +000035997 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
3600 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
3601 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
Bram Moolenaar33aec762006-01-22 23:30:12 +000036028 Support saving and restoring session for X windows? It should work to do
3603 ":mksession" and use "-S fname" for the restart command. The
3604 gui_x11_wm_protocol_handler() already takes care of the rest.
3605 global_event_filter() for GTK.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003606
3607
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +00003608Tab pages:
36099 GUI implementation for the tab pages line for other systems.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000036107 GUI: Control over the appearance of the text in the labels (bold, color,
3611 font, etc.)
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000036128 Make GUI menu in tab pages line configurable. Like the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaarfc1421e2006-04-20 22:17:20 +000036138 balloons for the tab page labels that are shortened to show the full path.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000036147 :tabdup duplicate the tab with all its windows.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000036157 Option to put tab line at the left or right? Need an option to specify
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00003616 its width. It's like a separate window with ":tabs" output.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000036178 Add local options for each tab page? E.g., 'diffopt' could differ between
3618 tab pages.
36197 Add local highlighting for each tab page?
3620
3621
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003622Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003623- Support more regions? Caolan McNamara argues it's needed for es_XX.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01003624 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219777
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003625- Unicode defines another quote character: 0x2019. Use it as an equivalent
3626 of a single quote, thus use it as a word character like a quote and match
3627 with words, replacing the curly quote with a single quote.
3628- Could filter &eacute; things for HTML before doing spell checking.
3629 Similarly for TeX.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003630- The Hungarian spell file uses four extra characters in the FOL/UPP/LOW
3631 items than other spell files with the ISO-8859-2 encoding, that causes
3632 problem when changing 'spelllang'. There is no obvious way to fix this.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003633- Considering Hunspell 1.1.4:
3634 What does MAXNGRAMSUGS do?
3635 Is COMPLEXPREFIXES necessary when we have flags for affixes?
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01003636- There is no Finnish spell checking file. For openoffice Voikko is now
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003637 used, which is based on Malaga: http://home.arcor.de/bjoern-beutel/malaga/
3638 (Teemu Likonen)
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +000036398 ":mkspell" still takes much too long in Hungarian dictionary from
3640 hunspell. Only solution appears to be to postpone secondary suffixes.
36418 Handle postponed prefix with COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG or COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG.
3642 WFP_COMPPERMIT and WFP_COMPFORBID
36438 implement use of <compoptions> in .spl file:
3644 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDREP: when a compound word seems to be OK apply REP
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003645 items and check if the result is a valid word.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003646 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP
3647 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE
3648 Add CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE: when compounding make leading capital lower case.
3649 How is it supposed to work?
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003650- Add a command the repeats ]s and z=, showing the misspelled word in its
3651 context. Thus to spell-check a whole file.
Bram Moolenaar261bfea2006-03-01 22:12:31 +00003652- suggestion for "KG" to "kg" when it's keepcase.
Bram Moolenaar7b89edc2006-04-06 20:21:51 +00003653- For flags on affixes: Use a "AFFCOMPSET" flag; means the compound flags of
3654 the word are not used.
Bram Moolenaardb552d602006-03-23 22:59:57 +00003655- Support breakpoint character ? 0xb7 and ignore it? Makes it possible to
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003656 use same wordlist for hyphenation.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003657- Compound word is accepted if nr of words is <= COMPOUNDWORDMAX OR nr of
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003658 syllables <= COMPOUNDSYLMAX. Specify using AND in the affix file?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003659- NEEDCOMPOUND also used for affix? Or is this called ONLYINCOMPOUND now?
3660 Or is ONLYINCOMPOUND only for inside a compound, not at start or end?
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003661- Do we need a flag for the rule that when compounding is done the following
3662 word doesn't have a capital after a word character, even for Onecap words?
3663- New hunspell home page: http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar69e0ff92005-09-30 21:23:56 +00003664 - Version 1.1.0 is out now, look into that.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003665 - Lots of code depends on LANG, that isn't right. Enable each mechanism
3666 in the affix file separately.
3667 - Example with compounding dash is bad, gets in the way of setting
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003668 COMPOUNDMIN and COMPOUNDWORDMAX to a reasonable value.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003669 - PSEUDOROOT == NEEDAFFIX
3670 - COMPOUNDROOT -> COMPOUNDED? For a word that already is a compound word
3671 Or use COMPOUNDED2, COMPOUNDED3, etc.
3672- CIRCUMFIX: when a word uses a prefix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag, then
3673 the word must also have a suffix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag. It's a
3674 bit primitive, since only one flag is used, which doesn't allow matching
3675 specific prefixes with suffixes.
3676 Alternative:
3677 PSFX {flag} {pchop} {padd} {pcond} {schop} {sadd}[/flags] {scond}
3678 We might not need this at all, you can use the NEEDAFFIX flag and the
3679 affix which is required.
3680- When a suffix has more than one syllable, it may count as a word for
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003681 COMPOUNDWORDMAX.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003682- Add flags to count extra syllables in a word. SYLLABLEADD1 SYLLABLEADD2,
3683 etc.? Or make it possible to specify the syllable count of a word
3684 directly, e.g., after another slash: /abc/3
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003685- MORPHO item in affix file: ignore TAB and morphological field after
3686 word/flags and affix.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003687- Implement multiple flags for compound words and CMP item?
3688 Await comments from other spell checking authors.
3689- Also see tklspell: http://tkltrans.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000036908 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
3691 syntax items (to add @Spell).
3692 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
3693 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003694- References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
3695 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
3696 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
3697 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000036988 It is currently not possible to mark "can not" as rare, because "can" and
3699 "not" are good words. Find a way to let "rare" overrule "good"?
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000037008 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
37018 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
3702 use of words with a dash.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000037037 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
37048 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
3705 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
3706 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
3707 in English, strings in German (po file).
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003708
3709
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003710Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +020037119 When making small changes, e.g. deleting a character, update the diff.
3712 Possibly without running diff.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +020037138 Also show difference with the file when editing started? Should show what
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00003714 can be undone. (Tom Popovich)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003715
3716Folding:
Bram Moolenaarbba577a2005-11-28 23:05:55 +00003717 (commands still available: zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zy zY;
3718 secondary: zB zS zT zZ, z=)
Bram Moolenaar2d8ed022022-05-21 13:08:16 +01003719- Patch to make closed folds line up. (Charles Campbell, 2014 Sep 12)
3720 Remark from Roland Eggner: does it cause crashes? (2014 Dec 12)
3721 Updated patch by Roland Eggner, Dec 16
3722 Updated patch from Charles, 2016 Jul 2
3723- Patch to make fold updates much faster. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Dec)
3724- Patch to have the fold and sign column and at the last line of the buffer.
3725 (Marco Hinz, 2014 Sep 25)
3726 Alternate suggestion: let all columns continue, also the number column.
3727- Patch to add FoldedLineNr highlighting: different highlighting for the
3728 line number of a closed fold. (eXerigumo Clanjor, 2013 Jul 15)
3729- Patch to use 'foldnestmax' also for "marker" foldmethod. (Arnaud Lacombe,
3730 2011 Jan 7)
3731- 'foldcolumn' in modeline applied to wrong window when using a session.
3732 (Teemu Likonen, March 19)
3733- With foldmethod=syntax and nofoldenable comment highlighting isn't
3734 removed. (Marcin Szewczyk, 2017 Apr 26)
3735- The ":move" command does not honor closed folds. (Ryan Lue, #2351)
3736- When completion inserts the first match, it may trigger the line to be
3737 folded. Disable updating folds while completion is active? (Peter Odding,
3738 2010 Jun 9)
3739- When 'foldmethod' is "indent", adding an empty line below a fold and then
3740 indented text, creates a new fold instead of joining it with the previous
3741 one. (Evan Laforge, 2009 Oct 17)
3742- Add ":nofold". Range will apply without expanding to closed fold.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000037438 Vertical folds: looks like vertically split windows, but the cursor moves
3744 through the vertical separator, separator moves when scrolling.
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +020037458 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only. Or use a regexp
3746 item, so that it can be used in any pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037478 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
3748 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
3749 user aware of this?
37508 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
3751 commands skip over a closed fold.
37528 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
37538 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037547 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00003755- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
3756 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
3757 missing line goes unnoticed.
3758 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003759- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
3760 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
3761 smoother?
3762- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
3763 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003764- When currently editing the first file in the argument list the session
3765 file can contain:
3766 args version.c main.c
3767 edit version.c
3768 Can editing version.c twice be avoided?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003769- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003770- "zuf": undo change in manual fold. "zUf" redo change in manual fold. How
3771 to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003772- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
3773 cursor.
Bram Moolenaar3517bb12006-03-03 22:58:45 +00003774- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3" argument: set fold level for a region or
3775 match.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003776- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003777
3778Multi-byte characters:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003779- When editing a file with both utf-8 and latin1 text Vim always falls back
3780 to latin1. Add a command to convert the latin1 characters to utf-8?
3781 :unmix utf-8,latin1 filename
3782 Would only work when 'encoding' is utf-8.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037839 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
3784 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
3785 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
3786 byte).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020037879 'fenc' in modeline problem: add option to reload the file when 'fenc' is
3788 set to a different value in a modeline? Option can be default on. Could
3789 it be done with an autocommand?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037908 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
3791 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
3792 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
3793 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
3794 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
3795 item.
37968 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003797 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
3798 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037998 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
3800 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000038018 When filtering changes the encoding 'fileencoding' may not work. E.g.,
3802 when using xxd and 'fileencoding' is "utf-16". Add an option to set a
3803 different fileencoding for filter output?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038047 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
3805 so that the user can fix the problem.
38068 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
3807 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038089 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020038098 Should add test for using various commands with multibyte characters.
38108 'infercase' doesn't work with multibyte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038118 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000038127 Searching and composing characters:
3813 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003814 Add a special item to match with a composing character, so that composing
3815 characters can be manipulated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038168 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
38178 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020038188 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multibyte
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003819 characters.
38208 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
38218 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
3822 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
38237 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
3824 'display' option to specify this.
38257 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
3826 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
3827- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
3828 fontselector somehow.
3829- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
3830 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
3831- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
3832 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
3833- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
3834 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
3835 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
3836 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
3837 if a font exists?
3838- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02003839 convert_input() for Mac GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003840- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
3841 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003842- Make 'breakat' accept multibyte characters. Problem: can't use a lookup
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00003843 table anymore (breakat_flags[]).
3844 Simplistic solution: when 'formatoptions' contains "m" also break a line
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003845 at a multibyte character >= 0x100.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003846 Making breakat support multibyte characters (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #6598)
3847 Scroll doesn't work correctly, why?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003848- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
3849 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02003850 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":amap" command?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003851- When breaking a line, take properties of multibyte characters into
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003852 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
3853 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
3854 But it's very complicated...
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003855- Problem with 'langmap' being used on the rhs of a mapping. (Nikolai
3856 Weibull, 2008 May 14).
3857 Possibly related problem: Alexey Muranov, 2015 Apr 2
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003858
3859
3860Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000038617 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003862- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
3863- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
3864 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00003865- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
3866 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003867- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
3868- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
3869 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003870- PostScript: Only works for text that can be converted to an 8-bit
3871 character set. How to support Unicode fully?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003872- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
3873 units as for the margins.
3874- Support right-to-left text?
38758 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
3876 color.
3877
3878
3879Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +00003880 Long term goal: faster, better, etc. Options:
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003881 - use treesitter, NeoVim uses it - Many people don't like it.
Bram Moolenaar48c3f4e2022-08-08 15:42:38 +01003882 After changes requires rebuilding the library.
Bram Moolenaarfee0c4a2022-07-07 22:31:59 +01003883 - use TextMate, vscode uses it. #9087 - Other people don't like it.
Bram Moolenaar0daafaa2022-09-04 17:45:43 +01003884 https://github.com/icedman/vim-textmate
Bram Moolenaarfee0c4a2022-07-07 22:31:59 +01003885 Vscode is asked to switch to treesitter:
3886 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/50140
Bram Moolenaarb529cfb2022-07-25 15:42:07 +01003887 - sublime grammar?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038888 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
3889 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
38908 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
3891 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
38928 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
3893 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +000038947 Add a "startgroup" to a region. Used like "nextgroup" inside the region,
3895 preferred item at the start of the region. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038968 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
3897 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
3898 ":wq file".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000038997 For "nextgroup" we have skipwhite, skipnl and skipempty. It would be
3900 really nice to be able to skip with a pattern. Or skip with a syntax
3901 group. (Nikolai Weibull, 2007 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039028 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
39039 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
3904 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039057 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
3906 Search highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar17be7e62006-03-12 22:13:45 +000039077 When 'number' is set highlight the number of the current line.
3908 Must be enabled with an option, because it slows down display updating.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039098 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
3910 change this for each release.
39118 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
3912 pattern, but not in the body.
39138 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
3914 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
3915 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039168 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +010039178 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword', they should use "syn iskeyword".
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02003918 Also need a separate 'iskeyword' for the command line, e.g., in a help
3919 window ":e /asdf/asdf/" CTRL-W works different.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039208 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
3921 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
39228 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
3923 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00003924 Option for the matchparen plugin?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039258 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
3926 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
3927 used.
39288 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
3929 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
39308 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
3931 re-insert the [] if possible.
39328 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
3933 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000039348 It would be useful to make the highlight group name an expression. Then
3935 when there is a match, the expression would be evaluated to find out what
3936 highlight group to use. Could be used to check if the shell used in a
3937 password file appears in /etc/shells. (Nikolai Weibull)
3938 syn match =s:checkShell(v:match) contained 'pattern'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039398 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
3940 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
39418 Support for deleting syntax items:
3942 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
3943 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
3944 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
39458 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
3946 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
3947 a '<'. (Fleiner)
39487 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
3949 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
3950 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
39517 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
3952 detected.
39538 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003954 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039558 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
3956 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039578 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
39588 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
39597 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
3960 ":mkvimrc".
39618 Improve c.vim:
3962 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
3963 "c_strict_ansi".
3964 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
39658 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
3966 current line while in Insert mode.
39678 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
3968 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
39698 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
3970 display position.
39718 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
3972 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
3973 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
39748 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
3975 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
3976 highlighting starts.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000039777 It's possible for an item to be transparent, so that the colors of an item
3978 lower on the stack is used. Also do this with highlighting, so that the
3979 user can set transparent highlighting? E.g. a number in a C comment would
3980 get the color of a comment, a number in an assignment Normal. (Nikolai
3981 Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039827 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
3983 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
3984 E.g. for this html:
3985 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039867 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
39877 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
3988 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039897 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
3990 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
3991 completion?
39928 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
3993 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
39947 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
3995 select one of the sets.
39968 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
3997 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
3998 2, etc.
39998 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
4000 highlighting (for "." command).
40018 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
4002 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
40038 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
40047 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
4005 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
40066 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
4007 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
4008- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
4009 when extending an already existing syntax file.
4010- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004011- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
4012 (for comment blocks).
4013- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
4014 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
4015 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
4016 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
4017 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
4018 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
4019 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
4020 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
4021 (Campbell)
4022 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
4023 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
40247 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
4025 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
40267 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
4027 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
4028 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
40297 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
4030 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
4031 messages. And external commands?
40328 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
4033 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
40347 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
4035 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01004036- Syntax highlight for a region does not work with a "nextgroup" if the
4037 start match is empty. #8449
4038- The :syntax cchar value can only be a single character. It would be
4039 useful to support combining characters. (Charles Campbell) Also #4687
4040- Syntax highlighting slow (hangs) in SASS file. (Niek Bosch, 2013 Aug 21)
4041- Several syntax file match "^\s*" which may get underlined if that's in the
4042 highlight group. Add a "\zs" after it?
4043- patch to add "combine" flag to syntax commands. (so8res, 2012 Dec 6)
4044 Patch to add "combine" to :syntax, combines highlight attributes. (Nate
4045 Soares, 2012 Dec 3)
4046- Syntax update problem in one buffer opened in two windows, bottom window
4047 is not correctly updated. (Paul Harris, 2012 Feb 27)
4048- Syntax region with 'concealends' and a 'cchar' value, 'conceallevel' set
4049 to 2, only one of the two ends gets the cchar displayed. (Brett Stahlman,
4050 2010 Aug 21, Ben Fritz, 2010 Sep 14)
4051- Using "syn sync breaklines=2" works for when text is changed, but not when
4052 scrolling or redrawing. Should start search for syntax patterns above the
4053 first drawn line. (#8103)
4054- Syntax priority problem. (Charles Campbell, 2011 Sep 15)
4055- Syntax highlighting wrong for transparent region. (Doug Kearns, 2007 Feb
4056 26)
4057- Bug in using a transparent syntax region. (Hanlen in vim-dev maillist,
4058 2007 Jul 31)
4059- Syntax HL error caused by "containedin". (Peter Hodge, 2006 Oct 6)
4060- Open two windows on the same C code, delete a ")" in one window, resulting
4061 in highlighted "{" in that window, not in the other.
4062- When using "nextgroup" and the group has an empty match, there is no
4063 search at that position for another match. (Lukas Mai, 2008 April 11)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004064
4065
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01004066Vim script language:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000040678 Make the filename and line number available to script functions, so that
4068 they can give useful debugging info. The whole call stack would be ideal.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02004069 At least use this for error messages.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000040707 Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
4071 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
4072 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004073- range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000040747 ":include" command: just like ":source" but doesn't start a new scriptID?
4075 Will be tricky for the list of script names.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040768 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +010040778 Have a prefix for a function to make it unique. When using packages it
4078 can be the plugin name.
4079 Perhaps also have a way to remove everything that the package added?
4080 including autocommands.
Bram Moolenaare1f3fd12022-08-15 18:51:32 +010040817 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode, like :def functions.
4082 Possibilities:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004083 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
Bram Moolenaare1f3fd12022-08-15 18:51:32 +01004084 has('bytecode-1234')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
4085 supports the version. Update the code with a command, can be used in
4086 an autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004087 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
Bram Moolenaare1f3fd12022-08-15 18:51:32 +01004088 .vim file. Problem: distribution, non-writable directory, etc.
4089 3. Use a cache directory for each user. Disadvantage: cache lookup may
4090 cost more time than bytecode wins.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040917 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
4092 signs and/or 'number'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000040936 Add ++ and -- operators? They only work on variables (lvals), how to
4094 implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040958 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004096 has(":command") Check if ":command" works. compare function
4097 with "ex_ni". E.g. for ":simalt".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004098 escape() Add argument to specify what to escape with.
4099 modestack() Instead of just the current mode return the
4100 stack of Insert / CTRL-O / :normal things.
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00004101 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
4102 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
4103 3 2002
4104 Only add this when also implemented for
4105 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
4106 be used.
4107 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00004108 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
4109 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
4110 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
4111 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
4112 File.Open..." argument.
4113 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
4114 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
4115 with properties instead.
4116 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
4117 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
4118 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004119 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004120 crypt() encrypt string
4121 decrypt() decrypt string
4122 base64enc() base 64 encoding
4123 base64dec() base 64 decoding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004124 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004125 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004126 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004127 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004128 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004129 typed() return the characters typed and consumed (to
4130 find out what happened)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004131 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
4132 Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004133 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004134 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
4135 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
4136 to allow the library to execute a command or
4137 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041387 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
4139 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
41408 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
4141 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000041428 Pass the command line arguments to Vim scripts in some way. As v:args
4143 List? Or extra parameter to argv()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041448 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041456 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000041468 For Strings add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var"
4147 just ignore.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041488 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
4149 option or environment variable.
41508 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000041518 ":let Func().foo = value" should work, also when "foo" doesn't exist.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004152 Also: ":let Func()[foo] = value" should work. Same for a List.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000041537 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the syntax stack
4154 available as a List.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041558 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
4156 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
41578 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
41588 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
4159 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
4160 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
4161 charwise({expr}).
41627 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
4163 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
4164 buffer for this?
4165 result = scratch(string, command)
4166 result = apply(string, command)
4167 result = execute(string, command)
4168 "command" would use <> notation.
4169 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
41707 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004171
4172
4173Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000041746 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
4175 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
4176 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
4177 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
4178 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
4179 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
4180 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004181
4182
4183Performance:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000041847 For string variables up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list
4185 itself as a character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020041867 Add 'lazysize' option: Above this size Vim doesn't load everything before
4187 starting to edit a file. Things like 'fileencodings' only work up to this
4188 size, modelines only work at the top. Useful for large log files where
4189 you only want to look at the first few pages. Use zero to disable it.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000041908 move_lines() copies every line into allocated memory, making reloading a
4191 buffer a lot slower than re-editing the file. Can the memline be locked
4192 so that we don't need to make a copy? Or avoid invoking ml_updatechunk(),
4193 that is taking a lot of time. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008 Jul 7)
Bram Moolenaard04b7502010-07-08 22:27:55 +02004194 With a patch, but does it work?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041958 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
41969 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
41978 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
41987 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
4199 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
42008 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
4201 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
4202 when starting up in a color terminal.
42038 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
4204 Win16.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042058 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
4206 function be improved?
42078 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
4208 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
4209 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
4210 this be improved?
42118 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
4212 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000042137 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
4214 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042157 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
4216 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
42177 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
4218 lot of abbreviations).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042197 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
4220 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
4221 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
4222 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
4223 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
4224 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
4225 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042268 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
4227 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
4228 using strcmp() too often?
42297 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
4230 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
4231 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
4232 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
4233 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
4234 the two blocks to the memfile block.
42357 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
4236 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
4237 with an argument that can be messed with.
4238 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
4239 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
42407 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
4241- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
42428 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
4243 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
4244- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
4245 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
4246- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
4247- Do profiling on:
4248 - :g/pat/normal cmd
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004249 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
4250 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
4251 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
4252 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
4253 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
4254 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004255 - editing a Vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042567 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
4257 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
4258 changed).
4259 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
4260 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
4261- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
4262- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
4263 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
4264- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
4265 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
4266 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004267- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
4268- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
4269 cursor is right of the screen.
42708 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
4271 CTRL-C (it's slow).
4272
4273
4274Code size:
42758 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
4276- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
4277 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
42788 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
42798 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
4280 it.
42817 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
4282 left out.
42838 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
4284 can be removed.
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +010042858 Can the check for libelf in configure.ac be removed?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004286
4287
4288Messages:
42898 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
4290 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
42918 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
4292 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
42938 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
4294 script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004295- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
4296 Perhaps after ten seconds?
4297- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
42989 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
4299 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
4300 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
4301 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
4302 redrawing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043038 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
4304 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
43058 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
4306 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
4307 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
4308 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
4309 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
4310 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004311- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004312 Sleep before second message?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043138 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
4314 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
4315 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
4316 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
4317 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
4318 error messages, printing text, etc.
43198 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
4320 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
4321 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
4322
4323
4324Screen updating:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004325- screen_line():
4326 - insert/delete character stuff.
4327 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
4328- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
4329 dragging the status line with the mouse).
4330- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
4331 waiting for a character.
43328 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
4333 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
4334 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004335
4336Scrolling:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +020043378 Add "zy" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043386 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
4339- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
4340 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
4341 windows.
43427 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
4343 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
4344 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
4345- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
4346 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
4347 (Goldfarb)
4348- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
4349 bound windows.
4350- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
4351 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00004352- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004353- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
4354 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
4355 of lines but not with a single line).
4356
4357
4358Autoconf:
43598 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
43608 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
4361 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
4362- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
4363 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
4364- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
4365- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
4366- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
4367
4368
4369Perl interface:
43708 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043717 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
43727 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
43736 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
4374
4375
4376Shared libraries:
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +020043778 libcall() can keep the library around instead of always calling dlclose().
4378 (Jason Felice, 2018 Mar 20)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043796 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
4380 :libload internal-name libname
4381 :libunload internal-name
4382 :liblist
4383 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4384 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4385 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
43866 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
4387
4388
4389Tags:
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +000043909 With ":set tags=./tags,../tags" and a tag appears in both tags files it is
4391 added twice. Requires figuring out the actual file name for each found
4392 match. Remove tag_fname from the match and combine it with the fname in
4393 the match (without expanding or other things that take time). When
4394 'tagrelative' is off tag_fname isn't needed at all.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000043958 For 'tags' wildcard in the file name is not supported, only in the path.
4396 This is due to it using |file-searching|. Suboptimal solution would be to
4397 make the filename or the whole option use |wildcards| globing, better
Bram Moolenaarf91787c2010-07-17 12:47:16 +02004398 would be to merge the 2 kinds of globing. originally (Erik Falor, 2008
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004399 April 18), updated (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000044007 Can CTRL-] (jump to tag) include a following "." and "->" to restrict the
4401 number of possible matches? Check tags file for an item that has members.
4402 (Flemming Madsen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044038 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
44048 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
4405 to type the tag number directly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044067 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
4407 window for each tag.
44087 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
44097 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
4410 bottom" search message.
44117 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
4412 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
4413 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00004414- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
4415- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004416- Add functions to save and restore the tag stack? Or a command to switch
4417 to another tag stack? So that you can do something else and come back to
4418 what you were working on.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044197 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
4420 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
4421 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
4422 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
44237 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
4424 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
4425 :tagargs clear
4426 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
4427 matching).
44287 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
4429 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
4430 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
4431 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
44327 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
4433 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
44347 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
4435 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
4436 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004437
4438
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004439Win32 GUI:
44408 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
4441 the message and input?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044427 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
4443 (Mike McCollister)
44448 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
4445 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
4446 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
4447 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
4448 common part of the path.
44498 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
44508 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
4451 gettext and menus work.
44528 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
4453 return in every console.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02004454 Also: Look at how Emacs does run external commands:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004455 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
44568 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
4457 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
44588 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
4459 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
44607 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
4461 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
44627 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
44637 <Esc> should close a dialog.
44647 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
4465 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
4466 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
4467 prompts.
44687 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
4469 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
4470 the file added into an already running Vim.
44717 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
4472 functions to find the window title.
4473
4474
4475GUI:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044767 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
44778 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
44786 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
44798 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
4480 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
44819 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
44827 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
44838 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
4484 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
44858 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
4486 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
4487 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
44888 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
4489 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
44908 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
4491 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
4492 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
4493 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044947 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
44958 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
4496 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000044977 Add some code to handle proportional fonts on more systems? Need to draw
4498 each character separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font
4499 is not exactly double-width. (Maeda)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045008 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
45018 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00004502 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045038 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
45048 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
45058 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
4506 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
4507 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
45087 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
4509 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
4510 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
45117 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
4512 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
45137 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
4514 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
4515 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
4516 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045177 Should support multi-column menus.
4518- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
4519 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
4520- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
45218 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
45226 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
4523 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
45247 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
45257 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
4526 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
4527 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
45287 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
45298 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
4530 name can be chosen free.
45317 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
4532 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
45336 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
4534 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
4535 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
4536 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
4537 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
4538 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
4539 things.
45407 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
4541 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045427 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004543 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004544- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
4545 where it was started from?
45467 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
4547
4548
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004549Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaar0d878b92022-07-01 18:45:04 +010045509 Add WinNewPre - before creating a new window. #10635
45519 When triggering WinNew provide the window ID somehow. #10633
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020045529 Rework the code from FEAT_OSFILETYPE for autocmd-osfiletypes to use
4553 'filetype'. Only for when the current buffer is known.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004554- Put autocommand event names in a hashtable for faster lookup?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010045558 When the SwapExists event is triggered, provide information about the
4556 swap file, e.g., whether the process is running, file was modified, etc.
4557 Must be possible to check the situation that it's probably OK to delete
4558 the swap file. (Marc Merlin)
45598 When all the patterns for an event are "*" there is no need to expand
4560 buffer names to a full path. This can be slow for NFS.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000045617 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
4562 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
4563 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
4564 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000045657 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000045668 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
4567 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045688 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
4569 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
4570 difficult).
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000045717 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that the
4572 user can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the
4573 kind of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045748 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
4575 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
4576 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000045778 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
4578 And anything else? Add a command to save and restore these things.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045798 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045806 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
4581 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000045827 When trying to open a directory, trigger an OpenDirectory event.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045837 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004584 <x> for executable, etc. With commas to separate alternatives. The
4585 autocommand is only executed when both the file type AND the file pattern
4586 match. (Leonard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045875 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
4588 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
4589 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
45907 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
4591 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
4592 file.
45938 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
4594 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
4595 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004596- Add events to autocommands:
4597 Error - When an error happens
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004598 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
4599 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004600 CursorHoldC - CursorHold while command-line editing
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00004601 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004602 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004603 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004604 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
4605 the char.
4606 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
4607 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
4608 file from CVS).
4609 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
4610 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
4611 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
4612 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
4613 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
4614 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004615 ViewChanged - triggered when the text scrolls and when the window size
4616 changes.
Bram Moolenaarb59ae592022-11-23 23:46:31 +00004617 QuickfixList - when any entry in the current list changes or another
4618 list is selected
4619 QuickfixPosition - when selecting another entry in the current quickfix
4620 list
4621
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00004622- Write the file now and then ('autosave'):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004623 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004624 'autosave' 'as' number (default 0)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004625 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
4626 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
4627 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
4628 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
4629 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01004630- Buffer autocommands are a bit inconsistent. Add a separate set of
4631 autocommands for the buffer lifecycle:
4632 BufIsCreated (after buffer ID exists)
4633 BufIsLoaded (after buffer ID has content)
4634 BufIsUnloaded (after buffer ID no longer has)
4635 BufIsWiped (after buffer ID was wiped)
4636 BufIsRenamed (after buffer ID gets another name)
4637 The buffer list and windows are locked, no changes possible
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004638
4639
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004640Omni completion:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004641- Add a flag to 'complete' to be able to do omni completion with CTRL-N (and
4642 mix it with other kinds of completion).
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004643- Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
4644 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
4645 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
4646 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
4647 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004648- Ideas from others:
4649 http://www.wholetomato.com/
4650 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
4651 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
4652 or http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
4653 Java, XML, HTML, C++, JSP, SQL, C#
4654 MS-Windows only, lots of dependencies (e.g. Perl, Internet
4655 explorer), uses .dll shared libraries.
4656 For C++ uses $INCLUDE environment var.
4657 Uses Perl for C++.
4658 Uses ctags to find the info:
4659 ctags -f $allTagsFile --fields=+aiKmnsSz --language-force=C++ --C++-kinds=+cefgmnpsut-dlux -u $files
4660 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
4661 IComplete: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1265
4662 and http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0125672/icomplete/
4663 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
4664 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02004665 Emacs: http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004666 Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
4667- Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
4668
4669
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004670Insert mode completion/expansion:
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01004671- Is it possible to keep the complete menu open when calling complete()?
4672 (Prabir Shrestha, 2017 May 19, #1713)
4673- When 'completeopt' has "noselect" does not insert a newline.
4674 (Lifepillar, 2017 Apr 23, #1653)
4675- Can 'completeopt' be made buffer-local? (#5487)
4676- When complete() first argument is before where insert started and
4677 'backspace' is Vi compatible, the completion fails.
4678 (Hirohito Higashi, 2015 Feb 19)
4679- The CompleteDone autocommand needs some info passed to it:
4680 - The word that was selected (empty if abandoned complete)
4681 - Type of completion: tag, omnifunc, user func.
4682- When a:base in 'completefunc' starts with a number it's passed as a
4683 number, not a string. (Sean Ma) Need to add flag to call_func_retlist()
4684 to force a string value.
4685- When editing the text and pressing CTRL-N again goes back to originally
4686 completed text, edited text is gone. (Peng Yu, 2008 Jul 24)
4687 Suggestion by Ben Schmidt, 2008 Aug 6.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004688- GUI implementation of the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +000046897 When searching in other files the name flash by, too fast to read. Only
4690 display a name every second or so, like with ":vimgrep".
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000046917 When expanding file names with an environment variable, add the match with
4692 the unexpanded var. So $HOME/tm expands to "/home/guy/tmp" and
4693 "$HOME/tmp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046948 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
4695 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
46969 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
4697 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
4698 (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046998 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
4700 - ignore/match case
4701 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000047028 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
4703 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
4704 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
4705 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
4706 Alternative: Use a pattern so that start and end of a keyword can be
4707 defined, only allow dash in the middle, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047088 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000047097 Completion of an abbreviation: Can leave letters out, like what Instant
4710 text does: www.textware.com
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047118 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
4712 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
4713 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
4714 Should work for C++ and Java.
4715 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
47167 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
47177 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
4718 instead of words.
47198 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
47208 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
4721 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
47228 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
4723 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004724- Add a flag to 'complete' to only scan local header files, not system
4725 header files. (Andri Moell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004726- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
4727 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
4728 wildcards in the file name)?
4729- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
4730- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
4731- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
4732 be in another file).
4733- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
4734- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
4735- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
4736 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
4737- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
4738- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
4739- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004740- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
4741
4742
4743Command line editing:
47447 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
4745 line.
47468 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
4747 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
4748 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
4749- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
4750 lines wraps to start of line).
4751- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
4752 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
4753 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
4754 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
4755 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
4756 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
4757 cmdwin does now already.
4758 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
4759 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
4760 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
4761 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
4762 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
4763 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
4764 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
4765 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
4766 Problems:
4767 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
4768 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
4769 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
4770 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
4771 - Normal: no ":" commands?
4772 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
4773 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
4774 character in first column?
4775 - Implementation ideas:
4776 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
4777 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
4778 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
4779 - sync undo after entering a command line?
4780 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
4781 Mode.
4782
4783
4784Command line completion:
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01004785- Feature request: Complete members of a dictionary.
4786 (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4, #1350)
4787- Completion of ":e" is ":earlier", should be ":edit". Complete to the
4788 matching command instead of doing this alphabetically. (Mikel Jorgensen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047898 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
47908 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
4791 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
47928 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
4793 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000047948 Add an option to ignore case when doing interactive completion. So that
4795 ":e file<Tab>" also lists "Filelist" (sorted after matching case matches).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047967 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
4797 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004798- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
4799- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
4800 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048018 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
4802 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
48037 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
4804 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
4805- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
4806 identifiers (Webb).
48078 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
4808 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
48097 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
4810 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
4811- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
4812 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
4813- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
4814 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
4815 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar47c532e2022-03-19 15:18:53 +00004816- With 'wildmode' set to "longest:full,full" and pressing Tab once the first
4817 entry in wildmenu is highlighted, that shouldn't happen. (Yuki Watanabe,
4818 2011 Feb 12)
4819- After using <Tab> for command line completion after ":ta blah" and getting
4820 E33 (no tags file), further editing the command to e.g., ":echo 'blah'",
4821 the command is not executed. Fix by Ian Kelling?
4822- Command line completion: Scanning for tags doesn't check for typed key now
4823 and then? Hangs for about 5 seconds. Appears to be caused by finding
4824 include files with "foo/**" in 'path'. (Kalisiak, 2006 July 15)
4825 Additional info: When using the |wildcards| ** globing, vim hangs
4826 indefinitely on lots of directories. The |file-searching| globing, like in
4827 ":set path=/**" does not hang as often as with globing with |wildcards|,
4828 like in ":1find /**/file". This is for files that unix "find" can find
4829 very quickly. Merging the 2 kinds of globing might make this an easier
4830 fix. (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
4831- Command line completion when 'cmdheight' is maximum and 'wildmenu' is set,
4832 only one buffer line displayed, causes display errors.
4833- Completing with 'wildmenu' and using <Up> and <Down> to move through
4834 directory tree stops unexpectedly when using ":cd " and entering a
4835 directory that doesn't contain other directories.
48368 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
4837 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
48388 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
48398 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
4840- Wildmenu not deleted: "gvim -u NONE", ":set nocp wildmenu cmdheight=3
4841 laststatus=2", CTRL-D CTRL-H CTRL-H CTRL-H. (A.Politz, 2008 April 1) Works
4842 OK with Vim in an xterm.
4843- If the variable "g:x#y#z" exists completion after ":echo g:x#" doesn't
4844 work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004845
4846
4847Command line history:
4848- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
4849 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
4850 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01004851 completely result from one mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004852- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
4853 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
4854
4855
4856Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000048579 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
4858 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
4859 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048608 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
4861 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
4862 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
4863 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
4864 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000048658 When using CTRL-G CTRL-O do like CTRL-\ CTRL-O, but when returning with
4866 the cursor in the same position and the text didn't change continue the
4867 same change, so that "." repeats the whole insert.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048687 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
4869 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004870- Make 'revins' work in Replace mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048717 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
4872 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
4873- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
4874 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
4875 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
4876 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
4877 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
4878 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
4879- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
4880 Normal mode.
4881- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
4882 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
4883 are used.
4884- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
4885- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
4886- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
4887
4888
4889'cindent', 'smartindent':
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010048909 Wrapping a variable initialization should have extra indent:
4891 char * veryLongName =
4892 "very long string"
4893 Also check if "cino=+10" is used correctly.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000048948 Lisp indenting: "\\" confuses the indenter. (Dorai Sitaram, 2006 May 17)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000048958 Why are continuation lines outside of a {} block not indented? E.g.:
4896 long_type foo =
4897 value;
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048988 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
4899 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00004900 Problem of using {} inside (), 'cindent' doesn't work then.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049018 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
4902 func(
4903 new String[] {
4904 "asdf",
4905 "asdf"
4906 }
4907 );
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010049088 In C++ a function isn't recognized inside a namespace:
4909 (Chow Loong Jin)
4910 namespace {
4911 int
4912 func(int arg) {
4913 }
4914 }
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000049156 Add 'cino' flag for this function argument layout: (Spencer Collyer)
4916 func( arg1
4917 , arg2
4918 , arg3
4919 );
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +000049207 Add separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004921 func(
4922 int x) // indent like "(4"
4923 {
4924 if (a
4925 && b) // indent like "(0"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049269 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
4927 if (a)
4928 {
4929 if (b)
4930 {
4931 // {
4932 }
4933 } <-- this is indented incorrect
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +00004934 Problem is that find_start_brace() checks for the matching brace to be in
4935 a comment, but not braces in between. Requires adding a comment check to
4936 findmatchlimit().
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004937- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004938 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
49397 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
4940- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
4941 line).
4942- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
4943- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
4944 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004945- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
4946 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
4947- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
4948 code), unless the line starts with "*".
4949- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
4950- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
4951 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
49528 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
4953 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
4954 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
4955- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
4956- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
4957 lines start with "\item".
4958- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
4959 /* here is a comment that
4960 is just autoindented, and
4961 nothing else */
4962- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
49637 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
4964 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
4965 indents.
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01004966 Patch by Lech Lorens, 2010 Mar. Update by James McCoy, 2014 Mar 15.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004967
4968
4969Java:
49708 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
4971 Odendahl?
49728 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
4973 "[i" commands and friends.
4974- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
4975 (Jason)
4976- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
4977 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
4978
4979
4980'comments':
49818 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
4982 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
4983 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
4984 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00004985 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
4986 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049877 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
4988 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
49897 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
49906 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
4991 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
4992 regexp is used.
49938 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
4994 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
4995
4996
4997Virtual edit:
49988 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049997 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
5000
5001
5002Text objects:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000050038 Add text object for fold, so that it can be yanked when it's open.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050048 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000050058 Add text object for part of a CamelHumpedWord and under_scored_word.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00005006 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020050078 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multibyte
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00005008 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00005009 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
5010 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020050118 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multibyte ones.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000050128 Add a way to make an ":omap" for a user-defined text object. Requires
5013 changing the starting position in oap->start.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050148 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
5015 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
5016 the end of the line or before a ".".
50177 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
5018 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
50197 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
5020 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050216 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
50225 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
5023 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
5024 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
5025 cursor is on.
5026
5027
5028Select mode:
50298 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
5030 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
50317 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02005032 See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_Alt-Mouse_to_select_blockwise.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050337 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
5034 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
5035 contains 'C' or 'A'.
5036 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
5037 normal_cmd().
5038 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
5039 - Typing text replaces the selection.
5040
5041
5042Visual mode:
Bram Moolenaar3b1db362013-08-10 15:00:24 +020050438 Support using "." in Visual mode. Use the operator applied to the Visual
5044 selection, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005045- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
5046 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
5047 is in the top line.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00005048- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
5049 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenful, also count the
5050 characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050518 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00005052 text. Make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005053 where needed.
50547 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
5055 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
50567 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
5057 of each selected line.
50588 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
50598 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
5060 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
5061 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
50628 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
5063 Ben Godfrey)
50647 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
5065 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
50667 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
5067 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050687 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005069 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005070 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
50718 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
5072 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
50737 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
5074 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
5075 option!
50767 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
5077 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
5078 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
5079 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
5080 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
5081 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
5082 without changing the column.
50836 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050847 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
5085 current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050866 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
5087 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
50886 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050896 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005090 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005091 or other special character.
50926 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
5093
5094
5095More advanced repeating commands:
5096- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02005097- Add command to repeat last movement. Including count.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005098- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005099 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
5100 "y." will repeat last yank.
5101 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
5102 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
5103 and/or pick an older command.
5104- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
5105
5106
5107Mappings and Abbreviations:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051088 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
5109 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
5110 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
51118 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
51127 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
5113 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051148 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
5115 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
51168 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +000051177 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051188 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
5119 entering search strings.
51208 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
5121 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
5122 not the <Space>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051238 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
5124 (?) work.
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010051257 Add <0x8f> (hex), <0o33> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051267 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
5127 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051286 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
5129 abbreviations are to be used.
5130- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
5131 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
5132 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00005133- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
5134 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
5135 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
5136 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
5137 Or implicit:
5138 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005139- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
5140 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
5141 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005142- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
5143 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
5144- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
5145 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
51466 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
5147 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
5148 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
5149 hit another character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005150- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
5151 non-replace Insert mode?
5152- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005153- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
5154- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
5155 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
5156- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005157 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005158- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
5159 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
5160- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
5161- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
5162 ":freekeys".
5163- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
5164
5165
5166Incsearch:
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02005167- Wrong scrolling when using incsearch. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2014
5168 Dec 4. Is this a good solution?
5169- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
5170 folds when going to another line.
5171 Patch to open folds for 'incsearch'. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan 6)
5172- Bug with 'incsearch' going to wrong line. (Wolfram Kresse, 2009 Aug 17)
5173 Only with "vim -u NONE".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005174- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
5175 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
5176 up every time.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005177- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
5178 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
5179 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
5180 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020051819 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
5182 isn't updated).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005183
5184
5185Searching:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010051869 Should have an option for :vimgrep to find lines without a match.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000051878 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00005188 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005189 The vis.vim script has a ":S" command that does something like this.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005190 Can use "g/" in Normal mode, uses the '< to '> area.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005191 Use "&/" for searching the text in the Visual area?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010051929 Add "v" offset: "/pat/v": search for pattern and start Visual mode on the
5193 matching text.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010051948 Add a modifier to interpret a space like "\_s\+" to make it much easier to
5195 search for a phrase.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000051968 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
5197 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
5198 Perl does it this way:
5199 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
5200 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
5201 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
5202 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000052038 Show the progress every second. Could use the code that checks for CTRL-C
5204 to find out how much time has passed. Or use SIGALRM. Where to show the
5205 number?
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +000052067 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
5207 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000052088 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
5209 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000052107 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005211 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
5212 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
5213 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000052147 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005215 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for end offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052167 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
5217 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052188 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
5219 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
52208 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
5221 line.
Bram Moolenaar7db8f6f2016-03-29 23:12:46 +020052227 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use matchit.vim as an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005223 example.
52248 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
5225 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
5226- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
5227 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
5228 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
5229 Alternative: use matchit.vim
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052308 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
5231 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
5232 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
52337 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
5234 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000052357 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
5236 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052378 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
5238 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000052398 When 'iskeyword' is changed the matches from 'hlsearch' may change. (Benji
5240 Fisher) redraw if some options are set while 'hlsearch' is set?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052418 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
5242 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
5243 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
5244 search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005245- Make 'hlsearch' a local/global option, so that it can be disabled in some
5246 of the windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005247- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
5248 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
5249- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
5250 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
5251 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
5252 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000052538 Add a way to access the last substitute text, what is used for ":s//~/".
5254 Can't use the ~ register, it's already used for drag & drop.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005255- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
5256 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000052578 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
5258 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
5259 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005260- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
5261 i ignore case
5262 I use case
5263 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
5264 v use Vi regexp syntax
5265 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
5266 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
5267 Perl uses these too:
5268 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
5269 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
5270 o compile only once (Perl only)
5271 s single line expression (we don't need it)
5272 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
5273 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
5274 following command.
5275 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
5276- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
5277 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
5278 for search string)?
52797 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
5280 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
5281- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
5282 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
5283- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
5284 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
5285- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
5286- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005287 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005288 a for the next file in the argument list
5289 f for file in the buffer list
5290 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005291 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
5292 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005293 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
5294 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
5295- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052967 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005297 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052987 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
5299 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
5300 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
5301 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
53026 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
5303 effects.
53047 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
5305 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
5306 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000053077 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005308 Also ":dselect".
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005309- Searching for \%'> does not find anything when using line Visual
5310 selection. Probably because it's using MAXCOL. #8238
5311- Regexp to search for duplicate lines does not work correctly:
5312 /\(^.*\n\)\1 (Chris Morgan, #6239)
5313- Problem with upwards search on Windows (works OK on Linux). (Brett
5314 Stahlman, 2014 Jun 8)
5315- Searching mixed with Visual mode doesn't redraw properly. (James Vega,
5316 2010 Nov 22)
5317- Searching for composing char works, but not when inside []. (ZyX, Benjamin
5318 R. Haskell, 2010 Aug 24)
5319- When 'smartcase' is set and using CTRL-L to add to the search pattern it
5320 may result in no matches. Convert chars to lower case? (Erik Wognsen,
5321 2009 Apr 16)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005322
5323
5324Undo:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010053259 ":gundo" command: global undo. Undoes changes spread over multiple files
5326 in the order they were made. Also ":gredo". Both with a count. Useful
5327 when tests fail after making changes and you forgot in which files.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000053289 After undo/redo, in the message show whether the buffer is modified or
5329 not.
Bram Moolenaard43848c2010-07-14 14:28:26 +020053308 Search for pattern in undo tree, showing when it happened and the text
5331 state, so that you can jump to it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000053328 Undo tree: visually show the tree somehow (Damian Conway)
5333 Show only the leaves, indicating how many changed from the branch and the
5334 timestamp?
5335 Put branch with most recent change on the left, older changes get more
5336 indent?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00005337- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
5338 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005339- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
5340 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
5341 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
53428 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
5343 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
5344 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
5345 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
53468 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
5347 only remember the lines that really changed.
53487 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
5349 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
5350 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
5351 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005352- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
5353 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
5354- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
5355 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
5356- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
5357 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
5358 [-99].
5359- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
5360- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005361- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
5362 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005363- MS-Windows: when writing undo file the infostreams are copied in
5364 mch_copy_file_attribute(), that seems unnecessary. (#7925) Add a flag to
5365 only copy attributes?
5366- undo result wrong: Masato Nishihata, #4798
5367- After recovering from a swap file the undofile should not be used, it
5368 causes corruption. (#6631)
5369- When the computer crashes while writing the undofile, the contents may be
5370 lost. Write to a temp file, fsync and rename. (#8879)
5371- Undo puts cursor in wrong line after "cG<Esc>" undo.
5372- Undo history wrong when ":next file" re-uses a buffer. (#5426) ex_next()
5373 should pass flag to do_argfile(), then to do_ecmd(). Is there a test for
5374 this?
5375- Add buffer argument to undotree(). (#4001)
5376- Undo problem: "g-" doesn't go back, gets stuck. (Björn Linse, 2016 Jul 18)
5377- Undo message is not always properly displayed. Patch by Ken Takata, 2013
5378 oct 3. Doesn't work properly according to Yukihiro Nakadaira.
5379 Also see #1635.
5380- When using ":diffput" through a mapping, undo in the target buffer isn't
5381 synced. (Ryan Carney, 2016 Sep 14)
5382- The undo file name can get too long. (Issue 346)
5383 For the path use a hash instead of dir%dir%dir%name hash%name.
5384- Patch to add ":undorecover", get as much text out of the undo file as
5385 possible. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Mar 12, update Aug 22)
5386- Patch to support :undo absolute jump to file save number. (Christian
5387 Brabandt, 2010 Nov 5)
5388- There should be a way after an abbreviation has expanded to go back to
5389 what was typed. CTRL-G h ? Would also undo last word or line break
5390 inserted perhaps. And undo CTRL-W. CTRL-G l would redo.
5391- When using 'cryptmethod' xchaha20 the undo file is not encrypted.
5392 Need to handle extra bytes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005393
5394
5395Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053967 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
5397 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
5398 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
5399 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +020054008 Add File.{recent-files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005401 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
54028 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
5403 inode too.
54047 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005405 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
5406 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054077 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
5408 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
5409- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
5410 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
5411- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
5412 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
54137 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
5414 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
54157 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
5416 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
54178 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054187 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
5419 internal use and for when executing an external program?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010054208 Some file systems are case-sensitive, some are not. Besides
5421 'wildignorecase' there might be more parts inside
5422 CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME that are useful on Unix.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005423- When using ":bwipe!" also get rid of references to be buffer, e.g. in the
5424 jumplist and alternate file.
5425- ":bnext" in a help buffer is supposed to go to the next help buffer, but
5426 it goes to any buffer, and then :bnext skips help buffers, since they are
5427 unlisted. (#4478)
5428- :buffer completion does not escape "+" properly and results in a regexp
5429 error. (#5467)
5430- Problem with two buffers with the same name a/b, if it didn't exist before
5431 and is created outside of Vim. (dskloetg, 2018 Jul 16, #3219)
5432- Add an option with file patterns, to be used when unloading a buffer: If
5433 there is a match, remove entries for the buffer from marks, jumplist, etc.
5434 To be used for git temp files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005435
5436
5437Swap (.swp) files:
54388 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
5439 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
5440 there are short file name problems.
54418 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
5442 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
54438 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
54448 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005445 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005446 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
5447 file the same as the actual file?
5448 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054497 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
5450 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
54517 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005452 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005453 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
5454 enough room.
54557 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
5456 or /var/preserve.
5457- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
5458 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
5459- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
Bram Moolenaar7f2e9d72017-11-11 20:58:53 +01005460 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskbackup' and 'umaskswap'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005461- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
5462 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
5463 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
5464 cached list of which line is where.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005465- When editing a file with ":edit" the output of :swapname is relative,
5466 while editing it with "vim file" it is absolute. (#355) Which one should
5467 it be?
5468- When recovering a file, put the swap file name in b:recovered_swapfile.
5469 Then a command can delete it.
5470- In the ATTENTION message about an existing swap file, mention the name of
5471 the process that is running. It might actually be some other program,
5472 e.g. after a reboot.
5473- When running Vim in silent ex mode, an existing swapfile causes Vim to
5474 wait for a user action without a prompt. (Maarten Billemont, 2012 Feb 3)
5475 Do give the prompt? Quit with an error?
5476- After doing "su" $HOME can be the old user's home, thus ~root/file is not
5477 correct. Don't use it in the swap file.
5478- In the swapfile dialog, add a H(elp) option that gives more info about
5479 what each choice does. Similar to ":help swap-exists-choices"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005480
5481
5482Viminfo:
54837 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
5484 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
5485 else's viminfo file.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000054868 When there is no .viminfo file and someone does "su", runs Vim, a
5487 root-owned .viminfo file is created. Is there a good way to avoid this?
5488 Perhaps check the owner of the directory. Only when root?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054898 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
5490 name. (Schild)
54918 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
54928 Remember the last used register for "@@".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054938 Remember the redo buffer, so that "." works after restarting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054948 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
5495 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
5496 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
5497 this?
54987 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
54997 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
5500 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
55016 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
5502 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
5503 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
5504- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
5505 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005506- Add the debug command line history to viminfo.
5507- Using "wviminfo /tmp/viminfo" does not store file marks that Vim knows
5508 about, it only works when merging with an existing file. (Shougo, 2017
5509 Jun 19, #1781)
5510- Writing nested List and Dict in viminfo gives error message and can't be
5511 read back. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2010 Nov 13)
5512- When a register contains illegal bytes, writing viminfo in utf-8 and
5513 reading it back doesn't result in utf-8. (Devin Bayer)
55148 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
5515 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
55168 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
5517 check for file marks. This can be slow.
55188 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
5519 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
5520 that the user knows the files have to be deleted.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005521
5522
5523Modelines:
55248 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
5525 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
5526 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005527- Add an option to whitelist options that are allowed in a modeline. This
5528 would allow careful users to use modelines, e.g., only allowing
5529 'shiftwidth'.
5530- Add an option to let modelines only set local options, not global ones
5531 such as 'encoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005532- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
5533 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
5534 modeline setting.
5535- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
5536 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
5537- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
5538 .cpp files.
5539- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
5540 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02005541- Add an option setting to ask the user if the modelines are to be executed
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005542 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
5543
5544
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005545Sessions:
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +01005546- Session file contains absolute paths when "curdir" is removed form
5547 'sessionoptions', making it impossible to have a session with a relative
5548 path. (#4450)
5549- Session file only contains local option values for buffers that are in a
5550 window, not other buffers. (#7532)
5551- Script generated by :mksession does not work well if there are windows
5552 with modified buffers:
5553 change "silent only" into "silent only!"
5554 change "edit fname" of first buffer to "hide edit fname"
5555 skip "badd fname" if "fname" is already in the buffer list
5556 remove remark about unloading buffers from documentation
5557- When session file has name in argument list but the buffer was deleted,
5558 the buffer is not deleted when using the session file. (#1393) Should add
5559 the buffer in hidden state.
5560- When a session file is created and there are "nofile" buffers, these are
5561 not filled. Need to trigger BufReadCmd autocommands. Also handle
5562 deleting the initial empty buffer better. (ZyX, 2015 March 8)
5563- Setting the spell file in a session only reads the local additions, not
5564 the normal spell file. (Enno Nagel, 2014 Mar 29)
5565- Directory wrong in session file, caused by ":lcd" in BufEnter autocommand.
5566 (Felix Kater, 2009 Mar 3)
5567- Something wrong with session that has "cd" commands and "badd", in such a
5568 way that Vim doesn't find the edited file in the buffer list, causing the
5569 ATTENTION message? (Tony Mechelynck, 2008 Dec 1) Also: swap files are in
5570 ~/tmp/ One has relative file name ".mozilla/...".
5571- Session file creation: 'autochdir' causes trouble. Keep it off until
5572 after loading all files.
5573- Session file generates error upon loading, cause by --remote-silent-tab.
5574 (7tommm (ytommm) 2010 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +000055758 DOS/Windows: ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means
5576 directory "#bb" in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
55777 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
5578 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055798 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
5580 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055818 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
5582 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
5583 default value.
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000055847 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
5585 Malecki)
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00005586
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005587
5588Options:
55897 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
5590 restore it after the command has executed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055918 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01005592 options that are a comma-separated list. The old number values should
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005593 also be supported.
55948 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
5595 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
5596 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
55977 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005598
5599
5600External commands:
56018 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
5602 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
56034 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
5604 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
5605 -f).
56064 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
56074 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
5608 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
56094 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
5610
5611
5612Multiple Windows:
56137 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
56148 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
5615 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
56167 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
5617 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
5618 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000056197 Make it possible to edit a new buffer in the preview window. A script can
5620 then fill it with something. ":popen"?
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +000056217 Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be
5622 several. Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056236 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
5624 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005625 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005626 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
56277 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
5628 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
5629 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
5630 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
5631- Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
5632 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
5633 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
5634 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
5635
5636
5637Marks:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000056388 Add ten marks for last changed files: ':0, ':1, etc. One mark per file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056398 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
5640 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000056418 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 +000056428 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
5643 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
56448 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
5645 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
5646 the mark was set.
56477 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
5648 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
5649 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
5650 ":browse marks"?
56516 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056527 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
5653 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
56547 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
5655 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
56567 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
5657 command).
56587 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
5659 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
5660 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
5661 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
56625 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
5663 mappings.
56646 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
5665 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
5666 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
5667
5668
5669Digraphs:
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020056707 Make "ga" show the keymap for a character, if it exists.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02005671 Also show the code of the character after conversion to 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005672- Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
5673 characters?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000056748 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056757 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
5676 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
5677
5678
5679Writing files:
5680- In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
5681 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
5682 shortname conversion.
56838 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
56848 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
5685 file.
56868 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
5687 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
5688 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056896 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
5690 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
56916 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
5692 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
56936 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
5694 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000056958 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005696 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
56977 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
5698 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +010056997 When editing a file, check that it has been changed outside of Vim more
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005700 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
5701 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
5702 waiting for a character to be typed).
57038 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
5704 line of the window, like "[time]".
5705 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
5706 Automatic and/or with a command.
5707
5708
5709Substitute:
Bram Moolenaar3f770472005-06-19 22:56:27 +000057108 Substitute with hex/unicode number "\%xff" and "\%uabcd". Just like
5711 "\%uabcd" in search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000057128 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005713 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
5714- :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
5715- With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
57168 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
5717 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005718- Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005719 :s///N substitutes N times.
5720- Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
5721 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
5722 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
57237 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
5724 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
5725 last line column 5.
57265 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
5727 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
5728 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
5729 (Stanislav Sitar)
5730
5731
5732Mouse support:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057338 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
57347 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
57358 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
5736 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
5737 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005738- Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
5739- Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
5740 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
5741- Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
5742- When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
5743
5744
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005745Argument list:
57466 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
5747 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
5748 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
57496 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
5750
5751
5752Registers:
57538 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057548 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
5755 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
5756 for every line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005757- When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
5758 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
5759- When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
5760 leader when line wraps?
5761- The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
5762 line in the range.
5763- Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
5764 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
57658 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
5766 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005767- In Select mode the deleted text always goes into the unnamed register.
5768 Use CTRL-R to specify the register to use. (#9531)
5769- When "+ register is set then "" points to it. If another Vim grabs the "+
5770 register, then "" doesn't contain anything. Make it still follow "+.
5771 (#6435)
5772- Pasting a register in Visual mode cannot be repeated. (Mahmoud Al-Qudsi,
5773 2018 Apr 26, #2849)
5774- Patch to add option that tells whether small deletes go into the numbered
5775 registers. (Aryeh Leib Taurog, 2013 Nov 18)
5776- With "unamedplus" in 'clipboard' pasting in Visual mode causes error for
5777 empty register. (Michael Seiwald, 2011 Jun 28) I can't reproduce it.
5778- Consider making YankRing or something else that keeps a list of yanked
5779 text part of standard Vim. The "1 to "9 registers are not sufficient.
57806 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
5781 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
5782 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
5783 Also do this for the small delete register "-.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005784
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005785
5786Debug mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057878 Add breakpoints for setting an option
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000057888 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057897 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
57907 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005791- In debug mode, using CTRL-R = to evaluate a function causes stepping
5792 through the function. (Hari Krishna Dara, 2006 Jun 28)
5793
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005794
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005795Various improvements:
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000057967 Add plugins for formatting? Should be able to make a choice depending on
5797 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
5798 Setting the 'langformat' option to "chinese" would load the
5799 "format/chinese.vim" plugin.
5800 The plugin would set 'formatexpr' and define the function being called.
5801 Edward L. Fox explains how it should be done for most Asian languages.
5802 (2005 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005803 Alternative: patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Feb 23)
Bram Moolenaar87b774d2005-07-20 22:04:36 +000058047 [t to move to previous xml/html tag (like "vatov"), ]t to move to next
5805 ("vatv").
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +000058067 [< to move to previous xml/html tag, e.g., previous <li>. ]< to move to
5807 next <li>, ]< to next </li>, [< to previous </li>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058088 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
5809 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000058107 Instead of filtering errors with a shell script it should be possible to
5811 do this with Vim script. A function that filters the raw text that comes
5812 from the 'makeprg'?
Bram Moolenaar1ef15e32006-02-01 21:56:25 +00005813- Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00005814 Govindachar)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010058157 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
5816 window as a buffer-tab selection.
58178 Allow non-active windows to have a different statusline. (Yakov Lerner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058187 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
5819 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
58208 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
5821 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058226 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058238 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
5824 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
5825 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
5826 in this Vim.
58278 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005828 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058298 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
5830 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
5831 have it apply to the following command.
58328 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
5833 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
5834 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
5835 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058367 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
5837 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058387 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
5839 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
5840 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
5841 without modifier (unless mapped).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058426 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
58438 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
58449 Support ACLs on more systems.
58457 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
5846 highlighted differently.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058477 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
5848 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
5849 (truncated to fit in the space).
58507 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
58518 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
58528 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
5853 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000058547 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005855 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
58567 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
5857 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058587 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058597 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
58607 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058618 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
58628 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
5863 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
5864 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
5865 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
58668 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058678 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058688 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
5869 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
5870 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
5871 does something like this. (Shah)
58727 Use growarray for replace stack.
58737 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
5874 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
58753 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058767 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
5877 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010058787 Make it possible to set the size of the jumplist (also to a smaller number
5879 than the default). (Nikolai Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005880- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
5881- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
5882- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
5883- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
58847 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
5885 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
5886- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
5887 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02005888- Remove using mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005889- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
5890 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
5891- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
5892 call "play newbeep.au").
5893- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
5894 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
5895 (Bhatt).
5896- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
5897 blockwise registers).
5898- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
5899 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
5900- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
5901 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
5902 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
5903 noticeable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005904- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059057 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
5906 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
5907- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
5908 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
5909 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
5910 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
5911 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000059128 The 'a' flag in 'formatoptions' is too dangerous. In some way only do
5913 auto-formatting in specific regions, e.g. defined by syntax highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059148 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
5915 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
5916 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
5917 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
5918 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
5919- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02005920- Support multibyte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059217 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
5922 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
5923- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
5924 not in column 1.
59256 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
5926 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
59277 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
5928- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005929- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00005930 :redir #> bufname
5931 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00005932- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
5933 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005934- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
5935 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
5936 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
59376 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
5938 console? (Klaus Hast)
5939- Add :delcr command:
5940 *:delcr*
5941 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
5942 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
5943 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
5944 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
5945 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02005946 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005947- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
5948- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
5949 characters from 'isprint'.
5950- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
5951- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
5952 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
5953- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
5954 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
5955 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
5956- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
5957- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
5958 Nvi).
5959- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
5960 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
59617 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
5962- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
5963 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
59646 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
5965- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
5966 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
5967 macro).
5968- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005969- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
5970 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
5971- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
59728 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005973- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
5974- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
5975- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
5976 if it is not the first or last window.
5977- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
5978 there is one) instead of the file itself.
59797 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
5980 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
5981 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
5982- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
5983- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005984 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005985 many percent down the windows).
5986- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
5987 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
5988 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02005989 Make 'showbreak' local to a window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005990- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
5991 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
5992- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
5993 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
5994- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
5995- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
5996- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
5997 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059988 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
5999 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
6000 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
6001 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
6002 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006003- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
6004 t_bs is set? (Webb)
6005- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006006 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
6007- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006008 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
6009 (Webb).
6010- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006011 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006012- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
6013 hex codes like 0xff).
6014- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
6015 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
6016 the last TYPED command.
6017- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
6018- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
6019- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
6020 should also work?
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006021- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on a URL?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060228 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
6023 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
6024 name.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006025- When finding a URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006026 trailing '.'.
6027- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
6028 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
6029 find_file_in_path().
6030- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
6031 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
6032- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
6033- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
6034 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
6035- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006036 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006037- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
6038 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
6039 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006040- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
6041- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
6042- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
6043 to the minimal size.
6044- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
6045- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
6046- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
6047- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
6048- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006049- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
6050 entered)?
6051- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
6052 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006053- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006054- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
6055- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
6056- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
6057- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
6058- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
6059 lines.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006060- Uppercase characters in Ex commands can be made lowercase?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060618 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
6062 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
6063 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
6064 or in octal.
60657 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
6066 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006067- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006068 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
6069- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
6070- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
6071 insert line command).
6072- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
6073- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
6074- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
6075- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
6076- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
6077 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006078- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006079 yet.
6080- Implement 'redraw' option.
6081- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
6082 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060837 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
6084 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00006085 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
6086 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060878 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
6088 do it.
6089- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
6090- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
6091 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
6092- Add text justification option.
6093- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
6094- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
6095 off".
6096- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
6097- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
6098- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006099 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006100- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02006101- If file does not exist, check if directory exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006102- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
6103 commands.
6104- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
6105- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
6106- :table command (Webb)
6107- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006108- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
6109- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
6110- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
6111- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
6112- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
6113 (Demirel).
6114- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
6115- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
6116 for use in macro's and the like.
6117- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006118 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006119- Add possibility to put output of Ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006120 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006121- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006122 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006123 a window to become smaller (Webb).
6124- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
6125 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006126- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006127 mkopttab to make option table?
6128- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
6129 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
6130- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
6131 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006132- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006133 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
6134- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
6135 cursor?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006136- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000061378 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
6138 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
6139 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
6140 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
6141 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061428 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
6143 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
6144 (Netherton)
61456 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
6146 space after "(", for example.
61475 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
6148 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
6149 (Servatius Brandt)
6150
6151
6152From Elvis:
6153- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
6154- Add ":alias" command.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006155- Search patterns:
6156 \@ match word under cursor.
6157 but do:
6158 \@w match the word under the cursor?
6159 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
61608 ":window" command:
6161 :win + next window (up)
6162 :win ++ idem, wrapping
6163 :win - previous window (down)
6164 :win -- idem, wrapping
6165 :win nr to window number "nr"
6166 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
61677 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
6168 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
6169
6170
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006171From xvi:
6172- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
6173- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
6174
6175
6176From vile:
6177- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
6178- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
6179 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
6180
6181
6182Far future and "big" extensions:
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006183- Instead of using a Makefile and autoconf, use a simple shell script to
6184 find the C compiler and do everything with C code. Translate something
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +01006185 like an Aap recipe and configure.ac to C. Avoids depending on Python,
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006186 thus will work everywhere. With batch file to find the C compiler it
6187 would also work on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006188- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
6189 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
6190- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
6191 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
6192 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
6193 current layout mirrored.
6194- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
6195- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
6196 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
6197- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
6198- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
6199 font in each top-level window.
6200- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
6201- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
6202- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
6203- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
6204 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006205- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
6206 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
6207- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
6208 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
62094 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
6210 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
6211 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
6212 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006213 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006214 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
6215 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
6216- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
6217 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
6218 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
6219
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02006220vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006221vim: set fo+=n :