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Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +02001*todo.txt* For Vim version 8.1. Last change: 2019 Oct 26
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002
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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 -----------------------
40
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +020041Termdebug: Ctrl-W . doesn't work with modifyOtherKeys set.
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +020042
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +020043Popup windows:
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +020044- Use popup (or popup menu) for command line completion
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +020045- Implement flip option
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +020046- Make redrawing more efficient and avoid flicker:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +020047 - put popup menu also in popup_mask?
48- Any other commands to disable in a popup window?
49 Use ERROR_IF_POPUP_WINDOW for more commands.
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +020050- Figure out the size and position better.
51 if wrapping splits a double-wide character
52 if wrapping inserts indent
53- When drawing on top half a double-wide character, display ">" or "<" in the
54 incomplete cell.
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +020055
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +020056Text properties:
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +020057- Implement prop_find() #4970
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +020058- Adjusting column/length when inserting text
59- Text properties spanning more than one line
60- prop_find()
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +020061
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020062'incsearch' with :s: (#3321)
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +010063- Get E20 when using command history to get "'<,'>s/a/b" and no Visual area
64 was set. (#3837)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020065- :s/foo using CTRL-G moves to another line, should not happen, or use the
66 correct line (it uses the last but one line) (Lifepillar, Aug 18, #3345)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +010067- :s@pat/tern@ doesn't include "/" in the pattern. (Takahiro Yoshihara, #3637)
68 pass delim to do_search() ?
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020069- Also support range: :/foo/,/bar/delete
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +020070- Also support for user command, e.g. Cfilter
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020071- :%s/foo should take the first match below the cursor line, unless there
72 isn't one?
73 Then :%s?foo should take the first match above the cursor line.
74
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +020075Prompt buffer:
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +020076- Add a command line history, using up/down keys. #5010
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +020077- delay next prompt until plugin gives OK?
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +010078- add prompt_addtext({buf}, {expr}) none add text to a prompt buffer
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +020079
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020080Terminal debugger:
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020081- Make prompt-buffer variant work better.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +010082- Add option to not open the program window. It's not used when attaching to
83 an already running program. (M. Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +020084- When only gdb window exists, on "quit" edit another buffer.
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +010085- Use a sign group
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020086- Termdebug does not work when Vim was build with mzscheme: gdb hangs just
87 after "run". Everything else works, including communication channel. Not
88 initializing mzscheme avoid the problem, thus it's not some #ifdef.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +010089- Add support for lldb? #3565
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +010090- Could we do something similar for debugging Vim scripts? At least see the
91 script while stepping through it. Simple version would use an extra window.
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +010092 More complete solution would actually run Vim in a Terminal and control it
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +010093 with another Vim instance.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020094
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +020095Terminal emulator window:
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +010096- When the job in the terminal doesn't use mouse events, let the scroll wheel
97 scroll the scrollback, like a terminal does at the shell prompt. #2490
98 And use modeless selection. #2962
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +010099- When Vim runs in the terminal and changes the title, the statusline needs to
100 be redrawn.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200101- GUI: When using ":set go+=!" a system() call causes the hit-enter prompt.
102 (#3327)
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200103- GUI: hang until key typed. (#3530)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200104- Allow for specifying the directory, with ++cwd={dir}.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200105- With a vertical split only one window is updated. (Linwei, 2018 Jun 2,
106 #2977)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200107- Add a way to make ":term cmd" run "cmd" in a shell, instead of executing it
108 directly. Perhaps ":term ++shell cmd". (#3340)
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200109- When pasting should call vterm_keyboard_start_paste(), e.g. when using
110 K_MIDDLEMOUSE, calling insert_reg().
111- Users expect parsing the :term argument like a shell does, also support
112 single quotes. E.g. with: :term grep 'alice says "hello"' (#1999)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200113- Win32: Redirecting input does not work, half of Test_terminal_redir_file()
114 is disabled.
115- Win32: Redirecting output works but includes escape sequences.
116- Win32: Make terminal used for :!cmd in the GUI work better. Allow for
117 redirection.
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200118- When the job only outputs lines, we could handle resizing the terminal
119 better: store lines separated by line breaks, instead of screen lines,
120 then when the window is resized redraw those lines.
121- Redrawing is slow with Athena and Motif. (Ramel Eshed)
122- For the GUI fill termios with default values, perhaps like pangoterm:
123 http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~leonerd/pangoterm/trunk/view/head:/main.c#L134
124- When 'encoding' is not utf-8, or the job is using another encoding, setup
125 conversions.
Bram Moolenaar7c63fbc2018-05-17 13:15:23 +0200126
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200127Error numbers available:
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200128E279, E290, E292, E362, E366, E450, E451, E452,
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200129E453, E454, E460, E489, E491, E565, E578, E610, E611, E653,
130E654, E856, E857, E860, E861, E863, E889, E900
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200131
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200132"gN" does not work properly with single-char search pattern. (Jaehwang Jerry
133Jung, #5075)
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200134
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200135Running test_gui and test_gui_init with Motif sometimes kills the window
136manager. Problem with Motif? Now test_gui crashes in submenu_change().
137Athena is OK.
138Motif: Build on Ubuntu can't enter any text in dialog text fields.
139
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200140In a function these two lines are different:
141 let [a, b, c] =<< trim END fails
142 let [a,b,c] =<< trim END works
143issue #5051
144
145Patch to properly break CJK lines: Anton Kochkov, #3875
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200146Flag in 'formatoptions' is not used in the tests.
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200147
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200148Remove check for cmd_silent when calling search_stat()? (Gary Johnson)
149
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200150undo result wrong: Masato Nishihata, #4798
151
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200152Undo puts cursor in wrong line after "cG<Esc>" undo.
153
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200154Sound: support on Mac? Or does libcanberra work there?
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200155
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200156Patch for #4733: #4734. Test needs improvements.
157
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200158Patch to sort buffers on b_last_used time. (Andy Massimino, #4722)
159
160Patch to highlight the line number differently below the cursor line. (Shaun
161Brady, #624)
162
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200163Patch to add more tests for cmd.exe: #4928
164
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200165Patch to fix session file when using multiple tabs. (Jason Franklin, 2019 May
16620)
167Also put :argadd commands at the start for all buffers, so that their order
168remains equal? Then %argdel to clean it up. Do try this with 'hidden' set.
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200169Also #4994: window-local options not always restored, related to using :badd.
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200170
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200171Completion mixes results from the current buffer with tags and other files.
172Happens when typing CTRL-N while still search for results. E.g., type "b_" in
173terminal.c and then CTRL-N twice.
174Should do current file first and not split it up when more results are found.
175(Also #1890)
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200176
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200177Patch to use timers in matchparen. (Daniel Hahler, #1338)
178Ready to include now?
179
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100180Adding "10" to 'spellsuggest' causes spell suggestions to become very slow.
181(#4087)
182
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200183":helptags ALL" should skip directories where "tags" cannot be written.
184(Matěj Cepl, #5026)
185
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200186":bnext" in a help buffer is supposed to go to the next help buffer, but it
187goes to any buffer, and then :bnext skips help buffers, since they are
188unlisted. (#4478)
189
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200190Patch to fix using zero sc_sid. (#4877)
191
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200192Enable 'termbidi' if $VTE_VERSION >= 5703 ?
193
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200194Universal solution to detect if t_RS is working, using cursor position.
195Koichi Iwamoto, #2126
196
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200197Make 'showbreak' global-local.
198
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200199The :syntax cchar value can only be a single character. It would be useful to
200support combining characters. (Charles Campbell) Also #4687
201
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200202Patch to make gM move to middle of line. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, Sep 8, #2070)
203
204Patch to add v:argv, arguments that Vim was started with. (Dmitri
205Vereshchagin, #1322)
206
207New value "uselast" for 'switchbuf'. (Lemonboy, 2017 Apr 23, #1652)
208
209Include Haiku port. (Adrien Destugues, Siarzhuk Zharski, 2013 Oct 24)
210It can replace the BeOS code, which is likely not used anymore.
211Now on github: #1856. Updated Oct 2017
212Got permission to include this under the Vim license.
213
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200214Problem showing a line if the number column width changes when using "o".
215(Mateusz Morusiewicz, #4245)
216
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200217When using :packadd for a replacement language plugin, it is loaded after the
218default one. #4698
219
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200220Patch to remove FORTIFY_SOURCE also from CPPFLAGS. (Benedikt Morbach, #2786)
221
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200222Patch from Namsh to allow building with both XIM and hangulin. (2019 Aug 29)
223
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200224When using :packadd files under "later" are not used, which is inconsistent
225with packages under "start". (xtal8, #1994)
226
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200227Modeless selection doesn't work in gvim. (#4783)
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200228Caused by patch 8.1.1534.
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200229
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200230Patch to add random number generator. (Hong Xu, 2010 Nov 8, update Nov 10)
231Alternative from Christian Brabandt. (2010 Sep 19)
232New one from Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #1277.
233
Bram Moolenaar7dd64a32019-05-31 21:41:05 +0200234Visual highlight not removed when 'dipslay' is "lastline" and line doesn't
235fit. (Kevin Lawler, #4457)
236
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200237Patch to add interrupt(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #2834)
238
239Patch to add per-tabpage and per-window previous directory: "lcd -" and "tcd
240-". (Yegappan Lakshmanan, #4362)
241
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200242Does not build with MinGW out of the box:
243- _stat64 is not defined, need to use "struct stat" in vim.h
244- WINVER conflict, should use 0x0600 by default?
Bram Moolenaareb3dc872018-05-13 22:34:24 +0200245
246Crash when mixing matchadd and substitute()? (Max Christian Pohle, 2018 May
24713, #2910) Can't reproduce?
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200248
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200249Patch to configure BUILD_DATE for reproducible builds. (James McCoy, #513)
250
251Patch to add MODIFIED_BY to MSVC build file. (Chen Lei, 2016 Nov 24, #1275)
252
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200253xterm should be able to pass focus changes to Vim, so that Vim can check for
254buffers that changed. Perhaps in misc.c, function selectwindow().
255Xterm 224 supports it!
256Patch to make FocusGained and FocusLost work in modern terminals. (Hayaki
257Saito, 2013 Apr 24) Update 2016 Aug 12.
258Also see issue #609.
259We could add the enable/disable sequences to t_ti/t_te or t_ks/t_ke.
260
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200261Check_external_diff() is used too often. (Daniel Hahler, #4800)
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200262
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200263Incorrect formatting with autoindent. (Sebastian Gniazdowski, #4909)
264
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200265Patch to add the :bvimgrep command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Nov 12)
266Updated 2016 Jun 10, #858 Update 2017 Mar 28: use <buffer>
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200267
Bram Moolenaardf980db2017-12-24 13:22:00 +0100268Errors found with random data:
269 heap-buffer-overflow in alist_add (#2472)
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100270
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200271Patch to support CamelCase for spell checking: See a lower-to-upper case
272change as a word boundary. (btucker-MPCData, 2016 Nov 6, #1235)
273patch for 'spellcamelcase' option: spellcheck each CamelCased word.
274(Ben Tucker, 2016 Dec 2)
275
276Patch to add {skip} argument to search(). (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 24)
277Update 2016 Jun 10, #861
278
279Patch to add "cmdline" completion to getcompletion(). (Shougo, Oct 1, #1140)
280
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200281Improve fallback for menu translations, to avoid having to create lots of
282files that source the actual file. E.g. menu_da_de -> menu_da
283Include part of #3242?
284
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200285When a terminal exit_cb closes the window, a following typed key is lost, if
286it's in a mapping. (2018 Oct 6, #2302, #3522)
287
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200288Patch to have text objects defined by arbitrary single characters. (Daniel
289Thau, 2013 Nov 20, 2014 Jan 29, 2014 Jan 31)
290Added tests (James McCoy, 2016 Aug 3, #958). Still needs more work.
291
292Patch for multi-byte characters in langmap and applying a mapping on them.
293(Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jun 12, update July 25)
294Is this the right solution? Need to cleanup langmap behavior:
295- in vgetorpeek() apply langmap to the typeahead buffer and put the result in
296 a copy-buffer, only when langmap is appropriate for the current mode. Then
297 check for mapping and let gotchars() work on the copy-buffer.
298- Remove LANGMAP_ADJUST() in other parts of the code. Make sure the mode is
299 covered by the above change.
300So that replaying the register doesn't use keymap/langmap and still does the
301same thing. Remarks on PR #543 (Roland Puntaier).
302Also see #737: langmap not applied to replaying recording.
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200303
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200304Would be nice to set tab-local values for 'diffexpr' and 'diffopt'. Use
305t:diffexpr_option t:diffopt_option? (#4782)
306
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100307Internal diff doesn't handle binary file like external diff does. (Mike
308Williams, 2018 Oct 30)
309
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200310'[ mark in wrong column after put. (#4776)
311
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200312"exepath('bin/cmd')" does not work while ":!bin/cmd" does work.
313(Daniel Hahler, #4710) and executable('bin/cmd') returns 1
314
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200315Error drawing the number column when 'cursorline' is set. (#3893)
316
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100317Problem with :tlmenu: Detach item added with all modes? Issue #3563.
318
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200319Add an argument to expandcmd() to expand like ":next" does.
320
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200321The quoting of the [command] argument of :terminal is not clearly documented.
322Give a few examples. (#4288)
323
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200324Opening a file with --remote-tab-silent that matches 'wildignore' does not
325work, results in (E479: No match". (#4610)
326
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200327Patch for this (Tristan Konolige, #1011, only adds the option, no implem.):
3287 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
329 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
330 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
331
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100332Bug: script written with "-W scriptout" contains Key codes, while the script
333read with "-s scriptin" expects escape codes. Probably "scriptout" needs to
334be adjusted. (Daniel Steinberg, 2019 Feb 24, #4041)
335
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200336Patch for ambiguous width characters in libvterm on MS-Windows 10.
337(Nobuhiro Takasaki, #4411)
338
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200339Window size changes after closing a tab. (#4741)
340
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200341Problem with colors in terminal window. (Jason Franklin, 2019 May 12)
342
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200343Lifepillar: Updated/cleaned up color schemes:
344https://github.com/lifepillar/vim8-colorschemes.
345
346Include a few color schemes, based on popularity:
347http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_search_results.php?keywords=&script_type=color+scheme&order_by=rating&direction=descending&search=search
348http://vimawesome.com/?q=tag:color-scheme
349Use names that indicate their appearance (Christian Brabandt, 2017 Aug 3)
350- monokai - Xia Crusoe (2017 Aug 4)
351- seoul256 - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3)
352- gruvbox - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3) (simplified version from
353 Lifepillar, 2018 Jan 22, #2573)
354- janah - Marco Hinz (2017 Aug 4)
355- apprentice - Romain Lafourcade (2017 Aug 6) remarks about help file #1964
356Suggested by Hiroki Kokubun:
357- [Iceberg](https://github.com/cocopon/iceberg.vim) (my one)
358- [hybrid](https://github.com/w0ng/vim-hybrid)
359Include solarized color scheme?, it does not support termguicolors.
360- Sanitized version of pablo (Lifepillar, 2017 Nov 21)
361
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100362Bug: "vipgw" does not put cursor back where it belongs. (Jason Franklin, 2019
363Mar 5)
364
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200365Many users don't like 'thesaurus' to match so many words. (#4667, #1611)
366- when the match with the first word is partial, don't add other words on that
367 line.
368- support other file formats, such as comma separated. Indicate by a prefix
369 to the file in the 'thesaurus' option.
370- 'threglookexp' option: only match with first word in thesaurus file.
371 (Jakson A. Aquino, 2006 Jun 14)
372
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200373Some composing characters actually add a cell width to the character they are
374on top off, making the whole thing two characters wide. (#4526)
375
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200376Should we include some part of pull request #4505, not increment changedtick
377in some cases? E.g. for ":write" when the changed flag was already off, the
378buffer didn't change at all.
379
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200380Patch to add getreginfo() and setreg() with an option to set the unnamed
381register "", So that registers can be saved and fully restored.
382(Andy Massimino, 2018 Aug 24, #3370)
383
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200384Line numbers in profile are off when function was defined with ":execute".
385(Daniel Hahler, #4511)
386
Bram Moolenaara6c27c42019-05-09 19:16:22 +0200387Add a way to create an empty, hidden buffer. Like doing ":new|hide".
388":let buf = bufcreate('name')
389
Bram Moolenaar7dd64a32019-05-31 21:41:05 +0200390Session file contains absolute paths when "curdir" is removed form
391'sessionoptions', making it impossible to have a session with a relative path.
392(#4450)
393
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100394When using a timer callback vgetc_busy is reset, allowing for using input().
395But in a channel callback this does not happen. We need to do something
396similar to check_due_timer(). Also see #3809.
397
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200398C syntax: {} inside () causes following {} to be highlighted as error.
399(Michalis Giannakidis, 2006 Jun 1)
400
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +0100401Support setting the character displayed below the last line? Neovim uses
402"eob:X" in 'fillchars'.
403
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100404Check: __attribute__((format(printf, on semsg() and siemsg(). Where was this
405added?
406
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200407Patch to add a flatten() function. #3676. Check that the doc explains the
408maxdepth argument (applies to the input "recursiveness").
409
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200410Add test for urxvt mouse codes. Also test that mouse coordinates can be
411negative. (see #4326)
412
413'cmdheight' has a tab-local value, but it cannot be obtained with
414`:echo gettabwinvar(2, 1, '&cmdheight')` returns the value for the _current_
415tab page. (Ingo Karkat, #4324)
416:call settabwinvar(1, 1, '&cmdheight', 2) also doesn't work well.
417
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200418This modeline throws unexpected errors: (#4165)
419 vim: syn=nosyntax
420
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200421":doau SomeEvent" gives "No matching autocommands". This message doesn't give
422a hint about how to fix it. (#4300)
423
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100424Make balloon_show() work outside of 'balloonexpr'? Users expect it to work:
425#2948. (related to #1512?)
426On Win32 it stops showing, because showState is already ShS_SHOWING.
427balloon_show() does not work properly in the terminal. (Ben Jackson, 2017 Dec
42820, #2481)
429Also see #2352, want better control over balloon, perhaps set the position.
430Should also be possible to add highlighting, like in the status line?
431balloonexpr() on MS-Windows GUI doesn't handle accented chars? (nivaemail,
4322018 Sep 14)
433Another request: #3811.
434
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200435More warnings from static analysis:
436https://lgtm.com/projects/g/vim/vim/alerts/?mode=list
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200437
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100438Still a E315 error when using terminal. (Masato Nishihata, #3959)
439
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200440Not existing directory in CDPATH leads to two shell calls. (#4525)
441
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200442Use dict_iterate_start() / dict_iterate_next() instead of relying on the
443internals of the dict structure.
444
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100445nvo-mode mapping works on Windows, not on Linux. (#3678)
446
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200447Missing tests for:
448- add_termcap_entry()
449
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200450Redo only remembers the last change. Could use "{count}g." to redo an older
451change. How does the user know which change? At least have a way to list
452them: ":repeats". Add to history, like search history and command line history.
453
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100454When using exclusive selection and vi" that fails, cursor moves to the left.
455Cursor should not move. (#4024)
456
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100457Incsearch test fails when locale is "C". (Dominique Pelle, #3986)
458Also run all tests with C locale?
459
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100460"vat" doesn't work well on XML when the closing > is on another line.
461#3927
462
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200463Pasting foo} causes Vim to behave weird. (John Little, 2018 Jun 17)
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200464Related to bracketed paste. I cannot reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200465
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100466When 'confirm' is set a "silent q" doesn't show the prompt. It should in this
467case. (Nate Peterson, 2019 Jan 31, #3892)
468For "silent! q" it should not prompt and just fail.
469
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200470Add <aevent>, which expands to the currently triggered autocommand event name.
471(Daniel Hahler, #4232) Or add it to v:event (easier to use but slightly more
472expensive).
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200473
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200474Some xterm responses are not properly handled: (Markus Gömmel, 2019 Apr 1)
475 DCS 0 $ r Pt ST should be ignored.
476 DCS 0 + r/Pt/ ST already ignored?
477
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100478Using CTRL-L to add a character to the search string that contains \v,
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100479punctuation is repeated. (Smylers, 2018 Nov 17, #3621)
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100480
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200481ml_get error: (Israel Chauca Fuentes, 2018 Oct 17, #3550).
482
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200483Patch to add more info to OptionSet. Should mention what triggered the change
484":set", ":setlocal", ":setglobal", "modeline"; and the old global value.
485#4118. Proposed implementation: 2019 Mar 27.
486Updated 2019 May 25.
487
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200488Using single wide base character with double wide composing character gives
489drawing errors. Fill up the base character? (Dominique, #4328)
490
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200491Problem with two buffers with the same name a/b, if it didn't exist before and
492is created outside of Vim. (dskloetg, 2018 Jul 16, #3219)
493
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100494When 'sidescrolloff' is set, using "zl" to go to the end of the line, suddenly
495scrolls back. Should allow for this scrolling, like 'scrolloff' does when
496using CTRL-E. (Yee Cheng Chin, #3721)
497
Bram Moolenaar93a1df22018-09-10 11:51:50 +0200498Invalid memory access with old regexp engine. (Dominique Pelle, 2018 Sep 3,
499#3405) Introduced by 8.0.1517, which was fixing another memory access error.
500(Sep 8)
501
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200502Add function to make use of internal diff, working on two lists and returning
503unified diff (list of lines).
504
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100505When splitting a window with few text lines, the relative cursor position is
506kept, which means part of the text isn't displayed. Better show all the text
507when possible. (Dylan Lloyd, #3973)
508
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100509Make ":interactive !cmd" stop termcap mode, also when used in an autocommand.
510(#3692)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100511
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100512Add buffer argument to undotree(). (#4001)
513
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200514Using uninitialized value in test_gn
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200515Using uninitialized value in test_crypt.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200516memory leak in test_paste
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200517Memory leak in test_terminal:
518==23530== by 0x2640D7: alloc (misc2.c:874)
519==23530== by 0x2646D6: vim_strsave (misc2.c:1315)
520==23530== by 0x25841D: FullName_save (misc1.c:5443)
521==23530== by 0x17CB4F: fix_fname (buffer.c:4794)
522==23530== by 0x17CB9A: fname_expand (buffer.c:4838)
523==23530== by 0x1759AB: buflist_new (buffer.c:1889)
524==23530== by 0x35C923: term_start (terminal.c:421)
525==23530== by 0x2AFF30: mch_call_shell_terminal (os_unix.c:4377)
526==23530== by 0x2B16BE: mch_call_shell (os_unix.c:5383)
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200527TODO: be able to run all parts of test_alot with valgrind separately
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100528Memory leak in test_alot with pyeval() (allocating partial)
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200529Memory leak in test_alot with expand()
530Memory leaks in test_channel? (or is it because of fork())
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200531
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200532gethostbyname() is old, use getaddrinfo() if available. (#3227)
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200533
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200534matchaddpos() gets slow with many matches. Proposal by Rick Howe, 2018 Jul
53519.
536
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100537Should make 'listchars' global-local. Local to window or to buffer?
538Probably window.
539Add something like 'fillchars' local to window, but allow for specifying a
540highlight name. Esp. for the statusline.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200541And "extends" and "precedes" are also useful without 'list' set. Also in
542'fillchars' or another option?
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100543
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100544Sourceforge Vim pages still have content, redirect from empty page.
545Check for PHP errors. (Wayne Davison, 2018 Oct 26)
546
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200547Patch to support ":tag <tagkind> <tagname>". (emmrk, 2018 May 7, #2871)
548Use something like ":tag {kind}/{tagname}".
549Not ready to include.
550
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200551Problem with Visual yank when 'linebreak' and 'showbreak' are set.
552Patch with tests, but it's not clear how it is supposed to work. (tommm, 2018
553Nov 17) Asked about this, Dec 22. Christian will have a look.
554
555Patch for larger icons in installer. (#978) Still not good.
556
557Patch to fix that using "5gj" starting inside a closed fold does not work on
558screen lines but on text lines. (Julius Hulsmann, #4095) Lacks a test.
559
560Patch to implement 'diffref' option. (#3535)
561 Easier to use a 'diffmaster' option, is the extra complexity needed?
562 Not ready to include.
563
564Patch to specify color for cterm=underline and cterm=undercurl, like "guisp".
565Patch #2405 does something like this, but in the wrong way.
566
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200567home_replace() uses $HOME instead of "homedir". (Cesar Martins, 2018 Aug 9)
568
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200569When the status line uses term_gettitle(), it does not get updated when the
570terminal title changes. (Josh Triplett, 2018 Sep 9, #3418)
571How would we know that the status line needs to be updated?
572
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200573Adjust windows installer explanation of behavior. (scootergrisen, #3310)
574
575Set g:actual_curbuf when evaluating 'statusline', not just with an expression.
576(Daniel Hahler, 2018 Aug 8, #3299)
577
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100578Update for xim-input-style help (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 Jan 10).
579Feedback from someone who uses this?
580
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200581ml_get error. (Dominique Pelle, 2018 Sep 14, #3434)
582
583Only output t_Cs when t_Ce is also set. do not use Cs and Ce termcap entries. (Daniel Hahler, 2018 Sep 25)
584Add t_cS and t_cR for cursor color select and reset. Use Cs and Cr terminfo
585values.
586
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100587Further xdiff changes:
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200588- More options, e.g. different kind of whitespace diff.
589- when editing text, update the surrounding diff blocks.
590- omit diff.exe from distribution
591- Can we make this show differences within a line?
592- add option to use external diff above a certain size.
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200593
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200594Difference between two regexp engines: #3373
595
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100596Patch to add ch_listen() (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2018 Nov 26, #3639)
597What is the practical use for this?
598
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200599When the last line wraps, selecting with the mouse below that line only
600includes the first screen line. (2018 Aug 23, #3368)
601
602Refactored HTML indent file. (Michael Lee, #1821)
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200603Asked to write a test.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200604
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200605MS-Windows: .lnk file not resolved properly when 'encoding' is set.
606(lkintact, 2018 Sep 22, #3473)
607
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100608Merge checking for 'cursorline' and 'concealcursor', see neovim #9492.
609
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200610Display error when a conceal match uses '\%>1l'. (#4854)
611
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200612Add a windowID argument to placing a sign, so that it only shows up in one
613window for the buffer.
614
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200615Request to add sign_setlist() to make it faster to add a lot of signs, e.g.
616when adding a sign for every quickfix entry. (#4557)
617
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100618Win32 key codes are messy. Mike Williams tried to fix that, but now old
619mappings no longer work. Create a new terminal for the better solution?
620
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200621Patch to "fix" 'visualbell'. Add option to set delay? (#1789)
622
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200623Script generated by :mksession does not work well if there are windows with
624modified buffers
625 change "silent only" into "silent only!"
626 change "edit fname" of first buffer to "hide edit fname"
627 skip "badd fname" if "fname" is already in the buffer list
628 remove remark about unloading buffers from documentation
629
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100630Compiler warnings (geeknik, 2017 Oct 26):
631- signed integer overflow in do_sub() (#2249)
632- signed integer overflow in get_address() (#2248)
633- signed integer overflow in getdecchrs() (#2254)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100634- undefined left shift in get_string_tv() (#2250)
635
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200636Win32 console: <F11> and <F12> typed in Insert mode don't result in normal
637characters. (#3246)
638
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200639'foldtext' is evaluated too often. (Daniel Hahler, #2773)
640
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100641Add Native language protocol server (LSP) support. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2018
642Oct 28)
643
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200644ml_get error when using a Python script. (Yggdroot, 2017 Jun 1, #1737)
645Lemonboy can reproduce (2017 Jun 5)
646Also reproduced by Benjamin Doherty, 2018 Oct 4.
647Simpler way: Ken Takata, Oct 6.
648
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100649Add more testing of the GTK GUI.
650- gtk_test_widget_click() can be used to simulate a click in a widget.
651
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200652Tests failing for "make testgui" with GTK:
653- Test_setbufvar_options()
654- Test_exit_callback_interval()
655
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200656Patch to be able to use hex numbers with :digraph. (Lcd, 2015 Sep 6)
657Update Sep 7. Update by Christian Brabandt, 2015 Sep 8, 2016 Feb 1.
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100658Patch to be able to disable default digraphs (incomplete) (Eric Pruitt, 2018
659Nov 22).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200660
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200661Patch to list user digraphs. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Apr 14)
662
663Patch to add digraph() function. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Aug 22, update Aug
66424)
665
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100666Try out background make plugin:
667 https://github.com/AndrewVos/vim-make-background
668or asyncmake:
669 https://github.com/yegappan/asyncmake
670
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100671Add a ModeChanged autocommand that has an argument indicating the old and new
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100672mode, as what's returned from mode(). Also used for switching Terminal mode.
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100673
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200674Add an option with file patterns, to be used when unloading a buffer: If there
675is a match, remove entries for the buffer from marks, jumplist, etc. To be
676used for git temp files.
677
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100678Cursor in wrong position when line wraps. (#2540)
679
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200680Patch to parse ":line" in tags file and use it for search. (Daniel Hahler,
681#2546) Fixes #1057. Missing a test.
682
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200683Setting 'columns' in a BufEnter autocommand causes a second tab width to
684behave strangely, as if there is a gap and a vertical window separator.
685(Michael Soyka, 2018 Sep 23, #3477)
686
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200687Make {skip} argument of searchpair() consistent with other places where we
688pass an expression to evaluate. Allow passing zero for "never skip".
689
Bram Moolenaar25a6e8a2018-03-30 12:27:32 +0200690Add an option similar to 'lazyredraw' to skip redrawing while executing a
691script or function.
692
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200693When using a menu item while the "more" prompt is displayed doesn't work well.
694E.g. after using help->version. Have a key that ends the "more" prompt and
695does nothing otherwise?
696
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200697MS-Windows: write may fail if another program is reading the file.
698If 'readonly' is not set but the file appears to be readonly later, try again
699(wait a little while).
700CreateFile() returns ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION (Linwei, 2018 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100701
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200702Using --remote to open a file in which a # appears does not work on
703MS-Windows. Perhaps in \# the \ is seen as a path separator. (Axel Bender,
7042017 Feb 9) Can we expand wildcards first and send the path literally to the
705receiving Vim? Or make an exception for #, it's not useful remotely.
706
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200707Should add a test for every command line argument. Check coverage for what is
708missing: --nofork, -A , -b, -h, etc.
709
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200710":au * * command" should not be allowed, only use * for event when listing or
711deleting autocmds, not when adding them.
712
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200713Alternative manpager.vim. (Enno, 2018 Jan 5, #2529)
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200714
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100715Delete all the specific stuff for the Borland compiler? (#3374)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200716Patch in #3377 (Thomas Dziedzic)
717
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200718With 'foldmethod' "indent" and appending an empty line, what follows isn't
719included in the existing fold. Deleting the empty line and undo fixes it.
720(Oleg Koshovetc, 2018 Jul 15, #3214)
721
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200722Patch to support "xxd -ps". (Erik Auerswald, 2018 May 1)
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200723Lacks a test.
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200724
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100725Column number is wrong when using 'linebreak' and 'wrap'. (Keith Smiley, 2018
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100726Jan 15, #2555)
727
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200728":bufdo e" disabled syntax HL in windows other than the current. (BPJ)
729
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200730Patch for Template string: #4491. New pull: #4634
731It's an awful lot of code for something that is just a bit nicer syntax.
732
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100733Check argument of systemlist(). (Pavlov)
734
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100735No maintainer for Vietnamese translations.
736No maintainer for Simplified Chinese translations.
737
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200738Python indenting: alternative way to indent arguments:
739http://orchistro.tistory.com/236
740Should be supported with a flag.
741
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100742Starting job with cwd option, when the directory does not exist, gives a
743confusing error message. (Wang Shidong, 2018 Jan 2, #2519)
744
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100745Add the debug command line history to viminfo.
746
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100747Add Makefiles to the runtime/spell directory tree, since nobody uses Aap.
748Will have to explain the manual steps (downloading the .aff and .dic files,
749applying the diff, etc.
750
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200751Pasting a register in Visual mode cannot be repeated. (Mahmoud Al-Qudsi, 2018
752Apr 26, #2849)
753
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100754User dictionary ~/.vim/spell/lang.utf-8.add not used for spell checking until a
755word is re-added to it. (Matej Cepl, 2018 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100756
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100757Fold at end of the buffer behaves inconsistently. (James McCoy, 2017 Oct 9)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200758
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +0200759With foldmethod=syntax and nofoldenable comment highlighting isn't removed.
760(Marcin Szewczyk, 2017 Apr 26)
761
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200762Using 'wildignore' also applies to literally entered file name. Also with
763:drop (remote commands).
764
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200765Inserting a line in a CompleteDone autocommand may confuse undo. (micbou,
7662018 Jun 18, #3027)
767
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200768Implement option_save() and option_restore():
769option_restore({list}) *option_restore()*
770 Restore options previously saved by option_save().
771 When buffer-local options have been saved, this function must
772 be called when the same buffer is the current buffer.
773 When window-local options have been saved, this function must
774 be called when the same window is the current window.
775 When in the wrong buffer and/or window an error is given and
776 the local options won't be restored.
777
778option_save({list}) *option_save()*
779 Saves the options named in {list}. The returned value can be
780 passed to option_restore(). Example: >
781 let s:saved_options = option_save([
782 \ 'ignorecase',
783 \ 'iskeyword',
784 \ ])
785 au <buffer> BufLeave *
786 \ call option_restore(s:saved_options)
787< The advantage over using `:let` is that global and local
788 values are handled and the script ID is restored, so that
789 `:verbose set` will show where the option was originally set,
790 not where it was restored.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100791 Alternatively: save and restore ALL options. Implementation needs to use
792 copy-on-write. Return an ID from option_save(), when
793 option_restore(ID) is called give an error if another option_save()
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100794 was called in the meantime, they must be balanced.
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200795
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100796"gvim --remote" from a directory with non-word characters changes the current
797directory (Paulo Marcel Coelho Arabic, 2017 Oct 30, #2266)
798Also see #1689.
799
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100800crash when removing an element while inside map(). (Nikolai Pavlov, 2018 Feb
80117, #2652)
802
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100803When 'virtualedit' is "all" and 'cursorcolumn' is set, the wrong column may be
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100804highlighted. (van-de-bugger, 2018 Jan 23, #2576)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100805
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200806":file" does not show anything when 'shortmess' contains 'F'. (#3070)
807
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100808No profile information for function that executes ":quit". (Daniel Hahler,
8092017 Dec 26, #2501)
810
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200811A function on a dictionary is not profiled. (ZyX, 2010 Dec 25)
812
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200813Add script number to profile? (#3330 breaks tests).
814
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200815A function defined locally and lambda's are not easily recognized.
816Mention where they were defined somewhere.
817
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100818Invalid range error when using BufWinLeave for closing terminal.
819(Gabriel Barta, 2017 Nov 15, #2339)
820
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200821ml_get errors with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
822
823Error in emsg with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
824
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100825Join truncates xml comment. (Dmitrii Tcyganok, 2017 Dec 24, #2494)
826Requires 'formatoptions' to include "j". (Gary Johnson, 2017 Dec 24)
827
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100828Patch to support hunspell. (Matej Cepl, Jan 2018, #2500) Based on older patch
829in #846)
830Doesn't work on Windows yet. Not ready to included, hard coded paths.
831
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200832Win32 GUI: when running a fast timer, the cursor no longer blinks.
833Was reported: cursor blinks in terminal on widows with a timer. (xtal8, #2142)
834
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100835When a timer is running and typing CTRL-R on the command line, it is not
836redrawn properly. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 23, #2241)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200837
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100838In an optional package the "after" directory is not scanned?
839(Renato Fabbri, 2018 Feb 22)
840
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100841Patch for Neovim concerning restoring when closing help window. (glacambre
842neovim #7431)
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100843
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100844Patch for improving detecting Ruby on Mac in configure. (Ilya Mikhaltsou, 2017
845Nov 21)
846
Bram Moolenaar7db25fe2018-05-13 00:02:36 +0200847When t_Co is changed from termresponse, the OptionSet autocmmand event isn't
848triggered. Use the code from the end of set_num_option() in
849set_color_count().
850
851Add another autocommand like TermResponse that is fired for the other terminal
852responses, such as bg and fg. Use "bg", "fg", "blink", etc. for the name.
853
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100854When using command line window, CmdlineLeave is triggered without
855CmdlineEnter. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 30, #2263)
856Add some way to get the nested state. Although CmdwinEnter is obviously
857always nested.
858
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200859matchit hasn't been maintained for a long time. #955.
860
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100861Problem with 'delcombine'. (agguser, 2017 Nov 10, #2313)
862
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100863MS-Windows: buffer completion doesn't work when using backslash (or slash)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100864for a path separator. (xtal8, #2201)
865
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200866Would be nice for Insert mode completion to highlight the text that was added
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100867(and may change when picking another completion).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200868
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200869Test runtime files.
870Start with filetype detection: testdir/test_filetype.vim
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200871
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200872Window not closed when deleting buffer. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Aug 27, #2029)
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200873
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200874Add options_default() / options_restore() to set several options to Vim
875defaults for a plugin. Comments from Zyx, 2017 May 10.
876Perhaps use a vimcontext / endvimcontext command block.
877
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200878After using :noautocmd CursorMoved may still trigger. (Andy Stewart, 2017 Sep
87913, #2084). Set old position after the command.
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200880
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200881When bracketed paste is used, pasting at the ":append" prompt does not get the
882line breaks. (Ken Takata, 2017 Aug 22)
883
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100884The ":move" command does not honor closed folds. (Ryan Lue, #2351)
885
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200886Patch to fix increment/decrement not working properly when 'virtualedit' is
887set. (Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Aug 1, #923)
888
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100889Cannot copy modeless selection when cursor is inside it. (lkintact, #2300)
890
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200891Test_writefile_fails_conversion failure on Solaris because if different iconv
892behavior. Skip when "uname" returns "SunOS"? (Pavel Heimlich, #1872)
893
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100894'tagrelative' is broken in specific situation. (xaizek, 2017 Oct 19, #2221)
895
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200896The ++ options for the :edit command are also useful on the Vim command line.
897
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100898When recovering a file, put the swap file name in b:recovered_swapfile. Then
899a command can delete it.
900
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200901Overlong utf-8 sequence is displayed wrong. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Sep 14,
902#2089) Patch with possible solution by Björn Linse.
903
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100904The change list index is local to a buffer, but it doesn't make sense using it
905for another buffer. (lacygoll) Copy w_changelistidx to wininfo_S and back.
906
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200907X11: Putting more than about 262040 characters of text on the clipboard and
908pasting it in another Vim doesn't work. (Dominique Pelle, 2008 Aug 21-23)
909clip_x11_request_selection_cb() is called with zero value and length.
910Also: Get an error message from free() in the process that owns the selection.
911Seems to happen when the selection is requested the second time, but before
912clip_x11_convert_selection_cb() is invoked, thus in X library code.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200913Kazunobu Kuriyama is working on a proper fix. (2017 Jul 25)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200914
915Problem with three-piece comment. (Michael Lee, 2017 May 11, #1696)
916
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200917Creating a partial with an autoload function is confused about the "self"
918attribute of the function. For an unknown function assume "self" and make
919that optiona? (Bjorn Linse, 2017 Aug 5)
920
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200921Cindent: returning a structure has more indent for the second item.
922(Sam Pagenkopf, 2017 Sep 14, #2090)
923
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100924Patch from Christian Brabandt to preserve upper case marks when wiping out a
925buffer. (2013 Dec 9)
926Also fixes #2166?
927
928Patch to add argument to :cquit. (Thinca, 2014 Oct 12)
929
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200930Python: After "import vim" error messages only show the first line of the
931stack trace. (Yggdroot, 2017 Jul 28, #1887)
932
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100933Profile of a dict function is lost when the dict is deleted. Would it be
934possible to collect this? (Daniel Hahler, #2350)
935
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200936When checking if a bufref is valid, also check the buffer number, to catch the
937case of :bwipe followed by :new.
938
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +0200939Patch to skip writing a temp file for diffing if the buffer is equal to the
940existing file. (Akria Sheng, 2017 Jul 22)
941Could also skip writing lines that are the same.
942
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200943Patch with Files for Latvian language. (Vitolins, 2017 May 3, #1675)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200944
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200945MS-Windows: Opening same file in a second gvim hangs. (Sven Bruggemann, 2017
946Jul 4)
947
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200948Setting 'clipboard' to "unnamed" makes a global command very slow (Daniel
949Drucker, 2017 May 8).
950This was supposed to be fixed, did it break again somehow?
951Christian cannot reproduce it.
952
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200953Using composing char in mapping does not work properly. maparg() shows the
954wrong thing. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Jul 8, #1827)
955Or is this not an actual problem?
956
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200957Better TeX indent file. (Christian Brabandt, 2017 May 3)
958
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200959Patch to use a separate code for BS on Windows. (Linwei, #1823)
960
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200961Use gvimext.dll from the nightly build? (Issue #249)
962
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200963'synmaxcol' works with bytes instead of screen cells. (Llandon, 2017 May 31,
964#1736)
965
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200966Problem with using :cd when remotely editing a file. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2017 May
9678, #1690)
968
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200969Bogus characters inserted when triggering indent while changing text.
970(Vitor Antunes, 2016 Nov 22, #1269)
971
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200972Using "wviminfo /tmp/viminfo" does not store file marks that Vim knows about,
973it only works when merging with an existing file. (Shougo, 2017 Jun 19, #1781)
974
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200975Segmentation fault with complete(). (Lifepillar, 2017 Apr 29, #1668)
976Check for "pat" to be NULL in search_for_exact_line()?
977How did it get NULL? Comment by Christian, Apr 30.
978
979Is it possible to keep the complete menu open when calling complete()?
980(Prabir Shrestha, 2017 May 19, #1713)
981
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100982Memory leak in test97? The string is actually freed. Weird.
983
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200984assert_fails() can only check for the first error. Make it possible to have
985it catch multiple errors and check all of them.
986
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100987Add a toolbar in the terminal. Can be global, above all windows, or specific
988for one window.
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200989
990Make maparg() also return the raw rhs, so that it doesn't depend on 'cpo'.
991(Brett Stahlman, 2017 May 23)
992Even better: add a way to disable a mapping temporarily and re-enable it
993later. This is for a sub-mode that is active for a short while (one buffer).
994Still need maplist() to find the mappings. What can we use to identify a
995mapping? Something unique would be better than the LHS.
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200996Perhaps simpler: actually delete the mappings. Use maplist() to list matching
997mappings (with a lhs prefix, like maparg()), mapdelete() to delete,
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200998maprestore() to restore (using the output of maplist()).
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200999
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +01001000Add an argument to :mkvimrc (or add another command) to skip mappings from
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001001plugins (source is a Vim script). No need to put these in a .vimrc, they will
1002be defined when the plugin is loaded.
1003
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001004Use tb_set(winid, [{'text': 'stop', 'cb': callback, 'hi': 'Green'}])
1005 tb_highlight(winid, 'ToolBar')
1006 tb_get(winid)
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001007
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001008json_encode(): should convert to utf-8. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Jan 23)
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001009What if there is an invalid character?
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001010
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001011Json string with trailing \u should be an error. (Lcd)
1012
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001013import can't be used in define option when include matches too.
1014(Romain Lafourcade, 2017 Jun 18, #1519)
1015
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001016When session file has name in argument list but the buffer was deleted, the
1017buffer is not deleted when using the session file. (#1393)
1018Should add the buffer in hidden state.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001019
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001020Wrong diff highlighting with three files. (2016 Oct 20, #1186)
1021Also get E749 on exit.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001022Another example in #1309
1023
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001024When deleting a mark or register, leave a tombstone, so that it's also deleted
1025when writing viminfo (and the delete was the most recent action). #1339
1026
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001027Suggestion to improve pt-br spell checking. (Marcelo D Montu, 2016 Dec 15,
1028#1330)
1029
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001030Error in test_startup_utf8 on Solaris. (Danek Duvall, 2016 Aug 17)
1031
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001032Completion for :!cmd shows each match twice. #1435
1033
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001034GTK: When adding a timer from 'balloonexpr' it won't fire, because
1035g_main_context_iteration() doesn't return. Need to trigger an event when the
1036timer expires.
1037
1038Screen update bug related to matchparen. (Chris Heath, 2017 Mar 4, #1532)
1039
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001040Rule to use "^" for statusline does not work if a space is defined with
1041highlighting for both stl and stlnc. Patch by Ken Hamada (itchyny, 2016 Dec 11)
1042
10438 "stl" and "stlnc" in 'fillchars' don't work for multi-byte characters.
1044 Patch by Christian Wellenbrock, 2013 Jul 5.
1045
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001046Using CTRL-G_U in InsertCharPre causes trouble for redo. (Israel Chauca
1047Fuentes, 2017 Feb 12, #1470)
1048
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001049Add a "keytrans()" function, which turns the internal byte representation of a
1050key into a form that can be used for :map. E.g.
1051 let xx = "\<C-Home>"
1052 echo keytrans(xx)
1053 <C-Home>
1054
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001055Check for errors E704 and E705 only does VAR_FUNC, should also do VAR_PARTIAL.
1056(Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Mar 13, #1557)
1057Make a function to check for function-like type?
1058
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001059Screen updated delayed when using CTRL-O u in Insert mode.
1060(Barlik, #1191) Perhaps because status message?
1061
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001062Implement optional arguments for functions.
1063 func Foo(start, count = 1 all = 1)
1064 call Foo(12)
1065 call Foo(12, all = 0)
1066 call Foo(12, 15, 0)
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001067
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001068Add a command to take a range of lines, filter them and put the output
1069somewhere else. :{range}copy {dest} !cmd
1070
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001071Patch to fix that empty first tab is not in session.
1072(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Nov 25, #1282)
1073
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001074Patch to fix escaping of job arguments. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Oct 5)
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001075Update Oct 14: https://gist.github.com/mattn/d47e7d3bfe5ade4be86062b565a4bfca
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001076Update Aug 2017: #1954
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001077
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001078The TermResponse event is not triggered when a plugin has set 'eventignore' to
1079"all". Netrw does this. (Gary Johnson, 2017 Jan 24)
1080Postpone the event until 'eventignore' is reset.
1081
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001082Expanding /**/ is slow. Idea by Luc Hermitte, 2017 Apr 14.
1083
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001084Once .exe with updated installer is available: Add remark to download page
1085about /S and /D options (Ken Takata, 2016 Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001086Or point to nightly builds: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases
1087
Bram Moolenaar220adb12016-09-12 12:17:26 +02001088Problem passing non-UTF-8 strings to Python 3. (Björn Linse, 2016 Sep 11,
1089#1053) With patch, does it work?
1090
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001091":sbr" docs state it respects 'switchbuf', but "vsplit" does not cause a
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001092vertical split. (Haldean Brown, 2017 Mar 1)
1093
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001094Use ADDR_OTHER instead of ADDR_LINES for many more commands.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +02001095E.g. all the location list commands use a count.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001096Add tests for using number larger than number of lines in buffer.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001097
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001098Might be useful to have isreadonly(), like we have islocked().
1099Avoids exceptions, e.g. when using the b: namespace as a dict.
1100
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001101Patch to make v:shell_error writable. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Sep 27)
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001102Useful to restore it. Is there another solution?
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001103
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001104"ci[" does not look for next [ like ci" does look for next ".
1105(J.F. 2017 Jan 7)
1106
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001107Patch for wrong cursor position on wrapped line, involving breakindent.
1108(Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 25)
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001109Does this also fix #1408 ?
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001110
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001111'cursorline' and match interfere. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2017 Jun 23, #1792)
1112
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001113Patch for 'cursorlinenr' option. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 30)
1114
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +02001115When 'completeopt' has "noselect" does not insert a newline. (Lifepillar, 2017
1116Apr 23, #1653)
1117
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001118Window resizing with 'winfixheight': With a vertical split the height changes
1119anyway. (Tommy allen, 2017 Feb 21, #1502)
1120
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001121Invalid behavior with NULL list. (Nikolai Pavlov, #768)
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001122E.g. deepcopy(test_null_list())
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001123
Bram Moolenaar3e496b02016-09-25 22:11:48 +02001124Patch to make it possible to extend a list with itself.
1125(Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Sep 23)
1126
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001127Patch to add Zstandard compressed file support. (Nick Terrell, 2016 Oct 24)
1128
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001129On Windows buffer completion sees backslash as escape char instead of path
1130separator. (Toffanim, 2016 Nov 24, #1274)
1131
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001132min() and max() spawn lots of error messages if sorted list/dictionary
1133contains invalid data (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep 4, #1039)
1134
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001135Should :vmap in matchit.vim be :xmap? (Tony Mechelynck)
1136
Bram Moolenaar26852122016-05-24 20:02:38 +02001137Problem with whitespace in errorformat. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2016 May 15, #807)
1138
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001139Undo problem: "g-" doesn't go back, gets stuck. (Björn Linse, 2016 Jul 18)
1140
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001141Add "unicode true" to NSIS installer. Doesn't work with Windows 95, which we
1142no longer support.
1143
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001144sort() is not stable when using numeric/float sort (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep
11454#1038)
1146
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001147+channel:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +02001148- Add a in_cb, invoked when the write buffer has become empty. (Matteo Landi)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001149- Add a separate timeout for opening a socket. Currently it's fixed at 50
1150 msec, which is too small for a remote connection. (tverniquet, #2130)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001151- Problem with stderr on Windows? (Vincent Rischmann, 2016 Aug 31, #1026)
1152- Writing raw mode to a buffer should still handle NL characters as line
1153 breaks. (Dmitry Zotikov, 2017 Aug 16)
1154- When out_cb executes :sleep, the close_cb may be invoked. (Daniel Hahler,
1155 2016 Dec 11, #1320)
1156- Implement |job-term| ?
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +01001157- Calling a function when receiving a "call" on a channel, using feedkeys()
1158 does not work. It does work from a timer. (Qiming Zhao, #3852)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001159- Channel test fails with Motif. Sometimes kills the X11 server.
1160- When a message in the queue but there is no callback, drop it after a while?
1161 Add timestamp to queued messages and callbacks with ID, remove after a
1162 minute. Option to set the droptime.
1163- Add an option to drop text of very long lines? Default to 1 Mbyte.
1164- Add remark about undo sync, is there a way to force it?
1165- When starting a job, have an option to open the server socket, so we know
1166 the port, and pass it to the command with --socket-fd {nr}. (Olaf Dabrunz,
1167 Feb 9) How to do this on MS-Windows?
1168- For connection to server, a "keep open" flag would be useful. Retry
1169 connecting in the main loop with zero timeout.
1170- job_start(): run job in a newly opened terminal (not a terminal window).
1171 With xterm could use -S{pty}.
1172 Although user could use "xterm -e 'cmd arg'".
1173
1174Regexp problems:
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +01001175- NFA engine can be slow for some patterns. Dominique found out that most
1176 time is spent in addstate_here() copying the threads. Instead of copying,
1177 let each thread point to the next one (by offset, the list is reallocated).
1178 (Dominique Pelle, 2019 Feb 18)
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02001179- Old engine: using 'incsearch' /\Zabc does not highlight the "c" if it has a
1180 composing character. New engine is OK. (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001181- When search pattern has the base character both with and without combining
1182 character, search fails. E.g. "รรีบ" in "การรีบรักใคร". (agguser, #2312)
1183- [:space:] only matches ASCII spaces. Add [:white:] for all space-like
1184 characters, esp. including 0xa0. Use character class zero.
1185- Since 7.4.704 the old regex engine fails to match [[:print:]] in 0xf6.
1186 (Manuel Ortega, 2016 Apr 24)
1187 Test fails on Mac. Avoid using isalpha(), isalnum(), etc? Depends on
1188 LC_CTYPE
1189- The old engine does not find a match for "/\%#=1\(\)\{80}", the new engine
1190 matches everywhere.
1191- Using win_linetabsize() can still be slow. Cache the result, store col and
1192 vcol. Reset them when moving to another line.
1193- Very slow with a long line and Ruby highlighting. (John Whitley, 2014 Dec 4)
1194- Bug with pattern: '\vblock (\d+)\.\n.*\d+%(\1)@<!\.$'
1195 (Lech Lorens, 2014 Feb 3)
1196- Issue 164: freeze on regexp search.
1197- Ignorecase not handled properly for multi-byte characters. (Axel Bender,
1198 2013 Dec 11)
1199- Using \@> and \?. (Brett Stahlman, 2013 Dec 21) Remark from Marcin
1200 Szamotulski; Remark from Brett 2014 Jan 6 and 7.
1201- NFA regexp doesn't handle \%<v correctly. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 May 12)
1202- Does not work with NFA regexp engine:
1203 \%u, \%x, \%o, \%d followed by a composing character
1204- Search for \%d0\+ may fail with E363. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Oct 4)
1205- \%'[ does not work. '%'] does work. (Masaaki Nakamura, 2016 Apr 4)
1206- Bug relating to back references. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Jul 24)
1207- New RE does not give an error for empty group: "\(\)\{2}" (Dominique Pelle,
1208 2015 Feb 7)
1209- Using back reference before the capturing group sometimes works with the old
1210 engine, can we do this with the new engine? E.g. with
1211 "/\%(<\1>\)\@<=.*\%(<\/\(\w\+\)>\)\@=" matching text inside HTML tags.
1212 This problem is probably the same: "\%(^\1.*$\n\)\@<=\(\d\+\).*$".
1213 (guotuofeng, 2015 Jun 22)
1214- Strange matching with "\(Hello\n\)\@<=A". (Anas Syed, 2015 Feb 12)
1215- Problem with \v(A)@<=b+\1c. (Issue 334)
1216- Diff highlighting can be very slow. (Issue 309)
1217- Using %> for a virtual column has a check based on 'tabsize'. Better would
1218 be to cache the result of win_linetabsize(col), storing both col and vcol,
1219 and use them to decide whether win_linetabsize() needs to be called. Reset
1220 col and vcol when moving to another line.
1221- this doesn't work: "syntax match ErrorMsg /.\%9l\%>20c\&\%<28c/". Leaving
1222 out the \& works. Seems any column check after \& fails.
1223- Difference between two engines: ".*\zs\/\@>\/" on text "///"
1224 (Chris Paul, 2016 Nov 13) New engine not greedy enough?
1225 Another one: echom matchstr(" sdfsfsf\n sfdsdfsdf",'[^\n]*')
1226 (2017 May 15, #1252)
1227
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001228Feature request: Complete members of a dictionary. (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4,
1229#1350)
1230
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001231Undo message is not always properly displayed. Patch by Ken Takata, 2013 oct
12323. Doesn't work properly according to Yukihiro Nakadaira.
1233Also see #1635.
1234
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001235Patch for systemlist(), add empty item. (thinca, Sep 30, #1135)
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001236Add an argument to choose binary or non-binary (like readfile()), when omitted
1237use the current behavior.
1238Include the test.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001239
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001240When 'keywordprg' starts with ":" the argument is still escaped as a shell
1241command argument. (Romain Lafourcade, 2016 Oct 16, #1175)
1242
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001243Idea from Sven: record sequence of keys. Useful to show others what they are
1244doing (look over the shoulder), and also to see what happened.
1245Probably list of keystrokes, with some annotations for mode changes.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001246Could store in logfile to be able to analyse it with an external command.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001247E.g. to see when's the last time a plugin command was used.
1248
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +01001249execute() cannot be used with command completion. (Daniel Hahler, 2016 Oct 1,
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001250#1141)
1251
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001252cmap using execute() has side effects. (Killthemule, 2016 Aug 17, #983)
1253
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001254:map X may print invalid data. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2017 Jul 3, #1816)
1255
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001256Patch to order results from taglist(). (Duncan McDougall, 2016 Oct 25)
1257
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001258When using ":diffput" through a mapping, undo in the target buffer isn't
1259synced. (Ryan Carney, 2016 Sep 14)
1260
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001261Syntax highlighting for messages with RFC3339 timestamp (#946)
1262Did maintainer reply?
Bram Moolenaar42ebd062016-07-17 13:35:14 +02001263
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001264Patch to avoid problem with special characters in file name.
1265(Shougo, 2016 Sept 19, #1099) Not finished?
1266
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001267ml_get errors when reloading file. (Chris Desjardins, 2016 Apr 19)
1268Also with latest version.
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001269
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001270Cannot delete a file with square brackets with delete(). (#696)
1271
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001272Patch to add ":syn foldlevel" to use fold level further down the line.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001273(Brad King, 2016 Oct 19, update 2017 Jan 30)
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001274
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001275Completion for input() does not expand environment variables. (chdiza, 2016
1276Jul 25, #948)
1277
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001278Patch to add 'systemencoding', convert between 'encoding' and this for file
1279names, shell commands and the like. (Kikuchan, 2010 Oct 14)
1280Assume the system converts between the actual encoding of the filesystem to
1281the system encoding (usually utf-8).
1282
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +02001283Using ":tab drop file" does not trigger BufEnter or TabEnter events.
1284(Andy Stewart, 2017 Apr 27, #1660)
1285Autocommands blocked in do_arg_all(). Supposed to happen later?
1286
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001287'hlsearch' interferes with a Conceal match. (Rom Grk, 2016 Aug 9)
1288
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001289MS-Windows: use WS_HIDE instead of SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE in os_win32.c?
1290Otherwise task flickers in taskbar.
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001291
1292Should make ":@r" handle line continuation. (Cesar Romani, 2016 Jun 26)
1293Also for ":@.".
1294
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001295Repeating 'opfunc' in a function only works once. (Tarmean, 2016 Jul 15, #925)
1296
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001297Have a way to get the call stack, in a function and from an exception.
1298#1125
1299
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001300Second problem in #966: ins_compl_add_tv() uses get_dict_string() multiple
1301times, overwrites the one buffer. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Aug 5)
1302
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001303Possibly wrong value for seq_cur. (Florent Fayolle, 2016 May 15, #806)
1304
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001305Filetype plugin for awk. (Doug Kearns, 2016 Sep 5)
1306
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001307Patch to improve map documentation. Issue #799.
1308
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001309Patch for syntax folding optimization. (Shougo, 2016 Sep 6, #1045)
1310
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01001311We can use '. to go to the last change in the current buffer, but how about
1312the last change in any buffer? Can we use ', (, is next to .)?
1313
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001314Ramel Eshed: system() is much slower than job_start(), why? (Aug 26)
1315
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001316When generating the Unicode tables with runtime/tools/unicode.vim the
1317emoji_width table has only one entry.
1318
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001319It's possible to add ",," to 'wildignore', an empty entry. Causes problems.
1320Reject the value? #710.
1321
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001322When doing "vi buf.md" a BufNew autocommand for *.md is not triggered.
1323Because of using the initial buffer? (Dun Peal, 2016 May 12)
1324
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02001325Add redrawtabline command. (Naruhiko Nishino, 2016 Jun 11)
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001326
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001327Neovim patch for utfc_ptr2char_len() https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/4574
1328No test, needs some work to include.
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001329
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001330Patch to improve indenting for C++ constructor with initializer list.
1331(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Mar 31)
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01001332
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001333Zero-out krypt key information when no longer in use. (Ben Fritz, 2017 May 15)
1334
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001335Add stronger encryption. Could use libsodium (NaCl).
1336https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/
1337Possibly include the needed code so that it can be build everywhere.
1338
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001339Add a way to restart a timer. It's similar to timer_stop() and timer_start(),
1340but the reference remains valid.
1341
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +02001342Need to try out instructions in INSTALLpc.txt about how to install all
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001343interfaces and how to build Vim with them.
1344Appveyor build with self-installing executable, includes getting most
1345interfaces: https://github.com/k-takata/vim/tree/chrisbra-appveyor-build
1346result: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/k-takata/vim/history
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001347
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001348Problem that a previous silent ":throw" causes a following try/catch not to
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001349work. (ZyX, 2013 Sep 28) With examples: (Malcolm Rowe, 2015 Dec 24)
Bram Moolenaarbaca7f72013-09-22 14:42:24 +02001350
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001351Problem using ":try" inside ":execute". (ZyX, 2013 Sep 15)
1352
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001353Patch to make tests pass with EBCDIC. (Owen Leibman, 2016 Apr 10)
1354
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02001355Add ":read :command", to insert the output of an Ex command?
1356Can already do it with ":$put =execute('command')".
1357
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001358When repeating the 'confirm' dialog one needs to press Enter. (ds26gte, 2016
1359Apr 17) #762
1360
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001361exists(":tearoff") does not tell you if the command is implemented. (Tony
1362Mechelynck) Perhaps use exists("::tearoff") to check?
1363
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001364Use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples, but without ":" in
1365'iskeyword' for syntax.
1366
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001367Patch to make "%:h:h" return "." instead of the full path.
1368(Coot, 2016 Jan 24, #592)
1369
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001370Remove SPACE_IN_FILENAME ? What could possibly go wrong?
1371
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001372When command names are very long :command output is difficult to read. Use a
1373maximum for the column width? (#871)
Bram Moolenaar802a0d92016-06-26 16:17:58 +02001374Patcy by varmanishant, 2016 Jun 18, #876
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001375
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001376Installation of .desktop files does not work everywhere.
1377It's now fixed, but the target directory probably isn't right.
1378Add configure check?
1379Should use /usr/local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications.
1380Or use $XDG_DATA_DIRS.
1381Also need to run update-desktop-database (Kuriyama Kazunobu, 2015 Nov 4)
1382
Bram Moolenaar369b6f52017-01-17 12:22:32 +01001383Test object i{ and it do not behave the same. #1379
1384Do not include the linebreak at the start?
1385
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001386Feature request: add the "al" text object, to manipulate a screen line.
1387Especially useful when using 'linebreak'
1388
Bram Moolenaar438f67a2014-01-07 06:09:28 +01001389":cd C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc*" does not work, even though the
1390directory exists. (Sergio Gallelli, 2013 Dec 29)
1391
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001392In debug mode one can inspect variables, but not the function parameters
1393(starting with a:). (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4, #1352)
1394
Bram Moolenaar06481422016-04-30 15:13:38 +02001395If ":bd" also closes a Tab page then the " mark is not set. (Harm te Hennepe,
13962016 Apr 25, #780)
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001397
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001398Patch to avoid redrawing tabline when the popup menu is visible.
1399(Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jan 28)
1400
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001401Patch to show search statistics. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jul 22)
1402
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001403When the CursorMovedI event triggers, and CTRL-X was typed, a script cannot
1404restore the mode properly. (Andrew Stewart, 2016 Apr 20)
1405Do not trigger the event?
1406
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02001407Using ":windo" to set options in all windows has the side effect that it
1408changes the window layout and the current window. Make a variant that saves
1409and restores. Use in the matchparen plugin.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001410Perhaps we can use ":windo <restore> {cmd}"?
1411Patch to add <restore> to :windo, :bufdo, etc. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan
14126, 2nd message)
1413Alternative: ":keeppos" command modifier: ":keeppos windo {cmd}".
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001414
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001415Patch to fix display of listchars on the cursorline. (Nayuri Aohime, 2013)
1416Update suggested by Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 25:
1417https://gist.github.com/presuku/d3d6b230b9b6dcfc0477
1418
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001419Patch to make the behavior of "w" more straightforward, but not Vi compatible.
1420With a 'cpo' flag. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 8)
1421
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001422Patch to add optionproperties(). (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Mar 27, update Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001423
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +01001424Patch to add TagNotFound autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 3)
1425
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001426Patch to add Error autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 17)
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001427Only remembers one error.
1428
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02001429GVim: when both Tab and CTRL-I are mapped, use CTRL-I not for Tab.
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001430
Bram Moolenaar12969c02015-09-08 23:36:10 +02001431Unexpected delay when using CTRL-O u. It's not timeoutlen.
1432(Gary Johnson, 2015 Aug 28)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001433
Bram Moolenaar345efa02016-01-15 20:57:49 +01001434Instead of separately uploading patches to the ftp site, we can get them from
1435github with a URL like this:
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001436 https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v7.4.920%5E...v7.4.920.diff
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001437Diff for version.c contains more context, can't skip a patch.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001438
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001439Python: ":py raw_input('prompt')" doesn't work. (Manu Hack)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001440
Bram Moolenaar77cdfd12016-03-12 12:57:59 +01001441Comparing nested structures with "==" uses a different comparator than when
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001442comparing individual items.
1443Also, "'' == 0" evaluates to true, which isn't nice.
1444Add "===" to have a strict comparison (type and value match).
1445Add "==*" (?) to have a value match, but no automatic conversion, and v:true
1446equals 1 and 1.0, v:false equals 0 and 0.0.?
1447
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001448Using uninitialized memory. (Dominique Pelle, 2015 Nov 4)
1449
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001450MS-Windows: When editing a file with a leading space, writing it uses the
1451wrong name. (Aram, 2014 Nov 7) Vim 7.4.
1452
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001453Can't recognize the $ProgramFiles(x86) environment variable. Recognize it
1454specifically? First try with the parens, then without.
1455
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001456Patch to add :mapgroup, put mappings in a group like augroup.
1457(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Feb 19)
1458
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001459Value returned by virtcol() changes depending on how lines wrap. This is
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001460inconsistent with the documentation.
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001461
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001462Value of virtcol() for '[ and '] depend on multi-byte character.
1463(Luchr, #277)
1464
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001465Can we cache the syntax attributes, so that updates for 'relativenumber' and
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001466'cursorline'/'cursorcolumn' are a lot faster? Thus store the attributes
1467before combining them.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001468
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001469C highlighting: modern C allows: /* comment */ #ifdef
1470and also line continuation after #include.
1471I can't recommend it though.
1472
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001473Build with Python on Mac does not always use the right library.
1474(Kazunobu Kuriyama, 2015 Mar 28)
1475
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001476To support Thai (and other languages) word boundaries, include the ICU
1477library: http://userguide.icu-project.org/boundaryanalysis
1478
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001479When complete() first argument is before where insert started and 'backspace'
1480is Vi compatible, the completion fails. (Hirohito Higashi, 2015 Feb 19)
1481
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001482Patch to use two highlight groups for relative numbers. (Shaun Brady, 2016 Jan
148330)
1484
Bram Moolenaar75b81562014-04-06 14:09:13 +02001485MS-Windows: Crash opening very long file name starting with "\\".
1486(Christian Brock, 2012 Jun 29)
1487
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001488The OptionSet autocommand event is not always triggered. (Rick Howe, 2015 Sep
148924): :diffthis, :diffoff.
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001490
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001491":set all&" still does not handle all side effects. Centralize handling side
1492effects for when set by the user, on init and when reset to default.
1493
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001494":tag" does not jump to the right entry of a :tselect. (James Speros, 2015 Oct
14959)
1496
1497The argument for "-S" is not taken literally, the ":so" command expands
1498wildcards. Add a ":nowild" command modifier? (ZyX, 2015 March 4)
1499
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001500Proposal to make options.txt easier to read. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001501Update Aug 14.
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001502
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001503When using --remote-tab on MS-Windows 'encoding' hasn't been initialized yet,
1504the file name ends up encoded wrong. (Raul Coronado, 2015 Dec 21)
1505
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001506Example in editing.txt uses $HOME with the expectation that it ends in a
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001507slash. For me it does, but perhaps not for everybody. Add a function that
1508inserts a slash when needed? pathconcat(dir, path) (Thilo Six, 2015 Aug 12)
1509
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001510ml_updatechunk() is slow when retrying for another encoding. (John Little,
15112014 Sep 11)
1512
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001513Patch to fix checking global option value when not using it.
1514(Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 23)
1515
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001516When 'showbreak' is set repeating a Visual operation counts the size of the
1517'showbreak' text as part of the operation. (Axel Bender, 2015 Jul 20)
1518
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001519Patch to add grepfile(). (Scott Prager, 2015 May 26)
1520Work in progress.
1521
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001522Would be useful to have a treemap() or deepmap() function. Like map() but
1523when an item is a list or dict would recurse into it.
1524
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001525Patch for global-local options consistency. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 22)
1526Is this right?
1527
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001528Patch to make getregtype() return the right size for non-linux systems.
1529(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Jul 8)
1530Breaks test_eval. Inefficient, can we only compute y_width when needed?
1531
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001532Patch to use different terminal mode settings for system(). (Hayaki Saito)
1533Does this work for everybody?
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001534
Bram Moolenaare2db6c92015-06-19 18:48:41 +02001535Patch for man.vim. (SungHyun Nam, 2015 May 20)
1536Doesn't work completely (Dominique Orban)
1537
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001538Patch to add a "literal" argument to bufnr(). (Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 Aug 4)
1539
Bram Moolenaar5837f1f2015-03-21 18:06:14 +01001540When a session file is created and there are "nofile" buffers, these are not
1541filled. Need to trigger BufReadCmd autocommands. Also handle deleting the
1542initial empty buffer better. (ZyX, 2015 March 8)
1543
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001544Extended file attributes lost on write (backupcopy=no). Issue 306.
1545
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001546Patch to add :lockjumps. (Carlo Baldassi, 2015 May 25)
1547OK to not block marks?
1548
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001549Mixup of highlighting when there is a match and SpellBad. (ZyX, 2015 Jan 1)
1550
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001551Patch on Issue 72: 'autochdir' causes problems for :vimgrep.
1552
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02001553When two SIGWINCH arrive very quickly, the second one may be lost.
1554(Josh Triplett, 2015 Sep 17)
1555
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001556Make comments in the test Makefile silent. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 24)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001557
Bram Moolenaared32d942014-12-06 23:33:00 +01001558Result of systemlist() does not show whether text ended in line break.
1559(Bjorn Linse, 2014 Nov 27)
1560
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001561When in 'comments' "n:x" follows after three-part comment directly it repeats
1562any one-character from the previous line. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 19)
1563
1564Syntax highlighting slow (hangs) in SASS file. (Niek Bosch, 2013 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02001565
Bram Moolenaar92dff182014-02-11 19:15:50 +01001566Adding "~" to 'cdpath' doesn't work for completion? (Davido, 2013 Aug 19)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001567
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001568Patch: Let rare word highlighting overrule good word highlighting.
1569(Jakson A. Aquino, 2010 Jul 30, again 2011 Jul 2)
1570
1571Patch to add digits argument to round(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2015 Apr 26)
1572
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001573Can assign to s:type when a function s:type has been defined.
1574Also the other way around: define a function while a variable with that name
1575was already defined.
1576(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 3)
1577
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001578Patch for ordered dict. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2015 May 7)
1579
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001580Patch to make closed folds line up. (Charles Campbell, 2014 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaare3faf442014-12-14 01:27:49 +01001581Remark from Roland Eggner: does it cause crashes? (2014 Dec 12)
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001582Updated patch by Roland Eggner, Dec 16
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001583Updated patch from Charles, 2016 Jul 2
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001584
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001585Patch for building a 32bit Vim with 64bit MingW compiler.
1586(Michael Soyka, 2014 Oct 15)
1587
Bram Moolenaar8a94d872015-01-25 13:02:57 +01001588Patch: On MS-Windows shellescape() may have to triple double quotes.
1589(Ingo Karkat, 2015 Jan 16)
1590
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001591Patch for glob(), adding slash to normal files. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Dec 22)
1592
Bram Moolenaara0f849e2015-10-30 14:37:44 +01001593When entering and leaving the preview window autocommands are triggered, but
1594these may not work well. Perhaps set a flag to indicate that the preview
1595window is involved? (John Otter, 2015 Oct 27)
1596
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001597Using "." to repeat an Ex command puts that command in history. Probably
1598should not happen. If the command is the result of a mapping it's not put in
1599history either. (Jacob Niehus, 2014 Nov 2)
1600Patch from Jacob, Nov 2.
1601
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001602"hi link" does not respect groups with GUI settings only. (Mark Lodato, 2014
1603Jun 8)
1604
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001605Bug: Autocompleting ":tag/pat" replaces "/pat" with a match but does not
1606insert a space. (Micha Mos, 2014 Nov 7)
1607
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001608No error for missing endwhile. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 20)
1609
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001610Patch to make extend() fail early when it might fail at some point.
1611(Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 May 2) Makes extend() slower, do we still want it?
1612Perhaps only the checks that can be done without looping over the dict or
1613arguments.
1614
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001615Problem with transparent and matchgroup. Issue #475
1616
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +02001617Patch to add :arglocal and :arglists. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2014 Aug 6)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001618
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001619Spell files use a latin single quote. Unicode also has another single quote:
16200x2019. (Ron Aaron, 2014 Apr 4)
1621New OpenOffice spell files support this with ICONV. But they are not
1622compatible with Vim spell files. The old files can no longer be downloaded.
1623
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02001624Spell checking: Add a feature to only consider two spaces after a dot to start
1625a new sentence. Don't give the capitalization error when there is one space.
1626
Bram Moolenaar13600302014-05-22 18:26:40 +02001627Idea: For a window in the middle (has window above and below it), use
1628right-mouse-drag on the status line to move a window up/down without changing
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001629its height? It's like dragging the status bar above it at the same time.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02001630
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001631Patch to add a :domodeline command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Oct 21)
1632
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001633This does not give an error: (Andre Sihera, 2014 Mar 21)
1634 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo if 1 | echo 1'
1635This neither: (ZyX)
1636 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo while 1 | echo 1'
1637
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001638'viewdir' default on MS-Windows is not a good choice, it's a system directory.
1639Change 'viewdir' to "$HOME/vimfiles/view" and use 'viewdiralt' to also read
1640from?
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001641
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001642Problem with upwards search on Windows (works OK on Linux). (Brett Stahlman,
16432014 Jun 8)
1644
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001645Include a plugin manager with Vim? Neobundle seems to be the best currently.
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001646Also Vundle: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001647Long message about this from ZyX, 2014 Mar 23. And following replies.
1648Also see http://vim-wiki.mawercer.de/wiki/topic/vim%20plugin%20managment.html
1649User view:
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001650- Support multiple sources, basically any http:// URL. Or a central place that
1651 will work for everybody (github? redirects from vim.org?).
1652 Be able to look into the files before deciding to install.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001653- Be able to try out a plugin and remove it again with (almost) no traces.
1654- Each plugin needs a "manifest" file that has the version, dependencies
1655 (including Vim version and features), conflicts, list of files, etc.
1656 Updater uses that to decide what/how to update.
1657 Dependencies can use a URL for specific versions, or short name for scripts
1658 on vim.org.
1659- Once a plugin is installed it remembers where it came from, updater checks
1660 there. Can manually update when really needed.
1661- Must be possible to install for one user. Also system wide?
1662- Can edit plugin config with Vim. Can temporarily disable a plugin.
1663- Run the update manually, find latest version and install.
1664- Be able to download without special tools, must work for 95% of users.
1665Implementation:
1666- Avoid the 'runtimepath' getting long. Need some other way to keep each
1667 plugin separate.
1668- When installing or updating, first figure out what needs to be done. This
1669 may involve recursively fetching manifest files for dependencies. Then show
1670 the user what's going to change and ask for OK.
1671- Scripts on Vim.org must be able to consist of several files. Is zip format
1672 sufficient? Upload the manifest? Or refer to a site that has the manifest?
1673- Best is to fetch individual files or use a Vimball. Reduces dependency on
1674 tools that might be missing and allows inspection of the files before
1675 installing.
1676Out of scope:
1677- Overview of plugins, ratings, comments, etc. That's another world.
1678- Development work on plugins (although diff with distributed version would be
1679 useful).
1680
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001681Setting the spell file in a session only reads the local additions, not the
1682normal spell file. (Enno Nagel, 2014 Mar 29)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001683
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001684When typing the first character of a command, e.g. "f", then using a menu, the
1685menu item doesn't work. Clear typeahead when using a menu?
1686
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001687Editing an ascii file as ucs-2 or ucs-4 causes display errors.
1688(ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
1689
1690":Next 1 some-arg" does not complain about trailing argument. Also for
1691various other commands. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001692
Bram Moolenaar0a63ded2015-04-15 13:31:24 +02001693Patch to skip sort if no line matches the expression.
Bram Moolenaar8bb1c3e2014-07-04 16:43:17 +02001694(Christian Brabandt, 2014 Jun 25)
1695
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001696VMS: Select() doesn't work properly, typing ESC may hang Vim. Use sys$qiow
1697instead. (Samuel Ferencik, 2013 Sep 28)
1698
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001699Patch for XDG base directory support. (Jean François Bignolles, 2014 Mar 4)
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001700Remark on the docs. Should not be a compile time feature. But then what?
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001701
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001702Completion of ":e" is ":earlier", should be ":edit". Complete to the matching
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001703command instead of doing this alphabetically. (Mikel Jorgensen)
Bram Moolenaar438f67a2014-01-07 06:09:28 +01001704
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001705Patch to define macros for hardcoded values. (Elias Diem, 2013 Dec 14)
1706
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001707Several syntax file match "^\s*" which may get underlined if that's in the
1708highlight group. Add a "\zs" after it?
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001709
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02001710The undo file name can get too long. (Issue 346)
1711For the path use a hash instead of dir%dir%dir%name hash%name.
1712
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001713Patch to add ":undorecover", get as much text out of the undo file as
Bram Moolenaar7b61a542014-08-23 15:31:19 +02001714possible. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Mar 12, update Aug 22)
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001715
Bram Moolenaard5d015d2013-11-03 21:14:31 +01001716Updated spec ftplugin. (Matěj Cepl, 2013 Oct 16)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001717
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001718Patch to handle integer overflow. (Aaron Burrow, 2013 Dec 12)
1719
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +010017207 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
1721 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
1722 "lucida_console:h8").
1723Patch by Thomas Tuegel, also for GTK, 2013 Nov 24
1724
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001725:help gives example for z?, but it does not work. m? and t? do work.
1726
Bram Moolenaar8e5af3e2011-04-28 19:02:44 +02001727Discussion about canonicalization of Hebrew. (Ron Aaron, 2011 April 10)
1728
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001729Checking runtime scripts: Thilo Six, 2012 Jun 6.
1730
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001731When evaluating expression in backticks, autoload doesn't work.
1732(Andy Wokula, 2013 Dec 14)
1733
1734Using <nr>ifoobar<esc> can slow down Vim. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013
Bram Moolenaar259f26a2018-05-15 22:25:40 +02001735Dec 13. Only helps a bit, 10000ii<Esc> is still too slow.
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001736
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001737GTK: problem with 'L' in 'guioptions' changing the window width.
1738(Aaron Cornelius, 2012 Feb 6)
1739
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001740Patch to add option that tells whether small deletes go into the numbered
1741registers. (Aryeh Leib Taurog, 2013 Nov 18)
1742
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02001743Javascript file where indent gets stuck on: GalaxyMaster, 2012 May 3.
1744
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001745The BufUnload event is triggered when re-using the empty buffer.
1746(Pokey Rule, 2013 Jul 22)
1747Patch by Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Jul 22.
1748
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001749The CompleteDone autocommand needs some info passed to it:
1750- The word that was selected (empty if abandoned complete)
1751- Type of completion: tag, omnifunc, user func.
1752
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001753Patch to allow more types in remote_expr(). (Lech Lorens, 2014 Jan 5)
1754Doesn't work for string in list. Other way to pass all types of variables
1755reliably?
1756
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001757Patch to add {lhs} to :mapclear: clear all maps starting with {lhs}.
1758(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Dec 9)
1759
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001760Exception caused by argument of return is not caught by try/catch.
1761(David Barnett, 2013 Nov 19)
1762
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001763Patch to fix that 'cedit' is recognized after :normal. (Christian Brabandt,
17642013 Mar 19, later message)
Bram Moolenaar26402cb2013-02-20 21:26:00 +01001765
1766Patch to view coverage of the tests. (Nazri Ramliy, 2013 Feb 15)
1767
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02001768Patch to invert characters differently in GTK. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2013 May
17695)
1770
Bram Moolenaar56b45b92013-06-24 22:22:18 +02001771Patch to add "Q" and "A" responses to interactive :substitute. They are
1772carried over when using :global. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jun 19)
1773
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02001774Bug with 'cursorline' in diff mode. Line being scrolled into view gets
1775highlighted as the cursor line. (Alessandro Ivaldi, 2013 Jun 4)
1776
Bram Moolenaar4b60a6c2013-11-14 05:48:46 +01001777Two highlighting bugs. (ZyX, 2013 Aug 18)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001778
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001779Patch to support 'u' in interactive substitute. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Sep
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200178028) With tests: Oct 9.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001781
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001782Dialog is too big on Linux too. (David Fishburn, 2013 Sep 2)
1783
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001784Patch to make fold updates much faster. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Dec)
1785
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001786- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
1787 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
1788Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 Apr 20, unfinished.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001789
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001790Bug: findfile("any", "file:///tmp;") does not work.
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001791
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +02001792In the ATTENTION message about an existing swap file, mention the name of the
1793process that is running. It might actually be some other program, e.g. after
1794a reboot.
1795
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001796patch to add "combine" flag to syntax commands. (so8res, 2012 Dec 6)
1797
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001798Syntax update problem in one buffer opened in two windows, bottom window is
1799not correctly updated. (Paul Harris, 2012 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001800
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001801Patch to add getsid(). (Tyru, 2011 Oct 2) Do we want this? Update Oct 4.
1802Or use expand('<sid>')?
1803
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001804Patch to make confirm() display colors. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Nov 9)
1805
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +01001806Problem with refresh:always in completion. (Tyler Wade, 2013 Mar 17)
1807
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001808b:undo_ftplugin cannot call a script-local function. (Boris Danilov, 2013 Jan
18097)
1810
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +02001811Win32: The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
1812compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2 dynamically?
1813
1814Python: Be able to define a Python function that can be called directly from
1815Vim script. Requires converting the arguments and return value, like with
1816vim.bindeval().
1817
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001818Patch for :tabcloseleft, after closing a tab go to left tab. (William Bowers,
18192012 Aug 4)
1820
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001821Patch to improve equivalence classes in regexp patterns.
1822(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jan 16, update Jan 17)
1823
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001824Patch with suggestions for starting.txt. (Tony Mechelynck, 2012 Oct 24)
1825But use Gnome instead of GTK?
1826
1827Should be possible to enable/disable matchparen per window or buffer.
1828Add a check for b:no_match_paren in Highlight_matching_Pair() (Marcin
1829Szamotulski, 2012 Nov 8)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02001830
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001831Session file creation: 'autochdir' causes trouble. Keep it off until after
1832loading all files.
1833
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001834MS-Windows resizing problems:
1835- Windows window on screen positioning: Patch by Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jun
1836 20. Uses getWindowRect() instead of GetWindowPlacement()
1837- Win32: When the taskbar is at the top of the screen creating the tabbar
1838 causes the window to move unnecessarily. (William E. Skeith III, 2012 Jan
1839 12) Patch: 2012 Jan 13 Needs more work (2012 Feb 2)
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001840
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001841'iminsert' global value set when using ":setlocal iminsert"? (Wu, 2012 Jun 23)
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001842
Bram Moolenaarad3b3662013-05-17 18:14:19 +02001843Patch to append regexp to tag commands to make it possible to select one out
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001844of many matches. (Cody Cutler, 2013 Mar 28)
1845
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001846The input map for CTRL-O in mswin.vim causes problems after CTRL-X CTRL-O.
1847Suggestion for another map. (Philip Mat, 2012 Jun 18)
1848But use "gi" instead of "a". Or use CTRL-\ CTRL-O.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001849
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001850When there are no command line arguments ":next" and ":argu" give E163, which
1851is confusing. Should say "the argument list is empty".
1852
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001853URXVT:
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001854- will get stuck if byte sequence does not contain the expected semicolon.
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001855- Use urxvt mouse support also in xterm. Explanations:
1856 http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2662
1857
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001858Patch to have the fold and sign column and at the last line of the buffer.
1859(Marco Hinz, 2014 Sep 25)
1860Alternate suggestion: let all columns continue, also the number column.
1861
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001862Patch to add tests for if_xcmdsrv.c., Jul 8, need some more work. (Brian Burns)
Bram Moolenaar6c35bea2012-07-25 17:49:10 +02001863New tests Jul 13. Update Jul 17. Discussion Jul 18.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001864
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001865When running Vim in silent ex mode, an existing swapfile causes Vim to wait
1866for a user action without a prompt. (Maarten Billemont, 2012 Feb 3)
1867Do give the prompt? Quit with an error?
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001868
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02001869Patch for input method status. (Hirohito Higashi, 2012 Apr 18)
1870
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001871Update Vim app icon (for Gnome). (Jakub Steiner, 2013 Dec 6)
1872
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001873Patch to use .png icons for the toolbar on MS-Windows. (Martin Gieseking, 2013
1874Apr 18)
1875
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001876Patch for has('unnamedplus') docs. (Tony Mechelynck, 2011 Sep 27)
1877And one for gui_x11.txt.
1878
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001879":cd" doesn't work when current directory path contains "**".
1880finddir() has the same problem. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jan 10)
1881Requires a rewrite of the file_file_in_path code.
1882
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001883Should use has("browsefilter") in ftplugins. Requires patch 7.3.593.
1884
Bram Moolenaar34700a62013-03-07 13:20:54 +01001885Update for vim2html.pl. (Tyru, 2013 Feb 22)
1886
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001887Patch to sort functions starting with '<' after others. Omit dict functions,
1888they can't be called. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2011 Oct 11)
1889
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001890Patch to pass list to or(), and() and xor(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2012 Feb 8)
1891
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001892Patch to improve "it" and "at" text object matching. (Christian Brabandt, 2011
1893Nov 20)
1894
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001895Patch to improve GUI find/replace dialog. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 May 26)
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001896Update Jun 2.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001897
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001898`] moves to character after insert, instead of the last inserted character.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001899(Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Dec 9)
1900
1901Plugin for Modeleasy. (Massimiliano Tripoli, 2011 Nov 29)
1902
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01001903BufWinLeave triggers too late when quitting last window in a tab page. (Lech
1904Lorens, 2012 Feb 21)
1905
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001906Patch for 'transparency' option. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1907Only for MS-Windows. No documentation. Do we want this?
1908
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01001909Patch to support cursor shape in Cygwin console. (Ben bgold, 2011 Dec 27)
1910
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001911On MS-Windows a temp dir with a & init causes system() to fail. (Ben Fritz,
19122012 Jun 19)
1913
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001914'cursorline' is displayed too short when there are concealed characters and
1915'list' is set. (Dennis Preiser)
1916Patch 7.3.116 was the wrong solution.
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001917Christian Brabandt has another incomplete patch. (2011 Jul 13)
Bram Moolenaar5b435d62012-04-05 17:33:26 +02001918
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001919With concealed text mouse click doesn't put the cursor in the right position.
1920(Herb Sitz) Fix by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 16. Doesn't work properly,
1921need to make the change in where RET_WIN_BUF_CHARTABSIZE() is called.
1922
1923Syntax region with 'concealends' and a 'cchar' value, 'conceallevel' set to 2,
1924only one of the two ends gets the cchar displayed. (Brett Stahlman, 2010 Aug
192521, Ben Fritz, 2010 Sep 14)
1926
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001927Win32: Patch to use task dialogs when available. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1928New feature, requires testing. Made some remarks.
1929
1930Win32: Patch for alpha-blended icons and toolbar height. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011
1931Sep 17) Asked for feedback from others.
1932
Bram Moolenaar6be7f872012-01-20 21:08:56 +01001933Win32: Cannot cd into a directory that starts with a space. (Andy Wokula, 2012
1934Jan 19)
1935
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001936Need to escape $HOME on Windows for fnameescape()? (ZyX, 2011 Jul 21,
1937discussion 2013 Jul 4) Can't simply use a backslash, \$HOME has a different
1938meaning already. Would be possible to use $$HOME where $HOME is to be used.
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001939
Bram Moolenaarbc488a72013-07-05 21:01:22 +02001940"2" in 'formatoptions' not working in comments. (Christian Corneliussen, 2011
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001941Oct 26)
1942
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001943Bug in repeating Visual "u". (Lawrence Kesteloot, 2010 Dec 20)
1944
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02001945With "unamedplus" in 'clipboard' pasting in Visual mode causes error for empty
1946register. (Michael Seiwald, 2011 Jun 28) I can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001947
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001948Windows keys not set properly on Windows 7? (cncyber, 2010 Aug 26)
1949
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001950When using a Vim server, a # in the path causes an error message.
1951(Jeff Lanzarotta, 2011 Feb 17)
1952
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001953When there is a ">" in a line that "gq" wraps to the start of the next line,
1954then the following line will pick it up as a leader. Should get the leader
1955from the first line, not a wrapped line. (Matt Ackeret, 2012 Feb 27)
1956
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001957Using ":break" or something else that stops executing commands inside a
1958":finally" does not rethrow a previously uncaught exception. (ZyX, 2010 Oct
195915)
1960
1961Vim using lots of memory when joining lines. (John Little, 2010 Dec 3)
1962
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02001963BT regexp engine: After trying a \@> match and failing, submatches are not
1964cleared. See test64.
1965
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001966Patch to make "z=" work when 'spell' is off. Does this have nasty side
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001967effects? (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Aug 5, Update 2013 Aug 12)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001968Would also need to do this for spellbadword() and spellsuggest().
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +01001969https://github.com/chrisbra/vim-mq-patches/blob/master/enable_spellchecking
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001970
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001971On 64 bit MS-Windows "long" is only 32 bits, but we sometimes need to store a
197264 bits value. Change all number options to use nropt_T and define it to the
1973right type.
1974
1975string() can't parse back "inf" and "nan". Fix documentation or fix code?
1976(ZyX, 2010 Aug 23)
1977
1978When doing "redir => s:foo" in a script and then "redir END" somewhere else
1979(e.g. in a function) it can't find s:foo.
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001980When a script contains "redir => s:foo" but doesn't end redirection, a
1981following "redir" command gives an error for not being able to access s:foo.
1982(ZyX, 2011 Mar 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001983
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02001984When setqflist() uses a filename that triggers a BufReadCmd autocommand Vim
1985doesn't jump to the correct line with :cfirst. (ZyX, 2011 Sep 18)
1986
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001987Behavior of i" and a" text objects isn't logical. (Ben Fritz, 2013 Nov 19)
1988
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001989maparg() does not show the <script> flag. When temporarily changing a
1990mapping, how to restore the script ID?
1991
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001992Bug in try/catch: return with invalid compare throws error that isn't caught.
1993(ZyX, 2011 Jan 26)
1994
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001995When setting a local option value from the global value, add a script ID that
1996indicates this, so that ":verbose set" can give a hint. Check with options in
1997the help file.
1998
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001999After patch 7.3.097 still get E15. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Jan 18)
2000Also for another example (ZyX, 2011 Jan 24)
2001
2002Build problem with small features on Mac OS X 10.6. (Rainer, 2011 Jan 24)
2003
2004"0g@$" puts '] on last byte of multi-byte. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 22)
2005
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01002006Patch for :tabrecently. (Hirokazu Yoshida, 2012 Jan 30)
2007
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02002008Problem with "syn sync grouphere". (Gustavo Niemeyer, 2011 Jan 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002009
2010Loading autoload script even when usage is inside "if 0". (Christian Brabandt,
20112010 Dec 18)
2012
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002013With a filler line in diff mode, it isn't displayed in the column with line
2014number, but it is in the sign column. Doesn't look right. (ZyX 2011 Jun 5)
2015Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 5. Introduces new problems.
2016
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02002017Add jump() function. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Aug 29)
2018Is this needed? CTRL-O and CTRL-I do the same, just more difficult to use.
2019
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020020208 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
2021Patch by Christian Brabandt, uses ]e [e ]t and [t. 2011 Aug 9.
2022
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01002023Add event for when the text scrolls. A bit like CursorMoved. Also a similar
2024one for insert mode. Use the event in matchparen to update the highlight if
2025the match scrolls into view.
2026
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020020277 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
2028Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
2029Update by Ben Fritz, with fix for TOhtml. (2011 Jul 30)
2030
20319 Add %F to 'errorformat': file name without spaces. Useful on Unix to
2032 avoid matching something up to a time 11:22:33.
2033Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
2034
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02002035Patch to add up to 99 match groups. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 Dec 22)
2036Also add named groups: \%{name}(re) and \%{name}g
2037
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002038In the sandbox it's not allowed to do many things, but it's possible to change
2039or set variables. Add a way to prevent variables from being changed in the
2040sandbox? E.g.: ":protect g:restore_settings".
2041
2042GTK: drawing a double-width combining character over single-width characters
2043doesn't look right. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 8)
2044
2045GTK: tear-off menu does not work. (Kurt Sonnenmoser, 2010 Oct 25)
2046
2047Win32: tear-off menu does not work when menu language is German. (Markus
2048Bossler, 2011 Mar 2) Fixed by 7.3.095?
2049
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02002050Wish for NetBeans commands:
2051 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
2052
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002053Version of netbeans.c for use with MacVim. (Kazuki Sakamoto, 2010 Nov 18)
2054
20557.3.014 changed how backslash at end of line works, but still get a NUL when
2056there is one backslash. (Ray Frush, 2010 Nov 18) What does the original ex
2057do?
2058
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002059Searching mixed with Visual mode doesn't redraw properly. (James Vega, 2010 Nov
206022)
2061
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002062New esperanto spell file can't be processed. (Dominique Pelle, 2011 Jan 30)
2063- move compflags to separate growarray?
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002064- instead of a regexp use a hashtable. Expand '?', '*', '+'. What would be
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002065 the maximum repeat for * and +?
2066
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01002067"L'Italie" noted as a spell error at start of the sentence. (Dominique Pelle,
20682011 Feb 27)
2069
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002070Editing a file with a ^M with 'ff' set to "mac", opening a help file, then the
2071^M is displayed as ^J sometimes. Getting 'ff' value from wrong window/buffer?
2072
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002073When Vim is put in the background (SIGTSTP) and then gets a SIGHUP it doesn't
2074exit. It exists as soon as back in the foreground. (Stephen Liang, 2011 Jan
20759) Caused by vim_handle_signal(SIGNAL_BLOCK); in ui.c.
2076
2077g` not working correctly when using :edit. It works OK when editing a file on
2078the command line. (Ingo Karkat, 2011 Jan 25)
2079
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002080Since patch 7.2.46 Yankring plugin has become very slow, eventually make Vim
2081crash? (Raiwil, 2010 Nov 17)
2082
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02002083Patch to add FoldedLineNr highlighting: different highlighting for the line
2084number of a closed fold. (eXerigumo Clanjor, 2013 Jul 15)
2085
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02002086Regexp engine performance:
2087- Profiling:
2088 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/ruby.vim
2089 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/loop.vim
2090 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/alsa.vim
2091 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/todo.vim
2092 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/xml.vim
2093 Dominique Pelle: xmlSyncDT is particularly slow (Jun 7)
2094- More test files from the src/pkg/regexp/testdata directory in the Go repo.
2095- Performance tests:
2096 - Using asciidoc syntax. (Marek Schimara, 2013 Jun 6)
2097 - ~/vim/text/FeiqCfg.xml (file from Netjune)
2098 - ~/vim/text/edl.svg (also XML)
2099 - glts has five tests. (May 25)
2100 - ~/vim/test/slowsearch
2101 - ~/vim/test/rgb.vim
2102 - search for a.*e*exn in the vim executable. Go to last line to use
2103 'hlsearch'.
2104 - Slow combination of folding and PHP syntax highlighting. Script to
2105 reproduce it. Caused by "syntax sync fromstart" in combination with patch
2106 7.2.274. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 May 27) Generally, folding with
2107 'foldmethod' set to "syntax" is slow. Do profiling to find out why.
2108
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002109Problem producing tags file when hebrew.frx is present. It has a BOM.
2110Results in E670. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 May 2)
2111
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02002112'beval' option should be global-local.
2113
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002114Ruby: ":ruby print $buffer.number" returns zero.
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02002115
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002116setpos() does not restore cursor position after :normal. (Tyru, 2010 Aug 11)
Bram Moolenaar2a988a12010-08-13 15:24:39 +02002117
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02002118With "tw=55 fo+=a" typing space before ) doesn't work well. (Scott Mcdermott,
21192010 Oct 24)
2120
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002121Messages in message.txt are highlighted as examples.
2122
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02002123When using cp850 the NBSP (0xff) is not drawn correctly. (Brett Stahlman, 2010
2124Oct 22) 'isprint' is set to "@,161-255".
2125
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02002126":echo "\x85" =~# '[\u0085]'" returns 1 instead of 0. (ZyX, 2010 Oct 3)
2127
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002128'cindent' not correct when 'list' is set. (Zdravi Korusef, 2010 Apr 15)
2129
Bram Moolenaar6ee8d892012-01-10 14:55:01 +01002130C-indenting: A matching { in a comment is ignored, but intermediate { are not
2131checked to be in a comment. Implement FM_SKIPCOMM flag of findmatchlimit().
2132Issue 46.
2133
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002134Mac with X11: clipboard doesn't work properly. (Raf, 2010 Aug 16)
2135
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002136Using CompilerSet doesn't record where an option was set from. E.g., in the
2137gcc compiler plugin. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Dec 13)
2138
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002139":helpgrep" does not put the cursor in the correct column when preceded by
2140accented character. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 Apr 15)
2141
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002142Don't call check_restricted() for histadd(), setbufvar(), settabvar(),
2143setwinvar().
2144
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002145Patch for gVimExt to show an icon. (Dominik Riebeling, 2010 Nov 7)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002146
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002147When 'lines' is 25 and 'scrolloff' is 12, "j" scrolls zero or two lines
2148instead of one. (Constantin Pan, 2010 Sep 10)
2149
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02002150Gui menu edit/paste in block mode insert only inserts in one line (Bjorn
2151Winckler, 2011 May 11)
2152Requires a map mode for Insert mode started from blockwise Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002153
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002154Writing nested List and Dict in viminfo gives error message and can't be read
2155back. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2010 Nov 13)
2156
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002157Problem with cursor in the wrong column. (SungHyun Nam, 2010 Mar 11)
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002158Additional info by Dominique Pelle. (also on 2010 Apr 10)
2159
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002160CreateFile and CreateFileW are used without sharing, filewritable() fails when
2161the file was already open (e.g. script is being sourced). Add FILE_SHARE_READ|
2162FILE_SHARE_WRITE in mch_access()? (Phillippe Vaucher, 2010 Nov 2)
2163
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002164Is ~/bin (literally) in $PATH supposed to work? (Paul, 2010 March 29)
2165Looks like only bash can do it. (Yakov Lerner)
2166
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02002167Cscope "cs add" stopped working somewhat before 7.2.438. (Gary Johnson, 2010
2168Jun 29) Caused by 7.2.433?
2169
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002170Jumplist doesn't work properly in Insert mode? (Jean Johner, 2010 Mar 20)
2171
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002172Problem with transparent cmdline. Also: Terminal title is wrong with
2173non-ASCII character. (Lily White, 2010 Mar 7)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002174
2175iconv() doesn't fail on an illegal character, as documented. (Yongwei Wu, 2009
2176Nov 15, example Nov 26) Add argument to specify whether iconv() should fail
2177or replace with a character and continue?
2178
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002179Add local time at start of --startuptime output.
2180Requires configure check for localtime().
2181Use format year-month-day hr:min:sec.
2182
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01002183Patch to add "combine" to :syntax, combines highlight attributes. (Nate
2184Soares, 2012 Dec 3)
2185
2186Patch to make ":hi link" also take arguments. (Nate Soares, 2012 Dec 4)
2187
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002188Shell not recognized properly if it ends in "csh -f". (James Vega, 2009 Nov 3)
2189Find tail? Might have a / in argument. Find space? Might have space in
2190path.
2191
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002192Test 51 fails when language set to German. (Marco, 2011 Jan 9)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002193Dominique can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002194
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02002195'ambiwidth' should be global-local.
2196
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002197":function f(x) keepjumps" creates a function where every command is executed
2198like it has ":keepjumps" before it.
2199
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002200Coverity: Check if there are new reported defects:
2201https://scan.coverity.com/projects/241
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002202
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002203Patch to support :undo absolute jump to file save number. (Christian Brabandt,
22042010 Nov 5)
2205
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02002206Patch to use 'foldnestmax' also for "marker" foldmethod. (Arnaud Lacombe, 2011
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002207Jan 7)
2208
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002209Problem with editing file in binary mode. (Ingo Krabbe, 2009 Oct 8)
2210
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002211With 'wildmode' set to "longest:full,full" and pressing Tab once the first
2212entry in wildmenu is highlighted, that shouldn't happen. (Yuki Watanabe, 2011
2213Feb 12)
2214
Bram Moolenaar4421d6a2010-08-14 13:33:56 +02002215Display error when 'tabline' that includes a file name with double-width
2216characters. (2010 Aug 14, bootleq)
2217
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002218Problem with stop directory in findfile(). (Adam Simpkins, 2009 Aug 26)
2219
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02002220Using ']' as the end of a range in a pattern requires double escaping:
2221 /[@-\\]] (Andy Wokula, 2011 Jun 28)
2222
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02002223Syntax priority problem. (Charles Campbell, 2011 Sep 15)
2224
Bram Moolenaar97ea5112010-06-12 06:46:44 +02002225When completion inserts the first match, it may trigger the line to be folded.
2226Disable updating folds while completion is active? (Peter Odding, 2010 Jun 9)
2227
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002228When a:base in 'completefunc' starts with a number it's passed as a number,
2229not a string. (Sean Ma) Need to add flag to call_func_retlist() to force a
2230string value.
2231
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002232For running gvim on a USB stick: avoid the OLE registration. Use a command
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002233line argument -noregister.
2234
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002235When using an expression in 'statusline' leading white space sometimes goes
2236missing (but not always). (ZyX, 2010 Nov 1)
2237
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002238When a mapping exists both for insert mode and lang-insert mode, the last one
2239doesn't work. (Tyru, 2010 May 6) Or is this intended?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002240
2241Still a problem with ":make" in the wrong directory. Caused by ":bufdo".
2242(Ajit Thakkar, 2009 Jul 1) More information Jul 9, Jul 15.
2243Caused by "doautoall syntaxset BufEnter *" in syntax/nosyntax.vim ?
2244There also is a BufLeave/BufEnter aucmd to save/restore view.
2245Does the patch to save/restore globaldir work?
2246
2247":bufdo normal gg" while 'hidden' is set leaves buffers without syntax
2248highlighting. Don't disable Syntax autocommands then? Or add a flag/modifier
2249to avoid changing 'eventignore'?
2250
2251Patch for displaying 0x200c and 0x200d. (Ali Gholami Rudi, 2009 May 6)
2252Probably needs a bit of work.
2253
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002254List of encoding aliases. (Takao Fujiwara, 2009 Jul 18)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002255Are they all OK? Update Jul 22.
2256
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002257Win32: Improved Makefile for MSVC. (Leonardo Valeri Manera, 2010 Aug 18)
2258
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002259Win32: Expanding 'path' runs into a maximum size limit. (bgold12, 2009 Nov 15)
2260
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002261Win32: Patch for enabling quick edit mode in console. (Craig Barkhouse, 2010
2262Sep 1)
2263
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01002264Win32: Patch for using .png files for icons. (Charles Peacech, 2012 Feb 5)
2265
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02002266Putting a Visual block while 'visualedit' is "all" does not leave the cursor
2267on the first character. (John Beckett, 2010 Aug 7)
2268
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002269Setting 'tags' to "tagsdir/*" does not find "tagsdir/tags". (Steven K. Wong,
22702009 Jul 18)
2271
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002272Patch to add "focusonly" to 'scrollopt', so that scrollbind also applies in
2273window that doesn't have focus. (Jonathon Mah, 2009 Jan 12)
2274Needs more work.
2275
2276Problem with <script> mappings (Andy Wokula, 2009 Mar 8)
2277
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002278When starting Vim with "gvim -f -u non_existent_file > foo.txt" there are a
2279few control characters in the output. (Dale Wiles, 2009 May 28)
2280
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002281'cmdwinheight' is only used in last window when 'winheight' is a large value.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002282(Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Apr 15)
2283
2284Status line containing winnr() isn't updated when splitting the window (Clark
2285J. Wang, 2009 Mar 31)
2286
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002287When $VIMRUNTIME is set in .vimrc, need to reload lang files. Already done
2288for GTK, how about others? (Ron Aaron, 2010 Apr 10)
2289
Bram Moolenaarede981a2010-08-11 23:37:32 +02002290Patch for GTK buttons X1Mouse and X2Mouse. (Christian J. Robinson, 2010 Aug 9)
2291
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002292":tab split fname" doesn't set the alternate file in the original window,
2293because win_valid() always returns FALSE. Below win_new_tabpage() in
2294ex_docmd.c.
2295
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002296Space before comma in function definition not allowed: "function x(a , b)"
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002297Give a more appropriate error message. Add a remark to the docs.
2298
2299string_convert() should be able to convert between utf-8 and utf-16le. Used
2300for GTK clipboard. Avoid requirement for iconv.
2301
2302Now that colnr_T is int instead of unsigned, more type casts can be removed.
2303
2304'delcombine' does not work for the command line. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jul
230520)
2306
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002307Don't load macmap.vim on startup, turn it into a plugin. (Ron Aaron,
23082009 Apr 7) Reminder Apr 14.
2309
2310Add "no_hlsearch" to winsaveview().
2311
2312Cursorline highlighting combines with Search ('hlsearch') but not with
2313SpellBad. (Jim Karsten, 2009 Mar 18)
2314
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002315When 'foldmethod' is "indent", adding an empty line below a fold and then
2316indented text, creates a new fold instead of joining it with the previous one.
2317(Evan Laforge, 2009 Oct 17)
2318
2319Bug: When reloading a buffer changed outside of Vim, BufRead autocommands
2320are applied to the wrong buffer/window. (Ben Fritz, 2009 Apr 2, May 11)
2321Ignore window options when not in the right window?
2322Perhaps we need to use a hidden window for applying autocommands to a buffer
2323that doesn't have a window.
2324
2325When using "ab foo bar" and mapping <Tab> to <Esc>, pressing <Tab> after foo
2326doesn't trigger the abbreviation like <Esc> would. (Ramana Kumar, 2009 Sep 6)
2327
2328getbufvar() to get a window-local option value for a buffer that's not
2329displayed in a window should return the value that's stored for that buffer.
2330
2331":he ctrl_u" can be auto-corrected to ":he ctrl-u".
2332
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002333There should be a way after an abbreviation has expanded to go back to what
2334was typed. CTRL-G h ? Would also undo last word or line break inserted
2335perhaps. And undo CTRL-W. CTRL-G l would redo.
2336
Bram Moolenaar84f888a2010-08-05 21:40:16 +02002337Diff mode out of sync. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Aug 4)
2338
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002339Win32 GUI: last message from startup doesn't show up when there is an echoerr
2340command. (Cyril Slobin, 2009 Mar 13)
2341
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002342Win32: completion of file name ":e c:\!test" results in ":e c:\\!test", which
2343does not work. (Nieko Maatjes, 2009 Jan 8, Ingo Karkat, 2009 Jan 22)
2344
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002345opening/closing window causes other window with 'winfixheight' to change
2346height. Also happens when there is another window in the frame, if it's not
Bram Moolenaar2c3b1d92010-07-24 16:58:02 +02002347very high. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2010 Jul 22, Michael Peeters, 2010 Jul 22)
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002348
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002349Directory wrong in session file, caused by ":lcd" in BufEnter autocommand.
2350(Felix Kater, 2009 Mar 3)
2351
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01002352Session file generates error upon loading, cause by --remote-silent-tab.
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002353(7tommm (ytommm) 2010 Nov 24)
2354
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002355Using ~ works OK on 'a' with composing char, but not on 0x0418 with composing
2356char 0x0301. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Mar 4)
2357
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02002358Searching for composing char works, but not when inside []. (ZyX, Benjamin R.
2359Haskell, 2010 Aug 24)
2360
2361This does not work yet: "a\(%C\)" (get composing characters into a submatch).
2362
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002363Inconsistent: starting with $LANG set to es_ES.utf-8 gives Spanish
2364messages, even though locale is not supported. But ":lang messages
2365es_ES.utf-8" gives an error and doesn't switch messages. (Dominique Pelle,
23662009 Jan 26)
2367
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002368When $HOME contains special characters, such as a comma, escape them when used
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002369in an option. (Michael Hordijk, 2009 May 5)
2370Turn "esc" argument of expand_env_esc() into string of chars to be escaped.
2371
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002372Should make 'ignorecase' global-local, so that it makes sense setting it from
2373a modeline.
2374
2375Add cscope target to Makefile. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jun 18, replies by
2376Sergey Khorev)
2377
2378Consider making YankRing or something else that keeps a list of yanked text
2379part of standard Vim. The "1 to "9 registers are not sufficient.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002380
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002381After doing "su" $HOME can be the old user's home, thus ~root/file is not
2382correct. Don't use it in the swap file.
2383
2384Completion for ":buf" doesn't work properly on Win32 when 'shellslash' is off.
2385(Henrik Ohman, 2009, Jan 29)
2386
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002387shellescape() depends on 'shellslash' for quoting. That doesn't work when
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002388'shellslash' is set but using cmd.exe. (Ben Fritz)
2389Use a different option or let it depend on whether 'shell' looks like a
2390unix-like shell?
2391
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002392Bug: in Ex mode (after "Q") backslash before line break, when yanked into a
2393register and executed, results in <Nul>: instead of line break.
2394(Konrad Schwarz, 2010 Apr 16)
2395
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002396Have a look at patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Mar 1, Mar 23)
2397Now at: http://vimgadgets.sourceforge.net/liblinebreak/
2398
2399Greek sigma character should be lower cased depending on the context. Can we
2400make this work? (Dominique Pelle, 2009 Sep 24)
2401
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002402When changing 'encoding' convert all the swap file names, so that we can
2403still delete them. Also convert all buffer file names?
2404
2405"gqip" in Insert mode has an off-by-one error, causing it to reflow text.
2406(Raul Coronado, 2009 Nov 2)
2407
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002408Something wrong with session that has "cd" commands and "badd", in such a way
2409that Vim doesn't find the edited file in the buffer list, causing the
2410ATTENTION message? (Tony Mechelynck, 2008 Dec 1)
2411Also: swap files are in ~/tmp/ One has relative file name ".mozilla/...".
2412
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002413MS-Windows: editing the first, empty buffer, 'ffs' set to "unix,dos", ":enew"
2414doesn't set 'ff' to "unix". (Ben Fritz, 2008 Dec 5) Reusing the old buffer
2415probably causes this.
2416
2417'scrollbind' is not respected when deleting lines or undo. (Milan Vancura,
Bram Moolenaar927edbd2010-05-17 22:07:47 +020024182009 Jan 16)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002419
2420Document that default font in Athena can be set with resources:
2421 XtDefaultFont: "9x15"
2422 XtDefaultFontSet: "9x15"
2423(Richard Sherman, 2009 Apr 12)
2424
2425Having "Syntax" in 'eventignore' for :bufdo may cause problems, e.g. for
2426":bufdo e" when buffers are open in windows. ex_listdo(eap) could set the
2427option only for when jumping to another buffer, not when the command argument
2428is executed.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002429
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002430":pedit %" with a BufReadPre autocommand causes the cursor to move to the
2431first line. (Ingo Karkat, 2008 Jul 1) Ian Kelling is working on this.
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02002432Similar problem with ":e". (Marc Montu, 2014 Apr 22)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002433
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002434Wildmenu not deleted: "gvim -u NONE", ":set nocp wildmenu cmdheight=3
2435laststatus=2", CTRL-D CTRL-H CTRL-H CTRL-H. (A.Politz, 2008 April 1)
2436Works OK with Vim in an xterm.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002437
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002438Cursor line moves in other window when using CTRL-W J that doesn't change
2439anything. (Dasn, 2009 Apr 7)
2440
2441On Unix "glob('does not exist~')" returns the string. Without the "~" it
2442doesn't. (John Little, 2008 Nov 9)
2443Shell expansion returns unexpanded string?
2444Don't use shell when "~" is not at the start?
2445
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002446When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
2447'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though the
2448fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to check for
2449the buffer to be unmodified.
2450Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 11. Followup Jul 14, need to have
2451another look at it.
2452
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002453c.vim: XXX in a comment is colored yellow, but not when it's after "#if 0".
2454(Ilya Dogolazky, 2009 Aug 7)
2455
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002456You can type ":w ++bad=x fname", but the ++bad argument is ignored. Give an
2457error message? Or is this easy to implement? (Nathan Stratton Treadway, 2008
2458Aug 20) This is in ucs2bytes(), search for 0xBF. Using the ++bad argument is
2459at the other match for 0xBF.
2460
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002461When adding "-complete=file" to a user command this also changes how the
2462argument is processed for <f-args>. (Ivan Tishchenko, 2008 Aug 19)
2463
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002464Win32: associating a type with Vim doesn't take care of space after a
2465backslash? (Robert Vibrant, 2008 Jun 5)
2466
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002467When 'rightleft' is set, cursorcolumn isn't highlighted after the end of a
2468line. It's also wrong in folds. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 21)
2469
2470Using an insert mode expression mapping, cursor is not in the expected
2471position. (ZyX, 2010 Aug 29)
2472
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002473After using <Tab> for command line completion after ":ta blah" and getting E33
2474(no tags file), further editing the command to e.g., ":echo 'blah'", the
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002475command is not executed. Fix by Ian Kelling?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002476
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002477":help s/~" jumps to *s/\~*, while ":help s/\~" doesn't find anything. (Tim
2478Chase) Fix by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 14.
2479
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002480When mapping : to ; and ; to :, @; doesn't work like @: and @: doesn't work
2481either. Matt Wozniski: nv_at() calls do_execreg() which uses
2482put_in_typebuf(). Char mapped twice?
2483
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002484Despite adding save_subexpr() this still doesn't work properly:
2485Regexp: matchlist('12a4aaa', '^\(.\{-}\)\(\%5c\@<=a\+\)\(.\+\)\?')
2486Returns ['12a4', 'aaa', '4aaa'], should be ['12a4', 'aaa', '']
2487Backreference not cleared when retrying after \@<= fails?
2488(Brett Stahlman, 2008 March 8)
2489
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002490Problem with remote_send(). (Charles Campbell, 2008 Aug 12)
2491
2492ftplugin for help file should set 'isk' to help file value.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002493
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002494Win32: remote editing fails when the current directory name contains "[".
2495(Ivan Tishchenko, Liu Yubao) Suggested patch by Chris Lubinski: Avoid
2496escaping characters where the backslash is not removed later. Asked Chris for
2497an alternate solution, also for src/ex_getln.c.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002498This also fails when the file or directory name contains "%". (Thoml, 2008
2499July 7)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02002500Using --remote-silent while the current directory has a # in the name does not
2501work, the # needs to be escaped. (Tramblay Bruno, 2012 Sep 15)
2502
2503When using remote-silent the -R flag is not passed on. (Axel Bender, 2012 May
250431)
2505
2506Win32: A --remote command that has a directory name starting with a ( doesn't
2507work, the backslash is removed, assuming that it escapes the (. (Valery
2508Kondakoff, 2009 May 13)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002509
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002510Win32: Using "gvim --remote-tab-silent elŝuti.txt" doesn't work, the
2511multi-byte character isn't passed and edits elsuti.txt.
2512(Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado, 2015 Dec 18)
2513
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002514Problem with 'langmap' being used on the rhs of a mapping. (Nikolai Weibull,
25152008 May 14)
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02002516Possibly related problem: Alexey Muranov, 2015 Apr 2
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002517
2518Problem with CTRL-F. (Charles Campbell, 2008 March 21)
2519Only happens with "gvim -geometry "160x26+4+27" -u NONE -U NONE prop.c".
2520'lines' is 54. (2008 March 27)
2521
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002522Problem with pointer wrapping around in getvcol(). (Wolfgang Kroworsch, 2008
2523Oct 19) Check for "col" being "MAXCOL" separately?
2524
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002525Unexpectedly inserting a double quote. (Anton Woellert, 2008 Mar 23)
2526Works OK when 'cmdheight' is 2.
2527
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +020025288 Use a mechanism similar to omni completion to figure out the kind of tab
2529 for CTRL-] and jump to the appropriate matching tag (if there are
2530 several).
2531 Alternative: be able to define a function that takes the tag name and uses
2532 taglist() to find the right location. With indication of using CTRL-] so
2533 that the context can be taken into account. (Robert Webb)
2534Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 May 31.
2535
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002536The utf class table is missing some entries:
2537 0x2212, minus sign
2538 0x2217, star
2539 0x2500, bar
2540 0x26ab, circle
2541
2542Visual line mode doesn't highlight properly when 'showbreak' is used and the
2543line doesn't fit. (Dasn, 2008 May 1)
2544
2545GUI: In Normal mode can't yank the modeless selection. Make "gy" do this?
2546Works like CTRL-Y in Command line mode.
2547
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002548Mac: Move Carbon todo items to os_mac.txt. Note that this version is frozen,
2549try the Cocoa version.
2550
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002551Mac: After a ":vsplit" the left scrollbar doesn't appear until 'columns' is
2552changed or the window is resized.
2553
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002554GTK: when setting 'columns' in a startup script and doing ":vertical diffsplit"
2555the window isn't redrawn properly, see two vertical bars.
2556
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002557Mac: Patch for configure: remove arch from ruby link args. (Knezevic, 2008
2558Mar 5) Alternative: Kazuki Sakamoto, Mar 7.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002559
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002560Mac: trouble compiling with Motif, requires --disable-darwin. (Raf, 2008 Aug
25611) Reply by Ben Schmidt.
2562
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002563C't: On utf-8 system, editing file with umlaut through Gnome results in URL
2564with %nn%nn, which is taken as two characters instead of one.
2565Try to reproduce at work.
2566
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002567Patch for default choice in file changed dialog. (Bjorn Winckler, 2008 Oct 19)
2568Is there a way to list all the files first?
2569
2570When 'smartcase' is set and using CTRL-L to add to the search pattern it may
2571result in no matches. Convert chars to lower case? (Erik Wognsen, 2009 Apr
257216)
2573
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002574Fail to edit file after failed register access. Error flag remains set?
2575(Lech Lorens, 2010 Aug 30)
2576
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002577Patch for redo register. (Ben Schmidt, 2007 Oct 19)
2578Await response to question to make the register writable.
2579
2580Problem with 'ts' set to 9 and 'showbreak' to ">>>". (Matthew Winn, 2007 Oct
25811)
2582
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002583In the swapfile dialog, add a H(elp) option that gives more info about what
2584each choice does. Similar to ":help swap-exists-choices"
2585
2586try/catch not working for argument of return. (Matt Wozniski, 2008 Sep 15)
2587
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002588try/catch not working when inside a for loop. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 25)
2589
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002590":tab help" always opens a new tab, while ":help" re-uses an existing window.
2591Would be more consistent when an existing tab is re-used. (Tony Mechelynck)
2592
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002593Add ":nofold". Range will apply without expanding to closed fold.
2594
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002595Using Aap to build Vim: add remarks about how to set personal preferences.
2596Example on http://www.calmar.ws/tmp/aap.html
2597
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002598Syntax highlighting wrong for transparent region. (Doug Kearns, 2007 Feb 26)
2599Bug in using a transparent syntax region. (Hanlen in vim-dev maillist, 2007
2600Jul 31)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002601
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002602When 'diffopt' has "context:0" a single deleted line causes two folds to merge
2603and mess up syncing. (Austin Jennings, 2008 Jan 31)
2604
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002605Gnome improvements: Edward Catmur, 2007 Jan 7
2606 Also use Save/Discard for other GUIs
2607
2608New PHP syntax file, use it? (Peter Hodge)
2609
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002610":echoe" in catch block stops processing, while this doesn't happen outside of
2611a catch block. (ZyX, 2011 Jun 2)
2612
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002613'foldcolumn' in modeline applied to wrong window when using a session. (Teemu
2614Likonen, March 19)
2615
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002616Test 54 uses shell commands, that doesn't work on non-Unix systems. Use some
2617other way to test buffer-local autocommands.
2618
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002619The documentation mentions the priority for ":2match" and ":3match", but it
2620appears the last one wins. (John Beckett, 2008 Jul 22) Caused by adding
2621matchadd()? Suggested patch by John, 2008 Jul 24.
2622
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002623When 'encoding' is utf-8 the command line is redrawn as a whole on every
2624character typed. (Tyler Spivey, 2008 Sep 3) Only redraw cmdline for
2625'arabicshape' when there is a character on the command line for which
2626(ARABIC_CHAR(u8c)) is TRUE.
2627
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002628Cheng Fang made javacomplete. (2007 Aug 11)
2629Asked about latest version: 0.77.1 is on www.vim.org.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002630
2631More AmigaOS4 patches. (Peter Bengtsson, Nov 9)
2632
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002633Amiga patches with vbcc. (Adrien Destugues, 2010 Aug 30)
2634http://pulkomandy.ath.cx/drop/vim73_vbcc_amiga.diff
2635
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002636Insert mode completion: When editing the text and pressing CTRL-N again goes
2637back to originally completed text, edited text is gone. (Peng Yu, 2008 Jul 24)
2638Suggestion by Ben Schmidt, 2008 Aug 6.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002639
2640Problem with compound words? (Bert, 2008 May 6)
2641No warning for when flags are defined after they are used in an affix.
2642
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002643Screen redrawing when continuously updating the buffer and resizing the
2644terminal. (Yakov Lerner, 2006 Sept 7)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002645
2646Add option settings to help ftplugin. (David Eggum, 2006 Dec 18)
2647
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002648Autoconf problem: when checking for iconv library we may add -L/usr/local/lib,
2649but when compiling further tests -liconv is added without the -L argument,
2650that may fail (e.g., sizeof(int)). (Blaine, 2007 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002651
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002652Problem with ".add" files when using two languages and restarting Vim. (Raul
2653Coronado, 2008 Oct 30)
2654
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002655Popup menu redraw: Instead of first redrawing the text and then drawing the
2656popup menu over it, first draw the new popup menu, remember its position and
2657size and then redraw the text, skipping the characters under the popup menu.
2658This should avoid flicker. Other solution by A.Politz, 2007 Aug 22.
2659
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002660When a register contains illegal bytes, writing viminfo in utf-8 and reading
2661it back doesn't result in utf-8. (Devin Bayer)
2662
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002663Command line completion: Scanning for tags doesn't check for typed key now and
2664then? Hangs for about 5 seconds. Appears to be caused by finding include
2665files with "foo/**" in 'path'. (Kalisiak, 2006 July 15)
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002666Additional info: When using the |wildcards| ** globing, vim hangs
2667indefinitely on lots of directories. The |file-searching| globing, like in
2668":set path=/**" does not hang as often as with globing with |wildcards|, like
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02002669in ":1find /**/file". This is for files that unix "find" can find very
2670quickly. Merging the 2 kinds of globing might make this an easier fix. (Ian
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002671Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002672
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002673When the file name has parenthesis, e.g., "foo (bar).txt", ":!ls '%'" has the
2674parenthesis escaped but not the space. That's inconsistent. Either escape
2675neither or both. No escaping might be best, because it doesn't depend on
2676particularities of the shell. (Zvi Har'El, 2007 Nov 10) (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2677Jun 3)
2678However, for backwards compatibility escaping might be necessary. Check if
2679the user put quotes around the expanded item?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002680
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002681A throw in a function causes missing an endif below the call. (Spiros
2682Bousbouras, 2011 May 16)
2683
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002684Error E324 can be given when a cron script has wiped out our temp directory.
2685Give a clear error message about this (and tell them not to wipe out /tmp).
2686
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002687Color for cUserLabel should differ from case label, so that a mistake in a
2688switch list is noticed:
2689 switch (i)
2690 {
2691 case 1:
2692 foobar:
2693 }
2694
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002695Look at http://www.gtk-server.org/ . It has a Vim script implementation.
2696
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002697Netbeans problem. Use "nc -l 127.0.0.1 55555" for the server, then run gvim
2698with "gvim -nb:localhost:55555:foo". From nc do: '1:editFile!0 "foo"'. Then
2699go to Insert mode and add a few lines. Then backspacing every other time
2700moves the cursor instead of deleting. (Chris Kaiser, 2007 Sep 25)
2701
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002702Windows installer could add a "open in new tab of existing Vim" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002703GvimExt: patch to add "Edit with single Vim &tabbed" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002704Just have two choices, always using one Vim and selecting between using an
2705argument list or opening each file in a separate tab.
2706(Erik Falor, 2008 May 21, 2008 Jun 26)
2707
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002708Windows installer: licence text should not use indent, causes bad word wrap.
2709(Benjamin Fritz, 2010 Aug 16)
2710
2711Dos uninstal may delete vim.bat from the wrong directory (e.g., when someone
2712makes his own wrapper). Add a magic string with the version number to the
2713.bat file and check for it in the uninstaller. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01002714 # uninstall key: vim8.1*
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002715
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002716Changes for Win32 makefile. (Mike Williams, 2007 Jan 22, Alexei Alexandrov,
27172007 Feb 8)
2718
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002719Win32: Can't complete shell command names. Why is setting xp_context in
2720set_one_cmd_context() inside #ifndef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002721
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002722Win32: Patch for cscope external command. (Mike Williams, 2007 Aug 7)
2723
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002724Win32: XPM support only works with path without spaces. Patch by Mathias
2725Michaelis, 2006 Jun 9. Another patch for more path names, 2006 May 31.
2726New version: http://members.tcnet.ch/michaelis/vim/patches.zip (also for other
2727patches by Mathias, see mail Feb 22)
2728
2729Win32: compiling with normal features and OLE fails. Patch by Mathias
2730Michaelis, 2006 Jun 4.
2731
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002732Win32: after "[I" showing matches, scroll wheel messes up screen. (Tsakiridis,
27332007 Feb 18)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002734Patch by Alex Dobrynin, 2007 Jun 3. Also fixes other scroll wheel problems.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002735
2736Win32: using CTRL-S in Insert mode doesn't remove the "+" from the tab pages
Bram Moolenaared39e1d2008-08-09 17:55:22 +00002737label. (Tsakiridis, 2007 Feb 18) Patch from Ian Kelling, 2008 Aug 6.
2738
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002739Win32: using "gvim --remote-tab-silent fname" sometimes gives an empty screen
2740with the more prompt. Caused by setting the guitablabel? (Thomas Michael
2741Engelke, 2007 Dec 20 - 2008 Jan 17)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002742
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002743Win32: patch for fullscreen mode. (Liushaolin, 2008 April 17)
2744
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002745Win32: When 'shell' is bash shellescape() doesn't always do the right thing.
2746Depends on 'shellslash', 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote', but shellescape()
2747only takes 'shellslash' into account.
2748
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002749Menu item that does "xxd -r" doesn't work when 'fileencoding' is utf-16.
2750Check for this and use iconv? (Edward L. Fox, 2007 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002751Does the conversion in the other direction work when 'fileencodings' is set
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002752properly?
2753
2754Cursor displayed in the wrong position when using 'numberwidth'. (James Vega,
27552007 Jun 21)
2756
2757When $VAR contains a backslash expand('$VAR') removes it. (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2758Jun 18)
2759
2760If the variable "g:x#y#z" exists completion after ":echo g:x#" doesn't work.
2761
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002762Feature request: Command to go to previous tab, like what CTRL-W p does for
2763windows. (Adam George)
2764
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002765In debug mode, using CTRL-R = to evaluate a function causes stepping through
2766the function. (Hari Krishna Dara, 2006 Jun 28)
2767
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002768C++ indenting wrong with "=". (James Kanze, 2007 Jan 26)
2769
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002770":lockvar" should use copyID to avoid endless loop.
2771
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002772When using --remote-silent and the file name matches 'wildignore' get an E479
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002773error. without --remote-silent it works fine. (Ben Fritz, 2008 Jun 20)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002774
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002775GVim: dialog for closing Vim should check if Vim is busy writing a file. Then
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002776use a different dialog: "busy saving, really quit? yes / no".
2777
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002778Check other interfaces for changing curbuf in a wrong way. Patch like for
2779if_ruby.c.
2780
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002781":helpgrep" should use the directory from 'helpfile'.
2782
2783The need_fileinfo flag is messy. Instead make the message right away and put
2784it in keep_msg?
2785
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002786Editing a file remotely that matches 'wildignore' results in a "no match"
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002787error. Should only happen when there are wildcards, not when giving the file
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002788name literally, and esp. if there is only one name.
2789
Bram Moolenaar1423b9d2006-05-07 15:16:06 +00002790Test 61 fails sometimes. This is a timing problem: "sleep 2" sometimes takes
2791longer than 2 seconds.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002792
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002793Using ":au CursorMoved * cmd" invokes mch_FullName(), which can be slow.
2794Can this be avoided? (Thomas Waba, 2008 Aug 24)
2795Also for ":w" without a file name.
2796The buffer has the full path in ffname, should pass this to the autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002797
2798"vim -C" often has 'nocompatible', because it's set in some startup script.
2799Set 'compatible' after startup is done? Patch by James Vega, 2008 Feb 7.
2800
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002801VMS: while editing a file found in complex, Vim will save file into the first
2802directory of the path and not to the original location of the file.
2803(Zoltan Arpadffy)
2804
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002805VMS: VFC files are in some cases truncated during reading (Zoltan Arpadffy)
2806
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002807input() completion should not insert a backslash to escape a space in a file
2808name?
2809
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002810Ruby completion is insecure. Can this be fixed?
2811
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002812When 'backupskip' is set from $TEMP special characters need to be escaped.
2813(patch by Grembowietz, 2007 Feb 26, not quite right)
2814Another problem is that file_pat_to_reg_pat() doesn't recognize "\\", so "\\("
2815will be seen as a path separator plus "\(".
2816
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002817gvim d:\path\path\(FILE).xml should not remove the \ before the (.
2818This also fails with --remote.
2819
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002820When doing ":quit" the Netbeans "killed" event isn't sent. (Xavier de Gaye,
28212008 Nov 10) call netbeans_file_closed() at the end of buf_freeall(), or in
2822all places where buf_freeall() is called?
2823
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002824aucmd_prepbuf() should also use a window in another tab page.
2825
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002826When unloading a buffer in a BufHidden autocommand the hidden flag is reset?
2827(Bob Hiestand, 2008 Aug 26, Aug 27)
2828
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002829Substituting an area with a line break with almost the same area does change
2830the Visual area. Can this be fixed? (James Vega, 2006 Sept 15)
2831
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002832GUI: When combining fg en bg make sure they are not equal.
2833
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002834Spell checking: Add a way to specify punctuation characters. Add the
2835superscript numbers by default: 0x2070, 0xb9, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0x2074 - 0x2079.
2836
2837Spell checking in popup menu: If the only problem is the case of the first
2838character, don't offer "ignore" and "add to word list".
2839
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002840Use different pt_br dictionary for spell checking. (Jackson A. Aquino, 2006
2841Jun 5)
2842
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002843Use different romanian dictionary for spell checking. (Andrei Popescu, Nov
28442008) Use http://downloads.sourceforge.net/rospell/ro_RO.3.2.zip
2845Or the hunspell-ro.3.2.tar.gz file, it also has a iso-8859-2 list.
2846
2847In a C file with spell checking, in "% integer" "nteger" is seen as an error,
2848but "]s" doesn't find it. "nteger" by itself is found. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008
2849Jul 22)
2850
2851There should be something about spell checking in the user manual.
2852
2853Spell menu: When using the Popup menu to select a replacement word,
2854":spellrepeat" doesn't work. SpellReplace() uses setline(). Can it use "z="
2855somehow? Or use a new function.
2856
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002857Mac: Using gvim: netrw window disappears. (Nick Lo, 2006 Jun 21)
2858
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002859Add an option to specify the character to use when a double-width character is
2860moved to the next line. Default '>', set to a space to blank it out. Check
2861that char is single width when it's set (compare with 'listchars').
2862
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002863The generated vim.bat can avoid the loop for NT. (Carl Zmola, 2006 Sep 3)
2864
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002865When showing a diff between a non-existent file and an existing one, with the
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002866cursor in the empty buffer, the other buffer only shows the last line. Change
2867the "insert" into a change from one line to many? (Yakov Lerner, 2008 May 27)
2868
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002869These two abbreviations don't give the same result:
2870 let asdfasdf = "xyz\<Left>"
2871 cabbr XXX <C-R>=asdfasdf<CR>
2872 cabbr YYY xyz<Left>
2873
2874Michael Dietrich: maximized gvim sometimes displays output of external command
2875partly. (2006 Dec 7)
2876
2877In FileChangedShell command it's no longer allowed to switch to another
2878buffer. But the changed buffer may differ from the current buffer, how to
2879reload it then?
2880
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002881For Aap: include a config.arg.example file with hints how to use config.arg.
2882
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002883Command line completion when 'cmdheight' is maximum and 'wildmenu' is set,
2884only one buffer line displayed, causes display errors.
2885
2886Completing with 'wildmenu' and using <Up> and <Down> to move through directory
2887tree stops unexpectedly when using ":cd " and entering a directory that
2888doesn't contain other directories.
2889
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01002890Default for 'background' is wrong when using xterm with 256 colors.
2891Table with estimates from Matteo Cavalleri, 2014 Jan 10.
2892
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002893Setting 'background' resets the Normal background color:
2894 highlight Normal ctermbg=DarkGray
2895 set background=dark
2896This is undesired, 'background' is supposed to tell Vim what the background
2897color is, not reset it.
2898
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002899Completion menu: For a wrapping line, completing a long file name, only the
2900start of the path is shown in the menu. Should move the menu to the right to
2901show more text of the completions. Shorten the items that don't fit in the
2902middle?
2903
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002904Accessing file#var in a function should not need the g: prepended.
2905
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002906When exiting detects a modified buffer, instead of opening the buffer in the
2907current tab, use an existing tab, if possible. Like finding a window where
2908the buffer is displayed. (Antonios Tsakiridis)
2909
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002910When ":cn" moves to an error in the same line the message isn't shortened.
2911Only skip shortening for ":cc"?
2912
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002913Problem with ":call" and dictionary function. Hari Krishna Dara, Charles
2914Campbell 2006 Jul 06.
2915
2916Syntax HL error caused by "containedin". (Peter Hodge, 2006 Oct 6)
2917
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002918A custom completion function in a ":command" cannot be a Funcref. (Andy
2919Wokula, 2007 Aug 25)
2920
2921Problem with using :redir in user command completion function? (Hari Krishna
2922Dara, 2006 June 21)
2923
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002924Another resizing problem when setting 'columns' and 'lines' to a very large
2925number. (Tony Mechelynck, 2007 Feb 6)
2926
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002927After starting Vim, using '0 to jump somewhere in a file, ":sp" doesn't center
2928the cursor line. It works OK after some other commands.
2929
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002930Win32: Is it possible to have both postscript and Win32 printing?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002931
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002932Problem with 'cdpath' on MS-Windows when a directory is equal to $HOME. (2006
2933Jul 26, Gary Johnson)
2934
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002935Using UTF-8 character with ":command" does not work properly. (Matt Wozniski,
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010029362008 Sep 29)
2937
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002938In the Netbeans interface add a "vimeval" function, so that the other side can
2939check the result of has("patch13").
2940
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002941Cursor line at bottom of window instead of halfway after saving view and
2942restoring. Only with 'nowrap'. (Robert Webb, 2008 Aug 25)
2943
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002944Netrw has trouble executing autocommands only for a directory. Add <isdir>
2945and <notisdir> to autocommand patterns? Also <isfile>?
2946
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002947Add command modifier that skips wildcard expansion, so that you don't need to
2948put backslashes before special chars, only for white space.
2949
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002950Syntax HL: open two windows on the same C code, delete a ")" in one window,
2951resulting in highlighted "{" in that window, not in the other.
2952
2953In mswin.vim: Instead of mapping <C-V> for Insert mode in a complicated way,
2954can it be done like ":imap <C-V> <MiddleMouse>" without negative side effects?
2955
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002956GTK: when the Tab pages bar appears or disappears while the window is
2957maximized the window is no longer maximized. Patch that has some idea but
2958doesn't work from Geoffrey Antos, 2008 May 5.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002959Also: the window may no longer fit on the screen, thus the command line is not
2960visible.
2961
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002962When right after "vim file", "M" then CTRL-W v the windows are scrolled
2963differently and unexpectedly. Caused by patch 7.2.398?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002964
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002965The magic clipboard format "VimClipboard2" appears in several places. Should
2966be only one.
2967
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02002968Win32, NTFS: When editing a specific infostream directly and 'backupcopy' is
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002969"auto" should detect this situation and work like 'backupcopy' is "yes". File
2970name is something like "c:\path\foo.txt:bar", includes a colon. (Alex
2971Jakushev, 2008 Feb 1)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002972
2973Small problem displaying diff filler line when opening windows with a script.
2974(David Luyer, 2007 Mar 1 ~/Mail/oldmail/mool/in.15872 )
2975
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002976Is it allowed that 'backupext' is empty? Problems when backup is in same dir
2977as original file? If it's OK don't compare with 'patchmode'. (Thierry Closen)
2978
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002979Patch for adding ":lscscope". (Navdeep Parhar, 2007 Apr 26; update 2008 Apr
298023)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002981
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002982":mkview" isn't called with the right buffer argument. Happens when using
2983tabs and the autocommand "autocmd BufWinLeave * mkview". (James Vega, 2007
2984Jun 18)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002985
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002986When completing from another file that uses a different encoding completion
2987text has the wrong encoding. E.g., when 'encoding' is utf-8 and file is
2988latin1. Example from Gombault Damien, 2007 Mar 24.
2989
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002990Syntax HL: When using "nextgroup" and the group has an empty match, there is
2991no search at that position for another match. (Lukas Mai, 2008 April 11)
2992
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002993In gvim the backspace key produces a backspace character, but on Linux the
2994VERASE key is Delete. Set VERASE to Backspace? (patch by Stephane Chazelas,
29952007 Oct 16)
2996
2997TermResponse autocommand isn't always triggered when using vimdiff. (Aron
2998Griffis, 2007 Sep 19)
2999
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003000Create a gvimtutor.1 file and change Makefiles to install it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003001
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003002When 'encoding' is utf-8 typing text at the end of the line causes previously
3003typed characters to be redrawn. Caused by patch 7.1.329. (Tyler Spivey, 2008
3004Sep 3, 11)
3005
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003006":vimgrep" does not recognize a recursive symlink. Is it possible to detect
3007this, at least for Unix (using device/inode)?
3008
3009When switching between windows the cursor is often put in the middle.
3010Remember the relative position and restore that, just like lnum and col are
3011restored. (Luc St-Louis)
3012
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02003013Patch to support horizontal scroll wheel in GTK. Untested. (Bjorn Winckler,
30142010 Jun 30)
3015
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02003016Add an option for a minimal text length before inserting a line break for
3017'textwidth'. Avoids very short lines when a very long word follows.
3018(Kartik Agaram)
3019
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003020
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01003021Better plugin support (not plugin manager, see elsewhere for that):
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01003022- Avoid use of feedkeys, add eval functions where needed:
3023 - manipulating the Visual selection?
3024- Add createmark(): add a mark like mM, but return a unique ID. Need some way
3025 to clean them up again... Use a name + the script ID.
3026 Add createmark( , 'c') to track inserts/deletes before the column.
3027- Plugins need to make a lot of effort, lots of mappings, to know what
3028 happened before pressing the key that triggers a plugin action. How about
3029 keeping the last N pressed keys, so that they do not need to be mapped?
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01003030- equivalent of netbeans_beval_cb(). With an autocommand?
3031- Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01003032
3033
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003034More patches:
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02003035- Another patch for Javascript indenting. (Hari Kumar, 2010 Jul 11)
3036 Needs a few tests.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003037- Add 'cscopeignorecase' option. (Liang Wenzhi, 2006 Sept 3)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003038- Extra argument to strtrans() to translate special keys to their name (Eric
3039 Arnold, 2006 May 22)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003040- Mac: indicate whether a buffer was modified. (Nicolas Weber, 2006 Jun 30)
3041- Allow negative 'nrwidth' for left aligning. (Nathan Laredo, 2006 Aug 16)
3042- ml_append_string(): efficiently append to an existing line. (Brad
3043 Beveridge, 2006 Aug 26) Use in some situations, e.g., when pasting a
3044 character at a time?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003045- recognize hex numbers better. (Mark Manning, 2006 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003046- Add <AbbrExpand> key, to expand an abbreviation in a mapping. (Kana
3047 Natsuno, 2008 Jul 17)
3048- Add 'wspara' option, also accept blank lines like empty lines for "{" and
3049 "}". (Mark Lundquist, 2008 Jul 18)
3050- Patch to add CTRL-T to delete part of a path on cmdline. (Adek, 2008 Jul
3051 21)
3052- Instead of creating a copy of the tutor in all the shell scripts, do it in
3053 vimtutor.vim. (Jan Minar, 2008 Jul 20)
3054- When fsync() fails there is no hint about what went wrong. Patch by Ben
3055 Schmidt, 2008 Jul 22.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003056- testdir/Make_dos_sh.mak for running tests with MingW. (Bill Mccarthy, 2008
3057 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02003058- Replace ccomplete.vim by cppcomplete.vim from www.vim.org? script 1520 by
3059 Vissale Neang. (Martin Stubenschrott) Asked Vissale to make the scripts
3060 more friendly for the Vim distribution.
3061 New version received 2008 Jan 6.
3062 No maintenance in two years...
Bram Moolenaar5aae4192010-08-03 23:00:38 +02003063- Patch to open dropped files in new tabs. (Michael Trim, 2010 Aug 3)
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00003064
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003065Awaiting updated patches:
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +000030669 Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung, Eckehard Berns):
3067 8 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
3068 New patch 2004 Jun 16
3069 - selecting proportional font breaks display
3070 - UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
3071 - Command-key mappings do not work. (Alan Schmitt)
3072 - With 'nopaste' pasting is wrong, with 'paste' Command-V doesn't work.
3073 (Alan Schmitt)
3074 - remove 'macatsui' option when this has been fixed.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003075 - when 'macatsui' is off should we always convert to "macroman" and ignore
3076 'termencoding'?
Bram Moolenaar76b92b22006-03-24 22:46:53 +000030779 HTML indenting can be slow. Caused by using searchpair(). Can search()
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003078 be used instead? A.Politz is looking into a solution.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000030798 Win32: Add minidump generation. (George Reilly, 2006 Apr 24)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030807 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
3081 Update 2004 Sep 6.
3082 How does this work? Missing comments.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030838 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00003084 (28 feb 2002). Will mess the translations...
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +020030857 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it" appears
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003086 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
3087- Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
3088 for multi-byte characters.
3089- Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
3090- Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
3091 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
3092 been given values.
3093 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030947 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
3095 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
3096- Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
3097 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
3098 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
30998 Add functions:
3100 gettext() Translate a message. (Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
3101 Update 2004 Sep 10
3102 Another patch from Edward L. Fox (2005 Nov 24)
3103 Search in 'runtimepath'?
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00003104 More docs needed about how to use this.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003105 How to get the messages into the .po files?
3106 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
3107 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
3108 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
3109 (2003 May 13)
3110 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
3111 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003112 taglist() add argument to specify maximum number of matches.
3113 useful for interactive things or completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003114 col('^') column of first non-white character.
3115 Can use "len(substitute(getline('.'), '\S.*', '', ''))
3116 + 1", but that's ugly.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031177 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
3118 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031197 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
3120 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +000031218 Option to lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk
3122 (uncrypted). Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23. Uses mlock.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031237 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
31248 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
3125 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
31267 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
3127 Kotchan has a patch for it)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031287 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
3129- findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
3130 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
3131 incomplete patch Mar 18)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003132- For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
3133 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
3134- Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
3135
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +02003136Better 'rightleft' or BIDI support:
3137- Minimal Vi with bidi support: https://github.com/aligrudi/neatvi
3138 By Ali Gholami Rudi, also worked on arabic.c
3139
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01003140Quickfix/Location List:
3141- Window size is wrong when using quickfix window. (Lifepillar, 2018 Aug 24,
3142 #2999)
3143- When using CTRL-W CR in the quickfix window, the jumplist in the opened
3144 window is cleared, to avoid going back to the list of errors buffer (would
3145 have two windows with it). Can we just remove the jump list entries for
3146 the quickfix buffer?
3147- Quickfix window height is not kept with a vertical split. (Lifepillar,
3148 2018 Jun 10, #2998)
3149- When an item in the quickfix list has a file name that does not exist,
3150 behave like the item was not a match for :cnext.
3151- When adding an item to a new quickfix list make ":cnext" jump to that
3152 item. Make a difference being at the first item and not having used
3153 :cnext at all. (Afanasiy Fet, 2017 Jan 3)
3154- This does not work: :set cscopequickfix=a-
3155 (Linewi, 2015 Jul 12, #914)
3156- When opening quickfix window, disable spell checking?
3157- Patch for supporting count before CR in quickfix window. (AOYAMA Shotaro,
3158 2007 Jan 1)
3159- Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
3160 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
3161- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
3162 errors. How do we get the rest?
31638 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
3164 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
3165 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
3166 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
31677 Add a command that goes back to the position from before jumping to the
3168 first quickfix location. ":cbefore"?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003169
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003170Vi incompatibility:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003171- Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
3172 Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031738 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
3174 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
3175 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
3176 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
3177 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
3178 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031798 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
3180 make Vim exit.
31817 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
3182 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
3183 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
31848 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
3185 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
3186 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
31876 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
3188 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
3189 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
31908 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
3191 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
3192 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
3193 names in one buffer???
3194 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
3195 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
3196 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
31977 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
3198 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
3199 command was one command.
Bram Moolenaareaa48e72005-06-08 22:07:37 +00003200 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
3201 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032027 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
3203 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
32047 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
32057 Implement 'prompt' option. Init to off when stdin is not a tty.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032067 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
3207 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
3208 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
3209 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
32107 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
32117 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
32127 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
3213 to the match with the tag? Option?
32147 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
32157 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
3216 (Sayre).
32177 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
3218 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032197 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
3220 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
3221 match. Nvi can do it too.
32227 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
3223 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
3224 line 1\ line 2\\
3225 line 2\ line 3\\
3226 . line4/
32276 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
3228 the way the shell is started?
32296 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
3230 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
3231
3232
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003233GTK+ GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000032349 Crash with X command server over ssh. (Ciaran McCreesh, 2006 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032358 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
3236 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
3237 creating a label?
Bram Moolenaar6e7c7f32005-08-24 22:16:11 +000032388 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters are sometimes not drawn properly.
3239 Depends on the font size, "monospace 13" has the problem. Vim seems to do
3240 everything right, must be a GTK bug. Is there a way to work around it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032419 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
3242 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
3243 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
3244 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
Bram Moolenaare580b0c2006-03-21 21:33:03 +00003245- Gnome2: When moving the toolbar out of the dock, so that it becomes
3246 floating, it can no longer be moved. Therefore making it float has been
3247 blocked for now.
3248
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003249
3250Win32 GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003251- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
3252 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032538 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
3254 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
3255 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032566 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
3257 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000032588 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
3259 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
3260 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032617 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
3262 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
3263 to use an opaque background in most places?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032647 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
3265 2004 May 9)
32668 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
3267 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
3268 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
3269 MS-Windows 98?
3270 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
3271 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
3272 file: Window moves with the cursor!
3273 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032748 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
3275 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
3276 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
3277 doesn't work properly.
32788 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
3279 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
3280 appears in the right position. (Webb)
32819 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
3282 button doesn't give popup menu.
3283 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
3284 selection.
3285 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
3286 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
3287 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
32888 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
3289 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
3290 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
3291 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
32928 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
3293 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
3294 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032957 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
3296 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
Bram Moolenaar4463f292005-09-25 22:20:24 +00003297 scroll?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032987 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
3299 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033006 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
33018 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
3302 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
3303 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
33048 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
3305 know which keyboard is being used?
33067 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
3307 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
3308 area (Koloseike).
33098 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
3310 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
3311 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
3312 the font name).
3313
3314
3315Athena and Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000033166 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
3317 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
3318 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
3319 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
3320 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033219 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
3322 required and it's missing?
33238 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
3324 wrong.
33259 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
3326 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000033279 XIM doesn't work properly for Athena/Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003328 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
3329 flag.
33308 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
3331 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
3332 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
33338 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
33346 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
3335 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
3336 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
3337 the tooltips work though...
33387 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
3339 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
33408 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
3341 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
3342 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
3343
3344
3345Athena GUI:
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +010033469 The first event for any button in the menu or toolbar appears to get lost.
3347 The second click on a menu does work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033489 When dragging the scrollbar thumb very fast, focus is only obtained in
3349 the scrollbar itself. And the thumb is no longer updated when moving
3350 through files.
33517 The file selector is not resizable. With a big font it is difficult to
3352 read long file names. (Schroeder)
33534 Re-write the widget attachments and code so that we will not have to go
3354 through and calculate the absolute position of every widget every time the
3355 window is refreshed/changes size. This will help the "flashing-widgets"
3356 problem during a refresh.
33575 When starting gvim with all the default colors and then typing
3358 ":hi Menu guibg=cyan", the menus change color but the background of the
3359 pullright pixmap doesn't change colors.
3360 If you type ":hi Menu guibg=cyan font=anyfont", then the pixmap changes
3361 colors as it should.
3362 Allocating a new pixmap and setting the resource doesn't change the
3363 pullright pixmap's colors. Why? Possible Athena bug?
3364
3365
3366Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02003367- gui_mch_browsedir() is missing, browsedir() doesn't work nicely.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033687 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
3369 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033708 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
3371 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
3372 (Phillipps)
3373
3374
3375GUI:
33769 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
3377 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
33789 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +00003379 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003380 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
33819 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
3382 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
33838 X11 GUI: When menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', ALT key
3384 should not be used to trigger a menu (like the Win32 version).
33858 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
3386 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
3387 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
33888 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
3389 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
3390 of where it is processing the output.
3391 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
33928 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
3393 doesn't work.
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +010033948 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000033958 When translating menus ignore the part after the Tab, the shortcut. So
3396 that the same menu item with a different shortcut (e.g., for the Mac) are
3397 still translated.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020033988 Add menu separators for Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033998 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
3400 browse().
34018 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
3402 use that code? Or use console dialog.
34038 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
3404 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000034057 More features in the find/replace dialog:
3406 - regexp on/off
3407 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
3408 when all buffers/directory is used:
3409 - filter for file name
3410 when directory is used:
3411 - subdirectory on/off
3412 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034138 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
3414 to avoid problems.
34158 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
3416 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
3417 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
34188 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
3419 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
3420 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
34218 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
3422 up. Set erase character somehow?
34238 A dead circumflex followed by a space should give the '^' character
3424 (Rommel). Look how xterm does this.
3425 Also: Bednar has some code for dead key handling.
3426 Also: Nedit 5.0.2 with USE_XMIM does it right. (Gaya)
34278 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
34287 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
3429 visible.
34307 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
3431 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
34327 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
3433 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
34348 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
3435 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
34368 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
3437 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
3438 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
3439 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
3440- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
34414 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
3442 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
3443 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
3444
3445
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01003446Win32 console:
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000034478 Should $USERPROFILE be preferred above $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH? No, but it's
3448 a good fallback, thus use:
3449 $HOME
3450 $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH
3451 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE);
3452 $USERPROFILE
3453 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, FALSE);
3454 $ALLUSERSPROFILE
3455 $SYSTEMDRIVE\
3456 C:\
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034578 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
3458 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
34598 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
3460 Should work like in the GUI version.
34618 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
3462 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
34638 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
3464 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
34658 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
3466 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
3467 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034688 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
3469 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
3470 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
3471
3472
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003473Win32 console:
34749 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
3475 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
3476 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
3477 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
3478 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
3479 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
3480 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
3481 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
3482 and the file is not saved.
3483 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
3484 long name.
34858 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
3486 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
34877 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
3488 besides the console.
34898 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
34909 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
3491 <C-S-i>?
34929 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
3493 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
34948 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
3495 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003496
3497
3498Amiga:
34998 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
3500 sequences.
35019 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
3502 backslashes in result.
35038 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
3504 all options, using white space separation.
3505
3506
3507Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003508- GUI: gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035097 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
3510 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
3511 (Jack)
3512 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000035138 inputdialog() doesn't resize when giving more text lines. (David Fishburn,
3514 2006 Sept 28)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035158 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
35168 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
35179 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
3518 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035199 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003520
3521
3522"Small" problems:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003523- Can't disable terminal flow control, to enable the use of CTRL-S and
3524 CTRL-Q. Add an option for it?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003525- When using e_secure in do_one_cmd() mention the command being executed,
3526 otherwise it's not clear where it comes from.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003527- When the quickfix window is open and executing ":echo 'hello'" using the
3528 Command-line window, the text is immediately removed by the redrawing.
3529 (Michael Henry, 2008 Nov 1)
3530 Generic solution: When redrawing while there is a message on the
3531 cmdline, don't erase the display but draw over the existing text.
3532 Other solution, redraw after closing the cmdline window, before executing
3533 the command.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +000035349 For Turkish vim_tolower() and vim_toupper() also need to use utf_
3535 functions for characters below 0x80. (Sertacyildiz)
Bram Moolenaarc93b83a2006-04-29 22:02:36 +000035369 When the last edited file is a help file, using '0 in a new Vim doesn't
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003537 edit the file as a help file. 'filetype' is OK, but 'iskeyword' isn't,
3538 file isn't readonly, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035398 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
3540 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
3541 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +00003542 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035437 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
3544 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
35458 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
3546 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
3547 for redirection.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035487 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
3549 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003550- Could the hit-enter prompt be avoided when a message only overlaps the
3551 'showcmd' area? Clear that area when the next cmd is typed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035528 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
3553 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
3554 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
3555 using the horizontal scrollbar.
35567 VisVim can only open one file. Hard to solve: each opened file is passed
3557 with a separate invocation, would need to use timestamps to know the
3558 invocations belong together.
35598 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
3560 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
35618 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
3562 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
3563 UnxUtils.zip archive.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01003564 Is it better than what we have in src/tee?
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000035658 When doing Insert mode completion a mapping cannot recursively call
3566 edit(), because the completion information is global. Put everything in
3567 an allocated structure?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035688 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
3569 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035707 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
3571 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
3572 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
3573 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035747 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
3575 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
3576 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
35777 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
3578 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
3579 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
35807 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
3581 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035827 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
3583 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035849 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
3585 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
3586 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
3587 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
3588 script can be called.
35898 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
3590 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
3591 works.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035928 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
3593 CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000035948 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003595 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
3596 configurable?
35978 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035988 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
3599 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000036008 Should allow multi-byte characters for the delimiter: ":s+a+b+" where "+"
3601 is a multi-byte character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036028 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
3603 always written, even when the original file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036049 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
3605 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
3606 written.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036077 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036088 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
3609 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
3610 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000036118 Also store the line number with the script ID and use it for ":verbose",
3612 so that "set nocompatible" is found when it changes other option values.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003613 When an option is set indirectly mention the command? E.g. when
3614 ":diffsplit" sets 'foldmethod'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036158 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
3616 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
36179 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
3618 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
3619 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003620 one. Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 July 14.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036217 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
3622 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036237 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
3624 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
3625 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
3626 direction, not horizontally?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036278 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003628 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
3629 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
3630 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
3631 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003632 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
3633 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +00003634 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02003635 - Should interpret CTRL-L as a page break.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003636 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
3637 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
3638 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
3639 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
3640 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036418 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
3642 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
36438 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
3644 in lines that don't extend into the block?
36458 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
3646 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
3647 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
36488 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
3649 'linebreak'.
36508 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
3651 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
3652 (Helmut Stiegler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036539 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
3654 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
3655 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
3656 'magic' in history. (Margo)
36579 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
3658 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036599 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
36609 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
3661 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
3662 cause another redraw, etc.
36638 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
3664 must escape special characters in the pattern.
36658 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
3666 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
3667 ":w!!" for that.
3668 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
3669 restore file to readonly afterwards.
Bram Moolenaar04a09c12005-08-01 22:02:32 +00003670 Overwriting a file for which a swap file exists is similar issue.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036717 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
3672 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
3673 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
3674 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
3675 clipboard)
36767 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
3677 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
3678 Waggoner)
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000036796 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
3680 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
3681 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036828 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
3683 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
36848 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
3685 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
3686 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
36878 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
3688 (e.g., ":w").
36898 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
3690 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036918 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
3692 script in do_cmdline().
36938 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
3694 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
3695 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
3696 changes.
36978 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
3698 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
36998 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
3700 check for file marks. This can be slow.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037018 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
3702 to skip catch_signals()?
37039 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
3704 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
3705 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
3706 text?
37078 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
3708 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
37098 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
3710 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
37119 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
3712 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
3713 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
3714 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
3715 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
37167 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
3717 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
3718 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
3719 in the list?
37208 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
3721 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
3722 instead of on button down.
37238 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
37249 Evaluating 'statusline' in build_stl_str_hl() does not properly check for
3725 reaching the end of the available buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003726 Patch to dynamically allocate the buffer for % items. (Eric Arnold, 2006
3727 May 14)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037288 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
3729 character is typed.
37308 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
3731 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
37328 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
3733 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
37348 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
3735 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
3736 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
3737 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
3738 cygwin bash.
37397 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
3740 Remember flags for backreferences.
37417 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
3742 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
37437 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
3744 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
37458 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
3746 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
37477 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
3748 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037497 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
3750 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
3751 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
37527 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
3753 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
37548 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
3755 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
3756 that the user knows he has to delete the files.
37577 It's possible to redefine a script-local function with ":func
3758 <SNR>123_Test()". (Krishna) Disallow this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003759
3760
3761I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
37629 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
3763 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
3764 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003765
3766
3767Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaara93fa7e2006-04-17 22:14:47 +00003768- GTK: when using the popup menu with spelling suggestions and releasing the
3769 right mouse button before the menu appears selecting an item with the
3770 right mouse button has no effect. GTK does not produce an event for this.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003771- GTK 2: Cannot use the file selector. When using it many things become
3772 slow. This is caused by some code in GTK that writes
3773 ~/.recently-used.xbel every time an event is handled. It assumes the main
3774 loop is never quit, which is a wrong assumption. Also, it overwrites the
3775 file with different file permissions, which is a privacy issue. This
3776 needs to be fixed in GTK. A solution in Vim would be really complicated.
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02003777 (2008 Jul 31) This appears to be fixed in Vim 7.3.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003778- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
3779 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003780 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003781 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
3782 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
3783 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003784- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
3785 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
3786 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
3787 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
3788 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
3789- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
3790 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
3791 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
3792- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
3793 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003794- Win32 tcl: has("tcl") hangs when the tcl84.dll is from cygwin.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003795- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
3796 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
3797 character gets the highlighting.
3798- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
3799 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
3800- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
3801 (Jennings)
3802- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003803- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003804- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003805 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003806- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
3807 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
3808 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
3809- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
3810 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
3811 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
3812 (Benzinger).
3813- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
3814 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
3815 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
3816- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
3817 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
3818- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
3819 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
3820- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
3821 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
3822 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
3823 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
3824 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
3825 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
3826- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
3827 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
3828 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01003829- Win32, MS-Windows: expanding plugin/**/*.vim also picks up
3830 dir/ctags.vim,v. This is because the short file name is something like
3831 "ctags~1.vim" and that matches the pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003832- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
3833 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
3834 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
3835- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
3836 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
3837- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
3838 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003839- Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
3840 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
3841- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
3842 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
3843 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
3844 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
3845 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
3846- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
3847 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
3848 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
3849- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
3850 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
3851 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003852- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
3853 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 +00003854- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
3855 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
3856 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
3857 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
3858 in the vimrc file to be lost.
3859- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
3860 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
3861
3862--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
3863 *extensions-improvements*
3864
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003865Most interesting new features to be added when all bugs have been fixed:
3866- Using ":exe edit fname" has escaping problems. Use ":edit ++(fname)".
3867 Thus use "++=" to give arguments as expressions, comma separated as if
3868 calling a function.
3869 With options: ":edit ++(['!', '++enc=abc'], ['+/pat'], fname)".
3870 Alternative: Make a function for Ex commands: cmd_edit().
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003871- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
3872 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01003873 (issue #3292)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003874- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
3875 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
3876 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
3877 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
3878 Eclim does it: http://eclim.sourceforge.net/ (Eric Van Dewoestine)
3879 Plugin that uses a terminal emulator: http://vimplugin.sf.net
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003880 And another one: http://www.satokar.com/viplugin/index.php
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003881- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
3882 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
3883 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003884- Scroll commands by screen line. g CTRL-E and g CTRL-Y ? Requires the
3885 first line to be able to start halfway.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000038868 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
3887 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
3888 Also allow specifying the file and command, so that the result of
3889 taglist() can be used.
Bram Moolenaar27dc1952006-03-15 23:06:44 +00003890- X11: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
3891 This can be done with XReparentWindow(). But how exactly?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003892
3893
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003894Documentation:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000038958 List of Vim runtime directories. dotvim.txt from Charles Campbell, 2007
3896 Feb 20.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000038978 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
3898 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000038998 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
3900 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039018 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039029 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
3903 - change to cursor position and curswant
3904 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
3905 - how it works for folded lines
3906 - how it works with multi-byte characters
39079 In change.txt, remark about Javadoc isn't right. Right alignment would
3908 work too.
39098 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
3910 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
3911 text.
39128 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
39137 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
3914 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
39157 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
3916 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003917 Patch by Balazs Kezes, 2007 Dec 30. Remark from A. Politz.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003918- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
3919
3920
3921Help:
3922- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
3923 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
3924- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
3925 to the other matches.
3926- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003927- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
3928 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
3929 user can edit it to insert his favorite commands, new account can contain a
3930 default contents.
3931- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
3932 height for the help window (and other windows).
3933- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
3934- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
3935- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
3936
3937
3938User Friendlier:
39398 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
3940 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
3941 Briscoe)
39428 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
39438 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
3944 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
3945 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
39468 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
3947 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
3948- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
3949 ":mkplugin <file>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003950- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..."?
39519 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
3952 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
3953 item?).
3954 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039558 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +000039567 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
3957 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
3958 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
Bram Moolenaar33aec762006-01-22 23:30:12 +000039598 Support saving and restoring session for X windows? It should work to do
3960 ":mksession" and use "-S fname" for the restart command. The
3961 gui_x11_wm_protocol_handler() already takes care of the rest.
3962 global_event_filter() for GTK.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003963
3964
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +00003965Tab pages:
39669 GUI implementation for the tab pages line for other systems.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000039677 GUI: Control over the appearance of the text in the labels (bold, color,
3968 font, etc.)
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000039698 Make GUI menu in tab pages line configurable. Like the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaarfc1421e2006-04-20 22:17:20 +000039708 balloons for the tab page labels that are shortened to show the full path.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000039717 :tabdup duplicate the tab with all its windows.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000039727 Option to put tab line at the left or right? Need an option to specify
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00003973 its width. It's like a separate window with ":tabs" output.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000039748 Add local options for each tab page? E.g., 'diffopt' could differ between
3975 tab pages.
39767 Add local highlighting for each tab page?
3977
3978
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003979Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003980- Support more regions? Caolan McNamara argues it's needed for es_XX.
3981 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219777
3982- Unicode defines another quote character: 0x2019. Use it as an equivalent
3983 of a single quote, thus use it as a word character like a quote and match
3984 with words, replacing the curly quote with a single quote.
3985- Could filter &eacute; things for HTML before doing spell checking.
3986 Similarly for TeX.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003987- The Hungarian spell file uses four extra characters in the FOL/UPP/LOW
3988 items than other spell files with the ISO-8859-2 encoding, that causes
3989 problem when changing 'spelllang'. There is no obvious way to fix this.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003990- Considering Hunspell 1.1.4:
3991 What does MAXNGRAMSUGS do?
3992 Is COMPLEXPREFIXES necessary when we have flags for affixes?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003993- Support spelling words in CamelCase as if they were two separate words.
3994 Requires some option to enable it. (Timothy Knox)
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01003995- There is no Finnish spell checking file. For openoffice Voikko is now
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003996 used, which is based on Malaga: http://home.arcor.de/bjoern-beutel/malaga/
3997 (Teemu Likonen)
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +000039988 ":mkspell" still takes much too long in Hungarian dictionary from
3999 hunspell. Only solution appears to be to postpone secondary suffixes.
40008 Handle postponed prefix with COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG or COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG.
4001 WFP_COMPPERMIT and WFP_COMPFORBID
40028 implement use of <compoptions> in .spl file:
4003 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDREP: when a compound word seems to be OK apply REP
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004004 items and check if the result is a valid word.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00004005 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP
4006 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE
4007 Add CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE: when compounding make leading capital lower case.
4008 How is it supposed to work?
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00004009- Add a command the repeats ]s and z=, showing the misspelled word in its
4010 context. Thus to spell-check a whole file.
Bram Moolenaar261bfea2006-03-01 22:12:31 +00004011- suggestion for "KG" to "kg" when it's keepcase.
Bram Moolenaar7b89edc2006-04-06 20:21:51 +00004012- For flags on affixes: Use a "AFFCOMPSET" flag; means the compound flags of
4013 the word are not used.
Bram Moolenaardb552d602006-03-23 22:59:57 +00004014- Support breakpoint character ? 0xb7 and ignore it? Makes it possible to
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004015 use same wordlist for hyphenation.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00004016- Compound word is accepted if nr of words is <= COMPOUNDWORDMAX OR nr of
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004017 syllables <= COMPOUNDSYLMAX. Specify using AND in the affix file?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00004018- NEEDCOMPOUND also used for affix? Or is this called ONLYINCOMPOUND now?
4019 Or is ONLYINCOMPOUND only for inside a compound, not at start or end?
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004020- Do we need a flag for the rule that when compounding is done the following
4021 word doesn't have a capital after a word character, even for Onecap words?
4022- New hunspell home page: http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar69e0ff92005-09-30 21:23:56 +00004023 - Version 1.1.0 is out now, look into that.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004024 - Lots of code depends on LANG, that isn't right. Enable each mechanism
4025 in the affix file separately.
4026 - Example with compounding dash is bad, gets in the way of setting
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00004027 COMPOUNDMIN and COMPOUNDWORDMAX to a reasonable value.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004028 - PSEUDOROOT == NEEDAFFIX
4029 - COMPOUNDROOT -> COMPOUNDED? For a word that already is a compound word
4030 Or use COMPOUNDED2, COMPOUNDED3, etc.
4031- CIRCUMFIX: when a word uses a prefix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag, then
4032 the word must also have a suffix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag. It's a
4033 bit primitive, since only one flag is used, which doesn't allow matching
4034 specific prefixes with suffixes.
4035 Alternative:
4036 PSFX {flag} {pchop} {padd} {pcond} {schop} {sadd}[/flags] {scond}
4037 We might not need this at all, you can use the NEEDAFFIX flag and the
4038 affix which is required.
4039- When a suffix has more than one syllable, it may count as a word for
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00004040 COMPOUNDWORDMAX.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004041- Add flags to count extra syllables in a word. SYLLABLEADD1 SYLLABLEADD2,
4042 etc.? Or make it possible to specify the syllable count of a word
4043 directly, e.g., after another slash: /abc/3
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00004044- MORPHO item in affix file: ignore TAB and morphological field after
4045 word/flags and affix.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004046- Implement multiple flags for compound words and CMP item?
4047 Await comments from other spell checking authors.
4048- Also see tklspell: http://tkltrans.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000040498 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
4050 syntax items (to add @Spell).
4051 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
4052 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00004053- References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
4054 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
4055 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
4056 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000040578 It is currently not possible to mark "can not" as rare, because "can" and
4058 "not" are good words. Find a way to let "rare" overrule "good"?
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000040598 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
40608 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
4061 use of words with a dash.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000040627 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
40638 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
4064 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
4065 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
4066 in English, strings in German (po file).
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00004067
4068
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004069Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +020040709 When making small changes, e.g. deleting a character, update the diff.
4071 Possibly without running diff.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +020040728 Also show difference with the file when editing started? Should show what
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00004073 can be undone. (Tom Popovich)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004074
4075Folding:
Bram Moolenaarbba577a2005-11-28 23:05:55 +00004076 (commands still available: zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zy zY;
4077 secondary: zB zS zT zZ, z=)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000040788 Vertical folds: looks like vertically split windows, but the cursor moves
4079 through the vertical separator, separator moves when scrolling.
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +020040808 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only. Or use a regexp
4081 item, so that it can be used in any pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040828 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
4083 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
4084 user aware of this?
40858 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
4086 commands skip over a closed fold.
40878 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
40888 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040897 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00004090- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
4091 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
4092 missing line goes unnoticed.
4093 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004094- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
4095 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
4096 smoother?
4097- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
4098 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00004099- When currently editing the first file in the argument list the session
4100 file can contain:
4101 args version.c main.c
4102 edit version.c
4103 Can editing version.c twice be avoided?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004104- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00004105- "zuf": undo change in manual fold. "zUf" redo change in manual fold. How
4106 to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004107- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
4108 cursor.
Bram Moolenaar3517bb12006-03-03 22:58:45 +00004109- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3" argument: set fold level for a region or
4110 match.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004111- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004112
4113Multi-byte characters:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004114- When editing a file with both utf-8 and latin1 text Vim always falls back
4115 to latin1. Add a command to convert the latin1 characters to utf-8?
4116 :unmix utf-8,latin1 filename
4117 Would only work when 'encoding' is utf-8.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041189 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
4119 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
4120 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
4121 byte).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020041229 'fenc' in modeline problem: add option to reload the file when 'fenc' is
4123 set to a different value in a modeline? Option can be default on. Could
4124 it be done with an autocommand?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041258 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
4126 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
4127 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
4128 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
4129 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
4130 item.
41318 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004132 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
4133 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041348 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
4135 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000041368 When filtering changes the encoding 'fileencoding' may not work. E.g.,
4137 when using xxd and 'fileencoding' is "utf-16". Add an option to set a
4138 different fileencoding for filter output?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041397 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
4140 so that the user can fix the problem.
41418 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
4142 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041439 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
41448 Should add test for using various commands with multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041458 'infercase' doesn't work with multi-byte characters.
41468 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000041477 Searching and composing characters:
4148 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004149 Add a special item to match with a composing character, so that composing
4150 characters can be manipulated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041518 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
41528 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
41538 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multi-byte
4154 characters.
41558 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
41568 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
4157 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
41587 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
4159 'display' option to specify this.
41607 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
4161 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
4162- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
4163 fontselector somehow.
4164- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
4165 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
4166- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
4167 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
4168- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
4169 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
4170 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
4171 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
4172 if a font exists?
4173- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004174 convert_input() for Mac GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004175- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
4176 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00004177- Make 'breakat' accept multi-byte characters. Problem: can't use a lookup
4178 table anymore (breakat_flags[]).
4179 Simplistic solution: when 'formatoptions' contains "m" also break a line
4180 at a multi-byte character >= 0x100.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004181- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
4182 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02004183 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":amap" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004184- When breaking a line, take properties of multi-byte characters into
4185 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
4186 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
4187 But it's very complicated...
4188
4189
4190Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000041917 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004192- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
4193- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
4194 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00004195- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
4196 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004197- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
4198- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
4199 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004200- PostScript: Only works for text that can be converted to an 8-bit
4201 character set. How to support Unicode fully?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004202- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
4203 units as for the margins.
4204- Support right-to-left text?
42058 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
4206 color.
4207
4208
4209Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042108 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
4211 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
42128 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
4213 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
42148 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
4215 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +000042167 Add a "startgroup" to a region. Used like "nextgroup" inside the region,
4217 preferred item at the start of the region. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042188 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
4219 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
4220 ":wq file".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000042217 For "nextgroup" we have skipwhite, skipnl and skipempty. It would be
4222 really nice to be able to skip with a pattern. Or skip with a syntax
4223 group. (Nikolai Weibull, 2007 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042248 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
42259 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
4226 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042277 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
4228 Search highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar17be7e62006-03-12 22:13:45 +000042297 When 'number' is set highlight the number of the current line.
4230 Must be enabled with an option, because it slows down display updating.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042318 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
4232 change this for each release.
42338 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
4234 pattern, but not in the body.
42358 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
4236 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
4237 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042388 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +010042398 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword', they should use "syn iskeyword".
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004240 Also need a separate 'iskeyword' for the command line, e.g., in a help
4241 window ":e /asdf/asdf/" CTRL-W works different.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042428 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
4243 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
42448 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
4245 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00004246 Option for the matchparen plugin?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042478 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
4248 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
4249 used.
42508 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
4251 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
42528 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
4253 re-insert the [] if possible.
42548 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
4255 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000042568 It would be useful to make the highlight group name an expression. Then
4257 when there is a match, the expression would be evaluated to find out what
4258 highlight group to use. Could be used to check if the shell used in a
4259 password file appears in /etc/shells. (Nikolai Weibull)
4260 syn match =s:checkShell(v:match) contained 'pattern'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042618 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
4262 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
42638 Support for deleting syntax items:
4264 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
4265 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
4266 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
42678 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
4268 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
4269 a '<'. (Fleiner)
42707 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
4271 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
4272 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
42737 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
4274 detected.
42758 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004276 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042778 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
4278 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042798 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
42808 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
42817 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
4282 ":mkvimrc".
42838 Improve c.vim:
4284 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
4285 "c_strict_ansi".
4286 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
42878 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
4288 current line while in Insert mode.
42898 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
4290 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
42918 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
4292 display position.
42938 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
4294 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
4295 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
42968 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
4297 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
4298 highlighting starts.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000042997 It's possible for an item to be transparent, so that the colors of an item
4300 lower on the stack is used. Also do this with highlighting, so that the
4301 user can set transparent highlighting? E.g. a number in a C comment would
4302 get the color of a comment, a number in an assignment Normal. (Nikolai
4303 Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043047 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
4305 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
4306 E.g. for this html:
4307 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043087 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
43097 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
4310 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043118 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
43128 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043137 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
4314 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
4315 completion?
43168 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
4317 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
43187 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
4319 select one of the sets.
43208 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
4321 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
4322 2, etc.
43238 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
4324 highlighting (for "." command).
43258 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
4326 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
43278 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
43287 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
4329 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
43306 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
4331 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
4332- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
4333 when extending an already existing syntax file.
4334- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004335- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
4336 (for comment blocks).
4337- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
4338 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
4339 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
4340 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
4341 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
4342 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
4343 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
4344 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
4345 (Campbell)
4346 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
4347 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
43487 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
4349 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
43507 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
4351 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
4352 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
43537 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
4354 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
4355 messages. And external commands?
43568 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
4357 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
43587 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
4359 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
4360
4361
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01004362Vim script language:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000043638 Make the filename and line number available to script functions, so that
4364 they can give useful debugging info. The whole call stack would be ideal.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02004365 At least use this for error messages.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000043667 Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
4367 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
4368 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043698 Add referring to key options with "&t_xx". Both for "echo &t_xx" and
4370 ":let &t_xx =". Useful for making portable mappings.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004371- range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaarc5604bc2010-07-17 15:20:30 +020043728 ":{range}source": source the lines from the current file.
4373 You can already yank lines and use :@" to execute them.
4374 Most of do_source() would not be used, need a new function.
4375 It's easy when not doing breakpoints or profiling.
4376 Requires copying the lines into a list and then creating a function to
4377 execute lines from the list. Similar to getnextac().
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000043787 ":include" command: just like ":source" but doesn't start a new scriptID?
4379 Will be tricky for the list of script names.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043808 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +010043818 Have a prefix for a function to make it unique. When using packages it
4382 can be the plugin name.
4383 Perhaps also have a way to remove everything that the package added?
4384 including autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043857 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode.
4386 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
4387 has('bytecode')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
4388 supports it. Update the code with a command, can be used in an
4389 autocommand.
4390 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
4391 .vim file. Problem: distribution.
4392 3. Use a cache directory for each user. How to recognize which cached
4393 file belongs to a sourced script?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043947 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
4395 signs and/or 'number'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000043966 Add ++ and -- operators? They only work on variables (lvals), how to
4397 implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043988 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004399 has(":command") Check if ":command" works. compare function
4400 with "ex_ni". E.g. for ":simalt".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004401 escape() Add argument to specify what to escape with.
4402 modestack() Instead of just the current mode return the
4403 stack of Insert / CTRL-O / :normal things.
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00004404 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
4405 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
4406 3 2002
4407 Only add this when also implemented for
4408 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
4409 be used.
4410 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00004411 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
4412 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
4413 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
4414 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
4415 File.Open..." argument.
4416 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
4417 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
4418 with properties instead.
4419 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
4420 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
4421 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004422 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004423 crypt() encrypt string
4424 decrypt() decrypt string
4425 base64enc() base 64 encoding
4426 base64dec() base 64 decoding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004427 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004428 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004429 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004430 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004431 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004432 typed() return the characters typed and consumed (to
4433 find out what happened)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004434 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
4435 Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004436 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004437 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
4438 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
4439 to allow the library to execute a command or
4440 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044417 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
4442 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
44438 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
4444 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000044458 Pass the command line arguments to Vim scripts in some way. As v:args
4446 List? Or extra parameter to argv()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044478 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +020044489 Add optional arguments to user functions:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004449 :func myFunc(arg1, arg2, arg3 = "blah", arg4 = 17)
44506 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000044518 For Strings add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var"
4452 just ignore.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044538 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
4454 option or environment variable.
44558 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000044568 ":let Func().foo = value" should work, also when "foo" doesn't exist.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004457 Also: ":let Func()[foo] = value" should work. Same for a List.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000044587 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the syntax stack
4459 available as a List.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044608 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
4461 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
44628 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
44638 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
4464 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
4465 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
4466 charwise({expr}).
44677 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
4468 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
4469 buffer for this?
4470 result = scratch(string, command)
4471 result = apply(string, command)
4472 result = execute(string, command)
4473 "command" would use <> notation.
4474 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
44757 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004476
4477
4478Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000044796 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
4480 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
4481 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
4482 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
4483 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
4484 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
4485 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004486
4487
4488Performance:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000044897 For string variables up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list
4490 itself as a character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020044917 Add 'lazysize' option: Above this size Vim doesn't load everything before
4492 starting to edit a file. Things like 'fileencodings' only work up to this
4493 size, modelines only work at the top. Useful for large log files where
4494 you only want to look at the first few pages. Use zero to disable it.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000044958 move_lines() copies every line into allocated memory, making reloading a
4496 buffer a lot slower than re-editing the file. Can the memline be locked
4497 so that we don't need to make a copy? Or avoid invoking ml_updatechunk(),
4498 that is taking a lot of time. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008 Jul 7)
Bram Moolenaard04b7502010-07-08 22:27:55 +02004499 With a patch, but does it work?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045008 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
45019 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
45028 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
45037 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
4504 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
45058 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
4506 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
4507 when starting up in a color terminal.
45088 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
4509 Win16.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045108 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
4511 function be improved?
45128 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
4513 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
4514 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
4515 this be improved?
45168 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
4517 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000045187 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
4519 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045207 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
4521 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
45227 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
4523 lot of abbreviations).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045247 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
4525 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
4526 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
4527 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
4528 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
4529 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
4530 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045318 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
4532 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
4533 using strcmp() too often?
45347 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
4535 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
4536 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
4537 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
4538 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
4539 the two blocks to the memfile block.
45407 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
4541 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
4542 with an argument that can be messed with.
4543 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
4544 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
45457 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
4546- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
45478 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
4548 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
4549- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
4550 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
4551- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
4552- Do profiling on:
4553 - :g/pat/normal cmd
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004554 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
4555 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
4556 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
4557 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
4558 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
4559 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004560 - editing a Vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045617 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
4562 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
4563 changed).
4564 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
4565 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
4566- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
4567- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
4568 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
4569- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
4570 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
4571 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004572- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
4573- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
4574 cursor is right of the screen.
45758 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
4576 CTRL-C (it's slow).
4577
4578
4579Code size:
45808 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
4581- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
4582 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
45838 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
45848 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
4585 it.
45867 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
4587 left out.
45888 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
4589 can be removed.
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +010045908 Can the check for libelf in configure.ac be removed?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004591
4592
4593Messages:
45948 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
4595 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
45968 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
4597 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
45988 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
4599 script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004600- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
4601 Perhaps after ten seconds?
4602- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000046038 When reading from stdin allow suppressing the "reading from stdin"
4604 message.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046059 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
4606 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
4607 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
4608 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
4609 redrawing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046108 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
4611 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
46128 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
4613 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
4614 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
4615 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
4616 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
4617 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004618- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004619 Sleep before second message?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046208 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
4621 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
4622 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
4623 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
4624 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
4625 error messages, printing text, etc.
46268 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
4627 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
4628 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
4629
4630
4631Screen updating:
46327 Add a string to the 'display' option to make CTRL-E and CTRL-Y scroll one
4633 screen line, also if this means the first line doesn't start with the
4634 first character (like what happens with a single line that doesn't fit).
4635- screen_line():
4636 - insert/delete character stuff.
4637 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
4638- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
4639 dragging the status line with the mouse).
4640- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
4641 waiting for a character.
46428 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
4643 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
4644 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004645
4646Scrolling:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +020046478 Add "zy" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046486 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
4649- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
4650 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
4651 windows.
46527 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
4653 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
4654 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
4655- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
4656 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
4657 (Goldfarb)
4658- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
4659 bound windows.
4660- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
4661 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00004662- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004663- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
4664 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
4665 of lines but not with a single line).
4666
4667
4668Autoconf:
46698 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
46708 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
4671 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
4672- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
4673 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
4674- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
4675- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
4676- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
4677
4678
4679Perl interface:
46808 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046817 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
46827 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
46836 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
4684
4685
4686Shared libraries:
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +020046878 libcall() can keep the library around instead of always calling dlclose().
4688 (Jason Felice, 2018 Mar 20)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046896 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
4690 :libload internal-name libname
4691 :libunload internal-name
4692 :liblist
4693 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4694 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4695 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
46966 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
4697
4698
4699Tags:
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +000047009 With ":set tags=./tags,../tags" and a tag appears in both tags files it is
4701 added twice. Requires figuring out the actual file name for each found
4702 match. Remove tag_fname from the match and combine it with the fname in
4703 the match (without expanding or other things that take time). When
4704 'tagrelative' is off tag_fname isn't needed at all.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000047058 For 'tags' wildcard in the file name is not supported, only in the path.
4706 This is due to it using |file-searching|. Suboptimal solution would be to
4707 make the filename or the whole option use |wildcards| globing, better
Bram Moolenaarf91787c2010-07-17 12:47:16 +02004708 would be to merge the 2 kinds of globing. originally (Erik Falor, 2008
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004709 April 18), updated (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000047107 Can CTRL-] (jump to tag) include a following "." and "->" to restrict the
4711 number of possible matches? Check tags file for an item that has members.
4712 (Flemming Madsen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047138 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
47148 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
4715 to type the tag number directly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047167 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
4717 window for each tag.
47187 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
47197 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
4720 bottom" search message.
47217 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
4722 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
4723 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00004724- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
4725- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004726- Add functions to save and restore the tag stack? Or a command to switch
4727 to another tag stack? So that you can do something else and come back to
4728 what you were working on.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047297 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
4730 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
4731 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
4732 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
47337 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
4734 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
4735 :tagargs clear
4736 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
4737 matching).
47387 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
4739 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
4740 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
4741 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
47427 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
4743 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
47447 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
4745 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
4746 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004747
4748
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004749Win32 GUI:
47508 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
4751 the message and input?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047527 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
4753 (Mike McCollister)
47548 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
4755 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
4756 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
4757 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
4758 common part of the path.
47598 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
47608 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
4761 gettext and menus work.
47628 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
4763 return in every console.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02004764 Also: Look at how Emacs does run external commands:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004765 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
47668 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
4767 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
47688 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
4769 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
47707 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
4771 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
47727 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
47737 <Esc> should close a dialog.
47747 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
4775 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
4776 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
4777 prompts.
47787 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
4779 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
4780 the file added into an already running Vim.
47817 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
4782 functions to find the window title.
4783
4784
4785GUI:
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020047868 Make inputdialog() work for Photon, Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004787- <C--> cannot be mapped. Should be possible to recognize this as a
4788 normal "-" with the Ctrl modifier.
47897 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
47908 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
47916 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
47928 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
4793 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
47949 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
47957 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
47968 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
4797 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
47988 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
4799 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
4800 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
48018 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
4802 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
48038 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
4804 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
4805 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
4806 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048077 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
48088 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
4809 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000048107 Add some code to handle proportional fonts on more systems? Need to draw
4811 each character separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font
4812 is not exactly double-width. (Maeda)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048138 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
48148 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00004815 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048168 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
48178 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
48188 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
4819 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
4820 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
48217 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
4822 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
4823 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
48247 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
4825 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
48267 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
4827 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
4828 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
4829 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048307 Should support multi-column menus.
4831- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
4832 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
4833- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
48348 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
48356 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
4836 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
48377 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
48387 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
4839 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
4840 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
48417 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
48428 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
4843 name can be chosen free.
48447 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
4845 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
48466 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
4847 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
4848 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
4849 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
4850 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
4851 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
4852 things.
48537 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
4854 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048557 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004856 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004857- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
4858 where it was started from?
48597 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
4860
4861
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004862Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020048639 Rework the code from FEAT_OSFILETYPE for autocmd-osfiletypes to use
4864 'filetype'. Only for when the current buffer is known.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004865- Put autocommand event names in a hashtable for faster lookup?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010048668 When the SwapExists event is triggered, provide information about the
4867 swap file, e.g., whether the process is running, file was modified, etc.
4868 Must be possible to check the situation that it's probably OK to delete
4869 the swap file. (Marc Merlin)
48708 When all the patterns for an event are "*" there is no need to expand
4871 buffer names to a full path. This can be slow for NFS.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000048727 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
4873 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
4874 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
4875 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000048767 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000048778 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
4878 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048798 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
4880 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
4881 difficult).
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000048827 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that the
4883 user can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the
4884 kind of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048858 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
4886 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
4887 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000048888 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
4889 And anything else? Add a command to save and restore these things.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048908 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048916 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
4892 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000048937 When trying to open a directory, trigger an OpenDirectory event.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048947 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004895 <x> for executable, etc. With commas to separate alternatives. The
4896 autocommand is only executed when both the file type AND the file pattern
4897 match. (Leonard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048985 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
4899 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
4900 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
49017 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
4902 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
4903 file.
49048 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
4905 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
4906 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004907- Add events to autocommands:
4908 Error - When an error happens
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +02004909 ModeChange - after changing mode (before waiting for a char)
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004910 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
4911 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004912 CursorHoldC - CursorHold while command-line editing
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00004913 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004914 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
4915 PreDirChanged/PostDirChanged
4916 - Before/after ":cd" has been used (for changing the
4917 window title)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004918 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004919 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
4920 the char.
4921 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
4922 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
4923 file from CVS).
4924 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
4925 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
4926 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
4927 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
4928 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
4929 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004930 ViewChanged - triggered when the text scrolls and when the window size
4931 changes.
4932 WinResized - After a window has been resized
4933 WinClose - Just before closing a window
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00004934- Write the file now and then ('autosave'):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004935 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004936 'autosave' 'as' number (default 0)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004937 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
4938 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
4939 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
4940 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
4941 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
4942
4943
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004944Omni completion:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004945- Add a flag to 'complete' to be able to do omni completion with CTRL-N (and
4946 mix it with other kinds of completion).
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004947- Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
4948 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
4949 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
4950 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
4951 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004952- Ideas from others:
4953 http://www.wholetomato.com/
4954 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
4955 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
4956 or http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
4957 Java, XML, HTML, C++, JSP, SQL, C#
4958 MS-Windows only, lots of dependencies (e.g. Perl, Internet
4959 explorer), uses .dll shared libraries.
4960 For C++ uses $INCLUDE environment var.
4961 Uses Perl for C++.
4962 Uses ctags to find the info:
4963 ctags -f $allTagsFile --fields=+aiKmnsSz --language-force=C++ --C++-kinds=+cefgmnpsut-dlux -u $files
4964 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
4965 IComplete: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1265
4966 and http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0125672/icomplete/
4967 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
4968 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02004969 Emacs: http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004970 Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
4971- Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
4972
4973
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004974Insert mode completion/expansion:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004975- GUI implementation of the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +000049767 When searching in other files the name flash by, too fast to read. Only
4977 display a name every second or so, like with ":vimgrep".
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000049787 When expanding file names with an environment variable, add the match with
4979 the unexpanded var. So $HOME/tm expands to "/home/guy/tmp" and
4980 "$HOME/tmp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049818 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
4982 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
49839 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
4984 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
4985 (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049868 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
4987 - ignore/match case
4988 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000049898 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
4990 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
4991 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
4992 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
4993 Alternative: Use a pattern so that start and end of a keyword can be
4994 defined, only allow dash in the middle, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049958 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000049967 Completion of an abbreviation: Can leave letters out, like what Instant
4997 text does: www.textware.com
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049988 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
4999 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
5000 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
5001 Should work for C++ and Java.
5002 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
50037 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
50047 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
5005 instead of words.
50068 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
50078 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
5008 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
50098 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
5010 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005011- Add a flag to 'complete' to only scan local header files, not system
5012 header files. (Andri Moell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005013- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
5014 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
5015 wildcards in the file name)?
5016- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
5017- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
5018- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
5019 be in another file).
5020- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
5021- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
5022- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
5023 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
5024- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
5025- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
5026- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005027- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
5028
5029
5030Command line editing:
50317 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
5032 line.
50338 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
5034 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
5035 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
5036- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
5037 lines wraps to start of line).
5038- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
5039 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
5040 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
5041 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
5042 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
5043 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
5044 cmdwin does now already.
5045 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
5046 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
5047 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
5048 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
5049 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
5050 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
5051 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
5052 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
5053 Problems:
5054 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
5055 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
5056 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
5057 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
5058 - Normal: no ":" commands?
5059 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
5060 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
5061 character in first column?
5062 - Implementation ideas:
5063 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
5064 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
5065 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
5066 - sync undo after entering a command line?
5067 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
5068 Mode.
5069
5070
5071Command line completion:
50728 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
50738 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
5074 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
50758 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
5076 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000050778 Add an option to ignore case when doing interactive completion. So that
5078 ":e file<Tab>" also lists "Filelist" (sorted after matching case matches).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050797 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
5080 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005081- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
5082- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
5083 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050848 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
5085 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
50867 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
5087 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
5088- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
5089 identifiers (Webb).
50908 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
5091 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
50927 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
5093 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
5094- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
5095 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
5096- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
5097 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
5098 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005099
5100
5101Command line history:
5102- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
5103 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
5104 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01005105 completely result from one mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005106- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
5107 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
5108
5109
5110Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000051119 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
5112 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
5113 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051148 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
5115 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
5116 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
5117 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
5118 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051198 When using CTRL-G CTRL-O do like CTRL-\ CTRL-O, but when returning with
5120 the cursor in the same position and the text didn't change continue the
5121 same change, so that "." repeats the whole insert.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051227 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
5123 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00005124- Make 'revins' work in Replace mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051257 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
5126 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
5127- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
5128 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
5129 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
5130 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
5131 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
5132 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
5133- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
5134 Normal mode.
5135- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
5136 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
5137 are used.
5138- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
5139- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
5140- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
5141
5142
5143'cindent', 'smartindent':
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010051449 Wrapping a variable initialization should have extra indent:
5145 char * veryLongName =
5146 "very long string"
5147 Also check if "cino=+10" is used correctly.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000051488 Lisp indenting: "\\" confuses the indenter. (Dorai Sitaram, 2006 May 17)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051498 Why are continuation lines outside of a {} block not indented? E.g.:
5150 long_type foo =
5151 value;
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051528 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
5153 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00005154 Problem of using {} inside (), 'cindent' doesn't work then.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051558 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
5156 func(
5157 new String[] {
5158 "asdf",
5159 "asdf"
5160 }
5161 );
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010051628 In C++ a function isn't recognized inside a namespace:
5163 (Chow Loong Jin)
5164 namespace {
5165 int
5166 func(int arg) {
5167 }
5168 }
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000051696 Add 'cino' flag for this function argument layout: (Spencer Collyer)
5170 func( arg1
5171 , arg2
5172 , arg3
5173 );
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +000051747 Add separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005175 func(
5176 int x) // indent like "(4"
5177 {
5178 if (a
5179 && b) // indent like "(0"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051809 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
5181 if (a)
5182 {
5183 if (b)
5184 {
5185 // {
5186 }
5187 } <-- this is indented incorrect
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +00005188 Problem is that find_start_brace() checks for the matching brace to be in
5189 a comment, but not braces in between. Requires adding a comment check to
5190 findmatchlimit().
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005191- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005192 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
51937 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
5194- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
5195 line).
5196- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
5197- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
5198 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005199- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
5200 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
5201- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
5202 code), unless the line starts with "*".
5203- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
5204- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
5205 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
52068 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
5207 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
5208 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
5209- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
5210- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
5211 lines start with "\item".
5212- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
5213 /* here is a comment that
5214 is just autoindented, and
5215 nothing else */
5216- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
52177 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
5218 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
5219 indents.
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01005220 Patch by Lech Lorens, 2010 Mar. Update by James McCoy, 2014 Mar 15.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005221
5222
5223Java:
52248 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
5225 Odendahl?
52268 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
5227 "[i" commands and friends.
5228- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
5229 (Jason)
5230- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
5231 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
5232
5233
5234'comments':
52358 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
5236 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
5237 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
5238 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00005239 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
5240 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052417 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
5242 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
52437 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
52446 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
5245 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
5246 regexp is used.
52478 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
5248 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
5249
5250
5251Virtual edit:
52528 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052537 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
5254
5255
5256Text objects:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000052578 Add text object for fold, so that it can be yanked when it's open.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052588 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000052598 Add text object for part of a CamelHumpedWord and under_scored_word.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00005260 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000052618 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multi-byte
5262 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00005263 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
5264 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000052658 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multi-byte ones.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000052668 Add a way to make an ":omap" for a user-defined text object. Requires
5267 changing the starting position in oap->start.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052688 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
5269 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
5270 the end of the line or before a ".".
52717 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
5272 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
52737 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
5274 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052756 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
52765 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
5277 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
5278 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
5279 cursor is on.
5280
5281
5282Select mode:
52838 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
5284 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
52857 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02005286 See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_Alt-Mouse_to_select_blockwise.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052877 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
5288 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
5289 contains 'C' or 'A'.
5290 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
5291 normal_cmd().
5292 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
5293 - Typing text replaces the selection.
5294
5295
5296Visual mode:
Bram Moolenaar3b1db362013-08-10 15:00:24 +020052978 Support using "." in Visual mode. Use the operator applied to the Visual
5298 selection, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005299- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
5300 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
5301 is in the top line.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00005302- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
5303 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenful, also count the
5304 characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053058 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00005306 text. Make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005307 where needed.
53087 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
5309 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
53107 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
5311 of each selected line.
53128 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
53138 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
5314 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
5315 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
53168 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
5317 Ben Godfrey)
53187 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
5319 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
53207 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
5321 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053227 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005323 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005324 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
53258 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
5326 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
53277 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
5328 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
5329 option!
53307 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
5331 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
5332 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
5333 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
5334 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
5335 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
5336 without changing the column.
53376 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053387 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
5339 current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053406 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
5341 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
53426 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053436 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005344 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005345 or other special character.
53466 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
5347
5348
5349More advanced repeating commands:
5350- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02005351- Add command to repeat last movement. Including count.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005352- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005353 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
5354 "y." will repeat last yank.
5355 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
5356 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
5357 and/or pick an older command.
5358- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
5359
5360
5361Mappings and Abbreviations:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053628 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
5363 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
5364 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
53658 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
53667 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
5367 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053688 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
5369 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
53708 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +000053717 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053728 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
5373 entering search strings.
53748 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
5375 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
5376 not the <Space>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053778 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
5378 (?) work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053797 Add <0x8f> (hex), <033> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053807 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
5381 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053826 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
5383 abbreviations are to be used.
5384- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
5385 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
5386 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00005387- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
5388 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
5389 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
5390 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
5391 Or implicit:
5392 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005393- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
5394 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
5395 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005396- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
5397 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
5398- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
5399 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
54006 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
5401 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
5402 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
5403 hit another character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005404- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
5405 non-replace Insert mode?
5406- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005407- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
5408- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
5409 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
5410- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005411 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005412- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
5413 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
5414- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
5415- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
5416 ":freekeys".
5417- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
5418
5419
5420Incsearch:
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02005421- Wrong scrolling when using incsearch. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2014
5422 Dec 4. Is this a good solution?
5423- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
5424 folds when going to another line.
5425 Patch to open folds for 'incsearch'. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan 6)
5426- Bug with 'incsearch' going to wrong line. (Wolfram Kresse, 2009 Aug 17)
5427 Only with "vim -u NONE".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005428- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
5429 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
5430 up every time.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005431- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
5432 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
5433 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
5434 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020054359 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
5436 isn't updated).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005437
5438
5439Searching:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010054409 Should have an option for :vimgrep to find lines without a match.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000054418 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00005442 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005443 The vis.vim script has a ":S" command that does something like this.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005444 Can use "g/" in Normal mode, uses the '< to '> area.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005445 Use "&/" for searching the text in the Visual area?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010054469 Add "v" offset: "/pat/v": search for pattern and start Visual mode on the
5447 matching text.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010054488 Add a modifier to interpret a space like "\_s\+" to make it much easier to
5449 search for a phrase.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000054508 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
5451 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
5452 Perl does it this way:
5453 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
5454 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
5455 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
5456 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000054578 Show the progress every second. Could use the code that checks for CTRL-C
5458 to find out how much time has passed. Or use SIGALRM. Where to show the
5459 number?
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +000054607 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
5461 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000054628 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
5463 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000054647 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005465 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
5466 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
5467 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000054687 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005469 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for end offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054707 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
5471 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054728 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
5473 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
54748 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
5475 line.
Bram Moolenaar7db8f6f2016-03-29 23:12:46 +020054767 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use matchit.vim as an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005477 example.
54788 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
5479 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
5480- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
5481 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
5482 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
5483 Alternative: use matchit.vim
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054848 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
5485 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
5486 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
54877 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
5488 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000054897 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
5490 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054918 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
5492 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054938 When 'iskeyword' is changed the matches from 'hlsearch' may change. (Benji
5494 Fisher) redraw if some options are set while 'hlsearch' is set?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054958 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
5496 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
5497 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
5498 search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005499- Make 'hlsearch' a local/global option, so that it can be disabled in some
5500 of the windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005501- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
5502 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
5503- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
5504 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
5505 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
5506 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000055078 Add a way to access the last substitute text, what is used for ":s//~/".
5508 Can't use the ~ register, it's already used for drag & drop.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005509- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
5510 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000055118 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
5512 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
5513 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005514- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
5515 i ignore case
5516 I use case
5517 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
5518 v use Vi regexp syntax
5519 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
5520 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
5521 Perl uses these too:
5522 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
5523 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
5524 o compile only once (Perl only)
5525 s single line expression (we don't need it)
5526 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
5527 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
5528 following command.
5529 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
5530- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
5531 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
5532 for search string)?
55337 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
5534 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
5535- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
5536 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
5537- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
5538 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
5539- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
5540- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005541 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005542 a for the next file in the argument list
5543 f for file in the buffer list
5544 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005545 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
5546 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005547 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
5548 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
5549- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055507 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005551 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055527 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
5553 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
5554 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
5555 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
55566 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
5557 effects.
55587 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
5559 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
5560 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000055617 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005562 Also ":dselect".
5563
5564
5565Undo:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010055669 ":gundo" command: global undo. Undoes changes spread over multiple files
5567 in the order they were made. Also ":gredo". Both with a count. Useful
5568 when tests fail after making changes and you forgot in which files.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000055699 After undo/redo, in the message show whether the buffer is modified or
5570 not.
Bram Moolenaard43848c2010-07-14 14:28:26 +020055718 Search for pattern in undo tree, showing when it happened and the text
5572 state, so that you can jump to it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000055738 Undo tree: visually show the tree somehow (Damian Conway)
5574 Show only the leaves, indicating how many changed from the branch and the
5575 timestamp?
5576 Put branch with most recent change on the left, older changes get more
5577 indent?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00005578- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
5579 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005580- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
5581 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
5582 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
55838 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
5584 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
5585 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
5586 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
55878 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
5588 only remember the lines that really changed.
55897 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
5590 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
5591 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
5592 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005593- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
5594 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
5595- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
5596 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
5597- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
5598 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
5599 [-99].
5600- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
5601- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005602- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
5603 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
5604
5605
5606Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056077 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
5608 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
5609 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
5610 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
56118 Add File.{recent_files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
5612 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
56138 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
5614 inode too.
56157 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005616 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
5617 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056187 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
5619 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
5620- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
5621 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
5622- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
5623 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
56247 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
5625 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
56267 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
5627 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
56288 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056297 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
5630 internal use and for when executing an external program?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010056318 Some file systems are case-sensitive, some are not. Besides
5632 'wildignorecase' there might be more parts inside
5633 CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME that are useful on Unix.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005634
5635
5636Swap (.swp) files:
56378 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
5638 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
5639 there are short file name problems.
56408 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
5641 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
56428 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
56438 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005644 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005645 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
5646 file the same as the actual file?
5647 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056487 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
5649 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
56507 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005651 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005652 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
5653 enough room.
56547 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
5655 or /var/preserve.
5656- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
5657 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
5658- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
Bram Moolenaar7f2e9d72017-11-11 20:58:53 +01005659 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskbackup' and 'umaskswap'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005660- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
5661 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
5662 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
5663 cached list of which line is where.
5664
5665
5666Viminfo:
56677 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
5668 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
5669 else's viminfo file.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000056708 When there is no .viminfo file and someone does "su", runs Vim, a
5671 root-owned .viminfo file is created. Is there a good way to avoid this?
5672 Perhaps check the owner of the directory. Only when root?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056738 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
5674 name. (Schild)
56758 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
56768 Remember the last used register for "@@".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000056778 Remember the redo buffer, so that "." works after restarting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056788 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
5679 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
5680 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
5681 this?
56827 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
56837 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
5684 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
56856 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
5686 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
5687 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
5688- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
5689 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
5690
5691
5692Modelines:
56938 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
5694 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
5695 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005696- Add an option to whitelist options that are allowed in a modeline. This
5697 would allow careful users to use modelines, e.g., only allowing
5698 'shiftwidth'.
5699- Add an option to let modelines only set local options, not global ones
5700 such as 'encoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005701- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
5702 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
5703 modeline setting.
5704- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
5705 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
5706- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
5707 .cpp files.
5708- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
5709 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
5710- Add option setting to ask user if he wants to have the modelines executed
5711 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
5712
5713
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005714Sessions:
57158 DOS/Windows: ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means
5716 directory "#bb" in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
57177 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
5718 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057198 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
5720 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057218 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
5722 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
5723 default value.
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000057247 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
5725 Malecki)
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +000057267 Persistent variables: "p:var"; stored in viminfo file and sessions files.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00005727
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005728
5729Options:
57307 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
5731 restore it after the command has executed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057328 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
5733 options that are a comma separated list. The old number values should
5734 also be supported.
57358 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
5736 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
5737 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
57387 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005739
5740
5741External commands:
57428 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
5743 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
57444 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
5745 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
5746 -f).
57474 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
57484 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
5749 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
57504 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
5751
5752
5753Multiple Windows:
57547 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
57558 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
5756 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
57577 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
5758 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
5759 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000057607 Make it possible to edit a new buffer in the preview window. A script can
5761 then fill it with something. ":popen"?
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +000057627 Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be
5763 several. Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057646 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
5765 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005766 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005767 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
57687 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
5769 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
5770 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
5771 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
5772- Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
5773 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
5774 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
5775 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
5776
5777
5778Marks:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000057798 Add ten marks for last changed files: ':0, ':1, etc. One mark per file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057808 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
5781 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000057828 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 +000057838 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
5784 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
57858 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
5786 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
5787 the mark was set.
57887 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
5789 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
5790 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
5791 ":browse marks"?
57926 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057937 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
5794 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
57957 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
5796 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
57977 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
5798 command).
57997 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
5800 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
5801 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
5802 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
58035 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
5804 mappings.
58056 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
5806 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
5807 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
5808
5809
5810Digraphs:
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020058117 Make "ga" show the keymap for a character, if it exists.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02005812 Also show the code of the character after conversion to 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005813- Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
5814 characters?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000058158 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058167 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
5817 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
5818
5819
5820Writing files:
5821- In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
5822 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
5823 shortname conversion.
58248 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
58258 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
5826 file.
58278 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
5828 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
5829 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058306 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
5831 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
58326 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
5833 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
58346 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
5835 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000058368 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005837 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
58387 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
5839 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
58407 When editing a file, check that it has been change outside of Vim more
5841 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
5842 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
5843 waiting for a character to be typed).
58448 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
5845 line of the window, like "[time]".
5846 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
5847 Automatic and/or with a command.
5848
5849
5850Substitute:
Bram Moolenaar3f770472005-06-19 22:56:27 +000058518 Substitute with hex/unicode number "\%xff" and "\%uabcd". Just like
5852 "\%uabcd" in search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000058538 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005854 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
5855- :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
5856- With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
58578 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
5858 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005859- Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005860 :s///N substitutes N times.
5861- Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
5862 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
5863 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
58647 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
5865 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
5866 last line column 5.
58675 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
5868 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
5869 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
5870 (Stanislav Sitar)
5871
5872
5873Mouse support:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058748 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
58757 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
58768 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
5877 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
5878 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005879- Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
5880- Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
5881 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
5882- Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
5883- When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
5884
5885
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005886Argument list:
58876 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
5888 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
5889 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
58906 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
5891
5892
5893Registers:
58948 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058958 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
5896 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
5897 for every line.
58986 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
5899 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
5900 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
5901- When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
5902 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
5903- When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
5904 leader when line wraps?
5905- The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
5906 line in the range.
5907- Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
5908 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
59098 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
5910 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005911
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005912
5913Debug mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059148 Add breakpoints for setting an option
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000059158 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059167 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
59177 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
5918
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005919Various improvements:
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000059207 Add plugins for formatting? Should be able to make a choice depending on
5921 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
5922 Setting the 'langformat' option to "chinese" would load the
5923 "format/chinese.vim" plugin.
5924 The plugin would set 'formatexpr' and define the function being called.
5925 Edward L. Fox explains how it should be done for most Asian languages.
5926 (2005 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005927 Alternative: patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Feb 23)
Bram Moolenaar87b774d2005-07-20 22:04:36 +000059287 [t to move to previous xml/html tag (like "vatov"), ]t to move to next
5929 ("vatv").
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +000059307 [< to move to previous xml/html tag, e.g., previous <li>. ]< to move to
5931 next <li>, ]< to next </li>, [< to previous </li>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059328 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
5933 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000059347 Instead of filtering errors with a shell script it should be possible to
5935 do this with Vim script. A function that filters the raw text that comes
5936 from the 'makeprg'?
Bram Moolenaar1ef15e32006-02-01 21:56:25 +00005937- Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00005938 Govindachar)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010059397 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
5940 window as a buffer-tab selection.
59418 Allow non-active windows to have a different statusline. (Yakov Lerner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059427 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
5943 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
59448 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
5945 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059466 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059478 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
5948 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
5949 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
5950 in this Vim.
59518 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005952 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059538 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
5954 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
5955 have it apply to the following command.
59568 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
5957 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
5958 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
5959 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059607 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
5961 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059627 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
5963 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
5964 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
5965 without modifier (unless mapped).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059666 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
59678 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
59689 Support ACLs on more systems.
59697 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
5970 highlighted differently.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059717 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
5972 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
5973 (truncated to fit in the space).
59747 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
59758 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
59768 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
5977 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000059787 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005979 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
59807 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
5981 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059827 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059837 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
59847 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059858 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
59868 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
5987 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
5988 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
5989 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
59908 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059918 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059928 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
5993 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
5994 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
5995 does something like this. (Shah)
59967 Use growarray for replace stack.
59977 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
5998 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
59993 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060007 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
6001 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010060027 Make it possible to set the size of the jumplist (also to a smaller number
6003 than the default). (Nikolai Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006004- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
6005- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
6006- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
6007- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
60087 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
6009 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
6010- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
6011 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02006012- Remove using mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006013- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
6014 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
6015- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
6016 call "play newbeep.au").
6017- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
6018 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
6019 (Bhatt).
6020- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
6021 blockwise registers).
6022- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
6023 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
6024- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
6025 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
6026 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
6027 noticeable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006028- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060297 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
6030 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
6031- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
6032 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
6033 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
6034 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
6035 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000060368 The 'a' flag in 'formatoptions' is too dangerous. In some way only do
6037 auto-formatting in specific regions, e.g. defined by syntax highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060388 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
6039 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
6040 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
6041 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
6042 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
6043- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00006044- Support multi-byte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060457 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
6046 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
6047- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
6048 not in column 1.
60496 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
6050 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
60517 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
6052- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006053- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00006054 :redir #> bufname
6055 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00006056- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
6057 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006058- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
6059 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
6060 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
60616 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
6062 console? (Klaus Hast)
6063- Add :delcr command:
6064 *:delcr*
6065 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
6066 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
6067 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
6068 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
6069 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02006070 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006071- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
6072- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
6073 characters from 'isprint'.
6074- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
6075- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
6076 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
6077- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
6078 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
6079 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
6080- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
6081- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
6082 Nvi).
6083- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
6084 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
60857 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
6086- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
6087 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
60886 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
6089- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
6090 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
6091 macro).
6092- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006093- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
6094 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
6095- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
60968 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006097- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
6098- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
6099- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
6100 if it is not the first or last window.
6101- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
6102 there is one) instead of the file itself.
61037 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
6104 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
6105 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
6106- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
6107- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006108 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006109 many percent down the windows).
6110- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
6111 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
6112 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02006113 Make 'showbreak' local to a window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006114- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
6115 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
6116- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
6117 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
6118- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
6119- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
6120- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
6121 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061228 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
6123 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
6124 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
6125 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
6126 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006127- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
6128 t_bs is set? (Webb)
6129- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006130 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
6131- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006132 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
6133 (Webb).
6134- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006135 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006136- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
6137 hex codes like 0xff).
6138- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
6139 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
6140 the last TYPED command.
6141- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
6142- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
6143- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
6144 should also work?
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006145- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on a URL?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061468 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
6147 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
6148 name.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006149- When finding a URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006150 trailing '.'.
6151- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
6152 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
6153 find_file_in_path().
6154- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
6155 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
6156- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
6157- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
6158 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
6159- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006160 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006161- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
6162 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
6163 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006164- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
6165- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
6166- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
6167 to the minimal size.
6168- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
6169- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
6170- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
6171- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
6172- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006173- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
6174 entered)?
6175- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
6176 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006177- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006178- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
6179- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
6180- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
6181- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
6182- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
6183 lines.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006184- Uppercase characters in Ex commands can be made lowercase?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061858 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
6186 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
6187 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
6188 or in octal.
61897 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
6190 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006191- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006192 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
6193- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
6194- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
6195 insert line command).
6196- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
6197- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
6198- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
6199- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
6200- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
6201 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006202- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006203 yet.
6204- Implement 'redraw' option.
6205- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
6206 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000062077 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
6208 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00006209 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
6210 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000062118 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
6212 do it.
6213- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
6214- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
6215 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
6216- Add text justification option.
6217- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
6218- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
6219 off".
6220- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
6221- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
6222- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006223 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006224- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02006225- If file does not exist, check if directory exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006226- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
6227 commands.
6228- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
6229- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
6230- :table command (Webb)
6231- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006232- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
6233- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
6234- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
6235- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
6236- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
6237 (Demirel).
6238- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
6239- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
6240 for use in macro's and the like.
6241- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006242 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006243- Add possibility to put output of Ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006244 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006245- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006246 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006247 a window to become smaller (Webb).
6248- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
6249 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006250- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006251 mkopttab to make option table?
6252- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
6253 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
6254- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
6255 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006256- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006257 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
6258- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
6259 cursor?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006260- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000062618 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
6262 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
6263 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
6264 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
6265 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000062668 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
6267 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
6268 (Netherton)
62696 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
6270 space after "(", for example.
62715 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
6272 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
6273 (Servatius Brandt)
6274
6275
6276From Elvis:
6277- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
6278- Add ":alias" command.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006279- Search patterns:
6280 \@ match word under cursor.
6281 but do:
6282 \@w match the word under the cursor?
6283 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
62848 ":window" command:
6285 :win + next window (up)
6286 :win ++ idem, wrapping
6287 :win - previous window (down)
6288 :win -- idem, wrapping
6289 :win nr to window number "nr"
6290 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
62917 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
6292 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
6293
6294
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006295From xvi:
6296- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
6297- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
6298
6299
6300From vile:
6301- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
6302- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
6303 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
6304
6305
6306Far future and "big" extensions:
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006307- Instead of using a Makefile and autoconf, use a simple shell script to
6308 find the C compiler and do everything with C code. Translate something
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +01006309 like an Aap recipe and configure.ac to C. Avoids depending on Python,
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006310 thus will work everywhere. With batch file to find the C compiler it
6311 would also work on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006312- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
6313 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
6314- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
6315 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
6316 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
6317 current layout mirrored.
6318- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
6319- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
6320 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
6321- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
6322- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
6323 font in each top-level window.
6324- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
6325- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
6326- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
6327- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
6328 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006329- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
6330 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
6331- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
6332 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
63334 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
6334 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
6335 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
6336 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006337 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006338 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
6339 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
6340- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
6341 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
6342 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
6343
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02006344vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006345vim: set fo+=n :