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Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01001*todo.txt* For Vim version 8.1. Last change: 2019 Jan 17
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 Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +010041Blob: the string form can't be parsed back. Use 0z00112233.44556677 ?
Bram Moolenaar4c05fa02019-01-01 15:32:17 +010042
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +010043Make msg() and msg_attr() also use "char *" intead of "char_u *"?
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45Feature to possibly graduate: FEAT_MBYTE
46 Integrate EBCDIC feature, use 'encoding' == "ebcdic" ?
47 Or drop EBCDIC?
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +010048
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020049'incsearch' with :s: (#3321)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020050- :s/foo using CTRL-G moves to another line, should not happen, or use the
51 correct line (it uses the last but one line) (Lifepillar, Aug 18, #3345)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +010052- :s@pat/tern@ doesn't include "/" in the pattern. (Takahiro Yoshihara, #3637)
53 pass delim to do_search() ?
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020054- Also support range: :/foo/,/bar/delete
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +020055- Also support for user command, e.g. Cfilter
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020056- :%s/foo should take the first match below the cursor line, unless there
57 isn't one?
58 Then :%s?foo should take the first match above the cursor line.
59
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +020060Prompt buffer:
61- Add a command line history.
62- delay next prompt until plugin gives OK?
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +010063- add prompt_addtext({buf}, {expr}) none add text to a prompt buffer
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +020064
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020065Terminal debugger:
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020066- Make prompt-buffer variant work better.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +010067- Add option to not open the program window. It's not used when attaching to
68 an already running program. (M. Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +020069- When only gdb window exists, on "quit" edit another buffer.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020070- Termdebug does not work when Vim was build with mzscheme: gdb hangs just
71 after "run". Everything else works, including communication channel. Not
72 initializing mzscheme avoid the problem, thus it's not some #ifdef.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +010073- Add support for lldb? #3565
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +010074- Could we do something similar for debugging Vim scripts? At least see the
75 script while stepping through it. Simple version would use an extra window.
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +010076 More complete solution would actually run Vim in a Terminal and control it
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +010077 with another Vim instance.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020078
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +020079Terminal emulator window:
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +010080- When Vim runs in the terminal and changes the title, the statusline needs to
81 be redrawn.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020082- GUI: When using ":set go+=!" a system() call causes the hit-enter prompt.
83 (#3327)
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +010084- Terminal API: Add more functionality? (Ozaki Kiichi 2018 May 13, #2907)
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +020085- GUI: hang until key typed. (#3530)
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +020086- When the job in the terminal doesn't use mouse events, let the scroll wheel
87 scroll the scrollback, like a terminal does at the shell prompt. #2490
88 And use modeless selection. #2962
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020089- Allow for specifying the directory, with ++cwd={dir}.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020090- With a vertical split only one window is updated. (Linwei, 2018 Jun 2,
91 #2977)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020092- Add a way to make ":term cmd" run "cmd" in a shell, instead of executing it
93 directly. Perhaps ":term ++shell cmd". (#3340)
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020094- When pasting should call vterm_keyboard_start_paste(), e.g. when using
95 K_MIDDLEMOUSE, calling insert_reg().
96- Users expect parsing the :term argument like a shell does, also support
97 single quotes. E.g. with: :term grep 'alice says "hello"' (#1999)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +020098- Win32: Redirecting input does not work, half of Test_terminal_redir_file()
99 is disabled.
100- Win32: Redirecting output works but includes escape sequences.
101- Win32: Make terminal used for :!cmd in the GUI work better. Allow for
102 redirection.
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200103- When the job only outputs lines, we could handle resizing the terminal
104 better: store lines separated by line breaks, instead of screen lines,
105 then when the window is resized redraw those lines.
106- Redrawing is slow with Athena and Motif. (Ramel Eshed)
107- For the GUI fill termios with default values, perhaps like pangoterm:
108 http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~leonerd/pangoterm/trunk/view/head:/main.c#L134
109- When 'encoding' is not utf-8, or the job is using another encoding, setup
110 conversions.
Bram Moolenaar7c63fbc2018-05-17 13:15:23 +0200111
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100112Patch with updates for VMS. (Zoltan Arpadffy, 2019 Jan 14)
Bram Moolenaarf0d58ef2018-11-16 16:13:44 +0100113
114Update for German spell files: https://github.com/chrisbra/vim/compare/5e021c990f8817a50d3264782a5...3b27c92f297540761ebbd92d04fb3
115(Christian Brabandt, 2018 Nov 4)
116
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100117Problem with Visual yank when 'linebreak' and 'showbreak' are set.
118Patch with tests, but it's not clear how it is supposed to work. (tommm, 2018
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100119Nov 17) Asked about this, Dec 22. Christian will have a look.
Bram Moolenaarf0d58ef2018-11-16 16:13:44 +0100120
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100121Patch to deal with signs at the end of the buffer when lines are deleted.
122(Yegappan Lakshmanan, #3798)
123
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200124Key mapping times out when using a timer in Gvim. (Michael Henry, 2018 Sep 9,
125#3417)
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100126Another report, with reproduction steps. (#3799)
127Is this fixed by 8.1.0761?
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100128
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200129Does not build with MinGW out of the box:
130- _stat64 is not defined, need to use "struct stat" in vim.h
131- WINVER conflict, should use 0x0600 by default?
Bram Moolenaareb3dc872018-05-13 22:34:24 +0200132
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100133Patch to remove flicker from popup menu. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2013 Aug 15)
134When redrawing for updating the popup menu, don't redraw the part when the new
135popup menu will be displayed?
136
137js_decode() does not handle infinity properly. (Dominique Pelle, 2019 Jan 10,
138#3788)
139
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100140Signs:
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100141- screen not redrawn correctly. (Dominique Pelle, 2019 Jan 14, #3803)
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100142- Use a sign group in the Termdebug plugin.
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100143- Avoid that "sign unplace id" does a redraw right away, esp. when there is
144 a sequence of these commands. (Andy Stewart, 2018 Mar 16)
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100145
Bram Moolenaareb3dc872018-05-13 22:34:24 +0200146Crash when mixing matchadd and substitute()? (Max Christian Pohle, 2018 May
14713, #2910) Can't reproduce?
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200148
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100149Merge checking for 'cursorline' and 'concealcursor', see neovim #9492.
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151Patch to not call setActiveWindow. Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2019 Jan 8, #3778)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100152
Bram Moolenaardf980db2017-12-24 13:22:00 +0100153Errors found with random data:
154 heap-buffer-overflow in alist_add (#2472)
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100155
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100156Patch for xxd to make it work with 64 bit numbers. (Christer Jense, 2019 Jan
15711, #3791)
158
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200159Win32 key codes are messy. Mike Williams tried to fix that, but now old
160mappings no longer work. Create a new terminal for the better solution?
161
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200162Improve fallback for menu translations, to avoid having to create lots of
163files that source the actual file. E.g. menu_da_de -> menu_da
164Include part of #3242?
165
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200166When a terminal exit_cb closes the window, a following typed key is lost, if
167it's in a mapping. (2018 Oct 6, #2302, #3522)
168
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200169Completion mixes results from the current buffer with tags and other files.
170Happens when typing CTRL-N while still search for results. E.g., type "b_" in
171terminal.c and then CTRL-N twice.
172Should do current file first and not split it up when more results are found.
173(Also #1890)
174
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100175Internal diff doesn't handle binary file like external diff does. (Mike
176Williams, 2018 Oct 30)
177
178Problem with :tlmenu: Detach item added with all modes? Issue #3563.
179
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100180When using a timer callback vgetc_busy is reset, allowing for using input().
181But in a channel callback this does not happen. We need to do something
182similar to check_due_timer(). Also see #3809.
183
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200184C syntax: {} inside () causes following {} to be highlighted as error.
185(Michalis Giannakidis, 2006 Jun 1)
186
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100187Patch on #3690 to fix that "wincmd p" does not always behave properly.
188(Christian Brabandt, 2018 Dec 17)
189
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100190Patch: When using %v in 'errorformat', assume the number is the screen column
191not bytes, also handle multi-byte charactes. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, #3700)
192
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100193Make balloon_show() work outside of 'balloonexpr'? Users expect it to work:
194#2948. (related to #1512?)
195On Win32 it stops showing, because showState is already ShS_SHOWING.
196balloon_show() does not work properly in the terminal. (Ben Jackson, 2017 Dec
19720, #2481)
198Also see #2352, want better control over balloon, perhaps set the position.
199Should also be possible to add highlighting, like in the status line?
200balloonexpr() on MS-Windows GUI doesn't handle accented chars? (nivaemail,
2012018 Sep 14)
202Another request: #3811.
203
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100204Patch to add FOR_ALL_FRAMES. (Yegappan, 2018 Dec 11, #3686)
205
206Patch for MinGW build with static libraries. (Ken Takata, 2018 Dec 16)
207
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100208Patch to add new regexp classes :ident:, :keyword:, :fname:.
209(ichizok, 2016 Jan 12, #1373)
210
211Patch to add "termsig" - signal that caused job to end. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2019
212Jan 10, #3786)
213
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200214More warnings from static analysis:
215https://lgtm.com/projects/g/vim/vim/alerts/?mode=list
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200216
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200217Patch for this: (Aron Widforss, 2018 Oct 13, #3539)
218 missing a test.
2197 Make 'scrolloff' a global-local option, so that it can be different in the
220 quickfix window, for example. (Gary Holloway)
221 Also do 'sidescrolloff'.
222
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100223Patch for ConPTY support, new one: #3794 Does this work now?
224(Nobuhiro Takasaki)
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100225
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100226Issue #3649: Retrying the X server connection once may be insufficient.
227Since patch 8.1.0615 we try reconnecting five times. Does it work?
228
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100229nvo-mode mapping works on Windows, not on Linux. (#3678)
230
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100231Patch to be able to separately map CTRL-H and BS on Windows.
232(Linwei, 2017 Jul 11, #1833)
233
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200234Pasting foo} causes Vim to behave weird. (John Little, 2018 Jun 17)
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200235Related to bracketed paste. I cannot reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200236
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100237Using CTRL-L to add a character to the search string doesn't work for the last
238character in the file. (Smylers, 2018 Nov 17, #3620)
239Suggested patch by Hirohito Higashi, 2018 Nov 18.
240
241Using CTRL-L to add a character to the search string that contains \v,
242punctiuation is repeated. (Smylers, 2018 Nov 17, #3621)
243
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100244Using CTRL-L during search only picks up the base character, not a combining
245character. (Rick, 2018 Dec 11, #3682)
246
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200247":mksession" cannot handle a very long 'runtimepath'. (Timothy Madden, 21 Sep
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01002482018, #3466) Patch from Christian, 2018 Oct 30 (with comments).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200249
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200250ml_get error: (Israel Chauca Fuentes, 2018 Oct 17, #3550).
251
252Patch to convert temp file name. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #3520)
253Not ready to include yet.
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200254
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200255Problem with two buffers with the same name a/b, if it didn't exist before and
256is created outside of Vim. (dskloetg, 2018 Jul 16, #3219)
257
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100258When 'sidescrolloff' is set, using "zl" to go to the end of the line, suddenly
259scrolls back. Should allow for this scrolling, like 'scrolloff' does when
260using CTRL-E. (Yee Cheng Chin, #3721)
261
Bram Moolenaar93a1df22018-09-10 11:51:50 +0200262Invalid memory access with old regexp engine. (Dominique Pelle, 2018 Sep 3,
263#3405) Introduced by 8.0.1517, which was fixing another memory access error.
264(Sep 8)
265
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200266Add function to make use of internal diff, working on two lists and returning
267unified diff (list of lines).
268
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200269Patch to implement 'diffref' option. (#3535)
270 Easier to use a 'diffmaster' option, is the extra complexity needed?
271
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100272Patch to fix that bracketed paste remains after Vim exits. (2018 Oct 30, #3579)
273
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100274Make ":interactive !cmd" stop termcap mode, also when used in an autocommand.
275(#3692)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100276
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100277cursorline highlighting not removed after yanking in Visual mode.
278(Matéo Zanibelli, 2018 Oct 30, #3578)
279Patch by Christian, Oct 30.
280
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200281Memory leaks in test_channel? (or is it because of fork())
282Using uninitialized value in test_crypt.
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200283Memory leak in test_terminal:
284==23530== by 0x2640D7: alloc (misc2.c:874)
285==23530== by 0x2646D6: vim_strsave (misc2.c:1315)
286==23530== by 0x25841D: FullName_save (misc1.c:5443)
287==23530== by 0x17CB4F: fix_fname (buffer.c:4794)
288==23530== by 0x17CB9A: fname_expand (buffer.c:4838)
289==23530== by 0x1759AB: buflist_new (buffer.c:1889)
290==23530== by 0x35C923: term_start (terminal.c:421)
291==23530== by 0x2AFF30: mch_call_shell_terminal (os_unix.c:4377)
292==23530== by 0x2B16BE: mch_call_shell (os_unix.c:5383)
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200293
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200294gethostbyname() is old, use getaddrinfo() if available. (#3227)
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200295
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100296Patch to add match count and current index "3/44" when using "n" command.
297(Christian Brabandt, on issue #453). Only when search string was typed?
298
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200299matchaddpos() gets slow with many matches. Proposal by Rick Howe, 2018 Jul
30019.
301
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100302Sourceforge Vim pages still have content, redirect from empty page.
303Check for PHP errors. (Wayne Davison, 2018 Oct 26)
304
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200305Patch to support ":tag <tagkind> <tagname>". (emmrk, 2018 May 7, #2871)
306Use something like ":tag {kind}/{tagname}".
307Not ready to include.
308
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200309:pedit resets the 'buflisted' option unexpectedly. (Wang Shidong, 2018 Oct 12,
310#3536)
311
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200312home_replace() uses $HOME instead of "homedir". (Cesar Martins, 2018 Aug 9)
313
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200314When the status line uses term_gettitle(), it does not get updated when the
315terminal title changes. (Josh Triplett, 2018 Sep 9, #3418)
316How would we know that the status line needs to be updated?
317
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200318Adjust windows installer explanation of behavior. (scootergrisen, #3310)
319
320Set g:actual_curbuf when evaluating 'statusline', not just with an expression.
321(Daniel Hahler, 2018 Aug 8, #3299)
322
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100323Update for xim-input-style help (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 Jan 10).
324Feedback from someone who uses this?
325
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200326ml_get error. (Dominique Pelle, 2018 Sep 14, #3434)
327
Bram Moolenaarf0d58ef2018-11-16 16:13:44 +0100328Patch to use forward slash for completion even when 'shellslash' is set.
329Adds 'completepathslash'. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2018 Nov 15, #3612)
330
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200331Only output t_Cs when t_Ce is also set. do not use Cs and Ce termcap entries. (Daniel Hahler, 2018 Sep 25)
332Add t_cS and t_cR for cursor color select and reset. Use Cs and Cr terminfo
333values.
334
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100335Further xdiff changes:
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200336- More options, e.g. different kind of whitespace diff.
337- when editing text, update the surrounding diff blocks.
338- omit diff.exe from distribution
339- Can we make this show differences within a line?
340- add option to use external diff above a certain size.
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200341
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200342Difference between two regexp engines: #3373
343
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100344Patch to add ch_listen() (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2018 Nov 26, #3639)
345What is the practical use for this?
346
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200347When the last line wraps, selecting with the mouse below that line only
348includes the first screen line. (2018 Aug 23, #3368)
349
350Refactored HTML indent file. (Michael Lee, #1821)
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100351Ask to write a test first.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200352
353Patch to add getregpoint() and setreg() with an option to set "".
354(Andy Massimino, 2018 Aug 24, #3370)
355Better name?
356
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200357MS-Windows: .lnk file not resolved properly when 'encoding' is set.
358(lkintact, 2018 Sep 22, #3473)
359
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200360Script generated by :mksession does not work well if there are windows with
361modified buffers
362 change "silent only" into "silent only!"
363 change "edit fname" of first buffer to "hide edit fname"
364 skip "badd fname" if "fname" is already in the buffer list
365 remove remark about unloading buffers from documentation
366
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100367Compiler warnings (geeknik, 2017 Oct 26):
368- signed integer overflow in do_sub() (#2249)
369- signed integer overflow in get_address() (#2248)
370- signed integer overflow in getdecchrs() (#2254)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100371- undefined left shift in get_string_tv() (#2250)
372
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200373Win32 console: <F11> and <F12> typed in Insert mode don't result in normal
374characters. (#3246)
375
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200376'foldtext' is evaluated too often. (Daniel Hahler, #2773)
377
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100378Add Native language protocol server (LSP) support. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2018
379Oct 28)
380
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200381ml_get error when using a Python script. (Yggdroot, 2017 Jun 1, #1737)
382Lemonboy can reproduce (2017 Jun 5)
383Also reproduced by Benjamin Doherty, 2018 Oct 4.
384Simpler way: Ken Takata, Oct 6.
385
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200386Height of quickfix window is not retained with vertical splits. (Lifepillar,
3872018 Aug 24, #2998)
388
389Window size is wrong when using quickfix window. (Lifepillar, 2018 Aug 24,
390#2999)
391
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200392Tests failing for "make testgui" with GTK:
393- Test_setbufvar_options()
394- Test_exit_callback_interval()
395
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200396When using CTRL-W CR in the quickfix window, the jumplist in the opened window
397is cleared, to avoid going back to the list of errors buffer (would have two
398windows with it). Can we just remove the jump list entries for the quickfix
399buffer?
400
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200401Patch to fix that executable() may fail on very long filename in MS-Windows.
402(Ken Takata, 2016 Feb 1, update 2018 Oct 7)
403
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200404Patch to be able to use hex numbers with :digraph. (Lcd, 2015 Sep 6)
405Update Sep 7. Update by Christian Brabandt, 2015 Sep 8, 2016 Feb 1.
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100406Patch to be able to disable default digraphs (incomplete) (Eric Pruitt, 2018
407Nov 22).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200408
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100409Try out background make plugin:
410 https://github.com/AndrewVos/vim-make-background
411or asyncmake:
412 https://github.com/yegappan/asyncmake
413
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100414Add a ModeChanged autocommand that has an argument indicating the old and new
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100415mode, as what's returned from mode(). Also used for switching Terminal mode.
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100416
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200417Add an option with file patterns, to be used when unloading a buffer: If there
418is a match, remove entries for the buffer from marks, jumplist, etc. To be
419used for git temp files.
420
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100421Cursor in wrong position when line wraps. (#2540)
422
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200423Patch to parse ":line" in tags file and use it for search. (Daniel Hahler,
424#2546) Fixes #1057. Missing a test.
425
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200426Setting 'columns' in a BufEnter autocommand causes a second tab width to
427behave strangely, as if there is a gap and a vertical window separator.
428(Michael Soyka, 2018 Sep 23, #3477)
429
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200430Make {skip} argument of searchpair() consistent with other places where we
431pass an expression to evaluate. Allow passing zero for "never skip".
432
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200433The 'scrolloff' option is global, make it global-local. #3195
434
Bram Moolenaar25a6e8a2018-03-30 12:27:32 +0200435Add an option similar to 'lazyredraw' to skip redrawing while executing a
436script or function.
437
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200438Universal solution to detect if t_RS is working, using cursor position.
439Koichi Iwamoto, #2126
440
441When using a menu item while the "more" prompt is displayed doesn't work well.
442E.g. after using help->version. Have a key that ends the "more" prompt and
443does nothing otherwise?
444
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200445MS-Windows: write may fail if another program is reading the file.
446If 'readonly' is not set but the file appears to be readonly later, try again
447(wait a little while).
448CreateFile() returns ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION (Linwei, 2018 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100449
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200450Using --remote to open a file in which a # appears does not work on
451MS-Windows. Perhaps in \# the \ is seen as a path separator. (Axel Bender,
4522017 Feb 9) Can we expand wildcards first and send the path literally to the
453receiving Vim? Or make an exception for #, it's not useful remotely.
454
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200455Should add a test for every command line argument. Check coverage for what is
456missing: --nofork, -A , -b, -h, etc.
457
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200458":au * * command" should not be allowed, only use * for event when listing or
459deleting autocmds, not when adding them.
460
461Quickfix window height is not kept with a vertical split. (Lifepillar, 2018
462Jun 10, #2998)
463
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200464Alternative manpager.vim. (Enno, 2018 Jan 5, #2529)
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200465
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100466Delete all the specific stuff for the Borland compiler? (#3374)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200467Patch in #3377 (Thomas Dziedzic)
468
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200469With 'foldmethod' "indent" and appending an empty line, what follows isn't
470included in the existing fold. Deleting the empty line and undo fixes it.
471(Oleg Koshovetc, 2018 Jul 15, #3214)
472
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200473When using :packadd files under "later" are not used, which is inconsistent
474with packages under "start". (xtal8, #1994)
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200475
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200476Patch to support "xxd -ps". (Erik Auerswald, 2018 May 1)
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200477Lacks a test.
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200478
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100479Column number is wrong when using 'linebreak' and 'wrap'. (Keith Smiley, 2018
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100480Jan 15, #2555)
481
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200482":bufdo e" disabled syntax HL in windows other than the current. (BPJ)
483
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100484Check argument of systemlist(). (Pavlov)
485
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100486No maintainer for Vietnamese translations.
487No maintainer for Simplified Chinese translations.
488
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200489Python indenting: alternative way to indent arguments:
490http://orchistro.tistory.com/236
491Should be supported with a flag.
492
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100493Starting job with cwd option, when the directory does not exist, gives a
494confusing error message. (Wang Shidong, 2018 Jan 2, #2519)
495
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100496Add the debug command line history to viminfo.
497
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100498Add Makefiles to the runtime/spell directory tree, since nobody uses Aap.
499Will have to explain the manual steps (downloading the .aff and .dic files,
500applying the diff, etc.
501
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200502Pasting a register in Visual mode cannot be repeated. (Mahmoud Al-Qudsi, 2018
503Apr 26, #2849)
504
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100505User dictionary ~/.vim/spell/lang.utf-8.add not used for spell checking until a
506word is re-added to it. (Matej Cepl, 2018 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100507
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100508Fold at end of the buffer behaves inconsistently. (James McCoy, 2017 Oct 9)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200509
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +0200510With foldmethod=syntax and nofoldenable comment highlighting isn't removed.
511(Marcin Szewczyk, 2017 Apr 26)
512
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200513Using 'wildignore' also applies to literally entered file name. Also with
514:drop (remote commands).
515
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200516Inserting a line in a CompleteDone autocommand may confuse undo. (micbou,
5172018 Jun 18, #3027)
518
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200519Implement option_save() and option_restore():
520option_restore({list}) *option_restore()*
521 Restore options previously saved by option_save().
522 When buffer-local options have been saved, this function must
523 be called when the same buffer is the current buffer.
524 When window-local options have been saved, this function must
525 be called when the same window is the current window.
526 When in the wrong buffer and/or window an error is given and
527 the local options won't be restored.
528
529option_save({list}) *option_save()*
530 Saves the options named in {list}. The returned value can be
531 passed to option_restore(). Example: >
532 let s:saved_options = option_save([
533 \ 'ignorecase',
534 \ 'iskeyword',
535 \ ])
536 au <buffer> BufLeave *
537 \ call option_restore(s:saved_options)
538< The advantage over using `:let` is that global and local
539 values are handled and the script ID is restored, so that
540 `:verbose set` will show where the option was originally set,
541 not where it was restored.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100542 Alternatively: save and restore ALL options. Implementation needs to use
543 copy-on-write. Return an ID from option_save(), when
544 option_restore(ID) is called give an error if another option_save()
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100545 was called in the meantime, they must be balanced.
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200546
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100547"gvim --remote" from a directory with non-word characters changes the current
548directory (Paulo Marcel Coelho Arabic, 2017 Oct 30, #2266)
549Also see #1689.
550
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100551crash when removing an element while inside map(). (Nikolai Pavlov, 2018 Feb
55217, #2652)
553
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100554When 'virtualedit' is "all" and 'cursorcolumn' is set, the wrong column may be
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100555highlighted. (van-de-bugger, 2018 Jan 23, #2576)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100556
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200557":file" does not show anything when 'shortmess' contains 'F'. (#3070)
558
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100559No profile information for function that executes ":quit". (Daniel Hahler,
5602017 Dec 26, #2501)
561
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200562A function on a dictionary is not profiled. (ZyX, 2010 Dec 25)
563
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200564Add script number to profile? (#3330 breaks tests).
565
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200566A function defined locally and lambda's are not easily recognized.
567Mention where they were defined somewhere.
568
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100569Invalid range error when using BufWinLeave for closing terminal.
570(Gabriel Barta, 2017 Nov 15, #2339)
571
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200572ml_get errors with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
573
574Error in emsg with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
575
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100576Join truncates xml comment. (Dmitrii Tcyganok, 2017 Dec 24, #2494)
577Requires 'formatoptions' to include "j". (Gary Johnson, 2017 Dec 24)
578
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100579Patch to support hunspell. (Matej Cepl, Jan 2018, #2500) Based on older patch
580in #846)
581Doesn't work on Windows yet. Not ready to included, hard coded paths.
582
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200583Win32 GUI: when running a fast timer, the cursor no longer blinks.
584Was reported: cursor blinks in terminal on widows with a timer. (xtal8, #2142)
585
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100586When a timer is running and typing CTRL-R on the command line, it is not
587redrawn properly. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 23, #2241)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200588
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100589In an optional package the "after" directory is not scanned?
590(Renato Fabbri, 2018 Feb 22)
591
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100592Patch for Neovim concerning restoring when closing help window. (glacambre
593neovim #7431)
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100594
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100595Patch for improving detecting Ruby on Mac in configure. (Ilya Mikhaltsou, 2017
596Nov 21)
597
Bram Moolenaar7db25fe2018-05-13 00:02:36 +0200598When t_Co is changed from termresponse, the OptionSet autocmmand event isn't
599triggered. Use the code from the end of set_num_option() in
600set_color_count().
601
602Add another autocommand like TermResponse that is fired for the other terminal
603responses, such as bg and fg. Use "bg", "fg", "blink", etc. for the name.
604
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100605When using command line window, CmdlineLeave is triggered without
606CmdlineEnter. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 30, #2263)
607Add some way to get the nested state. Although CmdwinEnter is obviously
608always nested.
609
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200610matchit hasn't been maintained for a long time. #955.
611
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100612Problem with 'delcombine'. (agguser, 2017 Nov 10, #2313)
613
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100614MS-Windows: buffer completion doesn't work when using backslash (or slash)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100615for a path separator. (xtal8, #2201)
616
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200617Would be nice for insert mode completion to highlight the text that was added
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100618(and may change when picking another completion).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200619
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200620Test runtime files.
621Start with filetype detection: testdir/test_filetype.vim
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200622
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200623Window not closed when deleting buffer. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Aug 27, #2029)
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200624
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200625Add options_default() / options_restore() to set several options to Vim
626defaults for a plugin. Comments from Zyx, 2017 May 10.
627Perhaps use a vimcontext / endvimcontext command block.
628
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200629After using :noautocmd CursorMoved may still trigger. (Andy Stewart, 2017 Sep
63013, #2084). Set old position after the command.
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200631
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200632When bracketed paste is used, pasting at the ":append" prompt does not get the
633line breaks. (Ken Takata, 2017 Aug 22)
634
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100635The ":move" command does not honor closed folds. (Ryan Lue, #2351)
636
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200637Patch to fix increment/decrement not working properly when 'virtualedit' is
638set. (Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Aug 1, #923)
639
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200640Patch to make gM move to middle of line. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, Sep 8, #2070)
641
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100642Cannot copy modeless selection when cursor is inside it. (lkintact, #2300)
643
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200644Include Haiku port. (Adrien Destugues, Siarzhuk Zharski, 2013 Oct 24)
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +0200645It can replace the BeOS code, which is likely not used anymore.
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100646Now on github: #1856. Updated Oct 2017
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200647Got permission to include this under the Vim license.
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +0200648
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200649Test_writefile_fails_conversion failure on Solaris because if different iconv
650behavior. Skip when "uname" returns "SunOS"? (Pavel Heimlich, #1872)
651
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100652'tagrelative' is broken in specific situation. (xaizek, 2017 Oct 19, #2221)
653
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +0200654All functions are global, which makes functions like get() and len() awkward.
655For the future use the ~get() and ~len() syntax, e.g.:
656 mylist~get(idx)
657 mydict~get(idx)
658 mystring~len()
659Alternatives for ~:
660 ^ list^get() could also be used
661 . list.get() already means concatenate
662 $ list$get() harder to read
663 @ list@get() harder to read
664 -> list->get() two characters, used for lambda
665
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200666The ++ options for the :edit command are also useful on the Vim command line.
667
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100668When recovering a file, put the swap file name in b:recovered_swapfile. Then
669a command can delete it.
670
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200671When a swap file exists, is not for a running process, is from the same
672machine and recovering results in the same text, we could silently delete it.
673#1237
674
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200675Overlong utf-8 sequence is displayed wrong. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Sep 14,
676#2089) Patch with possible solution by Björn Linse.
677
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100678The change list index is local to a buffer, but it doesn't make sense using it
679for another buffer. (lacygoll) Copy w_changelistidx to wininfo_S and back.
680
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200681X11: Putting more than about 262040 characters of text on the clipboard and
682pasting it in another Vim doesn't work. (Dominique Pelle, 2008 Aug 21-23)
683clip_x11_request_selection_cb() is called with zero value and length.
684Also: Get an error message from free() in the process that owns the selection.
685Seems to happen when the selection is requested the second time, but before
686clip_x11_convert_selection_cb() is invoked, thus in X library code.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200687Kazunobu Kuriyama is working on a proper fix. (2017 Jul 25)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200688
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100689Include a few color schemes, based on popularity:
690http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_search_results.php?keywords=&script_type=color+scheme&order_by=rating&direction=descending&search=search
691http://vimawesome.com/?q=tag:color-scheme
692Use names that indicate their appearance (Christian Brabandt, 2017 Aug 3)
693- monokai - Xia Crusoe (2017 Aug 4)
694- seoul256 - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3)
695- gruvbox - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3) (simplified version from
696 Lifepillar, 2018 Jan 22, #2573)
697- janah - Marco Hinz (2017 Aug 4)
698- apprentice - Romain Lafourcade (2017 Aug 6) remarks about help file #1964
699Suggested by Hiroki Kokubun:
700- [Iceberg](https://github.com/cocopon/iceberg.vim) (my one)
701- [hybrid](https://github.com/w0ng/vim-hybrid)
702Include solarized color scheme?, it does not support termguicolors.
703- Sanitized version of pablo (Lifepillar, 2017 Nov 21)
704
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200705Problem with three-piece comment. (Michael Lee, 2017 May 11, #1696)
706
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200707Creating a partial with an autoload function is confused about the "self"
708attribute of the function. For an unknown function assume "self" and make
709that optiona? (Bjorn Linse, 2017 Aug 5)
710
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200711Cindent: returning a structure has more indent for the second item.
712(Sam Pagenkopf, 2017 Sep 14, #2090)
713
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100714Patch from Christian Brabandt to preserve upper case marks when wiping out a
715buffer. (2013 Dec 9)
716Also fixes #2166?
717
718Patch to add argument to :cquit. (Thinca, 2014 Oct 12)
719
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200720Python: After "import vim" error messages only show the first line of the
721stack trace. (Yggdroot, 2017 Jul 28, #1887)
722
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100723Profile of a dict function is lost when the dict is deleted. Would it be
724possible to collect this? (Daniel Hahler, #2350)
725
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200726When checking if a bufref is valid, also check the buffer number, to catch the
727case of :bwipe followed by :new.
728
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +0200729Patch to skip writing a temp file for diffing if the buffer is equal to the
730existing file. (Akria Sheng, 2017 Jul 22)
731Could also skip writing lines that are the same.
732
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200733Patch with Files for Latvian language. (Vitolins, 2017 May 3, #1675)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200734
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200735MS-Windows: Opening same file in a second gvim hangs. (Sven Bruggemann, 2017
736Jul 4)
737
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200738Setting 'clipboard' to "unnamed" makes a global command very slow (Daniel
739Drucker, 2017 May 8).
740This was supposed to be fixed, did it break again somehow?
741Christian cannot reproduce it.
742
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200743Using composing char in mapping does not work properly. maparg() shows the
744wrong thing. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Jul 8, #1827)
745Or is this not an actual problem?
746
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200747Better TeX indent file. (Christian Brabandt, 2017 May 3)
748
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200749Patch to use a separate code for BS on Windows. (Linwei, #1823)
750
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200751Use gvimext.dll from the nightly build? (Issue #249)
752
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200753'synmaxcol' works with bytes instead of screen cells. (Llandon, 2017 May 31,
754#1736)
755
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200756Problem with using :cd when remotely editing a file. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2017 May
7578, #1690)
758
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100759Running test_gui and test_gui_init with Motif sometimes kills the window
760manager. Problem with Motif?
761
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200762Bogus characters inserted when triggering indent while changing text.
763(Vitor Antunes, 2016 Nov 22, #1269)
764
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200765Using "wviminfo /tmp/viminfo" does not store file marks that Vim knows about,
766it only works when merging with an existing file. (Shougo, 2017 Jun 19, #1781)
767
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200768Segmentation fault with complete(). (Lifepillar, 2017 Apr 29, #1668)
769Check for "pat" to be NULL in search_for_exact_line()?
770How did it get NULL? Comment by Christian, Apr 30.
771
772Is it possible to keep the complete menu open when calling complete()?
773(Prabir Shrestha, 2017 May 19, #1713)
774
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100775Memory leak in test97? The string is actually freed. Weird.
776
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200777assert_fails() can only check for the first error. Make it possible to have
778it catch multiple errors and check all of them.
779
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +0200780New value "uselast" for 'switchbuf'. (Lemonboy, 2017 Apr 23, #1652)
781
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100782Add a toolbar in the terminal. Can be global, above all windows, or specific
783for one window.
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200784
785Make maparg() also return the raw rhs, so that it doesn't depend on 'cpo'.
786(Brett Stahlman, 2017 May 23)
787Even better: add a way to disable a mapping temporarily and re-enable it
788later. This is for a sub-mode that is active for a short while (one buffer).
789Still need maplist() to find the mappings. What can we use to identify a
790mapping? Something unique would be better than the LHS.
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200791Perhaps simpler: actually delete the mappings. Use maplist() to list matching
792mappings (with a lhs prefix, like maparg()), mapdelete() to delete,
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200793maprestore() to restore (using the output of maplist()).
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200794
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100795Add an argument to :mkvimrc (or add another command) to skip mappings from
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200796plugins (source is a Vim script). No need to put these in a .vimrc, they will
797be defined when the plugin is loaded.
798
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100799Use tb_set(winid, [{'text': 'stop', 'cb': callback, 'hi': 'Green'}])
800 tb_highlight(winid, 'ToolBar')
801 tb_get(winid)
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +0100802
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +0200803json_encode(): should convert to utf-8. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Jan 23)
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200804What if there is an invalid character?
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +0100805
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +0200806Json string with trailing \u should be an error. (Lcd)
807
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200808import can't be used in define option when include matches too.
809(Romain Lafourcade, 2017 Jun 18, #1519)
810
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +0100811When session file has name in argument list but the buffer was deleted, the
812buffer is not deleted when using the session file. (#1393)
813Should add the buffer in hidden state.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +0100814
Bram Moolenaar369b6f52017-01-17 12:22:32 +0100815When an item in the quickfix list has a file name that does not exist, behave
816like the item was not a match for :cnext.
817
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +0200818Wrong diff highlighting with three files. (2016 Oct 20, #1186)
819Also get E749 on exit.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +0100820Another example in #1309
821
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +0100822When deleting a mark or register, leave a tombstone, so that it's also deleted
823when writing viminfo (and the delete was the most recent action). #1339
824
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +0100825Suggestion to improve pt-br spell checking. (Marcelo D Montu, 2016 Dec 15,
826#1330)
827
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200828Error in test_startup_utf8 on Solaris. (Danek Duvall, 2016 Aug 17)
829
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100830Completion for :!cmd shows each match twice. #1435
831
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100832GTK: When adding a timer from 'balloonexpr' it won't fire, because
833g_main_context_iteration() doesn't return. Need to trigger an event when the
834timer expires.
835
836Screen update bug related to matchparen. (Chris Heath, 2017 Mar 4, #1532)
837
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +0100838Rule to use "^" for statusline does not work if a space is defined with
839highlighting for both stl and stlnc. Patch by Ken Hamada (itchyny, 2016 Dec 11)
840
8418 "stl" and "stlnc" in 'fillchars' don't work for multi-byte characters.
842 Patch by Christian Wellenbrock, 2013 Jul 5.
843
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100844Using CTRL-G_U in InsertCharPre causes trouble for redo. (Israel Chauca
845Fuentes, 2017 Feb 12, #1470)
846
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200847Add a "keytrans()" function, which turns the internal byte representation of a
848key into a form that can be used for :map. E.g.
849 let xx = "\<C-Home>"
850 echo keytrans(xx)
851 <C-Home>
852
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +0100853Check for errors E704 and E705 only does VAR_FUNC, should also do VAR_PARTIAL.
854(Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Mar 13, #1557)
855Make a function to check for function-like type?
856
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +0200857Screen updated delayed when using CTRL-O u in Insert mode.
858(Barlik, #1191) Perhaps because status message?
859
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +0100860Implement optional arguments for functions.
861 func Foo(start, count = 1 all = 1)
862 call Foo(12)
863 call Foo(12, all = 0)
864 call Foo(12, 15, 0)
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100865
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200866Change the Farsi code to work with UTF-8. Possibly combined with the Arabic
867support, or similar.
868Invalid read error in Farsi mode. (Dominique Pelle, 2009 Aug 2)
869
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100870Add a command to take a range of lines, filter them and put the output
871somewhere else. :{range}copy {dest} !cmd
872
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +0100873Patch to fix that empty first tab is not in session.
874(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Nov 25, #1282)
875
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200876Patch to add random number generator. (Hong Xu, 2010 Nov 8, update Nov 10)
877Alternative from Christian Brabandt. (2010 Sep 19)
878New one from Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #1277.
879
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +0200880Patch to fix escaping of job arguments. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Oct 5)
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +0200881Update Oct 14: https://gist.github.com/mattn/d47e7d3bfe5ade4be86062b565a4bfca
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200882Update Aug 2017: #1954
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +0200883
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +0100884The TermResponse event is not triggered when a plugin has set 'eventignore' to
885"all". Netrw does this. (Gary Johnson, 2017 Jan 24)
886Postpone the event until 'eventignore' is reset.
887
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +0200888Expanding /**/ is slow. Idea by Luc Hermitte, 2017 Apr 14.
889
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200890Once .exe with updated installer is available: Add remark to download page
891about /S and /D options (Ken Takata, 2016 Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +0200892Or point to nightly builds: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases
893
Bram Moolenaar220adb12016-09-12 12:17:26 +0200894Problem passing non-UTF-8 strings to Python 3. (Björn Linse, 2016 Sep 11,
895#1053) With patch, does it work?
896
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200897":sbr" docs state it respects 'switchbuf', but "vsplit" does not cause a
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100898vertical split. (Haldean Brown, 2017 Mar 1)
899
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200900Use ADDR_OTHER instead of ADDR_LINES for many more commands.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200901E.g. all the location list commands use a count.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200902Add tests for using number larger than number of lines in buffer.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +0100903
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100904Might be useful to have isreadonly(), like we have islocked().
905Avoids exceptions, e.g. when using the b: namespace as a dict.
906
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +0200907Patch to make v:shell_error writable. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Sep 27)
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +0100908Useful to restore it. Is there another solution?
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +0200909
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +0100910"ci[" does not look for next [ like ci" does look for next ".
911(J.F. 2017 Jan 7)
912
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +0100913Patch for wrong cursor position on wrapped line, involving breakindent.
914(Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 25)
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +0100915Does this also fix #1408 ?
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +0100916
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200917'cursorline' and match interfere. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2017 Jun 23, #1792)
918
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +0100919Patch for 'cursorlinenr' option. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 30)
920
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +0200921When 'completeopt' has "noselect" does not insert a newline. (Lifepillar, 2017
922Apr 23, #1653)
923
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100924Window resizing with 'winfixheight': With a vertical split the height changes
925anyway. (Tommy allen, 2017 Feb 21, #1502)
926
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +0100927When adding an item to a new quickfix list make ":cnext" jump to that item.
928Make a difference being at the first item and not having used :cnext at all.
929(Afanasiy Fet, 2017 Jan 3)
930
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +0200931Invalid behavior with NULL list. (Nikolai Pavlov, #768)
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +0200932E.g. deepcopy(test_null_list())
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +0200933
Bram Moolenaar3e496b02016-09-25 22:11:48 +0200934Patch to make it possible to extend a list with itself.
935(Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Sep 23)
936
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +0200937Patch to add Zstandard compressed file support. (Nick Terrell, 2016 Oct 24)
938
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +0100939Patch to add MODIFIED_BY to MSVC build file. (Chen Lei, 2016 Nov 24, #1275)
940
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100941Patch to change argument of :marks. (LemonBoy, 2017 Jan 29, #1426)
942
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +0100943On Windows buffer completion sees backslash as escape char instead of path
944separator. (Toffanim, 2016 Nov 24, #1274)
945
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +0200946min() and max() spawn lots of error messages if sorted list/dictionary
947contains invalid data (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep 4, #1039)
948
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +0200949Should :vmap in matchit.vim be :xmap? (Tony Mechelynck)
950
Bram Moolenaar26852122016-05-24 20:02:38 +0200951Problem with whitespace in errorformat. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2016 May 15, #807)
952
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +0200953Undo problem: "g-" doesn't go back, gets stuck. (Björn Linse, 2016 Jul 18)
954
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +0200955Add "unicode true" to NSIS installer. Doesn't work with Windows 95, which we
956no longer support.
957
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +0200958sort() is not stable when using numeric/float sort (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep
9594#1038)
960
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100961+channel:
962- Add a separate timeout for opening a socket. Currently it's fixed at 50
963 msec, which is too small for a remote connection. (tverniquet, #2130)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100964- Problem with stderr on Windows? (Vincent Rischmann, 2016 Aug 31, #1026)
965- Writing raw mode to a buffer should still handle NL characters as line
966 breaks. (Dmitry Zotikov, 2017 Aug 16)
967- When out_cb executes :sleep, the close_cb may be invoked. (Daniel Hahler,
968 2016 Dec 11, #1320)
969- Implement |job-term| ?
970- Channel test fails with Motif. Sometimes kills the X11 server.
971- When a message in the queue but there is no callback, drop it after a while?
972 Add timestamp to queued messages and callbacks with ID, remove after a
973 minute. Option to set the droptime.
974- Add an option to drop text of very long lines? Default to 1 Mbyte.
975- Add remark about undo sync, is there a way to force it?
976- When starting a job, have an option to open the server socket, so we know
977 the port, and pass it to the command with --socket-fd {nr}. (Olaf Dabrunz,
978 Feb 9) How to do this on MS-Windows?
979- For connection to server, a "keep open" flag would be useful. Retry
980 connecting in the main loop with zero timeout.
981- job_start(): run job in a newly opened terminal (not a terminal window).
982 With xterm could use -S{pty}.
983 Although user could use "xterm -e 'cmd arg'".
984
985Regexp problems:
986- When search pattern has the base character both with and without combining
987 character, search fails. E.g. "รรีบ" in "การรีบรักใคร". (agguser, #2312)
988- [:space:] only matches ASCII spaces. Add [:white:] for all space-like
989 characters, esp. including 0xa0. Use character class zero.
990- Since 7.4.704 the old regex engine fails to match [[:print:]] in 0xf6.
991 (Manuel Ortega, 2016 Apr 24)
992 Test fails on Mac. Avoid using isalpha(), isalnum(), etc? Depends on
993 LC_CTYPE
994- The old engine does not find a match for "/\%#=1\(\)\{80}", the new engine
995 matches everywhere.
996- Using win_linetabsize() can still be slow. Cache the result, store col and
997 vcol. Reset them when moving to another line.
998- Very slow with a long line and Ruby highlighting. (John Whitley, 2014 Dec 4)
999- Bug with pattern: '\vblock (\d+)\.\n.*\d+%(\1)@<!\.$'
1000 (Lech Lorens, 2014 Feb 3)
1001- Issue 164: freeze on regexp search.
1002- Ignorecase not handled properly for multi-byte characters. (Axel Bender,
1003 2013 Dec 11)
1004- Using \@> and \?. (Brett Stahlman, 2013 Dec 21) Remark from Marcin
1005 Szamotulski; Remark from Brett 2014 Jan 6 and 7.
1006- NFA regexp doesn't handle \%<v correctly. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 May 12)
1007- Does not work with NFA regexp engine:
1008 \%u, \%x, \%o, \%d followed by a composing character
1009- Search for \%d0\+ may fail with E363. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Oct 4)
1010- \%'[ does not work. '%'] does work. (Masaaki Nakamura, 2016 Apr 4)
1011- Bug relating to back references. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Jul 24)
1012- New RE does not give an error for empty group: "\(\)\{2}" (Dominique Pelle,
1013 2015 Feb 7)
1014- Using back reference before the capturing group sometimes works with the old
1015 engine, can we do this with the new engine? E.g. with
1016 "/\%(<\1>\)\@<=.*\%(<\/\(\w\+\)>\)\@=" matching text inside HTML tags.
1017 This problem is probably the same: "\%(^\1.*$\n\)\@<=\(\d\+\).*$".
1018 (guotuofeng, 2015 Jun 22)
1019- Strange matching with "\(Hello\n\)\@<=A". (Anas Syed, 2015 Feb 12)
1020- Problem with \v(A)@<=b+\1c. (Issue 334)
1021- Diff highlighting can be very slow. (Issue 309)
1022- Using %> for a virtual column has a check based on 'tabsize'. Better would
1023 be to cache the result of win_linetabsize(col), storing both col and vcol,
1024 and use them to decide whether win_linetabsize() needs to be called. Reset
1025 col and vcol when moving to another line.
1026- this doesn't work: "syntax match ErrorMsg /.\%9l\%>20c\&\%<28c/". Leaving
1027 out the \& works. Seems any column check after \& fails.
1028- Difference between two engines: ".*\zs\/\@>\/" on text "///"
1029 (Chris Paul, 2016 Nov 13) New engine not greedy enough?
1030 Another one: echom matchstr(" sdfsfsf\n sfdsdfsdf",'[^\n]*')
1031 (2017 May 15, #1252)
1032
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001033Patch to add "cmdline" completion to getcompletion(). (Shougo, Oct 1, #1140)
1034
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001035Feature request: Complete members of a dictionary. (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4,
1036#1350)
1037
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001038Undo message is not always properly displayed. Patch by Ken Takata, 2013 oct
10393. Doesn't work properly according to Yukihiro Nakadaira.
1040Also see #1635.
1041
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001042Patch for systemlist(), add empty item. (thinca, Sep 30, #1135)
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001043Add an argument to choose binary or non-binary (like readfile()), when omitted
1044use the current behavior.
1045Include the test.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001046
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001047Patch to add tagfunc(). Cleaned up by Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jun 22.
1048New update 2017 Apr 10, #1628
1049
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001050When 'keywordprg' starts with ":" the argument is still escaped as a shell
1051command argument. (Romain Lafourcade, 2016 Oct 16, #1175)
1052
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +01001053Patch to support CamelCase for spell checking: See a lower-to-upper case
1054change as a word boundary. (btucker-MPCData, 2016 Nov 6, #1235)
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02001055patch for 'spellcamelcase' option: spellcheck each CamelCased word.
1056(Ben Tucker, 2016 Dec 2)
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +01001057
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001058Idea from Sven: record sequence of keys. Useful to show others what they are
1059doing (look over the shoulder), and also to see what happened.
1060Probably list of keystrokes, with some annotations for mode changes.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001061Could store in logfile to be able to analyse it with an external command.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001062E.g. to see when's the last time a plugin command was used.
1063
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +01001064execute() cannot be used with command completion. (Daniel Hahler, 2016 Oct 1,
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001065#1141)
1066
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001067cmap using execute() has side effects. (Killthemule, 2016 Aug 17, #983)
1068
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001069:map X may print invalid data. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2017 Jul 3, #1816)
1070
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001071Patch to order results from taglist(). (Duncan McDougall, 2016 Oct 25)
1072
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001073When using ":diffput" through a mapping, undo in the target buffer isn't
1074synced. (Ryan Carney, 2016 Sep 14)
1075
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001076Syntax highlighting for messages with RFC3339 timestamp (#946)
1077Did maintainer reply?
Bram Moolenaar42ebd062016-07-17 13:35:14 +02001078
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001079Patch to avoid problem with special characters in file name.
1080(Shougo, 2016 Sept 19, #1099) Not finished?
1081
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001082ml_get errors when reloading file. (Chris Desjardins, 2016 Apr 19)
1083Also with latest version.
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001084
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001085Cannot delete a file with square brackets with delete(). (#696)
1086
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001087Patch to add ":syn foldlevel" to use fold level further down the line.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001088(Brad King, 2016 Oct 19, update 2017 Jan 30)
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001089
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001090Completion for input() does not expand environment variables. (chdiza, 2016
1091Jul 25, #948)
1092
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001093Patch to add 'systemencoding', convert between 'encoding' and this for file
1094names, shell commands and the like. (Kikuchan, 2010 Oct 14)
1095Assume the system converts between the actual encoding of the filesystem to
1096the system encoding (usually utf-8).
1097
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +02001098Using ":tab drop file" does not trigger BufEnter or TabEnter events.
1099(Andy Stewart, 2017 Apr 27, #1660)
1100Autocommands blocked in do_arg_all(). Supposed to happen later?
1101
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001102'hlsearch' interferes with a Conceal match. (Rom Grk, 2016 Aug 9)
1103
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001104MS-Windows: use WS_HIDE instead of SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE in os_win32.c?
1105Otherwise task flickers in taskbar.
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001106
1107Should make ":@r" handle line continuation. (Cesar Romani, 2016 Jun 26)
1108Also for ":@.".
1109
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001110Repeating 'opfunc' in a function only works once. (Tarmean, 2016 Jul 15, #925)
1111
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001112Have a way to get the call stack, in a function and from an exception.
1113#1125
1114
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001115Second problem in #966: ins_compl_add_tv() uses get_dict_string() multiple
1116times, overwrites the one buffer. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Aug 5)
1117
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001118This does not work: :set cscopequickfix=a-
1119(Linewi, 2015 Jul 12, #914)
1120
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001121Possibly wrong value for seq_cur. (Florent Fayolle, 2016 May 15, #806)
1122
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001123Filetype plugin for awk. (Doug Kearns, 2016 Sep 5)
1124
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001125Patch to improve map documentation. Issue #799.
1126
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001127Patch for syntax folding optimization. (Shougo, 2016 Sep 6, #1045)
1128
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01001129We can use '. to go to the last change in the current buffer, but how about
1130the last change in any buffer? Can we use ', (, is next to .)?
1131
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001132Ramel Eshed: system() is much slower than job_start(), why? (Aug 26)
1133
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001134When generating the Unicode tables with runtime/tools/unicode.vim the
1135emoji_width table has only one entry.
1136
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001137It's possible to add ",," to 'wildignore', an empty entry. Causes problems.
1138Reject the value? #710.
1139
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001140When doing "vi buf.md" a BufNew autocommand for *.md is not triggered.
1141Because of using the initial buffer? (Dun Peal, 2016 May 12)
1142
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001143Patch to add the :bvimgrep command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Nov 12)
Bram Moolenaare0720cb2017-03-29 13:48:40 +02001144Updated 2016 Jun 10, #858 Update 2017 Mar 28: use <buffer>
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02001145
1146Add redrawtabline command. (Naruhiko Nishino, 2016 Jun 11)
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001147
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001148Neovim patch for utfc_ptr2char_len() https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/4574
1149No test, needs some work to include.
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001150
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001151Patch to improve indenting for C++ constructor with initializer list.
1152(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Mar 31)
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01001153
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001154Zero-out krypt key information when no longer in use. (Ben Fritz, 2017 May 15)
1155
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001156Add stronger encryption. Could use libsodium (NaCl).
1157https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/
1158Possibly include the needed code so that it can be build everywhere.
1159
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001160Add a way to restart a timer. It's similar to timer_stop() and timer_start(),
1161but the reference remains valid.
1162
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +02001163Need to try out instructions in INSTALLpc.txt about how to install all
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001164interfaces and how to build Vim with them.
1165Appveyor build with self-installing executable, includes getting most
1166interfaces: https://github.com/k-takata/vim/tree/chrisbra-appveyor-build
1167result: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/k-takata/vim/history
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001168
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001169Problem that a previous silent ":throw" causes a following try/catch not to
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001170work. (ZyX, 2013 Sep 28) With examples: (Malcolm Rowe, 2015 Dec 24)
Bram Moolenaarbaca7f72013-09-22 14:42:24 +02001171
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001172Problem using ":try" inside ":execute". (ZyX, 2013 Sep 15)
1173
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001174Patch to make tests pass with EBCDIC. (Owen Leibman, 2016 Apr 10)
1175
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02001176Add ":read :command", to insert the output of an Ex command?
1177Can already do it with ":$put =execute('command')".
1178
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001179When repeating the 'confirm' dialog one needs to press Enter. (ds26gte, 2016
1180Apr 17) #762
1181
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001182exists(":tearoff") does not tell you if the command is implemented. (Tony
1183Mechelynck) Perhaps use exists("::tearoff") to check?
1184
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001185Use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples, but without ":" in
1186'iskeyword' for syntax.
1187
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001188Patch to make "%:h:h" return "." instead of the full path.
1189(Coot, 2016 Jan 24, #592)
1190
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001191Remove SPACE_IN_FILENAME ? What could possibly go wrong?
1192
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001193When command names are very long :command output is difficult to read. Use a
1194maximum for the column width? (#871)
Bram Moolenaar802a0d92016-06-26 16:17:58 +02001195Patcy by varmanishant, 2016 Jun 18, #876
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001196
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001197Installation of .desktop files does not work everywhere.
1198It's now fixed, but the target directory probably isn't right.
1199Add configure check?
1200Should use /usr/local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications.
1201Or use $XDG_DATA_DIRS.
1202Also need to run update-desktop-database (Kuriyama Kazunobu, 2015 Nov 4)
1203
Bram Moolenaar369b6f52017-01-17 12:22:32 +01001204Test object i{ and it do not behave the same. #1379
1205Do not include the linebreak at the start?
1206
Bram Moolenaardc1f1642016-08-16 18:33:43 +02001207Patch to have text objects defined by arbitrary single characters. (Daniel
1208Thau, 2013 Nov 20, 2014 Jan 29, 2014 Jan 31)
1209Added tests (James McCoy, 2016 Aug 3). Still needs more work.
1210
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001211Feature request: add the "al" text object, to manipulate a screen line.
1212Especially useful when using 'linebreak'
1213
Bram Moolenaar438f67a2014-01-07 06:09:28 +01001214":cd C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc*" does not work, even though the
1215directory exists. (Sergio Gallelli, 2013 Dec 29)
1216
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001217In debug mode one can inspect variables, but not the function parameters
1218(starting with a:). (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4, #1352)
1219
Bram Moolenaar06481422016-04-30 15:13:38 +02001220If ":bd" also closes a Tab page then the " mark is not set. (Harm te Hennepe,
12212016 Apr 25, #780)
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001222
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001223Patch to avoid redrawing tabline when the popup menu is visible.
1224(Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jan 28)
1225
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01001226Patch to add {skip} argument to search(). (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 24)
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02001227Update 2016 Jun 10, #861
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001228
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001229Patch to show search statistics. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jul 22)
1230
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001231When the CursorMovedI event triggers, and CTRL-X was typed, a script cannot
1232restore the mode properly. (Andrew Stewart, 2016 Apr 20)
1233Do not trigger the event?
1234
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02001235Using ":windo" to set options in all windows has the side effect that it
1236changes the window layout and the current window. Make a variant that saves
1237and restores. Use in the matchparen plugin.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001238Perhaps we can use ":windo <restore> {cmd}"?
1239Patch to add <restore> to :windo, :bufdo, etc. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan
12406, 2nd message)
1241Alternative: ":keeppos" command modifier: ":keeppos windo {cmd}".
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001242
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001243Patch to fix display of listchars on the cursorline. (Nayuri Aohime, 2013)
1244Update suggested by Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 25:
1245https://gist.github.com/presuku/d3d6b230b9b6dcfc0477
1246
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001247Patch to make the behavior of "w" more straightforward, but not Vi compatible.
1248With a 'cpo' flag. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 8)
1249
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001250Patch to add optionproperties(). (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Mar 27, update Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001251
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +01001252Patch to add TagNotFound autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 3)
1253
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001254Patch to add Error autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 17)
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001255Only remembers one error.
1256
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02001257GVim: when both Tab and CTRL-I are mapped, use CTRL-I not for Tab.
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001258
Bram Moolenaar12969c02015-09-08 23:36:10 +02001259Unexpected delay when using CTRL-O u. It's not timeoutlen.
1260(Gary Johnson, 2015 Aug 28)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001261
Bram Moolenaar345efa02016-01-15 20:57:49 +01001262Instead of separately uploading patches to the ftp site, we can get them from
1263github with a URL like this:
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001264 https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v7.4.920%5E...v7.4.920.diff
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001265Diff for version.c contains more context, can't skip a patch.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001266
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001267Python: ":py raw_input('prompt')" doesn't work. (Manu Hack)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001268
Bram Moolenaar77cdfd12016-03-12 12:57:59 +01001269Comparing nested structures with "==" uses a different comparator than when
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001270comparing individual items.
1271Also, "'' == 0" evaluates to true, which isn't nice.
1272Add "===" to have a strict comparison (type and value match).
1273Add "==*" (?) to have a value match, but no automatic conversion, and v:true
1274equals 1 and 1.0, v:false equals 0 and 0.0.?
1275
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001276Using uninitialized memory. (Dominique Pelle, 2015 Nov 4)
1277
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001278MS-Windows: When editing a file with a leading space, writing it uses the
1279wrong name. (Aram, 2014 Nov 7) Vim 7.4.
1280
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001281Can't recognize the $ProgramFiles(x86) environment variable. Recognize it
1282specifically? First try with the parens, then without.
1283
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001284Patch to add :mapgroup, put mappings in a group like augroup.
1285(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Feb 19)
1286
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001287Value returned by virtcol() changes depending on how lines wrap. This is
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001288inconsistent with the documentation.
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001289
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001290Value of virtcol() for '[ and '] depend on multi-byte character.
1291(Luchr, #277)
1292
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001293Can we cache the syntax attributes, so that updates for 'relativenumber' and
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001294'cursorline'/'cursorcolumn' are a lot faster? Thus store the attributes
1295before combining them.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001296
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001297C highlighting: modern C allows: /* comment */ #ifdef
1298and also line continuation after #include.
1299I can't recommend it though.
1300
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001301Build with Python on Mac does not always use the right library.
1302(Kazunobu Kuriyama, 2015 Mar 28)
1303
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001304To support Thai (and other languages) word boundaries, include the ICU
1305library: http://userguide.icu-project.org/boundaryanalysis
1306
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001307When complete() first argument is before where insert started and 'backspace'
1308is Vi compatible, the completion fails. (Hirohito Higashi, 2015 Feb 19)
1309
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001310Patch to use two highlight groups for relative numbers. (Shaun Brady, 2016 Jan
131130)
1312
Bram Moolenaar75b81562014-04-06 14:09:13 +02001313MS-Windows: Crash opening very long file name starting with "\\".
1314(Christian Brock, 2012 Jun 29)
1315
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001316The OptionSet autocommand event is not always triggered. (Rick Howe, 2015 Sep
131724): :diffthis, :diffoff.
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001318
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001319":set all&" still does not handle all side effects. Centralize handling side
1320effects for when set by the user, on init and when reset to default.
1321
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001322":tag" does not jump to the right entry of a :tselect. (James Speros, 2015 Oct
13239)
1324
1325The argument for "-S" is not taken literally, the ":so" command expands
1326wildcards. Add a ":nowild" command modifier? (ZyX, 2015 March 4)
1327
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001328Proposal to make options.txt easier to read. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001329Update Aug 14.
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001330
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001331When using --remote-tab on MS-Windows 'encoding' hasn't been initialized yet,
1332the file name ends up encoded wrong. (Raul Coronado, 2015 Dec 21)
1333
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001334Example in editing.txt uses $HOME with the expectation that it ends in a
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001335slash. For me it does, but perhaps not for everybody. Add a function that
1336inserts a slash when needed? pathconcat(dir, path) (Thilo Six, 2015 Aug 12)
1337
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001338ml_updatechunk() is slow when retrying for another encoding. (John Little,
13392014 Sep 11)
1340
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001341Patch to fix checking global option value when not using it.
1342(Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 23)
1343
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001344When 'showbreak' is set repeating a Visual operation counts the size of the
1345'showbreak' text as part of the operation. (Axel Bender, 2015 Jul 20)
1346
1347Patch for multi-byte characters in langmap and applying a mapping on them.
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001348(Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jun 12, update July 25)
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001349Is this the right solution? Need to cleanup langmap behavior:
1350- in vgetorpeek() apply langmap to the typeahead buffer and put the result in
1351 a copy-buffer, only when langmap is appropriate for the current mode. Then
1352 check for mapping and let gotchars() work on the copy-buffer.
1353- Remove LANGMAP_ADJUST() in other parts of the code. Make sure the mode is
1354 covered by the above change.
1355So that replaying the register doesn't use keymap/langmap and still does the
Bram Moolenaar85084ef2016-01-17 22:26:33 +01001356same thing. Remarks on issue 543 (Roland Puntaier).
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001357Also see #737: langmap not applied to replaying recording.
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001358
1359Patch to add grepfile(). (Scott Prager, 2015 May 26)
1360Work in progress.
1361
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001362Would be useful to have a treemap() or deepmap() function. Like map() but
1363when an item is a list or dict would recurse into it.
1364
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001365Patch for global-local options consistency. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 22)
1366Is this right?
1367
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001368Patch to make getregtype() return the right size for non-linux systems.
1369(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Jul 8)
1370Breaks test_eval. Inefficient, can we only compute y_width when needed?
1371
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001372Patch to use different terminal mode settings for system(). (Hayaki Saito)
1373Does this work for everybody?
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001374
Bram Moolenaare2db6c92015-06-19 18:48:41 +02001375Patch for man.vim. (SungHyun Nam, 2015 May 20)
1376Doesn't work completely (Dominique Orban)
1377
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001378Patch to add a "literal" argument to bufnr(). (Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 Aug 4)
1379
Bram Moolenaar5837f1f2015-03-21 18:06:14 +01001380When a session file is created and there are "nofile" buffers, these are not
1381filled. Need to trigger BufReadCmd autocommands. Also handle deleting the
1382initial empty buffer better. (ZyX, 2015 March 8)
1383
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001384Extended file attributes lost on write (backupcopy=no). Issue 306.
1385
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001386Patch to add :lockjumps. (Carlo Baldassi, 2015 May 25)
1387OK to not block marks?
1388
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001389Mixup of highlighting when there is a match and SpellBad. (ZyX, 2015 Jan 1)
1390
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001391Patch on Issue 72: 'autochdir' causes problems for :vimgrep.
1392
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02001393When two SIGWINCH arrive very quickly, the second one may be lost.
1394(Josh Triplett, 2015 Sep 17)
1395
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001396Make comments in the test Makefile silent. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 24)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001397
Bram Moolenaared32d942014-12-06 23:33:00 +01001398Result of systemlist() does not show whether text ended in line break.
1399(Bjorn Linse, 2014 Nov 27)
1400
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001401When in 'comments' "n:x" follows after three-part comment directly it repeats
1402any one-character from the previous line. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 19)
1403
1404Syntax highlighting slow (hangs) in SASS file. (Niek Bosch, 2013 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02001405
Bram Moolenaar92dff182014-02-11 19:15:50 +01001406Adding "~" to 'cdpath' doesn't work for completion? (Davido, 2013 Aug 19)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001407
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001408Patch: Let rare word highlighting overrule good word highlighting.
1409(Jakson A. Aquino, 2010 Jul 30, again 2011 Jul 2)
1410
1411Patch to add digits argument to round(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2015 Apr 26)
1412
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001413Can assign to s:type when a function s:type has been defined.
1414Also the other way around: define a function while a variable with that name
1415was already defined.
1416(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 3)
1417
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001418Patch for ordered dict. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2015 May 7)
1419
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001420Patch to make closed folds line up. (Charles Campbell, 2014 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaare3faf442014-12-14 01:27:49 +01001421Remark from Roland Eggner: does it cause crashes? (2014 Dec 12)
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001422Updated patch by Roland Eggner, Dec 16
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001423Updated patch from Charles, 2016 Jul 2
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001424
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001425Patch for building a 32bit Vim with 64bit MingW compiler.
1426(Michael Soyka, 2014 Oct 15)
1427
Bram Moolenaar8a94d872015-01-25 13:02:57 +01001428Patch: On MS-Windows shellescape() may have to triple double quotes.
1429(Ingo Karkat, 2015 Jan 16)
1430
Bram Moolenaar2f3b5102014-11-19 18:54:17 +01001431Redo only remembers the last change. Could use "{count}g." to redo an older
1432change. How does the user know which change? At least have a way to list
1433them: ":repeats".
1434
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001435Patch for glob(), adding slash to normal files. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Dec 22)
1436
Bram Moolenaara0f849e2015-10-30 14:37:44 +01001437When entering and leaving the preview window autocommands are triggered, but
1438these may not work well. Perhaps set a flag to indicate that the preview
1439window is involved? (John Otter, 2015 Oct 27)
1440
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001441Using "." to repeat an Ex command puts that command in history. Probably
1442should not happen. If the command is the result of a mapping it's not put in
1443history either. (Jacob Niehus, 2014 Nov 2)
1444Patch from Jacob, Nov 2.
1445
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001446"hi link" does not respect groups with GUI settings only. (Mark Lodato, 2014
1447Jun 8)
1448
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001449Bug: Autocompleting ":tag/pat" replaces "/pat" with a match but does not
1450insert a space. (Micha Mos, 2014 Nov 7)
1451
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001452No error for missing endwhile. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 20)
1453
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001454Patch to make extend() fail early when it might fail at some point.
1455(Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 May 2) Makes extend() slower, do we still want it?
1456Perhaps only the checks that can be done without looping over the dict or
1457arguments.
1458
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001459Problem with transparent and matchgroup. Issue #475
1460
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +02001461Patch to add :arglocal and :arglists. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2014 Aug 6)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001462
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001463Spell files use a latin single quote. Unicode also has another single quote:
14640x2019. (Ron Aaron, 2014 Apr 4)
1465New OpenOffice spell files support this with ICONV. But they are not
1466compatible with Vim spell files. The old files can no longer be downloaded.
1467
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02001468Spell checking: Add a feature to only consider two spaces after a dot to start
1469a new sentence. Don't give the capitalization error when there is one space.
1470
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001471xterm should be able to pass focus changes to Vim, so that Vim can check for
1472buffers that changed. Perhaps in misc.c, function selectwindow().
1473Xterm 224 supports it!
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001474Patch to make FocusGained and FocusLost work in modern terminals. (Hayaki
Bram Moolenaardc1f1642016-08-16 18:33:43 +02001475Saito, 2013 Apr 24) Update 2016 Aug 12.
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001476Also see issue #609.
1477We could add the enable/disable sequences to t_ti/t_te or t_ks/t_ke.
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001478
Bram Moolenaar13600302014-05-22 18:26:40 +02001479Idea: For a window in the middle (has window above and below it), use
1480right-mouse-drag on the status line to move a window up/down without changing
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001481its height? It's like dragging the status bar above it at the same time.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02001482
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001483Patch to add a :domodeline command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Oct 21)
1484
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001485This does not give an error: (Andre Sihera, 2014 Mar 21)
1486 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo if 1 | echo 1'
1487This neither: (ZyX)
1488 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo while 1 | echo 1'
1489
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001490'viewdir' default on MS-Windows is not a good choice, it's a system directory.
1491Change 'viewdir' to "$HOME/vimfiles/view" and use 'viewdiralt' to also read
1492from?
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001493
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001494Problem with upwards search on Windows (works OK on Linux). (Brett Stahlman,
14952014 Jun 8)
1496
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001497Include a plugin manager with Vim? Neobundle seems to be the best currently.
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001498Also Vundle: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001499Long message about this from ZyX, 2014 Mar 23. And following replies.
1500Also see http://vim-wiki.mawercer.de/wiki/topic/vim%20plugin%20managment.html
1501User view:
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001502- Support multiple sources, basically any http:// URL. Or a central place that
1503 will work for everybody (github? redirects from vim.org?).
1504 Be able to look into the files before deciding to install.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001505- Be able to try out a plugin and remove it again with (almost) no traces.
1506- Each plugin needs a "manifest" file that has the version, dependencies
1507 (including Vim version and features), conflicts, list of files, etc.
1508 Updater uses that to decide what/how to update.
1509 Dependencies can use a URL for specific versions, or short name for scripts
1510 on vim.org.
1511- Once a plugin is installed it remembers where it came from, updater checks
1512 there. Can manually update when really needed.
1513- Must be possible to install for one user. Also system wide?
1514- Can edit plugin config with Vim. Can temporarily disable a plugin.
1515- Run the update manually, find latest version and install.
1516- Be able to download without special tools, must work for 95% of users.
1517Implementation:
1518- Avoid the 'runtimepath' getting long. Need some other way to keep each
1519 plugin separate.
1520- When installing or updating, first figure out what needs to be done. This
1521 may involve recursively fetching manifest files for dependencies. Then show
1522 the user what's going to change and ask for OK.
1523- Scripts on Vim.org must be able to consist of several files. Is zip format
1524 sufficient? Upload the manifest? Or refer to a site that has the manifest?
1525- Best is to fetch individual files or use a Vimball. Reduces dependency on
1526 tools that might be missing and allows inspection of the files before
1527 installing.
1528Out of scope:
1529- Overview of plugins, ratings, comments, etc. That's another world.
1530- Development work on plugins (although diff with distributed version would be
1531 useful).
1532
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001533Setting the spell file in a session only reads the local additions, not the
1534normal spell file. (Enno Nagel, 2014 Mar 29)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001535
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001536When typing the first character of a command, e.g. "f", then using a menu, the
1537menu item doesn't work. Clear typeahead when using a menu?
1538
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001539Editing an ascii file as ucs-2 or ucs-4 causes display errors.
1540(ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
1541
1542":Next 1 some-arg" does not complain about trailing argument. Also for
1543various other commands. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001544
Bram Moolenaar0a63ded2015-04-15 13:31:24 +02001545Patch to skip sort if no line matches the expression.
Bram Moolenaar8bb1c3e2014-07-04 16:43:17 +02001546(Christian Brabandt, 2014 Jun 25)
1547
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001548VMS: Select() doesn't work properly, typing ESC may hang Vim. Use sys$qiow
1549instead. (Samuel Ferencik, 2013 Sep 28)
1550
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001551Patch for XDG base directory support. (Jean François Bignolles, 2014 Mar 4)
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001552Remark on the docs. Should not be a compile time feature. But then what?
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001553
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001554Completion of ":e" is ":earlier", should be ":edit". Complete to the matching
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001555command instead of doing this alphabetically. (Mikel Jorgensen)
Bram Moolenaar438f67a2014-01-07 06:09:28 +01001556
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001557Patch to define macros for hardcoded values. (Elias Diem, 2013 Dec 14)
1558
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001559Several syntax file match "^\s*" which may get underlined if that's in the
1560highlight group. Add a "\zs" after it?
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001561
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02001562The undo file name can get too long. (Issue 346)
1563For the path use a hash instead of dir%dir%dir%name hash%name.
1564
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001565Patch to add ":undorecover", get as much text out of the undo file as
Bram Moolenaar7b61a542014-08-23 15:31:19 +02001566possible. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Mar 12, update Aug 22)
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001567
Bram Moolenaard5d015d2013-11-03 21:14:31 +01001568Updated spec ftplugin. (Matěj Cepl, 2013 Oct 16)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001569
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001570Patch to handle integer overflow. (Aaron Burrow, 2013 Dec 12)
1571
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +010015727 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
1573 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
1574 "lucida_console:h8").
1575Patch by Thomas Tuegel, also for GTK, 2013 Nov 24
1576
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001577:help gives example for z?, but it does not work. m? and t? do work.
1578
Bram Moolenaar8e5af3e2011-04-28 19:02:44 +02001579Discussion about canonicalization of Hebrew. (Ron Aaron, 2011 April 10)
1580
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001581Checking runtime scripts: Thilo Six, 2012 Jun 6.
1582
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001583When evaluating expression in backticks, autoload doesn't work.
1584(Andy Wokula, 2013 Dec 14)
1585
1586Using <nr>ifoobar<esc> can slow down Vim. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013
Bram Moolenaar259f26a2018-05-15 22:25:40 +02001587Dec 13. Only helps a bit, 10000ii<Esc> is still too slow.
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001588
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001589GTK: problem with 'L' in 'guioptions' changing the window width.
1590(Aaron Cornelius, 2012 Feb 6)
1591
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001592Patch to add option that tells whether small deletes go into the numbered
1593registers. (Aryeh Leib Taurog, 2013 Nov 18)
1594
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02001595Javascript file where indent gets stuck on: GalaxyMaster, 2012 May 3.
1596
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001597The BufUnload event is triggered when re-using the empty buffer.
1598(Pokey Rule, 2013 Jul 22)
1599Patch by Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Jul 22.
1600
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001601The CompleteDone autocommand needs some info passed to it:
1602- The word that was selected (empty if abandoned complete)
1603- Type of completion: tag, omnifunc, user func.
1604
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001605Patch to allow more types in remote_expr(). (Lech Lorens, 2014 Jan 5)
1606Doesn't work for string in list. Other way to pass all types of variables
1607reliably?
1608
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001609Patch to add {lhs} to :mapclear: clear all maps starting with {lhs}.
1610(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Dec 9)
1611
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001612Exception caused by argument of return is not caught by try/catch.
1613(David Barnett, 2013 Nov 19)
1614
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001615Patch to fix that 'cedit' is recognized after :normal. (Christian Brabandt,
16162013 Mar 19, later message)
Bram Moolenaar26402cb2013-02-20 21:26:00 +01001617
1618Patch to view coverage of the tests. (Nazri Ramliy, 2013 Feb 15)
1619
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02001620Patch to invert characters differently in GTK. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2013 May
16215)
1622
Bram Moolenaar56b45b92013-06-24 22:22:18 +02001623Patch to add "Q" and "A" responses to interactive :substitute. They are
1624carried over when using :global. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jun 19)
1625
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02001626Bug with 'cursorline' in diff mode. Line being scrolled into view gets
1627highlighted as the cursor line. (Alessandro Ivaldi, 2013 Jun 4)
1628
Bram Moolenaar4b60a6c2013-11-14 05:48:46 +01001629Two highlighting bugs. (ZyX, 2013 Aug 18)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001630
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001631Patch to support 'u' in interactive substitute. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Sep
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200163228) With tests: Oct 9.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001633
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001634Dialog is too big on Linux too. (David Fishburn, 2013 Sep 2)
1635
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001636Patch to make fold updates much faster. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Dec)
1637
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001638- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
1639 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
1640Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 Apr 20, unfinished.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001641
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001642Bug: findfile("any", "file:///tmp;") does not work.
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001643
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +02001644In the ATTENTION message about an existing swap file, mention the name of the
1645process that is running. It might actually be some other program, e.g. after
1646a reboot.
1647
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001648patch to add "combine" flag to syntax commands. (so8res, 2012 Dec 6)
1649
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001650Syntax update problem in one buffer opened in two windows, bottom window is
1651not correctly updated. (Paul Harris, 2012 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001652
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001653Patch to add getsid(). (Tyru, 2011 Oct 2) Do we want this? Update Oct 4.
1654Or use expand('<sid>')?
1655
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001656Patch to make confirm() display colors. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Nov 9)
1657
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +01001658Problem with refresh:always in completion. (Tyler Wade, 2013 Mar 17)
1659
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001660b:undo_ftplugin cannot call a script-local function. (Boris Danilov, 2013 Jan
16617)
1662
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +02001663Win32: The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
1664compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2 dynamically?
1665
1666Python: Be able to define a Python function that can be called directly from
1667Vim script. Requires converting the arguments and return value, like with
1668vim.bindeval().
1669
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001670Patch for :tabcloseleft, after closing a tab go to left tab. (William Bowers,
16712012 Aug 4)
1672
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001673Patch to improve equivalence classes in regexp patterns.
1674(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jan 16, update Jan 17)
1675
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001676Patch with suggestions for starting.txt. (Tony Mechelynck, 2012 Oct 24)
1677But use Gnome instead of GTK?
1678
1679Should be possible to enable/disable matchparen per window or buffer.
1680Add a check for b:no_match_paren in Highlight_matching_Pair() (Marcin
1681Szamotulski, 2012 Nov 8)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02001682
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001683Session file creation: 'autochdir' causes trouble. Keep it off until after
1684loading all files.
1685
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001686MS-Windows resizing problems:
1687- Windows window on screen positioning: Patch by Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jun
1688 20. Uses getWindowRect() instead of GetWindowPlacement()
1689- Win32: When the taskbar is at the top of the screen creating the tabbar
1690 causes the window to move unnecessarily. (William E. Skeith III, 2012 Jan
1691 12) Patch: 2012 Jan 13 Needs more work (2012 Feb 2)
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001692
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001693'iminsert' global value set when using ":setlocal iminsert"? (Wu, 2012 Jun 23)
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001694
Bram Moolenaarad3b3662013-05-17 18:14:19 +02001695Patch to append regexp to tag commands to make it possible to select one out
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001696of many matches. (Cody Cutler, 2013 Mar 28)
1697
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001698The input map for CTRL-O in mswin.vim causes problems after CTRL-X CTRL-O.
1699Suggestion for another map. (Philip Mat, 2012 Jun 18)
1700But use "gi" instead of "a". Or use CTRL-\ CTRL-O.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001701
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001702When there are no command line arguments ":next" and ":argu" give E163, which
1703is confusing. Should say "the argument list is empty".
1704
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001705URXVT:
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001706- will get stuck if byte sequence does not contain the expected semicolon.
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001707- Use urxvt mouse support also in xterm. Explanations:
1708 http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2662
1709
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001710Patch to have the fold and sign column and at the last line of the buffer.
1711(Marco Hinz, 2014 Sep 25)
1712Alternate suggestion: let all columns continue, also the number column.
1713
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001714Patch to add tests for if_xcmdsrv.c., Jul 8, need some more work. (Brian Burns)
Bram Moolenaar6c35bea2012-07-25 17:49:10 +02001715New tests Jul 13. Update Jul 17. Discussion Jul 18.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001716
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001717When running Vim in silent ex mode, an existing swapfile causes Vim to wait
1718for a user action without a prompt. (Maarten Billemont, 2012 Feb 3)
1719Do give the prompt? Quit with an error?
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001720
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02001721Patch to list user digraphs. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Apr 14)
1722
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001723Patch to add digraph() function. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Aug 22, update Aug
172424)
1725
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02001726Patch for input method status. (Hirohito Higashi, 2012 Apr 18)
1727
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001728Update Vim app icon (for Gnome). (Jakub Steiner, 2013 Dec 6)
1729
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001730Patch to use .png icons for the toolbar on MS-Windows. (Martin Gieseking, 2013
1731Apr 18)
1732
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001733Patch for has('unnamedplus') docs. (Tony Mechelynck, 2011 Sep 27)
1734And one for gui_x11.txt.
1735
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001736":cd" doesn't work when current directory path contains "**".
1737finddir() has the same problem. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jan 10)
1738Requires a rewrite of the file_file_in_path code.
1739
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001740Should use has("browsefilter") in ftplugins. Requires patch 7.3.593.
1741
Bram Moolenaar34700a62013-03-07 13:20:54 +01001742Update for vim2html.pl. (Tyru, 2013 Feb 22)
1743
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001744Patch to sort functions starting with '<' after others. Omit dict functions,
1745they can't be called. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2011 Oct 11)
1746
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001747Patch to pass list to or(), and() and xor(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2012 Feb 8)
1748
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001749Patch to improve "it" and "at" text object matching. (Christian Brabandt, 2011
1750Nov 20)
1751
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001752Patch to improve GUI find/replace dialog. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 May 26)
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001753Update Jun 2.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001754
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001755`] moves to character after insert, instead of the last inserted character.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001756(Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Dec 9)
1757
1758Plugin for Modeleasy. (Massimiliano Tripoli, 2011 Nov 29)
1759
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01001760BufWinLeave triggers too late when quitting last window in a tab page. (Lech
1761Lorens, 2012 Feb 21)
1762
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001763Patch for 'transparency' option. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1764Only for MS-Windows. No documentation. Do we want this?
1765
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01001766Patch to support cursor shape in Cygwin console. (Ben bgold, 2011 Dec 27)
1767
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001768On MS-Windows a temp dir with a & init causes system() to fail. (Ben Fritz,
17692012 Jun 19)
1770
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001771'cursorline' is displayed too short when there are concealed characters and
1772'list' is set. (Dennis Preiser)
1773Patch 7.3.116 was the wrong solution.
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001774Christian Brabandt has another incomplete patch. (2011 Jul 13)
Bram Moolenaar5b435d62012-04-05 17:33:26 +02001775
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001776With concealed text mouse click doesn't put the cursor in the right position.
1777(Herb Sitz) Fix by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 16. Doesn't work properly,
1778need to make the change in where RET_WIN_BUF_CHARTABSIZE() is called.
1779
1780Syntax region with 'concealends' and a 'cchar' value, 'conceallevel' set to 2,
1781only one of the two ends gets the cchar displayed. (Brett Stahlman, 2010 Aug
178221, Ben Fritz, 2010 Sep 14)
1783
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001784The :syntax cchar value can only be a single character. It would be useful to
1785support combining characters. (Charles Campbell)
1786
Bram Moolenaar8e52a592012-05-18 21:49:28 +02001787'cursorline' works on a text line only. Add 'cursorscreenline' for
1788highlighting the screen line. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Mar 31)
1789
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001790Win32: Patch to use task dialogs when available. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1791New feature, requires testing. Made some remarks.
1792
1793Win32: Patch for alpha-blended icons and toolbar height. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011
1794Sep 17) Asked for feedback from others.
1795
Bram Moolenaar6be7f872012-01-20 21:08:56 +01001796Win32: Cannot cd into a directory that starts with a space. (Andy Wokula, 2012
1797Jan 19)
1798
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001799Need to escape $HOME on Windows for fnameescape()? (ZyX, 2011 Jul 21,
1800discussion 2013 Jul 4) Can't simply use a backslash, \$HOME has a different
1801meaning already. Would be possible to use $$HOME where $HOME is to be used.
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001802
Bram Moolenaarbc488a72013-07-05 21:01:22 +02001803"2" in 'formatoptions' not working in comments. (Christian Corneliussen, 2011
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001804Oct 26)
1805
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001806Bug in repeating Visual "u". (Lawrence Kesteloot, 2010 Dec 20)
1807
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02001808With "unamedplus" in 'clipboard' pasting in Visual mode causes error for empty
1809register. (Michael Seiwald, 2011 Jun 28) I can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001810
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001811Windows keys not set properly on Windows 7? (cncyber, 2010 Aug 26)
1812
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001813When using a Vim server, a # in the path causes an error message.
1814(Jeff Lanzarotta, 2011 Feb 17)
1815
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001816When there is a ">" in a line that "gq" wraps to the start of the next line,
1817then the following line will pick it up as a leader. Should get the leader
1818from the first line, not a wrapped line. (Matt Ackeret, 2012 Feb 27)
1819
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001820Using ":break" or something else that stops executing commands inside a
1821":finally" does not rethrow a previously uncaught exception. (ZyX, 2010 Oct
182215)
1823
1824Vim using lots of memory when joining lines. (John Little, 2010 Dec 3)
1825
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02001826BT regexp engine: After trying a \@> match and failing, submatches are not
1827cleared. See test64.
1828
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001829Patch to make "z=" work when 'spell' is off. Does this have nasty side
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001830effects? (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Aug 5, Update 2013 Aug 12)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001831Would also need to do this for spellbadword() and spellsuggest().
1832
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001833On 64 bit MS-Windows "long" is only 32 bits, but we sometimes need to store a
183464 bits value. Change all number options to use nropt_T and define it to the
1835right type.
1836
1837string() can't parse back "inf" and "nan". Fix documentation or fix code?
1838(ZyX, 2010 Aug 23)
1839
1840When doing "redir => s:foo" in a script and then "redir END" somewhere else
1841(e.g. in a function) it can't find s:foo.
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001842When a script contains "redir => s:foo" but doesn't end redirection, a
1843following "redir" command gives an error for not being able to access s:foo.
1844(ZyX, 2011 Mar 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001845
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02001846When setqflist() uses a filename that triggers a BufReadCmd autocommand Vim
1847doesn't jump to the correct line with :cfirst. (ZyX, 2011 Sep 18)
1848
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001849Behavior of i" and a" text objects isn't logical. (Ben Fritz, 2013 Nov 19)
1850
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001851maparg() does not show the <script> flag. When temporarily changing a
1852mapping, how to restore the script ID?
1853
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001854Bug in try/catch: return with invalid compare throws error that isn't caught.
1855(ZyX, 2011 Jan 26)
1856
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001857When setting a local option value from the global value, add a script ID that
1858indicates this, so that ":verbose set" can give a hint. Check with options in
1859the help file.
1860
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001861After patch 7.3.097 still get E15. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Jan 18)
1862Also for another example (ZyX, 2011 Jan 24)
1863
1864Build problem with small features on Mac OS X 10.6. (Rainer, 2011 Jan 24)
1865
1866"0g@$" puts '] on last byte of multi-byte. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 22)
1867
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001868Patch for :tabrecently. (Hirokazu Yoshida, 2012 Jan 30)
1869
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001870Problem with "syn sync grouphere". (Gustavo Niemeyer, 2011 Jan 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001871
1872Loading autoload script even when usage is inside "if 0". (Christian Brabandt,
18732010 Dec 18)
1874
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001875With a filler line in diff mode, it isn't displayed in the column with line
1876number, but it is in the sign column. Doesn't look right. (ZyX 2011 Jun 5)
1877Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 5. Introduces new problems.
1878
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001879Add jump() function. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Aug 29)
1880Is this needed? CTRL-O and CTRL-I do the same, just more difficult to use.
1881
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020018828 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
1883Patch by Christian Brabandt, uses ]e [e ]t and [t. 2011 Aug 9.
1884
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001885Add event for when the text scrolls. A bit like CursorMoved. Also a similar
1886one for insert mode. Use the event in matchparen to update the highlight if
1887the match scrolls into view.
1888
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020018897 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
1890Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
1891Update by Ben Fritz, with fix for TOhtml. (2011 Jul 30)
1892
18939 Add %F to 'errorformat': file name without spaces. Useful on Unix to
1894 avoid matching something up to a time 11:22:33.
1895Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
1896
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02001897Patch to add up to 99 match groups. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 Dec 22)
1898Also add named groups: \%{name}(re) and \%{name}g
1899
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001900In the sandbox it's not allowed to do many things, but it's possible to change
1901or set variables. Add a way to prevent variables from being changed in the
1902sandbox? E.g.: ":protect g:restore_settings".
1903
1904GTK: drawing a double-width combining character over single-width characters
1905doesn't look right. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 8)
1906
1907GTK: tear-off menu does not work. (Kurt Sonnenmoser, 2010 Oct 25)
1908
1909Win32: tear-off menu does not work when menu language is German. (Markus
1910Bossler, 2011 Mar 2) Fixed by 7.3.095?
1911
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001912Wish for NetBeans commands:
1913 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
1914
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001915Version of netbeans.c for use with MacVim. (Kazuki Sakamoto, 2010 Nov 18)
1916
19177.3.014 changed how backslash at end of line works, but still get a NUL when
1918there is one backslash. (Ray Frush, 2010 Nov 18) What does the original ex
1919do?
1920
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001921Searching mixed with Visual mode doesn't redraw properly. (James Vega, 2010 Nov
192222)
1923
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001924New esperanto spell file can't be processed. (Dominique Pelle, 2011 Jan 30)
1925- move compflags to separate growarray?
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001926- instead of a regexp use a hashtable. Expand '?', '*', '+'. What would be
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001927 the maximum repeat for * and +?
1928
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01001929"L'Italie" noted as a spell error at start of the sentence. (Dominique Pelle,
19302011 Feb 27)
1931
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001932Editing a file with a ^M with 'ff' set to "mac", opening a help file, then the
1933^M is displayed as ^J sometimes. Getting 'ff' value from wrong window/buffer?
1934
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001935When Vim is put in the background (SIGTSTP) and then gets a SIGHUP it doesn't
1936exit. It exists as soon as back in the foreground. (Stephen Liang, 2011 Jan
19379) Caused by vim_handle_signal(SIGNAL_BLOCK); in ui.c.
1938
1939g` not working correctly when using :edit. It works OK when editing a file on
1940the command line. (Ingo Karkat, 2011 Jan 25)
1941
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01001942Since patch 7.2.46 Yankring plugin has become very slow, eventually make Vim
1943crash? (Raiwil, 2010 Nov 17)
1944
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001945Patch to add FoldedLineNr highlighting: different highlighting for the line
1946number of a closed fold. (eXerigumo Clanjor, 2013 Jul 15)
1947
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02001948Regexp engine performance:
1949- Profiling:
1950 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/ruby.vim
1951 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/loop.vim
1952 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/alsa.vim
1953 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/todo.vim
1954 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/xml.vim
1955 Dominique Pelle: xmlSyncDT is particularly slow (Jun 7)
1956- More test files from the src/pkg/regexp/testdata directory in the Go repo.
1957- Performance tests:
1958 - Using asciidoc syntax. (Marek Schimara, 2013 Jun 6)
1959 - ~/vim/text/FeiqCfg.xml (file from Netjune)
1960 - ~/vim/text/edl.svg (also XML)
1961 - glts has five tests. (May 25)
1962 - ~/vim/test/slowsearch
1963 - ~/vim/test/rgb.vim
1964 - search for a.*e*exn in the vim executable. Go to last line to use
1965 'hlsearch'.
1966 - Slow combination of folding and PHP syntax highlighting. Script to
1967 reproduce it. Caused by "syntax sync fromstart" in combination with patch
1968 7.2.274. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 May 27) Generally, folding with
1969 'foldmethod' set to "syntax" is slow. Do profiling to find out why.
1970
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001971Problem producing tags file when hebrew.frx is present. It has a BOM.
1972Results in E670. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 May 2)
1973
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001974'beval' option should be global-local.
1975
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01001976Ruby: ":ruby print $buffer.number" returns zero.
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02001977
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02001978setpos() does not restore cursor position after :normal. (Tyru, 2010 Aug 11)
Bram Moolenaar2a988a12010-08-13 15:24:39 +02001979
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02001980With "tw=55 fo+=a" typing space before ) doesn't work well. (Scott Mcdermott,
19812010 Oct 24)
1982
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02001983Messages in message.txt are highlighted as examples.
1984
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02001985When using cp850 the NBSP (0xff) is not drawn correctly. (Brett Stahlman, 2010
1986Oct 22) 'isprint' is set to "@,161-255".
1987
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02001988":echo "\x85" =~# '[\u0085]'" returns 1 instead of 0. (ZyX, 2010 Oct 3)
1989
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001990'cindent' not correct when 'list' is set. (Zdravi Korusef, 2010 Apr 15)
1991
Bram Moolenaar6ee8d892012-01-10 14:55:01 +01001992C-indenting: A matching { in a comment is ignored, but intermediate { are not
1993checked to be in a comment. Implement FM_SKIPCOMM flag of findmatchlimit().
1994Issue 46.
1995
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02001996Mac with X11: clipboard doesn't work properly. (Raf, 2010 Aug 16)
1997
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01001998Using CompilerSet doesn't record where an option was set from. E.g., in the
1999gcc compiler plugin. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Dec 13)
2000
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002001":helpgrep" does not put the cursor in the correct column when preceded by
2002accented character. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 Apr 15)
2003
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002004Don't call check_restricted() for histadd(), setbufvar(), settabvar(),
2005setwinvar().
2006
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002007Patch for gVimExt to show an icon. (Dominik Riebeling, 2010 Nov 7)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002008
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002009When 'lines' is 25 and 'scrolloff' is 12, "j" scrolls zero or two lines
2010instead of one. (Constantin Pan, 2010 Sep 10)
2011
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02002012Gui menu edit/paste in block mode insert only inserts in one line (Bjorn
2013Winckler, 2011 May 11)
2014Requires a map mode for Insert mode started from blockwise Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002015
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002016Writing nested List and Dict in viminfo gives error message and can't be read
2017back. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2010 Nov 13)
2018
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002019Problem with cursor in the wrong column. (SungHyun Nam, 2010 Mar 11)
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002020Additional info by Dominique Pelle. (also on 2010 Apr 10)
2021
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002022CreateFile and CreateFileW are used without sharing, filewritable() fails when
2023the file was already open (e.g. script is being sourced). Add FILE_SHARE_READ|
2024FILE_SHARE_WRITE in mch_access()? (Phillippe Vaucher, 2010 Nov 2)
2025
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002026Is ~/bin (literally) in $PATH supposed to work? (Paul, 2010 March 29)
2027Looks like only bash can do it. (Yakov Lerner)
2028
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02002029Cscope "cs add" stopped working somewhat before 7.2.438. (Gary Johnson, 2010
2030Jun 29) Caused by 7.2.433?
2031
Bram Moolenaar5e3dae82010-03-02 16:19:40 +01002032I often see pasted text (from Firefox, to Vim in xterm) appear twice.
2033Also, Vim in xterm sometimes loses copy/paste ability (probably after running
2034an external command).
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002035
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002036Jumplist doesn't work properly in Insert mode? (Jean Johner, 2010 Mar 20)
2037
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002038Problem with transparent cmdline. Also: Terminal title is wrong with
2039non-ASCII character. (Lily White, 2010 Mar 7)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002040
2041iconv() doesn't fail on an illegal character, as documented. (Yongwei Wu, 2009
2042Nov 15, example Nov 26) Add argument to specify whether iconv() should fail
2043or replace with a character and continue?
2044
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002045Add local time at start of --startuptime output.
2046Requires configure check for localtime().
2047Use format year-month-day hr:min:sec.
2048
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01002049Patch to add "combine" to :syntax, combines highlight attributes. (Nate
2050Soares, 2012 Dec 3)
2051
2052Patch to make ":hi link" also take arguments. (Nate Soares, 2012 Dec 4)
2053
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002054Shell not recognized properly if it ends in "csh -f". (James Vega, 2009 Nov 3)
2055Find tail? Might have a / in argument. Find space? Might have space in
2056path.
2057
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002058Test 51 fails when language set to German. (Marco, 2011 Jan 9)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002059Dominique can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002060
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02002061'ambiwidth' should be global-local.
2062
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002063":function f(x) keepjumps" creates a function where every command is executed
2064like it has ":keepjumps" before it.
2065
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002066Coverity: Check if there are new reported defects:
2067https://scan.coverity.com/projects/241
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002068
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002069Patch to support :undo absolute jump to file save number. (Christian Brabandt,
20702010 Nov 5)
2071
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02002072Patch to use 'foldnestmax' also for "marker" foldmethod. (Arnaud Lacombe, 2011
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002073Jan 7)
2074
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002075Problem with editing file in binary mode. (Ingo Krabbe, 2009 Oct 8)
2076
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002077With 'wildmode' set to "longest:full,full" and pressing Tab once the first
2078entry in wildmenu is highlighted, that shouldn't happen. (Yuki Watanabe, 2011
2079Feb 12)
2080
Bram Moolenaar4421d6a2010-08-14 13:33:56 +02002081Display error when 'tabline' that includes a file name with double-width
2082characters. (2010 Aug 14, bootleq)
2083
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002084Problem with stop directory in findfile(). (Adam Simpkins, 2009 Aug 26)
2085
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02002086Using ']' as the end of a range in a pattern requires double escaping:
2087 /[@-\\]] (Andy Wokula, 2011 Jun 28)
2088
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02002089Syntax priority problem. (Charles Campbell, 2011 Sep 15)
2090
Bram Moolenaar97ea5112010-06-12 06:46:44 +02002091When completion inserts the first match, it may trigger the line to be folded.
2092Disable updating folds while completion is active? (Peter Odding, 2010 Jun 9)
2093
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002094When a:base in 'completefunc' starts with a number it's passed as a number,
2095not a string. (Sean Ma) Need to add flag to call_func_retlist() to force a
2096string value.
2097
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002098For running gvim on a USB stick: avoid the OLE registration. Use a command
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002099line argument -noregister.
2100
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002101When using an expression in 'statusline' leading white space sometimes goes
2102missing (but not always). (ZyX, 2010 Nov 1)
2103
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002104When a mapping exists both for insert mode and lang-insert mode, the last one
2105doesn't work. (Tyru, 2010 May 6) Or is this intended?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002106
2107Still a problem with ":make" in the wrong directory. Caused by ":bufdo".
2108(Ajit Thakkar, 2009 Jul 1) More information Jul 9, Jul 15.
2109Caused by "doautoall syntaxset BufEnter *" in syntax/nosyntax.vim ?
2110There also is a BufLeave/BufEnter aucmd to save/restore view.
2111Does the patch to save/restore globaldir work?
2112
2113":bufdo normal gg" while 'hidden' is set leaves buffers without syntax
2114highlighting. Don't disable Syntax autocommands then? Or add a flag/modifier
2115to avoid changing 'eventignore'?
2116
2117Patch for displaying 0x200c and 0x200d. (Ali Gholami Rudi, 2009 May 6)
2118Probably needs a bit of work.
2119
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02002120Patch to add farsi handling to arabic.c (Ali Gholami Rudi, 2009 May 2)
2121Added test, updates, June 23.
2122Updated for 7.4: http://litcave.rudi.ir/farsi_vim.diff
2123With modification for Tatweel character: https://dpaste.de/VmFw
2124Remark from Ameretat Reith (2014 Oct 13)
2125
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002126List of encoding aliases. (Takao Fujiwara, 2009 Jul 18)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002127Are they all OK? Update Jul 22.
2128
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002129Win32: Improved Makefile for MSVC. (Leonardo Valeri Manera, 2010 Aug 18)
2130
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002131Win32: Expanding 'path' runs into a maximum size limit. (bgold12, 2009 Nov 15)
2132
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002133Win32: Patch for enabling quick edit mode in console. (Craig Barkhouse, 2010
2134Sep 1)
2135
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01002136Win32: Patch for using .png files for icons. (Charles Peacech, 2012 Feb 5)
2137
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02002138Putting a Visual block while 'visualedit' is "all" does not leave the cursor
2139on the first character. (John Beckett, 2010 Aug 7)
2140
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002141Setting 'tags' to "tagsdir/*" does not find "tagsdir/tags". (Steven K. Wong,
21422009 Jul 18)
2143
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002144Patch to add "focusonly" to 'scrollopt', so that scrollbind also applies in
2145window that doesn't have focus. (Jonathon Mah, 2009 Jan 12)
2146Needs more work.
2147
2148Problem with <script> mappings (Andy Wokula, 2009 Mar 8)
2149
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002150When starting Vim with "gvim -f -u non_existent_file > foo.txt" there are a
2151few control characters in the output. (Dale Wiles, 2009 May 28)
2152
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002153'cmdwinheight' is only used in last window when 'winheight' is a large value.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002154(Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Apr 15)
2155
2156Status line containing winnr() isn't updated when splitting the window (Clark
2157J. Wang, 2009 Mar 31)
2158
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002159When $VIMRUNTIME is set in .vimrc, need to reload lang files. Already done
2160for GTK, how about others? (Ron Aaron, 2010 Apr 10)
2161
Bram Moolenaarede981a2010-08-11 23:37:32 +02002162Patch for GTK buttons X1Mouse and X2Mouse. (Christian J. Robinson, 2010 Aug 9)
2163
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002164Motif: Build on Ubuntu can't enter any text in dialog text fields.
2165
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002166":tab split fname" doesn't set the alternate file in the original window,
2167because win_valid() always returns FALSE. Below win_new_tabpage() in
2168ex_docmd.c.
2169
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002170Space before comma in function definition not allowed: "function x(a , b)"
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002171Give a more appropriate error message. Add a remark to the docs.
2172
2173string_convert() should be able to convert between utf-8 and utf-16le. Used
2174for GTK clipboard. Avoid requirement for iconv.
2175
2176Now that colnr_T is int instead of unsigned, more type casts can be removed.
2177
2178'delcombine' does not work for the command line. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jul
217920)
2180
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002181Don't load macmap.vim on startup, turn it into a plugin. (Ron Aaron,
21822009 Apr 7) Reminder Apr 14.
2183
2184Add "no_hlsearch" to winsaveview().
2185
2186Cursorline highlighting combines with Search ('hlsearch') but not with
2187SpellBad. (Jim Karsten, 2009 Mar 18)
2188
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002189When 'foldmethod' is "indent", adding an empty line below a fold and then
2190indented text, creates a new fold instead of joining it with the previous one.
2191(Evan Laforge, 2009 Oct 17)
2192
2193Bug: When reloading a buffer changed outside of Vim, BufRead autocommands
2194are applied to the wrong buffer/window. (Ben Fritz, 2009 Apr 2, May 11)
2195Ignore window options when not in the right window?
2196Perhaps we need to use a hidden window for applying autocommands to a buffer
2197that doesn't have a window.
2198
2199When using "ab foo bar" and mapping <Tab> to <Esc>, pressing <Tab> after foo
2200doesn't trigger the abbreviation like <Esc> would. (Ramana Kumar, 2009 Sep 6)
2201
2202getbufvar() to get a window-local option value for a buffer that's not
2203displayed in a window should return the value that's stored for that buffer.
2204
2205":he ctrl_u" can be auto-corrected to ":he ctrl-u".
2206
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002207There should be a way after an abbreviation has expanded to go back to what
2208was typed. CTRL-G h ? Would also undo last word or line break inserted
2209perhaps. And undo CTRL-W. CTRL-G l would redo.
2210
Bram Moolenaar84f888a2010-08-05 21:40:16 +02002211Diff mode out of sync. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Aug 4)
2212
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002213Win32 GUI: last message from startup doesn't show up when there is an echoerr
2214command. (Cyril Slobin, 2009 Mar 13)
2215
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002216Win32: completion of file name ":e c:\!test" results in ":e c:\\!test", which
2217does not work. (Nieko Maatjes, 2009 Jan 8, Ingo Karkat, 2009 Jan 22)
2218
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002219opening/closing window causes other window with 'winfixheight' to change
2220height. Also happens when there is another window in the frame, if it's not
Bram Moolenaar2c3b1d92010-07-24 16:58:02 +02002221very high. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2010 Jul 22, Michael Peeters, 2010 Jul 22)
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002222
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002223Directory wrong in session file, caused by ":lcd" in BufEnter autocommand.
2224(Felix Kater, 2009 Mar 3)
2225
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01002226Session file generates error upon loading, cause by --remote-silent-tab.
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002227(7tommm (ytommm) 2010 Nov 24)
2228
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002229Using ~ works OK on 'a' with composing char, but not on 0x0418 with composing
2230char 0x0301. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Mar 4)
2231
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02002232Searching for composing char works, but not when inside []. (ZyX, Benjamin R.
2233Haskell, 2010 Aug 24)
2234
2235This does not work yet: "a\(%C\)" (get composing characters into a submatch).
2236
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002237Inconsistent: starting with $LANG set to es_ES.utf-8 gives Spanish
2238messages, even though locale is not supported. But ":lang messages
2239es_ES.utf-8" gives an error and doesn't switch messages. (Dominique Pelle,
22402009 Jan 26)
2241
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002242When $HOME contains special characters, such as a comma, escape them when used
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002243in an option. (Michael Hordijk, 2009 May 5)
2244Turn "esc" argument of expand_env_esc() into string of chars to be escaped.
2245
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002246Should make 'ignorecase' global-local, so that it makes sense setting it from
2247a modeline.
2248
2249Add cscope target to Makefile. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jun 18, replies by
2250Sergey Khorev)
2251
2252Consider making YankRing or something else that keeps a list of yanked text
2253part of standard Vim. The "1 to "9 registers are not sufficient.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002254
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002255After doing "su" $HOME can be the old user's home, thus ~root/file is not
2256correct. Don't use it in the swap file.
2257
2258Completion for ":buf" doesn't work properly on Win32 when 'shellslash' is off.
2259(Henrik Ohman, 2009, Jan 29)
2260
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002261shellescape() depends on 'shellslash' for quoting. That doesn't work when
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002262'shellslash' is set but using cmd.exe. (Ben Fritz)
2263Use a different option or let it depend on whether 'shell' looks like a
2264unix-like shell?
2265
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002266Bug: in Ex mode (after "Q") backslash before line break, when yanked into a
2267register and executed, results in <Nul>: instead of line break.
2268(Konrad Schwarz, 2010 Apr 16)
2269
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002270Have a look at patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Mar 1, Mar 23)
2271Now at: http://vimgadgets.sourceforge.net/liblinebreak/
2272
2273Greek sigma character should be lower cased depending on the context. Can we
2274make this work? (Dominique Pelle, 2009 Sep 24)
2275
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002276When changing 'encoding' convert all the swap file names, so that we can
2277still delete them. Also convert all buffer file names?
2278
2279"gqip" in Insert mode has an off-by-one error, causing it to reflow text.
2280(Raul Coronado, 2009 Nov 2)
2281
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002282Something wrong with session that has "cd" commands and "badd", in such a way
2283that Vim doesn't find the edited file in the buffer list, causing the
2284ATTENTION message? (Tony Mechelynck, 2008 Dec 1)
2285Also: swap files are in ~/tmp/ One has relative file name ".mozilla/...".
2286
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002287MS-Windows: editing the first, empty buffer, 'ffs' set to "unix,dos", ":enew"
2288doesn't set 'ff' to "unix". (Ben Fritz, 2008 Dec 5) Reusing the old buffer
2289probably causes this.
2290
2291'scrollbind' is not respected when deleting lines or undo. (Milan Vancura,
Bram Moolenaar927edbd2010-05-17 22:07:47 +020022922009 Jan 16)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002293
2294Document that default font in Athena can be set with resources:
2295 XtDefaultFont: "9x15"
2296 XtDefaultFontSet: "9x15"
2297(Richard Sherman, 2009 Apr 12)
2298
2299Having "Syntax" in 'eventignore' for :bufdo may cause problems, e.g. for
2300":bufdo e" when buffers are open in windows. ex_listdo(eap) could set the
2301option only for when jumping to another buffer, not when the command argument
2302is executed.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002303
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002304":pedit %" with a BufReadPre autocommand causes the cursor to move to the
2305first line. (Ingo Karkat, 2008 Jul 1) Ian Kelling is working on this.
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02002306Similar problem with ":e". (Marc Montu, 2014 Apr 22)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002307
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002308Wildmenu not deleted: "gvim -u NONE", ":set nocp wildmenu cmdheight=3
2309laststatus=2", CTRL-D CTRL-H CTRL-H CTRL-H. (A.Politz, 2008 April 1)
2310Works OK with Vim in an xterm.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002311
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002312Cursor line moves in other window when using CTRL-W J that doesn't change
2313anything. (Dasn, 2009 Apr 7)
2314
2315On Unix "glob('does not exist~')" returns the string. Without the "~" it
2316doesn't. (John Little, 2008 Nov 9)
2317Shell expansion returns unexpanded string?
2318Don't use shell when "~" is not at the start?
2319
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002320When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
2321'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though the
2322fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to check for
2323the buffer to be unmodified.
2324Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 11. Followup Jul 14, need to have
2325another look at it.
2326
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002327c.vim: XXX in a comment is colored yellow, but not when it's after "#if 0".
2328(Ilya Dogolazky, 2009 Aug 7)
2329
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002330You can type ":w ++bad=x fname", but the ++bad argument is ignored. Give an
2331error message? Or is this easy to implement? (Nathan Stratton Treadway, 2008
2332Aug 20) This is in ucs2bytes(), search for 0xBF. Using the ++bad argument is
2333at the other match for 0xBF.
2334
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002335When adding "-complete=file" to a user command this also changes how the
2336argument is processed for <f-args>. (Ivan Tishchenko, 2008 Aug 19)
2337
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002338Win32: associating a type with Vim doesn't take care of space after a
2339backslash? (Robert Vibrant, 2008 Jun 5)
2340
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002341When 'rightleft' is set, cursorcolumn isn't highlighted after the end of a
2342line. It's also wrong in folds. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 21)
2343
2344Using an insert mode expression mapping, cursor is not in the expected
2345position. (ZyX, 2010 Aug 29)
2346
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002347After using <Tab> for command line completion after ":ta blah" and getting E33
2348(no tags file), further editing the command to e.g., ":echo 'blah'", the
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002349command is not executed. Fix by Ian Kelling?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002350
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002351":help s/~" jumps to *s/\~*, while ":help s/\~" doesn't find anything. (Tim
2352Chase) Fix by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 14.
2353
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002354When mapping : to ; and ; to :, @; doesn't work like @: and @: doesn't work
2355either. Matt Wozniski: nv_at() calls do_execreg() which uses
2356put_in_typebuf(). Char mapped twice?
2357
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002358Despite adding save_subexpr() this still doesn't work properly:
2359Regexp: matchlist('12a4aaa', '^\(.\{-}\)\(\%5c\@<=a\+\)\(.\+\)\?')
2360Returns ['12a4', 'aaa', '4aaa'], should be ['12a4', 'aaa', '']
2361Backreference not cleared when retrying after \@<= fails?
2362(Brett Stahlman, 2008 March 8)
2363
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002364Problem with remote_send(). (Charles Campbell, 2008 Aug 12)
2365
2366ftplugin for help file should set 'isk' to help file value.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002367
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002368Win32: remote editing fails when the current directory name contains "[".
2369(Ivan Tishchenko, Liu Yubao) Suggested patch by Chris Lubinski: Avoid
2370escaping characters where the backslash is not removed later. Asked Chris for
2371an alternate solution, also for src/ex_getln.c.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002372This also fails when the file or directory name contains "%". (Thoml, 2008
2373July 7)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02002374Using --remote-silent while the current directory has a # in the name does not
2375work, the # needs to be escaped. (Tramblay Bruno, 2012 Sep 15)
2376
2377When using remote-silent the -R flag is not passed on. (Axel Bender, 2012 May
237831)
2379
2380Win32: A --remote command that has a directory name starting with a ( doesn't
2381work, the backslash is removed, assuming that it escapes the (. (Valery
2382Kondakoff, 2009 May 13)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002383
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002384Win32: Using "gvim --remote-tab-silent elŝuti.txt" doesn't work, the
2385multi-byte character isn't passed and edits elsuti.txt.
2386(Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado, 2015 Dec 18)
2387
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002388Problem with 'langmap' being used on the rhs of a mapping. (Nikolai Weibull,
23892008 May 14)
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02002390Possibly related problem: Alexey Muranov, 2015 Apr 2
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002391
2392Problem with CTRL-F. (Charles Campbell, 2008 March 21)
2393Only happens with "gvim -geometry "160x26+4+27" -u NONE -U NONE prop.c".
2394'lines' is 54. (2008 March 27)
2395
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002396Problem with pointer wrapping around in getvcol(). (Wolfgang Kroworsch, 2008
2397Oct 19) Check for "col" being "MAXCOL" separately?
2398
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002399Unexpectedly inserting a double quote. (Anton Woellert, 2008 Mar 23)
2400Works OK when 'cmdheight' is 2.
2401
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +020024028 Use a mechanism similar to omni completion to figure out the kind of tab
2403 for CTRL-] and jump to the appropriate matching tag (if there are
2404 several).
2405 Alternative: be able to define a function that takes the tag name and uses
2406 taglist() to find the right location. With indication of using CTRL-] so
2407 that the context can be taken into account. (Robert Webb)
2408Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 May 31.
2409
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002410The utf class table is missing some entries:
2411 0x2212, minus sign
2412 0x2217, star
2413 0x2500, bar
2414 0x26ab, circle
2415
2416Visual line mode doesn't highlight properly when 'showbreak' is used and the
2417line doesn't fit. (Dasn, 2008 May 1)
2418
2419GUI: In Normal mode can't yank the modeless selection. Make "gy" do this?
2420Works like CTRL-Y in Command line mode.
2421
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002422Mac: Move Carbon todo items to os_mac.txt. Note that this version is frozen,
2423try the Cocoa version.
2424
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002425Mac: After a ":vsplit" the left scrollbar doesn't appear until 'columns' is
2426changed or the window is resized.
2427
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002428GTK: when setting 'columns' in a startup script and doing ":vertical diffsplit"
2429the window isn't redrawn properly, see two vertical bars.
2430
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002431Mac: Patch for configure: remove arch from ruby link args. (Knezevic, 2008
2432Mar 5) Alternative: Kazuki Sakamoto, Mar 7.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002433
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002434Mac: trouble compiling with Motif, requires --disable-darwin. (Raf, 2008 Aug
24351) Reply by Ben Schmidt.
2436
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002437C't: On utf-8 system, editing file with umlaut through Gnome results in URL
2438with %nn%nn, which is taken as two characters instead of one.
2439Try to reproduce at work.
2440
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002441Patch for default choice in file changed dialog. (Bjorn Winckler, 2008 Oct 19)
2442Is there a way to list all the files first?
2443
2444When 'smartcase' is set and using CTRL-L to add to the search pattern it may
2445result in no matches. Convert chars to lower case? (Erik Wognsen, 2009 Apr
244616)
2447
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002448Fail to edit file after failed register access. Error flag remains set?
2449(Lech Lorens, 2010 Aug 30)
2450
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002451Patch for redo register. (Ben Schmidt, 2007 Oct 19)
2452Await response to question to make the register writable.
2453
2454Problem with 'ts' set to 9 and 'showbreak' to ">>>". (Matthew Winn, 2007 Oct
24551)
2456
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002457In the swapfile dialog, add a H(elp) option that gives more info about what
2458each choice does. Similar to ":help swap-exists-choices"
2459
2460try/catch not working for argument of return. (Matt Wozniski, 2008 Sep 15)
2461
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002462try/catch not working when inside a for loop. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 25)
2463
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002464":tab help" always opens a new tab, while ":help" re-uses an existing window.
2465Would be more consistent when an existing tab is re-used. (Tony Mechelynck)
2466
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002467Add ":nofold". Range will apply without expanding to closed fold.
2468
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002469Using Aap to build Vim: add remarks about how to set personal preferences.
2470Example on http://www.calmar.ws/tmp/aap.html
2471
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002472Syntax highlighting wrong for transparent region. (Doug Kearns, 2007 Feb 26)
2473Bug in using a transparent syntax region. (Hanlen in vim-dev maillist, 2007
2474Jul 31)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002475
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002476When 'diffopt' has "context:0" a single deleted line causes two folds to merge
2477and mess up syncing. (Austin Jennings, 2008 Jan 31)
2478
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002479Gnome improvements: Edward Catmur, 2007 Jan 7
2480 Also use Save/Discard for other GUIs
2481
2482New PHP syntax file, use it? (Peter Hodge)
2483
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002484":echoe" in catch block stops processing, while this doesn't happen outside of
2485a catch block. (ZyX, 2011 Jun 2)
2486
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002487'foldcolumn' in modeline applied to wrong window when using a session. (Teemu
2488Likonen, March 19)
2489
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002490Test 54 uses shell commands, that doesn't work on non-Unix systems. Use some
2491other way to test buffer-local autocommands.
2492
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002493The documentation mentions the priority for ":2match" and ":3match", but it
2494appears the last one wins. (John Beckett, 2008 Jul 22) Caused by adding
2495matchadd()? Suggested patch by John, 2008 Jul 24.
2496
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002497When 'encoding' is utf-8 the command line is redrawn as a whole on every
2498character typed. (Tyler Spivey, 2008 Sep 3) Only redraw cmdline for
2499'arabicshape' when there is a character on the command line for which
2500(ARABIC_CHAR(u8c)) is TRUE.
2501
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002502Cheng Fang made javacomplete. (2007 Aug 11)
2503Asked about latest version: 0.77.1 is on www.vim.org.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002504
2505More AmigaOS4 patches. (Peter Bengtsson, Nov 9)
2506
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002507Amiga patches with vbcc. (Adrien Destugues, 2010 Aug 30)
2508http://pulkomandy.ath.cx/drop/vim73_vbcc_amiga.diff
2509
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002510Insert mode completion: When editing the text and pressing CTRL-N again goes
2511back to originally completed text, edited text is gone. (Peng Yu, 2008 Jul 24)
2512Suggestion by Ben Schmidt, 2008 Aug 6.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002513
2514Problem with compound words? (Bert, 2008 May 6)
2515No warning for when flags are defined after they are used in an affix.
2516
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002517Screen redrawing when continuously updating the buffer and resizing the
2518terminal. (Yakov Lerner, 2006 Sept 7)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002519
2520Add option settings to help ftplugin. (David Eggum, 2006 Dec 18)
2521
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002522Autoconf problem: when checking for iconv library we may add -L/usr/local/lib,
2523but when compiling further tests -liconv is added without the -L argument,
2524that may fail (e.g., sizeof(int)). (Blaine, 2007 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002525
2526When opening quickfix window, disable spell checking?
2527
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002528Problem with ".add" files when using two languages and restarting Vim. (Raul
2529Coronado, 2008 Oct 30)
2530
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002531Popup menu redraw: Instead of first redrawing the text and then drawing the
2532popup menu over it, first draw the new popup menu, remember its position and
2533size and then redraw the text, skipping the characters under the popup menu.
2534This should avoid flicker. Other solution by A.Politz, 2007 Aug 22.
2535
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002536When a register contains illegal bytes, writing viminfo in utf-8 and reading
2537it back doesn't result in utf-8. (Devin Bayer)
2538
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002539Command line completion: Scanning for tags doesn't check for typed key now and
2540then? Hangs for about 5 seconds. Appears to be caused by finding include
2541files with "foo/**" in 'path'. (Kalisiak, 2006 July 15)
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002542Additional info: When using the |wildcards| ** globing, vim hangs
2543indefinitely on lots of directories. The |file-searching| globing, like in
2544":set path=/**" does not hang as often as with globing with |wildcards|, like
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02002545in ":1find /**/file". This is for files that unix "find" can find very
2546quickly. Merging the 2 kinds of globing might make this an easier fix. (Ian
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002547Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002548
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002549When the file name has parenthesis, e.g., "foo (bar).txt", ":!ls '%'" has the
2550parenthesis escaped but not the space. That's inconsistent. Either escape
2551neither or both. No escaping might be best, because it doesn't depend on
2552particularities of the shell. (Zvi Har'El, 2007 Nov 10) (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2553Jun 3)
2554However, for backwards compatibility escaping might be necessary. Check if
2555the user put quotes around the expanded item?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002556
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002557A throw in a function causes missing an endif below the call. (Spiros
2558Bousbouras, 2011 May 16)
2559
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002560Error E324 can be given when a cron script has wiped out our temp directory.
2561Give a clear error message about this (and tell them not to wipe out /tmp).
2562
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002563Color for cUserLabel should differ from case label, so that a mistake in a
2564switch list is noticed:
2565 switch (i)
2566 {
2567 case 1:
2568 foobar:
2569 }
2570
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002571Look at http://www.gtk-server.org/ . It has a Vim script implementation.
2572
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002573Netbeans problem. Use "nc -l 127.0.0.1 55555" for the server, then run gvim
2574with "gvim -nb:localhost:55555:foo". From nc do: '1:editFile!0 "foo"'. Then
2575go to Insert mode and add a few lines. Then backspacing every other time
2576moves the cursor instead of deleting. (Chris Kaiser, 2007 Sep 25)
2577
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002578Windows installer could add a "open in new tab of existing Vim" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002579GvimExt: patch to add "Edit with single Vim &tabbed" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002580Just have two choices, always using one Vim and selecting between using an
2581argument list or opening each file in a separate tab.
2582(Erik Falor, 2008 May 21, 2008 Jun 26)
2583
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002584Windows installer: licence text should not use indent, causes bad word wrap.
2585(Benjamin Fritz, 2010 Aug 16)
2586
2587Dos uninstal may delete vim.bat from the wrong directory (e.g., when someone
2588makes his own wrapper). Add a magic string with the version number to the
2589.bat file and check for it in the uninstaller. E.g.
2590 # uninstall key: vim7.3*
2591
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002592Changes for Win32 makefile. (Mike Williams, 2007 Jan 22, Alexei Alexandrov,
25932007 Feb 8)
2594
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002595Win32: Can't complete shell command names. Why is setting xp_context in
2596set_one_cmd_context() inside #ifndef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002597
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002598Win32: Patch for cscope external command. (Mike Williams, 2007 Aug 7)
2599
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002600Win32: XPM support only works with path without spaces. Patch by Mathias
2601Michaelis, 2006 Jun 9. Another patch for more path names, 2006 May 31.
2602New version: http://members.tcnet.ch/michaelis/vim/patches.zip (also for other
2603patches by Mathias, see mail Feb 22)
2604
2605Win32: compiling with normal features and OLE fails. Patch by Mathias
2606Michaelis, 2006 Jun 4.
2607
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002608Win32: after "[I" showing matches, scroll wheel messes up screen. (Tsakiridis,
26092007 Feb 18)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002610Patch by Alex Dobrynin, 2007 Jun 3. Also fixes other scroll wheel problems.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002611
2612Win32: using CTRL-S in Insert mode doesn't remove the "+" from the tab pages
Bram Moolenaared39e1d2008-08-09 17:55:22 +00002613label. (Tsakiridis, 2007 Feb 18) Patch from Ian Kelling, 2008 Aug 6.
2614
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002615Win32: using "gvim --remote-tab-silent fname" sometimes gives an empty screen
2616with the more prompt. Caused by setting the guitablabel? (Thomas Michael
2617Engelke, 2007 Dec 20 - 2008 Jan 17)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002618
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002619Win32: patch for fullscreen mode. (Liushaolin, 2008 April 17)
2620
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002621Win32: When 'shell' is bash shellescape() doesn't always do the right thing.
2622Depends on 'shellslash', 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote', but shellescape()
2623only takes 'shellslash' into account.
2624
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002625Menu item that does "xxd -r" doesn't work when 'fileencoding' is utf-16.
2626Check for this and use iconv? (Edward L. Fox, 2007 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002627Does the conversion in the other direction work when 'fileencodings' is set
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002628properly?
2629
2630Cursor displayed in the wrong position when using 'numberwidth'. (James Vega,
26312007 Jun 21)
2632
2633When $VAR contains a backslash expand('$VAR') removes it. (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2634Jun 18)
2635
2636If the variable "g:x#y#z" exists completion after ":echo g:x#" doesn't work.
2637
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002638Feature request: Command to go to previous tab, like what CTRL-W p does for
2639windows. (Adam George)
2640
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002641F1 - F4 in an xterm produce a different escape sequence when used with a
2642modifier key. Need to catch three different sequences. Use K_ZF1, like
2643K_ZHOME? (Dickey, 2007 Dec 2)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002644
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002645In debug mode, using CTRL-R = to evaluate a function causes stepping through
2646the function. (Hari Krishna Dara, 2006 Jun 28)
2647
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002648C++ indenting wrong with "=". (James Kanze, 2007 Jan 26)
2649
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002650":lockvar" should use copyID to avoid endless loop.
2651
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002652When using --remote-silent and the file name matches 'wildignore' get an E479
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002653error. without --remote-silent it works fine. (Ben Fritz, 2008 Jun 20)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002654
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002655GVim: dialog for closing Vim should check if Vim is busy writing a file. Then
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002656use a different dialog: "busy saving, really quit? yes / no".
2657
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002658Check other interfaces for changing curbuf in a wrong way. Patch like for
2659if_ruby.c.
2660
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002661":helpgrep" should use the directory from 'helpfile'.
2662
2663The need_fileinfo flag is messy. Instead make the message right away and put
2664it in keep_msg?
2665
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002666Editing a file remotely that matches 'wildignore' results in a "no match"
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002667error. Should only happen when there are wildcards, not when giving the file
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002668name literally, and esp. if there is only one name.
2669
Bram Moolenaar1423b9d2006-05-07 15:16:06 +00002670Test 61 fails sometimes. This is a timing problem: "sleep 2" sometimes takes
2671longer than 2 seconds.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002672
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002673Using ":au CursorMoved * cmd" invokes mch_FullName(), which can be slow.
2674Can this be avoided? (Thomas Waba, 2008 Aug 24)
2675Also for ":w" without a file name.
2676The buffer has the full path in ffname, should pass this to the autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002677
2678"vim -C" often has 'nocompatible', because it's set in some startup script.
2679Set 'compatible' after startup is done? Patch by James Vega, 2008 Feb 7.
2680
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002681VMS: while editing a file found in complex, Vim will save file into the first
2682directory of the path and not to the original location of the file.
2683(Zoltan Arpadffy)
2684
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002685VMS: VFC files are in some cases truncated during reading (Zoltan Arpadffy)
2686
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002687input() completion should not insert a backslash to escape a space in a file
2688name?
2689
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002690Ruby completion is insecure. Can this be fixed?
2691
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002692When 'backupskip' is set from $TEMP special characters need to be escaped.
2693(patch by Grembowietz, 2007 Feb 26, not quite right)
2694Another problem is that file_pat_to_reg_pat() doesn't recognize "\\", so "\\("
2695will be seen as a path separator plus "\(".
2696
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002697gvim d:\path\path\(FILE).xml should not remove the \ before the (.
2698This also fails with --remote.
2699
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002700When doing ":quit" the Netbeans "killed" event isn't sent. (Xavier de Gaye,
27012008 Nov 10) call netbeans_file_closed() at the end of buf_freeall(), or in
2702all places where buf_freeall() is called?
2703
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002704aucmd_prepbuf() should also use a window in another tab page.
2705
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002706When unloading a buffer in a BufHidden autocommand the hidden flag is reset?
2707(Bob Hiestand, 2008 Aug 26, Aug 27)
2708
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002709Substituting an area with a line break with almost the same area does change
2710the Visual area. Can this be fixed? (James Vega, 2006 Sept 15)
2711
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002712GUI: When combining fg en bg make sure they are not equal.
2713
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002714Spell checking: Add a way to specify punctuation characters. Add the
2715superscript numbers by default: 0x2070, 0xb9, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0x2074 - 0x2079.
2716
2717Spell checking in popup menu: If the only problem is the case of the first
2718character, don't offer "ignore" and "add to word list".
2719
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002720Use different pt_br dictionary for spell checking. (Jackson A. Aquino, 2006
2721Jun 5)
2722
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002723Use different romanian dictionary for spell checking. (Andrei Popescu, Nov
27242008) Use http://downloads.sourceforge.net/rospell/ro_RO.3.2.zip
2725Or the hunspell-ro.3.2.tar.gz file, it also has a iso-8859-2 list.
2726
2727In a C file with spell checking, in "% integer" "nteger" is seen as an error,
2728but "]s" doesn't find it. "nteger" by itself is found. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008
2729Jul 22)
2730
2731There should be something about spell checking in the user manual.
2732
2733Spell menu: When using the Popup menu to select a replacement word,
2734":spellrepeat" doesn't work. SpellReplace() uses setline(). Can it use "z="
2735somehow? Or use a new function.
2736
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002737Mac: Using gvim: netrw window disappears. (Nick Lo, 2006 Jun 21)
2738
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002739Add an option to specify the character to use when a double-width character is
2740moved to the next line. Default '>', set to a space to blank it out. Check
2741that char is single width when it's set (compare with 'listchars').
2742
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002743The generated vim.bat can avoid the loop for NT. (Carl Zmola, 2006 Sep 3)
2744
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002745When showing a diff between a non-existent file and an existing one, with the
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002746cursor in the empty buffer, the other buffer only shows the last line. Change
2747the "insert" into a change from one line to many? (Yakov Lerner, 2008 May 27)
2748
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002749These two abbreviations don't give the same result:
2750 let asdfasdf = "xyz\<Left>"
2751 cabbr XXX <C-R>=asdfasdf<CR>
2752 cabbr YYY xyz<Left>
2753
2754Michael Dietrich: maximized gvim sometimes displays output of external command
2755partly. (2006 Dec 7)
2756
2757In FileChangedShell command it's no longer allowed to switch to another
2758buffer. But the changed buffer may differ from the current buffer, how to
2759reload it then?
2760
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002761For Aap: include a config.arg.example file with hints how to use config.arg.
2762
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002763Command line completion when 'cmdheight' is maximum and 'wildmenu' is set,
2764only one buffer line displayed, causes display errors.
2765
2766Completing with 'wildmenu' and using <Up> and <Down> to move through directory
2767tree stops unexpectedly when using ":cd " and entering a directory that
2768doesn't contain other directories.
2769
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01002770Default for 'background' is wrong when using xterm with 256 colors.
2771Table with estimates from Matteo Cavalleri, 2014 Jan 10.
2772
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002773Setting 'background' resets the Normal background color:
2774 highlight Normal ctermbg=DarkGray
2775 set background=dark
2776This is undesired, 'background' is supposed to tell Vim what the background
2777color is, not reset it.
2778
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002779Linux distributions:
2780- Suggest compiling xterm with --enable-tcap-query, so that nr of colors is
2781 known to Vim. 88 colors instead of 16 works better. See ":help
2782 xfree-xterm".
2783- Suggest including bare "vi" and "vim" with X11, syntax, etc.
2784
2785Completion menu: For a wrapping line, completing a long file name, only the
2786start of the path is shown in the menu. Should move the menu to the right to
2787show more text of the completions. Shorten the items that don't fit in the
2788middle?
2789
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002790Accessing file#var in a function should not need the g: prepended.
2791
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002792When exiting detects a modified buffer, instead of opening the buffer in the
2793current tab, use an existing tab, if possible. Like finding a window where
2794the buffer is displayed. (Antonios Tsakiridis)
2795
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002796When ":cn" moves to an error in the same line the message isn't shortened.
2797Only skip shortening for ":cc"?
2798
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002799Write "making vim work better" for the docs (mostly pointers): *nice*
2800 - sourcing $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim
2801 - setting 'mouse' to "a"
2802 - getting colors in xterm
2803 - compiling Vim with X11, GUI, etc.
2804
2805Problem with ":call" and dictionary function. Hari Krishna Dara, Charles
2806Campbell 2006 Jul 06.
2807
2808Syntax HL error caused by "containedin". (Peter Hodge, 2006 Oct 6)
2809
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002810A custom completion function in a ":command" cannot be a Funcref. (Andy
2811Wokula, 2007 Aug 25)
2812
2813Problem with using :redir in user command completion function? (Hari Krishna
2814Dara, 2006 June 21)
2815
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002816Another resizing problem when setting 'columns' and 'lines' to a very large
2817number. (Tony Mechelynck, 2007 Feb 6)
2818
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002819After starting Vim, using '0 to jump somewhere in a file, ":sp" doesn't center
2820the cursor line. It works OK after some other commands.
2821
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002822Win32: Is it possible to have both postscript and Win32 printing?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002823
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002824Problem with 'cdpath' on MS-Windows when a directory is equal to $HOME. (2006
2825Jul 26, Gary Johnson)
2826
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002827Using UTF-8 character with ":command" does not work properly. (Matt Wozniski,
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010028282008 Sep 29)
2829
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002830In the Netbeans interface add a "vimeval" function, so that the other side can
2831check the result of has("patch13").
2832
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002833Cursor line at bottom of window instead of halfway after saving view and
2834restoring. Only with 'nowrap'. (Robert Webb, 2008 Aug 25)
2835
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002836Netrw has trouble executing autocommands only for a directory. Add <isdir>
2837and <notisdir> to autocommand patterns? Also <isfile>?
2838
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002839Add command modifier that skips wildcard expansion, so that you don't need to
2840put backslashes before special chars, only for white space.
2841
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002842Syntax HL: open two windows on the same C code, delete a ")" in one window,
2843resulting in highlighted "{" in that window, not in the other.
2844
2845In mswin.vim: Instead of mapping <C-V> for Insert mode in a complicated way,
2846can it be done like ":imap <C-V> <MiddleMouse>" without negative side effects?
2847
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002848GTK: when the Tab pages bar appears or disappears while the window is
2849maximized the window is no longer maximized. Patch that has some idea but
2850doesn't work from Geoffrey Antos, 2008 May 5.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002851Also: the window may no longer fit on the screen, thus the command line is not
2852visible.
2853
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002854When right after "vim file", "M" then CTRL-W v the windows are scrolled
2855differently and unexpectedly. Caused by patch 7.2.398?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002856
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002857The magic clipboard format "VimClipboard2" appears in several places. Should
2858be only one.
2859
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02002860Win32, NTFS: When editing a specific infostream directly and 'backupcopy' is
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002861"auto" should detect this situation and work like 'backupcopy' is "yes". File
2862name is something like "c:\path\foo.txt:bar", includes a colon. (Alex
2863Jakushev, 2008 Feb 1)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002864
2865Small problem displaying diff filler line when opening windows with a script.
2866(David Luyer, 2007 Mar 1 ~/Mail/oldmail/mool/in.15872 )
2867
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002868Is it allowed that 'backupext' is empty? Problems when backup is in same dir
2869as original file? If it's OK don't compare with 'patchmode'. (Thierry Closen)
2870
2871Patch for supporting count before CR in quickfix window. (AOYAMA Shotaro, 2007
2872Jan 1)
2873
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002874Patch for adding ":lscscope". (Navdeep Parhar, 2007 Apr 26; update 2008 Apr
287523)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002876
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002877":mkview" isn't called with the right buffer argument. Happens when using
2878tabs and the autocommand "autocmd BufWinLeave * mkview". (James Vega, 2007
2879Jun 18)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002880
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002881When completing from another file that uses a different encoding completion
2882text has the wrong encoding. E.g., when 'encoding' is utf-8 and file is
2883latin1. Example from Gombault Damien, 2007 Mar 24.
2884
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002885Syntax HL: When using "nextgroup" and the group has an empty match, there is
2886no search at that position for another match. (Lukas Mai, 2008 April 11)
2887
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002888In gvim the backspace key produces a backspace character, but on Linux the
2889VERASE key is Delete. Set VERASE to Backspace? (patch by Stephane Chazelas,
28902007 Oct 16)
2891
2892TermResponse autocommand isn't always triggered when using vimdiff. (Aron
2893Griffis, 2007 Sep 19)
2894
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002895Create a gvimtutor.1 file and change Makefiles to install it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002896
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002897When 'encoding' is utf-8 typing text at the end of the line causes previously
2898typed characters to be redrawn. Caused by patch 7.1.329. (Tyler Spivey, 2008
2899Sep 3, 11)
2900
2901When Vim in an xterm owns the selection and the user does ":shell" Vim doesn't
2902respond to selection requests. Invoking XtDisownSelection() before executing
2903the shell doesn't help. Would require forking and doing a message loop, like
2904what happens for the GUI.
2905
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002906":vimgrep" does not recognize a recursive symlink. Is it possible to detect
2907this, at least for Unix (using device/inode)?
2908
2909When switching between windows the cursor is often put in the middle.
2910Remember the relative position and restore that, just like lnum and col are
2911restored. (Luc St-Louis)
2912
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02002913Patch to support horizontal scroll wheel in GTK. Untested. (Bjorn Winckler,
29142010 Jun 30)
2915
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02002916Add an option for a minimal text length before inserting a line break for
2917'textwidth'. Avoids very short lines when a very long word follows.
2918(Kartik Agaram)
2919
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002920
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002921Better plugin support (not plugin manager, see elsewhere for that):
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002922- Avoid use of feedkeys, add eval functions where needed:
2923 - manipulating the Visual selection?
2924- Add createmark(): add a mark like mM, but return a unique ID. Need some way
2925 to clean them up again... Use a name + the script ID.
2926 Add createmark( , 'c') to track inserts/deletes before the column.
2927- Plugins need to make a lot of effort, lots of mappings, to know what
2928 happened before pressing the key that triggers a plugin action. How about
2929 keeping the last N pressed keys, so that they do not need to be mapped?
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01002930- equivalent of netbeans_beval_cb(). With an autocommand?
2931- Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002932
2933
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002934More patches:
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02002935- Another patch for Javascript indenting. (Hari Kumar, 2010 Jul 11)
2936 Needs a few tests.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002937- Add 'cscopeignorecase' option. (Liang Wenzhi, 2006 Sept 3)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002938- Extra argument to strtrans() to translate special keys to their name (Eric
2939 Arnold, 2006 May 22)
2940- 'threglookexp' option: only match with first word in thesaurus file.
2941 (Jakson A. Aquino, 2006 Jun 14)
2942- Mac: indicate whether a buffer was modified. (Nicolas Weber, 2006 Jun 30)
2943- Allow negative 'nrwidth' for left aligning. (Nathan Laredo, 2006 Aug 16)
2944- ml_append_string(): efficiently append to an existing line. (Brad
2945 Beveridge, 2006 Aug 26) Use in some situations, e.g., when pasting a
2946 character at a time?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002947- recognize hex numbers better. (Mark Manning, 2006 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002948- Add <AbbrExpand> key, to expand an abbreviation in a mapping. (Kana
2949 Natsuno, 2008 Jul 17)
2950- Add 'wspara' option, also accept blank lines like empty lines for "{" and
2951 "}". (Mark Lundquist, 2008 Jul 18)
2952- Patch to add CTRL-T to delete part of a path on cmdline. (Adek, 2008 Jul
2953 21)
2954- Instead of creating a copy of the tutor in all the shell scripts, do it in
2955 vimtutor.vim. (Jan Minar, 2008 Jul 20)
2956- When fsync() fails there is no hint about what went wrong. Patch by Ben
2957 Schmidt, 2008 Jul 22.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002958- testdir/Make_dos_sh.mak for running tests with MingW. (Bill Mccarthy, 2008
2959 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02002960- Replace ccomplete.vim by cppcomplete.vim from www.vim.org? script 1520 by
2961 Vissale Neang. (Martin Stubenschrott) Asked Vissale to make the scripts
2962 more friendly for the Vim distribution.
2963 New version received 2008 Jan 6.
2964 No maintenance in two years...
Bram Moolenaar5aae4192010-08-03 23:00:38 +02002965- Patch to open dropped files in new tabs. (Michael Trim, 2010 Aug 3)
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002966
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002967Awaiting updated patches:
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +000029689 Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung, Eckehard Berns):
2969 8 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
2970 New patch 2004 Jun 16
2971 - selecting proportional font breaks display
2972 - UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
2973 - Command-key mappings do not work. (Alan Schmitt)
2974 - With 'nopaste' pasting is wrong, with 'paste' Command-V doesn't work.
2975 (Alan Schmitt)
2976 - remove 'macatsui' option when this has been fixed.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002977 - when 'macatsui' is off should we always convert to "macroman" and ignore
2978 'termencoding'?
Bram Moolenaar76b92b22006-03-24 22:46:53 +000029799 HTML indenting can be slow. Caused by using searchpair(). Can search()
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002980 be used instead? A.Politz is looking into a solution.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000029818 Win32: Add minidump generation. (George Reilly, 2006 Apr 24)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000029827 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
2983 Update 2004 Sep 6.
2984 How does this work? Missing comments.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000029858 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00002986 (28 feb 2002). Will mess the translations...
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +020029877 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it" appears
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002988 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
2989- Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
2990 for multi-byte characters.
2991- Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
2992- Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
2993 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
2994 been given values.
2995 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
29968 "fg" and "bg" don't work in an xterm. Get default colors from xterm
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00002997 with an ESC sequence.
2998 xterm can send colors for many things. E.g. for the cursor:
2999 <Esc>]12;?<Bel>
3000 Can use this to get the background color and restore the colors on exit.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030017 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
3002 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
3003- Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
3004 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
3005 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
30068 Add functions:
3007 gettext() Translate a message. (Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
3008 Update 2004 Sep 10
3009 Another patch from Edward L. Fox (2005 Nov 24)
3010 Search in 'runtimepath'?
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00003011 More docs needed about how to use this.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003012 How to get the messages into the .po files?
3013 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
3014 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
3015 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
3016 (2003 May 13)
3017 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
3018 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003019 taglist() add argument to specify maximum number of matches.
3020 useful for interactive things or completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003021 col('^') column of first non-white character.
3022 Can use "len(substitute(getline('.'), '\S.*', '', ''))
3023 + 1", but that's ugly.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030247 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
3025 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
3026- Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
3027 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
30287 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
3029 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +000030308 Option to lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk
3031 (uncrypted). Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23. Uses mlock.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030327 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
30338 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
3034 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
30357 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
3036 Kotchan has a patch for it)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030377 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
3038- findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
3039 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
3040 incomplete patch Mar 18)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003041- For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
3042 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
3043- Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
3044
3045
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003046Vi incompatibility:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003047- Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
3048 Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030498 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
3050 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
3051 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
3052 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
3053 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
3054 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030558 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
3056 make Vim exit.
30577 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
3058 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
3059 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
30608 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
3061 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
3062 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
30636 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
3064 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
3065 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
30668 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
3067 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
3068 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
3069 names in one buffer???
3070 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
3071 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
3072 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
30737 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
3074 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
3075 command was one command.
Bram Moolenaareaa48e72005-06-08 22:07:37 +00003076 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
3077 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030787 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
3079 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
30807 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
30817 Implement 'prompt' option. Init to off when stdin is not a tty.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030827 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
3083 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
3084 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
3085 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
30867 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
30877 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
30887 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
3089 to the match with the tag? Option?
30907 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
30917 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
3092 (Sayre).
30937 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
3094 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030957 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
3096 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
3097 match. Nvi can do it too.
30987 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
3099 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
3100 line 1\ line 2\\
3101 line 2\ line 3\\
3102 . line4/
31036 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
3104 the way the shell is started?
31056 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
3106 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
3107
3108
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003109GTK+ GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031109 Crash with X command server over ssh. (Ciaran McCreesh, 2006 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031118 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
3112 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
3113 creating a label?
Bram Moolenaar6e7c7f32005-08-24 22:16:11 +000031148 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters are sometimes not drawn properly.
3115 Depends on the font size, "monospace 13" has the problem. Vim seems to do
3116 everything right, must be a GTK bug. Is there a way to work around it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031179 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
3118 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
3119 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
3120 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
Bram Moolenaare580b0c2006-03-21 21:33:03 +00003121- Gnome2: When moving the toolbar out of the dock, so that it becomes
3122 floating, it can no longer be moved. Therefore making it float has been
3123 blocked for now.
3124
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003125
3126Win32 GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003127- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
3128 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031298 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
3130 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
3131 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
31328 In eval.c, io.h is included when MSWIN32 is defined. Shouldn't this be
3133 WIN32? Or can including io.h be moved to vim.h? (Dan Sharp)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031346 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
3135 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000031368 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
3137 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
3138 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031397 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
3140 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
3141 to use an opaque background in most places?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031427 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
3143 2004 May 9)
31448 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
3145 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
3146 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
3147 MS-Windows 98?
3148 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
3149 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
3150 file: Window moves with the cursor!
3151 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031528 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
3153 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
3154 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
3155 doesn't work properly.
31568 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
3157 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
3158 appears in the right position. (Webb)
31599 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
3160 button doesn't give popup menu.
3161 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
3162 selection.
3163 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
3164 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
3165 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
31668 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
3167 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
3168 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
3169 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
31708 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
3171 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
3172 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031737 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
3174 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
3175 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
31767 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
3177 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
Bram Moolenaar4463f292005-09-25 22:20:24 +00003178 scroll?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031797 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
3180 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031816 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
31828 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
3183 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
3184 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
31858 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
3186 know which keyboard is being used?
31877 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
3188 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
3189 area (Koloseike).
31908 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
3191 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
3192 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
3193 the font name).
3194
3195
3196Athena and Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000031976 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
3198 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
3199 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
3200 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
3201 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032029 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
3203 required and it's missing?
32048 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
3205 wrong.
32069 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
3207 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000032089 XIM doesn't work properly for Athena/Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003209 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
3210 flag.
32118 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
3212 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
3213 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
32148 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
32156 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
3216 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
3217 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
3218 the tooltips work though...
32197 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
3220 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
32218 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
3222 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
3223 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
3224
3225
3226Athena GUI:
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +010032279 The first event for any button in the menu or toolbar appears to get lost.
3228 The second click on a menu does work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032299 When dragging the scrollbar thumb very fast, focus is only obtained in
3230 the scrollbar itself. And the thumb is no longer updated when moving
3231 through files.
32327 The file selector is not resizable. With a big font it is difficult to
3233 read long file names. (Schroeder)
32344 Re-write the widget attachments and code so that we will not have to go
3235 through and calculate the absolute position of every widget every time the
3236 window is refreshed/changes size. This will help the "flashing-widgets"
3237 problem during a refresh.
32385 When starting gvim with all the default colors and then typing
3239 ":hi Menu guibg=cyan", the menus change color but the background of the
3240 pullright pixmap doesn't change colors.
3241 If you type ":hi Menu guibg=cyan font=anyfont", then the pixmap changes
3242 colors as it should.
3243 Allocating a new pixmap and setting the resource doesn't change the
3244 pullright pixmap's colors. Why? Possible Athena bug?
3245
3246
3247Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02003248- gui_mch_browsedir() is missing, browsedir() doesn't work nicely.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032497 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
3250 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032518 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
3252 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
3253 (Phillipps)
3254
3255
3256GUI:
32579 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
3258 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
32599 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +00003260 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003261 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
32629 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
3263 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
32648 X11 GUI: When menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', ALT key
3265 should not be used to trigger a menu (like the Win32 version).
32668 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
3267 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
3268 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
32698 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
3270 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
3271 of where it is processing the output.
3272 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
32738 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
3274 doesn't work.
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +010032758 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000032768 When translating menus ignore the part after the Tab, the shortcut. So
3277 that the same menu item with a different shortcut (e.g., for the Mac) are
3278 still translated.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020032798 Add menu separators for Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032808 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
3281 browse().
32828 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
3283 use that code? Or use console dialog.
32848 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
3285 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000032867 More features in the find/replace dialog:
3287 - regexp on/off
3288 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
3289 when all buffers/directory is used:
3290 - filter for file name
3291 when directory is used:
3292 - subdirectory on/off
3293 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032948 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
3295 to avoid problems.
32968 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
3297 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
3298 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
32998 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
3300 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
3301 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
33028 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
3303 up. Set erase character somehow?
33048 A dead circumflex followed by a space should give the '^' character
3305 (Rommel). Look how xterm does this.
3306 Also: Bednar has some code for dead key handling.
3307 Also: Nedit 5.0.2 with USE_XMIM does it right. (Gaya)
33088 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
33097 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
3310 visible.
33117 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
3312 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
33137 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
3314 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
33158 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
3316 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
33178 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
3318 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
3319 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
3320 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
3321- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
33224 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
3323 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
3324 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
3325
3326
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01003327Win32 console:
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000033288 Should $USERPROFILE be preferred above $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH? No, but it's
3329 a good fallback, thus use:
3330 $HOME
3331 $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH
3332 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE);
3333 $USERPROFILE
3334 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, FALSE);
3335 $ALLUSERSPROFILE
3336 $SYSTEMDRIVE\
3337 C:\
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033388 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
3339 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
33408 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
3341 Should work like in the GUI version.
33428 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
3343 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
33448 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
3345 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
33468 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
3347 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
3348 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033498 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
3350 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
3351 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
3352
3353
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003354Win32 console:
33559 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
3356 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
3357 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
3358 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
3359 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
3360 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
3361 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
3362 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
3363 and the file is not saved.
3364 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
3365 long name.
33668 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
3367 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
33687 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
3369 besides the console.
33708 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
33719 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
3372 <C-S-i>?
33739 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
3374 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
33758 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
3376 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003377
3378
3379Amiga:
33808 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
3381 sequences.
33829 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
3383 backslashes in result.
33848 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
3385 all options, using white space separation.
3386
3387
3388Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003389- GUI: gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033907 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
3391 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
3392 (Jack)
3393 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000033948 inputdialog() doesn't resize when giving more text lines. (David Fishburn,
3395 2006 Sept 28)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033968 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
33978 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
33989 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
3399 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034009 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003401
3402
3403"Small" problems:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003404- Can't disable terminal flow control, to enable the use of CTRL-S and
3405 CTRL-Q. Add an option for it?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003406- When using e_secure in do_one_cmd() mention the command being executed,
3407 otherwise it's not clear where it comes from.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003408- When the quickfix window is open and executing ":echo 'hello'" using the
3409 Command-line window, the text is immediately removed by the redrawing.
3410 (Michael Henry, 2008 Nov 1)
3411 Generic solution: When redrawing while there is a message on the
3412 cmdline, don't erase the display but draw over the existing text.
3413 Other solution, redraw after closing the cmdline window, before executing
3414 the command.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +000034159 For Turkish vim_tolower() and vim_toupper() also need to use utf_
3416 functions for characters below 0x80. (Sertacyildiz)
Bram Moolenaarc93b83a2006-04-29 22:02:36 +000034179 When the last edited file is a help file, using '0 in a new Vim doesn't
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003418 edit the file as a help file. 'filetype' is OK, but 'iskeyword' isn't,
3419 file isn't readonly, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034208 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
3421 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
3422 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +00003423 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034247 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
3425 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
34268 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
3427 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
3428 for redirection.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034297 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
3430 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003431- Could the hit-enter prompt be avoided when a message only overlaps the
3432 'showcmd' area? Clear that area when the next cmd is typed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034338 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
3434 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
3435 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
3436 using the horizontal scrollbar.
34377 VisVim can only open one file. Hard to solve: each opened file is passed
3438 with a separate invocation, would need to use timestamps to know the
3439 invocations belong together.
34408 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
3441 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
34428 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
3443 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
3444 UnxUtils.zip archive.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01003445 Is it better than what we have in src/tee?
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000034468 When doing Insert mode completion a mapping cannot recursively call
3447 edit(), because the completion information is global. Put everything in
3448 an allocated structure?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034498 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
3450 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034517 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
3452 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
3453 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
3454 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034557 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
3456 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
3457 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
34587 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
3459 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
3460 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
34617 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
3462 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034637 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
3464 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034659 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
3466 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
3467 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
3468 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
3469 script can be called.
34708 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
3471 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
3472 works.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034738 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
3474 CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000034758 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003476 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
3477 configurable?
34788 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034798 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
3480 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000034818 Should allow multi-byte characters for the delimiter: ":s+a+b+" where "+"
3482 is a multi-byte character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034838 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
3484 always written, even when the original file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034859 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
3486 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
3487 written.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034887 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034898 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
3490 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
3491 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000034928 Also store the line number with the script ID and use it for ":verbose",
3493 so that "set nocompatible" is found when it changes other option values.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003494 When an option is set indirectly mention the command? E.g. when
3495 ":diffsplit" sets 'foldmethod'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034968 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
3497 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
34989 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
3499 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
3500 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003501 one. Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 July 14.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035027 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
3503 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035047 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
3505 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
3506 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
3507 direction, not horizontally?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035088 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003509 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
3510 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
3511 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
3512 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003513 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
3514 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +00003515 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02003516 - Should interpret CTRL-L as a page break.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003517 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
3518 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
3519 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
3520 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
3521 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035228 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
3523 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
35248 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
3525 in lines that don't extend into the block?
35268 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
3527 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
3528 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
35298 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
3530 'linebreak'.
35318 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
3532 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
3533 (Helmut Stiegler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035349 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
3535 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
3536 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
3537 'magic' in history. (Margo)
35389 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
3539 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035409 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
35419 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
3542 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
3543 cause another redraw, etc.
35448 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
3545 must escape special characters in the pattern.
35468 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
3547 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
3548 ":w!!" for that.
3549 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
3550 restore file to readonly afterwards.
Bram Moolenaar04a09c12005-08-01 22:02:32 +00003551 Overwriting a file for which a swap file exists is similar issue.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035527 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
3553 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
3554 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
3555 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
3556 clipboard)
35577 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
3558 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
3559 Waggoner)
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000035606 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
3561 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
3562 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035638 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
3564 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
35658 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
3566 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
3567 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
Bram Moolenaar8424a622006-04-19 21:23:36 +000035688 For xterm also recognize keypad up/down/left/right and insert.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035698 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
3570 (e.g., ":w").
35718 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
3572 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035738 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
3574 script in do_cmdline().
35758 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
3576 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
3577 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
3578 changes.
35798 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
3580 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
35818 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
3582 check for file marks. This can be slow.
35837 In xterm, recognize both vt100 and vt220 cursor keys. Change
3584 add_termcode() to not remove an existing entry for a name, when it's
3585 needed.
3586 Need a generic solution to recognize different codes for the same key.
35878 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
3588 to skip catch_signals()?
35899 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
3590 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
3591 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
3592 text?
35938 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
3594 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
35958 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
3596 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
35979 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
3598 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
3599 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
3600 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
3601 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
36027 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
3603 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
3604 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
3605 in the list?
36068 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
3607 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
3608 instead of on button down.
36098 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
36109 Evaluating 'statusline' in build_stl_str_hl() does not properly check for
3611 reaching the end of the available buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003612 Patch to dynamically allocate the buffer for % items. (Eric Arnold, 2006
3613 May 14)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036148 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
3615 character is typed.
36168 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
3617 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
36188 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
3619 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
36208 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
3621 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
3622 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
3623 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
3624 cygwin bash.
36257 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
3626 Remember flags for backreferences.
36277 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
3628 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
36297 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
3630 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
36318 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
3632 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
36337 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
3634 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036357 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
3636 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
3637 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
36387 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
3639 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
36408 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
3641 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
3642 that the user knows he has to delete the files.
36437 It's possible to redefine a script-local function with ":func
3644 <SNR>123_Test()". (Krishna) Disallow this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003645
3646
3647I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
36489 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
3649 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
3650 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003651
3652
3653Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaara93fa7e2006-04-17 22:14:47 +00003654- GTK: when using the popup menu with spelling suggestions and releasing the
3655 right mouse button before the menu appears selecting an item with the
3656 right mouse button has no effect. GTK does not produce an event for this.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003657- GTK 2: Cannot use the file selector. When using it many things become
3658 slow. This is caused by some code in GTK that writes
3659 ~/.recently-used.xbel every time an event is handled. It assumes the main
3660 loop is never quit, which is a wrong assumption. Also, it overwrites the
3661 file with different file permissions, which is a privacy issue. This
3662 needs to be fixed in GTK. A solution in Vim would be really complicated.
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02003663 (2008 Jul 31) This appears to be fixed in Vim 7.3.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003664- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
3665 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003666 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003667 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
3668 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
3669 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003670- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
3671 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
3672 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
3673 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
3674 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
3675- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
3676 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
3677 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
3678- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
3679 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003680- Win32 tcl: has("tcl") hangs when the tcl84.dll is from cygwin.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003681- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
3682 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
3683 character gets the highlighting.
3684- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
3685 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
3686- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
3687 (Jennings)
3688- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
3689- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
3690 errors. How do we get the rest?
3691- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003692- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003693 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003694- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
3695 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
3696 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
3697- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
3698 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
3699 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
3700 (Benzinger).
3701- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
3702 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
3703 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
3704- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
3705 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
3706- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
3707 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
3708- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
3709 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
3710 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
3711 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
3712 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
3713 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
3714- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
3715 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
3716 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01003717- Win32, MS-Windows: expanding plugin/**/*.vim also picks up
3718 dir/ctags.vim,v. This is because the short file name is something like
3719 "ctags~1.vim" and that matches the pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003720- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
3721 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
3722 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
3723- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
3724 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
3725- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
3726 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003727- Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
3728 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
3729- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
3730 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
3731 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
3732 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
3733 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
3734- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
3735 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
3736 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
3737- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
3738 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
3739 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003740- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
3741 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 +00003742- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
3743 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
3744 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
3745 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
3746 in the vimrc file to be lost.
3747- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
3748 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
3749
3750--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
3751 *extensions-improvements*
3752
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003753Most interesting new features to be added when all bugs have been fixed:
3754- Using ":exe edit fname" has escaping problems. Use ":edit ++(fname)".
3755 Thus use "++=" to give arguments as expressions, comma separated as if
3756 calling a function.
3757 With options: ":edit ++(['!', '++enc=abc'], ['+/pat'], fname)".
3758 Alternative: Make a function for Ex commands: cmd_edit().
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003759- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
3760 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01003761 (issue #3292)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003762- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
3763 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
3764 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
3765 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
3766 Eclim does it: http://eclim.sourceforge.net/ (Eric Van Dewoestine)
3767 Plugin that uses a terminal emulator: http://vimplugin.sf.net
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003768 And another one: http://www.satokar.com/viplugin/index.php
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003769- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
3770 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
3771 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003772- Scroll commands by screen line. g CTRL-E and g CTRL-Y ? Requires the
3773 first line to be able to start halfway.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000037748 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
3775 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
3776 Also allow specifying the file and command, so that the result of
3777 taglist() can be used.
Bram Moolenaar27dc1952006-03-15 23:06:44 +00003778- X11: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
3779 This can be done with XReparentWindow(). But how exactly?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003780
3781
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003782Documentation:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000037838 List of Vim runtime directories. dotvim.txt from Charles Campbell, 2007
3784 Feb 20.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000037858 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
3786 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000037878 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
3788 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037898 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037909 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
3791 - change to cursor position and curswant
3792 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
3793 - how it works for folded lines
3794 - how it works with multi-byte characters
37959 In change.txt, remark about Javadoc isn't right. Right alignment would
3796 work too.
37978 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
3798 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
3799 text.
38008 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
38017 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
3802 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
38037 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
3804 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003805 Patch by Balazs Kezes, 2007 Dec 30. Remark from A. Politz.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003806- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
3807
3808
3809Help:
3810- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
3811 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
3812- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
3813 to the other matches.
3814- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003815- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
3816 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
3817 user can edit it to insert his favorite commands, new account can contain a
3818 default contents.
3819- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
3820 height for the help window (and other windows).
3821- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
3822- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
3823- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
3824
3825
3826User Friendlier:
38278 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
3828 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
3829 Briscoe)
38308 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
38318 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
3832 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
3833 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
38348 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
3835 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
3836- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
3837 ":mkplugin <file>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003838- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..."?
38399 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
3840 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
3841 item?).
3842 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038438 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +000038447 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
3845 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
3846 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
Bram Moolenaar33aec762006-01-22 23:30:12 +000038478 Support saving and restoring session for X windows? It should work to do
3848 ":mksession" and use "-S fname" for the restart command. The
3849 gui_x11_wm_protocol_handler() already takes care of the rest.
3850 global_event_filter() for GTK.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003851
3852
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +00003853Tab pages:
38549 GUI implementation for the tab pages line for other systems.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000038557 GUI: Control over the appearance of the text in the labels (bold, color,
3856 font, etc.)
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000038578 Make GUI menu in tab pages line configurable. Like the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaarfc1421e2006-04-20 22:17:20 +000038588 balloons for the tab page labels that are shortened to show the full path.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000038597 :tabdup duplicate the tab with all its windows.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000038607 Option to put tab line at the left or right? Need an option to specify
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00003861 its width. It's like a separate window with ":tabs" output.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000038628 Add local options for each tab page? E.g., 'diffopt' could differ between
3863 tab pages.
38647 Add local highlighting for each tab page?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000038657 Add local directory for tab pages? How would this interfere with
3866 window-local directories?
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +00003867
3868
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003869Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003870- Support more regions? Caolan McNamara argues it's needed for es_XX.
3871 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219777
3872- Unicode defines another quote character: 0x2019. Use it as an equivalent
3873 of a single quote, thus use it as a word character like a quote and match
3874 with words, replacing the curly quote with a single quote.
3875- Could filter &eacute; things for HTML before doing spell checking.
3876 Similarly for TeX.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003877- The Hungarian spell file uses four extra characters in the FOL/UPP/LOW
3878 items than other spell files with the ISO-8859-2 encoding, that causes
3879 problem when changing 'spelllang'. There is no obvious way to fix this.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003880- Considering Hunspell 1.1.4:
3881 What does MAXNGRAMSUGS do?
3882 Is COMPLEXPREFIXES necessary when we have flags for affixes?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003883- Support spelling words in CamelCase as if they were two separate words.
3884 Requires some option to enable it. (Timothy Knox)
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01003885- There is no Finnish spell checking file. For openoffice Voikko is now
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003886 used, which is based on Malaga: http://home.arcor.de/bjoern-beutel/malaga/
3887 (Teemu Likonen)
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +000038888 ":mkspell" still takes much too long in Hungarian dictionary from
3889 hunspell. Only solution appears to be to postpone secondary suffixes.
38908 Handle postponed prefix with COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG or COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG.
3891 WFP_COMPPERMIT and WFP_COMPFORBID
38928 implement use of <compoptions> in .spl file:
3893 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDREP: when a compound word seems to be OK apply REP
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003894 items and check if the result is a valid word.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003895 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP
3896 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE
3897 Add CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE: when compounding make leading capital lower case.
3898 How is it supposed to work?
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003899- Add a command the repeats ]s and z=, showing the misspelled word in its
3900 context. Thus to spell-check a whole file.
Bram Moolenaar261bfea2006-03-01 22:12:31 +00003901- suggestion for "KG" to "kg" when it's keepcase.
Bram Moolenaar7b89edc2006-04-06 20:21:51 +00003902- For flags on affixes: Use a "AFFCOMPSET" flag; means the compound flags of
3903 the word are not used.
Bram Moolenaardb552d602006-03-23 22:59:57 +00003904- Support breakpoint character ? 0xb7 and ignore it? Makes it possible to
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003905 use same wordlist for hyphenation.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003906- Compound word is accepted if nr of words is <= COMPOUNDWORDMAX OR nr of
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003907 syllables <= COMPOUNDSYLMAX. Specify using AND in the affix file?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003908- NEEDCOMPOUND also used for affix? Or is this called ONLYINCOMPOUND now?
3909 Or is ONLYINCOMPOUND only for inside a compound, not at start or end?
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003910- Do we need a flag for the rule that when compounding is done the following
3911 word doesn't have a capital after a word character, even for Onecap words?
3912- New hunspell home page: http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar69e0ff92005-09-30 21:23:56 +00003913 - Version 1.1.0 is out now, look into that.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003914 - Lots of code depends on LANG, that isn't right. Enable each mechanism
3915 in the affix file separately.
3916 - Example with compounding dash is bad, gets in the way of setting
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003917 COMPOUNDMIN and COMPOUNDWORDMAX to a reasonable value.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003918 - PSEUDOROOT == NEEDAFFIX
3919 - COMPOUNDROOT -> COMPOUNDED? For a word that already is a compound word
3920 Or use COMPOUNDED2, COMPOUNDED3, etc.
3921- CIRCUMFIX: when a word uses a prefix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag, then
3922 the word must also have a suffix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag. It's a
3923 bit primitive, since only one flag is used, which doesn't allow matching
3924 specific prefixes with suffixes.
3925 Alternative:
3926 PSFX {flag} {pchop} {padd} {pcond} {schop} {sadd}[/flags] {scond}
3927 We might not need this at all, you can use the NEEDAFFIX flag and the
3928 affix which is required.
3929- When a suffix has more than one syllable, it may count as a word for
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003930 COMPOUNDWORDMAX.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003931- Add flags to count extra syllables in a word. SYLLABLEADD1 SYLLABLEADD2,
3932 etc.? Or make it possible to specify the syllable count of a word
3933 directly, e.g., after another slash: /abc/3
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003934- MORPHO item in affix file: ignore TAB and morphological field after
3935 word/flags and affix.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003936- Implement multiple flags for compound words and CMP item?
3937 Await comments from other spell checking authors.
3938- Also see tklspell: http://tkltrans.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000039398 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
3940 syntax items (to add @Spell).
3941 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
3942 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003943- References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
3944 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
3945 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
3946 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000039478 It is currently not possible to mark "can not" as rare, because "can" and
3948 "not" are good words. Find a way to let "rare" overrule "good"?
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000039498 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
39508 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
3951 use of words with a dash.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000039527 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
39538 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
3954 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
3955 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
3956 in English, strings in German (po file).
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003957
3958
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003959Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +020039609 When making small changes, e.g. deleting a character, update the diff.
3961 Possibly without running diff.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +020039628 Also show difference with the file when editing started? Should show what
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00003963 can be undone. (Tom Popovich)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003964
3965Folding:
Bram Moolenaarbba577a2005-11-28 23:05:55 +00003966 (commands still available: zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zy zY;
3967 secondary: zB zS zT zZ, z=)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000039688 Vertical folds: looks like vertically split windows, but the cursor moves
3969 through the vertical separator, separator moves when scrolling.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000039708 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039718 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
3972 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
3973 user aware of this?
39748 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
3975 commands skip over a closed fold.
39768 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
39778 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039787 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00003979- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
3980 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
3981 missing line goes unnoticed.
3982 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003983- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
3984 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
3985 smoother?
3986- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
3987 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003988- When currently editing the first file in the argument list the session
3989 file can contain:
3990 args version.c main.c
3991 edit version.c
3992 Can editing version.c twice be avoided?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003993- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003994- "zuf": undo change in manual fold. "zUf" redo change in manual fold. How
3995 to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003996- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
3997 cursor.
Bram Moolenaar3517bb12006-03-03 22:58:45 +00003998- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3" argument: set fold level for a region or
3999 match.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004000- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004001
4002Multi-byte characters:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004003- When editing a file with both utf-8 and latin1 text Vim always falls back
4004 to latin1. Add a command to convert the latin1 characters to utf-8?
4005 :unmix utf-8,latin1 filename
4006 Would only work when 'encoding' is utf-8.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040079 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
4008 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
4009 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
4010 byte).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020040119 'fenc' in modeline problem: add option to reload the file when 'fenc' is
4012 set to a different value in a modeline? Option can be default on. Could
4013 it be done with an autocommand?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040148 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
4015 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
4016 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
4017 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
4018 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
4019 item.
40208 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004021 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
4022 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040238 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
4024 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00004025 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
Bram Moolenaar46c9c732004-12-12 11:37:09 +00004026 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040278 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
4028 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000040298 When filtering changes the encoding 'fileencoding' may not work. E.g.,
4030 when using xxd and 'fileencoding' is "utf-16". Add an option to set a
4031 different fileencoding for filter output?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040327 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
4033 so that the user can fix the problem.
40348 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
4035 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040369 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
40378 Should add test for using various commands with multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040388 'infercase' doesn't work with multi-byte characters.
40398 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000040407 Searching and composing characters:
4041 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004042 Add a special item to match with a composing character, so that composing
4043 characters can be manipulated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040448 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
40458 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
40468 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multi-byte
4047 characters.
40488 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
40498 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
4050 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
40517 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
4052 'display' option to specify this.
40537 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
4054 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
4055- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
4056 fontselector somehow.
4057- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
4058 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
4059- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
4060 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
4061- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
4062 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
4063 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
4064 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
4065 if a font exists?
4066- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004067 convert_input() for Mac GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004068- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
4069 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00004070- Make 'breakat' accept multi-byte characters. Problem: can't use a lookup
4071 table anymore (breakat_flags[]).
4072 Simplistic solution: when 'formatoptions' contains "m" also break a line
4073 at a multi-byte character >= 0x100.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004074- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
4075 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02004076 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":amap" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004077- When breaking a line, take properties of multi-byte characters into
4078 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
4079 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
4080 But it's very complicated...
4081
4082
4083Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000040847 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004085- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
4086- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
4087 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00004088- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
4089 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004090- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
4091- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
4092 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004093- PostScript: Only works for text that can be converted to an 8-bit
4094 character set. How to support Unicode fully?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004095- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
4096 units as for the margins.
4097- Support right-to-left text?
40988 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
4099 color.
4100
4101
4102Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041038 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
4104 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
41058 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
4106 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
41078 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
4108 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +000041097 Add a "startgroup" to a region. Used like "nextgroup" inside the region,
4110 preferred item at the start of the region. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041118 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
4112 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
4113 ":wq file".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000041147 For "nextgroup" we have skipwhite, skipnl and skipempty. It would be
4115 really nice to be able to skip with a pattern. Or skip with a syntax
4116 group. (Nikolai Weibull, 2007 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041178 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
41189 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
4119 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041207 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
4121 Search highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar17be7e62006-03-12 22:13:45 +000041227 When 'number' is set highlight the number of the current line.
4123 Must be enabled with an option, because it slows down display updating.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041248 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
4125 change this for each release.
41268 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
4127 pattern, but not in the body.
41288 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
4129 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
4130 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041318 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +010041328 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword', they should use "syn iskeyword".
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004133 Also need a separate 'iskeyword' for the command line, e.g., in a help
4134 window ":e /asdf/asdf/" CTRL-W works different.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041358 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
4136 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
41378 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
4138 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00004139 Option for the matchparen plugin?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041408 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
4141 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
4142 used.
41438 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
4144 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
41458 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
4146 re-insert the [] if possible.
41478 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
4148 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000041498 It would be useful to make the highlight group name an expression. Then
4150 when there is a match, the expression would be evaluated to find out what
4151 highlight group to use. Could be used to check if the shell used in a
4152 password file appears in /etc/shells. (Nikolai Weibull)
4153 syn match =s:checkShell(v:match) contained 'pattern'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041548 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
4155 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
41568 Support for deleting syntax items:
4157 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
4158 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
4159 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
41608 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
4161 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
4162 a '<'. (Fleiner)
41637 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
4164 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
4165 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
41667 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
4167 detected.
41688 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004169 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041708 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
4171 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041728 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
41738 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
41747 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
4175 ":mkvimrc".
41768 Improve c.vim:
4177 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
4178 "c_strict_ansi".
4179 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
41808 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
4181 current line while in Insert mode.
41828 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
4183 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
41848 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
4185 display position.
41868 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
4187 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
4188 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
41898 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
4190 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
4191 highlighting starts.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000041927 It's possible for an item to be transparent, so that the colors of an item
4193 lower on the stack is used. Also do this with highlighting, so that the
4194 user can set transparent highlighting? E.g. a number in a C comment would
4195 get the color of a comment, a number in an assignment Normal. (Nikolai
4196 Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041977 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
4198 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
4199 E.g. for this html:
4200 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042017 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
42027 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
4203 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042048 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
42058 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042067 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
4207 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
4208 completion?
42098 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
4210 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
42117 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
4212 select one of the sets.
42138 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
4214 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
4215 2, etc.
42168 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
4217 highlighting (for "." command).
42188 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
4219 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
42208 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
42217 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
4222 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
42236 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
4224 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
4225- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
4226 when extending an already existing syntax file.
4227- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004228- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
4229 (for comment blocks).
4230- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
4231 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
4232 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
4233 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
4234 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
4235 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
4236 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
4237 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
4238 (Campbell)
4239 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
4240 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
42417 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
4242 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
42437 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
4244 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
4245 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
42467 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
4247 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
4248 messages. And external commands?
42498 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
4250 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
42517 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
4252 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
4253
4254
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01004255Vim script language:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000042568 Make the filename and line number available to script functions, so that
4257 they can give useful debugging info. The whole call stack would be ideal.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02004258 At least use this for error messages.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000042597 Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
4260 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
4261 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042628 Add referring to key options with "&t_xx". Both for "echo &t_xx" and
4263 ":let &t_xx =". Useful for making portable mappings.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004264- Add ":let var ?= value", conditional assignment. Patch by Dave Eggum,
4265 2006 Dec 11.
4266- range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaarc5604bc2010-07-17 15:20:30 +020042678 ":{range}source": source the lines from the current file.
4268 You can already yank lines and use :@" to execute them.
4269 Most of do_source() would not be used, need a new function.
4270 It's easy when not doing breakpoints or profiling.
4271 Requires copying the lines into a list and then creating a function to
4272 execute lines from the list. Similar to getnextac().
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000042737 ":include" command: just like ":source" but doesn't start a new scriptID?
4274 Will be tricky for the list of script names.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042758 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +010042768 Have a prefix for a function to make it unique. When using packages it
4277 can be the plugin name.
4278 Perhaps also have a way to remove everything that the package added?
4279 including autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042807 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode.
4281 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
4282 has('bytecode')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
4283 supports it. Update the code with a command, can be used in an
4284 autocommand.
4285 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
4286 .vim file. Problem: distribution.
4287 3. Use a cache directory for each user. How to recognize which cached
4288 file belongs to a sourced script?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042897 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
4290 signs and/or 'number'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000042916 Add ++ and -- operators? They only work on variables (lvals), how to
4292 implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042938 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004294 has(":command") Check if ":command" works. compare function
4295 with "ex_ni". E.g. for ":simalt".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004296 escape() Add argument to specify what to escape with.
4297 modestack() Instead of just the current mode return the
4298 stack of Insert / CTRL-O / :normal things.
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00004299 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
4300 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
4301 3 2002
4302 Only add this when also implemented for
4303 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
4304 be used.
4305 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00004306 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
4307 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
4308 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
4309 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
4310 File.Open..." argument.
4311 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
4312 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
4313 with properties instead.
4314 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
4315 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
4316 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004317 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004318 crypt() encrypt string
4319 decrypt() decrypt string
4320 base64enc() base 64 encoding
4321 base64dec() base 64 decoding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004322 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004323 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004324 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004325 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004326 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004327 typed() return the characters typed and consumed (to
4328 find out what happened)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004329 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
4330 Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004331 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004332 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
4333 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
4334 to allow the library to execute a command or
4335 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043367 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
4337 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
43388 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
4339 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000043408 Pass the command line arguments to Vim scripts in some way. As v:args
4341 List? Or extra parameter to argv()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043428 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +020043439 Add optional arguments to user functions:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004344 :func myFunc(arg1, arg2, arg3 = "blah", arg4 = 17)
43456 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000043468 For Strings add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var"
4347 just ignore.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043488 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
4349 option or environment variable.
43508 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000043518 ":let Func().foo = value" should work, also when "foo" doesn't exist.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004352 Also: ":let Func()[foo] = value" should work. Same for a List.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000043537 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the syntax stack
4354 available as a List.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043558 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
4356 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
43578 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
43588 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
4359 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
4360 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
4361 charwise({expr}).
43627 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
4363 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
4364 buffer for this?
4365 result = scratch(string, command)
4366 result = apply(string, command)
4367 result = execute(string, command)
4368 "command" would use <> notation.
4369 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
43707 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004371
4372
4373Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000043746 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
4375 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
4376 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
4377 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
4378 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
4379 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
4380 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004381
4382
4383Performance:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000043847 For string variables up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list
4385 itself as a character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020043867 Add 'lazysize' option: Above this size Vim doesn't load everything before
4387 starting to edit a file. Things like 'fileencodings' only work up to this
4388 size, modelines only work at the top. Useful for large log files where
4389 you only want to look at the first few pages. Use zero to disable it.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000043908 move_lines() copies every line into allocated memory, making reloading a
4391 buffer a lot slower than re-editing the file. Can the memline be locked
4392 so that we don't need to make a copy? Or avoid invoking ml_updatechunk(),
4393 that is taking a lot of time. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008 Jul 7)
Bram Moolenaard04b7502010-07-08 22:27:55 +02004394 With a patch, but does it work?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043958 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
43969 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
43978 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
43987 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
4399 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
44008 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
4401 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
4402 when starting up in a color terminal.
44038 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
4404 Win16.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044058 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
4406 function be improved?
44078 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
4408 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
4409 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
4410 this be improved?
44118 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
4412 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000044137 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
4414 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044157 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
4416 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
44177 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
4418 lot of abbreviations).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044197 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
4420 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
4421 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
4422 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
4423 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
4424 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
4425 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044268 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
4427 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
4428 using strcmp() too often?
44297 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
4430 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
4431 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
4432 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
4433 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
4434 the two blocks to the memfile block.
44357 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
4436 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
4437 with an argument that can be messed with.
4438 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
4439 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
44407 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
4441- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
44428 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
4443 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
4444- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
4445 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
4446- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
4447- Do profiling on:
4448 - :g/pat/normal cmd
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004449 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
4450 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
4451 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
4452 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
4453 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
4454 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004455 - editing a Vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044567 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
4457 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
4458 changed).
4459 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
4460 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
4461- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
4462- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
4463 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
4464- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
4465 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
4466 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004467- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
4468- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
4469 cursor is right of the screen.
44708 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
4471 CTRL-C (it's slow).
4472
4473
4474Code size:
44758 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
4476- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
4477 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
44788 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
44798 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
4480 it.
44817 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
4482 left out.
44838 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
4484 can be removed.
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +010044858 Can the check for libelf in configure.ac be removed?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004486
4487
4488Messages:
44898 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
4490 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
44918 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
4492 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
44938 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
4494 script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004495- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
4496 Perhaps after ten seconds?
4497- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000044988 When reading from stdin allow suppressing the "reading from stdin"
4499 message.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045009 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
4501 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
4502 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
4503 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
4504 redrawing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045058 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
4506 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
45078 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
4508 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
4509 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
4510 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
4511 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
4512 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004513- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004514 Sleep before second message?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045158 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
4516 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
4517 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
4518 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
4519 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
4520 error messages, printing text, etc.
45218 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
4522 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
4523 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
4524
4525
4526Screen updating:
45277 Add a string to the 'display' option to make CTRL-E and CTRL-Y scroll one
4528 screen line, also if this means the first line doesn't start with the
4529 first character (like what happens with a single line that doesn't fit).
4530- screen_line():
4531 - insert/delete character stuff.
4532 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
4533- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
4534 dragging the status line with the mouse).
4535- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
4536 waiting for a character.
45378 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
4538 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
4539 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004540
4541Scrolling:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +020045428 Add "zy" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045436 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
4544- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
4545 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
4546 windows.
45477 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
4548 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
4549 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
4550- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
4551 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
4552 (Goldfarb)
4553- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
4554 bound windows.
4555- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
4556 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00004557- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004558- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
4559 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
4560 of lines but not with a single line).
4561
4562
4563Autoconf:
45648 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
45658 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
4566 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
4567- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
4568 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
4569- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
4570- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
4571- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
4572
4573
4574Perl interface:
45758 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045767 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
45777 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
45786 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
4579
4580
4581Shared libraries:
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +020045828 libcall() can keep the library around instead of always calling dlclose().
4583 (Jason Felice, 2018 Mar 20)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045846 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
4585 :libload internal-name libname
4586 :libunload internal-name
4587 :liblist
4588 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4589 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4590 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
45916 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
4592
4593
4594Tags:
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +000045959 With ":set tags=./tags,../tags" and a tag appears in both tags files it is
4596 added twice. Requires figuring out the actual file name for each found
4597 match. Remove tag_fname from the match and combine it with the fname in
4598 the match (without expanding or other things that take time). When
4599 'tagrelative' is off tag_fname isn't needed at all.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000046008 For 'tags' wildcard in the file name is not supported, only in the path.
4601 This is due to it using |file-searching|. Suboptimal solution would be to
4602 make the filename or the whole option use |wildcards| globing, better
Bram Moolenaarf91787c2010-07-17 12:47:16 +02004603 would be to merge the 2 kinds of globing. originally (Erik Falor, 2008
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004604 April 18), updated (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000046057 Can CTRL-] (jump to tag) include a following "." and "->" to restrict the
4606 number of possible matches? Check tags file for an item that has members.
4607 (Flemming Madsen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046088 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
46098 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
4610 to type the tag number directly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046117 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
4612 window for each tag.
46137 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
46147 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
4615 bottom" search message.
46167 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
4617 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
4618 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00004619- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
4620- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004621- Add functions to save and restore the tag stack? Or a command to switch
4622 to another tag stack? So that you can do something else and come back to
4623 what you were working on.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046247 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
4625 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
4626 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
4627 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
46287 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
4629 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
4630 :tagargs clear
4631 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
4632 matching).
46337 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
4634 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
4635 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
4636 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
46377 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
4638 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
46397 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
4640 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
4641 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004642
4643
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004644Win32 GUI:
46458 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
4646 the message and input?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046477 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
4648 (Mike McCollister)
46498 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
4650 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
4651 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
4652 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
4653 common part of the path.
46548 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
46558 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
4656 gettext and menus work.
46578 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
4658 return in every console.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02004659 Also: Look at how Emacs does run external commands:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004660 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
46618 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
4662 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
46638 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
4664 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
46657 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
4666 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
46677 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
46687 <Esc> should close a dialog.
46697 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
4670 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
4671 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
4672 prompts.
46737 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
4674 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
4675 the file added into an already running Vim.
46767 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
4677 functions to find the window title.
4678
4679
4680GUI:
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020046818 Make inputdialog() work for Photon, Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004682- <C--> cannot be mapped. Should be possible to recognize this as a
4683 normal "-" with the Ctrl modifier.
46847 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
46858 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
46866 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
46878 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
4688 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
46899 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
46907 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
46918 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
4692 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
46938 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
4694 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
4695 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
46968 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
4697 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
46988 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
4699 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
4700 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
4701 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047027 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
47038 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
4704 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000047057 Add some code to handle proportional fonts on more systems? Need to draw
4706 each character separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font
4707 is not exactly double-width. (Maeda)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047088 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
47098 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00004710 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047118 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
47128 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
47138 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
4714 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
4715 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
47167 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
4717 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
4718 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
47197 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
4720 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
47217 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
4722 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
4723 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
4724 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047257 Should support multi-column menus.
4726- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
4727 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
4728- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
47298 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
47306 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
4731 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
47327 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
47337 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
4734 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
4735 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
47367 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
47378 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
4738 name can be chosen free.
47397 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
4740 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
47416 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
4742 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
4743 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
4744 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
4745 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
4746 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
4747 things.
47487 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
4749 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047507 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004751 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004752- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
4753 where it was started from?
47547 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
4755
4756
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004757Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020047589 Rework the code from FEAT_OSFILETYPE for autocmd-osfiletypes to use
4759 'filetype'. Only for when the current buffer is known.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004760- Put autocommand event names in a hashtable for faster lookup?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010047618 When the SwapExists event is triggered, provide information about the
4762 swap file, e.g., whether the process is running, file was modified, etc.
4763 Must be possible to check the situation that it's probably OK to delete
4764 the swap file. (Marc Merlin)
47658 When all the patterns for an event are "*" there is no need to expand
4766 buffer names to a full path. This can be slow for NFS.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000047677 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
4768 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
4769 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
4770 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000047717 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000047728 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
4773 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047748 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
4775 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
4776 difficult).
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000047777 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that the
4778 user can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the
4779 kind of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047808 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
4781 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
4782 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000047838 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
4784 And anything else? Add a command to save and restore these things.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047858 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047866 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
4787 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000047887 When trying to open a directory, trigger an OpenDirectory event.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047897 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004790 <x> for executable, etc. With commas to separate alternatives. The
4791 autocommand is only executed when both the file type AND the file pattern
4792 match. (Leonard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047935 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
4794 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
4795 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
47967 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
4797 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
4798 file.
47998 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
4800 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
4801 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004802- Add events to autocommands:
4803 Error - When an error happens
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +02004804 ModeChange - after changing mode (before waiting for a char)
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004805 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
4806 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004807 CursorHoldC - CursorHold while command-line editing
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00004808 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004809 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
4810 PreDirChanged/PostDirChanged
4811 - Before/after ":cd" has been used (for changing the
4812 window title)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004813 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004814 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
4815 the char.
4816 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
4817 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
4818 file from CVS).
4819 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
4820 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
4821 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
4822 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
4823 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
4824 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004825 ViewChanged - triggered when the text scrolls and when the window size
4826 changes.
4827 WinResized - After a window has been resized
4828 WinClose - Just before closing a window
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00004829- Write the file now and then ('autosave'):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004830 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004831 'autosave' 'as' number (default 0)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004832 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
4833 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
4834 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
4835 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
4836 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
4837
4838
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004839Omni completion:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004840- Add a flag to 'complete' to be able to do omni completion with CTRL-N (and
4841 mix it with other kinds of completion).
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004842- Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
4843 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
4844 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
4845 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
4846 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004847- Ideas from others:
4848 http://www.wholetomato.com/
4849 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
4850 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
4851 or http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
4852 Java, XML, HTML, C++, JSP, SQL, C#
4853 MS-Windows only, lots of dependencies (e.g. Perl, Internet
4854 explorer), uses .dll shared libraries.
4855 For C++ uses $INCLUDE environment var.
4856 Uses Perl for C++.
4857 Uses ctags to find the info:
4858 ctags -f $allTagsFile --fields=+aiKmnsSz --language-force=C++ --C++-kinds=+cefgmnpsut-dlux -u $files
4859 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
4860 IComplete: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1265
4861 and http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0125672/icomplete/
4862 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
4863 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02004864 Emacs: http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004865 Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
4866- Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
4867
4868
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004869Insert mode completion/expansion:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004870- GUI implementation of the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +000048717 When searching in other files the name flash by, too fast to read. Only
4872 display a name every second or so, like with ":vimgrep".
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000048737 When expanding file names with an environment variable, add the match with
4874 the unexpanded var. So $HOME/tm expands to "/home/guy/tmp" and
4875 "$HOME/tmp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048768 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
4877 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
48789 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
4879 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
4880 (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048818 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
4882 - ignore/match case
4883 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000048848 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
4885 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
4886 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
4887 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
4888 Alternative: Use a pattern so that start and end of a keyword can be
4889 defined, only allow dash in the middle, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048908 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000048917 Completion of an abbreviation: Can leave letters out, like what Instant
4892 text does: www.textware.com
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048938 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
4894 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
4895 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
4896 Should work for C++ and Java.
4897 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
48987 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
48997 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
4900 instead of words.
49018 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
49028 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
4903 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
49048 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
4905 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004906- Add a flag to 'complete' to only scan local header files, not system
4907 header files. (Andri Moell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004908- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
4909 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
4910 wildcards in the file name)?
4911- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
4912- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
4913- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
4914 be in another file).
4915- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
4916- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
4917- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
4918 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
4919- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
4920- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
4921- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004922- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
4923
4924
4925Command line editing:
49267 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
4927 line.
49288 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
4929 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
4930 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
4931- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
4932 lines wraps to start of line).
4933- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
4934 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
4935 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
4936 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
4937 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
4938 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
4939 cmdwin does now already.
4940 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
4941 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
4942 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
4943 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
4944 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
4945 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
4946 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
4947 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
4948 Problems:
4949 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
4950 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
4951 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
4952 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
4953 - Normal: no ":" commands?
4954 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
4955 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
4956 character in first column?
4957 - Implementation ideas:
4958 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
4959 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
4960 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
4961 - sync undo after entering a command line?
4962 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
4963 Mode.
4964
4965
4966Command line completion:
49678 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
49688 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
4969 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
49708 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
4971 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000049728 Add an option to ignore case when doing interactive completion. So that
4973 ":e file<Tab>" also lists "Filelist" (sorted after matching case matches).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049747 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
4975 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004976- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
4977- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
4978 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049798 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
4980 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
49817 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
4982 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
4983- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
4984 identifiers (Webb).
49858 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
4986 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
49877 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
4988 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
4989- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
4990 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
4991- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
4992 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
4993 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004994
4995
4996Command line history:
4997- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
4998 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
4999 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01005000 completely result from one mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005001- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
5002 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
5003
5004
5005Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000050069 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
5007 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
5008 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050098 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
5010 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
5011 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
5012 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
5013 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000050148 When using CTRL-G CTRL-O do like CTRL-\ CTRL-O, but when returning with
5015 the cursor in the same position and the text didn't change continue the
5016 same change, so that "." repeats the whole insert.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050177 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
5018 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00005019- Make 'revins' work in Replace mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050207 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
5021 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
5022- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
5023 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
5024 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
5025 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
5026 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
5027 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
5028- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
5029 Normal mode.
5030- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
5031 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
5032 are used.
5033- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
5034- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
5035- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
5036
5037
5038'cindent', 'smartindent':
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010050399 Wrapping a variable initialization should have extra indent:
5040 char * veryLongName =
5041 "very long string"
5042 Also check if "cino=+10" is used correctly.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000050438 Lisp indenting: "\\" confuses the indenter. (Dorai Sitaram, 2006 May 17)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000050448 Why are continuation lines outside of a {} block not indented? E.g.:
5045 long_type foo =
5046 value;
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050478 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
5048 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00005049 Problem of using {} inside (), 'cindent' doesn't work then.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050508 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
5051 func(
5052 new String[] {
5053 "asdf",
5054 "asdf"
5055 }
5056 );
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010050578 In C++ a function isn't recognized inside a namespace:
5058 (Chow Loong Jin)
5059 namespace {
5060 int
5061 func(int arg) {
5062 }
5063 }
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000050646 Add 'cino' flag for this function argument layout: (Spencer Collyer)
5065 func( arg1
5066 , arg2
5067 , arg3
5068 );
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +000050697 Add separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005070 func(
5071 int x) // indent like "(4"
5072 {
5073 if (a
5074 && b) // indent like "(0"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050759 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
5076 if (a)
5077 {
5078 if (b)
5079 {
5080 // {
5081 }
5082 } <-- this is indented incorrect
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +00005083 Problem is that find_start_brace() checks for the matching brace to be in
5084 a comment, but not braces in between. Requires adding a comment check to
5085 findmatchlimit().
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005086- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005087 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
50887 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
5089- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
5090 line).
5091- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
5092- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
5093 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005094- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
5095 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
5096- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
5097 code), unless the line starts with "*".
5098- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
5099- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
5100 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
51018 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
5102 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
5103 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
5104- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
5105- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
5106 lines start with "\item".
5107- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
5108 /* here is a comment that
5109 is just autoindented, and
5110 nothing else */
5111- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
51127 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
5113 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
5114 indents.
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01005115 Patch by Lech Lorens, 2010 Mar. Update by James McCoy, 2014 Mar 15.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005116
5117
5118Java:
51198 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
5120 Odendahl?
51218 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
5122 "[i" commands and friends.
5123- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
5124 (Jason)
5125- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
5126 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
5127
5128
5129'comments':
51308 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
5131 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
5132 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
5133 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00005134 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
5135 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051367 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
5137 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
51387 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
51396 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
5140 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
5141 regexp is used.
51428 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
5143 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
5144
5145
5146Virtual edit:
51478 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051487 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
5149
5150
5151Text objects:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051528 Add text object for fold, so that it can be yanked when it's open.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051538 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000051548 Add text object for part of a CamelHumpedWord and under_scored_word.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00005155 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000051568 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multi-byte
5157 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00005158 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
5159 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000051608 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multi-byte ones.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051618 Add a way to make an ":omap" for a user-defined text object. Requires
5162 changing the starting position in oap->start.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051638 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
5164 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
5165 the end of the line or before a ".".
51667 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
5167 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
51687 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
5169 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051706 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
51715 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
5172 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
5173 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
5174 cursor is on.
5175
5176
5177Select mode:
51788 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
5179 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
51807 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02005181 See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_Alt-Mouse_to_select_blockwise.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051827 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
5183 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
5184 contains 'C' or 'A'.
5185 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
5186 normal_cmd().
5187 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
5188 - Typing text replaces the selection.
5189
5190
5191Visual mode:
Bram Moolenaar3b1db362013-08-10 15:00:24 +020051928 Support using "." in Visual mode. Use the operator applied to the Visual
5193 selection, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005194- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
5195 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
5196 is in the top line.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00005197- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
5198 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenful, also count the
5199 characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052008 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00005201 text. Make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005202 where needed.
52037 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
5204 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
52057 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
5206 of each selected line.
52078 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
52088 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
5209 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
5210 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
52118 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
5212 Ben Godfrey)
52137 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
5214 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
52157 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
5216 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052177 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005218 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005219 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
52208 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
5221 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
52227 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
5223 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
5224 option!
52257 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
5226 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
5227 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
5228 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
5229 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
5230 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
5231 without changing the column.
52326 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052337 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
5234 current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052356 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
5236 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
52376 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052386 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005239 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005240 or other special character.
52416 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
5242
5243
5244More advanced repeating commands:
5245- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02005246- Add command to repeat last movement. Including count.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005247- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005248 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
5249 "y." will repeat last yank.
5250 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
5251 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
5252 and/or pick an older command.
5253- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
5254
5255
5256Mappings and Abbreviations:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052578 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
5258 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
5259 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
52608 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
52617 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
5262 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052638 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
5264 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
52658 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +000052667 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052678 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
5268 entering search strings.
52698 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
5270 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
5271 not the <Space>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052728 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
5273 (?) work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052747 Add <0x8f> (hex), <033> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052757 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
5276 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052776 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
5278 abbreviations are to be used.
5279- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
5280 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
5281 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00005282- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
5283 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
5284 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
5285 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
5286 Or implicit:
5287 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005288- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
5289 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
5290 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005291- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
5292 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
5293- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
5294 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
52956 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
5296 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
5297 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
5298 hit another character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005299- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
5300 non-replace Insert mode?
5301- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005302- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
5303- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
5304 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
5305- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005306 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005307- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
5308 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
5309- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
5310- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
5311 ":freekeys".
5312- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
5313
5314
5315Incsearch:
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02005316- Wrong scrolling when using incsearch. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2014
5317 Dec 4. Is this a good solution?
5318- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
5319 folds when going to another line.
5320 Patch to open folds for 'incsearch'. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan 6)
5321- Bug with 'incsearch' going to wrong line. (Wolfram Kresse, 2009 Aug 17)
5322 Only with "vim -u NONE".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005323- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
5324 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
5325 up every time.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005326- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
5327 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
5328 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
5329 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020053309 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
5331 isn't updated).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005332
5333
5334Searching:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010053359 Should have an option for :vimgrep to find lines without a match.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000053368 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00005337 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005338 The vis.vim script has a ":S" command that does something like this.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005339 Can use "g/" in Normal mode, uses the '< to '> area.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005340 Use "&/" for searching the text in the Visual area?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010053419 Add "v" offset: "/pat/v": search for pattern and start Visual mode on the
5342 matching text.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010053438 Add a modifier to interpret a space like "\_s\+" to make it much easier to
5344 search for a phrase.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000053458 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
5346 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
5347 Perl does it this way:
5348 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
5349 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
5350 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
5351 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000053528 Show the progress every second. Could use the code that checks for CTRL-C
5353 to find out how much time has passed. Or use SIGALRM. Where to show the
5354 number?
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +000053557 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
5356 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000053578 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
5358 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000053597 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005360 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
5361 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
5362 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000053637 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005364 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for end offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053657 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
5366 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053678 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
5368 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
53698 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
5370 line.
Bram Moolenaar7db8f6f2016-03-29 23:12:46 +020053717 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use matchit.vim as an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005372 example.
53738 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
5374 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
5375- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
5376 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
5377 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
5378 Alternative: use matchit.vim
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053798 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
5380 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
5381 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
53827 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
5383 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000053847 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
5385 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053868 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
5387 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000053888 When 'iskeyword' is changed the matches from 'hlsearch' may change. (Benji
5389 Fisher) redraw if some options are set while 'hlsearch' is set?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053908 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
5391 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
5392 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
5393 search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005394- Make 'hlsearch' a local/global option, so that it can be disabled in some
5395 of the windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005396- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
5397 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
5398- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
5399 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
5400 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
5401 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054028 Add a way to access the last substitute text, what is used for ":s//~/".
5403 Can't use the ~ register, it's already used for drag & drop.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005404- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
5405 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054068 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
5407 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
5408 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005409- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
5410 i ignore case
5411 I use case
5412 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
5413 v use Vi regexp syntax
5414 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
5415 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
5416 Perl uses these too:
5417 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
5418 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
5419 o compile only once (Perl only)
5420 s single line expression (we don't need it)
5421 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
5422 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
5423 following command.
5424 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
5425- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
5426 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
5427 for search string)?
54287 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
5429 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
5430- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
5431 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
5432- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
5433 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
5434- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
5435- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005436 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005437 a for the next file in the argument list
5438 f for file in the buffer list
5439 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005440 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
5441 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005442 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
5443 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
5444- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054457 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005446 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054477 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
5448 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
5449 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
5450 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
54516 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
5452 effects.
54537 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
5454 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
5455 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000054567 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005457 Also ":dselect".
5458
5459
5460Undo:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010054619 ":gundo" command: global undo. Undoes changes spread over multiple files
5462 in the order they were made. Also ":gredo". Both with a count. Useful
5463 when tests fail after making changes and you forgot in which files.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054649 After undo/redo, in the message show whether the buffer is modified or
5465 not.
Bram Moolenaard43848c2010-07-14 14:28:26 +020054668 Search for pattern in undo tree, showing when it happened and the text
5467 state, so that you can jump to it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000054688 Undo tree: visually show the tree somehow (Damian Conway)
5469 Show only the leaves, indicating how many changed from the branch and the
5470 timestamp?
5471 Put branch with most recent change on the left, older changes get more
5472 indent?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00005473- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
5474 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005475- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
5476 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
5477 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
54788 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
5479 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
5480 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
5481 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
54828 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
5483 only remember the lines that really changed.
54847 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
5485 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
5486 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
5487 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005488- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
5489 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
5490- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
5491 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
5492- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
5493 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
5494 [-99].
5495- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
5496- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005497- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
5498 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
5499
5500
5501Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055027 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
5503 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
5504 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
5505 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
55068 Add File.{recent_files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
5507 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
55088 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
5509 inode too.
55107 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005511 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
5512 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055137 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
5514 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
5515- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
5516 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
5517- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
5518 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
55197 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
5520 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
55217 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
5522 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
55238 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055247 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
5525 internal use and for when executing an external program?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010055268 Some file systems are case-sensitive, some are not. Besides
5527 'wildignorecase' there might be more parts inside
5528 CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME that are useful on Unix.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005529
5530
5531Swap (.swp) files:
55328 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
5533 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
5534 there are short file name problems.
55358 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
5536 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
55378 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
55388 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005539 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005540 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
5541 file the same as the actual file?
5542 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055437 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
5544 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
55457 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005546 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005547 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
5548 enough room.
55497 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
5550 or /var/preserve.
5551- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
5552 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
5553- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
Bram Moolenaar7f2e9d72017-11-11 20:58:53 +01005554 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskbackup' and 'umaskswap'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005555- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
5556 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
5557 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
5558 cached list of which line is where.
5559
5560
5561Viminfo:
55627 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
5563 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
5564 else's viminfo file.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000055658 When there is no .viminfo file and someone does "su", runs Vim, a
5566 root-owned .viminfo file is created. Is there a good way to avoid this?
5567 Perhaps check the owner of the directory. Only when root?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055688 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
5569 name. (Schild)
55708 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
55718 Remember the last used register for "@@".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000055728 Remember the redo buffer, so that "." works after restarting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055738 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
5574 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
5575 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
5576 this?
55777 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
55787 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
5579 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
55806 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
5581 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
5582 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
5583- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
5584 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
5585
5586
5587Modelines:
55888 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
5589 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
5590 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005591- Add an option to whitelist options that are allowed in a modeline. This
5592 would allow careful users to use modelines, e.g., only allowing
5593 'shiftwidth'.
5594- Add an option to let modelines only set local options, not global ones
5595 such as 'encoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005596- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
5597 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
5598 modeline setting.
5599- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
5600 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
5601- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
5602 .cpp files.
5603- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
5604 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
5605- Add option setting to ask user if he wants to have the modelines executed
5606 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
5607
5608
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005609Sessions:
56108 DOS/Windows: ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means
5611 directory "#bb" in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
56127 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
5613 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056148 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
5615 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056168 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
5617 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
5618 default value.
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000056197 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
5620 Malecki)
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +000056217 Persistent variables: "p:var"; stored in viminfo file and sessions files.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00005622
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005623
5624Options:
56257 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
5626 restore it after the command has executed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056278 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
5628 options that are a comma separated list. The old number values should
5629 also be supported.
56308 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
5631 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
5632 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
56337 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005634
5635
5636External commands:
56378 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
5638 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
56394 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
5640 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
5641 -f).
56424 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
56434 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
5644 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
56454 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
5646
5647
5648Multiple Windows:
56497 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
56508 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
5651 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
56527 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
5653 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
5654 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000056557 Make it possible to edit a new buffer in the preview window. A script can
5656 then fill it with something. ":popen"?
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +000056577 Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be
5658 several. Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056596 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
5660 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005661 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005662 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
56637 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
5664 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
5665 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
5666 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
5667- Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
5668 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
5669 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
5670 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
5671
5672
5673Marks:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000056748 Add ten marks for last changed files: ':0, ':1, etc. One mark per file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056758 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
5676 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000056778 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 +000056788 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
5679 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
56808 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
5681 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
5682 the mark was set.
56837 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
5684 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
5685 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
5686 ":browse marks"?
56876 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056887 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
5689 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
56907 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
5691 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
56927 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
5693 command).
56947 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
5695 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
5696 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
5697 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
56985 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
5699 mappings.
57006 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
5701 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
5702 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
5703
5704
5705Digraphs:
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020057067 Make "ga" show the keymap for a character, if it exists.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02005707 Also show the code of the character after conversion to 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005708- Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
5709 characters?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000057108 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057117 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
5712 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
5713
5714
5715Writing files:
5716- In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
5717 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
5718 shortname conversion.
57198 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
57208 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
5721 file.
57228 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
5723 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
5724 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057256 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
5726 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
57276 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
5728 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
57296 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
5730 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000057318 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005732 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
57337 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
5734 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
57357 When editing a file, check that it has been change outside of Vim more
5736 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
5737 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
5738 waiting for a character to be typed).
57398 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
5740 line of the window, like "[time]".
5741 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
5742 Automatic and/or with a command.
5743
5744
5745Substitute:
Bram Moolenaar3f770472005-06-19 22:56:27 +000057468 Substitute with hex/unicode number "\%xff" and "\%uabcd". Just like
5747 "\%uabcd" in search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000057488 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005749 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
5750- :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
5751- With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
57528 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
5753 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005754- Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005755 :s///N substitutes N times.
5756- Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
5757 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
5758 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
57597 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
5760 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
5761 last line column 5.
57625 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
5763 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
5764 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
5765 (Stanislav Sitar)
5766
5767
5768Mouse support:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057698 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
57707 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
57718 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
5772 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
5773 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005774- Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
5775- Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
5776 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
5777- Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
5778- When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
5779
5780
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005781Argument list:
57826 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
5783 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
5784 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
57856 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
5786
5787
5788Registers:
57898 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057908 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
5791 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
5792 for every line.
57936 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
5794 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
5795 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
5796- When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
5797 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
5798- When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
5799 leader when line wraps?
5800- The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
5801 line in the range.
5802- Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
5803 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
58048 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
5805 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005806
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005807
5808Debug mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058098 Add breakpoints for setting an option
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000058108 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058117 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
58127 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
5813
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005814Various improvements:
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000058157 Add plugins for formatting? Should be able to make a choice depending on
5816 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
5817 Setting the 'langformat' option to "chinese" would load the
5818 "format/chinese.vim" plugin.
5819 The plugin would set 'formatexpr' and define the function being called.
5820 Edward L. Fox explains how it should be done for most Asian languages.
5821 (2005 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005822 Alternative: patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Feb 23)
Bram Moolenaar87b774d2005-07-20 22:04:36 +000058237 [t to move to previous xml/html tag (like "vatov"), ]t to move to next
5824 ("vatv").
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +000058257 [< to move to previous xml/html tag, e.g., previous <li>. ]< to move to
5826 next <li>, ]< to next </li>, [< to previous </li>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058278 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
5828 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000058297 Instead of filtering errors with a shell script it should be possible to
5830 do this with Vim script. A function that filters the raw text that comes
5831 from the 'makeprg'?
Bram Moolenaar1ef15e32006-02-01 21:56:25 +00005832- Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00005833 Govindachar)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000058347 Add a command that goes back to the position from before jumping to the
5835 first quickfix location. ":cbefore"?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010058367 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
5837 window as a buffer-tab selection.
58388 Allow non-active windows to have a different statusline. (Yakov Lerner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058397 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
5840 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
58418 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
5842 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058436 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058448 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
5845 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
5846 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
5847 in this Vim.
58488 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005849 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058508 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
5851 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
5852 have it apply to the following command.
58538 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
5854 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
5855 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
5856 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058577 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
5858 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058597 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
5860 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
5861 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
5862 without modifier (unless mapped).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058636 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
58648 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
58659 Support ACLs on more systems.
58667 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
5867 highlighted differently.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058687 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
5869 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
5870 (truncated to fit in the space).
58717 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
58728 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
58738 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
5874 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000058757 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005876 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
58777 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
5878 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058797 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058807 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
58817 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058828 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
58838 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
5884 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
5885 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
5886 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
58878 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058888 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058898 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
5890 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
5891 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
5892 does something like this. (Shah)
58937 Use growarray for replace stack.
58947 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
5895 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
58963 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058977 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
5898 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010058997 Make it possible to set the size of the jumplist (also to a smaller number
5900 than the default). (Nikolai Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005901- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
5902- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
5903- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
5904- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
59057 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
5906 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
5907- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
5908 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02005909- Remove using mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005910- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
5911 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
5912- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
5913 call "play newbeep.au").
5914- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
5915 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
5916 (Bhatt).
5917- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
5918 blockwise registers).
5919- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
5920 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
5921- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
5922 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
5923 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
5924 noticeable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005925- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059267 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
5927 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
5928- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
5929 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
5930 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
5931 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
5932 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000059338 The 'a' flag in 'formatoptions' is too dangerous. In some way only do
5934 auto-formatting in specific regions, e.g. defined by syntax highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059358 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
5936 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
5937 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
5938 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
5939 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
5940- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00005941- Support multi-byte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059427 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
5943 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
5944- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
5945 not in column 1.
59466 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
5947 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
59487 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
5949- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005950- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00005951 :redir #> bufname
5952 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00005953- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
5954 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005955- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
5956 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
5957 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
59586 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
5959 console? (Klaus Hast)
5960- Add :delcr command:
5961 *:delcr*
5962 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
5963 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
5964 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
5965 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
5966 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
5967 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set. {not in Vi}
5968- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
5969- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
5970 characters from 'isprint'.
5971- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
5972- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
5973 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
5974- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
5975 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
5976 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
5977- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
5978- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
5979 Nvi).
5980- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
5981 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
59827 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
5983- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
5984 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
59856 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
5986- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
5987 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
5988 macro).
5989- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005990- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
5991 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
5992- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
59938 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005994- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
5995- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
5996- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
5997 if it is not the first or last window.
5998- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
5999 there is one) instead of the file itself.
60007 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
6001 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
6002 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
6003- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
6004- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006005 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006006 many percent down the windows).
6007- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
6008 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
6009 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02006010 Make 'showbreak' local to a window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006011- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
6012 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
6013- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
6014 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
6015- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
6016- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
6017- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
6018 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060198 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
6020 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
6021 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
6022 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
6023 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006024- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
6025 t_bs is set? (Webb)
6026- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006027 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
6028- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006029 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
6030 (Webb).
6031- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006032 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006033- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
6034 hex codes like 0xff).
6035- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
6036 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
6037 the last TYPED command.
6038- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
6039- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
6040- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
6041 should also work?
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006042- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on a URL?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060438 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
6044 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
6045 name.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006046- When finding a URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006047 trailing '.'.
6048- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
6049 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
6050 find_file_in_path().
6051- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
6052 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
6053- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
6054- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
6055 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
6056- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006057 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006058- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
6059 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
6060 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006061- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
6062- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
6063- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
6064 to the minimal size.
6065- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
6066- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
6067- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
6068- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
6069- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006070- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
6071 entered)?
6072- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
6073 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006074- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006075- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
6076- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
6077- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
6078- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
6079- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
6080 lines.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006081- Uppercase characters in Ex commands can be made lowercase?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060828 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
6083 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
6084 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
6085 or in octal.
60867 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
6087 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006088- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006089 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
6090- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
6091- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
6092 insert line command).
6093- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
6094- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
6095- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
6096- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
6097- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
6098 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006099- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006100 yet.
6101- Implement 'redraw' option.
6102- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
6103 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061047 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
6105 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00006106 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
6107 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061088 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
6109 do it.
6110- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
6111- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
6112 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
6113- Add text justification option.
6114- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
6115- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
6116 off".
6117- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
6118- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
6119- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006120 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006121- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02006122- If file does not exist, check if directory exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006123- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
6124 commands.
6125- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
6126- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
6127- :table command (Webb)
6128- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006129- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
6130- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
6131- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
6132- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
6133- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
6134 (Demirel).
6135- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
6136- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
6137 for use in macro's and the like.
6138- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006139 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006140- Add possibility to put output of Ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006141 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006142- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006143 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006144 a window to become smaller (Webb).
6145- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
6146 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006147- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006148 mkopttab to make option table?
6149- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
6150 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
6151- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
6152 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006153- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006154 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
6155- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
6156 cursor?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006157- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000061588 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
6159 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
6160 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
6161 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
6162 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061638 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
6164 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
6165 (Netherton)
61666 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
6167 space after "(", for example.
61685 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
6169 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
6170 (Servatius Brandt)
6171
6172
6173From Elvis:
6174- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
6175- Add ":alias" command.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006176- Search patterns:
6177 \@ match word under cursor.
6178 but do:
6179 \@w match the word under the cursor?
6180 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
61818 ":window" command:
6182 :win + next window (up)
6183 :win ++ idem, wrapping
6184 :win - previous window (down)
6185 :win -- idem, wrapping
6186 :win nr to window number "nr"
6187 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
61887 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
6189 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
6190
6191
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006192From xvi:
6193- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
6194- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
6195
6196
6197From vile:
6198- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
6199- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
6200 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
6201
6202
6203Far future and "big" extensions:
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006204- Instead of using a Makefile and autoconf, use a simple shell script to
6205 find the C compiler and do everything with C code. Translate something
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +01006206 like an Aap recipe and configure.ac to C. Avoids depending on Python,
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006207 thus will work everywhere. With batch file to find the C compiler it
6208 would also work on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006209- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
6210 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
6211- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
6212 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
6213 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
6214 current layout mirrored.
6215- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
6216- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
6217 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
6218- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
6219- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
6220 font in each top-level window.
6221- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
6222- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
6223- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
6224- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
6225 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006226- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
6227 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
6228- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
6229 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
62304 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
6231 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
6232 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
6233 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006234 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006235 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
6236 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
6237- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
6238 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
6239 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
6240
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02006241vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006242vim: set fo+=n :