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Bram Moolenaar91359012019-11-30 17:57:03 +01001*todo.txt* For Vim version 8.1. Last change: 2019 Nov 30
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 Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +020041Popup windows:
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +020042- Use popup (or popup menu) for command line completion
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +020043- Implement flip option
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +020044- Make redrawing more efficient and avoid flicker:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +020045 - put popup menu also in popup_mask?
46- Any other commands to disable in a popup window?
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +010047 Use ERROR_IF_POPUP_WINDOW for these.
Bram Moolenaar91359012019-11-30 17:57:03 +010048- Figure out the size and position better if wrapping inserts indent
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +020049
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +020050Text properties:
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +010051- Implement prop_find() issue #4970
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +020052- Text properties spanning more than one line
Bram Moolenaar09c6f262019-11-17 15:55:14 +010053- See remarks at top of src/textprop.c
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +020054
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +010055'incsearch' with :s:
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020056- :s/foo using CTRL-G moves to another line, should not happen, or use the
57 correct line (it uses the last but one line) (Lifepillar, Aug 18, #3345)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +010058- :s@pat/tern@ doesn't include "/" in the pattern. (Takahiro Yoshihara, #3637)
59 pass delim to do_search() ?
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020060- Also support range: :/foo/,/bar/delete
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +020061- Also support for user command, e.g. Cfilter
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020062- :%s/foo should take the first match below the cursor line, unless there
63 isn't one?
64 Then :%s?foo should take the first match above the cursor line.
65
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +020066Prompt buffer:
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +010067- Add a command line history, using up/down keys. issue #5010
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +020068- delay next prompt until plugin gives OK?
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +010069- add prompt_addtext({buf}, {expr}) none add text to a prompt buffer
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +020070
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020071Terminal debugger:
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020072- Make prompt-buffer variant work better.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +010073- Add option to not open the program window. It's not used when attaching to
74 an already running program. (M. Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +020075- When only gdb window exists, on "quit" edit another buffer.
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +010076- Use a sign group
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020077- Termdebug does not work when Vim was build with mzscheme: gdb hangs just
78 after "run". Everything else works, including communication channel. Not
79 initializing mzscheme avoid the problem, thus it's not some #ifdef.
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +010080- Add support for lldb? issue #3565
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +010081- Could we do something similar for debugging Vim scripts? At least see the
82 script while stepping through it. Simple version would use an extra window.
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +010083 More complete solution would actually run Vim in a Terminal and control it
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +010084 with another Vim instance.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020085
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +020086Terminal emulator window:
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +010087- When the job in the terminal doesn't use mouse events, let the scroll wheel
88 scroll the scrollback, like a terminal does at the shell prompt. #2490
89 And use modeless selection. #2962
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +010090- When Vim runs in the terminal and changes the title, the statusline needs to
91 be redrawn.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020092- GUI: When using ":set go+=!" a system() call causes the hit-enter prompt.
93 (#3327)
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +020094- GUI: hang until key typed. (#3530)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +020095- Allow for specifying the directory, with ++cwd={dir}.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020096- With a vertical split only one window is updated. (Linwei, 2018 Jun 2,
97 #2977)
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +020098- When pasting should call vterm_keyboard_start_paste(), e.g. when using
99 K_MIDDLEMOUSE, calling insert_reg().
100- Users expect parsing the :term argument like a shell does, also support
101 single quotes. E.g. with: :term grep 'alice says "hello"' (#1999)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200102- Win32: Redirecting input does not work, half of Test_terminal_redir_file()
103 is disabled.
104- Win32: Redirecting output works but includes escape sequences.
105- Win32: Make terminal used for :!cmd in the GUI work better. Allow for
106 redirection.
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200107- When the job only outputs lines, we could handle resizing the terminal
108 better: store lines separated by line breaks, instead of screen lines,
109 then when the window is resized redraw those lines.
110- Redrawing is slow with Athena and Motif. (Ramel Eshed)
111- For the GUI fill termios with default values, perhaps like pangoterm:
112 http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~leonerd/pangoterm/trunk/view/head:/main.c#L134
113- When 'encoding' is not utf-8, or the job is using another encoding, setup
114 conversions.
Bram Moolenaar7c63fbc2018-05-17 13:15:23 +0200115
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200116Error numbers available:
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100117E290, E292, E362, E366, E450, E451, E452,
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200118E453, E454, E460, E489, E491, E565, E578, E610, E611, E653,
119E654, E856, E857, E860, E861, E863, E889, E900
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200120
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200121Running test_gui and test_gui_init with Motif sometimes kills the window
122manager. Problem with Motif? Now test_gui crashes in submenu_change().
123Athena is OK.
124Motif: Build on Ubuntu can't enter any text in dialog text fields.
125
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200126Patch to properly break CJK lines: Anton Kochkov, #3875
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200127Flag in 'formatoptions' is not used in the tests.
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200128
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200129undo result wrong: Masato Nishihata, #4798
130
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200131Undo puts cursor in wrong line after "cG<Esc>" undo.
132
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200133Sound: support on Mac? Or does libcanberra work there?
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200134
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +0100135Patch to fix session file when using multiple tab pages. (Jason Franklin, 2019
136May 20)
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200137Also put :argadd commands at the start for all buffers, so that their order
138remains equal? Then %argdel to clean it up. Do try this with 'hidden' set.
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200139Also #4994: window-local options not always restored, related to using :badd.
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200140
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200141Completion mixes results from the current buffer with tags and other files.
142Happens when typing CTRL-N while still search for results. E.g., type "b_" in
143terminal.c and then CTRL-N twice.
144Should do current file first and not split it up when more results are found.
145(Also #1890)
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200146
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100147Adding "10" to 'spellsuggest' causes spell suggestions to become very slow.
148(#4087)
149
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200150":helptags ALL" should skip directories where "tags" cannot be written.
151(Matěj Cepl, #5026)
152
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200153":bnext" in a help buffer is supposed to go to the next help buffer, but it
154goes to any buffer, and then :bnext skips help buffers, since they are
155unlisted. (#4478)
156
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200157Enable 'termbidi' if $VTE_VERSION >= 5703 ?
158
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200159Universal solution to detect if t_RS is working, using cursor position.
160Koichi Iwamoto, #2126
161
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200162The :syntax cchar value can only be a single character. It would be useful to
163support combining characters. (Charles Campbell) Also #4687
164
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200165Include Haiku port. (Adrien Destugues, Siarzhuk Zharski, 2013 Oct 24)
166It can replace the BeOS code, which is likely not used anymore.
167Now on github: #1856. Updated Oct 2017
168Got permission to include this under the Vim license.
169
Bram Moolenaar403f3eb2019-11-20 22:31:13 +0100170Result of synID() sometimes wrong in help files. (#5252)
171
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200172Problem showing a line if the number column width changes when using "o".
173(Mateusz Morusiewicz, #4245)
174
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200175When using :packadd for a replacement language plugin, it is loaded after the
176default one. #4698
177
178When using :packadd files under "later" are not used, which is inconsistent
179with packages under "start". (xtal8, #1994)
180
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200181Modeless selection doesn't work in gvim. (#4783)
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200182Caused by patch 8.1.1534.
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200183
Bram Moolenaar7dd64a32019-05-31 21:41:05 +0200184Visual highlight not removed when 'dipslay' is "lastline" and line doesn't
185fit. (Kevin Lawler, #4457)
186
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200187Patch to add per-tabpage and per-window previous directory: "lcd -" and "tcd
188-". (Yegappan Lakshmanan, #4362)
189
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200190Does not build with MinGW out of the box:
191- _stat64 is not defined, need to use "struct stat" in vim.h
192- WINVER conflict, should use 0x0600 by default?
Bram Moolenaareb3dc872018-05-13 22:34:24 +0200193
194Crash when mixing matchadd and substitute()? (Max Christian Pohle, 2018 May
19513, #2910) Can't reproduce?
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200196
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200197Patch to configure BUILD_DATE for reproducible builds. (James McCoy, #513)
198
199Patch to add MODIFIED_BY to MSVC build file. (Chen Lei, 2016 Nov 24, #1275)
200
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200201xterm should be able to pass focus changes to Vim, so that Vim can check for
202buffers that changed. Perhaps in misc.c, function selectwindow().
203Xterm 224 supports it!
204Patch to make FocusGained and FocusLost work in modern terminals. (Hayaki
205Saito, 2013 Apr 24) Update 2016 Aug 12.
206Also see issue #609.
207We could add the enable/disable sequences to t_ti/t_te or t_ks/t_ke.
208
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200209Check_external_diff() is used too often. (Daniel Hahler, #4800)
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200210
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100211Win32: after "[I" showing matches, scroll wheel messes up screen. (Tsakiridis,
2122007 Feb 18)
213Patch by Alex Dobrynin, 2007 Jun 3. Also fixes other scroll wheel problems.
214
215Add a WindowScrolled event. Trigger around the same time as CursorMoved.
216Can be used to update highlighting. #3127 #5181
217
218Patch for Template string: #4491. New pull: #4634
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +0100219Implementation is too inefficient, avoid using lambda.
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100220
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200221Incorrect formatting with autoindent. (Sebastian Gniazdowski, #4909)
222
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200223Patch to add the :bvimgrep command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Nov 12)
224Updated 2016 Jun 10, #858 Update 2017 Mar 28: use <buffer>
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200225
Bram Moolenaardf980db2017-12-24 13:22:00 +0100226Errors found with random data:
227 heap-buffer-overflow in alist_add (#2472)
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100228
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200229Patch to support CamelCase for spell checking: See a lower-to-upper case
230change as a word boundary. (btucker-MPCData, 2016 Nov 6, #1235)
231patch for 'spellcamelcase' option: spellcheck each CamelCased word.
232(Ben Tucker, 2016 Dec 2)
233
234Patch to add {skip} argument to search(). (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 24)
235Update 2016 Jun 10, #861
236
237Patch to add "cmdline" completion to getcompletion(). (Shougo, Oct 1, #1140)
238
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200239Improve fallback for menu translations, to avoid having to create lots of
240files that source the actual file. E.g. menu_da_de -> menu_da
241Include part of #3242?
242
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200243When a terminal exit_cb closes the window, a following typed key is lost, if
244it's in a mapping. (2018 Oct 6, #2302, #3522)
245
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200246Patch to have text objects defined by arbitrary single characters. (Daniel
247Thau, 2013 Nov 20, 2014 Jan 29, 2014 Jan 31)
248Added tests (James McCoy, 2016 Aug 3, #958). Still needs more work.
249
250Patch for multi-byte characters in langmap and applying a mapping on them.
251(Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jun 12, update July 25)
252Is this the right solution? Need to cleanup langmap behavior:
253- in vgetorpeek() apply langmap to the typeahead buffer and put the result in
254 a copy-buffer, only when langmap is appropriate for the current mode. Then
255 check for mapping and let gotchars() work on the copy-buffer.
256- Remove LANGMAP_ADJUST() in other parts of the code. Make sure the mode is
257 covered by the above change.
258So that replaying the register doesn't use keymap/langmap and still does the
259same thing. Remarks on PR #543 (Roland Puntaier).
260Also see #737: langmap not applied to replaying recording.
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200261
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200262Would be nice to set tab-local values for 'diffexpr' and 'diffopt'. Use
263t:diffexpr_option t:diffopt_option? (#4782)
264
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100265Internal diff doesn't handle binary file like external diff does. (Mike
266Williams, 2018 Oct 30)
267
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200268'[ mark in wrong column after put. (#4776)
269
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200270"exepath('bin/cmd')" does not work while ":!bin/cmd" does work.
271(Daniel Hahler, #4710) and executable('bin/cmd') returns 1
272
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200273Error drawing the number column when 'cursorline' is set. (#3893)
274
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100275Problem with :tlmenu: Detach item added with all modes? Issue #3563.
276
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200277Add an argument to expandcmd() to expand like ":next" does.
278
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100279When both "a" and "l" is in 'formatoptions' then auto-formatting also happens
280in a long line. #5189
281
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200282The quoting of the [command] argument of :terminal is not clearly documented.
283Give a few examples. (#4288)
284
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200285Opening a file with --remote-tab-silent that matches 'wildignore' does not
286work, results in (E479: No match". (#4610)
287
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200288Patch for this (Tristan Konolige, #1011, only adds the option, no implem.):
2897 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
290 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
291 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
292
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100293Bug: script written with "-W scriptout" contains Key codes, while the script
294read with "-s scriptin" expects escape codes. Probably "scriptout" needs to
295be adjusted. (Daniel Steinberg, 2019 Feb 24, #4041)
296
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100297Add a string to the 'display' option ("smoothscroll" ?) to make CTRL-E and
298CTRL-Y scroll one screen line, also if this means the first line doesn't start
299with the first character (like what happens with a last line that doesn't
300fit). Display "<<<" at the start of the first visible line (like "@@@" is
301displayed in the last line). (Arseny Nasokin, #5154)
302
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200303Patch for ambiguous width characters in libvterm on MS-Windows 10.
304(Nobuhiro Takasaki, #4411)
305
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200306Window size changes after closing a tab. (#4741)
307
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200308Problem with colors in terminal window. (Jason Franklin, 2019 May 12)
309
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200310Lifepillar: Updated/cleaned up color schemes:
311https://github.com/lifepillar/vim8-colorschemes.
312
313Include a few color schemes, based on popularity:
314http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_search_results.php?keywords=&script_type=color+scheme&order_by=rating&direction=descending&search=search
315http://vimawesome.com/?q=tag:color-scheme
316Use names that indicate their appearance (Christian Brabandt, 2017 Aug 3)
317- monokai - Xia Crusoe (2017 Aug 4)
318- seoul256 - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3)
319- gruvbox - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3) (simplified version from
320 Lifepillar, 2018 Jan 22, #2573)
321- janah - Marco Hinz (2017 Aug 4)
322- apprentice - Romain Lafourcade (2017 Aug 6) remarks about help file #1964
323Suggested by Hiroki Kokubun:
324- [Iceberg](https://github.com/cocopon/iceberg.vim) (my one)
325- [hybrid](https://github.com/w0ng/vim-hybrid)
326Include solarized color scheme?, it does not support termguicolors.
327- Sanitized version of pablo (Lifepillar, 2017 Nov 21)
328
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100329Bug: "vipgw" does not put cursor back where it belongs. (Jason Franklin, 2019
330Mar 5)
331
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200332Many users don't like 'thesaurus' to match so many words. (#4667, #1611)
333- when the match with the first word is partial, don't add other words on that
334 line.
335- support other file formats, such as comma separated. Indicate by a prefix
336 to the file in the 'thesaurus' option.
337- 'threglookexp' option: only match with first word in thesaurus file.
338 (Jakson A. Aquino, 2006 Jun 14)
339
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200340Some composing characters actually add a cell width to the character they are
341on top off, making the whole thing two characters wide. (#4526)
342
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200343Should we include some part of pull request #4505, not increment changedtick
344in some cases? E.g. for ":write" when the changed flag was already off, the
345buffer didn't change at all.
346
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200347Patch to add getreginfo() and setreg() with an option to set the unnamed
348register "", So that registers can be saved and fully restored.
349(Andy Massimino, 2018 Aug 24, #3370)
350
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200351Line numbers in profile are off when function was defined with ":execute".
352(Daniel Hahler, #4511)
353
Bram Moolenaara6c27c42019-05-09 19:16:22 +0200354Add a way to create an empty, hidden buffer. Like doing ":new|hide".
355":let buf = bufcreate('name')
356
Bram Moolenaar7dd64a32019-05-31 21:41:05 +0200357Session file contains absolute paths when "curdir" is removed form
358'sessionoptions', making it impossible to have a session with a relative path.
359(#4450)
360
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100361When using a timer callback vgetc_busy is reset, allowing for using input().
362But in a channel callback this does not happen. We need to do something
363similar to check_due_timer(). Also see #3809.
364
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200365C syntax: {} inside () causes following {} to be highlighted as error.
366(Michalis Giannakidis, 2006 Jun 1)
367
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +0100368Support setting the character displayed below the last line? Neovim uses
369"eob:X" in 'fillchars'.
370
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100371Check: __attribute__((format(printf, on semsg() and siemsg(). Where was this
372added?
373
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200374Patch to add a flatten() function. #3676. Check that the doc explains the
375maxdepth argument (applies to the input "recursiveness").
376
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200377Add test for urxvt mouse codes. Also test that mouse coordinates can be
378negative. (see #4326)
379
380'cmdheight' has a tab-local value, but it cannot be obtained with
381`:echo gettabwinvar(2, 1, '&cmdheight')` returns the value for the _current_
382tab page. (Ingo Karkat, #4324)
383:call settabwinvar(1, 1, '&cmdheight', 2) also doesn't work well.
384
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200385This modeline throws unexpected errors: (#4165)
386 vim: syn=nosyntax
387
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200388":doau SomeEvent" gives "No matching autocommands". This message doesn't give
389a hint about how to fix it. (#4300)
390
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100391Make balloon_show() work outside of 'balloonexpr'? Users expect it to work:
392#2948. (related to #1512?)
393On Win32 it stops showing, because showState is already ShS_SHOWING.
394balloon_show() does not work properly in the terminal. (Ben Jackson, 2017 Dec
39520, #2481)
396Also see #2352, want better control over balloon, perhaps set the position.
397Should also be possible to add highlighting, like in the status line?
398balloonexpr() on MS-Windows GUI doesn't handle accented chars? (nivaemail,
3992018 Sep 14)
400Another request: #3811.
401
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200402More warnings from static analysis:
403https://lgtm.com/projects/g/vim/vim/alerts/?mode=list
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200404
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100405Still a E315 error when using terminal. (Masato Nishihata, #3959)
406
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200407Not existing directory in CDPATH leads to two shell calls. (#4525)
408
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200409Use dict_iterate_start() / dict_iterate_next() instead of relying on the
410internals of the dict structure.
411
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100412nvo-mode mapping works on Windows, not on Linux. (#3678)
413
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200414Missing tests for:
415- add_termcap_entry()
416
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200417Redo only remembers the last change. Could use "{count}g." to redo an older
418change. How does the user know which change? At least have a way to list
419them: ":repeats". Add to history, like search history and command line history.
420
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100421Incsearch test fails when locale is "C". (Dominique Pelle, #3986)
422Also run all tests with C locale?
423
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100424"vat" doesn't work well on XML when the closing > is on another line.
425#3927
426
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200427Pasting foo} causes Vim to behave weird. (John Little, 2018 Jun 17)
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200428Related to bracketed paste. I cannot reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200429
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100430When 'confirm' is set a "silent q" doesn't show the prompt. It should in this
431case. (Nate Peterson, 2019 Jan 31, #3892)
432For "silent! q" it should not prompt and just fail.
433
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200434Add <aevent>, which expands to the currently triggered autocommand event name.
435(Daniel Hahler, #4232) Or add it to v:event (easier to use but slightly more
436expensive).
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200437
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200438Some xterm responses are not properly handled: (Markus Gömmel, 2019 Apr 1)
439 DCS 0 $ r Pt ST should be ignored.
440 DCS 0 + r/Pt/ ST already ignored?
441
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100442Using CTRL-L to add a character to the search string that contains \v,
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100443punctuation is repeated. (Smylers, 2018 Nov 17, #3621)
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100444
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200445ml_get error: (Israel Chauca Fuentes, 2018 Oct 17, #3550).
446
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200447Patch to add more info to OptionSet. Should mention what triggered the change
448":set", ":setlocal", ":setglobal", "modeline"; and the old global value.
449#4118. Proposed implementation: 2019 Mar 27.
450Updated 2019 May 25.
451
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200452Using single wide base character with double wide composing character gives
453drawing errors. Fill up the base character? (Dominique, #4328)
454
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200455Problem with two buffers with the same name a/b, if it didn't exist before and
456is created outside of Vim. (dskloetg, 2018 Jul 16, #3219)
457
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100458When 'sidescrolloff' is set, using "zl" to go to the end of the line, suddenly
459scrolls back. Should allow for this scrolling, like 'scrolloff' does when
460using CTRL-E. (Yee Cheng Chin, #3721)
461
Bram Moolenaar93a1df22018-09-10 11:51:50 +0200462Invalid memory access with old regexp engine. (Dominique Pelle, 2018 Sep 3,
463#3405) Introduced by 8.0.1517, which was fixing another memory access error.
464(Sep 8)
465
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200466Add function to make use of internal diff, working on two lists and returning
467unified diff (list of lines).
468
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100469When splitting a window with few text lines, the relative cursor position is
470kept, which means part of the text isn't displayed. Better show all the text
471when possible. (Dylan Lloyd, #3973)
472
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100473Make ":interactive !cmd" stop termcap mode, also when used in an autocommand.
474(#3692)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100475
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100476Add buffer argument to undotree(). (#4001)
477
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200478Using uninitialized value in test_gn
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200479Using uninitialized value in test_crypt.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200480memory leak in test_paste
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200481Memory leak in test_terminal:
482==23530== by 0x2640D7: alloc (misc2.c:874)
483==23530== by 0x2646D6: vim_strsave (misc2.c:1315)
484==23530== by 0x25841D: FullName_save (misc1.c:5443)
485==23530== by 0x17CB4F: fix_fname (buffer.c:4794)
486==23530== by 0x17CB9A: fname_expand (buffer.c:4838)
487==23530== by 0x1759AB: buflist_new (buffer.c:1889)
488==23530== by 0x35C923: term_start (terminal.c:421)
489==23530== by 0x2AFF30: mch_call_shell_terminal (os_unix.c:4377)
490==23530== by 0x2B16BE: mch_call_shell (os_unix.c:5383)
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200491TODO: be able to run all parts of test_alot with valgrind separately
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100492Memory leak in test_alot with pyeval() (allocating partial)
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200493Memory leak in test_alot with expand()
494Memory leaks in test_channel? (or is it because of fork())
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200495
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200496gethostbyname() is old, use getaddrinfo() if available. (#3227)
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200497
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200498matchaddpos() gets slow with many matches. Proposal by Rick Howe, 2018 Jul
49919.
500
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100501Should make 'listchars' global-local. Local to window or to buffer?
502Probably window.
503Add something like 'fillchars' local to window, but allow for specifying a
504highlight name. Esp. for the statusline.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200505And "extends" and "precedes" are also useful without 'list' set. Also in
506'fillchars' or another option?
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100507
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100508Sourceforge Vim pages still have content, redirect from empty page.
509Check for PHP errors. (Wayne Davison, 2018 Oct 26)
510
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200511Patch to support ":tag <tagkind> <tagname>". (emmrk, 2018 May 7, #2871)
512Use something like ":tag {kind}/{tagname}".
513Not ready to include.
514
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200515Problem with Visual yank when 'linebreak' and 'showbreak' are set.
516Patch with tests, but it's not clear how it is supposed to work. (tommm, 2018
517Nov 17) Asked about this, Dec 22. Christian will have a look.
518
519Patch for larger icons in installer. (#978) Still not good.
520
521Patch to fix that using "5gj" starting inside a closed fold does not work on
522screen lines but on text lines. (Julius Hulsmann, #4095) Lacks a test.
523
524Patch to implement 'diffref' option. (#3535)
525 Easier to use a 'diffmaster' option, is the extra complexity needed?
526 Not ready to include.
527
528Patch to specify color for cterm=underline and cterm=undercurl, like "guisp".
529Patch #2405 does something like this, but in the wrong way.
530
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200531home_replace() uses $HOME instead of "homedir". (Cesar Martins, 2018 Aug 9)
532
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200533When the status line uses term_gettitle(), it does not get updated when the
534terminal title changes. (Josh Triplett, 2018 Sep 9, #3418)
535How would we know that the status line needs to be updated?
536
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200537Adjust windows installer explanation of behavior. (scootergrisen, #3310)
538
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100539Update for xim-input-style help (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 Jan 10).
540Feedback from someone who uses this?
541
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200542ml_get error. (Dominique Pelle, 2018 Sep 14, #3434)
543
544Only output t_Cs when t_Ce is also set. do not use Cs and Ce termcap entries. (Daniel Hahler, 2018 Sep 25)
545Add t_cS and t_cR for cursor color select and reset. Use Cs and Cr terminfo
546values.
547
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100548Further xdiff changes:
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200549- More options, e.g. different kind of whitespace diff.
550- when editing text, update the surrounding diff blocks.
551- omit diff.exe from distribution
552- Can we make this show differences within a line?
553- add option to use external diff above a certain size.
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200554
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200555Difference between two regexp engines: #3373
556
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100557Patch to add ch_listen() (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2018 Nov 26, #3639)
558What is the practical use for this?
559
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200560When the last line wraps, selecting with the mouse below that line only
561includes the first screen line. (2018 Aug 23, #3368)
562
563Refactored HTML indent file. (Michael Lee, #1821)
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200564Asked to write a test.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200565
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200566MS-Windows: .lnk file not resolved properly when 'encoding' is set.
567(lkintact, 2018 Sep 22, #3473)
568
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100569Merge checking for 'cursorline' and 'concealcursor', see neovim #9492.
570
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200571Display error when a conceal match uses '\%>1l'. (#4854)
572
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200573Add a windowID argument to placing a sign, so that it only shows up in one
574window for the buffer.
575
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200576Request to add sign_setlist() to make it faster to add a lot of signs, e.g.
577when adding a sign for every quickfix entry. (#4557)
578
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100579Win32 key codes are messy. Mike Williams tried to fix that, but now old
580mappings no longer work. Create a new terminal for the better solution?
581
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200582Patch to "fix" 'visualbell'. Add option to set delay? (#1789)
583
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200584Script generated by :mksession does not work well if there are windows with
585modified buffers
586 change "silent only" into "silent only!"
587 change "edit fname" of first buffer to "hide edit fname"
588 skip "badd fname" if "fname" is already in the buffer list
589 remove remark about unloading buffers from documentation
590
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100591Compiler warnings (geeknik, 2017 Oct 26):
592- signed integer overflow in do_sub() (#2249)
593- signed integer overflow in get_address() (#2248)
594- signed integer overflow in getdecchrs() (#2254)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100595- undefined left shift in get_string_tv() (#2250)
596
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200597Win32 console: <F11> and <F12> typed in Insert mode don't result in normal
598characters. (#3246)
599
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200600'foldtext' is evaluated too often. (Daniel Hahler, #2773)
601
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100602Add Native language protocol server (LSP) support. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2018
603Oct 28)
604
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200605ml_get error when using a Python script. (Yggdroot, 2017 Jun 1, #1737)
606Lemonboy can reproduce (2017 Jun 5)
607Also reproduced by Benjamin Doherty, 2018 Oct 4.
608Simpler way: Ken Takata, Oct 6.
609
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100610Add more testing of the GTK GUI.
611- gtk_test_widget_click() can be used to simulate a click in a widget.
612
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200613Tests failing for "make testgui" with GTK:
614- Test_setbufvar_options()
615- Test_exit_callback_interval()
616
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200617Patch to be able to use hex numbers with :digraph. (Lcd, 2015 Sep 6)
618Update Sep 7. Update by Christian Brabandt, 2015 Sep 8, 2016 Feb 1.
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100619Patch to be able to disable default digraphs (incomplete) (Eric Pruitt, 2018
620Nov 22).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200621
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200622Patch to list user digraphs. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Apr 14)
623
624Patch to add digraph() function. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Aug 22, update Aug
62524)
626
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100627Try out background make plugin:
628 https://github.com/AndrewVos/vim-make-background
629or asyncmake:
630 https://github.com/yegappan/asyncmake
631
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100632Add a ModeChanged autocommand that has an argument indicating the old and new
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100633mode, as what's returned from mode(). Also used for switching Terminal mode.
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100634
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200635Add an option with file patterns, to be used when unloading a buffer: If there
636is a match, remove entries for the buffer from marks, jumplist, etc. To be
637used for git temp files.
638
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100639Cursor in wrong position when line wraps. (#2540)
640
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200641Setting 'columns' in a BufEnter autocommand causes a second tab width to
642behave strangely, as if there is a gap and a vertical window separator.
643(Michael Soyka, 2018 Sep 23, #3477)
644
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200645Make {skip} argument of searchpair() consistent with other places where we
646pass an expression to evaluate. Allow passing zero for "never skip".
647
Bram Moolenaar25a6e8a2018-03-30 12:27:32 +0200648Add an option similar to 'lazyredraw' to skip redrawing while executing a
649script or function.
650
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200651When using a menu item while the "more" prompt is displayed doesn't work well.
652E.g. after using help->version. Have a key that ends the "more" prompt and
653does nothing otherwise?
654
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200655MS-Windows: write may fail if another program is reading the file.
656If 'readonly' is not set but the file appears to be readonly later, try again
657(wait a little while).
658CreateFile() returns ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION (Linwei, 2018 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100659
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200660Using --remote to open a file in which a # appears does not work on
661MS-Windows. Perhaps in \# the \ is seen as a path separator. (Axel Bender,
6622017 Feb 9) Can we expand wildcards first and send the path literally to the
663receiving Vim? Or make an exception for #, it's not useful remotely.
664
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200665Should add a test for every command line argument. Check coverage for what is
666missing: --nofork, -A , -b, -h, etc.
667
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200668":au * * command" should not be allowed, only use * for event when listing or
669deleting autocmds, not when adding them.
670
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200671Alternative manpager.vim. (Enno, 2018 Jan 5, #2529)
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200672
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100673Delete all the specific stuff for the Borland compiler? (#3374)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200674Patch in #3377 (Thomas Dziedzic)
675
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200676With 'foldmethod' "indent" and appending an empty line, what follows isn't
677included in the existing fold. Deleting the empty line and undo fixes it.
678(Oleg Koshovetc, 2018 Jul 15, #3214)
679
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200680Patch to support "xxd -ps". (Erik Auerswald, 2018 May 1)
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200681Lacks a test.
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200682
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100683Column number is wrong when using 'linebreak' and 'wrap'. (Keith Smiley, 2018
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100684Jan 15, #2555)
685
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200686":bufdo e" disabled syntax HL in windows other than the current. (BPJ)
687
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100688Check argument of systemlist(). (Pavlov)
689
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100690No maintainer for Vietnamese translations.
691No maintainer for Simplified Chinese translations.
692
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200693Python indenting: alternative way to indent arguments:
694http://orchistro.tistory.com/236
695Should be supported with a flag.
696
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100697Starting job with cwd option, when the directory does not exist, gives a
698confusing error message. (Wang Shidong, 2018 Jan 2, #2519)
699
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100700Add the debug command line history to viminfo.
701
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100702Add Makefiles to the runtime/spell directory tree, since nobody uses Aap.
703Will have to explain the manual steps (downloading the .aff and .dic files,
704applying the diff, etc.
705
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200706Pasting a register in Visual mode cannot be repeated. (Mahmoud Al-Qudsi, 2018
707Apr 26, #2849)
708
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100709User dictionary ~/.vim/spell/lang.utf-8.add not used for spell checking until a
710word is re-added to it. (Matej Cepl, 2018 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100711
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100712Fold at end of the buffer behaves inconsistently. (James McCoy, 2017 Oct 9)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200713
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +0200714With foldmethod=syntax and nofoldenable comment highlighting isn't removed.
715(Marcin Szewczyk, 2017 Apr 26)
716
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200717Using 'wildignore' also applies to literally entered file name. Also with
718:drop (remote commands).
719
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200720Inserting a line in a CompleteDone autocommand may confuse undo. (micbou,
7212018 Jun 18, #3027)
722
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200723Implement option_save() and option_restore():
724option_restore({list}) *option_restore()*
725 Restore options previously saved by option_save().
726 When buffer-local options have been saved, this function must
727 be called when the same buffer is the current buffer.
728 When window-local options have been saved, this function must
729 be called when the same window is the current window.
730 When in the wrong buffer and/or window an error is given and
731 the local options won't be restored.
732
733option_save({list}) *option_save()*
734 Saves the options named in {list}. The returned value can be
735 passed to option_restore(). Example: >
736 let s:saved_options = option_save([
737 \ 'ignorecase',
738 \ 'iskeyword',
739 \ ])
740 au <buffer> BufLeave *
741 \ call option_restore(s:saved_options)
742< The advantage over using `:let` is that global and local
743 values are handled and the script ID is restored, so that
744 `:verbose set` will show where the option was originally set,
745 not where it was restored.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100746 Alternatively: save and restore ALL options. Implementation needs to use
747 copy-on-write. Return an ID from option_save(), when
748 option_restore(ID) is called give an error if another option_save()
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100749 was called in the meantime, they must be balanced.
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200750
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100751"gvim --remote" from a directory with non-word characters changes the current
752directory (Paulo Marcel Coelho Arabic, 2017 Oct 30, #2266)
753Also see #1689.
754
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100755crash when removing an element while inside map(). (Nikolai Pavlov, 2018 Feb
75617, #2652)
757
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100758When 'virtualedit' is "all" and 'cursorcolumn' is set, the wrong column may be
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100759highlighted. (van-de-bugger, 2018 Jan 23, #2576)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100760
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200761":file" does not show anything when 'shortmess' contains 'F'. (#3070)
762
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100763No profile information for function that executes ":quit". (Daniel Hahler,
7642017 Dec 26, #2501)
765
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200766A function on a dictionary is not profiled. (ZyX, 2010 Dec 25)
767
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200768Add script number to profile? (#3330 breaks tests).
769
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200770A function defined locally and lambda's are not easily recognized.
771Mention where they were defined somewhere.
772
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100773Invalid range error when using BufWinLeave for closing terminal.
774(Gabriel Barta, 2017 Nov 15, #2339)
775
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200776ml_get errors with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
777
778Error in emsg with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
779
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100780Join truncates xml comment. (Dmitrii Tcyganok, 2017 Dec 24, #2494)
781Requires 'formatoptions' to include "j". (Gary Johnson, 2017 Dec 24)
782
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100783Patch to support hunspell. (Matej Cepl, Jan 2018, #2500) Based on older patch
784in #846)
785Doesn't work on Windows yet. Not ready to included, hard coded paths.
786
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200787Win32 GUI: when running a fast timer, the cursor no longer blinks.
788Was reported: cursor blinks in terminal on widows with a timer. (xtal8, #2142)
789
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100790When a timer is running and typing CTRL-R on the command line, it is not
791redrawn properly. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 23, #2241)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200792
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100793In an optional package the "after" directory is not scanned?
794(Renato Fabbri, 2018 Feb 22)
795
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100796Patch for Neovim concerning restoring when closing help window. (glacambre
797neovim #7431)
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100798
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100799Patch for improving detecting Ruby on Mac in configure. (Ilya Mikhaltsou, 2017
800Nov 21)
801
Bram Moolenaar7db25fe2018-05-13 00:02:36 +0200802When t_Co is changed from termresponse, the OptionSet autocmmand event isn't
803triggered. Use the code from the end of set_num_option() in
804set_color_count().
805
806Add another autocommand like TermResponse that is fired for the other terminal
807responses, such as bg and fg. Use "bg", "fg", "blink", etc. for the name.
808
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100809When using command line window, CmdlineLeave is triggered without
810CmdlineEnter. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 30, #2263)
811Add some way to get the nested state. Although CmdwinEnter is obviously
812always nested.
813
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200814matchit hasn't been maintained for a long time. #955.
815
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100816Problem with 'delcombine'. (agguser, 2017 Nov 10, #2313)
817
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100818MS-Windows: buffer completion doesn't work when using backslash (or slash)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100819for a path separator. (xtal8, #2201)
820
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200821Would be nice for Insert mode completion to highlight the text that was added
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100822(and may change when picking another completion).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200823
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200824Test runtime files.
825Start with filetype detection: testdir/test_filetype.vim
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200826
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200827Window not closed when deleting buffer. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Aug 27, #2029)
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200828
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200829Add options_default() / options_restore() to set several options to Vim
830defaults for a plugin. Comments from Zyx, 2017 May 10.
831Perhaps use a vimcontext / endvimcontext command block.
832
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200833After using :noautocmd CursorMoved may still trigger. (Andy Stewart, 2017 Sep
83413, #2084). Set old position after the command.
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200835
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200836When bracketed paste is used, pasting at the ":append" prompt does not get the
837line breaks. (Ken Takata, 2017 Aug 22)
838
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100839The ":move" command does not honor closed folds. (Ryan Lue, #2351)
840
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200841Patch to fix increment/decrement not working properly when 'virtualedit' is
842set. (Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Aug 1, #923)
843
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100844Cannot copy modeless selection when cursor is inside it. (lkintact, #2300)
845
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200846Test_writefile_fails_conversion failure on Solaris because if different iconv
847behavior. Skip when "uname" returns "SunOS"? (Pavel Heimlich, #1872)
848
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100849'tagrelative' is broken in specific situation. (xaizek, 2017 Oct 19, #2221)
850
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200851The ++ options for the :edit command are also useful on the Vim command line.
852
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100853When recovering a file, put the swap file name in b:recovered_swapfile. Then
854a command can delete it.
855
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200856Overlong utf-8 sequence is displayed wrong. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Sep 14,
857#2089) Patch with possible solution by Björn Linse.
858
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100859The change list index is local to a buffer, but it doesn't make sense using it
860for another buffer. (lacygoll) Copy w_changelistidx to wininfo_S and back.
861
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200862X11: Putting more than about 262040 characters of text on the clipboard and
863pasting it in another Vim doesn't work. (Dominique Pelle, 2008 Aug 21-23)
864clip_x11_request_selection_cb() is called with zero value and length.
865Also: Get an error message from free() in the process that owns the selection.
866Seems to happen when the selection is requested the second time, but before
867clip_x11_convert_selection_cb() is invoked, thus in X library code.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200868Kazunobu Kuriyama is working on a proper fix. (2017 Jul 25)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200869
870Problem with three-piece comment. (Michael Lee, 2017 May 11, #1696)
871
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200872Creating a partial with an autoload function is confused about the "self"
873attribute of the function. For an unknown function assume "self" and make
874that optiona? (Bjorn Linse, 2017 Aug 5)
875
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200876Cindent: returning a structure has more indent for the second item.
877(Sam Pagenkopf, 2017 Sep 14, #2090)
878
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100879Patch from Christian Brabandt to preserve upper case marks when wiping out a
880buffer. (2013 Dec 9)
881Also fixes #2166?
882
883Patch to add argument to :cquit. (Thinca, 2014 Oct 12)
884
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200885Python: After "import vim" error messages only show the first line of the
886stack trace. (Yggdroot, 2017 Jul 28, #1887)
887
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100888Profile of a dict function is lost when the dict is deleted. Would it be
889possible to collect this? (Daniel Hahler, #2350)
890
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200891When checking if a bufref is valid, also check the buffer number, to catch the
892case of :bwipe followed by :new.
893
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +0200894Patch to skip writing a temp file for diffing if the buffer is equal to the
895existing file. (Akria Sheng, 2017 Jul 22)
896Could also skip writing lines that are the same.
897
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200898Patch with Files for Latvian language. (Vitolins, 2017 May 3, #1675)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200899
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200900MS-Windows: Opening same file in a second gvim hangs. (Sven Bruggemann, 2017
901Jul 4)
902
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200903Setting 'clipboard' to "unnamed" makes a global command very slow (Daniel
904Drucker, 2017 May 8).
905This was supposed to be fixed, did it break again somehow?
906Christian cannot reproduce it.
907
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200908Using composing char in mapping does not work properly. maparg() shows the
909wrong thing. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Jul 8, #1827)
910Or is this not an actual problem?
911
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200912Better TeX indent file. (Christian Brabandt, 2017 May 3)
913
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200914Patch to use a separate code for BS on Windows. (Linwei, #1823)
915
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200916Use gvimext.dll from the nightly build? (Issue #249)
917
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200918'synmaxcol' works with bytes instead of screen cells. (Llandon, 2017 May 31,
919#1736)
920
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200921Problem with using :cd when remotely editing a file. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2017 May
9228, #1690)
923
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200924Bogus characters inserted when triggering indent while changing text.
925(Vitor Antunes, 2016 Nov 22, #1269)
926
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200927Using "wviminfo /tmp/viminfo" does not store file marks that Vim knows about,
928it only works when merging with an existing file. (Shougo, 2017 Jun 19, #1781)
929
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200930Segmentation fault with complete(). (Lifepillar, 2017 Apr 29, #1668)
931Check for "pat" to be NULL in search_for_exact_line()?
932How did it get NULL? Comment by Christian, Apr 30.
933
934Is it possible to keep the complete menu open when calling complete()?
935(Prabir Shrestha, 2017 May 19, #1713)
936
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100937Memory leak in test97? The string is actually freed. Weird.
938
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200939assert_fails() can only check for the first error. Make it possible to have
940it catch multiple errors and check all of them.
941
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100942Add a toolbar in the terminal. Can be global, above all windows, or specific
943for one window.
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200944
945Make maparg() also return the raw rhs, so that it doesn't depend on 'cpo'.
946(Brett Stahlman, 2017 May 23)
947Even better: add a way to disable a mapping temporarily and re-enable it
948later. This is for a sub-mode that is active for a short while (one buffer).
949Still need maplist() to find the mappings. What can we use to identify a
950mapping? Something unique would be better than the LHS.
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200951Perhaps simpler: actually delete the mappings. Use maplist() to list matching
952mappings (with a lhs prefix, like maparg()), mapdelete() to delete,
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200953maprestore() to restore (using the output of maplist()).
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200954
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100955Add an argument to :mkvimrc (or add another command) to skip mappings from
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200956plugins (source is a Vim script). No need to put these in a .vimrc, they will
957be defined when the plugin is loaded.
958
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100959Use tb_set(winid, [{'text': 'stop', 'cb': callback, 'hi': 'Green'}])
960 tb_highlight(winid, 'ToolBar')
961 tb_get(winid)
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +0100962
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +0200963json_encode(): should convert to utf-8. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Jan 23)
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200964What if there is an invalid character?
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +0100965
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +0200966Json string with trailing \u should be an error. (Lcd)
967
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200968import can't be used in define option when include matches too.
969(Romain Lafourcade, 2017 Jun 18, #1519)
970
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +0100971When session file has name in argument list but the buffer was deleted, the
972buffer is not deleted when using the session file. (#1393)
973Should add the buffer in hidden state.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +0100974
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +0200975Wrong diff highlighting with three files. (2016 Oct 20, #1186)
976Also get E749 on exit.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +0100977Another example in #1309
978
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +0100979When deleting a mark or register, leave a tombstone, so that it's also deleted
980when writing viminfo (and the delete was the most recent action). #1339
981
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +0100982Suggestion to improve pt-br spell checking. (Marcelo D Montu, 2016 Dec 15,
983#1330)
984
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +0200985Error in test_startup_utf8 on Solaris. (Danek Duvall, 2016 Aug 17)
986
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100987Completion for :!cmd shows each match twice. #1435
988
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100989GTK: When adding a timer from 'balloonexpr' it won't fire, because
990g_main_context_iteration() doesn't return. Need to trigger an event when the
991timer expires.
992
993Screen update bug related to matchparen. (Chris Heath, 2017 Mar 4, #1532)
994
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +0100995Rule to use "^" for statusline does not work if a space is defined with
996highlighting for both stl and stlnc. Patch by Ken Hamada (itchyny, 2016 Dec 11)
997
9988 "stl" and "stlnc" in 'fillchars' don't work for multi-byte characters.
999 Patch by Christian Wellenbrock, 2013 Jul 5.
1000
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001001Using CTRL-G_U in InsertCharPre causes trouble for redo. (Israel Chauca
1002Fuentes, 2017 Feb 12, #1470)
1003
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001004Add a "keytrans()" function, which turns the internal byte representation of a
1005key into a form that can be used for :map. E.g.
1006 let xx = "\<C-Home>"
1007 echo keytrans(xx)
1008 <C-Home>
1009
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001010Check for errors E704 and E705 only does VAR_FUNC, should also do VAR_PARTIAL.
1011(Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Mar 13, #1557)
1012Make a function to check for function-like type?
1013
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001014Screen updated delayed when using CTRL-O u in Insert mode.
1015(Barlik, #1191) Perhaps because status message?
1016
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001017Implement optional arguments for functions.
1018 func Foo(start, count = 1 all = 1)
1019 call Foo(12)
1020 call Foo(12, all = 0)
1021 call Foo(12, 15, 0)
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001022
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001023Add a command to take a range of lines, filter them and put the output
1024somewhere else. :{range}copy {dest} !cmd
1025
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001026Patch to fix that empty first tab is not in session.
1027(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Nov 25, #1282)
1028
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001029Patch to fix escaping of job arguments. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Oct 5)
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001030Update Oct 14: https://gist.github.com/mattn/d47e7d3bfe5ade4be86062b565a4bfca
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001031Update Aug 2017: #1954
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001032
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001033The TermResponse event is not triggered when a plugin has set 'eventignore' to
1034"all". Netrw does this. (Gary Johnson, 2017 Jan 24)
1035Postpone the event until 'eventignore' is reset.
1036
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001037Expanding /**/ is slow. Idea by Luc Hermitte, 2017 Apr 14.
1038
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001039Once .exe with updated installer is available: Add remark to download page
1040about /S and /D options (Ken Takata, 2016 Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001041Or point to nightly builds: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases
1042
Bram Moolenaar220adb12016-09-12 12:17:26 +02001043Problem passing non-UTF-8 strings to Python 3. (Björn Linse, 2016 Sep 11,
1044#1053) With patch, does it work?
1045
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001046":sbr" docs state it respects 'switchbuf', but "vsplit" does not cause a
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001047vertical split. (Haldean Brown, 2017 Mar 1)
1048
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001049Use ADDR_OTHER instead of ADDR_LINES for many more commands.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +02001050E.g. all the location list commands use a count.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001051Add tests for using number larger than number of lines in buffer.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001052
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001053Might be useful to have isreadonly(), like we have islocked().
1054Avoids exceptions, e.g. when using the b: namespace as a dict.
1055
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001056Patch to make v:shell_error writable. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Sep 27)
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001057Useful to restore it. Is there another solution?
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001058
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001059"ci[" does not look for next [ like ci" does look for next ".
1060(J.F. 2017 Jan 7)
1061
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001062Patch for wrong cursor position on wrapped line, involving breakindent.
1063(Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 25)
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001064Does this also fix #1408 ?
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001065
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001066'cursorline' and match interfere. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2017 Jun 23, #1792)
1067
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001068Patch for 'cursorlinenr' option. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 30)
1069
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +02001070When 'completeopt' has "noselect" does not insert a newline. (Lifepillar, 2017
1071Apr 23, #1653)
1072
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001073Window resizing with 'winfixheight': With a vertical split the height changes
1074anyway. (Tommy allen, 2017 Feb 21, #1502)
1075
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001076Invalid behavior with NULL list. (Nikolai Pavlov, #768)
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001077E.g. deepcopy(test_null_list())
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001078
Bram Moolenaar3e496b02016-09-25 22:11:48 +02001079Patch to make it possible to extend a list with itself.
1080(Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Sep 23)
1081
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001082Patch to add Zstandard compressed file support. (Nick Terrell, 2016 Oct 24)
1083
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001084On Windows buffer completion sees backslash as escape char instead of path
1085separator. (Toffanim, 2016 Nov 24, #1274)
1086
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001087min() and max() spawn lots of error messages if sorted list/dictionary
1088contains invalid data (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep 4, #1039)
1089
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001090Should :vmap in matchit.vim be :xmap? (Tony Mechelynck)
1091
Bram Moolenaar26852122016-05-24 20:02:38 +02001092Problem with whitespace in errorformat. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2016 May 15, #807)
1093
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001094Undo problem: "g-" doesn't go back, gets stuck. (Björn Linse, 2016 Jul 18)
1095
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001096Add "unicode true" to NSIS installer. Doesn't work with Windows 95, which we
1097no longer support.
1098
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001099sort() is not stable when using numeric/float sort (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep
11004#1038)
1101
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001102+channel:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +02001103- Add a in_cb, invoked when the write buffer has become empty. (Matteo Landi)
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +01001104- Add ch_readlines(): for a channel in NL mode, reads as many lines as are
1105 available. Should be more efficient than looping over ch_read() with
1106 ch_status() to check for more.
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001107- Add a separate timeout for opening a socket. Currently it's fixed at 50
1108 msec, which is too small for a remote connection. (tverniquet, #2130)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001109- Problem with stderr on Windows? (Vincent Rischmann, 2016 Aug 31, #1026)
1110- Writing raw mode to a buffer should still handle NL characters as line
1111 breaks. (Dmitry Zotikov, 2017 Aug 16)
1112- When out_cb executes :sleep, the close_cb may be invoked. (Daniel Hahler,
1113 2016 Dec 11, #1320)
1114- Implement |job-term| ?
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +01001115- Calling a function when receiving a "call" on a channel, using feedkeys()
1116 does not work. It does work from a timer. (Qiming Zhao, #3852)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001117- Channel test fails with Motif. Sometimes kills the X11 server.
1118- When a message in the queue but there is no callback, drop it after a while?
1119 Add timestamp to queued messages and callbacks with ID, remove after a
1120 minute. Option to set the droptime.
1121- Add an option to drop text of very long lines? Default to 1 Mbyte.
1122- Add remark about undo sync, is there a way to force it?
1123- When starting a job, have an option to open the server socket, so we know
1124 the port, and pass it to the command with --socket-fd {nr}. (Olaf Dabrunz,
1125 Feb 9) How to do this on MS-Windows?
1126- For connection to server, a "keep open" flag would be useful. Retry
1127 connecting in the main loop with zero timeout.
1128- job_start(): run job in a newly opened terminal (not a terminal window).
1129 With xterm could use -S{pty}.
1130 Although user could use "xterm -e 'cmd arg'".
1131
1132Regexp problems:
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +01001133- NFA engine can be slow for some patterns. Dominique found out that most
1134 time is spent in addstate_here() copying the threads. Instead of copying,
1135 let each thread point to the next one (by offset, the list is reallocated).
1136 (Dominique Pelle, 2019 Feb 18)
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02001137- Old engine: using 'incsearch' /\Zabc does not highlight the "c" if it has a
1138 composing character. New engine is OK. (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001139- When search pattern has the base character both with and without combining
1140 character, search fails. E.g. "รรีบ" in "การรีบรักใคร". (agguser, #2312)
1141- [:space:] only matches ASCII spaces. Add [:white:] for all space-like
1142 characters, esp. including 0xa0. Use character class zero.
1143- Since 7.4.704 the old regex engine fails to match [[:print:]] in 0xf6.
1144 (Manuel Ortega, 2016 Apr 24)
1145 Test fails on Mac. Avoid using isalpha(), isalnum(), etc? Depends on
1146 LC_CTYPE
1147- The old engine does not find a match for "/\%#=1\(\)\{80}", the new engine
1148 matches everywhere.
1149- Using win_linetabsize() can still be slow. Cache the result, store col and
1150 vcol. Reset them when moving to another line.
1151- Very slow with a long line and Ruby highlighting. (John Whitley, 2014 Dec 4)
1152- Bug with pattern: '\vblock (\d+)\.\n.*\d+%(\1)@<!\.$'
1153 (Lech Lorens, 2014 Feb 3)
1154- Issue 164: freeze on regexp search.
1155- Ignorecase not handled properly for multi-byte characters. (Axel Bender,
1156 2013 Dec 11)
1157- Using \@> and \?. (Brett Stahlman, 2013 Dec 21) Remark from Marcin
1158 Szamotulski; Remark from Brett 2014 Jan 6 and 7.
1159- NFA regexp doesn't handle \%<v correctly. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 May 12)
1160- Does not work with NFA regexp engine:
1161 \%u, \%x, \%o, \%d followed by a composing character
1162- Search for \%d0\+ may fail with E363. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Oct 4)
1163- \%'[ does not work. '%'] does work. (Masaaki Nakamura, 2016 Apr 4)
1164- Bug relating to back references. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Jul 24)
1165- New RE does not give an error for empty group: "\(\)\{2}" (Dominique Pelle,
1166 2015 Feb 7)
1167- Using back reference before the capturing group sometimes works with the old
1168 engine, can we do this with the new engine? E.g. with
1169 "/\%(<\1>\)\@<=.*\%(<\/\(\w\+\)>\)\@=" matching text inside HTML tags.
1170 This problem is probably the same: "\%(^\1.*$\n\)\@<=\(\d\+\).*$".
1171 (guotuofeng, 2015 Jun 22)
1172- Strange matching with "\(Hello\n\)\@<=A". (Anas Syed, 2015 Feb 12)
1173- Problem with \v(A)@<=b+\1c. (Issue 334)
1174- Diff highlighting can be very slow. (Issue 309)
1175- Using %> for a virtual column has a check based on 'tabsize'. Better would
1176 be to cache the result of win_linetabsize(col), storing both col and vcol,
1177 and use them to decide whether win_linetabsize() needs to be called. Reset
1178 col and vcol when moving to another line.
1179- this doesn't work: "syntax match ErrorMsg /.\%9l\%>20c\&\%<28c/". Leaving
1180 out the \& works. Seems any column check after \& fails.
1181- Difference between two engines: ".*\zs\/\@>\/" on text "///"
1182 (Chris Paul, 2016 Nov 13) New engine not greedy enough?
1183 Another one: echom matchstr(" sdfsfsf\n sfdsdfsdf",'[^\n]*')
1184 (2017 May 15, #1252)
1185
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001186Feature request: Complete members of a dictionary. (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4,
1187#1350)
1188
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001189Undo message is not always properly displayed. Patch by Ken Takata, 2013 oct
11903. Doesn't work properly according to Yukihiro Nakadaira.
1191Also see #1635.
1192
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001193Patch for systemlist(), add empty item. (thinca, Sep 30, #1135)
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001194Add an argument to choose binary or non-binary (like readfile()), when omitted
1195use the current behavior.
1196Include the test.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001197
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001198When 'keywordprg' starts with ":" the argument is still escaped as a shell
1199command argument. (Romain Lafourcade, 2016 Oct 16, #1175)
1200
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001201Idea from Sven: record sequence of keys. Useful to show others what they are
1202doing (look over the shoulder), and also to see what happened.
1203Probably list of keystrokes, with some annotations for mode changes.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001204Could store in logfile to be able to analyse it with an external command.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001205E.g. to see when's the last time a plugin command was used.
1206
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +01001207execute() cannot be used with command completion. (Daniel Hahler, 2016 Oct 1,
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001208#1141)
1209
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001210cmap using execute() has side effects. (Killthemule, 2016 Aug 17, #983)
1211
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001212:map X may print invalid data. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2017 Jul 3, #1816)
1213
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001214Patch to order results from taglist(). (Duncan McDougall, 2016 Oct 25)
1215
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001216When using ":diffput" through a mapping, undo in the target buffer isn't
1217synced. (Ryan Carney, 2016 Sep 14)
1218
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001219Syntax highlighting for messages with RFC3339 timestamp (#946)
1220Did maintainer reply?
Bram Moolenaar42ebd062016-07-17 13:35:14 +02001221
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001222Patch to avoid problem with special characters in file name.
1223(Shougo, 2016 Sept 19, #1099) Not finished?
1224
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001225ml_get errors when reloading file. (Chris Desjardins, 2016 Apr 19)
1226Also with latest version.
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001227
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001228Cannot delete a file with square brackets with delete(). (#696)
1229
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001230Patch to add ":syn foldlevel" to use fold level further down the line.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001231(Brad King, 2016 Oct 19, update 2017 Jan 30)
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001232
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001233Completion for input() does not expand environment variables. (chdiza, 2016
1234Jul 25, #948)
1235
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001236Patch to add 'systemencoding', convert between 'encoding' and this for file
1237names, shell commands and the like. (Kikuchan, 2010 Oct 14)
1238Assume the system converts between the actual encoding of the filesystem to
1239the system encoding (usually utf-8).
1240
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +02001241Using ":tab drop file" does not trigger BufEnter or TabEnter events.
1242(Andy Stewart, 2017 Apr 27, #1660)
1243Autocommands blocked in do_arg_all(). Supposed to happen later?
1244
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001245'hlsearch' interferes with a Conceal match. (Rom Grk, 2016 Aug 9)
1246
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001247MS-Windows: use WS_HIDE instead of SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE in os_win32.c?
1248Otherwise task flickers in taskbar.
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001249
1250Should make ":@r" handle line continuation. (Cesar Romani, 2016 Jun 26)
1251Also for ":@.".
1252
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001253Repeating 'opfunc' in a function only works once. (Tarmean, 2016 Jul 15, #925)
1254
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001255Have a way to get the call stack, in a function and from an exception.
1256#1125
1257
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001258Second problem in #966: ins_compl_add_tv() uses get_dict_string() multiple
1259times, overwrites the one buffer. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Aug 5)
1260
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001261Possibly wrong value for seq_cur. (Florent Fayolle, 2016 May 15, #806)
1262
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001263Filetype plugin for awk. (Doug Kearns, 2016 Sep 5)
1264
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001265Patch to improve map documentation. Issue #799.
1266
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001267Patch for syntax folding optimization. (Shougo, 2016 Sep 6, #1045)
1268
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01001269We can use '. to go to the last change in the current buffer, but how about
1270the last change in any buffer? Can we use ', (, is next to .)?
1271
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001272Ramel Eshed: system() is much slower than job_start(), why? (Aug 26)
1273
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001274When generating the Unicode tables with runtime/tools/unicode.vim the
1275emoji_width table has only one entry.
1276
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001277It's possible to add ",," to 'wildignore', an empty entry. Causes problems.
1278Reject the value? #710.
1279
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001280When doing "vi buf.md" a BufNew autocommand for *.md is not triggered.
1281Because of using the initial buffer? (Dun Peal, 2016 May 12)
1282
Bram Moolenaarc95a3022016-06-12 23:01:46 +02001283Add redrawtabline command. (Naruhiko Nishino, 2016 Jun 11)
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001284
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001285Neovim patch for utfc_ptr2char_len() https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/4574
1286No test, needs some work to include.
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001287
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001288Patch to improve indenting for C++ constructor with initializer list.
1289(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Mar 31)
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01001290
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001291Zero-out krypt key information when no longer in use. (Ben Fritz, 2017 May 15)
1292
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001293Add stronger encryption. Could use libsodium (NaCl).
1294https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/
1295Possibly include the needed code so that it can be build everywhere.
1296
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001297Add a way to restart a timer. It's similar to timer_stop() and timer_start(),
1298but the reference remains valid.
1299
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +02001300Need to try out instructions in INSTALLpc.txt about how to install all
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001301interfaces and how to build Vim with them.
1302Appveyor build with self-installing executable, includes getting most
1303interfaces: https://github.com/k-takata/vim/tree/chrisbra-appveyor-build
1304result: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/k-takata/vim/history
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001305
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001306Problem that a previous silent ":throw" causes a following try/catch not to
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001307work. (ZyX, 2013 Sep 28) With examples: (Malcolm Rowe, 2015 Dec 24)
Bram Moolenaarbaca7f72013-09-22 14:42:24 +02001308
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001309Problem using ":try" inside ":execute". (ZyX, 2013 Sep 15)
1310
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001311Patch to make tests pass with EBCDIC. (Owen Leibman, 2016 Apr 10)
1312
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02001313Add ":read :command", to insert the output of an Ex command?
1314Can already do it with ":$put =execute('command')".
1315
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001316When repeating the 'confirm' dialog one needs to press Enter. (ds26gte, 2016
1317Apr 17) #762
1318
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001319exists(":tearoff") does not tell you if the command is implemented. (Tony
1320Mechelynck) Perhaps use exists("::tearoff") to check?
1321
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001322Use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples, but without ":" in
1323'iskeyword' for syntax.
1324
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001325Patch to make "%:h:h" return "." instead of the full path.
1326(Coot, 2016 Jan 24, #592)
1327
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001328Remove SPACE_IN_FILENAME ? What could possibly go wrong?
1329
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001330When command names are very long :command output is difficult to read. Use a
1331maximum for the column width? (#871)
Bram Moolenaar802a0d92016-06-26 16:17:58 +02001332Patcy by varmanishant, 2016 Jun 18, #876
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001333
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001334Installation of .desktop files does not work everywhere.
1335It's now fixed, but the target directory probably isn't right.
1336Add configure check?
1337Should use /usr/local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications.
1338Or use $XDG_DATA_DIRS.
1339Also need to run update-desktop-database (Kuriyama Kazunobu, 2015 Nov 4)
1340
Bram Moolenaar369b6f52017-01-17 12:22:32 +01001341Test object i{ and it do not behave the same. #1379
1342Do not include the linebreak at the start?
1343
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001344Feature request: add the "al" text object, to manipulate a screen line.
1345Especially useful when using 'linebreak'
1346
Bram Moolenaar438f67a2014-01-07 06:09:28 +01001347":cd C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc*" does not work, even though the
1348directory exists. (Sergio Gallelli, 2013 Dec 29)
1349
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001350In debug mode one can inspect variables, but not the function parameters
1351(starting with a:). (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4, #1352)
1352
Bram Moolenaar06481422016-04-30 15:13:38 +02001353If ":bd" also closes a Tab page then the " mark is not set. (Harm te Hennepe,
13542016 Apr 25, #780)
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001355
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001356Patch to avoid redrawing tabline when the popup menu is visible.
1357(Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jan 28)
1358
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001359Patch to show search statistics. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jul 22)
1360
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001361When the CursorMovedI event triggers, and CTRL-X was typed, a script cannot
1362restore the mode properly. (Andrew Stewart, 2016 Apr 20)
1363Do not trigger the event?
1364
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02001365Using ":windo" to set options in all windows has the side effect that it
1366changes the window layout and the current window. Make a variant that saves
1367and restores. Use in the matchparen plugin.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001368Perhaps we can use ":windo <restore> {cmd}"?
1369Patch to add <restore> to :windo, :bufdo, etc. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan
13706, 2nd message)
1371Alternative: ":keeppos" command modifier: ":keeppos windo {cmd}".
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001372
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001373Patch to fix display of listchars on the cursorline. (Nayuri Aohime, 2013)
1374Update suggested by Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 25:
1375https://gist.github.com/presuku/d3d6b230b9b6dcfc0477
1376
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001377Patch to make the behavior of "w" more straightforward, but not Vi compatible.
1378With a 'cpo' flag. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 8)
1379
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001380Patch to add optionproperties(). (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Mar 27, update Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001381
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +01001382Patch to add TagNotFound autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 3)
1383
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001384Patch to add Error autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 17)
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001385Only remembers one error.
1386
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02001387GVim: when both Tab and CTRL-I are mapped, use CTRL-I not for Tab.
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001388
Bram Moolenaar12969c02015-09-08 23:36:10 +02001389Unexpected delay when using CTRL-O u. It's not timeoutlen.
1390(Gary Johnson, 2015 Aug 28)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001391
Bram Moolenaar345efa02016-01-15 20:57:49 +01001392Instead of separately uploading patches to the ftp site, we can get them from
1393github with a URL like this:
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001394 https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v7.4.920%5E...v7.4.920.diff
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001395Diff for version.c contains more context, can't skip a patch.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001396
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001397Python: ":py raw_input('prompt')" doesn't work. (Manu Hack)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001398
Bram Moolenaar77cdfd12016-03-12 12:57:59 +01001399Comparing nested structures with "==" uses a different comparator than when
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001400comparing individual items.
1401Also, "'' == 0" evaluates to true, which isn't nice.
1402Add "===" to have a strict comparison (type and value match).
1403Add "==*" (?) to have a value match, but no automatic conversion, and v:true
1404equals 1 and 1.0, v:false equals 0 and 0.0.?
1405
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001406Using uninitialized memory. (Dominique Pelle, 2015 Nov 4)
1407
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001408MS-Windows: When editing a file with a leading space, writing it uses the
1409wrong name. (Aram, 2014 Nov 7) Vim 7.4.
1410
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001411Can't recognize the $ProgramFiles(x86) environment variable. Recognize it
1412specifically? First try with the parens, then without.
1413
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001414Patch to add :mapgroup, put mappings in a group like augroup.
1415(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Feb 19)
1416
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001417Value returned by virtcol() changes depending on how lines wrap. This is
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001418inconsistent with the documentation.
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001419
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001420Value of virtcol() for '[ and '] depend on multi-byte character.
1421(Luchr, #277)
1422
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001423Can we cache the syntax attributes, so that updates for 'relativenumber' and
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001424'cursorline'/'cursorcolumn' are a lot faster? Thus store the attributes
1425before combining them.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001426
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001427C highlighting: modern C allows: /* comment */ #ifdef
1428and also line continuation after #include.
1429I can't recommend it though.
1430
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001431Build with Python on Mac does not always use the right library.
1432(Kazunobu Kuriyama, 2015 Mar 28)
1433
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001434To support Thai (and other languages) word boundaries, include the ICU
1435library: http://userguide.icu-project.org/boundaryanalysis
1436
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001437When complete() first argument is before where insert started and 'backspace'
1438is Vi compatible, the completion fails. (Hirohito Higashi, 2015 Feb 19)
1439
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001440Patch to use two highlight groups for relative numbers. (Shaun Brady, 2016 Jan
144130)
1442
Bram Moolenaar75b81562014-04-06 14:09:13 +02001443MS-Windows: Crash opening very long file name starting with "\\".
1444(Christian Brock, 2012 Jun 29)
1445
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001446The OptionSet autocommand event is not always triggered. (Rick Howe, 2015 Sep
144724): :diffthis, :diffoff.
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001448
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001449":set all&" still does not handle all side effects. Centralize handling side
1450effects for when set by the user, on init and when reset to default.
1451
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001452":tag" does not jump to the right entry of a :tselect. (James Speros, 2015 Oct
14539)
1454
1455The argument for "-S" is not taken literally, the ":so" command expands
1456wildcards. Add a ":nowild" command modifier? (ZyX, 2015 March 4)
1457
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001458Proposal to make options.txt easier to read. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001459Update Aug 14.
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001460
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001461When using --remote-tab on MS-Windows 'encoding' hasn't been initialized yet,
1462the file name ends up encoded wrong. (Raul Coronado, 2015 Dec 21)
1463
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001464Example in editing.txt uses $HOME with the expectation that it ends in a
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001465slash. For me it does, but perhaps not for everybody. Add a function that
1466inserts a slash when needed? pathconcat(dir, path) (Thilo Six, 2015 Aug 12)
1467
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001468ml_updatechunk() is slow when retrying for another encoding. (John Little,
14692014 Sep 11)
1470
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001471Patch to fix checking global option value when not using it.
1472(Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 23)
1473
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001474When 'showbreak' is set repeating a Visual operation counts the size of the
1475'showbreak' text as part of the operation. (Axel Bender, 2015 Jul 20)
1476
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001477Patch to add grepfile(). (Scott Prager, 2015 May 26)
1478Work in progress.
1479
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001480Would be useful to have a treemap() or deepmap() function. Like map() but
1481when an item is a list or dict would recurse into it.
1482
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001483Patch for global-local options consistency. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 22)
1484Is this right?
1485
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001486Patch to make getregtype() return the right size for non-linux systems.
1487(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Jul 8)
1488Breaks test_eval. Inefficient, can we only compute y_width when needed?
1489
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001490Patch to use different terminal mode settings for system(). (Hayaki Saito)
1491Does this work for everybody?
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001492
Bram Moolenaare2db6c92015-06-19 18:48:41 +02001493Patch for man.vim. (SungHyun Nam, 2015 May 20)
1494Doesn't work completely (Dominique Orban)
1495
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001496Patch to add a "literal" argument to bufnr(). (Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 Aug 4)
1497
Bram Moolenaar5837f1f2015-03-21 18:06:14 +01001498When a session file is created and there are "nofile" buffers, these are not
1499filled. Need to trigger BufReadCmd autocommands. Also handle deleting the
1500initial empty buffer better. (ZyX, 2015 March 8)
1501
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001502Extended file attributes lost on write (backupcopy=no). Issue 306.
1503
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001504Patch to add :lockjumps. (Carlo Baldassi, 2015 May 25)
1505OK to not block marks?
1506
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001507Mixup of highlighting when there is a match and SpellBad. (ZyX, 2015 Jan 1)
1508
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001509Patch on Issue 72: 'autochdir' causes problems for :vimgrep.
1510
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02001511When two SIGWINCH arrive very quickly, the second one may be lost.
1512(Josh Triplett, 2015 Sep 17)
1513
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001514Make comments in the test Makefile silent. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 24)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001515
Bram Moolenaared32d942014-12-06 23:33:00 +01001516Result of systemlist() does not show whether text ended in line break.
1517(Bjorn Linse, 2014 Nov 27)
1518
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001519When in 'comments' "n:x" follows after three-part comment directly it repeats
1520any one-character from the previous line. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 19)
1521
1522Syntax highlighting slow (hangs) in SASS file. (Niek Bosch, 2013 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02001523
Bram Moolenaar92dff182014-02-11 19:15:50 +01001524Adding "~" to 'cdpath' doesn't work for completion? (Davido, 2013 Aug 19)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001525
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001526Patch: Let rare word highlighting overrule good word highlighting.
1527(Jakson A. Aquino, 2010 Jul 30, again 2011 Jul 2)
1528
1529Patch to add digits argument to round(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2015 Apr 26)
1530
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001531Can assign to s:type when a function s:type has been defined.
1532Also the other way around: define a function while a variable with that name
1533was already defined.
1534(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 3)
1535
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001536Patch for ordered dict. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2015 May 7)
1537
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001538Patch to make closed folds line up. (Charles Campbell, 2014 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaare3faf442014-12-14 01:27:49 +01001539Remark from Roland Eggner: does it cause crashes? (2014 Dec 12)
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001540Updated patch by Roland Eggner, Dec 16
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001541Updated patch from Charles, 2016 Jul 2
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001542
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001543Patch for building a 32bit Vim with 64bit MingW compiler.
1544(Michael Soyka, 2014 Oct 15)
1545
Bram Moolenaar8a94d872015-01-25 13:02:57 +01001546Patch: On MS-Windows shellescape() may have to triple double quotes.
1547(Ingo Karkat, 2015 Jan 16)
1548
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001549Patch for glob(), adding slash to normal files. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Dec 22)
1550
Bram Moolenaara0f849e2015-10-30 14:37:44 +01001551When entering and leaving the preview window autocommands are triggered, but
1552these may not work well. Perhaps set a flag to indicate that the preview
1553window is involved? (John Otter, 2015 Oct 27)
1554
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001555Using "." to repeat an Ex command puts that command in history. Probably
1556should not happen. If the command is the result of a mapping it's not put in
1557history either. (Jacob Niehus, 2014 Nov 2)
1558Patch from Jacob, Nov 2.
1559
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001560"hi link" does not respect groups with GUI settings only. (Mark Lodato, 2014
1561Jun 8)
1562
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001563Bug: Autocompleting ":tag/pat" replaces "/pat" with a match but does not
1564insert a space. (Micha Mos, 2014 Nov 7)
1565
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001566No error for missing endwhile. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 20)
1567
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001568Patch to make extend() fail early when it might fail at some point.
1569(Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 May 2) Makes extend() slower, do we still want it?
1570Perhaps only the checks that can be done without looping over the dict or
1571arguments.
1572
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001573Problem with transparent and matchgroup. Issue #475
1574
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +02001575Patch to add :arglocal and :arglists. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2014 Aug 6)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001576
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001577Spell files use a latin single quote. Unicode also has another single quote:
15780x2019. (Ron Aaron, 2014 Apr 4)
1579New OpenOffice spell files support this with ICONV. But they are not
1580compatible with Vim spell files. The old files can no longer be downloaded.
1581
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02001582Spell checking: Add a feature to only consider two spaces after a dot to start
1583a new sentence. Don't give the capitalization error when there is one space.
1584
Bram Moolenaar13600302014-05-22 18:26:40 +02001585Idea: For a window in the middle (has window above and below it), use
1586right-mouse-drag on the status line to move a window up/down without changing
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001587its height? It's like dragging the status bar above it at the same time.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02001588
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001589Patch to add a :domodeline command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Oct 21)
1590
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001591This does not give an error: (Andre Sihera, 2014 Mar 21)
1592 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo if 1 | echo 1'
1593This neither: (ZyX)
1594 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo while 1 | echo 1'
1595
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001596'viewdir' default on MS-Windows is not a good choice, it's a system directory.
1597Change 'viewdir' to "$HOME/vimfiles/view" and use 'viewdiralt' to also read
1598from?
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001599
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001600Problem with upwards search on Windows (works OK on Linux). (Brett Stahlman,
16012014 Jun 8)
1602
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001603Include a plugin manager with Vim? Neobundle seems to be the best currently.
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001604Also Vundle: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001605Long message about this from ZyX, 2014 Mar 23. And following replies.
1606Also see http://vim-wiki.mawercer.de/wiki/topic/vim%20plugin%20managment.html
1607User view:
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001608- Support multiple sources, basically any http:// URL. Or a central place that
1609 will work for everybody (github? redirects from vim.org?).
1610 Be able to look into the files before deciding to install.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001611- Be able to try out a plugin and remove it again with (almost) no traces.
1612- Each plugin needs a "manifest" file that has the version, dependencies
1613 (including Vim version and features), conflicts, list of files, etc.
1614 Updater uses that to decide what/how to update.
1615 Dependencies can use a URL for specific versions, or short name for scripts
1616 on vim.org.
1617- Once a plugin is installed it remembers where it came from, updater checks
1618 there. Can manually update when really needed.
1619- Must be possible to install for one user. Also system wide?
1620- Can edit plugin config with Vim. Can temporarily disable a plugin.
1621- Run the update manually, find latest version and install.
1622- Be able to download without special tools, must work for 95% of users.
1623Implementation:
1624- Avoid the 'runtimepath' getting long. Need some other way to keep each
1625 plugin separate.
1626- When installing or updating, first figure out what needs to be done. This
1627 may involve recursively fetching manifest files for dependencies. Then show
1628 the user what's going to change and ask for OK.
1629- Scripts on Vim.org must be able to consist of several files. Is zip format
1630 sufficient? Upload the manifest? Or refer to a site that has the manifest?
1631- Best is to fetch individual files or use a Vimball. Reduces dependency on
1632 tools that might be missing and allows inspection of the files before
1633 installing.
1634Out of scope:
1635- Overview of plugins, ratings, comments, etc. That's another world.
1636- Development work on plugins (although diff with distributed version would be
1637 useful).
1638
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001639Setting the spell file in a session only reads the local additions, not the
1640normal spell file. (Enno Nagel, 2014 Mar 29)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001641
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001642When typing the first character of a command, e.g. "f", then using a menu, the
1643menu item doesn't work. Clear typeahead when using a menu?
1644
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001645Editing an ascii file as ucs-2 or ucs-4 causes display errors.
1646(ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
1647
1648":Next 1 some-arg" does not complain about trailing argument. Also for
1649various other commands. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001650
Bram Moolenaar0a63ded2015-04-15 13:31:24 +02001651Patch to skip sort if no line matches the expression.
Bram Moolenaar8bb1c3e2014-07-04 16:43:17 +02001652(Christian Brabandt, 2014 Jun 25)
1653
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001654VMS: Select() doesn't work properly, typing ESC may hang Vim. Use sys$qiow
1655instead. (Samuel Ferencik, 2013 Sep 28)
1656
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001657Patch for XDG base directory support. (Jean François Bignolles, 2014 Mar 4)
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001658Remark on the docs. Should not be a compile time feature. But then what?
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001659
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001660Completion of ":e" is ":earlier", should be ":edit". Complete to the matching
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001661command instead of doing this alphabetically. (Mikel Jorgensen)
Bram Moolenaar438f67a2014-01-07 06:09:28 +01001662
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001663Patch to define macros for hardcoded values. (Elias Diem, 2013 Dec 14)
1664
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001665Several syntax file match "^\s*" which may get underlined if that's in the
1666highlight group. Add a "\zs" after it?
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001667
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02001668The undo file name can get too long. (Issue 346)
1669For the path use a hash instead of dir%dir%dir%name hash%name.
1670
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001671Patch to add ":undorecover", get as much text out of the undo file as
Bram Moolenaar7b61a542014-08-23 15:31:19 +02001672possible. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Mar 12, update Aug 22)
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001673
Bram Moolenaard5d015d2013-11-03 21:14:31 +01001674Updated spec ftplugin. (Matěj Cepl, 2013 Oct 16)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001675
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001676Patch to handle integer overflow. (Aaron Burrow, 2013 Dec 12)
1677
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +010016787 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
1679 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
1680 "lucida_console:h8").
1681Patch by Thomas Tuegel, also for GTK, 2013 Nov 24
1682
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001683:help gives example for z?, but it does not work. m? and t? do work.
1684
Bram Moolenaar8e5af3e2011-04-28 19:02:44 +02001685Discussion about canonicalization of Hebrew. (Ron Aaron, 2011 April 10)
1686
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001687Checking runtime scripts: Thilo Six, 2012 Jun 6.
1688
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001689When evaluating expression in backticks, autoload doesn't work.
1690(Andy Wokula, 2013 Dec 14)
1691
1692Using <nr>ifoobar<esc> can slow down Vim. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013
Bram Moolenaar259f26a2018-05-15 22:25:40 +02001693Dec 13. Only helps a bit, 10000ii<Esc> is still too slow.
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001694
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001695GTK: problem with 'L' in 'guioptions' changing the window width.
1696(Aaron Cornelius, 2012 Feb 6)
1697
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001698Patch to add option that tells whether small deletes go into the numbered
1699registers. (Aryeh Leib Taurog, 2013 Nov 18)
1700
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02001701Javascript file where indent gets stuck on: GalaxyMaster, 2012 May 3.
1702
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001703The BufUnload event is triggered when re-using the empty buffer.
1704(Pokey Rule, 2013 Jul 22)
1705Patch by Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Jul 22.
1706
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001707The CompleteDone autocommand needs some info passed to it:
1708- The word that was selected (empty if abandoned complete)
1709- Type of completion: tag, omnifunc, user func.
1710
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001711Patch to allow more types in remote_expr(). (Lech Lorens, 2014 Jan 5)
1712Doesn't work for string in list. Other way to pass all types of variables
1713reliably?
1714
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001715Patch to add {lhs} to :mapclear: clear all maps starting with {lhs}.
1716(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Dec 9)
1717
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001718Exception caused by argument of return is not caught by try/catch.
1719(David Barnett, 2013 Nov 19)
1720
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001721Patch to fix that 'cedit' is recognized after :normal. (Christian Brabandt,
17222013 Mar 19, later message)
Bram Moolenaar26402cb2013-02-20 21:26:00 +01001723
1724Patch to view coverage of the tests. (Nazri Ramliy, 2013 Feb 15)
1725
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02001726Patch to invert characters differently in GTK. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2013 May
17275)
1728
Bram Moolenaar56b45b92013-06-24 22:22:18 +02001729Patch to add "Q" and "A" responses to interactive :substitute. They are
1730carried over when using :global. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jun 19)
1731
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02001732Bug with 'cursorline' in diff mode. Line being scrolled into view gets
1733highlighted as the cursor line. (Alessandro Ivaldi, 2013 Jun 4)
1734
Bram Moolenaar4b60a6c2013-11-14 05:48:46 +01001735Two highlighting bugs. (ZyX, 2013 Aug 18)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001736
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001737Patch to support 'u' in interactive substitute. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Sep
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200173828) With tests: Oct 9.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001739
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001740Dialog is too big on Linux too. (David Fishburn, 2013 Sep 2)
1741
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001742Patch to make fold updates much faster. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Dec)
1743
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001744- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
1745 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
1746Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 Apr 20, unfinished.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001747
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001748Bug: findfile("any", "file:///tmp;") does not work.
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001749
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +02001750In the ATTENTION message about an existing swap file, mention the name of the
1751process that is running. It might actually be some other program, e.g. after
1752a reboot.
1753
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001754patch to add "combine" flag to syntax commands. (so8res, 2012 Dec 6)
1755
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001756Syntax update problem in one buffer opened in two windows, bottom window is
1757not correctly updated. (Paul Harris, 2012 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001758
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001759Patch to add getsid(). (Tyru, 2011 Oct 2) Do we want this? Update Oct 4.
1760Or use expand('<sid>')?
1761
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001762Patch to make confirm() display colors. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Nov 9)
1763
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +01001764Problem with refresh:always in completion. (Tyler Wade, 2013 Mar 17)
1765
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001766b:undo_ftplugin cannot call a script-local function. (Boris Danilov, 2013 Jan
17677)
1768
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +02001769Win32: The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
1770compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2 dynamically?
1771
1772Python: Be able to define a Python function that can be called directly from
1773Vim script. Requires converting the arguments and return value, like with
1774vim.bindeval().
1775
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001776Patch for :tabcloseleft, after closing a tab go to left tab. (William Bowers,
17772012 Aug 4)
1778
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001779Patch to improve equivalence classes in regexp patterns.
1780(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jan 16, update Jan 17)
1781
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001782Patch with suggestions for starting.txt. (Tony Mechelynck, 2012 Oct 24)
1783But use Gnome instead of GTK?
1784
1785Should be possible to enable/disable matchparen per window or buffer.
1786Add a check for b:no_match_paren in Highlight_matching_Pair() (Marcin
1787Szamotulski, 2012 Nov 8)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02001788
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001789Session file creation: 'autochdir' causes trouble. Keep it off until after
1790loading all files.
1791
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001792MS-Windows resizing problems:
1793- Windows window on screen positioning: Patch by Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jun
1794 20. Uses getWindowRect() instead of GetWindowPlacement()
1795- Win32: When the taskbar is at the top of the screen creating the tabbar
1796 causes the window to move unnecessarily. (William E. Skeith III, 2012 Jan
1797 12) Patch: 2012 Jan 13 Needs more work (2012 Feb 2)
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001798
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001799'iminsert' global value set when using ":setlocal iminsert"? (Wu, 2012 Jun 23)
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001800
Bram Moolenaarad3b3662013-05-17 18:14:19 +02001801Patch to append regexp to tag commands to make it possible to select one out
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001802of many matches. (Cody Cutler, 2013 Mar 28)
1803
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001804The input map for CTRL-O in mswin.vim causes problems after CTRL-X CTRL-O.
1805Suggestion for another map. (Philip Mat, 2012 Jun 18)
1806But use "gi" instead of "a". Or use CTRL-\ CTRL-O.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001807
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001808When there are no command line arguments ":next" and ":argu" give E163, which
1809is confusing. Should say "the argument list is empty".
1810
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001811URXVT:
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001812- will get stuck if byte sequence does not contain the expected semicolon.
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001813- Use urxvt mouse support also in xterm. Explanations:
1814 http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2662
1815
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001816Patch to have the fold and sign column and at the last line of the buffer.
1817(Marco Hinz, 2014 Sep 25)
1818Alternate suggestion: let all columns continue, also the number column.
1819
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001820Patch to add tests for if_xcmdsrv.c., Jul 8, need some more work. (Brian Burns)
Bram Moolenaar6c35bea2012-07-25 17:49:10 +02001821New tests Jul 13. Update Jul 17. Discussion Jul 18.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001822
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001823When running Vim in silent ex mode, an existing swapfile causes Vim to wait
1824for a user action without a prompt. (Maarten Billemont, 2012 Feb 3)
1825Do give the prompt? Quit with an error?
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001826
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02001827Patch for input method status. (Hirohito Higashi, 2012 Apr 18)
1828
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001829Update Vim app icon (for Gnome). (Jakub Steiner, 2013 Dec 6)
1830
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001831Patch to use .png icons for the toolbar on MS-Windows. (Martin Gieseking, 2013
1832Apr 18)
1833
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001834Patch for has('unnamedplus') docs. (Tony Mechelynck, 2011 Sep 27)
1835And one for gui_x11.txt.
1836
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001837":cd" doesn't work when current directory path contains "**".
1838finddir() has the same problem. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jan 10)
1839Requires a rewrite of the file_file_in_path code.
1840
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001841Should use has("browsefilter") in ftplugins. Requires patch 7.3.593.
1842
Bram Moolenaar34700a62013-03-07 13:20:54 +01001843Update for vim2html.pl. (Tyru, 2013 Feb 22)
1844
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001845Patch to sort functions starting with '<' after others. Omit dict functions,
1846they can't be called. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2011 Oct 11)
1847
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001848Patch to pass list to or(), and() and xor(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2012 Feb 8)
1849
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001850Patch to improve "it" and "at" text object matching. (Christian Brabandt, 2011
1851Nov 20)
1852
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001853Patch to improve GUI find/replace dialog. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 May 26)
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001854Update Jun 2.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001855
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001856`] moves to character after insert, instead of the last inserted character.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001857(Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Dec 9)
1858
1859Plugin for Modeleasy. (Massimiliano Tripoli, 2011 Nov 29)
1860
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01001861BufWinLeave triggers too late when quitting last window in a tab page. (Lech
1862Lorens, 2012 Feb 21)
1863
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001864Patch for 'transparency' option. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1865Only for MS-Windows. No documentation. Do we want this?
1866
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01001867Patch to support cursor shape in Cygwin console. (Ben bgold, 2011 Dec 27)
1868
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001869On MS-Windows a temp dir with a & init causes system() to fail. (Ben Fritz,
18702012 Jun 19)
1871
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001872'cursorline' is displayed too short when there are concealed characters and
1873'list' is set. (Dennis Preiser)
1874Patch 7.3.116 was the wrong solution.
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001875Christian Brabandt has another incomplete patch. (2011 Jul 13)
Bram Moolenaar5b435d62012-04-05 17:33:26 +02001876
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001877With concealed text mouse click doesn't put the cursor in the right position.
1878(Herb Sitz) Fix by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 16. Doesn't work properly,
1879need to make the change in where RET_WIN_BUF_CHARTABSIZE() is called.
1880
1881Syntax region with 'concealends' and a 'cchar' value, 'conceallevel' set to 2,
1882only one of the two ends gets the cchar displayed. (Brett Stahlman, 2010 Aug
188321, Ben Fritz, 2010 Sep 14)
1884
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001885Win32: Patch to use task dialogs when available. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1886New feature, requires testing. Made some remarks.
1887
1888Win32: Patch for alpha-blended icons and toolbar height. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011
1889Sep 17) Asked for feedback from others.
1890
Bram Moolenaar6be7f872012-01-20 21:08:56 +01001891Win32: Cannot cd into a directory that starts with a space. (Andy Wokula, 2012
1892Jan 19)
1893
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001894Need to escape $HOME on Windows for fnameescape()? (ZyX, 2011 Jul 21,
1895discussion 2013 Jul 4) Can't simply use a backslash, \$HOME has a different
1896meaning already. Would be possible to use $$HOME where $HOME is to be used.
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001897
Bram Moolenaarbc488a72013-07-05 21:01:22 +02001898"2" in 'formatoptions' not working in comments. (Christian Corneliussen, 2011
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001899Oct 26)
1900
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001901Bug in repeating Visual "u". (Lawrence Kesteloot, 2010 Dec 20)
1902
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02001903With "unamedplus" in 'clipboard' pasting in Visual mode causes error for empty
1904register. (Michael Seiwald, 2011 Jun 28) I can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001905
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001906Windows keys not set properly on Windows 7? (cncyber, 2010 Aug 26)
1907
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001908When using a Vim server, a # in the path causes an error message.
1909(Jeff Lanzarotta, 2011 Feb 17)
1910
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001911When there is a ">" in a line that "gq" wraps to the start of the next line,
1912then the following line will pick it up as a leader. Should get the leader
1913from the first line, not a wrapped line. (Matt Ackeret, 2012 Feb 27)
1914
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001915Using ":break" or something else that stops executing commands inside a
1916":finally" does not rethrow a previously uncaught exception. (ZyX, 2010 Oct
191715)
1918
1919Vim using lots of memory when joining lines. (John Little, 2010 Dec 3)
1920
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02001921BT regexp engine: After trying a \@> match and failing, submatches are not
1922cleared. See test64.
1923
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001924Patch to make "z=" work when 'spell' is off. Does this have nasty side
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001925effects? (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Aug 5, Update 2013 Aug 12)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001926Would also need to do this for spellbadword() and spellsuggest().
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +01001927https://github.com/chrisbra/vim-mq-patches/blob/master/enable_spellchecking
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001928
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001929On 64 bit MS-Windows "long" is only 32 bits, but we sometimes need to store a
193064 bits value. Change all number options to use nropt_T and define it to the
1931right type.
1932
1933string() can't parse back "inf" and "nan". Fix documentation or fix code?
1934(ZyX, 2010 Aug 23)
1935
1936When doing "redir => s:foo" in a script and then "redir END" somewhere else
1937(e.g. in a function) it can't find s:foo.
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001938When a script contains "redir => s:foo" but doesn't end redirection, a
1939following "redir" command gives an error for not being able to access s:foo.
1940(ZyX, 2011 Mar 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001941
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02001942When setqflist() uses a filename that triggers a BufReadCmd autocommand Vim
1943doesn't jump to the correct line with :cfirst. (ZyX, 2011 Sep 18)
1944
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001945Behavior of i" and a" text objects isn't logical. (Ben Fritz, 2013 Nov 19)
1946
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001947maparg() does not show the <script> flag. When temporarily changing a
1948mapping, how to restore the script ID?
1949
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001950Bug in try/catch: return with invalid compare throws error that isn't caught.
1951(ZyX, 2011 Jan 26)
1952
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001953When setting a local option value from the global value, add a script ID that
1954indicates this, so that ":verbose set" can give a hint. Check with options in
1955the help file.
1956
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001957After patch 7.3.097 still get E15. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Jan 18)
1958Also for another example (ZyX, 2011 Jan 24)
1959
1960Build problem with small features on Mac OS X 10.6. (Rainer, 2011 Jan 24)
1961
1962"0g@$" puts '] on last byte of multi-byte. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 22)
1963
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001964Patch for :tabrecently. (Hirokazu Yoshida, 2012 Jan 30)
1965
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001966Problem with "syn sync grouphere". (Gustavo Niemeyer, 2011 Jan 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001967
1968Loading autoload script even when usage is inside "if 0". (Christian Brabandt,
19692010 Dec 18)
1970
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001971With a filler line in diff mode, it isn't displayed in the column with line
1972number, but it is in the sign column. Doesn't look right. (ZyX 2011 Jun 5)
1973Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 5. Introduces new problems.
1974
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001975Add jump() function. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Aug 29)
1976Is this needed? CTRL-O and CTRL-I do the same, just more difficult to use.
1977
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020019788 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
1979Patch by Christian Brabandt, uses ]e [e ]t and [t. 2011 Aug 9.
1980
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001981Add event for when the text scrolls. A bit like CursorMoved. Also a similar
1982one for insert mode. Use the event in matchparen to update the highlight if
1983the match scrolls into view.
1984
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020019857 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
1986Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
1987Update by Ben Fritz, with fix for TOhtml. (2011 Jul 30)
1988
19899 Add %F to 'errorformat': file name without spaces. Useful on Unix to
1990 avoid matching something up to a time 11:22:33.
1991Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
1992
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02001993Patch to add up to 99 match groups. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 Dec 22)
1994Also add named groups: \%{name}(re) and \%{name}g
1995
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001996In the sandbox it's not allowed to do many things, but it's possible to change
1997or set variables. Add a way to prevent variables from being changed in the
1998sandbox? E.g.: ":protect g:restore_settings".
1999
2000GTK: drawing a double-width combining character over single-width characters
2001doesn't look right. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 8)
2002
2003GTK: tear-off menu does not work. (Kurt Sonnenmoser, 2010 Oct 25)
2004
2005Win32: tear-off menu does not work when menu language is German. (Markus
2006Bossler, 2011 Mar 2) Fixed by 7.3.095?
2007
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02002008Wish for NetBeans commands:
2009 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
2010
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002011Version of netbeans.c for use with MacVim. (Kazuki Sakamoto, 2010 Nov 18)
2012
20137.3.014 changed how backslash at end of line works, but still get a NUL when
2014there is one backslash. (Ray Frush, 2010 Nov 18) What does the original ex
2015do?
2016
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002017Searching mixed with Visual mode doesn't redraw properly. (James Vega, 2010 Nov
201822)
2019
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002020New esperanto spell file can't be processed. (Dominique Pelle, 2011 Jan 30)
2021- move compflags to separate growarray?
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002022- instead of a regexp use a hashtable. Expand '?', '*', '+'. What would be
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002023 the maximum repeat for * and +?
2024
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01002025"L'Italie" noted as a spell error at start of the sentence. (Dominique Pelle,
20262011 Feb 27)
2027
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002028Editing a file with a ^M with 'ff' set to "mac", opening a help file, then the
2029^M is displayed as ^J sometimes. Getting 'ff' value from wrong window/buffer?
2030
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002031When Vim is put in the background (SIGTSTP) and then gets a SIGHUP it doesn't
2032exit. It exists as soon as back in the foreground. (Stephen Liang, 2011 Jan
20339) Caused by vim_handle_signal(SIGNAL_BLOCK); in ui.c.
2034
2035g` not working correctly when using :edit. It works OK when editing a file on
2036the command line. (Ingo Karkat, 2011 Jan 25)
2037
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002038Since patch 7.2.46 Yankring plugin has become very slow, eventually make Vim
2039crash? (Raiwil, 2010 Nov 17)
2040
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02002041Patch to add FoldedLineNr highlighting: different highlighting for the line
2042number of a closed fold. (eXerigumo Clanjor, 2013 Jul 15)
2043
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02002044Regexp engine performance:
2045- Profiling:
2046 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/ruby.vim
2047 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/loop.vim
2048 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/alsa.vim
2049 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/todo.vim
2050 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/xml.vim
2051 Dominique Pelle: xmlSyncDT is particularly slow (Jun 7)
2052- More test files from the src/pkg/regexp/testdata directory in the Go repo.
2053- Performance tests:
2054 - Using asciidoc syntax. (Marek Schimara, 2013 Jun 6)
2055 - ~/vim/text/FeiqCfg.xml (file from Netjune)
2056 - ~/vim/text/edl.svg (also XML)
2057 - glts has five tests. (May 25)
2058 - ~/vim/test/slowsearch
2059 - ~/vim/test/rgb.vim
2060 - search for a.*e*exn in the vim executable. Go to last line to use
2061 'hlsearch'.
2062 - Slow combination of folding and PHP syntax highlighting. Script to
2063 reproduce it. Caused by "syntax sync fromstart" in combination with patch
2064 7.2.274. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 May 27) Generally, folding with
2065 'foldmethod' set to "syntax" is slow. Do profiling to find out why.
2066
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002067Problem producing tags file when hebrew.frx is present. It has a BOM.
2068Results in E670. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 May 2)
2069
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02002070'beval' option should be global-local.
2071
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002072Ruby: ":ruby print $buffer.number" returns zero.
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02002073
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002074setpos() does not restore cursor position after :normal. (Tyru, 2010 Aug 11)
Bram Moolenaar2a988a12010-08-13 15:24:39 +02002075
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02002076With "tw=55 fo+=a" typing space before ) doesn't work well. (Scott Mcdermott,
20772010 Oct 24)
2078
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002079Messages in message.txt are highlighted as examples.
2080
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02002081When using cp850 the NBSP (0xff) is not drawn correctly. (Brett Stahlman, 2010
2082Oct 22) 'isprint' is set to "@,161-255".
2083
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02002084":echo "\x85" =~# '[\u0085]'" returns 1 instead of 0. (ZyX, 2010 Oct 3)
2085
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002086'cindent' not correct when 'list' is set. (Zdravi Korusef, 2010 Apr 15)
2087
Bram Moolenaar6ee8d892012-01-10 14:55:01 +01002088C-indenting: A matching { in a comment is ignored, but intermediate { are not
2089checked to be in a comment. Implement FM_SKIPCOMM flag of findmatchlimit().
2090Issue 46.
2091
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002092Mac with X11: clipboard doesn't work properly. (Raf, 2010 Aug 16)
2093
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002094Using CompilerSet doesn't record where an option was set from. E.g., in the
2095gcc compiler plugin. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Dec 13)
2096
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002097":helpgrep" does not put the cursor in the correct column when preceded by
2098accented character. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 Apr 15)
2099
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002100Don't call check_restricted() for histadd(), setbufvar(), settabvar(),
2101setwinvar().
2102
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002103Patch for gVimExt to show an icon. (Dominik Riebeling, 2010 Nov 7)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002104
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002105When 'lines' is 25 and 'scrolloff' is 12, "j" scrolls zero or two lines
2106instead of one. (Constantin Pan, 2010 Sep 10)
2107
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02002108Gui menu edit/paste in block mode insert only inserts in one line (Bjorn
2109Winckler, 2011 May 11)
2110Requires a map mode for Insert mode started from blockwise Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002111
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002112Writing nested List and Dict in viminfo gives error message and can't be read
2113back. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2010 Nov 13)
2114
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002115Problem with cursor in the wrong column. (SungHyun Nam, 2010 Mar 11)
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002116Additional info by Dominique Pelle. (also on 2010 Apr 10)
2117
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002118CreateFile and CreateFileW are used without sharing, filewritable() fails when
2119the file was already open (e.g. script is being sourced). Add FILE_SHARE_READ|
2120FILE_SHARE_WRITE in mch_access()? (Phillippe Vaucher, 2010 Nov 2)
2121
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002122Is ~/bin (literally) in $PATH supposed to work? (Paul, 2010 March 29)
2123Looks like only bash can do it. (Yakov Lerner)
2124
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02002125Cscope "cs add" stopped working somewhat before 7.2.438. (Gary Johnson, 2010
2126Jun 29) Caused by 7.2.433?
2127
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002128Jumplist doesn't work properly in Insert mode? (Jean Johner, 2010 Mar 20)
2129
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002130Problem with transparent cmdline. Also: Terminal title is wrong with
2131non-ASCII character. (Lily White, 2010 Mar 7)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002132
2133iconv() doesn't fail on an illegal character, as documented. (Yongwei Wu, 2009
2134Nov 15, example Nov 26) Add argument to specify whether iconv() should fail
2135or replace with a character and continue?
2136
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002137Add local time at start of --startuptime output.
2138Requires configure check for localtime().
2139Use format year-month-day hr:min:sec.
2140
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01002141Patch to add "combine" to :syntax, combines highlight attributes. (Nate
2142Soares, 2012 Dec 3)
2143
2144Patch to make ":hi link" also take arguments. (Nate Soares, 2012 Dec 4)
2145
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002146Shell not recognized properly if it ends in "csh -f". (James Vega, 2009 Nov 3)
2147Find tail? Might have a / in argument. Find space? Might have space in
2148path.
2149
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002150Test 51 fails when language set to German. (Marco, 2011 Jan 9)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002151Dominique can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002152
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02002153'ambiwidth' should be global-local.
2154
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002155":function f(x) keepjumps" creates a function where every command is executed
2156like it has ":keepjumps" before it.
2157
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002158Coverity: Check if there are new reported defects:
2159https://scan.coverity.com/projects/241
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002160
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002161Patch to support :undo absolute jump to file save number. (Christian Brabandt,
21622010 Nov 5)
2163
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02002164Patch to use 'foldnestmax' also for "marker" foldmethod. (Arnaud Lacombe, 2011
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002165Jan 7)
2166
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002167Problem with editing file in binary mode. (Ingo Krabbe, 2009 Oct 8)
2168
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002169With 'wildmode' set to "longest:full,full" and pressing Tab once the first
2170entry in wildmenu is highlighted, that shouldn't happen. (Yuki Watanabe, 2011
2171Feb 12)
2172
Bram Moolenaar4421d6a2010-08-14 13:33:56 +02002173Display error when 'tabline' that includes a file name with double-width
2174characters. (2010 Aug 14, bootleq)
2175
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002176Problem with stop directory in findfile(). (Adam Simpkins, 2009 Aug 26)
2177
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02002178Using ']' as the end of a range in a pattern requires double escaping:
2179 /[@-\\]] (Andy Wokula, 2011 Jun 28)
2180
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02002181Syntax priority problem. (Charles Campbell, 2011 Sep 15)
2182
Bram Moolenaar97ea5112010-06-12 06:46:44 +02002183When completion inserts the first match, it may trigger the line to be folded.
2184Disable updating folds while completion is active? (Peter Odding, 2010 Jun 9)
2185
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002186When a:base in 'completefunc' starts with a number it's passed as a number,
2187not a string. (Sean Ma) Need to add flag to call_func_retlist() to force a
2188string value.
2189
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002190For running gvim on a USB stick: avoid the OLE registration. Use a command
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002191line argument -noregister.
2192
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002193When using an expression in 'statusline' leading white space sometimes goes
2194missing (but not always). (ZyX, 2010 Nov 1)
2195
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002196When a mapping exists both for insert mode and lang-insert mode, the last one
2197doesn't work. (Tyru, 2010 May 6) Or is this intended?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002198
2199Still a problem with ":make" in the wrong directory. Caused by ":bufdo".
2200(Ajit Thakkar, 2009 Jul 1) More information Jul 9, Jul 15.
2201Caused by "doautoall syntaxset BufEnter *" in syntax/nosyntax.vim ?
2202There also is a BufLeave/BufEnter aucmd to save/restore view.
2203Does the patch to save/restore globaldir work?
2204
2205":bufdo normal gg" while 'hidden' is set leaves buffers without syntax
2206highlighting. Don't disable Syntax autocommands then? Or add a flag/modifier
2207to avoid changing 'eventignore'?
2208
2209Patch for displaying 0x200c and 0x200d. (Ali Gholami Rudi, 2009 May 6)
2210Probably needs a bit of work.
2211
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002212List of encoding aliases. (Takao Fujiwara, 2009 Jul 18)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002213Are they all OK? Update Jul 22.
2214
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002215Win32: Improved Makefile for MSVC. (Leonardo Valeri Manera, 2010 Aug 18)
2216
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002217Win32: Expanding 'path' runs into a maximum size limit. (bgold12, 2009 Nov 15)
2218
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002219Win32: Patch for enabling quick edit mode in console. (Craig Barkhouse, 2010
2220Sep 1)
2221
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01002222Win32: Patch for using .png files for icons. (Charles Peacech, 2012 Feb 5)
2223
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02002224Putting a Visual block while 'visualedit' is "all" does not leave the cursor
2225on the first character. (John Beckett, 2010 Aug 7)
2226
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002227Setting 'tags' to "tagsdir/*" does not find "tagsdir/tags". (Steven K. Wong,
22282009 Jul 18)
2229
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002230Patch to add "focusonly" to 'scrollopt', so that scrollbind also applies in
2231window that doesn't have focus. (Jonathon Mah, 2009 Jan 12)
2232Needs more work.
2233
2234Problem with <script> mappings (Andy Wokula, 2009 Mar 8)
2235
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002236When starting Vim with "gvim -f -u non_existent_file > foo.txt" there are a
2237few control characters in the output. (Dale Wiles, 2009 May 28)
2238
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002239'cmdwinheight' is only used in last window when 'winheight' is a large value.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002240(Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Apr 15)
2241
2242Status line containing winnr() isn't updated when splitting the window (Clark
2243J. Wang, 2009 Mar 31)
2244
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002245When $VIMRUNTIME is set in .vimrc, need to reload lang files. Already done
2246for GTK, how about others? (Ron Aaron, 2010 Apr 10)
2247
Bram Moolenaarede981a2010-08-11 23:37:32 +02002248Patch for GTK buttons X1Mouse and X2Mouse. (Christian J. Robinson, 2010 Aug 9)
2249
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002250":tab split fname" doesn't set the alternate file in the original window,
2251because win_valid() always returns FALSE. Below win_new_tabpage() in
2252ex_docmd.c.
2253
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002254Space before comma in function definition not allowed: "function x(a , b)"
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002255Give a more appropriate error message. Add a remark to the docs.
2256
2257string_convert() should be able to convert between utf-8 and utf-16le. Used
2258for GTK clipboard. Avoid requirement for iconv.
2259
2260Now that colnr_T is int instead of unsigned, more type casts can be removed.
2261
2262'delcombine' does not work for the command line. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jul
226320)
2264
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002265Don't load macmap.vim on startup, turn it into a plugin. (Ron Aaron,
22662009 Apr 7) Reminder Apr 14.
2267
2268Add "no_hlsearch" to winsaveview().
2269
2270Cursorline highlighting combines with Search ('hlsearch') but not with
2271SpellBad. (Jim Karsten, 2009 Mar 18)
2272
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002273When 'foldmethod' is "indent", adding an empty line below a fold and then
2274indented text, creates a new fold instead of joining it with the previous one.
2275(Evan Laforge, 2009 Oct 17)
2276
2277Bug: When reloading a buffer changed outside of Vim, BufRead autocommands
2278are applied to the wrong buffer/window. (Ben Fritz, 2009 Apr 2, May 11)
2279Ignore window options when not in the right window?
2280Perhaps we need to use a hidden window for applying autocommands to a buffer
2281that doesn't have a window.
2282
2283When using "ab foo bar" and mapping <Tab> to <Esc>, pressing <Tab> after foo
2284doesn't trigger the abbreviation like <Esc> would. (Ramana Kumar, 2009 Sep 6)
2285
2286getbufvar() to get a window-local option value for a buffer that's not
2287displayed in a window should return the value that's stored for that buffer.
2288
2289":he ctrl_u" can be auto-corrected to ":he ctrl-u".
2290
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002291There should be a way after an abbreviation has expanded to go back to what
2292was typed. CTRL-G h ? Would also undo last word or line break inserted
2293perhaps. And undo CTRL-W. CTRL-G l would redo.
2294
Bram Moolenaar84f888a2010-08-05 21:40:16 +02002295Diff mode out of sync. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Aug 4)
2296
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002297Win32 GUI: last message from startup doesn't show up when there is an echoerr
2298command. (Cyril Slobin, 2009 Mar 13)
2299
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002300Win32: completion of file name ":e c:\!test" results in ":e c:\\!test", which
2301does not work. (Nieko Maatjes, 2009 Jan 8, Ingo Karkat, 2009 Jan 22)
2302
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002303opening/closing window causes other window with 'winfixheight' to change
2304height. Also happens when there is another window in the frame, if it's not
Bram Moolenaar2c3b1d92010-07-24 16:58:02 +02002305very high. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2010 Jul 22, Michael Peeters, 2010 Jul 22)
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002306
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002307Directory wrong in session file, caused by ":lcd" in BufEnter autocommand.
2308(Felix Kater, 2009 Mar 3)
2309
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01002310Session file generates error upon loading, cause by --remote-silent-tab.
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002311(7tommm (ytommm) 2010 Nov 24)
2312
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002313Using ~ works OK on 'a' with composing char, but not on 0x0418 with composing
2314char 0x0301. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Mar 4)
2315
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02002316Searching for composing char works, but not when inside []. (ZyX, Benjamin R.
2317Haskell, 2010 Aug 24)
2318
2319This does not work yet: "a\(%C\)" (get composing characters into a submatch).
2320
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002321Inconsistent: starting with $LANG set to es_ES.utf-8 gives Spanish
2322messages, even though locale is not supported. But ":lang messages
2323es_ES.utf-8" gives an error and doesn't switch messages. (Dominique Pelle,
23242009 Jan 26)
2325
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002326When $HOME contains special characters, such as a comma, escape them when used
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002327in an option. (Michael Hordijk, 2009 May 5)
2328Turn "esc" argument of expand_env_esc() into string of chars to be escaped.
2329
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002330Should make 'ignorecase' global-local, so that it makes sense setting it from
2331a modeline.
2332
2333Add cscope target to Makefile. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jun 18, replies by
2334Sergey Khorev)
2335
2336Consider making YankRing or something else that keeps a list of yanked text
2337part of standard Vim. The "1 to "9 registers are not sufficient.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002338
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002339After doing "su" $HOME can be the old user's home, thus ~root/file is not
2340correct. Don't use it in the swap file.
2341
2342Completion for ":buf" doesn't work properly on Win32 when 'shellslash' is off.
2343(Henrik Ohman, 2009, Jan 29)
2344
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002345shellescape() depends on 'shellslash' for quoting. That doesn't work when
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002346'shellslash' is set but using cmd.exe. (Ben Fritz)
2347Use a different option or let it depend on whether 'shell' looks like a
2348unix-like shell?
2349
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002350Bug: in Ex mode (after "Q") backslash before line break, when yanked into a
2351register and executed, results in <Nul>: instead of line break.
2352(Konrad Schwarz, 2010 Apr 16)
2353
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002354Have a look at patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Mar 1, Mar 23)
2355Now at: http://vimgadgets.sourceforge.net/liblinebreak/
2356
2357Greek sigma character should be lower cased depending on the context. Can we
2358make this work? (Dominique Pelle, 2009 Sep 24)
2359
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002360When changing 'encoding' convert all the swap file names, so that we can
2361still delete them. Also convert all buffer file names?
2362
2363"gqip" in Insert mode has an off-by-one error, causing it to reflow text.
2364(Raul Coronado, 2009 Nov 2)
2365
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002366Something wrong with session that has "cd" commands and "badd", in such a way
2367that Vim doesn't find the edited file in the buffer list, causing the
2368ATTENTION message? (Tony Mechelynck, 2008 Dec 1)
2369Also: swap files are in ~/tmp/ One has relative file name ".mozilla/...".
2370
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002371MS-Windows: editing the first, empty buffer, 'ffs' set to "unix,dos", ":enew"
2372doesn't set 'ff' to "unix". (Ben Fritz, 2008 Dec 5) Reusing the old buffer
2373probably causes this.
2374
2375'scrollbind' is not respected when deleting lines or undo. (Milan Vancura,
Bram Moolenaar927edbd2010-05-17 22:07:47 +020023762009 Jan 16)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002377
2378Document that default font in Athena can be set with resources:
2379 XtDefaultFont: "9x15"
2380 XtDefaultFontSet: "9x15"
2381(Richard Sherman, 2009 Apr 12)
2382
2383Having "Syntax" in 'eventignore' for :bufdo may cause problems, e.g. for
2384":bufdo e" when buffers are open in windows. ex_listdo(eap) could set the
2385option only for when jumping to another buffer, not when the command argument
2386is executed.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002387
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002388":pedit %" with a BufReadPre autocommand causes the cursor to move to the
2389first line. (Ingo Karkat, 2008 Jul 1) Ian Kelling is working on this.
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02002390Similar problem with ":e". (Marc Montu, 2014 Apr 22)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002391
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002392Wildmenu not deleted: "gvim -u NONE", ":set nocp wildmenu cmdheight=3
2393laststatus=2", CTRL-D CTRL-H CTRL-H CTRL-H. (A.Politz, 2008 April 1)
2394Works OK with Vim in an xterm.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002395
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002396Cursor line moves in other window when using CTRL-W J that doesn't change
2397anything. (Dasn, 2009 Apr 7)
2398
2399On Unix "glob('does not exist~')" returns the string. Without the "~" it
2400doesn't. (John Little, 2008 Nov 9)
2401Shell expansion returns unexpanded string?
2402Don't use shell when "~" is not at the start?
2403
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002404When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
2405'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though the
2406fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to check for
2407the buffer to be unmodified.
2408Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 11. Followup Jul 14, need to have
2409another look at it.
2410
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002411c.vim: XXX in a comment is colored yellow, but not when it's after "#if 0".
2412(Ilya Dogolazky, 2009 Aug 7)
2413
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002414You can type ":w ++bad=x fname", but the ++bad argument is ignored. Give an
2415error message? Or is this easy to implement? (Nathan Stratton Treadway, 2008
2416Aug 20) This is in ucs2bytes(), search for 0xBF. Using the ++bad argument is
2417at the other match for 0xBF.
2418
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002419When adding "-complete=file" to a user command this also changes how the
2420argument is processed for <f-args>. (Ivan Tishchenko, 2008 Aug 19)
2421
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002422Win32: associating a type with Vim doesn't take care of space after a
2423backslash? (Robert Vibrant, 2008 Jun 5)
2424
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002425When 'rightleft' is set, cursorcolumn isn't highlighted after the end of a
2426line. It's also wrong in folds. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 21)
2427
2428Using an insert mode expression mapping, cursor is not in the expected
2429position. (ZyX, 2010 Aug 29)
2430
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002431After using <Tab> for command line completion after ":ta blah" and getting E33
2432(no tags file), further editing the command to e.g., ":echo 'blah'", the
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002433command is not executed. Fix by Ian Kelling?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002434
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002435":help s/~" jumps to *s/\~*, while ":help s/\~" doesn't find anything. (Tim
2436Chase) Fix by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 14.
2437
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002438When mapping : to ; and ; to :, @; doesn't work like @: and @: doesn't work
2439either. Matt Wozniski: nv_at() calls do_execreg() which uses
2440put_in_typebuf(). Char mapped twice?
2441
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002442Despite adding save_subexpr() this still doesn't work properly:
2443Regexp: matchlist('12a4aaa', '^\(.\{-}\)\(\%5c\@<=a\+\)\(.\+\)\?')
2444Returns ['12a4', 'aaa', '4aaa'], should be ['12a4', 'aaa', '']
2445Backreference not cleared when retrying after \@<= fails?
2446(Brett Stahlman, 2008 March 8)
2447
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002448Problem with remote_send(). (Charles Campbell, 2008 Aug 12)
2449
2450ftplugin for help file should set 'isk' to help file value.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002451
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002452Win32: remote editing fails when the current directory name contains "[".
2453(Ivan Tishchenko, Liu Yubao) Suggested patch by Chris Lubinski: Avoid
2454escaping characters where the backslash is not removed later. Asked Chris for
2455an alternate solution, also for src/ex_getln.c.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002456This also fails when the file or directory name contains "%". (Thoml, 2008
2457July 7)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02002458Using --remote-silent while the current directory has a # in the name does not
2459work, the # needs to be escaped. (Tramblay Bruno, 2012 Sep 15)
2460
2461When using remote-silent the -R flag is not passed on. (Axel Bender, 2012 May
246231)
2463
2464Win32: A --remote command that has a directory name starting with a ( doesn't
2465work, the backslash is removed, assuming that it escapes the (. (Valery
2466Kondakoff, 2009 May 13)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002467
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002468Win32: Using "gvim --remote-tab-silent elŝuti.txt" doesn't work, the
2469multi-byte character isn't passed and edits elsuti.txt.
2470(Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado, 2015 Dec 18)
2471
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002472Problem with 'langmap' being used on the rhs of a mapping. (Nikolai Weibull,
24732008 May 14)
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02002474Possibly related problem: Alexey Muranov, 2015 Apr 2
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002475
2476Problem with CTRL-F. (Charles Campbell, 2008 March 21)
2477Only happens with "gvim -geometry "160x26+4+27" -u NONE -U NONE prop.c".
2478'lines' is 54. (2008 March 27)
2479
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002480Problem with pointer wrapping around in getvcol(). (Wolfgang Kroworsch, 2008
2481Oct 19) Check for "col" being "MAXCOL" separately?
2482
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002483Unexpectedly inserting a double quote. (Anton Woellert, 2008 Mar 23)
2484Works OK when 'cmdheight' is 2.
2485
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +020024868 Use a mechanism similar to omni completion to figure out the kind of tab
2487 for CTRL-] and jump to the appropriate matching tag (if there are
2488 several).
2489 Alternative: be able to define a function that takes the tag name and uses
2490 taglist() to find the right location. With indication of using CTRL-] so
2491 that the context can be taken into account. (Robert Webb)
2492Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 May 31.
2493
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002494The utf class table is missing some entries:
2495 0x2212, minus sign
2496 0x2217, star
2497 0x2500, bar
2498 0x26ab, circle
2499
2500Visual line mode doesn't highlight properly when 'showbreak' is used and the
2501line doesn't fit. (Dasn, 2008 May 1)
2502
2503GUI: In Normal mode can't yank the modeless selection. Make "gy" do this?
2504Works like CTRL-Y in Command line mode.
2505
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002506Mac: Move Carbon todo items to os_mac.txt. Note that this version is frozen,
2507try the Cocoa version.
2508
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002509Mac: After a ":vsplit" the left scrollbar doesn't appear until 'columns' is
2510changed or the window is resized.
2511
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002512GTK: when setting 'columns' in a startup script and doing ":vertical diffsplit"
2513the window isn't redrawn properly, see two vertical bars.
2514
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002515Mac: Patch for configure: remove arch from ruby link args. (Knezevic, 2008
2516Mar 5) Alternative: Kazuki Sakamoto, Mar 7.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002517
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002518Mac: trouble compiling with Motif, requires --disable-darwin. (Raf, 2008 Aug
25191) Reply by Ben Schmidt.
2520
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002521C't: On utf-8 system, editing file with umlaut through Gnome results in URL
2522with %nn%nn, which is taken as two characters instead of one.
2523Try to reproduce at work.
2524
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002525Patch for default choice in file changed dialog. (Bjorn Winckler, 2008 Oct 19)
2526Is there a way to list all the files first?
2527
2528When 'smartcase' is set and using CTRL-L to add to the search pattern it may
2529result in no matches. Convert chars to lower case? (Erik Wognsen, 2009 Apr
253016)
2531
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002532Fail to edit file after failed register access. Error flag remains set?
2533(Lech Lorens, 2010 Aug 30)
2534
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002535Patch for redo register. (Ben Schmidt, 2007 Oct 19)
2536Await response to question to make the register writable.
2537
2538Problem with 'ts' set to 9 and 'showbreak' to ">>>". (Matthew Winn, 2007 Oct
25391)
2540
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002541In the swapfile dialog, add a H(elp) option that gives more info about what
2542each choice does. Similar to ":help swap-exists-choices"
2543
2544try/catch not working for argument of return. (Matt Wozniski, 2008 Sep 15)
2545
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002546try/catch not working when inside a for loop. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 25)
2547
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002548":tab help" always opens a new tab, while ":help" re-uses an existing window.
2549Would be more consistent when an existing tab is re-used. (Tony Mechelynck)
2550
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002551Add ":nofold". Range will apply without expanding to closed fold.
2552
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002553Using Aap to build Vim: add remarks about how to set personal preferences.
2554Example on http://www.calmar.ws/tmp/aap.html
2555
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002556Syntax highlighting wrong for transparent region. (Doug Kearns, 2007 Feb 26)
2557Bug in using a transparent syntax region. (Hanlen in vim-dev maillist, 2007
2558Jul 31)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002559
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002560When 'diffopt' has "context:0" a single deleted line causes two folds to merge
2561and mess up syncing. (Austin Jennings, 2008 Jan 31)
2562
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002563Gnome improvements: Edward Catmur, 2007 Jan 7
2564 Also use Save/Discard for other GUIs
2565
2566New PHP syntax file, use it? (Peter Hodge)
2567
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002568":echoe" in catch block stops processing, while this doesn't happen outside of
2569a catch block. (ZyX, 2011 Jun 2)
2570
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002571'foldcolumn' in modeline applied to wrong window when using a session. (Teemu
2572Likonen, March 19)
2573
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002574Test 54 uses shell commands, that doesn't work on non-Unix systems. Use some
2575other way to test buffer-local autocommands.
2576
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002577The documentation mentions the priority for ":2match" and ":3match", but it
2578appears the last one wins. (John Beckett, 2008 Jul 22) Caused by adding
2579matchadd()? Suggested patch by John, 2008 Jul 24.
2580
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002581When 'encoding' is utf-8 the command line is redrawn as a whole on every
2582character typed. (Tyler Spivey, 2008 Sep 3) Only redraw cmdline for
2583'arabicshape' when there is a character on the command line for which
2584(ARABIC_CHAR(u8c)) is TRUE.
2585
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002586Cheng Fang made javacomplete. (2007 Aug 11)
2587Asked about latest version: 0.77.1 is on www.vim.org.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002588
2589More AmigaOS4 patches. (Peter Bengtsson, Nov 9)
2590
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002591Amiga patches with vbcc. (Adrien Destugues, 2010 Aug 30)
2592http://pulkomandy.ath.cx/drop/vim73_vbcc_amiga.diff
2593
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002594Insert mode completion: When editing the text and pressing CTRL-N again goes
2595back to originally completed text, edited text is gone. (Peng Yu, 2008 Jul 24)
2596Suggestion by Ben Schmidt, 2008 Aug 6.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002597
2598Problem with compound words? (Bert, 2008 May 6)
2599No warning for when flags are defined after they are used in an affix.
2600
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002601Screen redrawing when continuously updating the buffer and resizing the
2602terminal. (Yakov Lerner, 2006 Sept 7)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002603
2604Add option settings to help ftplugin. (David Eggum, 2006 Dec 18)
2605
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002606Autoconf problem: when checking for iconv library we may add -L/usr/local/lib,
2607but when compiling further tests -liconv is added without the -L argument,
2608that may fail (e.g., sizeof(int)). (Blaine, 2007 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002609
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002610Problem with ".add" files when using two languages and restarting Vim. (Raul
2611Coronado, 2008 Oct 30)
2612
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002613Popup menu redraw: Instead of first redrawing the text and then drawing the
2614popup menu over it, first draw the new popup menu, remember its position and
2615size and then redraw the text, skipping the characters under the popup menu.
2616This should avoid flicker. Other solution by A.Politz, 2007 Aug 22.
2617
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002618When a register contains illegal bytes, writing viminfo in utf-8 and reading
2619it back doesn't result in utf-8. (Devin Bayer)
2620
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002621Command line completion: Scanning for tags doesn't check for typed key now and
2622then? Hangs for about 5 seconds. Appears to be caused by finding include
2623files with "foo/**" in 'path'. (Kalisiak, 2006 July 15)
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002624Additional info: When using the |wildcards| ** globing, vim hangs
2625indefinitely on lots of directories. The |file-searching| globing, like in
2626":set path=/**" does not hang as often as with globing with |wildcards|, like
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02002627in ":1find /**/file". This is for files that unix "find" can find very
2628quickly. Merging the 2 kinds of globing might make this an easier fix. (Ian
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002629Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002630
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002631When the file name has parenthesis, e.g., "foo (bar).txt", ":!ls '%'" has the
2632parenthesis escaped but not the space. That's inconsistent. Either escape
2633neither or both. No escaping might be best, because it doesn't depend on
2634particularities of the shell. (Zvi Har'El, 2007 Nov 10) (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2635Jun 3)
2636However, for backwards compatibility escaping might be necessary. Check if
2637the user put quotes around the expanded item?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002638
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002639A throw in a function causes missing an endif below the call. (Spiros
2640Bousbouras, 2011 May 16)
2641
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002642Error E324 can be given when a cron script has wiped out our temp directory.
2643Give a clear error message about this (and tell them not to wipe out /tmp).
2644
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002645Color for cUserLabel should differ from case label, so that a mistake in a
2646switch list is noticed:
2647 switch (i)
2648 {
2649 case 1:
2650 foobar:
2651 }
2652
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002653Look at http://www.gtk-server.org/ . It has a Vim script implementation.
2654
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002655Netbeans problem. Use "nc -l 127.0.0.1 55555" for the server, then run gvim
2656with "gvim -nb:localhost:55555:foo". From nc do: '1:editFile!0 "foo"'. Then
2657go to Insert mode and add a few lines. Then backspacing every other time
2658moves the cursor instead of deleting. (Chris Kaiser, 2007 Sep 25)
2659
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002660Windows installer could add a "open in new tab of existing Vim" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002661GvimExt: patch to add "Edit with single Vim &tabbed" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002662Just have two choices, always using one Vim and selecting between using an
2663argument list or opening each file in a separate tab.
2664(Erik Falor, 2008 May 21, 2008 Jun 26)
2665
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002666Windows installer: licence text should not use indent, causes bad word wrap.
2667(Benjamin Fritz, 2010 Aug 16)
2668
2669Dos uninstal may delete vim.bat from the wrong directory (e.g., when someone
2670makes his own wrapper). Add a magic string with the version number to the
2671.bat file and check for it in the uninstaller. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01002672 # uninstall key: vim8.1*
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002673
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002674Changes for Win32 makefile. (Mike Williams, 2007 Jan 22, Alexei Alexandrov,
26752007 Feb 8)
2676
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002677Win32: Can't complete shell command names. Why is setting xp_context in
2678set_one_cmd_context() inside #ifndef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002679
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002680Win32: Patch for cscope external command. (Mike Williams, 2007 Aug 7)
2681
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002682Win32: XPM support only works with path without spaces. Patch by Mathias
2683Michaelis, 2006 Jun 9. Another patch for more path names, 2006 May 31.
2684New version: http://members.tcnet.ch/michaelis/vim/patches.zip (also for other
2685patches by Mathias, see mail Feb 22)
2686
2687Win32: compiling with normal features and OLE fails. Patch by Mathias
2688Michaelis, 2006 Jun 4.
2689
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002690Win32: using CTRL-S in Insert mode doesn't remove the "+" from the tab pages
Bram Moolenaared39e1d2008-08-09 17:55:22 +00002691label. (Tsakiridis, 2007 Feb 18) Patch from Ian Kelling, 2008 Aug 6.
2692
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002693Win32: using "gvim --remote-tab-silent fname" sometimes gives an empty screen
2694with the more prompt. Caused by setting the guitablabel? (Thomas Michael
2695Engelke, 2007 Dec 20 - 2008 Jan 17)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002696
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002697Win32: patch for fullscreen mode. (Liushaolin, 2008 April 17)
2698
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002699Win32: When 'shell' is bash shellescape() doesn't always do the right thing.
2700Depends on 'shellslash', 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote', but shellescape()
2701only takes 'shellslash' into account.
2702
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002703Menu item that does "xxd -r" doesn't work when 'fileencoding' is utf-16.
2704Check for this and use iconv? (Edward L. Fox, 2007 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002705Does the conversion in the other direction work when 'fileencodings' is set
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002706properly?
2707
2708Cursor displayed in the wrong position when using 'numberwidth'. (James Vega,
27092007 Jun 21)
2710
2711When $VAR contains a backslash expand('$VAR') removes it. (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2712Jun 18)
2713
2714If the variable "g:x#y#z" exists completion after ":echo g:x#" doesn't work.
2715
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002716Feature request: Command to go to previous tab, like what CTRL-W p does for
2717windows. (Adam George)
2718
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002719In debug mode, using CTRL-R = to evaluate a function causes stepping through
2720the function. (Hari Krishna Dara, 2006 Jun 28)
2721
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002722C++ indenting wrong with "=". (James Kanze, 2007 Jan 26)
2723
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002724":lockvar" should use copyID to avoid endless loop.
2725
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002726When using --remote-silent and the file name matches 'wildignore' get an E479
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002727error. without --remote-silent it works fine. (Ben Fritz, 2008 Jun 20)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002728
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002729GVim: dialog for closing Vim should check if Vim is busy writing a file. Then
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002730use a different dialog: "busy saving, really quit? yes / no".
2731
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002732Check other interfaces for changing curbuf in a wrong way. Patch like for
2733if_ruby.c.
2734
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002735":helpgrep" should use the directory from 'helpfile'.
2736
2737The need_fileinfo flag is messy. Instead make the message right away and put
2738it in keep_msg?
2739
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002740Editing a file remotely that matches 'wildignore' results in a "no match"
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002741error. Should only happen when there are wildcards, not when giving the file
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002742name literally, and esp. if there is only one name.
2743
Bram Moolenaar1423b9d2006-05-07 15:16:06 +00002744Test 61 fails sometimes. This is a timing problem: "sleep 2" sometimes takes
2745longer than 2 seconds.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002746
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002747Using ":au CursorMoved * cmd" invokes mch_FullName(), which can be slow.
2748Can this be avoided? (Thomas Waba, 2008 Aug 24)
2749Also for ":w" without a file name.
2750The buffer has the full path in ffname, should pass this to the autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002751
2752"vim -C" often has 'nocompatible', because it's set in some startup script.
2753Set 'compatible' after startup is done? Patch by James Vega, 2008 Feb 7.
2754
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002755VMS: while editing a file found in complex, Vim will save file into the first
2756directory of the path and not to the original location of the file.
2757(Zoltan Arpadffy)
2758
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002759VMS: VFC files are in some cases truncated during reading (Zoltan Arpadffy)
2760
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002761input() completion should not insert a backslash to escape a space in a file
2762name?
2763
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002764Ruby completion is insecure. Can this be fixed?
2765
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002766When 'backupskip' is set from $TEMP special characters need to be escaped.
2767(patch by Grembowietz, 2007 Feb 26, not quite right)
2768Another problem is that file_pat_to_reg_pat() doesn't recognize "\\", so "\\("
2769will be seen as a path separator plus "\(".
2770
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002771gvim d:\path\path\(FILE).xml should not remove the \ before the (.
2772This also fails with --remote.
2773
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002774When doing ":quit" the Netbeans "killed" event isn't sent. (Xavier de Gaye,
27752008 Nov 10) call netbeans_file_closed() at the end of buf_freeall(), or in
2776all places where buf_freeall() is called?
2777
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002778aucmd_prepbuf() should also use a window in another tab page.
2779
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002780When unloading a buffer in a BufHidden autocommand the hidden flag is reset?
2781(Bob Hiestand, 2008 Aug 26, Aug 27)
2782
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002783Substituting an area with a line break with almost the same area does change
2784the Visual area. Can this be fixed? (James Vega, 2006 Sept 15)
2785
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002786GUI: When combining fg en bg make sure they are not equal.
2787
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002788Spell checking: Add a way to specify punctuation characters. Add the
2789superscript numbers by default: 0x2070, 0xb9, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0x2074 - 0x2079.
2790
2791Spell checking in popup menu: If the only problem is the case of the first
2792character, don't offer "ignore" and "add to word list".
2793
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002794Use different pt_br dictionary for spell checking. (Jackson A. Aquino, 2006
2795Jun 5)
2796
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002797Use different romanian dictionary for spell checking. (Andrei Popescu, Nov
27982008) Use http://downloads.sourceforge.net/rospell/ro_RO.3.2.zip
2799Or the hunspell-ro.3.2.tar.gz file, it also has a iso-8859-2 list.
2800
2801In a C file with spell checking, in "% integer" "nteger" is seen as an error,
2802but "]s" doesn't find it. "nteger" by itself is found. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008
2803Jul 22)
2804
2805There should be something about spell checking in the user manual.
2806
2807Spell menu: When using the Popup menu to select a replacement word,
2808":spellrepeat" doesn't work. SpellReplace() uses setline(). Can it use "z="
2809somehow? Or use a new function.
2810
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002811Mac: Using gvim: netrw window disappears. (Nick Lo, 2006 Jun 21)
2812
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002813Add an option to specify the character to use when a double-width character is
2814moved to the next line. Default '>', set to a space to blank it out. Check
2815that char is single width when it's set (compare with 'listchars').
2816
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002817The generated vim.bat can avoid the loop for NT. (Carl Zmola, 2006 Sep 3)
2818
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002819When showing a diff between a non-existent file and an existing one, with the
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002820cursor in the empty buffer, the other buffer only shows the last line. Change
2821the "insert" into a change from one line to many? (Yakov Lerner, 2008 May 27)
2822
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002823These two abbreviations don't give the same result:
2824 let asdfasdf = "xyz\<Left>"
2825 cabbr XXX <C-R>=asdfasdf<CR>
2826 cabbr YYY xyz<Left>
2827
2828Michael Dietrich: maximized gvim sometimes displays output of external command
2829partly. (2006 Dec 7)
2830
2831In FileChangedShell command it's no longer allowed to switch to another
2832buffer. But the changed buffer may differ from the current buffer, how to
2833reload it then?
2834
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002835For Aap: include a config.arg.example file with hints how to use config.arg.
2836
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002837Command line completion when 'cmdheight' is maximum and 'wildmenu' is set,
2838only one buffer line displayed, causes display errors.
2839
2840Completing with 'wildmenu' and using <Up> and <Down> to move through directory
2841tree stops unexpectedly when using ":cd " and entering a directory that
2842doesn't contain other directories.
2843
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01002844Default for 'background' is wrong when using xterm with 256 colors.
2845Table with estimates from Matteo Cavalleri, 2014 Jan 10.
2846
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002847Setting 'background' resets the Normal background color:
2848 highlight Normal ctermbg=DarkGray
2849 set background=dark
2850This is undesired, 'background' is supposed to tell Vim what the background
2851color is, not reset it.
2852
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002853Completion menu: For a wrapping line, completing a long file name, only the
2854start of the path is shown in the menu. Should move the menu to the right to
2855show more text of the completions. Shorten the items that don't fit in the
2856middle?
2857
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002858Accessing file#var in a function should not need the g: prepended.
2859
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002860When exiting detects a modified buffer, instead of opening the buffer in the
2861current tab, use an existing tab, if possible. Like finding a window where
2862the buffer is displayed. (Antonios Tsakiridis)
2863
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002864When ":cn" moves to an error in the same line the message isn't shortened.
2865Only skip shortening for ":cc"?
2866
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002867Problem with ":call" and dictionary function. Hari Krishna Dara, Charles
2868Campbell 2006 Jul 06.
2869
2870Syntax HL error caused by "containedin". (Peter Hodge, 2006 Oct 6)
2871
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002872A custom completion function in a ":command" cannot be a Funcref. (Andy
2873Wokula, 2007 Aug 25)
2874
2875Problem with using :redir in user command completion function? (Hari Krishna
2876Dara, 2006 June 21)
2877
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002878Another resizing problem when setting 'columns' and 'lines' to a very large
2879number. (Tony Mechelynck, 2007 Feb 6)
2880
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002881After starting Vim, using '0 to jump somewhere in a file, ":sp" doesn't center
2882the cursor line. It works OK after some other commands.
2883
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002884Win32: Is it possible to have both postscript and Win32 printing?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002885
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002886Problem with 'cdpath' on MS-Windows when a directory is equal to $HOME. (2006
2887Jul 26, Gary Johnson)
2888
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002889Using UTF-8 character with ":command" does not work properly. (Matt Wozniski,
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010028902008 Sep 29)
2891
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002892In the Netbeans interface add a "vimeval" function, so that the other side can
2893check the result of has("patch13").
2894
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002895Cursor line at bottom of window instead of halfway after saving view and
2896restoring. Only with 'nowrap'. (Robert Webb, 2008 Aug 25)
2897
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002898Netrw has trouble executing autocommands only for a directory. Add <isdir>
2899and <notisdir> to autocommand patterns? Also <isfile>?
2900
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002901Add command modifier that skips wildcard expansion, so that you don't need to
2902put backslashes before special chars, only for white space.
2903
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002904Syntax HL: open two windows on the same C code, delete a ")" in one window,
2905resulting in highlighted "{" in that window, not in the other.
2906
2907In mswin.vim: Instead of mapping <C-V> for Insert mode in a complicated way,
2908can it be done like ":imap <C-V> <MiddleMouse>" without negative side effects?
2909
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002910GTK: when the Tab pages bar appears or disappears while the window is
2911maximized the window is no longer maximized. Patch that has some idea but
2912doesn't work from Geoffrey Antos, 2008 May 5.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002913Also: the window may no longer fit on the screen, thus the command line is not
2914visible.
2915
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002916When right after "vim file", "M" then CTRL-W v the windows are scrolled
2917differently and unexpectedly. Caused by patch 7.2.398?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002918
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002919The magic clipboard format "VimClipboard2" appears in several places. Should
2920be only one.
2921
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02002922Win32, NTFS: When editing a specific infostream directly and 'backupcopy' is
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002923"auto" should detect this situation and work like 'backupcopy' is "yes". File
2924name is something like "c:\path\foo.txt:bar", includes a colon. (Alex
2925Jakushev, 2008 Feb 1)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002926
2927Small problem displaying diff filler line when opening windows with a script.
2928(David Luyer, 2007 Mar 1 ~/Mail/oldmail/mool/in.15872 )
2929
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002930Is it allowed that 'backupext' is empty? Problems when backup is in same dir
2931as original file? If it's OK don't compare with 'patchmode'. (Thierry Closen)
2932
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002933Patch for adding ":lscscope". (Navdeep Parhar, 2007 Apr 26; update 2008 Apr
293423)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002935
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002936":mkview" isn't called with the right buffer argument. Happens when using
2937tabs and the autocommand "autocmd BufWinLeave * mkview". (James Vega, 2007
2938Jun 18)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002939
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002940When completing from another file that uses a different encoding completion
2941text has the wrong encoding. E.g., when 'encoding' is utf-8 and file is
2942latin1. Example from Gombault Damien, 2007 Mar 24.
2943
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002944Syntax HL: When using "nextgroup" and the group has an empty match, there is
2945no search at that position for another match. (Lukas Mai, 2008 April 11)
2946
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002947In gvim the backspace key produces a backspace character, but on Linux the
2948VERASE key is Delete. Set VERASE to Backspace? (patch by Stephane Chazelas,
29492007 Oct 16)
2950
2951TermResponse autocommand isn't always triggered when using vimdiff. (Aron
2952Griffis, 2007 Sep 19)
2953
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002954Create a gvimtutor.1 file and change Makefiles to install it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002955
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002956When 'encoding' is utf-8 typing text at the end of the line causes previously
2957typed characters to be redrawn. Caused by patch 7.1.329. (Tyler Spivey, 2008
2958Sep 3, 11)
2959
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002960":vimgrep" does not recognize a recursive symlink. Is it possible to detect
2961this, at least for Unix (using device/inode)?
2962
2963When switching between windows the cursor is often put in the middle.
2964Remember the relative position and restore that, just like lnum and col are
2965restored. (Luc St-Louis)
2966
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02002967Patch to support horizontal scroll wheel in GTK. Untested. (Bjorn Winckler,
29682010 Jun 30)
2969
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02002970Add an option for a minimal text length before inserting a line break for
2971'textwidth'. Avoids very short lines when a very long word follows.
2972(Kartik Agaram)
2973
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002974
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002975Better plugin support (not plugin manager, see elsewhere for that):
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002976- Avoid use of feedkeys, add eval functions where needed:
2977 - manipulating the Visual selection?
2978- Add createmark(): add a mark like mM, but return a unique ID. Need some way
2979 to clean them up again... Use a name + the script ID.
2980 Add createmark( , 'c') to track inserts/deletes before the column.
2981- Plugins need to make a lot of effort, lots of mappings, to know what
2982 happened before pressing the key that triggers a plugin action. How about
2983 keeping the last N pressed keys, so that they do not need to be mapped?
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01002984- equivalent of netbeans_beval_cb(). With an autocommand?
2985- Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002986
2987
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002988More patches:
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02002989- Another patch for Javascript indenting. (Hari Kumar, 2010 Jul 11)
2990 Needs a few tests.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002991- Add 'cscopeignorecase' option. (Liang Wenzhi, 2006 Sept 3)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002992- Extra argument to strtrans() to translate special keys to their name (Eric
2993 Arnold, 2006 May 22)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002994- Mac: indicate whether a buffer was modified. (Nicolas Weber, 2006 Jun 30)
2995- Allow negative 'nrwidth' for left aligning. (Nathan Laredo, 2006 Aug 16)
2996- ml_append_string(): efficiently append to an existing line. (Brad
2997 Beveridge, 2006 Aug 26) Use in some situations, e.g., when pasting a
2998 character at a time?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002999- recognize hex numbers better. (Mark Manning, 2006 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003000- Add <AbbrExpand> key, to expand an abbreviation in a mapping. (Kana
3001 Natsuno, 2008 Jul 17)
3002- Add 'wspara' option, also accept blank lines like empty lines for "{" and
3003 "}". (Mark Lundquist, 2008 Jul 18)
3004- Patch to add CTRL-T to delete part of a path on cmdline. (Adek, 2008 Jul
3005 21)
3006- Instead of creating a copy of the tutor in all the shell scripts, do it in
3007 vimtutor.vim. (Jan Minar, 2008 Jul 20)
3008- When fsync() fails there is no hint about what went wrong. Patch by Ben
3009 Schmidt, 2008 Jul 22.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003010- testdir/Make_dos_sh.mak for running tests with MingW. (Bill Mccarthy, 2008
3011 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02003012- Replace ccomplete.vim by cppcomplete.vim from www.vim.org? script 1520 by
3013 Vissale Neang. (Martin Stubenschrott) Asked Vissale to make the scripts
3014 more friendly for the Vim distribution.
3015 New version received 2008 Jan 6.
3016 No maintenance in two years...
Bram Moolenaar5aae4192010-08-03 23:00:38 +02003017- Patch to open dropped files in new tabs. (Michael Trim, 2010 Aug 3)
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00003018
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003019Awaiting updated patches:
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +000030209 Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung, Eckehard Berns):
3021 8 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
3022 New patch 2004 Jun 16
3023 - selecting proportional font breaks display
3024 - UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
3025 - Command-key mappings do not work. (Alan Schmitt)
3026 - With 'nopaste' pasting is wrong, with 'paste' Command-V doesn't work.
3027 (Alan Schmitt)
3028 - remove 'macatsui' option when this has been fixed.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003029 - when 'macatsui' is off should we always convert to "macroman" and ignore
3030 'termencoding'?
Bram Moolenaar76b92b22006-03-24 22:46:53 +000030319 HTML indenting can be slow. Caused by using searchpair(). Can search()
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003032 be used instead? A.Politz is looking into a solution.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000030338 Win32: Add minidump generation. (George Reilly, 2006 Apr 24)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030347 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
3035 Update 2004 Sep 6.
3036 How does this work? Missing comments.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030378 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00003038 (28 feb 2002). Will mess the translations...
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +020030397 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it" appears
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003040 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
3041- Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
3042 for multi-byte characters.
3043- Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
3044- Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
3045 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
3046 been given values.
3047 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030487 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
3049 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
3050- Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
3051 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
3052 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
30538 Add functions:
3054 gettext() Translate a message. (Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
3055 Update 2004 Sep 10
3056 Another patch from Edward L. Fox (2005 Nov 24)
3057 Search in 'runtimepath'?
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00003058 More docs needed about how to use this.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003059 How to get the messages into the .po files?
3060 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
3061 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
3062 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
3063 (2003 May 13)
3064 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
3065 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003066 taglist() add argument to specify maximum number of matches.
3067 useful for interactive things or completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003068 col('^') column of first non-white character.
3069 Can use "len(substitute(getline('.'), '\S.*', '', ''))
3070 + 1", but that's ugly.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030717 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
3072 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030737 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
3074 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +000030758 Option to lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk
3076 (uncrypted). Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23. Uses mlock.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030777 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
30788 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
3079 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
30807 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
3081 Kotchan has a patch for it)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030827 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
3083- findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
3084 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
3085 incomplete patch Mar 18)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003086- For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
3087 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
3088- Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
3089
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +02003090Better 'rightleft' or BIDI support:
3091- Minimal Vi with bidi support: https://github.com/aligrudi/neatvi
3092 By Ali Gholami Rudi, also worked on arabic.c
3093
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01003094Quickfix/Location List:
3095- Window size is wrong when using quickfix window. (Lifepillar, 2018 Aug 24,
3096 #2999)
3097- When using CTRL-W CR in the quickfix window, the jumplist in the opened
3098 window is cleared, to avoid going back to the list of errors buffer (would
3099 have two windows with it). Can we just remove the jump list entries for
3100 the quickfix buffer?
3101- Quickfix window height is not kept with a vertical split. (Lifepillar,
3102 2018 Jun 10, #2998)
3103- When an item in the quickfix list has a file name that does not exist,
3104 behave like the item was not a match for :cnext.
3105- When adding an item to a new quickfix list make ":cnext" jump to that
3106 item. Make a difference being at the first item and not having used
3107 :cnext at all. (Afanasiy Fet, 2017 Jan 3)
3108- This does not work: :set cscopequickfix=a-
3109 (Linewi, 2015 Jul 12, #914)
3110- When opening quickfix window, disable spell checking?
3111- Patch for supporting count before CR in quickfix window. (AOYAMA Shotaro,
3112 2007 Jan 1)
3113- Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
3114 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
3115- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
3116 errors. How do we get the rest?
31178 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
3118 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
3119 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
3120 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
31217 Add a command that goes back to the position from before jumping to the
3122 first quickfix location. ":cbefore"?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003123
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003124Vi incompatibility:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003125- Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
3126 Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031278 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
3128 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
3129 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
3130 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
3131 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
3132 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031338 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
3134 make Vim exit.
31357 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
3136 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
3137 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
31388 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
3139 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
3140 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
31416 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
3142 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
3143 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
31448 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
3145 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
3146 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
3147 names in one buffer???
3148 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
3149 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
3150 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
31517 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
3152 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
3153 command was one command.
Bram Moolenaareaa48e72005-06-08 22:07:37 +00003154 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
3155 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031567 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
3157 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
31587 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
31597 Implement 'prompt' option. Init to off when stdin is not a tty.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031607 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
3161 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
3162 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
3163 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
31647 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
31657 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
31667 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
3167 to the match with the tag? Option?
31687 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
31697 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
3170 (Sayre).
31717 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
3172 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031737 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
3174 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
3175 match. Nvi can do it too.
31767 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
3177 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
3178 line 1\ line 2\\
3179 line 2\ line 3\\
3180 . line4/
31816 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
3182 the way the shell is started?
31836 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
3184 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
3185
3186
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003187GTK+ GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031889 Crash with X command server over ssh. (Ciaran McCreesh, 2006 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031898 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
3190 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
3191 creating a label?
Bram Moolenaar6e7c7f32005-08-24 22:16:11 +000031928 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters are sometimes not drawn properly.
3193 Depends on the font size, "monospace 13" has the problem. Vim seems to do
3194 everything right, must be a GTK bug. Is there a way to work around it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031959 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
3196 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
3197 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
3198 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
Bram Moolenaare580b0c2006-03-21 21:33:03 +00003199- Gnome2: When moving the toolbar out of the dock, so that it becomes
3200 floating, it can no longer be moved. Therefore making it float has been
3201 blocked for now.
3202
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003203
3204Win32 GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003205- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
3206 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032078 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
3208 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
3209 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032106 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
3211 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000032128 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
3213 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
3214 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032157 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
3216 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
3217 to use an opaque background in most places?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032187 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
3219 2004 May 9)
32208 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
3221 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
3222 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
3223 MS-Windows 98?
3224 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
3225 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
3226 file: Window moves with the cursor!
3227 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032288 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
3229 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
3230 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
3231 doesn't work properly.
32328 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
3233 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
3234 appears in the right position. (Webb)
32359 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
3236 button doesn't give popup menu.
3237 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
3238 selection.
3239 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
3240 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
3241 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
32428 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
3243 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
3244 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
3245 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
32468 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
3247 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
3248 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032497 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
3250 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
Bram Moolenaar4463f292005-09-25 22:20:24 +00003251 scroll?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032527 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
3253 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032546 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
32558 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
3256 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
3257 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
32588 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
3259 know which keyboard is being used?
32607 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
3261 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
3262 area (Koloseike).
32638 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
3264 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
3265 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
3266 the font name).
3267
3268
3269Athena and Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000032706 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
3271 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
3272 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
3273 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
3274 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032759 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
3276 required and it's missing?
32778 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
3278 wrong.
32799 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
3280 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000032819 XIM doesn't work properly for Athena/Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003282 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
3283 flag.
32848 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
3285 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
3286 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
32878 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
32886 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
3289 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
3290 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
3291 the tooltips work though...
32927 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
3293 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
32948 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
3295 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
3296 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
3297
3298
3299Athena GUI:
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +010033009 The first event for any button in the menu or toolbar appears to get lost.
3301 The second click on a menu does work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033029 When dragging the scrollbar thumb very fast, focus is only obtained in
3303 the scrollbar itself. And the thumb is no longer updated when moving
3304 through files.
33057 The file selector is not resizable. With a big font it is difficult to
3306 read long file names. (Schroeder)
33074 Re-write the widget attachments and code so that we will not have to go
3308 through and calculate the absolute position of every widget every time the
3309 window is refreshed/changes size. This will help the "flashing-widgets"
3310 problem during a refresh.
33115 When starting gvim with all the default colors and then typing
3312 ":hi Menu guibg=cyan", the menus change color but the background of the
3313 pullright pixmap doesn't change colors.
3314 If you type ":hi Menu guibg=cyan font=anyfont", then the pixmap changes
3315 colors as it should.
3316 Allocating a new pixmap and setting the resource doesn't change the
3317 pullright pixmap's colors. Why? Possible Athena bug?
3318
3319
3320Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02003321- gui_mch_browsedir() is missing, browsedir() doesn't work nicely.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033227 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
3323 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033248 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
3325 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
3326 (Phillipps)
3327
3328
3329GUI:
33309 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
3331 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
33329 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +00003333 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003334 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
33359 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
3336 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
33378 X11 GUI: When menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', ALT key
3338 should not be used to trigger a menu (like the Win32 version).
33398 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
3340 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
3341 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
33428 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
3343 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
3344 of where it is processing the output.
3345 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
33468 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
3347 doesn't work.
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +010033488 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000033498 When translating menus ignore the part after the Tab, the shortcut. So
3350 that the same menu item with a different shortcut (e.g., for the Mac) are
3351 still translated.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020033528 Add menu separators for Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033538 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
3354 browse().
33558 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
3356 use that code? Or use console dialog.
33578 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
3358 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000033597 More features in the find/replace dialog:
3360 - regexp on/off
3361 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
3362 when all buffers/directory is used:
3363 - filter for file name
3364 when directory is used:
3365 - subdirectory on/off
3366 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033678 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
3368 to avoid problems.
33698 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
3370 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
3371 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
33728 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
3373 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
3374 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
33758 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
3376 up. Set erase character somehow?
33778 A dead circumflex followed by a space should give the '^' character
3378 (Rommel). Look how xterm does this.
3379 Also: Bednar has some code for dead key handling.
3380 Also: Nedit 5.0.2 with USE_XMIM does it right. (Gaya)
33818 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
33827 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
3383 visible.
33847 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
3385 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
33867 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
3387 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
33888 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
3389 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
33908 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
3391 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
3392 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
3393 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
3394- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
33954 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
3396 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
3397 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
3398
3399
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01003400Win32 console:
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000034018 Should $USERPROFILE be preferred above $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH? No, but it's
3402 a good fallback, thus use:
3403 $HOME
3404 $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH
3405 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE);
3406 $USERPROFILE
3407 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, FALSE);
3408 $ALLUSERSPROFILE
3409 $SYSTEMDRIVE\
3410 C:\
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034118 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
3412 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
34138 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
3414 Should work like in the GUI version.
34158 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
3416 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
34178 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
3418 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
34198 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
3420 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
3421 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034228 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
3423 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
3424 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
3425
3426
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003427Win32 console:
34289 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
3429 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
3430 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
3431 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
3432 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
3433 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
3434 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
3435 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
3436 and the file is not saved.
3437 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
3438 long name.
34398 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
3440 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
34417 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
3442 besides the console.
34438 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
34449 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
3445 <C-S-i>?
34469 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
3447 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
34488 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
3449 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003450
3451
3452Amiga:
34538 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
3454 sequences.
34559 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
3456 backslashes in result.
34578 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
3458 all options, using white space separation.
3459
3460
3461Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003462- GUI: gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034637 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
3464 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
3465 (Jack)
3466 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000034678 inputdialog() doesn't resize when giving more text lines. (David Fishburn,
3468 2006 Sept 28)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034698 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
34708 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
34719 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
3472 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034739 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003474
3475
3476"Small" problems:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003477- Can't disable terminal flow control, to enable the use of CTRL-S and
3478 CTRL-Q. Add an option for it?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003479- When using e_secure in do_one_cmd() mention the command being executed,
3480 otherwise it's not clear where it comes from.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003481- When the quickfix window is open and executing ":echo 'hello'" using the
3482 Command-line window, the text is immediately removed by the redrawing.
3483 (Michael Henry, 2008 Nov 1)
3484 Generic solution: When redrawing while there is a message on the
3485 cmdline, don't erase the display but draw over the existing text.
3486 Other solution, redraw after closing the cmdline window, before executing
3487 the command.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +000034889 For Turkish vim_tolower() and vim_toupper() also need to use utf_
3489 functions for characters below 0x80. (Sertacyildiz)
Bram Moolenaarc93b83a2006-04-29 22:02:36 +000034909 When the last edited file is a help file, using '0 in a new Vim doesn't
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003491 edit the file as a help file. 'filetype' is OK, but 'iskeyword' isn't,
3492 file isn't readonly, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034938 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
3494 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
3495 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +00003496 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034977 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
3498 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
34998 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
3500 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
3501 for redirection.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035027 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
3503 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003504- Could the hit-enter prompt be avoided when a message only overlaps the
3505 'showcmd' area? Clear that area when the next cmd is typed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035068 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
3507 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
3508 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
3509 using the horizontal scrollbar.
35107 VisVim can only open one file. Hard to solve: each opened file is passed
3511 with a separate invocation, would need to use timestamps to know the
3512 invocations belong together.
35138 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
3514 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
35158 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
3516 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
3517 UnxUtils.zip archive.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01003518 Is it better than what we have in src/tee?
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000035198 When doing Insert mode completion a mapping cannot recursively call
3520 edit(), because the completion information is global. Put everything in
3521 an allocated structure?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035228 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
3523 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035247 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
3525 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
3526 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
3527 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035287 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
3529 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
3530 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
35317 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
3532 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
3533 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
35347 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
3535 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035367 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
3537 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035389 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
3539 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
3540 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
3541 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
3542 script can be called.
35438 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
3544 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
3545 works.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035468 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
3547 CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000035488 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003549 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
3550 configurable?
35518 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035528 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
3553 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000035548 Should allow multi-byte characters for the delimiter: ":s+a+b+" where "+"
3555 is a multi-byte character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035568 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
3557 always written, even when the original file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035589 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
3559 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
3560 written.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035617 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035628 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
3563 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
3564 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000035658 Also store the line number with the script ID and use it for ":verbose",
3566 so that "set nocompatible" is found when it changes other option values.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003567 When an option is set indirectly mention the command? E.g. when
3568 ":diffsplit" sets 'foldmethod'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035698 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
3570 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
35719 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
3572 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
3573 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003574 one. Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 July 14.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035757 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
3576 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035777 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
3578 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
3579 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
3580 direction, not horizontally?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035818 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003582 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
3583 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
3584 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
3585 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003586 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
3587 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +00003588 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02003589 - Should interpret CTRL-L as a page break.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003590 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
3591 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
3592 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
3593 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
3594 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035958 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
3596 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
35978 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
3598 in lines that don't extend into the block?
35998 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
3600 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
3601 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
36028 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
3603 'linebreak'.
36048 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
3605 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
3606 (Helmut Stiegler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036079 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
3608 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
3609 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
3610 'magic' in history. (Margo)
36119 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
3612 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036139 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
36149 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
3615 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
3616 cause another redraw, etc.
36178 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
3618 must escape special characters in the pattern.
36198 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
3620 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
3621 ":w!!" for that.
3622 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
3623 restore file to readonly afterwards.
Bram Moolenaar04a09c12005-08-01 22:02:32 +00003624 Overwriting a file for which a swap file exists is similar issue.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036257 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
3626 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
3627 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
3628 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
3629 clipboard)
36307 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
3631 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
3632 Waggoner)
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000036336 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
3634 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
3635 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036368 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
3637 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
36388 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
3639 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
3640 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
36418 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
3642 (e.g., ":w").
36438 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
3644 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036458 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
3646 script in do_cmdline().
36478 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
3648 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
3649 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
3650 changes.
36518 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
3652 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
36538 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
3654 check for file marks. This can be slow.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036558 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
3656 to skip catch_signals()?
36579 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
3658 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
3659 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
3660 text?
36618 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
3662 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
36638 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
3664 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
36659 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
3666 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
3667 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
3668 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
3669 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
36707 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
3671 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
3672 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
3673 in the list?
36748 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
3675 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
3676 instead of on button down.
36778 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
36789 Evaluating 'statusline' in build_stl_str_hl() does not properly check for
3679 reaching the end of the available buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003680 Patch to dynamically allocate the buffer for % items. (Eric Arnold, 2006
3681 May 14)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036828 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
3683 character is typed.
36848 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
3685 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
36868 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
3687 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
36888 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
3689 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
3690 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
3691 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
3692 cygwin bash.
36937 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
3694 Remember flags for backreferences.
36957 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
3696 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
36977 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
3698 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
36998 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
3700 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
37017 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
3702 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037037 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
3704 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
3705 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
37067 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
3707 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
37088 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
3709 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
3710 that the user knows he has to delete the files.
37117 It's possible to redefine a script-local function with ":func
3712 <SNR>123_Test()". (Krishna) Disallow this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003713
3714
3715I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
37169 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
3717 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
3718 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003719
3720
3721Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaara93fa7e2006-04-17 22:14:47 +00003722- GTK: when using the popup menu with spelling suggestions and releasing the
3723 right mouse button before the menu appears selecting an item with the
3724 right mouse button has no effect. GTK does not produce an event for this.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003725- GTK 2: Cannot use the file selector. When using it many things become
3726 slow. This is caused by some code in GTK that writes
3727 ~/.recently-used.xbel every time an event is handled. It assumes the main
3728 loop is never quit, which is a wrong assumption. Also, it overwrites the
3729 file with different file permissions, which is a privacy issue. This
3730 needs to be fixed in GTK. A solution in Vim would be really complicated.
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02003731 (2008 Jul 31) This appears to be fixed in Vim 7.3.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003732- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
3733 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003734 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003735 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
3736 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
3737 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003738- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
3739 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
3740 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
3741 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
3742 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
3743- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
3744 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
3745 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
3746- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
3747 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003748- Win32 tcl: has("tcl") hangs when the tcl84.dll is from cygwin.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003749- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
3750 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
3751 character gets the highlighting.
3752- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
3753 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
3754- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
3755 (Jennings)
3756- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003757- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003758- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003759 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003760- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
3761 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
3762 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
3763- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
3764 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
3765 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
3766 (Benzinger).
3767- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
3768 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
3769 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
3770- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
3771 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
3772- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
3773 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
3774- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
3775 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
3776 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
3777 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
3778 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
3779 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
3780- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
3781 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
3782 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01003783- Win32, MS-Windows: expanding plugin/**/*.vim also picks up
3784 dir/ctags.vim,v. This is because the short file name is something like
3785 "ctags~1.vim" and that matches the pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003786- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
3787 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
3788 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
3789- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
3790 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
3791- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
3792 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003793- Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
3794 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
3795- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
3796 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
3797 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
3798 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
3799 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
3800- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
3801 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
3802 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
3803- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
3804 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
3805 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003806- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
3807 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 +00003808- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
3809 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
3810 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
3811 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
3812 in the vimrc file to be lost.
3813- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
3814 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
3815
3816--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
3817 *extensions-improvements*
3818
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003819Most interesting new features to be added when all bugs have been fixed:
3820- Using ":exe edit fname" has escaping problems. Use ":edit ++(fname)".
3821 Thus use "++=" to give arguments as expressions, comma separated as if
3822 calling a function.
3823 With options: ":edit ++(['!', '++enc=abc'], ['+/pat'], fname)".
3824 Alternative: Make a function for Ex commands: cmd_edit().
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003825- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
3826 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01003827 (issue #3292)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003828- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
3829 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
3830 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
3831 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
3832 Eclim does it: http://eclim.sourceforge.net/ (Eric Van Dewoestine)
3833 Plugin that uses a terminal emulator: http://vimplugin.sf.net
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003834 And another one: http://www.satokar.com/viplugin/index.php
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003835- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
3836 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
3837 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003838- Scroll commands by screen line. g CTRL-E and g CTRL-Y ? Requires the
3839 first line to be able to start halfway.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000038408 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
3841 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
3842 Also allow specifying the file and command, so that the result of
3843 taglist() can be used.
Bram Moolenaar27dc1952006-03-15 23:06:44 +00003844- X11: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
3845 This can be done with XReparentWindow(). But how exactly?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003846
3847
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003848Documentation:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000038498 List of Vim runtime directories. dotvim.txt from Charles Campbell, 2007
3850 Feb 20.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000038518 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
3852 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000038538 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
3854 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038558 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038569 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
3857 - change to cursor position and curswant
3858 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
3859 - how it works for folded lines
3860 - how it works with multi-byte characters
38619 In change.txt, remark about Javadoc isn't right. Right alignment would
3862 work too.
38638 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
3864 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
3865 text.
38668 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
38677 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
3868 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
38697 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
3870 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003871 Patch by Balazs Kezes, 2007 Dec 30. Remark from A. Politz.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003872- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
3873
3874
3875Help:
3876- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
3877 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
3878- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
3879 to the other matches.
3880- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003881- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
3882 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
3883 user can edit it to insert his favorite commands, new account can contain a
3884 default contents.
3885- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
3886 height for the help window (and other windows).
3887- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
3888- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
3889- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
3890
3891
3892User Friendlier:
38938 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
3894 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
3895 Briscoe)
38968 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
38978 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
3898 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
3899 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
39008 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
3901 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
3902- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
3903 ":mkplugin <file>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003904- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..."?
39059 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
3906 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
3907 item?).
3908 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039098 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +000039107 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
3911 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
3912 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
Bram Moolenaar33aec762006-01-22 23:30:12 +000039138 Support saving and restoring session for X windows? It should work to do
3914 ":mksession" and use "-S fname" for the restart command. The
3915 gui_x11_wm_protocol_handler() already takes care of the rest.
3916 global_event_filter() for GTK.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003917
3918
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +00003919Tab pages:
39209 GUI implementation for the tab pages line for other systems.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000039217 GUI: Control over the appearance of the text in the labels (bold, color,
3922 font, etc.)
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000039238 Make GUI menu in tab pages line configurable. Like the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaarfc1421e2006-04-20 22:17:20 +000039248 balloons for the tab page labels that are shortened to show the full path.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000039257 :tabdup duplicate the tab with all its windows.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000039267 Option to put tab line at the left or right? Need an option to specify
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00003927 its width. It's like a separate window with ":tabs" output.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000039288 Add local options for each tab page? E.g., 'diffopt' could differ between
3929 tab pages.
39307 Add local highlighting for each tab page?
3931
3932
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003933Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003934- Support more regions? Caolan McNamara argues it's needed for es_XX.
3935 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219777
3936- Unicode defines another quote character: 0x2019. Use it as an equivalent
3937 of a single quote, thus use it as a word character like a quote and match
3938 with words, replacing the curly quote with a single quote.
3939- Could filter &eacute; things for HTML before doing spell checking.
3940 Similarly for TeX.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003941- The Hungarian spell file uses four extra characters in the FOL/UPP/LOW
3942 items than other spell files with the ISO-8859-2 encoding, that causes
3943 problem when changing 'spelllang'. There is no obvious way to fix this.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003944- Considering Hunspell 1.1.4:
3945 What does MAXNGRAMSUGS do?
3946 Is COMPLEXPREFIXES necessary when we have flags for affixes?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003947- Support spelling words in CamelCase as if they were two separate words.
3948 Requires some option to enable it. (Timothy Knox)
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01003949- There is no Finnish spell checking file. For openoffice Voikko is now
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003950 used, which is based on Malaga: http://home.arcor.de/bjoern-beutel/malaga/
3951 (Teemu Likonen)
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +000039528 ":mkspell" still takes much too long in Hungarian dictionary from
3953 hunspell. Only solution appears to be to postpone secondary suffixes.
39548 Handle postponed prefix with COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG or COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG.
3955 WFP_COMPPERMIT and WFP_COMPFORBID
39568 implement use of <compoptions> in .spl file:
3957 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDREP: when a compound word seems to be OK apply REP
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003958 items and check if the result is a valid word.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003959 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP
3960 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE
3961 Add CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE: when compounding make leading capital lower case.
3962 How is it supposed to work?
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003963- Add a command the repeats ]s and z=, showing the misspelled word in its
3964 context. Thus to spell-check a whole file.
Bram Moolenaar261bfea2006-03-01 22:12:31 +00003965- suggestion for "KG" to "kg" when it's keepcase.
Bram Moolenaar7b89edc2006-04-06 20:21:51 +00003966- For flags on affixes: Use a "AFFCOMPSET" flag; means the compound flags of
3967 the word are not used.
Bram Moolenaardb552d602006-03-23 22:59:57 +00003968- Support breakpoint character ? 0xb7 and ignore it? Makes it possible to
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003969 use same wordlist for hyphenation.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003970- Compound word is accepted if nr of words is <= COMPOUNDWORDMAX OR nr of
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003971 syllables <= COMPOUNDSYLMAX. Specify using AND in the affix file?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003972- NEEDCOMPOUND also used for affix? Or is this called ONLYINCOMPOUND now?
3973 Or is ONLYINCOMPOUND only for inside a compound, not at start or end?
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003974- Do we need a flag for the rule that when compounding is done the following
3975 word doesn't have a capital after a word character, even for Onecap words?
3976- New hunspell home page: http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar69e0ff92005-09-30 21:23:56 +00003977 - Version 1.1.0 is out now, look into that.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003978 - Lots of code depends on LANG, that isn't right. Enable each mechanism
3979 in the affix file separately.
3980 - Example with compounding dash is bad, gets in the way of setting
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003981 COMPOUNDMIN and COMPOUNDWORDMAX to a reasonable value.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003982 - PSEUDOROOT == NEEDAFFIX
3983 - COMPOUNDROOT -> COMPOUNDED? For a word that already is a compound word
3984 Or use COMPOUNDED2, COMPOUNDED3, etc.
3985- CIRCUMFIX: when a word uses a prefix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag, then
3986 the word must also have a suffix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag. It's a
3987 bit primitive, since only one flag is used, which doesn't allow matching
3988 specific prefixes with suffixes.
3989 Alternative:
3990 PSFX {flag} {pchop} {padd} {pcond} {schop} {sadd}[/flags] {scond}
3991 We might not need this at all, you can use the NEEDAFFIX flag and the
3992 affix which is required.
3993- When a suffix has more than one syllable, it may count as a word for
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003994 COMPOUNDWORDMAX.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003995- Add flags to count extra syllables in a word. SYLLABLEADD1 SYLLABLEADD2,
3996 etc.? Or make it possible to specify the syllable count of a word
3997 directly, e.g., after another slash: /abc/3
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003998- MORPHO item in affix file: ignore TAB and morphological field after
3999 word/flags and affix.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00004000- Implement multiple flags for compound words and CMP item?
4001 Await comments from other spell checking authors.
4002- Also see tklspell: http://tkltrans.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000040038 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
4004 syntax items (to add @Spell).
4005 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
4006 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00004007- References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
4008 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
4009 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
4010 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000040118 It is currently not possible to mark "can not" as rare, because "can" and
4012 "not" are good words. Find a way to let "rare" overrule "good"?
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000040138 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
40148 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
4015 use of words with a dash.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000040167 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
40178 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
4018 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
4019 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
4020 in English, strings in German (po file).
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00004021
4022
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004023Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +020040249 When making small changes, e.g. deleting a character, update the diff.
4025 Possibly without running diff.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +020040268 Also show difference with the file when editing started? Should show what
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00004027 can be undone. (Tom Popovich)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004028
4029Folding:
Bram Moolenaarbba577a2005-11-28 23:05:55 +00004030 (commands still available: zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zy zY;
4031 secondary: zB zS zT zZ, z=)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000040328 Vertical folds: looks like vertically split windows, but the cursor moves
4033 through the vertical separator, separator moves when scrolling.
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +020040348 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only. Or use a regexp
4035 item, so that it can be used in any pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040368 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
4037 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
4038 user aware of this?
40398 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
4040 commands skip over a closed fold.
40418 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
40428 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040437 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00004044- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
4045 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
4046 missing line goes unnoticed.
4047 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004048- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
4049 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
4050 smoother?
4051- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
4052 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00004053- When currently editing the first file in the argument list the session
4054 file can contain:
4055 args version.c main.c
4056 edit version.c
4057 Can editing version.c twice be avoided?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004058- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00004059- "zuf": undo change in manual fold. "zUf" redo change in manual fold. How
4060 to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004061- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
4062 cursor.
Bram Moolenaar3517bb12006-03-03 22:58:45 +00004063- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3" argument: set fold level for a region or
4064 match.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004065- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004066
4067Multi-byte characters:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004068- When editing a file with both utf-8 and latin1 text Vim always falls back
4069 to latin1. Add a command to convert the latin1 characters to utf-8?
4070 :unmix utf-8,latin1 filename
4071 Would only work when 'encoding' is utf-8.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040729 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
4073 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
4074 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
4075 byte).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020040769 'fenc' in modeline problem: add option to reload the file when 'fenc' is
4077 set to a different value in a modeline? Option can be default on. Could
4078 it be done with an autocommand?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040798 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
4080 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
4081 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
4082 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
4083 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
4084 item.
40858 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004086 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
4087 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040888 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
4089 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000040908 When filtering changes the encoding 'fileencoding' may not work. E.g.,
4091 when using xxd and 'fileencoding' is "utf-16". Add an option to set a
4092 different fileencoding for filter output?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040937 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
4094 so that the user can fix the problem.
40958 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
4096 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040979 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
40988 Should add test for using various commands with multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040998 'infercase' doesn't work with multi-byte characters.
41008 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000041017 Searching and composing characters:
4102 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004103 Add a special item to match with a composing character, so that composing
4104 characters can be manipulated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041058 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
41068 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
41078 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multi-byte
4108 characters.
41098 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
41108 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
4111 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
41127 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
4113 'display' option to specify this.
41147 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
4115 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
4116- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
4117 fontselector somehow.
4118- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
4119 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
4120- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
4121 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
4122- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
4123 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
4124 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
4125 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
4126 if a font exists?
4127- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004128 convert_input() for Mac GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004129- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
4130 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00004131- Make 'breakat' accept multi-byte characters. Problem: can't use a lookup
4132 table anymore (breakat_flags[]).
4133 Simplistic solution: when 'formatoptions' contains "m" also break a line
4134 at a multi-byte character >= 0x100.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004135- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
4136 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02004137 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":amap" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004138- When breaking a line, take properties of multi-byte characters into
4139 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
4140 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
4141 But it's very complicated...
4142
4143
4144Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000041457 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004146- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
4147- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
4148 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00004149- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
4150 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004151- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
4152- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
4153 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004154- PostScript: Only works for text that can be converted to an 8-bit
4155 character set. How to support Unicode fully?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004156- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
4157 units as for the margins.
4158- Support right-to-left text?
41598 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
4160 color.
4161
4162
4163Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041648 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
4165 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
41668 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
4167 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
41688 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
4169 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +000041707 Add a "startgroup" to a region. Used like "nextgroup" inside the region,
4171 preferred item at the start of the region. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041728 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
4173 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
4174 ":wq file".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000041757 For "nextgroup" we have skipwhite, skipnl and skipempty. It would be
4176 really nice to be able to skip with a pattern. Or skip with a syntax
4177 group. (Nikolai Weibull, 2007 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041788 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
41799 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
4180 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041817 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
4182 Search highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar17be7e62006-03-12 22:13:45 +000041837 When 'number' is set highlight the number of the current line.
4184 Must be enabled with an option, because it slows down display updating.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041858 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
4186 change this for each release.
41878 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
4188 pattern, but not in the body.
41898 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
4190 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
4191 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041928 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +010041938 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword', they should use "syn iskeyword".
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004194 Also need a separate 'iskeyword' for the command line, e.g., in a help
4195 window ":e /asdf/asdf/" CTRL-W works different.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041968 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
4197 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
41988 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
4199 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00004200 Option for the matchparen plugin?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042018 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
4202 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
4203 used.
42048 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
4205 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
42068 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
4207 re-insert the [] if possible.
42088 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
4209 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000042108 It would be useful to make the highlight group name an expression. Then
4211 when there is a match, the expression would be evaluated to find out what
4212 highlight group to use. Could be used to check if the shell used in a
4213 password file appears in /etc/shells. (Nikolai Weibull)
4214 syn match =s:checkShell(v:match) contained 'pattern'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042158 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
4216 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
42178 Support for deleting syntax items:
4218 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
4219 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
4220 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
42218 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
4222 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
4223 a '<'. (Fleiner)
42247 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
4225 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
4226 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
42277 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
4228 detected.
42298 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004230 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042318 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
4232 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042338 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
42348 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
42357 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
4236 ":mkvimrc".
42378 Improve c.vim:
4238 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
4239 "c_strict_ansi".
4240 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
42418 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
4242 current line while in Insert mode.
42438 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
4244 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
42458 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
4246 display position.
42478 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
4248 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
4249 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
42508 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
4251 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
4252 highlighting starts.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000042537 It's possible for an item to be transparent, so that the colors of an item
4254 lower on the stack is used. Also do this with highlighting, so that the
4255 user can set transparent highlighting? E.g. a number in a C comment would
4256 get the color of a comment, a number in an assignment Normal. (Nikolai
4257 Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042587 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
4259 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
4260 E.g. for this html:
4261 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042627 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
42637 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
4264 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042658 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
42668 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042677 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
4268 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
4269 completion?
42708 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
4271 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
42727 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
4273 select one of the sets.
42748 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
4275 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
4276 2, etc.
42778 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
4278 highlighting (for "." command).
42798 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
4280 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
42818 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
42827 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
4283 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
42846 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
4285 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
4286- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
4287 when extending an already existing syntax file.
4288- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004289- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
4290 (for comment blocks).
4291- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
4292 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
4293 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
4294 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
4295 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
4296 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
4297 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
4298 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
4299 (Campbell)
4300 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
4301 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
43027 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
4303 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
43047 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
4305 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
4306 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
43077 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
4308 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
4309 messages. And external commands?
43108 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
4311 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
43127 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
4313 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
4314
4315
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01004316Vim script language:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000043178 Make the filename and line number available to script functions, so that
4318 they can give useful debugging info. The whole call stack would be ideal.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02004319 At least use this for error messages.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000043207 Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
4321 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
4322 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043238 Add referring to key options with "&t_xx". Both for "echo &t_xx" and
4324 ":let &t_xx =". Useful for making portable mappings.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004325- range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaarc5604bc2010-07-17 15:20:30 +020043268 ":{range}source": source the lines from the current file.
4327 You can already yank lines and use :@" to execute them.
4328 Most of do_source() would not be used, need a new function.
4329 It's easy when not doing breakpoints or profiling.
4330 Requires copying the lines into a list and then creating a function to
4331 execute lines from the list. Similar to getnextac().
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000043327 ":include" command: just like ":source" but doesn't start a new scriptID?
4333 Will be tricky for the list of script names.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043348 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +010043358 Have a prefix for a function to make it unique. When using packages it
4336 can be the plugin name.
4337 Perhaps also have a way to remove everything that the package added?
4338 including autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043397 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode.
4340 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
4341 has('bytecode')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
4342 supports it. Update the code with a command, can be used in an
4343 autocommand.
4344 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
4345 .vim file. Problem: distribution.
4346 3. Use a cache directory for each user. How to recognize which cached
4347 file belongs to a sourced script?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043487 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
4349 signs and/or 'number'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000043506 Add ++ and -- operators? They only work on variables (lvals), how to
4351 implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043528 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004353 has(":command") Check if ":command" works. compare function
4354 with "ex_ni". E.g. for ":simalt".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004355 escape() Add argument to specify what to escape with.
4356 modestack() Instead of just the current mode return the
4357 stack of Insert / CTRL-O / :normal things.
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00004358 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
4359 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
4360 3 2002
4361 Only add this when also implemented for
4362 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
4363 be used.
4364 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00004365 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
4366 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
4367 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
4368 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
4369 File.Open..." argument.
4370 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
4371 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
4372 with properties instead.
4373 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
4374 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
4375 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004376 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004377 crypt() encrypt string
4378 decrypt() decrypt string
4379 base64enc() base 64 encoding
4380 base64dec() base 64 decoding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004381 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004382 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004383 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004384 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004385 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004386 typed() return the characters typed and consumed (to
4387 find out what happened)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004388 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
4389 Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004390 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004391 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
4392 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
4393 to allow the library to execute a command or
4394 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043957 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
4396 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
43978 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
4398 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000043998 Pass the command line arguments to Vim scripts in some way. As v:args
4400 List? Or extra parameter to argv()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044018 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +020044029 Add optional arguments to user functions:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004403 :func myFunc(arg1, arg2, arg3 = "blah", arg4 = 17)
44046 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000044058 For Strings add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var"
4406 just ignore.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044078 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
4408 option or environment variable.
44098 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000044108 ":let Func().foo = value" should work, also when "foo" doesn't exist.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004411 Also: ":let Func()[foo] = value" should work. Same for a List.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000044127 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the syntax stack
4413 available as a List.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044148 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
4415 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
44168 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
44178 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
4418 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
4419 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
4420 charwise({expr}).
44217 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
4422 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
4423 buffer for this?
4424 result = scratch(string, command)
4425 result = apply(string, command)
4426 result = execute(string, command)
4427 "command" would use <> notation.
4428 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
44297 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004430
4431
4432Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000044336 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
4434 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
4435 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
4436 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
4437 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
4438 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
4439 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004440
4441
4442Performance:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000044437 For string variables up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list
4444 itself as a character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020044457 Add 'lazysize' option: Above this size Vim doesn't load everything before
4446 starting to edit a file. Things like 'fileencodings' only work up to this
4447 size, modelines only work at the top. Useful for large log files where
4448 you only want to look at the first few pages. Use zero to disable it.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000044498 move_lines() copies every line into allocated memory, making reloading a
4450 buffer a lot slower than re-editing the file. Can the memline be locked
4451 so that we don't need to make a copy? Or avoid invoking ml_updatechunk(),
4452 that is taking a lot of time. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008 Jul 7)
Bram Moolenaard04b7502010-07-08 22:27:55 +02004453 With a patch, but does it work?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044548 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
44559 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
44568 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
44577 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
4458 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
44598 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
4460 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
4461 when starting up in a color terminal.
44628 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
4463 Win16.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044648 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
4465 function be improved?
44668 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
4467 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
4468 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
4469 this be improved?
44708 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
4471 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000044727 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
4473 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044747 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
4475 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
44767 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
4477 lot of abbreviations).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044787 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
4479 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
4480 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
4481 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
4482 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
4483 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
4484 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044858 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
4486 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
4487 using strcmp() too often?
44887 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
4489 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
4490 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
4491 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
4492 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
4493 the two blocks to the memfile block.
44947 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
4495 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
4496 with an argument that can be messed with.
4497 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
4498 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
44997 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
4500- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
45018 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
4502 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
4503- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
4504 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
4505- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
4506- Do profiling on:
4507 - :g/pat/normal cmd
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004508 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
4509 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
4510 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
4511 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
4512 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
4513 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004514 - editing a Vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045157 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
4516 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
4517 changed).
4518 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
4519 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
4520- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
4521- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
4522 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
4523- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
4524 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
4525 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004526- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
4527- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
4528 cursor is right of the screen.
45298 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
4530 CTRL-C (it's slow).
4531
4532
4533Code size:
45348 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
4535- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
4536 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
45378 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
45388 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
4539 it.
45407 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
4541 left out.
45428 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
4543 can be removed.
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +010045448 Can the check for libelf in configure.ac be removed?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004545
4546
4547Messages:
45488 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
4549 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
45508 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
4551 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
45528 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
4553 script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004554- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
4555 Perhaps after ten seconds?
4556- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000045578 When reading from stdin allow suppressing the "reading from stdin"
4558 message.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045599 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
4560 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
4561 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
4562 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
4563 redrawing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045648 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
4565 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
45668 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
4567 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
4568 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
4569 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
4570 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
4571 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004572- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004573 Sleep before second message?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045748 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
4575 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
4576 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
4577 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
4578 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
4579 error messages, printing text, etc.
45808 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
4581 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
4582 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
4583
4584
4585Screen updating:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004586- screen_line():
4587 - insert/delete character stuff.
4588 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
4589- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
4590 dragging the status line with the mouse).
4591- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
4592 waiting for a character.
45938 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
4594 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
4595 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004596
4597Scrolling:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +020045988 Add "zy" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045996 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
4600- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
4601 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
4602 windows.
46037 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
4604 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
4605 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
4606- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
4607 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
4608 (Goldfarb)
4609- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
4610 bound windows.
4611- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
4612 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00004613- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004614- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
4615 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
4616 of lines but not with a single line).
4617
4618
4619Autoconf:
46208 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
46218 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
4622 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
4623- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
4624 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
4625- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
4626- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
4627- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
4628
4629
4630Perl interface:
46318 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046327 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
46337 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
46346 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
4635
4636
4637Shared libraries:
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +020046388 libcall() can keep the library around instead of always calling dlclose().
4639 (Jason Felice, 2018 Mar 20)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046406 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
4641 :libload internal-name libname
4642 :libunload internal-name
4643 :liblist
4644 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4645 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4646 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
46476 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
4648
4649
4650Tags:
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +000046519 With ":set tags=./tags,../tags" and a tag appears in both tags files it is
4652 added twice. Requires figuring out the actual file name for each found
4653 match. Remove tag_fname from the match and combine it with the fname in
4654 the match (without expanding or other things that take time). When
4655 'tagrelative' is off tag_fname isn't needed at all.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000046568 For 'tags' wildcard in the file name is not supported, only in the path.
4657 This is due to it using |file-searching|. Suboptimal solution would be to
4658 make the filename or the whole option use |wildcards| globing, better
Bram Moolenaarf91787c2010-07-17 12:47:16 +02004659 would be to merge the 2 kinds of globing. originally (Erik Falor, 2008
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004660 April 18), updated (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000046617 Can CTRL-] (jump to tag) include a following "." and "->" to restrict the
4662 number of possible matches? Check tags file for an item that has members.
4663 (Flemming Madsen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046648 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
46658 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
4666 to type the tag number directly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046677 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
4668 window for each tag.
46697 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
46707 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
4671 bottom" search message.
46727 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
4673 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
4674 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00004675- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
4676- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004677- Add functions to save and restore the tag stack? Or a command to switch
4678 to another tag stack? So that you can do something else and come back to
4679 what you were working on.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046807 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
4681 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
4682 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
4683 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
46847 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
4685 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
4686 :tagargs clear
4687 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
4688 matching).
46897 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
4690 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
4691 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
4692 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
46937 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
4694 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
46957 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
4696 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
4697 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004698
4699
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004700Win32 GUI:
47018 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
4702 the message and input?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047037 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
4704 (Mike McCollister)
47058 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
4706 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
4707 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
4708 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
4709 common part of the path.
47108 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
47118 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
4712 gettext and menus work.
47138 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
4714 return in every console.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02004715 Also: Look at how Emacs does run external commands:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004716 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
47178 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
4718 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
47198 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
4720 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
47217 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
4722 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
47237 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
47247 <Esc> should close a dialog.
47257 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
4726 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
4727 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
4728 prompts.
47297 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
4730 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
4731 the file added into an already running Vim.
47327 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
4733 functions to find the window title.
4734
4735
4736GUI:
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020047378 Make inputdialog() work for Photon, Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004738- <C--> cannot be mapped. Should be possible to recognize this as a
4739 normal "-" with the Ctrl modifier.
47407 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
47418 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
47426 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
47438 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
4744 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
47459 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
47467 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
47478 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
4748 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
47498 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
4750 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
4751 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
47528 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
4753 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
47548 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
4755 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
4756 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
4757 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047587 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
47598 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
4760 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000047617 Add some code to handle proportional fonts on more systems? Need to draw
4762 each character separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font
4763 is not exactly double-width. (Maeda)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047648 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
47658 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00004766 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047678 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
47688 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
47698 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
4770 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
4771 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
47727 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
4773 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
4774 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
47757 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
4776 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
47777 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
4778 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
4779 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
4780 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047817 Should support multi-column menus.
4782- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
4783 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
4784- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
47858 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
47866 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
4787 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
47887 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
47897 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
4790 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
4791 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
47927 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
47938 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
4794 name can be chosen free.
47957 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
4796 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
47976 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
4798 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
4799 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
4800 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
4801 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
4802 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
4803 things.
48047 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
4805 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048067 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004807 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004808- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
4809 where it was started from?
48107 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
4811
4812
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004813Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020048149 Rework the code from FEAT_OSFILETYPE for autocmd-osfiletypes to use
4815 'filetype'. Only for when the current buffer is known.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004816- Put autocommand event names in a hashtable for faster lookup?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010048178 When the SwapExists event is triggered, provide information about the
4818 swap file, e.g., whether the process is running, file was modified, etc.
4819 Must be possible to check the situation that it's probably OK to delete
4820 the swap file. (Marc Merlin)
48218 When all the patterns for an event are "*" there is no need to expand
4822 buffer names to a full path. This can be slow for NFS.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000048237 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
4824 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
4825 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
4826 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000048277 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000048288 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
4829 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048308 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
4831 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
4832 difficult).
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000048337 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that the
4834 user can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the
4835 kind of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048368 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
4837 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
4838 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000048398 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
4840 And anything else? Add a command to save and restore these things.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048418 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048426 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
4843 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000048447 When trying to open a directory, trigger an OpenDirectory event.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048457 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004846 <x> for executable, etc. With commas to separate alternatives. The
4847 autocommand is only executed when both the file type AND the file pattern
4848 match. (Leonard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048495 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
4850 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
4851 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
48527 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
4853 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
4854 file.
48558 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
4856 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
4857 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004858- Add events to autocommands:
4859 Error - When an error happens
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +02004860 ModeChange - after changing mode (before waiting for a char)
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004861 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
4862 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004863 CursorHoldC - CursorHold while command-line editing
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00004864 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004865 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
4866 PreDirChanged/PostDirChanged
4867 - Before/after ":cd" has been used (for changing the
4868 window title)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004869 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004870 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
4871 the char.
4872 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
4873 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
4874 file from CVS).
4875 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
4876 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
4877 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
4878 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
4879 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
4880 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004881 ViewChanged - triggered when the text scrolls and when the window size
4882 changes.
4883 WinResized - After a window has been resized
4884 WinClose - Just before closing a window
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00004885- Write the file now and then ('autosave'):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004886 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004887 'autosave' 'as' number (default 0)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004888 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
4889 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
4890 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
4891 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
4892 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
4893
4894
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004895Omni completion:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004896- Add a flag to 'complete' to be able to do omni completion with CTRL-N (and
4897 mix it with other kinds of completion).
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004898- Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
4899 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
4900 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
4901 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
4902 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004903- Ideas from others:
4904 http://www.wholetomato.com/
4905 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
4906 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
4907 or http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
4908 Java, XML, HTML, C++, JSP, SQL, C#
4909 MS-Windows only, lots of dependencies (e.g. Perl, Internet
4910 explorer), uses .dll shared libraries.
4911 For C++ uses $INCLUDE environment var.
4912 Uses Perl for C++.
4913 Uses ctags to find the info:
4914 ctags -f $allTagsFile --fields=+aiKmnsSz --language-force=C++ --C++-kinds=+cefgmnpsut-dlux -u $files
4915 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
4916 IComplete: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1265
4917 and http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0125672/icomplete/
4918 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
4919 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02004920 Emacs: http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004921 Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
4922- Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
4923
4924
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004925Insert mode completion/expansion:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004926- GUI implementation of the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +000049277 When searching in other files the name flash by, too fast to read. Only
4928 display a name every second or so, like with ":vimgrep".
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000049297 When expanding file names with an environment variable, add the match with
4930 the unexpanded var. So $HOME/tm expands to "/home/guy/tmp" and
4931 "$HOME/tmp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049328 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
4933 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
49349 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
4935 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
4936 (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049378 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
4938 - ignore/match case
4939 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000049408 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
4941 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
4942 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
4943 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
4944 Alternative: Use a pattern so that start and end of a keyword can be
4945 defined, only allow dash in the middle, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049468 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000049477 Completion of an abbreviation: Can leave letters out, like what Instant
4948 text does: www.textware.com
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049498 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
4950 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
4951 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
4952 Should work for C++ and Java.
4953 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
49547 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
49557 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
4956 instead of words.
49578 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
49588 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
4959 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
49608 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
4961 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004962- Add a flag to 'complete' to only scan local header files, not system
4963 header files. (Andri Moell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004964- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
4965 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
4966 wildcards in the file name)?
4967- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
4968- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
4969- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
4970 be in another file).
4971- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
4972- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
4973- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
4974 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
4975- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
4976- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
4977- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004978- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
4979
4980
4981Command line editing:
49827 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
4983 line.
49848 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
4985 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
4986 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
4987- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
4988 lines wraps to start of line).
4989- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
4990 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
4991 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
4992 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
4993 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
4994 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
4995 cmdwin does now already.
4996 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
4997 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
4998 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
4999 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
5000 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
5001 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
5002 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
5003 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
5004 Problems:
5005 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
5006 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
5007 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
5008 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
5009 - Normal: no ":" commands?
5010 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
5011 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
5012 character in first column?
5013 - Implementation ideas:
5014 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
5015 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
5016 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
5017 - sync undo after entering a command line?
5018 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
5019 Mode.
5020
5021
5022Command line completion:
50238 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
50248 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
5025 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
50268 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
5027 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000050288 Add an option to ignore case when doing interactive completion. So that
5029 ":e file<Tab>" also lists "Filelist" (sorted after matching case matches).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050307 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
5031 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005032- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
5033- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
5034 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050358 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
5036 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
50377 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
5038 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
5039- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
5040 identifiers (Webb).
50418 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
5042 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
50437 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
5044 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
5045- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
5046 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
5047- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
5048 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
5049 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005050
5051
5052Command line history:
5053- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
5054 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
5055 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01005056 completely result from one mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005057- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
5058 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
5059
5060
5061Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000050629 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
5063 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
5064 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050658 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
5066 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
5067 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
5068 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
5069 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000050708 When using CTRL-G CTRL-O do like CTRL-\ CTRL-O, but when returning with
5071 the cursor in the same position and the text didn't change continue the
5072 same change, so that "." repeats the whole insert.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050737 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
5074 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00005075- Make 'revins' work in Replace mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050767 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
5077 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
5078- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
5079 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
5080 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
5081 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
5082 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
5083 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
5084- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
5085 Normal mode.
5086- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
5087 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
5088 are used.
5089- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
5090- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
5091- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
5092
5093
5094'cindent', 'smartindent':
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010050959 Wrapping a variable initialization should have extra indent:
5096 char * veryLongName =
5097 "very long string"
5098 Also check if "cino=+10" is used correctly.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000050998 Lisp indenting: "\\" confuses the indenter. (Dorai Sitaram, 2006 May 17)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051008 Why are continuation lines outside of a {} block not indented? E.g.:
5101 long_type foo =
5102 value;
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051038 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
5104 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00005105 Problem of using {} inside (), 'cindent' doesn't work then.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051068 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
5107 func(
5108 new String[] {
5109 "asdf",
5110 "asdf"
5111 }
5112 );
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010051138 In C++ a function isn't recognized inside a namespace:
5114 (Chow Loong Jin)
5115 namespace {
5116 int
5117 func(int arg) {
5118 }
5119 }
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000051206 Add 'cino' flag for this function argument layout: (Spencer Collyer)
5121 func( arg1
5122 , arg2
5123 , arg3
5124 );
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +000051257 Add separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005126 func(
5127 int x) // indent like "(4"
5128 {
5129 if (a
5130 && b) // indent like "(0"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051319 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
5132 if (a)
5133 {
5134 if (b)
5135 {
5136 // {
5137 }
5138 } <-- this is indented incorrect
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +00005139 Problem is that find_start_brace() checks for the matching brace to be in
5140 a comment, but not braces in between. Requires adding a comment check to
5141 findmatchlimit().
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005142- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005143 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
51447 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
5145- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
5146 line).
5147- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
5148- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
5149 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005150- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
5151 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
5152- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
5153 code), unless the line starts with "*".
5154- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
5155- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
5156 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
51578 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
5158 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
5159 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
5160- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
5161- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
5162 lines start with "\item".
5163- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
5164 /* here is a comment that
5165 is just autoindented, and
5166 nothing else */
5167- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
51687 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
5169 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
5170 indents.
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01005171 Patch by Lech Lorens, 2010 Mar. Update by James McCoy, 2014 Mar 15.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005172
5173
5174Java:
51758 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
5176 Odendahl?
51778 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
5178 "[i" commands and friends.
5179- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
5180 (Jason)
5181- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
5182 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
5183
5184
5185'comments':
51868 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
5187 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
5188 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
5189 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00005190 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
5191 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051927 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
5193 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
51947 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
51956 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
5196 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
5197 regexp is used.
51988 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
5199 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
5200
5201
5202Virtual edit:
52038 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052047 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
5205
5206
5207Text objects:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000052088 Add text object for fold, so that it can be yanked when it's open.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052098 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000052108 Add text object for part of a CamelHumpedWord and under_scored_word.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00005211 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000052128 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multi-byte
5213 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00005214 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
5215 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000052168 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multi-byte ones.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000052178 Add a way to make an ":omap" for a user-defined text object. Requires
5218 changing the starting position in oap->start.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052198 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
5220 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
5221 the end of the line or before a ".".
52227 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
5223 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
52247 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
5225 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052266 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
52275 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
5228 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
5229 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
5230 cursor is on.
5231
5232
5233Select mode:
52348 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
5235 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
52367 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02005237 See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_Alt-Mouse_to_select_blockwise.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052387 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
5239 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
5240 contains 'C' or 'A'.
5241 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
5242 normal_cmd().
5243 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
5244 - Typing text replaces the selection.
5245
5246
5247Visual mode:
Bram Moolenaar3b1db362013-08-10 15:00:24 +020052488 Support using "." in Visual mode. Use the operator applied to the Visual
5249 selection, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005250- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
5251 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
5252 is in the top line.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00005253- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
5254 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenful, also count the
5255 characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052568 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00005257 text. Make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005258 where needed.
52597 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
5260 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
52617 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
5262 of each selected line.
52638 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
52648 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
5265 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
5266 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
52678 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
5268 Ben Godfrey)
52697 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
5270 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
52717 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
5272 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052737 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005274 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005275 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
52768 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
5277 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
52787 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
5279 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
5280 option!
52817 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
5282 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
5283 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
5284 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
5285 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
5286 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
5287 without changing the column.
52886 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052897 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
5290 current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052916 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
5292 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
52936 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052946 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005295 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005296 or other special character.
52976 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
5298
5299
5300More advanced repeating commands:
5301- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02005302- Add command to repeat last movement. Including count.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005303- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005304 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
5305 "y." will repeat last yank.
5306 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
5307 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
5308 and/or pick an older command.
5309- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
5310
5311
5312Mappings and Abbreviations:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053138 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
5314 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
5315 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
53168 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
53177 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
5318 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053198 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
5320 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
53218 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +000053227 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053238 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
5324 entering search strings.
53258 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
5326 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
5327 not the <Space>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053288 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
5329 (?) work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053307 Add <0x8f> (hex), <033> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053317 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
5332 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053336 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
5334 abbreviations are to be used.
5335- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
5336 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
5337 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00005338- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
5339 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
5340 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
5341 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
5342 Or implicit:
5343 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005344- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
5345 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
5346 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005347- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
5348 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
5349- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
5350 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
53516 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
5352 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
5353 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
5354 hit another character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005355- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
5356 non-replace Insert mode?
5357- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005358- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
5359- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
5360 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
5361- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005362 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005363- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
5364 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
5365- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
5366- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
5367 ":freekeys".
5368- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
5369
5370
5371Incsearch:
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02005372- Wrong scrolling when using incsearch. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2014
5373 Dec 4. Is this a good solution?
5374- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
5375 folds when going to another line.
5376 Patch to open folds for 'incsearch'. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan 6)
5377- Bug with 'incsearch' going to wrong line. (Wolfram Kresse, 2009 Aug 17)
5378 Only with "vim -u NONE".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005379- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
5380 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
5381 up every time.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005382- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
5383 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
5384 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
5385 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020053869 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
5387 isn't updated).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005388
5389
5390Searching:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010053919 Should have an option for :vimgrep to find lines without a match.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000053928 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00005393 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005394 The vis.vim script has a ":S" command that does something like this.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005395 Can use "g/" in Normal mode, uses the '< to '> area.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005396 Use "&/" for searching the text in the Visual area?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010053979 Add "v" offset: "/pat/v": search for pattern and start Visual mode on the
5398 matching text.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010053998 Add a modifier to interpret a space like "\_s\+" to make it much easier to
5400 search for a phrase.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000054018 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
5402 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
5403 Perl does it this way:
5404 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
5405 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
5406 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
5407 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000054088 Show the progress every second. Could use the code that checks for CTRL-C
5409 to find out how much time has passed. Or use SIGALRM. Where to show the
5410 number?
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +000054117 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
5412 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000054138 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
5414 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000054157 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005416 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
5417 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
5418 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000054197 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005420 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for end offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054217 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
5422 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054238 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
5424 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
54258 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
5426 line.
Bram Moolenaar7db8f6f2016-03-29 23:12:46 +020054277 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use matchit.vim as an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005428 example.
54298 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
5430 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
5431- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
5432 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
5433 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
5434 Alternative: use matchit.vim
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054358 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
5436 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
5437 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
54387 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
5439 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000054407 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
5441 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054428 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
5443 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054448 When 'iskeyword' is changed the matches from 'hlsearch' may change. (Benji
5445 Fisher) redraw if some options are set while 'hlsearch' is set?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054468 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
5447 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
5448 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
5449 search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005450- Make 'hlsearch' a local/global option, so that it can be disabled in some
5451 of the windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005452- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
5453 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
5454- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
5455 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
5456 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
5457 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054588 Add a way to access the last substitute text, what is used for ":s//~/".
5459 Can't use the ~ register, it's already used for drag & drop.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005460- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
5461 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054628 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
5463 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
5464 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005465- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
5466 i ignore case
5467 I use case
5468 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
5469 v use Vi regexp syntax
5470 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
5471 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
5472 Perl uses these too:
5473 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
5474 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
5475 o compile only once (Perl only)
5476 s single line expression (we don't need it)
5477 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
5478 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
5479 following command.
5480 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
5481- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
5482 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
5483 for search string)?
54847 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
5485 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
5486- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
5487 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
5488- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
5489 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
5490- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
5491- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005492 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005493 a for the next file in the argument list
5494 f for file in the buffer list
5495 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005496 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
5497 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005498 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
5499 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
5500- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055017 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005502 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055037 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
5504 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
5505 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
5506 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
55076 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
5508 effects.
55097 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
5510 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
5511 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000055127 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005513 Also ":dselect".
5514
5515
5516Undo:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010055179 ":gundo" command: global undo. Undoes changes spread over multiple files
5518 in the order they were made. Also ":gredo". Both with a count. Useful
5519 when tests fail after making changes and you forgot in which files.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000055209 After undo/redo, in the message show whether the buffer is modified or
5521 not.
Bram Moolenaard43848c2010-07-14 14:28:26 +020055228 Search for pattern in undo tree, showing when it happened and the text
5523 state, so that you can jump to it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000055248 Undo tree: visually show the tree somehow (Damian Conway)
5525 Show only the leaves, indicating how many changed from the branch and the
5526 timestamp?
5527 Put branch with most recent change on the left, older changes get more
5528 indent?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00005529- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
5530 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005531- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
5532 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
5533 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
55348 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
5535 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
5536 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
5537 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
55388 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
5539 only remember the lines that really changed.
55407 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
5541 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
5542 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
5543 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005544- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
5545 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
5546- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
5547 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
5548- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
5549 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
5550 [-99].
5551- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
5552- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005553- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
5554 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
5555
5556
5557Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055587 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
5559 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
5560 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
5561 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
55628 Add File.{recent_files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
5563 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
55648 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
5565 inode too.
55667 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005567 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
5568 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055697 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
5570 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
5571- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
5572 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
5573- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
5574 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
55757 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
5576 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
55777 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
5578 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
55798 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055807 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
5581 internal use and for when executing an external program?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010055828 Some file systems are case-sensitive, some are not. Besides
5583 'wildignorecase' there might be more parts inside
5584 CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME that are useful on Unix.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005585
5586
5587Swap (.swp) files:
55888 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
5589 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
5590 there are short file name problems.
55918 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
5592 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
55938 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
55948 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005595 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005596 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
5597 file the same as the actual file?
5598 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055997 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
5600 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
56017 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005602 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005603 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
5604 enough room.
56057 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
5606 or /var/preserve.
5607- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
5608 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
5609- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
Bram Moolenaar7f2e9d72017-11-11 20:58:53 +01005610 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskbackup' and 'umaskswap'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005611- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
5612 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
5613 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
5614 cached list of which line is where.
5615
5616
5617Viminfo:
56187 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
5619 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
5620 else's viminfo file.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000056218 When there is no .viminfo file and someone does "su", runs Vim, a
5622 root-owned .viminfo file is created. Is there a good way to avoid this?
5623 Perhaps check the owner of the directory. Only when root?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056248 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
5625 name. (Schild)
56268 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
56278 Remember the last used register for "@@".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000056288 Remember the redo buffer, so that "." works after restarting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056298 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
5630 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
5631 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
5632 this?
56337 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
56347 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
5635 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
56366 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
5637 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
5638 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
5639- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
5640 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
5641
5642
5643Modelines:
56448 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
5645 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
5646 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005647- Add an option to whitelist options that are allowed in a modeline. This
5648 would allow careful users to use modelines, e.g., only allowing
5649 'shiftwidth'.
5650- Add an option to let modelines only set local options, not global ones
5651 such as 'encoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005652- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
5653 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
5654 modeline setting.
5655- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
5656 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
5657- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
5658 .cpp files.
5659- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
5660 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
5661- Add option setting to ask user if he wants to have the modelines executed
5662 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
5663
5664
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005665Sessions:
56668 DOS/Windows: ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means
5667 directory "#bb" in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
56687 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
5669 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056708 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
5671 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056728 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
5673 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
5674 default value.
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000056757 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
5676 Malecki)
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +000056777 Persistent variables: "p:var"; stored in viminfo file and sessions files.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00005678
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005679
5680Options:
56817 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
5682 restore it after the command has executed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056838 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
5684 options that are a comma separated list. The old number values should
5685 also be supported.
56868 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
5687 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
5688 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
56897 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005690
5691
5692External commands:
56938 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
5694 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
56954 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
5696 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
5697 -f).
56984 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
56994 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
5700 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
57014 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
5702
5703
5704Multiple Windows:
57057 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
57068 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
5707 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
57087 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
5709 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
5710 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000057117 Make it possible to edit a new buffer in the preview window. A script can
5712 then fill it with something. ":popen"?
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +000057137 Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be
5714 several. Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057156 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
5716 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005717 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005718 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
57197 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
5720 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
5721 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
5722 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
5723- Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
5724 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
5725 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
5726 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
5727
5728
5729Marks:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000057308 Add ten marks for last changed files: ':0, ':1, etc. One mark per file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057318 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
5732 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000057338 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 +000057348 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
5735 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
57368 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
5737 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
5738 the mark was set.
57397 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
5740 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
5741 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
5742 ":browse marks"?
57436 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057447 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
5745 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
57467 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
5747 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
57487 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
5749 command).
57507 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
5751 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
5752 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
5753 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
57545 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
5755 mappings.
57566 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
5757 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
5758 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
5759
5760
5761Digraphs:
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020057627 Make "ga" show the keymap for a character, if it exists.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02005763 Also show the code of the character after conversion to 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005764- Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
5765 characters?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000057668 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057677 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
5768 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
5769
5770
5771Writing files:
5772- In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
5773 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
5774 shortname conversion.
57758 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
57768 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
5777 file.
57788 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
5779 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
5780 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057816 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
5782 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
57836 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
5784 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
57856 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
5786 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000057878 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005788 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
57897 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
5790 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
57917 When editing a file, check that it has been change outside of Vim more
5792 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
5793 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
5794 waiting for a character to be typed).
57958 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
5796 line of the window, like "[time]".
5797 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
5798 Automatic and/or with a command.
5799
5800
5801Substitute:
Bram Moolenaar3f770472005-06-19 22:56:27 +000058028 Substitute with hex/unicode number "\%xff" and "\%uabcd". Just like
5803 "\%uabcd" in search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000058048 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005805 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
5806- :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
5807- With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
58088 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
5809 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005810- Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005811 :s///N substitutes N times.
5812- Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
5813 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
5814 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
58157 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
5816 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
5817 last line column 5.
58185 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
5819 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
5820 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
5821 (Stanislav Sitar)
5822
5823
5824Mouse support:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058258 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
58267 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
58278 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
5828 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
5829 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005830- Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
5831- Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
5832 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
5833- Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
5834- When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
5835
5836
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005837Argument list:
58386 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
5839 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
5840 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
58416 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
5842
5843
5844Registers:
58458 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058468 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
5847 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
5848 for every line.
58496 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
5850 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
5851 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
5852- When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
5853 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
5854- When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
5855 leader when line wraps?
5856- The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
5857 line in the range.
5858- Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
5859 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
58608 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
5861 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005862
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005863
5864Debug mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058658 Add breakpoints for setting an option
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000058668 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058677 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
58687 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
5869
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005870Various improvements:
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000058717 Add plugins for formatting? Should be able to make a choice depending on
5872 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
5873 Setting the 'langformat' option to "chinese" would load the
5874 "format/chinese.vim" plugin.
5875 The plugin would set 'formatexpr' and define the function being called.
5876 Edward L. Fox explains how it should be done for most Asian languages.
5877 (2005 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005878 Alternative: patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Feb 23)
Bram Moolenaar87b774d2005-07-20 22:04:36 +000058797 [t to move to previous xml/html tag (like "vatov"), ]t to move to next
5880 ("vatv").
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +000058817 [< to move to previous xml/html tag, e.g., previous <li>. ]< to move to
5882 next <li>, ]< to next </li>, [< to previous </li>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058838 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
5884 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000058857 Instead of filtering errors with a shell script it should be possible to
5886 do this with Vim script. A function that filters the raw text that comes
5887 from the 'makeprg'?
Bram Moolenaar1ef15e32006-02-01 21:56:25 +00005888- Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00005889 Govindachar)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010058907 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
5891 window as a buffer-tab selection.
58928 Allow non-active windows to have a different statusline. (Yakov Lerner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058937 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
5894 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
58958 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
5896 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058976 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058988 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
5899 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
5900 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
5901 in this Vim.
59028 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005903 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059048 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
5905 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
5906 have it apply to the following command.
59078 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
5908 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
5909 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
5910 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059117 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
5912 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059137 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
5914 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
5915 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
5916 without modifier (unless mapped).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059176 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
59188 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
59199 Support ACLs on more systems.
59207 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
5921 highlighted differently.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059227 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
5923 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
5924 (truncated to fit in the space).
59257 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
59268 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
59278 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
5928 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000059297 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005930 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
59317 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
5932 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059337 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059347 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
59357 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059368 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
59378 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
5938 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
5939 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
5940 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
59418 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059428 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059438 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
5944 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
5945 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
5946 does something like this. (Shah)
59477 Use growarray for replace stack.
59487 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
5949 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
59503 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059517 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
5952 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010059537 Make it possible to set the size of the jumplist (also to a smaller number
5954 than the default). (Nikolai Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005955- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
5956- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
5957- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
5958- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
59597 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
5960 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
5961- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
5962 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02005963- Remove using mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005964- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
5965 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
5966- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
5967 call "play newbeep.au").
5968- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
5969 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
5970 (Bhatt).
5971- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
5972 blockwise registers).
5973- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
5974 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
5975- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
5976 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
5977 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
5978 noticeable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005979- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059807 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
5981 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
5982- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
5983 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
5984 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
5985 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
5986 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000059878 The 'a' flag in 'formatoptions' is too dangerous. In some way only do
5988 auto-formatting in specific regions, e.g. defined by syntax highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059898 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
5990 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
5991 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
5992 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
5993 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
5994- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00005995- Support multi-byte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059967 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
5997 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
5998- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
5999 not in column 1.
60006 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
6001 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
60027 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
6003- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006004- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00006005 :redir #> bufname
6006 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00006007- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
6008 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006009- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
6010 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
6011 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
60126 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
6013 console? (Klaus Hast)
6014- Add :delcr command:
6015 *:delcr*
6016 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
6017 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
6018 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
6019 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
6020 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02006021 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006022- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
6023- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
6024 characters from 'isprint'.
6025- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
6026- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
6027 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
6028- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
6029 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
6030 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
6031- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
6032- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
6033 Nvi).
6034- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
6035 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
60367 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
6037- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
6038 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
60396 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
6040- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
6041 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
6042 macro).
6043- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006044- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
6045 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
6046- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
60478 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006048- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
6049- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
6050- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
6051 if it is not the first or last window.
6052- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
6053 there is one) instead of the file itself.
60547 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
6055 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
6056 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
6057- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
6058- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006059 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006060 many percent down the windows).
6061- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
6062 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
6063 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02006064 Make 'showbreak' local to a window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006065- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
6066 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
6067- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
6068 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
6069- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
6070- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
6071- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
6072 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060738 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
6074 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
6075 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
6076 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
6077 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006078- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
6079 t_bs is set? (Webb)
6080- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006081 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
6082- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006083 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
6084 (Webb).
6085- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006086 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006087- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
6088 hex codes like 0xff).
6089- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
6090 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
6091 the last TYPED command.
6092- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
6093- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
6094- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
6095 should also work?
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006096- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on a URL?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060978 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
6098 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
6099 name.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006100- When finding a URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006101 trailing '.'.
6102- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
6103 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
6104 find_file_in_path().
6105- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
6106 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
6107- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
6108- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
6109 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
6110- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006111 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006112- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
6113 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
6114 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006115- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
6116- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
6117- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
6118 to the minimal size.
6119- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
6120- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
6121- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
6122- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
6123- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006124- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
6125 entered)?
6126- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
6127 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006128- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006129- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
6130- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
6131- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
6132- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
6133- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
6134 lines.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006135- Uppercase characters in Ex commands can be made lowercase?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061368 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
6137 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
6138 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
6139 or in octal.
61407 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
6141 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006142- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006143 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
6144- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
6145- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
6146 insert line command).
6147- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
6148- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
6149- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
6150- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
6151- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
6152 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006153- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006154 yet.
6155- Implement 'redraw' option.
6156- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
6157 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061587 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
6159 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00006160 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
6161 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061628 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
6163 do it.
6164- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
6165- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
6166 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
6167- Add text justification option.
6168- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
6169- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
6170 off".
6171- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
6172- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
6173- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006174 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006175- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02006176- If file does not exist, check if directory exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006177- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
6178 commands.
6179- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
6180- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
6181- :table command (Webb)
6182- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006183- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
6184- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
6185- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
6186- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
6187- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
6188 (Demirel).
6189- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
6190- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
6191 for use in macro's and the like.
6192- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006193 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006194- Add possibility to put output of Ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006195 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006196- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006197 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006198 a window to become smaller (Webb).
6199- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
6200 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006201- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006202 mkopttab to make option table?
6203- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
6204 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
6205- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
6206 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006207- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006208 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
6209- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
6210 cursor?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006211- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000062128 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
6213 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
6214 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
6215 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
6216 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000062178 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
6218 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
6219 (Netherton)
62206 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
6221 space after "(", for example.
62225 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
6223 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
6224 (Servatius Brandt)
6225
6226
6227From Elvis:
6228- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
6229- Add ":alias" command.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006230- Search patterns:
6231 \@ match word under cursor.
6232 but do:
6233 \@w match the word under the cursor?
6234 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
62358 ":window" command:
6236 :win + next window (up)
6237 :win ++ idem, wrapping
6238 :win - previous window (down)
6239 :win -- idem, wrapping
6240 :win nr to window number "nr"
6241 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
62427 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
6243 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
6244
6245
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006246From xvi:
6247- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
6248- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
6249
6250
6251From vile:
6252- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
6253- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
6254 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
6255
6256
6257Far future and "big" extensions:
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006258- Instead of using a Makefile and autoconf, use a simple shell script to
6259 find the C compiler and do everything with C code. Translate something
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +01006260 like an Aap recipe and configure.ac to C. Avoids depending on Python,
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006261 thus will work everywhere. With batch file to find the C compiler it
6262 would also work on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006263- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
6264 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
6265- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
6266 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
6267 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
6268 current layout mirrored.
6269- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
6270- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
6271 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
6272- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
6273- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
6274 font in each top-level window.
6275- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
6276- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
6277- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
6278- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
6279 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006280- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
6281 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
6282- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
6283 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
62844 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
6285 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
6286 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
6287 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006288 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006289 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
6290 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
6291- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
6292 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
6293 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
6294
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02006295vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006296vim: set fo+=n :