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Bram Moolenaareb94e552006-03-11 21:35:11 +00001*todo.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2006 Mar 11
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 TODO list for Vim *todo*
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9This is a veeeery long list of known bugs, current work and desired
10improvements. To make it a little bit accessible, the items are grouped by
11subject. In the first column of the line a classification is used to be able
12to look for "the next thing to do":
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14Priority classification:
159 next point release
168 next release
177 as soon as possible
186 soon
195 should be included
204 nice to have
213 consider including
222 maybe not
231 probably not
24- unclassified
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26 *votes-for-changes*
27See |develop.txt| for development plans. You can vote for which items should
28be worked on, but only if you sponsor Vim development. See |sponsor|.
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30 *known-bugs*
31-------------------- Known bugs and current work -----------------------
32
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000033Win32: Describe how to do debugging. (George Reilly)
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +000034
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +000035Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung):
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000036- Mac: Unicode input and display (Eckehard Berns)
37 Included patch from Da Woon Jung, not complete yet.
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +0000388 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
39 New patch 2004 Jun 16
Bram Moolenaar1f35bf92006-03-07 22:38:47 +000040- Add default key mappings for the command key (Alan Schmitt)
41 use http://macvim.org/OSX/files/gvimrc
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +000042- selecting proportional font breaks display
43- UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
44- Command-key mappings do not work. (Alan Schmitt)
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +000045- With 'nopaste' pasting is wrong, with 'paste' Command-V doesn't work.
46 (Alan Schmitt)
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Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000048
Bram Moolenaar0e5bd962006-02-04 00:59:56 +000049CONSIDERED FOR VERSION 7.0:
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000050
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000051- UNDO TREE: keep all states of the text, don't delete undo info.
52 When making a change, instead of clearing any future undo (thus redo)
53 info, make a new branch.
54 To navigate through the undo tree number the states of the text
55 sequentially and make it possible to go through the tree in that order.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000056 Use "g+++" to go forward, "g---" to go backward. Can mix - and +.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000057 Could also use timestamps (to show the time and/or jump to a state five
58 minutes ago). (David Schweikert)
59 To go from one state to another: backtrack to a common state, then forward
60 again.
61 Only difficult thing: When going back in time, how to find the previous
62 text state in the tree?
63 Show the list of changes in a window to be able to select a version?
Bram Moolenaar241a8aa2005-12-06 20:04:44 +000064 Also: See ":e" as a change operation, find the changes and add them to the
65 undo info. Needed for when an external tool changes the file.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000066
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000067- EMBEDDING: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
68 For Xwindows this can be done with XReparentWindow().
69 For GTK Neil Bird has a patch to use Vim like a widget.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000070
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000071- Add a few more things to 'diffopt': "horizontal", "vertical",
72 "foldcolumn". (Benji Fisher, 2004 Jun 21)
73- FileChangedShellPost autocommand event: after (not) reloading a changed
74 file. Can be used to update statusline oslt.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +000075- VimResized autocmd event: When the Vim window has been resized (SIGWINCH)
76 patch from Yakov Lerner, 2003 July 24.
77 It's not clear that this doesn't cause problems when the executed
78 commands do something like changing 'lines'. Esp. because the
79 screen has not yet been allocated with the new size.
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +0000809 Add cursor-column highlighting. Enable it with 'cursorcolumn' option,
81 set highlighting with "CursorColumn" group. Useful for aligning text.
82 Also cursor-row highlighting. Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto for
83 underlining the cursor line: 2004 Jun 17. Should use highlight group
84 instead.
85 Alternative: when 'number' is set highlight the number of the current
86 line.
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +0000877 Make ":startinsert" command work directly for functions and scripts?
88 Also make it possible to append (it's difficult at end of line).
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +000089- When using 'incsearch" CTRL-R CTRL-W gets the word under the cursor, but
90 the part that already matched is doubled then. Remove the part of the
91 word that would be doubled. Make it work line CTRL-N in Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000092- "onemore" flag in 'virtualedit': move cursor past end of line. Patch by
93 Mattias Flodin (2004 Jul 30)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000094- In a :s command multi-byte characters should also be upper/lower cased
95 with \u, \U, etc.
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000096
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000097- Adjust src/main.aap for installing manpages like in Makefile.
98 And for generating Vim.app for the Mac.
99 Install spell files with src/main.aap.
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +0000100
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +0000101- Add command to search for illegal utf-8 byte sequence.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +0000102
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000103Add strtol() to avoid the problems with leading zero causing octal conversion.
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Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000105Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be several.
106Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
107
Bram Moolenaar60c78922005-03-20 22:40:14 +0000108Win32: Patch for Korean IME. (Yusung, 2005 March 21)
109
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000110Support ":set syntax=cpp.doxygen"? Suggested patch by Michael Geddes (9 Aug
1112004). Should also work for 'filetype'.
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Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000113Win32: In the generated batch files, use $VIMRUNTIME if it's set. Examples by
114Mathias Michaelis (2004 Sep 6)
115Also place vimtutor.bat in %windir%?
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000116
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +0000117Ctags still hasn't included the patch. Darren is looking for someone to do
118maintanance. Is there another solution?
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000119
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +0000120HTML indenting can be slow, find out why.
121Add a function to get the current time in usec. reltime([start, [end]])
Bram Moolenaarb2956cd2005-01-27 14:42:53 +0000122 reltime().sec == seconds, reltime().usec = microseconds
123 reltime(start) current time relative to [start]
124 echo timestring(reltime(start), 3) (3 is nr of digits after dot)
125 reltime(start, end) difference between start and end
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +0000126Profiling:
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +0000127 - :profile pause
128 - :profile resume
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000129
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +0000130Add more tests for all new functionality in Vim 7. Especially new functions.
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Bram Moolenaarf1ab3802005-01-15 22:17:32 +0000132Updated Ruby interface. (Ryan Paul)
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +0000133
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +0000134'errorformat' docs are a bit unclear. Suggestions by Charles Campbell (2006
135Jan 6)
136Add a flag to check for a match with the next item first? Helps for
137continuation lines that may contain just about anything.
138
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +0000139Add ":smap", Select mode mapping? Otherwise: ":sunmap", so that Visual mode
140mappings for normal keys can be removed from Select mode.
Bram Moolenaar4ad237d2005-03-11 22:49:40 +0000141
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +0000142Check if file explorer can handle directory names and links with a single
143quote. (Nieko Maatjes, 2005 Jan 4)
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Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +0000146Awaiting updated patches:
1478 Add ":n" to fnamemodify(): normalize path, remove "../" when possible.
148 Aric Blumer has a patch for this.
149 He will update the patch for 6.3.
1507 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
151 Update 2004 Sep 6.
152 How does this work? Missing comments.
153- Patch for 'breakindent' option: repeat indent for wrapped line. (Vaclav
154 Smilauer, 2004 Sep 13, fix Oct 31)
155 Asked for improvements 2004 Dec 20.
1567 Make "5dd" on last-but-one-line not delete anything (Vi compatible).
157 Add flag in 'cpoptions' for this. When not present, "2dd" in the last
158 line should delete the last line. Patch from greenx 2002 Apr 11.
1598 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
160 (28 feb 2002).
1617 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it' appears
162 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
163- Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
164 for multi-byte characters.
165- Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
166- Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
167 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
168 been given values.
169 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
1708 "fg" and "bg" don't work in an xterm. Get default colors from xterm
171 with an ESC sequence. Ideas in: ~/vim/patches/vikas.xtermcolors .
1727 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
173 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
174- Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
175 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
176 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
1778 Add functions:
178 gettext() Translate a message. (Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
179 Update 2004 Sep 10
180 Another patch from Edward L. Fox (2005 Nov 24)
181 Search in 'runtimepath'?
182 More docs about how to use this.
183 How to get the messages into the .po files?
184 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
185 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
186 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
187 (2003 May 13)
188 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
189 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
1907 Make globpath() also work with upwards search. (Brian Medley)
1917 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
192 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
193- Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
194 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
1957 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
196 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
1978 Lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk (uncrypted).
198 Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23. Uses mlock.
1997 Support a stronger encryption. Jason Holt implemented AES (May 6 2003).
2007 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
2018 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
202 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
2037 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
204 Kotchan has a patch for it)
2058 Include a connection to an external program through a pipe? See
206 patches from Felbinger for a mathematica interface.
207 Or use emacs server kind of thing?
2087 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
209- findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
210 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
211 incomplete patch Mar 18)
212- Set user variables to the names of the actually used user vimrc file,
213 the first directory looked for user plugins/syntax files.
214 $MYVIMRC for .vimrc, $MYGVIMRC for .gvimrc, $MYRUNTIME/plugin for
215 runtime files?
216 Also: when the environment variable exists, use it. If it doesn't
217 exist, set it. Requires good names: $VIM_USER_VIMRC $VIM_USER_DIR
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +0000218 Add a menu item "Preferences" that does "sp $MYVIMRC".
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +0000219- The Replace dialog takes "\r" literal, unless "replace all" is used.
220 Need to escape backslashes.
221 Win32: the text to replace with isn't remembered.
222- For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
223 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
224- Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
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Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000227Vi incompatibility:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +0000228- Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
229 Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002308 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
231 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
232 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
233 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
234 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
235 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002368 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
237 make Vim exit.
2387 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
239 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
240 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
2418 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
242 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
243 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
2446 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
245 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
246 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
2478 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
248 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
249 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
250 names in one buffer???
251 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
252 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
253 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
2547 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
255 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
256 command was one command.
Bram Moolenaareaa48e72005-06-08 22:07:37 +0000257 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
258 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002597 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
260 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
2617 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
2627 Implement 'prompt' option. Init to off when stdin is not a tty.
2637 CTRL-T in Insert mode inserts 'shiftwidth' of spaces at the cursor. Add a
264 flag in 'cpoptions' for this.
2657 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
266 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
267 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
268 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
2697 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
2707 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
2717 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
272 to the match with the tag? Option?
2737 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
2747 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
275 (Sayre).
2767 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
277 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002787 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
279 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
280 match. Nvi can do it too.
2817 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
282 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
283 line 1\ line 2\\
284 line 2\ line 3\\
285 . line4/
2866 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
287 the way the shell is started?
2886 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
289 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
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291
292GTK+ 1 (OK in GTK 2):
2938 When menus are disabled, 'm' removed from 'guioptions', Alt-F still pops
294 up the File menu. Cannot reproduce this: gives a warning for a NULL
295 pointer if the menu was never displayed.
2968 When using "gvim -geom 40x30" or setting 'columns' in .gvimrc or with a
297 GUIEnter autocommand, the width is still set to fit the toolbar. Also
298 happens when changing the font. How to avoid that the toolbar specifies
299 the minimal window width?
3008 When using a theme with different scrollbars (gtkstep), the scrollbars can
301 be too narrow. (Drazen Kacar)
3028 Font "7x14" has a bold version "7x14bold". Try to find the bold font by
303 appending "bold" when there are not 14 dashes.
304
305GTK+ GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003069 Crash with X command server over ssh. (Ciaran McCreesh, 2006 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003078 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
308 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
309 creating a label?
Bram Moolenaar6e7c7f32005-08-24 22:16:11 +00003108 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters are sometimes not drawn properly.
311 Depends on the font size, "monospace 13" has the problem. Vim seems to do
312 everything right, must be a GTK bug. Is there a way to work around it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003139 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
314 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
315 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
316 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000317
318Win32 GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +0000319- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
320 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003218 On Windows 98 the unicows library is needed to support functions with UCS2
322 file names. Can we load unicows.dll dynamically?
3238 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
324 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
325 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
3268 In eval.c, io.h is included when MSWIN32 is defined. Shouldn't this be
327 WIN32? Or can including io.h be moved to vim.h? (Dan Sharp)
3287 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
329 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
330 "lucida_console:h8").
3316 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
332 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +00003338 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
334 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
335 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003367 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
337 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
338 to use an opaque background in most places?
3398 Use another default for 'termencoding': the active codepage. Means that
340 when 'encoding' is changed typing characters still works properly.
341 Alternative: use the Unicode functions to obtain typed characters.
3428 Win32: Multi-byte characters are not displayed, even though the same font
343 in Notepad can display them. (Srinath Avadhanula) Try with the
344 UTF-8-demo.txt page with Andale Mono.
3457 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
346 2004 May 9)
3478 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
348 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
349 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
350 MS-Windows 98?
351 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
352 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
353 file: Window moves with the cursor!
354 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
3558 When activating the Vim window with mouse click, don't move cursor to
356 mouse position. Catch WM_MOUSEACTIVATE. (Luevelsmeyer)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003578 Win32: When mouse is hidden and in the toolbar, moving it won't make it
358 appear. (Sami Salonen)
3598 Windows NT: writing to aux.* makes Vim hang. (Acevedo)
3608 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
361 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
362 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
363 doesn't work properly.
3648 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
365 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
366 appears in the right position. (Webb)
3679 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
368 button doesn't give popup menu.
369 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
370 selection.
371 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
372 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
373 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
3748 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
375 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
376 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
377 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
3788 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
379 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
380 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003817 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
382 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
383 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
3847 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
385 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
Bram Moolenaar4463f292005-09-25 22:20:24 +0000386 scroll?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003877 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
388 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
3897 "!start /min cmd" should run in a minimized window, instead of using
390 "/min" as the command name. (Rogall)
3916 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
3928 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
393 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
394 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
3958 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
396 know which keyboard is being used?
3977 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
398 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
399 area (Koloseike).
4008 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
401 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
402 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
403 the font name).
404
405
406Athena and Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00004076 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
408 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
409 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
410 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
411 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004129 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
413 required and it's missing?
4148 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
415 wrong.
4169 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
417 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004189 XIM doesn't work properly for Athena/Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000419 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
420 flag.
4218 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
422 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
423 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
4248 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
4256 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
426 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
427 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
428 the tooltips work though...
4297 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
430 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
4318 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
432 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
433 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
434
435
436Athena GUI:
4379 When dragging the scrollbar thumb very fast, focus is only obtained in
438 the scrollbar itself. And the thumb is no longer updated when moving
439 through files.
4407 The file selector is not resizable. With a big font it is difficult to
441 read long file names. (Schroeder)
4424 Re-write the widget attachments and code so that we will not have to go
443 through and calculate the absolute position of every widget every time the
444 window is refreshed/changes size. This will help the "flashing-widgets"
445 problem during a refresh.
4465 When starting gvim with all the default colors and then typing
447 ":hi Menu guibg=cyan", the menus change color but the background of the
448 pullright pixmap doesn't change colors.
449 If you type ":hi Menu guibg=cyan font=anyfont", then the pixmap changes
450 colors as it should.
451 Allocating a new pixmap and setting the resource doesn't change the
452 pullright pixmap's colors. Why? Possible Athena bug?
453
454
455Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +0000456- gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004577 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
458 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004598 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
460 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
461 (Phillipps)
462
463
464GUI:
4659 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
466 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
4679 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +0000468 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000469 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
4709 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
471 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
4728 X11 GUI: When menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', ALT key
473 should not be used to trigger a menu (like the Win32 version).
4748 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
475 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
476 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
4778 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
478 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
479 of where it is processing the output.
480 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
4818 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
482 doesn't work.
4838 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga, BeOS.
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +00004848 When translating menus ignore the part after the Tab, the shortcut. So
485 that the same menu item with a different shortcut (e.g., for the Mac) are
486 still translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004878 Add menu separators for Amiga, RISCOS.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004888 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
489 browse().
4908 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
491 use that code? Or use console dialog.
4928 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
493 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00004947 More features in the find/replace dialog:
495 - regexp on/off
496 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
497 when all buffers/directory is used:
498 - filter for file name
499 when directory is used:
500 - subdirectory on/off
501 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005028 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
503 to avoid problems.
5048 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
505 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
506 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
5078 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
508 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
509 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
5108 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
511 up. Set erase character somehow?
5128 A dead circumflex followed by a space should give the '^' character
513 (Rommel). Look how xterm does this.
514 Also: Bednar has some code for dead key handling.
515 Also: Nedit 5.0.2 with USE_XMIM does it right. (Gaya)
5168 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
5177 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
518 visible.
5197 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
520 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
5217 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
522 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
5238 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
524 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
5258 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
526 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
527 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
528 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
529- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
5304 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
531 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
532 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
533
534
535MSDOS/DJGPP:
5369 Pressing CTRL-C often crashes the console Vim runs in. (Ken Liao)
537 When 'bioskey' isn't set it doesn't happen. Could be a problem with the
538 BIOS emulation of the console. Version 5.6 already had this problem.
5398 DJGPP: "cd c:" can take us to a directory that no longer exists.
540 change_drive() doesn't check this. How to check for this error?
5419 The 16 bit version runs out of memory very quickly. Should find unused
542 code and reduce static data.
5439 Crash when running on Windows 98 in a console window and pressing CTRL-C.
544 Happens now and then. When debugging Vim in gdb this also happens. Since
545 the console crashes, might be a bug in the DOS console. Resetting
546 'bioskey' avoids it, but then CTRL-C doesn't work.
5479 DOS: Make CTRL-Fx and ALT-Fx work.
548 CTRL-F1 = CE-5E, CTRL-F2 = CE-5F, .., CTRL-F10 = CE-67
549 ALT-F1 = CE-68, ALT-F2 = CE-69, .., ALT-F10 = CE-71
550 Shifted cursor keys produce same codes as unshifted keys. Use bioskey(2)
551 to get modifier mask for <S-C-M-Fx>.
552 Use K_SPECIAL/KS_MODIFIER codes to insert modifier mask in input stream?
553 Make this work like in Win32 console.
554 Mapping things like <M-A> doesn't work, because it generates an extended
555 key code. Use a translation table?
5569 Can't read an opened swap file when the "share" command has not been used.
557 At least ignore the swap files that Vim has opened itself.
5588 Use DJGPP 2.03.
5598 The Dos32 version (DJGPP) can't use long file names on Windows NT.
560 Check if new package can be used (v2misc/ntlfn08[bs].zip).
5618 setlocale() is bogus.
5628 Vim busy waits for new characters or mouse clicks. Should put in some
563 sort of sleep, to avoid eating 50% of the CPU time. Test on an unpatched
564 Windows 95 system!
5658 DJGPP: when shell is bash, make fails. (Donahoe)
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +00005667 Hitting CTRL-P twice quickly (e.g., in keyword completion) on a 8088
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000567 machine, starts printer echo! (John Mullin).
5687 MSDOS 16 bit version can't work with COMSPEC that has an argument, e.g.:
569 COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 (Bradley)
570 Caused by BCC system() function (Borland "make" has the same problem).
5718 Mouse: handle left&right button pressed as middle button pressed. Add
572 modifier keys shift, ctrl and alt.
5737 When too many files are open (depends on FILES), strange things happen.
574 The Dos16 version runs out of memory, in the Dos32 version "!ls" causes a
575 crash. Another symptom: .swp files are not deleted, existing files are
576 "[New file]".
5777 DJGPP version doesn't work with graphics display mode. Switch to a mode
578 that is supported?
5798 DJGPP: ":mode" doesn't work for many modes. Disable them.
5808 DJGPP: When starting in Ex mode, shouldn't clear the screen. (Walter
581 Briscoe)
582
583
584MSDOS, OS/2 and Win32:
5858 OS/2: Add backtick expansion. Undefine NO_EXPANDPATH and use
586 gen_expand_wildcards().
5878 OS/2: Add clipboard support? See example clipbrd.exe from Alexander
588 Wagner.
5898 OS/2: Add Extended Attributes support and define HAVE_ACL.
5908 OS/2: When editing a file name "foo.txt" that is actually called FOO.txt,
591 writing uses "foo.txt". Should obtain the real file name.
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00005928 Should $USERPROFILE be preferred above $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH? No, but it's
593 a good fallback, thus use:
594 $HOME
595 $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH
596 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE);
597 $USERPROFILE
598 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, FALSE);
599 $ALLUSERSPROFILE
600 $SYSTEMDRIVE\
601 C:\
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006028 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
603 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
6048 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
605 Should work like in the GUI version.
6068 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
607 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
6088 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
609 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
6108 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
611 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
612 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006138 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
614 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
615 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
616
617
618Windows 95:
6198 Editing a file by it's short file name and writing it, makes the long file
620 name disappear. Setting 'backupcopy' helps.
621 Use FindFirstFile()->cAlternateFileName in fname_case() (George Reilly).
6228 Doing wildcard expansion, will match the short filename, but result in the
623 long filename (both DJGPP and Win32).
624
625
626Win32 console:
6279 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
628 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
629 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
630 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
631 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
632 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
633 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
634 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
635 and the file is not saved.
636 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
637 long name.
6388 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
639 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
6407 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
641 besides the console.
6428 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
6439 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
644 <C-S-i>?
6459 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
646 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
6478 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
648 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006497 Use SetConsoleCP() and SetConsoleOutputCP() to implement 'termencoding'?
650 Avoids that input and output work differently. Need to be restored when
651 exiting.
652
653
654Amiga:
6558 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
656 sequences.
6579 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
658 backslashes in result.
6598 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
660 all options, using white space separation.
661
662
663Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +0000664- GUI: gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00006657 Patch to add 'transparency' option. Disadvantage: it's slow. (Eckehard
666 Berns, 2004 May 9) http://ecki.to/vim/TransBack-2004-05-09.diff
667 Needs more work. Add when someone really wants it.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006687 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
669 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
670 (Jack)
671 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
6728 Inputting Unicode characters does not work in the terminal. They appear
673 to arrive as upper and lower bytes. (David Brown, 2004 April 17)
6748 Typing Unicode characters doesn't work at all in the GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006759 Problems in Carbon version for OS X: (Benji Fisher)
676 - keyboard shortcuts in the menus get lost.
6778 The Vim/About menu doesn't work.
6788 ":gui" doesn't fork. Enabling the code in gui.c to fork causes a SEGV.
6798 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
6808 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
6819 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
682 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
6839 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, control strip causes characters messed up when
684 scrolling (CTRL-L cleans it up). (Benji Fisher)
6859 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, variable-speed scrolling doesn't work, after two
686 seconds of scrolling the screen freezes. (Benji Fisher)
6879 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
6888 Standard Mac shortcuts are missing. (Amerige)
6898 Handling of non-fixed width fonts is wrong. (Amerige)
690
691
692"Small" problems:
6938 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
694 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
695 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +0000696 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006979 When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
698 'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though
699 the fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to
700 check for the buffer to be unmodified.
7018 ":g//" gives "Pattern not found error" with E486. Should not use the
702 error number, it's not a regular error message.
7037 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
704 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
7058 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
706 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
707 for redirection.
7087 There is no way to change directory and go back without changing the local
709 and/or global directory. Add a way to find out if the current window uses
710 a local directory. Add cdcmd() that returns ":cd" or ":lcd"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007117 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
712 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007138 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
714 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
715 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
716 using the horizontal scrollbar.
7177 VisVim can only open one file. Hard to solve: each opened file is passed
718 with a separate invocation, would need to use timestamps to know the
719 invocations belong together.
7208 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
721 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
7228 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
723 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
724 UnxUtils.zip archive.
725 Alternate one: http://www.pramodx.20m.com/tee_for_win32.htm, but Walter
726 Briscoe says it's not as good.
7278 'fillchars' doesn't work for multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007288 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
729 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
7307 Output for ":scriptnames" and ":breaklist" should shorten the file names:
731 use "~/" when possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007327 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
733 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
734 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
735 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
7368 'backupdir' and 'directory' should use $TMPDIR, $TMP and/or $TEMP when
737 defined.
7387 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
739 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
740 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
7417 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
742 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
743 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
7447 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
745 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
7467 "[p" doesn't work in Visual mode. (David Brown)
7477 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
748 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
7499 The argument <f-args> of a user command doesn't handle backslashes
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000750 properly. "Cmd \ e" is one argument, "Cmd \\ e" still is one argument.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000751 "Cmd \ e" is two arguments, first one ending in space. (Kontra Gergely)
7529 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
753 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
754 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
755 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
756 script can be called.
7578 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
758 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
759 works.
7609 When a syntax region does not use "keepend" and a contained item does use
761 "extend", this makes the outer region stop at the end of the contained
762 region. (Lutz Eymers) Another example Nov 14 2002.
7638 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
764 CTRL-C.
7657 clip_x11_own_selection() uses CurrentTime, that is not allowed. VNC X
766 server has a problem with this. (Mark Waggoner) Remembering the timestamp
767 of events isn't always possible. We don't get them in an xterm. GTK
768 doesn't obtain the selection again when the timestamp differs, thus it
769 won't work for GTK anyway.
7708 When the clipboard isn't supported: ":yank*" gives a confusing error
771 message. Specifically mention that the register name is invalid.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00007728 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000773 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
774 configurable?
7758 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
7769 When "$" is in 'cpoptions' and folding is active, a "C" command changes
777 the folds and resets w_lines_valid. The display updating doesn't work
778 then. (Pritesh Mistry)
7798 ":s!from!to!" works, but ":smagic!from!to!" doesn't. It sees the "!" as a
780 flag to to the command. Same for ":snomagic". (Johan Spetz)
7818 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
782 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
7838 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
784 always written, even when the original file already exists.
7857 When using "daw" on the last word in a file and this is a single letter,
786 nothing is deleted. Should delete the letter and preceding white space.
7879 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
788 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
789 written.
7909 The "Error detected while processing modelines" message should have an
791 error number.
7927 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007938 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
794 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
795 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
7968 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
797 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
7989 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
799 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
800 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
801 one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008027 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
803 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008047 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
805 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
806 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
807 direction, not horizontally?
8088 When using CTRL-D after ":help", restrict the number of matches to a
809 thousand, otherwise using CTRL-D without an argument takes too long.
8108 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000811 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
812 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
813 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
814 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000815 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
816 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000817 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000818 - Should interpreted CTRL-L as a page break.
819 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
820 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
821 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
822 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
823 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
8248 In Visual block mode with 'lbr' set, a change command doesn't insert the
825 text in following lines where the linebreak changes.
8269 dosinst.c: The DJGPP version can't uninstall the Uninstall registry key on
827 Windows NT. How to install a .inf file on Windows NT and how to detect
828 that Windows NT is being used?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008298 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
830 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
8318 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
832 in lines that don't extend into the block?
8338 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
834 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
835 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
8368 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
837 'linebreak'.
8388 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
839 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
840 (Helmut Stiegler)
8418 With 'virtualedit' set, a blockwise Visual selection that starts and ends
842 in a tab, "<" shifts too much. (Helmut Stiegler)
8439 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
844 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
845 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
846 'magic' in history. (Margo)
8479 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
848 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
8499 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
850 isn't updated).
8519 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
8529 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
853 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
854 cause another redraw, etc.
8558 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
856 must escape special characters in the pattern.
8578 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
858 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
859 ":w!!" for that.
860 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
861 restore file to readonly afterwards.
Bram Moolenaar04a09c12005-08-01 22:02:32 +0000862 Overwriting a file for which a swap file exists is similar issue.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008637 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
864 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
865 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
866 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
867 clipboard)
8687 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
869 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
870 Waggoner)
8718 For xterm need to open a connection to the X server to get the window
872 title, which can be slow. Can also get the title with "<Esc>[21t", no
873 need to use X11 calls. This returns "<Esc>]l{title}<Esc>\".
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00008746 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
875 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
876 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008778 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
878 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
8798 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
880 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
881 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
8828 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
883 (e.g., ":w").
8848 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
885 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
8868 Make it possible to disable the special meaning of "#" in the first column
887 for ">>".
8888 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
889 script in do_cmdline().
8908 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
891 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
892 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
893 changes.
8948 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
895 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
8968 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
897 check for file marks. This can be slow.
8987 In xterm, recognize both vt100 and vt220 cursor keys. Change
899 add_termcode() to not remove an existing entry for a name, when it's
900 needed.
901 Need a generic solution to recognize different codes for the same key.
9028 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
903 to skip catch_signals()?
9049 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
905 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
906 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
907 text?
9088 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
909 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
9108 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
911 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
9129 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
913 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
914 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
915 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
916 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
9177 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
918 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
919 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
920 in the list?
9218 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
922 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
923 instead of on button down.
9248 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
9259 Evaluating 'statusline' in build_stl_str_hl() does not properly check for
926 reaching the end of the available buffer.
9278 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
928 character is typed.
9298 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
930 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
9318 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
932 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
9338 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
934 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
935 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
936 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
937 cygwin bash.
9387 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
939 Remember flags for backreferences.
9407 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
941 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
9427 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
943 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
9448 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
945 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
9467 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
947 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009487 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
949 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
950 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
9517 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
952 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
9538 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
954 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
955 that the user knows he has to delete the files.
9567 It's possible to redefine a script-local function with ":func
957 <SNR>123_Test()". (Krishna) Disallow this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000958
959
960I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
9619 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
962 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
963 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000964
965
966Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000967- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
968 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +0000969 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000970 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
971 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
972 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000973- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
974 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
975 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
976 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
977 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
978- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
979 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
980 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
981- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
982 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
983- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
984 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
985 character gets the highlighting.
986- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
987 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
988- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
989 (Jennings)
990- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
991- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
992 errors. How do we get the rest?
993- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000994- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000995 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
996- MSDOS: When using smartdrive with write-back buffering, writing to a
997 readonly floppy will cause problems. How to test for a writable floppy
998 first?
999- MSDOS: Both 16 and 32 bit versions: File name expansion doesn't work for
1000 names that start with a dot. These used to be illegal file names.
1001- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
1002 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
1003 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
1004- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
1005 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
1006 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
1007 (Benzinger).
1008- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
1009 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
1010 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
1011- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
1012 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
1013- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
1014 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
1015- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
1016 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
1017 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
1018 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
1019 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
1020 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
1021- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
1022 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
1023 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
1024- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
1025 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
1026 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
1027- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
1028 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
1029- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
1030 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
1031- VMS v7.1 and older: Tests 21 and 32 fail. From VMS v7.1-2 and newer Vim
1032 does not have this behavior. (Zoltan Arpadffy)
1033- Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
1034 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
1035- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
1036 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
1037 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
1038 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
1039 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
1040- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
1041 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
1042 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
1043- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
1044 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
1045 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00001046- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
1047 This is a GTK 2.4.x bug, fixed in GTK 2.4.2. (Thomas de Grenier de Latour)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001048- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
1049 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
1050 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
1051 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
1052 in the vimrc file to be lost.
1053- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
1054 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
1055
1056--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
1057 *extensions-improvements*
1058
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00001059Didn't make it into Vim 7.0:
1060- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
1061 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
1062- Add DEBUGGER INTERFACE. Implementation for gdb by Xavier de Gaye.
1063 Should work like an IDE. Try to keep it generic. Now found here:
1064 http://clewn.sf.net.
1065 And the idevim plugin/script.
1066 To be able to start the debugger from inside Vim: For GUI run a program
1067 with a netbeans connection; for console: start a program that splits the
1068 terminal, runs the debugger in one window and reconnect Vim I/O to the
1069 other window.
1070 Wishes for NetBeans commands:
1071 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
1072 - send 'balloonText' events for the cursor position (using CursorHold ?)
1073 in terminal mode.
1074- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
1075 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
1076 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
1077 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
1078 Eclim does it: http://eclim.sourceforge.net/ (Eric Van Dewoestine)
1079 Plugin that uses a terminal emulator: http://vimplugin.sf.net
1080- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
1081 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
1082 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
1083- Running a shell command from the GUI still has limitations. Look into how
1084 the terminal emulator of the Vim shell project can help:
1085 http://vimshell.wana.at
1086- Add Lua interface? (Wolfgang Oertl)
10878 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
1088 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
1089 Also allow specifying the file and command, so that the result of
1090 taglist() can be used.
1091
1092
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001093Documentation:
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000010948 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
1095 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000010968 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
1097 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010988 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010997 Add a section on debugging scripts in the user manual.
11009 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
1101 - change to cursor position and curswant
1102 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
1103 - how it works for folded lines
1104 - how it works with multi-byte characters
11059 In change.txt, remark about Javadoc isn't right. Right alignment would
1106 work too.
11078 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
1108 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
1109 text.
11108 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
11117 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
1112 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
11137 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
1114 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
1115- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
1116
1117
1118Help:
1119- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
1120 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
1121- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
1122 to the other matches.
1123- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
1124- Default mapping for help files: <Tab> to position cursor on next |:tag|.
1125- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
1126 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
1127 user can edit it to insert his favorite commands, new account can contain a
1128 default contents.
1129- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
1130 height for the help window (and other windows).
1131- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
1132- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
1133- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
1134
1135
1136User Friendlier:
Bram Moolenaarce0842a2005-07-18 21:58:11 +000011378 Windows install with NSIS: make it possible to do a silent install, see
1138 http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.12
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011398 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
1140 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
1141 Briscoe)
11428 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
11438 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
1144 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
1145 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
11468 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
1147 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
1148- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
1149 ":mkplugin <file>"?
11508 Add ":plugininstall" command. Can be used to install a plugin file that
1151 includes documentation. Let the user select a directory from
1152 'runtimepath'.
1153 " Vim plugin
1154 <main plugin code>
1155 " >>> plugin help start <<<
1156 <plugin docs>
1157- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..."?
11589 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
1159 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
1160 item?).
1161 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011628 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
11637 Add the arguments for configure to the ":version" output?
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +000011647 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
1165 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
1166 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
Bram Moolenaar33aec762006-01-22 23:30:12 +000011678 Support saving and restoring session for X windows? It should work to do
1168 ":mksession" and use "-S fname" for the restart command. The
1169 gui_x11_wm_protocol_handler() already takes care of the rest.
1170 global_event_filter() for GTK.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001171
1172
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +00001173Tab pages:
11749 GUI implementation for the tab pages line for other systems.
11758 Make GUI menu in tab pages line configurable. Like the popup menu.
11768 tab pages in the session file, if "tabpages" in 'sessionoptions'
11778 :tabmove +N move tab page N pages forward
11788 :tabmove -N move tab page N pages backward
11797 :tabdup duplicate the tab with all its windows.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000011807 Option to put tab line at the left or right? Need an option to specify
1181 its witdh. It's like a separate window with ":tabs" output.
11827 Add local variables for each tab page?
11838 Add local options for each tab page? E.g., 'diffopt' could differ between
1184 tab pages.
11857 Add local highlighting for each tab page?
1186
1187
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00001188Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaar362e1a32006-03-06 23:29:24 +00001189- Implement COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG .
1190- Check out Hunspell 1.1.4.
1191 The manpage doesn't match the source code...
1192 Try to make the newly added features compatible.
1193 what does MAXNGRAMSUGS do?
1194 is COMPLEXPREFIXES necessary when we have flags for affixes?
1195- Look into Hungarian dictionary: hu_HU-1.0.tar.gz
1196 This one doesn't match with Hunspell 1.1.4.
1197- Add CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE: when compounding make leading capital lower case.
1198 How is it supposed to work?
1199- When compounding Hunspell doesn't allow affixes inside the compound word,
1200 only before and after it. COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG can be used to allow it.
1201 Check Myspell and Aspell if they also work this way.
1202 Thus a word + suffix needs a flag that it can't be used with a following
1203 compound, and word + prefix can't be after another word in a compound.
Bram Moolenaar261bfea2006-03-01 22:12:31 +00001204- suggestion for "KG" to "kg" when it's keepcase.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00001205- Support flags on a suffix. Used for second level affixes, rare and
1206 nocomp. The flags may also be used for compounding. Default is an OR
1207 mechanism with the flags of the word. Adding "compset" on the affixes
1208 means the compound flags of the word are not used.
1209 Instead of "SFX a 0 add/FLAGS ." we could use "SFX a 0 add . /FLAGS" (or
1210 support both).
1211- Support breakpoint character · 0xb7 and ignore it? Makes it possible to
1212 use same wordlist for hyphenation.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00001213- Compound word is accepted if nr of words is <= COMPOUNDMAX OR nr of
1214 syllables <= COMPOUNDSYLMAX. Specify using AND in the affix file?
1215- COMPOUNDMAX -> COMPOUNDWORDMAX?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00001216- NEEDCOMPOUND also used for affix? Or is this called ONLYINCOMPOUND now?
1217 Or is ONLYINCOMPOUND only for inside a compound, not at start or end?
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00001218- Do we need a flag for the rule that when compounding is done the following
1219 word doesn't have a capital after a word character, even for Onecap words?
1220- New hunspell home page: http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar69e0ff92005-09-30 21:23:56 +00001221 - Version 1.1.0 is out now, look into that.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00001222 - Lots of code depends on LANG, that isn't right. Enable each mechanism
1223 in the affix file separately.
1224 - Example with compounding dash is bad, gets in the way of setting
1225 COMPOUNDMIN and COMPOUNDMAX to a reasonable value.
1226 - PSEUDOROOT == NEEDAFFIX
1227 - COMPOUNDROOT -> COMPOUNDED? For a word that already is a compound word
1228 Or use COMPOUNDED2, COMPOUNDED3, etc.
Bram Moolenaar261bfea2006-03-01 22:12:31 +000012298 Alternate Dutch word list at www.nederlandsewoorden.nl (use script to
1230 obtain). But new Myspell wordlist will come (Hagen)
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00001231- CIRCUMFIX: when a word uses a prefix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag, then
1232 the word must also have a suffix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag. It's a
1233 bit primitive, since only one flag is used, which doesn't allow matching
1234 specific prefixes with suffixes.
1235 Alternative:
1236 PSFX {flag} {pchop} {padd} {pcond} {schop} {sadd}[/flags] {scond}
1237 We might not need this at all, you can use the NEEDAFFIX flag and the
1238 affix which is required.
1239- When a suffix has more than one syllable, it may count as a word for
1240 COMPOUNDMAX.
1241- Add flags to count extra syllables in a word. SYLLABLEADD1 SYLLABLEADD2,
1242 etc.? Or make it possible to specify the syllable count of a word
1243 directly, e.g., after another slash: /abc/3
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00001244- MORPHO item in affix file: ignore TAB and morphological field after
1245 word/flags and affix.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00001246- Implement multiple flags for compound words and CMP item?
1247 Await comments from other spell checking authors.
1248- Also see tklspell: http://tkltrans.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000012498 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
1250 syntax items (to add @Spell).
1251 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
1252 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00001253- References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
1254 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
1255 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
1256 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
12578 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
12588 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
1259 use of words with a dash.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000012607 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
12618 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
1262 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
1263 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
1264 in English, strings in German (po file).
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00001265
1266
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001267Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012688 Use diff mode to show the changes made in a buffer (compared to the file).
1269 Use an unnamed buffer, like doing:
1270 new | set bt=nofile | r # | 0d_ | diffthis | wincmd p | diffthis
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00001271 Also show difference with the file when editing started? Should show what
1272 can be undone. (Tom Popovich)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012737 Add cursor-binding: when moving the cursor in one diff'ed buffer, also
1274 move it in other diff'ed buffers, so that CTRL-W commands go to the same
1275 location.
1276
1277
1278Folding:
Bram Moolenaarbba577a2005-11-28 23:05:55 +00001279 (commands still available: zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zy zY;
1280 secondary: zB zS zT zZ, z=)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000012818 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012828 Add different highlighting for a fold line depending on the fold level.
1283 (Noel Henson)
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000012847 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012858 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
1286 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
1287 user aware of this?
12888 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
1289 commands skip over a closed fold.
12908 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
12918 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012927 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001293- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
1294 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
1295 missing line goes unnoticed.
1296 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001297- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
1298 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
1299 smoother?
1300- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
1301 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
1302- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
1303- Add 'hidecomment' option: don't display comments in /* */ and after //.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001304 Or is the conceal patch from Vince Negri a more generic solution?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00001305- "zuf": undo change in manual fold. "zUf" redo change in manual fold. How
1306 to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001307- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
1308 cursor.
Bram Moolenaar3517bb12006-03-03 22:58:45 +00001309- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3" argument: set fold level for a region or
1310 match.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001311- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000013128 Have some way to restrict commands to not folded text. Also commands like
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001313 searches.
1314
1315
1316Multi-byte characters:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00001317- When editing a file with both utf-8 and latin1 text Vim always falls back
1318 to latin1. Add a command to convert the latin1 characters to utf-8?
1319 :unmix utf-8,latin1 filename
1320 Would only work when 'encoding' is utf-8.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013219 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
1322 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
1323 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
1324 byte).
13258 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
1326 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
1327 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
1328 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
1329 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
1330 item.
13318 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001332 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
1333 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013348 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
1335 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001336 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
Bram Moolenaar46c9c732004-12-12 11:37:09 +00001337 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013388 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
1339 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
13407 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
1341 so that the user can fix the problem.
13428 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
1343 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013449 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
13458 Should add test for using various commands with multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013468 'infercase' doesn't work with multi-byte characters.
13478 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013487 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
13498 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
13508 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
13518 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multi-byte
1352 characters.
13538 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
13548 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
1355 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
13567 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
1357 'display' option to specify this.
13587 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
1359 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
1360- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
1361 fontselector somehow.
1362- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
1363 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
1364- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
1365 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
1366- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
1367 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
1368 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
1369 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
1370 if a font exists?
1371- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar6cc16192005-01-08 21:49:45 +00001372 convert_input() for Mac GUI and RiscOS GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001373- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
1374 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
13757 In "-- INSERT (lang) --" show the name of the keymap used instead of
1376 "lang". (Ilya Dogolazky)
1377- Make 'langmap' accept multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00001378- Make 'breakat' accept multi-byte characters. Problem: can't use a lookup
1379 table anymore (breakat_flags[]).
1380 Simplistic solution: when 'formatoptions' contains "m" also break a line
1381 at a multi-byte character >= 0x100.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001382- Do we need the reverse of 'keymap', like 'langmap' but with files and
1383 multi-byte characters? E.g., when using a Russian keyboard.
1384- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
1385 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
1386 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":tmap" command?
1387- When breaking a line, take properties of multi-byte characters into
1388 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
1389 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
1390 But it's very complicated...
1391
1392
1393Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000013947 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001395- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
1396- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
1397 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00001398- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
1399 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001400- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
1401- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
1402 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001403- PostScript: only works for 7-bit ASCII and EBCDIC. Should support
1404 different 'encoding' values somehow.
1405- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
1406 units as for the margins.
1407- Support right-to-left text?
14088 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
1409 color.
1410
1411
1412Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014138 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
1414 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
14158 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
1416 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
14178 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
1418 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
14198 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
1420 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
1421 ":wq file".
14228 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
14239 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
1424 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014257 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
1426 Search highlighting.
14278 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
1428 change this for each release.
14298 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
1430 pattern, but not in the body.
14318 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
1432 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
1433 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014348 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
14358 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword'. When switching to another filetype
1436 this isn't reset. Add a special keyword definition for the syntax rules?
1437 When this is done, use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples,
1438 but without ":" in 'iskeyword' for syntax.
14398 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
1440 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
14418 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
1442 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00001443 Option for the matchparen plugin?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014448 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
14458 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
1446 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
1447 used.
14488 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
1449 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
14508 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
1451 re-insert the [] if possible.
14528 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
1453 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000014548 It would be useful to make the highlight group name an expression. Then
1455 when there is a match, the expression would be evaluated to find out what
1456 highlight group to use. Could be used to check if the shell used in a
1457 password file appears in /etc/shells. (Nikolai Weibull)
1458 syn match =s:checkShell(v:match) contained 'pattern'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014598 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
1460 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
14618 Support for deleting syntax items:
1462 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
1463 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
1464 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
14658 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
1466 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
1467 a '<'. (Fleiner)
14687 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
1469 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
1470 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
14717 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
1472 detected.
14738 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001474 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014758 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
1476 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014778 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
14788 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
14797 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
1480 ":mkvimrc".
14818 Improve c.vim:
1482 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
1483 "c_strict_ansi".
1484 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
14858 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
1486 current line while in Insert mode.
14878 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
1488 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
14898 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
1490 display position.
14918 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
1492 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
1493 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
14948 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
1495 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
1496 highlighting starts.
14977 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
1498 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
1499 E.g. for this html:
1500 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
15017 Wild idea: Not only set highlighting, but also change what is displayed
1502 (e.g., remove characters, so that "<B>bold</B>" can be shown as "bold"):
1503 :syn region boldstuff start="<B>" display="" end="</B>" display=""
15047 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
15057 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
1506 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015077 Command line completion for ":find" should search in 'path'.
15088 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
15098 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
15108 Add more command line completion for :sign.
15117 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
1512 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
1513 completion?
15148 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
1515 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
15167 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
1517 select one of the sets.
15188 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
1519 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
1520 2, etc.
15218 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
1522 highlighting (for "." command).
15238 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
1524 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
15258 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
15267 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
1527 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
15286 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
1529 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
1530- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
1531 when extending an already existing syntax file.
1532- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001533- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
1534 (for comment blocks).
1535- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
1536 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
1537 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
1538 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
1539 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
1540 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
1541 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
1542 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
1543 (Campbell)
1544 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
1545 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
15467 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
1547 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
15487 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
1549 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
1550 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
15517 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
1552 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
1553 messages. And external commands?
15548 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
1555 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
15567 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
1557 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
1558
1559
1560Built-in script language:
Bram Moolenaar1f35bf92006-03-07 22:38:47 +000015619 Autoload: Add a Vim script in $VIMRUNTIME/tools that takes a file with a
1562 list of script names and a help file and produces a script that can be
1563 sourced to install the scripts in the user's directories.
1564 Use findfile(), so that only file names need to be given:
1565 script plugin/myscript.vim
1566 script autoload/mylib.vim
1567 script autoload/yourlib.vim
1568 helpfile doc/myscript.txt
1569 For the "helpfile" item ":helptags" is run.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000015707 Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
1571 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
1572 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015738 Add referring to key options with "&t_xx". Both for "echo &t_xx" and
1574 ":let &t_xx =". Useful for making portable mappings.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015758 exists("&&option") tests if 'option' is actually implemented. Useful for
1576 'shellslash', for example.
Bram Moolenaar1c2fda22005-01-02 11:43:19 +00001577- Add "{range}source": execute lines from a buffer.
1578 Alternative: Allow range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command.
1579 (Webb)
1580 You can already yank lines and use :@" to execute them.
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000015817 ":include" command: just like ":source" but doesn't start a new scriptID?
1582 Will be tricky for the list of script names.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015838 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
15848 Add ":fungroup" command, to group function definitions together. When
1585 encountered, all functions in the group are removed. Suggest using an
1586 obscure name to avoid name clashes. Require a ":fungroup END" in the same
1587 sourced file? Assume the group ends at the end of the file. Handle
1588 nested packages?
1589 Alternative: Support packages. {package-name}:{function-name}().
1590 Packages are loaded automatically when first used, from
1591 $VIMRUNTIME/packages (or use a search path).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015927 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode.
1593 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
1594 has('bytecode')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
1595 supports it. Update the code with a command, can be used in an
1596 autocommand.
1597 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
1598 .vim file. Problem: distribution.
1599 3. Use a cache directory for each user. How to recognize which cached
1600 file belongs to a sourced script?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016017 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
1602 signs and/or 'number'.
16038 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00001604 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
1605 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
1606 3 2002
1607 Only add this when also implemented for
1608 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
1609 be used.
1610 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00001611 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
1612 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
1613 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
1614 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
1615 File.Open..." argument.
1616 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
1617 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
1618 with properties instead.
1619 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
1620 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
1621 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001622 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001623 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001624 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001625 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001626 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001627 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
1628 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
1629 Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001630 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001631 deletebufline() delete line in any buffer
1632 appendbufline() append line in any buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001633 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
1634 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
1635 to allow the library to execute a command or
1636 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016377 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
1638 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
16398 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
1640 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
16418 Pass the executable name to the Vim scripts in some way. As v:argv0?
16428 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016437 Add optional arguments to user functions:
1644 :func myFunc(arg1, arg2, arg3 = "blah", arg4 = 17)
16456 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000016468 For Strings add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var"
1647 just ignore.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016488 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
1649 option or environment variable.
16508 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000016517 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the syntax stack
1652 available as a List.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016538 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
1654 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
16558 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
16568 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
1657 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
1658 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
1659 charwise({expr}).
16607 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
1661 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
1662 buffer for this?
1663 result = scratch(string, command)
1664 result = apply(string, command)
1665 result = execute(string, command)
1666 "command" would use <> notation.
1667 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
16687 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
16697 Automatically load a function from a file when it is called. Need an
1670 option for the search path. (Sekera)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001671
1672
1673Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000016746 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
1675 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
1676 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
1677 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
1678 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
1679 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
1680 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001681
1682
1683Performance:
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +000016847 For strings up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list itself as a
1685 character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016868 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
16879 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
16888 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
16897 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
1690 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
16918 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
1692 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
1693 when starting up in a color terminal.
16948 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
1695 Win16.
16969 Setting GUI options in the console (e.g., 'guifont') should not cause a
1697 redraw.
16988 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
1699 function be improved?
17008 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
1701 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
1702 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
1703 this be improved?
17048 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
1705 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000017067 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
1707 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000017087 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
1709 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
17107 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
1711 lot of abbreviations).
17127 DOS console: Add t_DL support, to make scrolling faster.
17137 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
1714 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
1715 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
1716 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
1717 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
1718 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
1719 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
17208 When editing a file with extremely long lines (e.g., an executable), the
1721 "linerest" in readfile() is allocated twice to be able to copy what was
1722 read so far. Use realloc() instead? Or split the line when allocating
1723 memory fails and "linerest" is big (> 100000)?
17248 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
1725 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
1726 using strcmp() too often?
17277 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
1728 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
1729 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
1730 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
1731 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
1732 the two blocks to the memfile block.
17337 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
1734 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
1735 with an argument that can be messed with.
1736 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
1737 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
17387 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
1739- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
17408 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
1741 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
1742- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
1743 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
1744- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
1745- Do profiling on:
1746 - :g/pat/normal cmd
1747 - 1000ii<Esc>
1748 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
1749 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
1750 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
1751 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
1752 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
1753 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00001754 - editing a Vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000017557 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
1756 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
1757 changed).
1758 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
1759 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
1760- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
1761- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
1762 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
1763- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
1764 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
1765 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
1766- Repeating insert "1000i-<Esc>" displays --INSERT-- all the time, because of
1767 the <Esc> at the end. Make this work faster (disable redrawing).
1768- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
1769- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
1770 cursor is right of the screen.
17718 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
1772 CTRL-C (it's slow).
1773
1774
1775Code size:
17768 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
1777- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
1778 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
17798 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
17808 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
1781 it.
17827 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
1783 left out.
17848 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
1785 can be removed.
17868 Can the check for libelf in configure.in be removed?
1787
1788
1789Messages:
17908 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
1791 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
17928 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
1793 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
17948 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
1795 script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001796- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
1797 Perhaps after ten seconds?
1798- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
17999 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
1800 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
1801 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
1802 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
1803 redrawing.
18047 Add an option, which is a regexp, that disables warning messages which
1805 match that regexp (Tsirkin).
18068 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
1807 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
18088 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
1809 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
1810 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
1811 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
1812 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
1813 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001814- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00001815 Sleep before second message?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000018168 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
1817 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
1818 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
1819 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
1820 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
1821 error messages, printing text, etc.
18228 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
1823 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
1824 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
1825
1826
1827Screen updating:
18287 Add a string to the 'display' option to make CTRL-E and CTRL-Y scroll one
1829 screen line, also if this means the first line doesn't start with the
1830 first character (like what happens with a single line that doesn't fit).
1831- screen_line():
1832 - insert/delete character stuff.
1833 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
1834- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
1835 dragging the status line with the mouse).
1836- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
1837 waiting for a character.
18388 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
1839 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
1840 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
18417 Make 'list' and 'linebreak' work together.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001842
1843
1844Scrolling:
18458 Add "zm" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
18466 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
1847- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
1848 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
1849 windows.
18507 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
1851 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
1852 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
1853- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
1854 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
1855 (Goldfarb)
1856- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
1857 bound windows.
1858- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
1859 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00001860- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001861- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
1862 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
1863 of lines but not with a single line).
1864
1865
1866Autoconf:
18678 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
18688 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
1869 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
1870- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
1871 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
1872- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
1873- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
1874- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
1875
1876
1877Perl interface:
18788 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000018797 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
18807 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
18816 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
1882
1883
1884Shared libraries:
18856 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
1886 :libload internal-name libname
1887 :libunload internal-name
1888 :liblist
1889 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
1890 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
1891 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
18926 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
1893
1894
1895Tags:
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000018967 Can CTRL-] (jump to tag) include a following "." and "->" to restrict the
1897 number of possible matches? Check tags file for an item that has members.
1898 (Flemming Madsen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000018998 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
19008 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
1901 to type the tag number directly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000019027 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
1903 window for each tag.
19047 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
19057 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
1906 bottom" search message.
19077 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
1908 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
1909 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00001910- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
1911- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000019127 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
1913 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
1914 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
1915 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
19167 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
1917 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
1918 :tagargs clear
1919 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
1920 matching).
19217 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
1922 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
1923 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
1924 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
19257 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
1926 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
19277 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
1928 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
1929 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001930
1931
1932Security:
1933- nothing at the moment
1934
1935
1936Win32 GUI:
19378 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
1938 the message and input?
19397 The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
1940 compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2
1941 dynamically?
19427 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
1943 (Mike McCollister)
19448 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
1945 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
1946 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
1947 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
1948 common part of the path.
19498 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
19508 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
1951 gettext and menus work.
19528 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
1953 return in every console.
1954 Also: Look at how Emacs does runs external commands:
1955 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
19568 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
1957 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
19588 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
1959 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
19607 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
1961 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
19627 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
19637 <Esc> should close a dialog.
19647 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
1965 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
1966 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
1967 prompts.
19687 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
1969 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
1970 the file added into an already running Vim.
19717 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
1972 functions to find the window title.
1973
1974
1975GUI:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000019768 Make inputdialog() work for Photon, Amiga, RiscOS.
1977- <C--> cannot be mapped. Should be possible to recognize this as a
1978 normal "-" with the Ctrl modifier.
19797 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
19808 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
19816 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
19828 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
1983 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
19849 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
19857 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
19868 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
1987 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
19888 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
1989 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
1990 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
19918 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
1992 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
19938 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
1994 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
1995 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
1996 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000019977 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
19988 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
1999 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000020007 Add some code to handle proportional fonts on more systems? Need to draw
2001 each character separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font
2002 is not exactly double-width. (Maeda)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020038 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
20048 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00002005 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020068 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
20078 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
20088 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
2009 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
2010 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
20117 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
2012 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
2013 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
20147 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
2015 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
20167 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
2017 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
2018 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
2019 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
20207 Add command line argument for "gvim" not to start the GUI. Sort of the
2021 inverse of "vim -g". (Vikas)
20227 Should support multi-column menus.
2023- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
2024 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
2025- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
20268 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
20276 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
2028 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
20297 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
20307 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
2031 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
2032 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
20337 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
20348 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
2035 name can be chosen free.
20367 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
2037 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
20386 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
2039 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
2040 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
2041 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
2042 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
2043 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
2044 things.
20457 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
2046 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020477 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002048 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002049- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
2050 where it was started from?
20517 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
2052
2053
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002054Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002055- Put autocommand event names in a hashtable for faster lookup?
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000020567 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
2057 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
2058 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
2059 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020608 Add ScriptReadCmd event: used to load remote Vim scripts, e.g.
2061 "vim -u http://mach/path/vimrc".
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000020627 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000020638 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
2064 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020658 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
2066 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
2067 difficult).
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000020688 Add an event like CursorHold that is triggered repeatedly, not just once
2069 after typing something.
20707 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that the
2071 user can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the
2072 kind of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020738 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
2074 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
2075 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000020768 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
2077 And anything else? Add a command to save and restore these things.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020788 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020796 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
2080 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000020817 When trying to open a directory, trigger an OpenDirectory event.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020827 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
2083 <x> for executable, etc. <&xxx> for Risc OS. With commas to separate
2084 alternatives. The autocommand is only executed when both the file type
2085 AND the file pattern match. (Leonard)
20865 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
2087 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
2088 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
20897 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
2090 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
2091 file.
20928 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
2093 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
2094 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002095- Add events to autocommands:
2096 Error - When an error happens
2097 NormalEnter - Entering Normal mode
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002098 ReplaceEnter - Entering Replace mode
2099 CmdEnter - Entering Cmdline mode
2100 VisualEnter - Entering Visual mode
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +00002101 *Leave - Leaving a mode (in pair with the above *Enter)
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00002102 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
2103 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00002104 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002105 CmdUndefined - Like FuncUndefined but for user commands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002106 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
2107 PreDirChanged/PostDirChanged
2108 - Before/after ":cd" has been used (for changing the
2109 window title)
2110 BufReadAction - replaces reading a file
2111 BufWriteAction - replaces writing a file
2112 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
2113 InsertCharPre - user typed character Insert mode, before inserting the
2114 char. Pattern is matched with text before the cursor.
2115 Set v:char to the character, can be changed.
2116 (not triggered when 'paste' is set).
2117 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
2118 the char.
2119 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
2120 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
2121 file from CVS).
2122 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
2123 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
2124 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
2125 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
2126 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
2127 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
2128 WinResized - When a window has been resized
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00002129- Write the file now and then ('autosave'):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002130 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
2131 'autosave' 'aw' number (default 0)
2132 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
2133 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
2134 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
2135 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
2136 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
2137
2138
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00002139Omni completion:
2140- Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
2141 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
2142 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
2143 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
2144 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
2145 - Use ctags for other languages. Writing a file could trigger running
2146 ctags, merging the tags of the changed file.
2147- Ideas from others:
2148 http://www.wholetomato.com/
2149 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
2150 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
2151 or http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
2152 Java, XML, HTML, C++, JSP, SQL, C#
2153 MS-Windows only, lots of dependencies (e.g. Perl, Internet
2154 explorer), uses .dll shared libraries.
2155 For C++ uses $INCLUDE environment var.
2156 Uses Perl for C++.
2157 Uses ctags to find the info:
2158 ctags -f $allTagsFile --fields=+aiKmnsSz --language-force=C++ --C++-kinds=+cefgmnpsut-dlux -u $files
2159 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
2160 IComplete: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1265
2161 and http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0125672/icomplete/
2162 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
2163 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
2164 Emads: http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
2165 Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
2166- Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
2167
2168
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002169Insert mode completion/expansion:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002170- GUI implementation of the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000021718 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
2172 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
21739 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
2174 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
2175 (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000021768 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
2177 - ignore/match case
2178 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000021798 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000021807 Completion of an abbreviation: Can leave letters out, like what Instant
2181 text does: www.textware.com
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000021828 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
2183 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
2184 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
2185 Should work for C++ and Java.
2186 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
21877 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
21887 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
2189 instead of words.
21908 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
21918 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
2192 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
21938 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
2194 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
2195- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
2196 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
2197 wildcards in the file name)?
2198- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
2199- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
2200- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
2201 be in another file).
2202- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
2203- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
2204- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
2205 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
2206- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
2207- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
2208- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
22098 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
2210 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
2211 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
2212 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
2213- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
2214
2215
2216Command line editing:
22177 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
2218 line.
22198 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
2220 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
2221 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
2222- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
2223 lines wraps to start of line).
2224- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
2225 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
2226 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
2227 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
2228 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
2229 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
2230 cmdwin does now already.
2231 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
2232 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
2233 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
2234 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
2235 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
2236 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
2237 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
2238 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
2239 Problems:
2240 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
2241 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
2242 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
2243 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
2244 - Normal: no ":" commands?
2245 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
2246 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
2247 character in first column?
2248 - Implementation ideas:
2249 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
2250 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
2251 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
2252 - sync undo after entering a command line?
2253 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
2254 Mode.
2255
2256
2257Command line completion:
22588 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
22598 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
2260 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
22618 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
2262 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022637 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
2264 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002265- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
2266- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
2267 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
22688 For ":find" and ":sfind" expand files found in 'path'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022698 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
2270 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
22717 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
2272 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
2273- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
2274 identifiers (Webb).
22758 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
2276 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
22777 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
2278 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
2279- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
2280 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
2281- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
2282 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
2283 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002284
2285
2286Command line history:
Bram Moolenaar60c78922005-03-20 22:40:14 +000022879 Remember which command lines were actually typed and were not loaded from
2288 viminfo. When writing viminfo append only these lines, so that lines from
2289 other Vim's are not overwritten.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002290- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
2291 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
2292 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
2293 completely resulted from one mapping.
2294- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
2295 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
2296
2297
2298Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000022999 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
2300 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
2301 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023028 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
2303 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
2304 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
2305 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
2306 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
23077 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
2308 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023097 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
2310 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
2311- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
2312 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
2313 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
2314 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
2315 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
2316 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
2317- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
2318 Normal mode.
2319- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
2320 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
2321 are used.
2322- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
2323- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
2324- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
2325
2326
2327'cindent', 'smartindent':
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000023288 Wrong indent below ? : with ():
2329 if ((a ? (b) : c) != 0)
2330 aligns with ":".
Bram Moolenaard8e9bb22005-07-09 21:14:46 +000023318 Using "+" part of 'cinoptions' where it's not expected (Alexei Alexandrov):
2332 if (a)
2333 {
2334 } else
2335 asdf;
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023368 Wrong indent for ":" after a method with line break in arguments:
2337 Foo::Foo (int one,
2338 int two)
2339 : something(4)
2340 {}
23418 Wrong indent for ":" after a method with multiple lines:
2342 Foo::Foo (int one, int two)
2343 : something(4),
2344 somethingelse(3)
2345 {}
23469 Too much indent for "lulu": (Uwe Zeisberger)
2347 int main ()
2348 {
2349 if (lala)
2350 do
2351 ++(*lolo);
2352 while (lili
2353 && lele);
2354 lulu;
2355 }
23569 Function gets extra indent: (Jamax)
2357 void function(int param) {
2358 if (false)
2359 return;
2360 }
23619 brace not indented correctly:
2362 case 'c': if (cond)
2363 {
2364 Should align with "if" in case statement.
23657 Allow aligning a closing ")" with the line above, instead of the matching
2366 "(": (Riehm) if (asdfasdf &&
2367 asdf
2368 )
23698 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
2370 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
23718 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
2372 func(
2373 new String[] {
2374 "asdf",
2375 "asdf"
2376 }
2377 );
23787 Separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
2379 func(
2380 int x) // indent like "(4"
2381 {
2382 if (a
2383 && b) // indent like "(0"
23848 Strange problem with this code, "hello" is indented wrong: (Gary Holloway)
2385 main() { char foo[] = "/*";
2386 /* This is a comment; the indentation of C
2387 * source below this comment gets messed up due to the string above.
2388 */
2389 hello
23909 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
2391 if (a)
2392 {
2393 if (b)
2394 {
2395 // {
2396 }
2397 } <-- this is indented incorrect
23989 Wrong indent for cino=(4, removing the (void) fixes it: (Zellner)
2399 (void) MyFancyFunction(
2400 argument);
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002401- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002402 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
24037 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
2404- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
2405 line).
2406- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
2407- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
2408 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
24097 Add 'j' flag to 'formatoptions': Remove comment leader when joining lines.
2410- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
2411 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
2412- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
2413 code), unless the line starts with "*".
2414- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
2415- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
2416 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
24178 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
2418 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
2419 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
2420- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
2421- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
2422 lines start with "\item".
2423- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
2424 /* here is a comment that
2425 is just autoindented, and
2426 nothing else */
2427- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
24287 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
2429 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
2430 indents.
2431 And/or: Add option to copy indent as-is, without changing spaces to tabs.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00002432 Also for 'autoindent'. 'keeptabs': when set don't change the tabs and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002433 spaces used for indent, when the indent remains the same or increases.
2434
2435
2436Java:
24378 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
2438 Odendahl?
24398 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
2440 "[i" commands and friends.
2441- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
2442 (Jason)
2443- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
2444 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
2445
2446
2447'comments':
24488 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
2449 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
2450 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
2451 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00002452 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
2453 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024547 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
2455 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
24567 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
24576 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
2458 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
2459 regexp is used.
24608 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
2461 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
2462
2463
2464Virtual edit:
24658 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
24667 Add a mode where the cursor is only allowed to go one character after the
2467 end of the line?
24687 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
2469
2470
2471Text objects:
24728 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +000024738 Add text object for part of a CamelHumedWord and under_scored_word.
2474 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000024758 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multi-byte
2476 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00002477 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
2478 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000024798 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multi-byte ones.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024807 Add text object for current search pattern: "a/" and "i/". Makes it
2481 possible to turn text highlighted for 'hlsearch' into a Visual area.
24828 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
2483 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
2484 the end of the line or before a ".".
24857 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
2486 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
24877 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
2488 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024896 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
24905 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
2491 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
2492 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
2493 cursor is on.
2494
2495
2496Select mode:
24978 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
2498 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
24997 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
2500 See http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=743
25017 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
2502 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
2503 contains 'C' or 'A'.
2504 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
2505 normal_cmd().
2506 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
2507 - Typing text replaces the selection.
2508
2509
2510Visual mode:
2511- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
2512 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
2513 is in the top line.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002514- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
2515 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenful, also count the
2516 characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000025178 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00002518 text. Make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002519 where needed.
25207 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
2521 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
25227 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
2523 of each selected line.
25248 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
25258 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
2526 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
2527 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
25288 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
2529 Ben Godfrey)
25307 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
2531 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
25327 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
2533 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
25347 CTRL-V :s should substitute only in the block, not to whole lines. (David
2535 Young is working on this)
25367 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00002537 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002538 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
25398 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
2540 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
25417 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
2542 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
2543 option!
25447 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
2545 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
2546 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
2547 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
2548 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
2549 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
2550 without changing the column.
25516 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000025527 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
2553 current buffer.
25547 CTRL-A and CTRL-X should increase/decrease all numbers in the Visual area.
25556 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
2556 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
25576 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
25586 ":'<,'>source" should read the selected lines and ":source" them.
25596 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002560 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002561 or other special character.
25626 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
2563
2564
2565More advanced repeating commands:
2566- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000025677 Repeating "d:{cmd}" with "." doesn't work. (Benji Fisher) Somehow remember
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002568 the command line so that it can be repeated?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002569- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002570 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
2571 "y." will repeat last yank.
2572 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
2573 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
2574 and/or pick an older command.
2575- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
2576
2577
2578Mappings and Abbreviations:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000025798 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
2580 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
2581 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
25828 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
25837 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
2584 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000025858 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
2586 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
25878 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +000025887 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000025898 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
2590 entering search strings.
25918 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
2592 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
2593 not the <Space>.
25948 Allow mapping of CTRL-@ (anywhere in the LHS).
25958 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
2596 (?) work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000025978 Add a way to save a current mapping and restore it later. Use a function
2598 that returns the mapping command to restore it: mapcmd()? mapcheck() is
2599 not fool proof. How to handle ambiguous mappings?
26007 Add <0x8f> (hex), <033> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
26017 Allow mapping "Q" and "Q}" at the same time. Need to put a flag with "Q",
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002602 that it needs an extra character before it can match. See Vile 'maplonger'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002603 option.
26047 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
2605 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
26067 Make it possible to map 'wildchar', but only when it's a special character
2607 (like CTRL-E). Currently it's only recognized when typed. Useful for
2608 mapping a key to do something and then completion.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000026096 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
2610 abbreviations are to be used.
2611- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
2612 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
2613 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00002614- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
2615 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
2616 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
2617 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
2618 Or implicit:
2619 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002620- Make it possible to include a <Nul> in the lhs and rhs of a mapping.
2621- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
2622 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
2623 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002624- Add an option to ":map" that makes it display the special keys in
2625 <> notation (e.g. <CR> instead of ^M). Or just always do this?
2626- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
2627 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
2628- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
2629 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
26306 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
2631 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
2632 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
2633 hit another character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002634- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
2635 non-replace Insert mode?
2636- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002637- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
2638- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
2639 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
2640- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002641 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002642- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
2643 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
2644- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
2645- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
2646 ":freekeys".
2647- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
2648
2649
2650Incsearch:
2651- Add a limit to the number of lines that are searched for 'incsearch'?
2652- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
2653 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
2654 up every time.
2655- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
2656 folds when going to another line.
2657- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
2658 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
2659 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
2660 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
2661- With incsearch, use CTRL-N/CTRL-P to go to next/previous match, some other
2662 key to copy matched word to search pattern (Alexander Schmid).
2663
2664
2665Searching:
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000026668 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00002667 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00002668 Can use "g/" in Normal mode, uses the '< to '> area.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000026698 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
2670 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
2671 Perl does it this way:
2672 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
2673 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
2674 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
2675 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +000026767 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
2677 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000026788 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
2679 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000026807 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002681 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
2682 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
2683 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
26847 Add an option to accept a match at the cursor position. Also for
2685 search(). (Brett)
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000026867 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
2687 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for an offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000026887 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
2689 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000026908 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
2691 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
26928 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
2693 line.
26947 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use ~/vim/macros/matchit.vim as an
2695 example.
26968 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
2697 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
2698- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
2699 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
2700 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
2701 Alternative: use matchit.vim
27028 "/:/e+1" gets stuck on a match at the end of the line. Do we care?
27038 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
2704 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
2705 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
27067 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
2707 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000027087 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
2709 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027108 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
2711 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
2712 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
27138 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
2714 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
27158 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
2716 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
2717 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
2718 search pattern.
2719- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
2720 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
2721- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
2722 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
2723 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
2724 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
27257 Add POSIX regexp, like Nvi, with 'extended' option? It's like very-magic.
2726- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
2727 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
2728- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
2729 i ignore case
2730 I use case
2731 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
2732 v use Vi regexp syntax
2733 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
2734 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
2735 Perl uses these too:
2736 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
2737 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
2738 o compile only once (Perl only)
2739 s single line expression (we don't need it)
2740 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
2741 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
2742 following command.
2743 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
2744- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
2745 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
2746 for search string)?
27477 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
2748 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
2749- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
2750 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
2751- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
2752 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
2753- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
2754- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002755 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002756 a for the next file in the argument list
2757 f for file in the buffer list
2758 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002759 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
2760 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002761 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
2762 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
2763- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027647 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002765 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027667 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
2767 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
2768 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
2769 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
27706 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
2771 effects.
27727 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
2773 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
2774 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000027757 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002776 Also ":dselect".
2777
2778
2779Undo:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002780- Persistent undo: store undo in a file.
2781 Use timestamps, so that a version a certain time ago can be found and info
2782 before some time/date can be flushed. 'undopersist' gives maximum time to
2783 keep undo: "3h", "1d", "2w", "1y", etc. For the file use dot and
2784 extension: ".filename.un~" (like swapfile but "un~" instead of "swp").
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00002785- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
2786 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002787- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
2788 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
2789 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
27908 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
2791 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
2792 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
2793 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
27948 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
2795 only remember the lines that really changed.
27967 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
2797 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
2798 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
2799 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002800- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
2801 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
2802- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
2803 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
2804- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
2805 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
2806 [-99].
2807- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
2808- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
2809- Store undo info in a file that survives until the next edit. Then it's
2810 possible to undo to before the current editing session. Combined with
2811 viminfo?
2812- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
2813 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
2814
2815
2816Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028177 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
2818 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
2819 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
2820 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
28218 Add File.{recent_files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
2822 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
28238 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
2824 inode too.
28257 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002826 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
2827 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028287 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
2829 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
2830- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
2831 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
2832- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
2833 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
28347 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
2835 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
28367 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
2837 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
28388 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000028398 Some commands don't use line numbers, but buffer numbers. '$'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002840 should then mean the number of the last buffer. E.g.: "4,$bdel".
28417 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
2842 internal use and for when executing an external program?
2843
2844
2845Swap (.swp) files:
28468 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
2847 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
2848 there are short file name problems.
28498 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
2850 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
28518 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
28528 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002853 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002854 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
2855 file the same as the actual file?
2856 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028577 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
2858 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
28597 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002860 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002861 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
2862 enough room.
28637 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
2864 or /var/preserve.
2865- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
2866 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
2867- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
2868 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskback' and 'umaskswap'?
2869- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
2870 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
2871 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
2872 cached list of which line is where.
2873
2874
2875Viminfo:
28767 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
2877 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
2878 else's viminfo file.
28798 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
2880 name. (Schild)
28818 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
28828 Remember the last used register for "@@".
28838 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
2884 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
2885 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
2886 this?
28877 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
28887 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
2889 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
28906 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
2891 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
2892 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
2893- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
2894 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
2895
2896
2897Modelines:
28988 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
2899 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
2900 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
2901- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
2902 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
2903 modeline setting.
2904- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
2905 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
2906- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
2907 .cpp files.
2908- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
2909 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
2910- Add option setting to ask user if he wants to have the modelines executed
2911 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
2912
2913
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00002914Sessions:
29158 DOS/Windows: ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means
2916 directory "#bb" in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
29177 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
2918 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029198 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
2920 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029218 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
2922 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
2923 default value.
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000029247 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
2925 Malecki)
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +000029267 Persistent variables: "p:var"; stored in viminfo file and sessions files.
2927
2928
2929Options:
29307 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
2931 restore it after the command has executed.
29327 Setting an option always sets "w_set_curswant", while this is only
2933 required for a few options. Only do it for those options to avoid the
2934 side effect.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029358 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
2936 options that are a comma separated list. The old number values should
2937 also be supported.
29388 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
2939 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
2940 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
29417 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
29427 Make 'scrolloff' a global-local option, so that it can be different in the
2943 quickfix window, for example. (Gary Holloway)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002944
2945
2946External commands:
29478 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
2948 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
29494 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
2950 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
2951 -f).
29524 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
29534 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
2954 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
29554 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
2956
2957
2958Multiple Windows:
29597 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
29608 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
2961 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
29627 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
2963 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
2964 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
29657 Add a 'winfixwidth' option, similar to 'winfixheight'.
29666 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
2967 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002968 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002969 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
29707 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
2971 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
2972 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
2973 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
2974- Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
2975 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
2976 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
2977 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
2978
2979
2980Marks:
29818 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
2982 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000029838 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 +000029848 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
2985 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
29868 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
2987 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
2988 the mark was set.
29897 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
2990 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
2991 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
2992 ":browse marks"?
29936 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029947 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
2995 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
29967 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
2997 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
29987 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
2999 command).
30007 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
3001 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
3002 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
3003 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
30045 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
3005 mappings.
30066 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
3007 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
3008 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
3009
3010
3011Digraphs:
30127 Make "ga" show the digraph for a character, if it exists.
3013 Also the keymap?
3014- Make it possible to enter "r<C-E>" and "r<C-Y>" (get character from line
3015 below/above).
3016- Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
3017 characters?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000030188 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030197 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
3020 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
3021
3022
3023Writing files:
3024- In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
3025 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
3026 shortname conversion.
30278 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
30288 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
3029 file.
30308 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
3031 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
3032 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
30337 The 'directory' option supports changing path separators to "%" to make
3034 file names unique, also support this for 'backupdir'. (Mikolaj Machowski)
30356 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
3036 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
30376 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
3038 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
30396 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
3040 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000030418 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003042 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
30437 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
3044 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
30457 When editing a file, check that it has been change outside of Vim more
3046 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
3047 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
3048 waiting for a character to be typed).
30498 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
3050 line of the window, like "[time]".
3051 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
3052 Automatic and/or with a command.
3053
3054
3055Substitute:
Bram Moolenaar3f770472005-06-19 22:56:27 +000030568 Substitute with hex/unicode number "\%xff" and "\%uabcd". Just like
3057 "\%uabcd" in search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000030588 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003059 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
3060- :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
3061- With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
30628 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
3063 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003064- Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003065 :s///N substitutes N times.
3066- Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
3067 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
3068 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
30697 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
3070 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
3071 last line column 5.
30725 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
3073 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
3074 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
3075 (Stanislav Sitar)
3076
3077
3078Mouse support:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030798 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
30807 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
30818 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
3082 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
3083 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
30847 Checkout sysmouse() for FreeBSD console mouse support.
3085- Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
3086- Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
3087 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
3088- Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
3089- When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
3090
3091
3092Crypt and security:
30938 Also crypt the swapfile, each block separately. Change mf_write() and
3094 mf_read(). How to get b_p_key to these functions?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003095
3096
3097Argument list:
30986 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
3099 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
3100 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
31016 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
3102
3103
3104Registers:
31058 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
31068 Make the # register writable, so that it can be restored after jumping
3107 around in windows.
31088 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
3109 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
3110 for every line.
31116 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
3112 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
3113 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
3114- When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
3115 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
3116- When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
3117 leader when line wraps?
3118- The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
3119 line in the range.
3120- Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
3121 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
31228 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
3123 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00003124
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003125
3126Debug mode:
31277 Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
31288 Add breakpoints for setting an option
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000031298 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031307 Add a watchpoint in the debug mode: An expression that breaks execution
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +00003131 when evaluating to non-zero. Add the "watchadd expr" command, stop when
3132 the value of the expression changes. ":watchdel" deletes an item,
3133 ":watchlist" lists the items. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031347 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
31357 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
3136
3137
3138Various improvements:
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000031397 Add plugins for formatting? Should be able to make a choice depending on
3140 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
3141 Setting the 'langformat' option to "chinese" would load the
3142 "format/chinese.vim" plugin.
3143 The plugin would set 'formatexpr' and define the function being called.
3144 Edward L. Fox explains how it should be done for most Asian languages.
3145 (2005 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaar87b774d2005-07-20 22:04:36 +000031467 [t to move to previous xml/html tag (like "vatov"), ]t to move to next
3147 ("vatv").
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +000031487 [< to move to previous xml/html tag, e.g., previous <li>. ]< to move to
3149 next <li>, ]< to next </li>, [< to previous </li>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031508 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
3151 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaar1ef15e32006-02-01 21:56:25 +00003152- Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00003153 Govindachar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031546 In the quickfix window statusline add the command used to get the list of
3155 errors, e.g. ":make foo", ":grep something *.c".
31566 Python interface: add vim.message() function. (Michal Vitecek, 2002 Nov 5)
31577 Support using ":vert" with User commands. Add expandable items <vert>.
3158 Do the same for ":browse" and ":confirm"?
3159 For ":silent" and ":debug" apply to the whole user command.
31607 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
3161 window as a buffer-tab selection.
31627 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
3163 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
31648 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
3165 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031667 Add a ":cpfile", go in the other direction as ":cnfile".
31676 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031688 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
3169 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
3170 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
3171 in this Vim.
31728 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003173 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031748 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
3175 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
3176 have it apply to the following command.
31778 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
3178 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
3179 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
3180 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031817 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
3182 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031837 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
3184 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
3185 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
3186 without modifier (unless mapped).
31878 Add ":breakdel *": delete all breakpoints.
31887 Support ":browse edit" in console, using explorer.vim?
31896 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
31908 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
31919 Support ACLs on more systems.
31927 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
3193 highlighted differently.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031947 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
3195 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
3196 (truncated to fit in the space).
31977 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
31988 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
31998 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
3200 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000032017 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003202 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
32037 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
3204 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032057 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032067 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
32077 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032088 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
32098 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
3210 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
3211 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
3212 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
32138 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
32146 Add ":timer" command, to set a command to be executed at a certain
3215 interval, or once after some time has elapsed. (Aaron)
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00003216 Perhaps an autocommand event like CursorHold is better?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032178 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032188 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
3219 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
3220 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
3221 does something like this. (Shah)
32227 Use growarray for replace stack.
32237 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
3224 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
32253 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
32268 Make "more" prompt accept command characters, like "hit-enter" prompt?
3227 Or extend it with more commands, like "less": 'b' for back, 'j' for one
3228 line down, etc.
32298 For the "--more--" prompt, support the 'b'ack command for more commands.
3230 Possible implementation: Do it at a very low level, caching the lines that
3231 are on the screen (with highlight attributes). Avoids that changes have
3232 to be made for all functions that list something.
32337 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
3234 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
3235- Keep a list of most recently used files for each window, use "[o" to go
3236 back (older file) and "]n" to go forward (newer file) (like ^O and ^I for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003237 jumps). (Webb) Use ":files" and ":ls" to list the files in history order.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032387 Add a history of recently accessed buffer. Maybe make "2 CTRL-^" jump to
3239 the 2nd previously visited buffer, "3 CTRL-^" to the third, etc. Or use
3240 "3 g CTRL-^" for this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003241- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
3242- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
3243- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
3244- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
32457 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
3246 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
3247- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
3248 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
3249- Remove mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
3250- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
3251 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
3252- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
3253 call "play newbeep.au").
3254- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
3255 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
3256 (Bhatt).
3257- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
3258 blockwise registers).
3259- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
3260 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
3261- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
3262 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
3263 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
3264 noticeable.
32659 When using ":w <fname>" it's possible that this file is loaded in another
3266 buffer. Give a warning right away, don't wait for a shell command.
3267- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032687 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
3269 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
3270- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
3271 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
3272 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
3273 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
3274 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaar269ec652004-07-29 08:43:53 +000032757 Add a way to define an item list with a pattern in 'formatoptions'. The
3276 'n' flag doesn't work for "6.3" or "6a.".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032778 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
3278 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
3279 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
3280 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
3281 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
3282- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00003283- Support multi-byte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032847 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
3285 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
3286- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
3287 not in column 1.
32886 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
3289 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
32907 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
3291- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
32928 findmatchlimit() should be able to skip comments. Solves problem of
3293 matching the '{' in /* if (foo) { */ (Fiveash)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003294- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00003295 :redir #> bufname
3296 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003297- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
3298 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003299- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
3300 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
3301 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
33026 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
3303 console? (Klaus Hast)
3304- Add :delcr command:
3305 *:delcr*
3306 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
3307 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
3308 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
3309 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
3310 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
3311 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set. {not in Vi}
3312- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
3313- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
3314 characters from 'isprint'.
3315- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
3316- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
3317 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
3318- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
3319 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
3320 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
3321- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
3322- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
3323 Nvi).
3324- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
3325 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
33267 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
3327- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
3328 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
33296 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
3330- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
3331 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
3332 macro).
3333- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003334- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
3335 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
3336- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
33378 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
3338- Should be possible to write to a device, e.g. ":w! /dev/null".
3339- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
3340- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
3341- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
3342 if it is not the first or last window.
3343- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
3344 there is one) instead of the file itself.
33457 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
3346 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
3347 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
3348- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
3349- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003350 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003351 many percent down the windows).
3352- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
3353 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
3354 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
3355- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
3356 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
3357- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
3358 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
3359- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
3360- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
3361- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
3362 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033638 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
3364 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
3365 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
3366 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
3367 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003368- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
3369 t_bs is set? (Webb)
3370- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003371 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
3372- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003373 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
3374 (Webb).
3375- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003376 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003377- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
3378 hex codes like 0xff).
3379- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
3380 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
3381 the last TYPED command.
3382- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
3383- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
3384- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
3385 should also work?
3386- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on an URL?
33878 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
3388 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
3389 name.
3390- When finding an URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
3391 trailing '.'.
3392- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
3393 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
3394 find_file_in_path().
3395- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
3396 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
3397- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
3398- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
3399 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
3400- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003401 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003402- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
3403 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
3404 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003405- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003406 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
3407- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
3408- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
3409- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
3410 to the minimal size.
3411- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
3412- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
3413- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
3414- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
3415- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
3416- Allow autowrite when doing ":e file" (with an option 'eaw').
3417- Allow a "+command" argument before each file name in the Vim command line:
3418 "vim +123 file1 +234 file2 +345 file3". ???
3419- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
3420 entered)?
3421- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
3422 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003423- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003424- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
3425- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
3426- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
3427- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
3428- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
3429 lines.
3430- Uppercase characters in ex commands can be made lowercase?
34318 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
3432 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
3433 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
3434 or in octal.
34357 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
3436 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003437- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003438 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
3439- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
3440- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
3441 insert line command).
3442- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
3443- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
3444- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
3445- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
3446- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
3447 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003448- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003449 yet.
3450- Implement 'redraw' option.
3451- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
3452 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034537 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
3454 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00003455 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
3456 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034578 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
3458 do it.
3459- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
3460- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
3461 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
3462- Add text justification option.
3463- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
3464- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
3465 off".
3466- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
3467- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
3468- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003469 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003470- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
3471- If file does not exists, check if directory exists.
3472- MSDOS: although t_cv and t_ci are not set, do invert char under cursor.
3473- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
3474 commands.
3475- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
3476- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
3477- :table command (Webb)
3478- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
3479- Make it possible for a user to define a new operator. Implementation with
3480 internal scripting language or Perl?
3481- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
3482- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
3483- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
3484- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
3485- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
3486 (Demirel).
3487- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
3488- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
3489 for use in macro's and the like.
3490- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003491 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003492- Add possibility to put output of ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
3493 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
3494- 'edit' option: When off changing the buffer is not possible (Really
3495 read-only mode).
3496- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003497 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003498 a window to become smaller (Webb).
3499- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
3500 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003501- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003502 mkopttab to make option table?
3503- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
3504 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
3505- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
3506 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003507- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003508 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
3509- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
3510 cursor?
3511- Option to make a .swp file only when a change is made (Templeton).
3512- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
35135 Add 'ignorefilecase' option: Ignore case when expanding file names.
3514 ":e ma<Tab>" would also find "Makefile" on Unix.
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000035158 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
3516 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
3517 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
3518 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
3519 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035208 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
3521 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
3522 (Netherton)
35236 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
3524 space after "(", for example.
35255 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
3526 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
3527 (Servatius Brandt)
3528
3529
3530From Elvis:
3531- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
3532- Add ":alias" command.
3533- fontchanges recognized "\\fB" etc.
3534- Search patterns:
3535 \@ match word under cursor.
3536 but do:
3537 \@w match the word under the cursor?
3538 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
35398 ":window" command:
3540 :win + next window (up)
3541 :win ++ idem, wrapping
3542 :win - previous window (down)
3543 :win -- idem, wrapping
3544 :win nr to window number "nr"
3545 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
35467 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
3547 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
3548
3549
3550From Nvi:
3551- 'searchincr' option, alias for 'incsearch'?
3552- 'leftright' option, alias for 'nowrap'?
3553- Have a look at "vi/doc/vi.chart", for Nvi specialties.
35548 Add 'keytime', time in 1/10 sec for mapping timeout?
3555- Add 'filec' option as an alternative for 'wildchar'.
35566 Support Nvi command names as an alias:
3557 :bg :hide
3558 :fg fname :buf fname (with 'hidden' set?)
3559 :dis b :ls
3560 :Edit fname :split fname
3561 :Fg fname :sbuf fname (with 'hidden' set?)
3562 :Next :snext (can't do this, already use :Next)
3563 :Previous :sprevious
3564 :Tag :stag
3565
3566
3567From xvi:
3568- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
3569- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
3570
3571
3572From vile:
3573- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
3574- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
3575 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
3576
3577
3578Far future and "big" extensions:
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00003579- Instead of using a Makefile and autoconf, use a simple shell script to
3580 find the C compiler and do everything with C code. Translate something
3581 like an Aap recipe and configure.in to C. Avoids depending on Python,
3582 thus will work everywhere. With batch file to find the C compiler it
3583 would also work on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003584- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
3585 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
3586- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
3587 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
3588 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
3589 current layout mirrored.
3590- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
3591- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
3592 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
3593- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
3594- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
3595 font in each top-level window.
3596- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
3597- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
3598- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
3599- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
3600 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
3601- Implement ":Bset", set option in all buffers. Also ":Wset", set in all
3602 windows, ":Aset, set in all arguments and ":Tset", set in all files
3603 mentioned in the tags file.
3604 Add buffer/arg range, like in ":2,5B%s/..." (do we really need this???)
3605 Add search string: "B/*.c/%s/.."? Or ":F/*.c/%s/.."?
3606- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
3607 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
3608- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
3609 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
36104 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
3611 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
3612 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
3613 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003614 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003615 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
3616 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
3617- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
3618 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
3619 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
3620
Bram Moolenaar280f1262006-01-30 00:14:18 +00003621When using "do" or ":diffget" in a buffer with changes in every line an extra
3622empty line would appear.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003623
3624vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
3625vim: set fo+=n :