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Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00001*todo.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2005 Jul 03
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 TODO list for Vim *todo*
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9This is a veeeery long list of known bugs, current work and desired
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
25
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|.
29
30 *known-bugs*
31-------------------- Known bugs and current work -----------------------
32
Bram Moolenaar6c0b44b2005-06-01 21:56:33 +000033Add extra list of file locations. Can be used with:
34 :ltag list of matching tags, like :tselect
35
36 :lnext next location
37 :lprevious :lNext previous location
38 :lnfile location in next file
39 :lNfile :lpfile location in previous file
40 :lrewind :lfirst first location
41 :llast last location
Bram Moolenaar75c50c42005-06-04 22:06:24 +000042 :ll [N] go to location N (current one if N omitted)
Bram Moolenaar6c0b44b2005-06-01 21:56:33 +000043 :lwindow open window with locations (separate from quickfix window)
44 :lopen open window with locations
45 :lclose close window with locations
46 :llist list locations
47 :lfile read locations from file using 'errorformat'
48 :lgetfile idem, don't jump to first one
Bram Moolenaar75c50c42005-06-04 22:06:24 +000049 :lbuffer idem, from current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar0e6830e2005-05-27 20:23:44 +000050
Bram Moolenaar54ee7752005-05-31 22:22:17 +000051Win32: Balloon text can't contain line break.
52 Hints for multiline tooltips from Alexei Alexandrov (2005 Mar 26)
53 Patch from Sergey Khorev, 2005 Apr 11
54 Add has("balloon_multiline")
55
Bram Moolenaard857f0e2005-06-21 22:37:39 +000056Win32: Crash when pasting Simplified Chinese in utf-8. (rainux, 2005 June 20)
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Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000058Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung):
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000059- selecting proportional font breaks display
Bram Moolenaare2ac10d2005-03-07 23:26:06 +000060- UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +000061
Bram Moolenaar0e6830e2005-05-27 20:23:44 +000062Should we always set LC_CTYPE to "C", so that all library functions work on
63bytes? Avoids problems with sprintf() on MS-Windows. (Yongwei)
64Problem noticed: tooltips are messed up. Depends on the moment 'encoding' is
65changed.
66
Bram Moolenaar6c0b44b2005-06-01 21:56:33 +000067Include new PHP indent script from John Wellesz?
68 http://www.vim.org/scripts/download_script.php?src_id=4330
69
Bram Moolenaar520470a2005-06-16 21:59:56 +000070In Vim indenting use synID() to avoid recognizing "|en" in a string as
71"|endif".
72
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +000073autoload:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000074- Add a Vim script in $VIMRUNTIME/tools that takes a file with a list of
75 script names and a help file and produces a script that can be sourced to
76 install the scripts in the user's directories.
77 Use findfile(), so that only file names need to be given:
78 script plugin/myscript.vim
79 script autoload/mylib.vim
80 script autoload/yourlib.vim
81 helpfile doc/myscript.txt
82 For the "helpfile" item ":helptags" is run.
Bram Moolenaarbac234e2005-01-17 22:21:07 +000083
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000084Patch to alternate fold highlighting. (Anthony Iano-Fletcher, 2005 May 12)
85More levels?
86
Bram Moolenaar8fc061c2004-12-29 21:03:02 +000087Awaiting response:
88- Patch for mch_FullName() also in Vim 6.3? os_mswin.c
Bram Moolenaar8fc061c2004-12-29 21:03:02 +000089- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
90 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +000091
Bram Moolenaarf4630b62005-05-20 21:31:17 +000092
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000093
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000094PLANNED FOR VERSION 7.0:
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000095
Bram Moolenaar1f8a5f02005-07-01 22:41:52 +000096- Support using "**" in filename for ":next", ":vimgrep", etc., so that a
97 directory tree can be searched.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000098- REFACTORING: The main() function is very long. Move parts to separate
99 functions, especially loops. Ideas from Walter Briscoe (2003 Apr 3, 2004
100 Feb 9).
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +0000101 Move the printing stuff to hardcopy.c.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +0000102- Improve the interface between the generic GUI code and the system-specific
103 code. Generic code handles text window with scrollbars, system-specific
104 code menu, toolbar, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000105- Store messages to allow SCROLLING BACK for all commands. And other "less"
106 like commands.
107- "INTELLISENSE". First cleanup the Insert-mode completion.
108 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
Bram Moolenaarb982ca52005-03-28 21:02:15 +0000109 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000110 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000111 of http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +0000112 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000113 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000114 Ideas from Emads:
115 http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000116 Can't call it Intellisense, it is a trademark by Microsoft.
117 Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
118 - It's not possible to have one solution for all languages. Design an
119 interface for completion plugins. The matches can be done in a
120 Vim-script list.
121 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
122 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
Bram Moolenaar43b604c2005-03-22 23:06:55 +0000123 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000124 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
125 - Use ctags for other languages. Writing a file could trigger running
126 ctags, merging the tags of the changed file.
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +0000127 Also see "Visual Assist" http://www.wholetomato.com/products:
128 - Put the list of choices right under the place where they would be
129 inserted.
130 - Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
Bram Moolenaar520470a2005-06-16 21:59:56 +0000131 - Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000132- UNDO TREE: keep all states of the text, don't delete undo info.
133 When making a change, instead of clearing any future undo (thus redo)
134 info, make a new branch.
135 To navigate through the undo tree number the states of the text
136 sequentially and make it possible to go through the tree in that order.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000137 Use "g+++" to go forward, "g---" to go backward. Can mix - and +.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000138 Could also use timestamps (to show the time and/or jump to a state five
139 minutes ago). (David Schweikert)
140 To go from one state to another: backtrack to a common state, then forward
141 again.
142 Only difficult thing: When going back in time, how to find the previous
143 text state in the tree?
144 Show the list of changes in a window to be able to select a version?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000145- PERSISTENT UNDO: store undo in a file.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000146 Use timestamps, so that a version a certain time ago can be found and info
147 before some time/date can be flushed. 'undopersist' gives maximum time to
148 keep undo: "3h", "1d", "2w", "1y", etc. For the file use dot and
149 extension: ".filename.un~" (like swapfile but "un~" instead of "swp").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001507 Support WINDOW TABS. Works like several pages, each with their own
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000151 split windows. Patch for GTK 1.2 passed on by Christian Michon, 2004 Jan 6.
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +0000152 Don't forget to provide an "X" to close a tab.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000153 Also for the console!
154 In Emacs these are called frames. Could also call them "pages".
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000155 Use "1gt" - "99gt" to switch to a tab?
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000156 Simple patch for GTK by Luis M (nov 7).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000157- EMBEDDING: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
158 For Xwindows this can be done with XReparentWindow().
159 For GTK Neil Bird has a patch to use Vim like a widget.
160- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
161 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
162- Add DEBUGGER INTERFACE. Implementation for gdb by Xavier de Gaye,
163 assisted by Mikolaj Machowski. Should work like an IDE. Try to keep it
164 generic. Also found here: http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/vimgdb
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000165 And the idevim plugin/script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000166 To be able to start the debugger from inside Vim: For GUI run a program
167 with a netbeans connection; for console: start a program that splits the
168 terminal, runs the debugger in one window and reconnect Vim I/O to the
169 other window.
170 Wishes for NetBeans commands:
171 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
172 - send 'balloonText' events for the cursor position (using CursorHold ?)
173 in terminal mode.
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +0000174- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
175 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
176 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
177 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000178- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
179 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
180 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000181- Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
182 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
183 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +00001848 Support four composing/combining characters, needed for Hebrew. (Ron Aaron)
185 Add the 'maxcombining' option to set the nr. of composing characters.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000186 At the same time support more colors (use two bytes when necessary).
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000187- Add a few more things to 'diffopt': "horizontal", "vertical",
188 "foldcolumn". (Benji Fisher, 2004 Jun 21)
189- FileChangedShellPost autocommand event: after (not) reloading a changed
190 file. Can be used to update statusline oslt.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +0000191- VimResized autocmd event: When the Vim window has been resized (SIGWINCH)
192 patch from Yakov Lerner, 2003 July 24.
193 It's not clear that this doesn't cause problems when the executed
194 commands do something like changing 'lines'. Esp. because the
195 screen has not yet been allocated with the new size.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000196- Running a shell command from the GUI still has limitations. Look into how
197 the Vim shell project can help: http://vimshell.wana.at
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000198- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +0000199 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenfull, also count the
200 characters.
Bram Moolenaar798c5a72005-01-16 22:06:30 +0000201- Mac: Unicode input and display (Eckehard Berns, 2004 June 27)
202 Other patch from Da Woon Jung, 2005 Jan 16.
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00002038 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
204 New patch 2004 Jun 16
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00002059 Add cursor-column highlighting. Enable it with 'cursorcolumn' option,
206 set highlighting with "CursorColumn" group. Useful for aligning text.
207 Also cursor-row highlighting. Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto for
208 underlining the cursor line: 2004 Jun 17. Should use highlight group
209 instead.
210 Alternative: when 'number' is set highlight the number of the current
211 line.
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +00002127 Make ":startinsert" command work directly for functions and scripts?
213 Also make it possible to append (it's difficult at end of line).
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +0000214- When using 'incsearch" CTRL-R CTRL-W gets the word under the cursor, but
215 the part that already matched is doubled then. Remove the part of the
216 word that would be doubled. Make it work line CTRL-N in Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000217- Add Lua interface? (Wolfgang Oertl)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000218- "onemore" flag in 'virtualedit': move cursor past end of line. Patch by
219 Mattias Flodin (2004 Jul 30)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000220- In a :s command multi-byte characters should also be upper/lower cased
221 with \u, \U, etc.
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000222
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +0000223Adjust src/main.aap for installing manpages like in Makefile.
224
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +0000225Also generate the .pdb file that can be used to generate a useful crash report
226on MS-Windows. (George Reilly)
227
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000228Add strtol() to avoid the problems with leading zero causing octal conversion.
229
230Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +0000231Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000232
233Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be several.
234Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
235
Bram Moolenaar60c78922005-03-20 22:40:14 +0000236Win32: Patch for Korean IME. (Yusung, 2005 March 21)
237
Bram Moolenaar520470a2005-06-16 21:59:56 +0000238When "= evaluation results in a List, use it as a sequence of lines.
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +0000239
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000240Support ":set syntax=cpp.doxygen"? Suggested patch by Michael Geddes (9 Aug
2412004). Should also work for 'filetype'.
242
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000243For manipulating buffers without opening a new window, support Virtual
244windows. Example:
245 :virtwin let l = GetBufLine(4, 10)
246 :fun GetBufLine(bufnr, lnum)
247 : exe "buffer " . a:bufnr
248 : return getline(lnum)
249 :endfun
250The getline() and setline() functions could work for other buffers, using a
251Virtual window.
252A Virtual window only exists for one command. There can be several (for
253nested commands). The window works as if it comes after the last window, size
254is the Vim window size, but it's never displayed.
255
256Win32: In the generated batch files, use $VIMRUNTIME if it's set. Examples by
257Mathias Michaelis (2004 Sep 6)
258Also place vimtutor.bat in %windir%?
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000259
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000260Add gui_mch_browsedir() for Motif, KDE and Mac OS/X.
261
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00002627 Add a ":cstring" command. Works like ":cfile" but reads from a string
263 variable. Also accept a list variable? Patch from Yegappan Lakshmanan.
264 2005 Feb 17 Now it's ":cexpr".
265
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000266HTML indenting can be slow, find out why. Any way to do some kind of
Bram Moolenaarb2956cd2005-01-27 14:42:53 +0000267profiling for Vim script? At least add a function to get the current time in
268usec. reltime([start, [end]])
269 reltime().sec == seconds, reltime().usec = microseconds
270 reltime(start) current time relative to [start]
271 echo timestring(reltime(start), 3) (3 is nr of digits after dot)
272 reltime(start, end) difference between start and end
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +0000273Real Profiling:
274 - :profile start /tmp/somefile (append if exists)
275 - :profile pause
276 - :profile resume
277 - :profile stop
278 - per function line
279 - self, Vim and total time (incl system time)
280 - dump results in file on exit or when stopped.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000281
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +0000282Add more tests for all new functionality in Vim 7. Especially new functions.
283
Bram Moolenaarf1ab3802005-01-15 22:17:32 +0000284Updated Ruby interface. (Ryan Paul)
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +0000285
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000286Awaiting updated patches:
287 --- awaiting updated patch ---
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000288 8 Add ":n" to fnamemodify(): normalize path, remove "../" when possible.
289 Aric Blumer has a patch for this.
290 He will update the patch for 6.3.
291 Autocommands:
292 7 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
293 Update 2004 Sep 6.
294 How does this work? Missing comments.
295 gettext() Translate a message. (Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
296 Update 2004 Sep 10
297 More docs. Search in 'runtimepath'?
298 How to get the messages into the .po files?
299 --- did not respond (yet) --
300 - Patch for 'breakindent' option: repeat indent for wrapped line. (Vaclav
301 Smilauer, 2004 Sep 13, fix Oct 31)
302 Asked for improvements 2004 Dec 20.
303 7 Make "5dd" on last-but-one-line not delete anything (Vi compatible).
304 Add flag in 'cpoptions' for this. When not present, "2dd" in the last
305 line should delete the last line. Patch from greenx 2002 Apr 11.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000306 8 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
307 (28 feb 2002).
308 7 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it' appears
309 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
310 - Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
311 for multi-byte characters.
312 - Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
313 - Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
314 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
315 been given values.
316 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
317 8 "fg" and "bg" don't work in an xterm. Get default colors from xterm
318 with an ESC sequence. Ideas in: ~/vim/patches/vikas.xtermcolors .
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +0000319 7 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
Bram Moolenaar6cc16192005-01-08 21:49:45 +0000320 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000321 - Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +0000322 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000323 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
324 8 Add functions:
325 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
326 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
327 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
328 (2003 May 13)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000329 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
330 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
331 7 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
332 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
333 - Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
334 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000335 7 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
336 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
337 8 Lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk (uncrypted).
338 Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23.
339 7 Support a stronger encryption. Jason Holt implemented AES (May 6 2003).
340 7 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
341 8 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
342 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
343 7 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
344 Kotchan has a patch for it)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000345 8 Include a connection to an external program through a pipe? See
346 patches from Felbinger for a mathematica interface.
347 Or use emacs server kind of thing?
348 7 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
349 - findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
350 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
351 incomplete patch Mar 18)
352 - Set user variables to the names of the actually used user vimrc file,
353 the first directory looked for user plugins/syntax files.
354 $MYVIMRC for .vimrc, $MYGVIMRC for .gvimrc, $MYRUNTIME/plugin for
355 runtime files?
356 Also: when the environment variable exists, use it. If it doesn't
357 exist, set it. Requires good names: $VIM_USER_VIMRC $VIM_USER_DIR
358 - The Replace dialog takes "\r" literal, unless "replace all" is used.
359 Need to escape backslashes.
360 Win32: the text to replace with isn't remembered.
361 - For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
362 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000363
Bram Moolenaar4ad237d2005-03-11 22:49:40 +0000364Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
365
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +0000366Check if file explorer can handle directory names and links with a single
367quote. (Nieko Maatjes, 2005 Jan 4)
368
369
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000370Vi incompatibility:
3718 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
372 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
373 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
374 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
375 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
376 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003778 ":change" in a single-line file adds an empty line. When the file used to
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000378 be longer a "~" line is displayed, but there really is an empty line.
379 (Haakon Riiser, 2003 Dec 3 and Dec 16)
3808 ":append" and ":insert" in an empty file add an extra empty line. (Haakon
381 Riiser, 2003 Dec 3) Test for ML_EMPTY.
3828 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
383 make Vim exit.
3847 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
385 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
386 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
3878 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
388 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
389 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
3906 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
391 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
392 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
3938 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
394 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
395 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
396 names in one buffer???
397 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
398 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
399 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
4007 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
401 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
402 command was one command.
Bram Moolenaareaa48e72005-06-08 22:07:37 +0000403 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
404 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004057 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
406 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
4077 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
4087 Implement 'prompt' option. Init to off when stdin is not a tty.
4097 CTRL-T in Insert mode inserts 'shiftwidth' of spaces at the cursor. Add a
410 flag in 'cpoptions' for this.
4117 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
412 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
413 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
414 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
4157 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
4167 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
4177 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
418 to the match with the tag? Option?
4197 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
4207 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
421 (Sayre).
4227 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
423 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004247 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
425 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
426 match. Nvi can do it too.
4277 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
428 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
429 line 1\ line 2\\
430 line 2\ line 3\\
431 . line4/
4326 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
433 the way the shell is started?
4346 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
435 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
436
437
438GTK+ 1 (OK in GTK 2):
4398 When menus are disabled, 'm' removed from 'guioptions', Alt-F still pops
440 up the File menu. Cannot reproduce this: gives a warning for a NULL
441 pointer if the menu was never displayed.
4428 When using "gvim -geom 40x30" or setting 'columns' in .gvimrc or with a
443 GUIEnter autocommand, the width is still set to fit the toolbar. Also
444 happens when changing the font. How to avoid that the toolbar specifies
445 the minimal window width?
4468 When using a theme with different scrollbars (gtkstep), the scrollbars can
447 be too narrow. (Drazen Kacar)
4488 Font "7x14" has a bold version "7x14bold". Try to find the bold font by
449 appending "bold" when there are not 14 dashes.
450
451GTK+ GUI known bugs:
4528 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
453 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
454 creating a label?
4559 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
456 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
457 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
458 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
4597 DND doesn't work with KDE (also with GTK 1).
460
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +0000461KDE GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar8fc061c2004-12-29 21:03:02 +0000462- There is no active maintenance and "yzis" is supposed to replace it.
463- With the default 'guifont' value bold text differs in size from normal
464 text, causing the display to be messed up.
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +0000465- Error messages when starting up. The "tip of the day" box is empty.
466- Encoding of menu items needs to be converted. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000467
468Win32 GUI known bugs:
4698 On Windows 98 the unicows library is needed to support functions with UCS2
470 file names. Can we load unicows.dll dynamically?
4718 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
472 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
473 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
4748 In eval.c, io.h is included when MSWIN32 is defined. Shouldn't this be
475 WIN32? Or can including io.h be moved to vim.h? (Dan Sharp)
4767 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
477 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
478 "lucida_console:h8").
4796 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
480 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +00004818 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
482 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
483 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004847 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
485 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
486 to use an opaque background in most places?
4878 Use another default for 'termencoding': the active codepage. Means that
488 when 'encoding' is changed typing characters still works properly.
489 Alternative: use the Unicode functions to obtain typed characters.
4908 Win32: Multi-byte characters are not displayed, even though the same font
491 in Notepad can display them. (Srinath Avadhanula) Try with the
492 UTF-8-demo.txt page with Andale Mono.
4937 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
494 2004 May 9)
4958 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
496 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
497 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
498 MS-Windows 98?
499 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
500 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
501 file: Window moves with the cursor!
502 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
5038 When activating the Vim window with mouse click, don't move cursor to
504 mouse position. Catch WM_MOUSEACTIVATE. (Luevelsmeyer)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005058 Win32: When mouse is hidden and in the toolbar, moving it won't make it
506 appear. (Sami Salonen)
5078 Windows NT: writing to aux.* makes Vim hang. (Acevedo)
5088 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
509 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
510 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
511 doesn't work properly.
5128 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
513 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
514 appears in the right position. (Webb)
5159 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
516 button doesn't give popup menu.
517 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
518 selection.
519 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
520 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
521 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
5228 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
523 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
524 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
525 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
5268 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
527 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
528 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005297 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
530 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
531 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
5327 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
533 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
534 scroll? Need to be able to get out of hit-enter prompt with the mouse
535 anyway.
5367 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
537 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
5387 "!start /min cmd" should run in a minimized window, instead of using
539 "/min" as the command name. (Rogall)
5406 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
5418 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
542 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
543 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
5448 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
545 know which keyboard is being used?
5467 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
547 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
548 area (Koloseike).
5498 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
550 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
551 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
552 the font name).
553
554
555Athena and Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00005566 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
557 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
558 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
559 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
560 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005619 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
562 required and it's missing?
5638 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
564 wrong.
5659 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
566 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005679 XIM doesn't work properly for Athena/Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000568 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
569 flag.
5708 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
571 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
572 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
5738 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
5746 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
575 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
576 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
577 the tooltips work though...
5787 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
579 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
5808 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
581 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
582 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
583
584
585Athena GUI:
5869 When dragging the scrollbar thumb very fast, focus is only obtained in
587 the scrollbar itself. And the thumb is no longer updated when moving
588 through files.
5897 The file selector is not resizable. With a big font it is difficult to
590 read long file names. (Schroeder)
5914 Re-write the widget attachments and code so that we will not have to go
592 through and calculate the absolute position of every widget every time the
593 window is refreshed/changes size. This will help the "flashing-widgets"
594 problem during a refresh.
5955 When starting gvim with all the default colors and then typing
596 ":hi Menu guibg=cyan", the menus change color but the background of the
597 pullright pixmap doesn't change colors.
598 If you type ":hi Menu guibg=cyan font=anyfont", then the pixmap changes
599 colors as it should.
600 Allocating a new pixmap and setting the resource doesn't change the
601 pullright pixmap's colors. Why? Possible Athena bug?
602
603
604Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006057 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
606 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006078 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
608 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
609 (Phillipps)
610
611
612GUI:
6139 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
614 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
6159 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +0000616 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000617 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
6189 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
619 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
6208 X11 GUI: When menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', ALT key
621 should not be used to trigger a menu (like the Win32 version).
6228 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
623 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
624 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
6258 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
626 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
627 of where it is processing the output.
628 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
6298 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
630 doesn't work.
6318 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga, BeOS.
6328 Add menu separators for Amiga, RISCOS.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006338 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
634 browse().
6358 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
636 use that code? Or use console dialog.
6378 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
638 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00006397 More features in the find/replace dialog:
640 - regexp on/off
641 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
642 when all buffers/directory is used:
643 - filter for file name
644 when directory is used:
645 - subdirectory on/off
646 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006478 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
648 to avoid problems.
6498 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
650 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
651 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
6528 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
653 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
654 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
6558 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
656 up. Set erase character somehow?
6578 A dead circumflex followed by a space should give the '^' character
658 (Rommel). Look how xterm does this.
659 Also: Bednar has some code for dead key handling.
660 Also: Nedit 5.0.2 with USE_XMIM does it right. (Gaya)
6618 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
6627 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
663 visible.
6647 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
665 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
6667 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
667 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
6688 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
669 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
6708 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
671 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
672 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
673 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
674- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
6754 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
676 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
677 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
678
679
680MSDOS/DJGPP:
6819 Pressing CTRL-C often crashes the console Vim runs in. (Ken Liao)
682 When 'bioskey' isn't set it doesn't happen. Could be a problem with the
683 BIOS emulation of the console. Version 5.6 already had this problem.
6848 DJGPP: "cd c:" can take us to a directory that no longer exists.
685 change_drive() doesn't check this. How to check for this error?
6869 The 16 bit version runs out of memory very quickly. Should find unused
687 code and reduce static data.
6889 Crash when running on Windows 98 in a console window and pressing CTRL-C.
689 Happens now and then. When debugging Vim in gdb this also happens. Since
690 the console crashes, might be a bug in the DOS console. Resetting
691 'bioskey' avoids it, but then CTRL-C doesn't work.
6929 DOS: Make CTRL-Fx and ALT-Fx work.
693 CTRL-F1 = CE-5E, CTRL-F2 = CE-5F, .., CTRL-F10 = CE-67
694 ALT-F1 = CE-68, ALT-F2 = CE-69, .., ALT-F10 = CE-71
695 Shifted cursor keys produce same codes as unshifted keys. Use bioskey(2)
696 to get modifier mask for <S-C-M-Fx>.
697 Use K_SPECIAL/KS_MODIFIER codes to insert modifier mask in input stream?
698 Make this work like in Win32 console.
699 Mapping things like <M-A> doesn't work, because it generates an extended
700 key code. Use a translation table?
7019 Can't read an opened swap file when the "share" command has not been used.
702 At least ignore the swap files that Vim has opened itself.
7038 Use DJGPP 2.03.
7048 The Dos32 version (DJGPP) can't use long file names on Windows NT.
705 Check if new package can be used (v2misc/ntlfn08[bs].zip).
7068 setlocale() is bogus.
7078 Vim busy waits for new characters or mouse clicks. Should put in some
708 sort of sleep, to avoid eating 50% of the CPU time. Test on an unpatched
709 Windows 95 system!
7108 DJGPP: when shell is bash, make fails. (Donahoe)
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +00007117 Hitting CTRL-P twice quickly (e.g., in keyword completion) on a 8088
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000712 machine, starts printer echo! (John Mullin).
7137 MSDOS 16 bit version can't work with COMSPEC that has an argument, e.g.:
714 COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 (Bradley)
715 Caused by BCC system() function (Borland "make" has the same problem).
7168 Mouse: handle left&right button pressed as middle button pressed. Add
717 modifier keys shift, ctrl and alt.
7187 When too many files are open (depends on FILES), strange things happen.
719 The Dos16 version runs out of memory, in the Dos32 version "!ls" causes a
720 crash. Another symptom: .swp files are not deleted, existing files are
721 "[New file]".
7227 DJGPP version doesn't work with graphics display mode. Switch to a mode
723 that is supported?
7248 DJGPP: ":mode" doesn't work for many modes. Disable them.
7258 DJGPP: When starting in Ex mode, shouldn't clear the screen. (Walter
726 Briscoe)
727
728
729MSDOS, OS/2 and Win32:
7308 OS/2: Add backtick expansion. Undefine NO_EXPANDPATH and use
731 gen_expand_wildcards().
7328 OS/2: Add clipboard support? See example clipbrd.exe from Alexander
733 Wagner.
7348 OS/2: Add Extended Attributes support and define HAVE_ACL.
7358 OS/2: When editing a file name "foo.txt" that is actually called FOO.txt,
736 writing uses "foo.txt". Should obtain the real file name.
7378 Should $USERPROFILE be used instead of $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH?
7388 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
739 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
7408 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
741 Should work like in the GUI version.
7428 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
743 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
7448 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
745 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
7468 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
747 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
748 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
7498 ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means directory "#bb"
750 in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
7518 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
752 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
753 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
754
755
756Windows 95:
7578 Editing a file by it's short file name and writing it, makes the long file
758 name disappear. Setting 'backupcopy' helps.
759 Use FindFirstFile()->cAlternateFileName in fname_case() (George Reilly).
7608 Doing wildcard expansion, will match the short filename, but result in the
761 long filename (both DJGPP and Win32).
762
763
764Win32 console:
7659 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
766 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
767 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
768 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
769 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
770 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
771 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
772 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
773 and the file is not saved.
774 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
775 long name.
7768 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
777 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
7787 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
779 besides the console.
7808 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
7819 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
782 <C-S-i>?
7839 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
784 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
7858 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
786 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007877 Use SetConsoleCP() and SetConsoleOutputCP() to implement 'termencoding'?
788 Avoids that input and output work differently. Need to be restored when
789 exiting.
790
791
792Amiga:
7938 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
794 sequences.
7959 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
796 backslashes in result.
7978 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
798 all options, using white space separation.
799
800
801Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00008027 Patch to add 'transparency' option. Disadvantage: it's slow. (Eckehard
803 Berns, 2004 May 9) http://ecki.to/vim/TransBack-2004-05-09.diff
804 Needs more work. Add when someone really wants it.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008057 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
806 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
807 (Jack)
808 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
8098 Inputting Unicode characters does not work in the terminal. They appear
810 to arrive as upper and lower bytes. (David Brown, 2004 April 17)
8118 Typing Unicode characters doesn't work at all in the GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008129 Problems in Carbon version for OS X: (Benji Fisher)
813 - keyboard shortcuts in the menus get lost.
8148 The Vim/About menu doesn't work.
8158 ":gui" doesn't fork. Enabling the code in gui.c to fork causes a SEGV.
8168 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
8178 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
8189 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
819 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
8209 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, control strip causes characters messed up when
821 scrolling (CTRL-L cleans it up). (Benji Fisher)
8229 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, variable-speed scrolling doesn't work, after two
823 seconds of scrolling the screen freezes. (Benji Fisher)
8249 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
8258 Standard Mac shortcuts are missing. (Amerige)
8268 Handling of non-fixed width fonts is wrong. (Amerige)
827
828
829"Small" problems:
8308 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
831 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
832 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +0000833 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008349 When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
835 'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though
836 the fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to
837 check for the buffer to be unmodified.
8388 ":g//" gives "Pattern not found error" with E486. Should not use the
839 error number, it's not a regular error message.
8407 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
841 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
8428 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
843 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
844 for redirection.
8457 There is no way to change directory and go back without changing the local
846 and/or global directory. Add a way to find out if the current window uses
847 a local directory. Add cdcmd() that returns ":cd" or ":lcd"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008487 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
849 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008508 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
851 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
852 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
853 using the horizontal scrollbar.
8547 VisVim can only open one file. Hard to solve: each opened file is passed
855 with a separate invocation, would need to use timestamps to know the
856 invocations belong together.
8578 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
858 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
8598 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
860 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
861 UnxUtils.zip archive.
862 Alternate one: http://www.pramodx.20m.com/tee_for_win32.htm, but Walter
863 Briscoe says it's not as good.
8648 'fillchars' doesn't work for multi-byte characters.
8659 Editing a XML file with a long line is extremely slow. Example file from
866 Randy Parker (Dec 13). Editing the dictionaries for engspchk plugin with
867 syntax highlighting is also very slow.
868 Limit the searching for items to a few hundred characters?
8698 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
870 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
8717 Output for ":scriptnames" and ":breaklist" should shorten the file names:
872 use "~/" when possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008737 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
874 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
875 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
876 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
8778 'backupdir' and 'directory' should use $TMPDIR, $TMP and/or $TEMP when
878 defined.
8797 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
880 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
881 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
8827 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
883 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
884 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
8857 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
886 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
8877 "[p" doesn't work in Visual mode. (David Brown)
8887 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
889 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
8909 The argument <f-args> of a user command doesn't handle backslashes
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000891 properly. "Cmd \ e" is one argument, "Cmd \\ e" still is one argument.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000892 "Cmd \ e" is two arguments, first one ending in space. (Kontra Gergely)
8939 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
894 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
895 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
896 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
897 script can be called.
8988 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
899 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
900 works.
9019 When a syntax region does not use "keepend" and a contained item does use
902 "extend", this makes the outer region stop at the end of the contained
903 region. (Lutz Eymers) Another example Nov 14 2002.
9048 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
905 CTRL-C.
9067 clip_x11_own_selection() uses CurrentTime, that is not allowed. VNC X
907 server has a problem with this. (Mark Waggoner) Remembering the timestamp
908 of events isn't always possible. We don't get them in an xterm. GTK
909 doesn't obtain the selection again when the timestamp differs, thus it
910 won't work for GTK anyway.
9118 When the clipboard isn't supported: ":yank*" gives a confusing error
912 message. Specifically mention that the register name is invalid.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00009138 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000914 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
915 configurable?
9168 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
9179 When "$" is in 'cpoptions' and folding is active, a "C" command changes
918 the folds and resets w_lines_valid. The display updating doesn't work
919 then. (Pritesh Mistry)
9208 ":s!from!to!" works, but ":smagic!from!to!" doesn't. It sees the "!" as a
921 flag to to the command. Same for ":snomagic". (Johan Spetz)
9228 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
923 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
9248 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
925 always written, even when the original file already exists.
9267 When using "daw" on the last word in a file and this is a single letter,
927 nothing is deleted. Should delete the letter and preceding white space.
9289 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
929 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
930 written.
9319 The "Error detected while processing modelines" message should have an
932 error number.
9337 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009348 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
935 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
936 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
9378 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
938 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
9399 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
940 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
941 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
942 one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009437 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
944 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
9457 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
946 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
9477 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
948 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
949 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
950 direction, not horizontally?
9518 When using CTRL-D after ":help", restrict the number of matches to a
952 thousand, otherwise using CTRL-D without an argument takes too long.
9538 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000954 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
955 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
956 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
957 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000958 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
959 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000960 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000961 - Should interpreted CTRL-L as a page break.
962 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
963 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
964 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
965 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
966 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
9678 In Visual block mode with 'lbr' set, a change command doesn't insert the
968 text in following lines where the linebreak changes.
9699 dosinst.c: The DJGPP version can't uninstall the Uninstall registry key on
970 Windows NT. How to install a .inf file on Windows NT and how to detect
971 that Windows NT is being used?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009728 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
973 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
9748 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
975 in lines that don't extend into the block?
9768 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
977 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
978 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
9798 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
980 'linebreak'.
9818 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
982 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
983 (Helmut Stiegler)
9848 With 'virtualedit' set, a blockwise Visual selection that starts and ends
985 in a tab, "<" shifts too much. (Helmut Stiegler)
9869 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
987 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
988 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
989 'magic' in history. (Margo)
9909 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
991 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
9929 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
993 isn't updated).
9949 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
9959 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
996 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
997 cause another redraw, etc.
9988 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
999 must escape special characters in the pattern.
10008 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
1001 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
1002 ":w!!" for that.
1003 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
1004 restore file to readonly afterwards.
10057 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
1006 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
1007 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
1008 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
1009 clipboard)
10107 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
1011 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
1012 Waggoner)
10138 For xterm need to open a connection to the X server to get the window
1014 title, which can be slow. Can also get the title with "<Esc>[21t", no
1015 need to use X11 calls. This returns "<Esc>]l{title}<Esc>\".
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000010166 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
1017 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
1018 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010198 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
1020 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
10218 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
1022 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
1023 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
10248 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
1025 (e.g., ":w").
10268 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
1027 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
10288 Make it possible to disable the special meaning of "#" in the first column
1029 for ">>".
10308 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
1031 script in do_cmdline().
10328 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
1033 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
1034 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
1035 changes.
10368 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
1037 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
10388 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
1039 check for file marks. This can be slow.
10407 In xterm, recognize both vt100 and vt220 cursor keys. Change
1041 add_termcode() to not remove an existing entry for a name, when it's
1042 needed.
1043 Need a generic solution to recognize different codes for the same key.
10448 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
1045 to skip catch_signals()?
10469 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
1047 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
1048 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
1049 text?
10508 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
1051 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
10528 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
1053 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
10549 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
1055 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
1056 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
1057 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
1058 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
10597 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
1060 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
1061 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
1062 in the list?
10638 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
1064 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
1065 instead of on button down.
10668 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
10679 Evaluating 'statusline' in build_stl_str_hl() does not properly check for
1068 reaching the end of the available buffer.
10698 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
1070 character is typed.
10718 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
1072 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
10738 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
1074 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
10758 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
1076 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
1077 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
1078 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
1079 cygwin bash.
10807 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
1081 Remember flags for backreferences.
10827 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
1083 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
10847 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
1085 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
10868 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
1087 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
10887 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
1089 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010907 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
1091 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
1092 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
10937 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
1094 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
10958 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
1096 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
1097 that the user knows he has to delete the files.
10987 It's possible to redefine a script-local function with ":func
1099 <SNR>123_Test()". (Krishna) Disallow this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001100
1101
1102I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
11039 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
1104 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
1105 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001106
1107
1108Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00001109- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
1110 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00001111 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00001112 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
1113 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
1114 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001115- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
1116 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
1117 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
1118 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
1119 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
1120- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
1121 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
1122 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
1123- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
1124 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
1125- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
1126 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
1127 character gets the highlighting.
1128- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
1129 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
1130- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
1131 (Jennings)
1132- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
1133- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
1134 errors. How do we get the rest?
1135- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001136- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001137 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
1138- MSDOS: When using smartdrive with write-back buffering, writing to a
1139 readonly floppy will cause problems. How to test for a writable floppy
1140 first?
1141- MSDOS: Both 16 and 32 bit versions: File name expansion doesn't work for
1142 names that start with a dot. These used to be illegal file names.
1143- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
1144 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
1145 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
1146- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
1147 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
1148 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
1149 (Benzinger).
1150- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
1151 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
1152 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
1153- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
1154 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
1155- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
1156 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
1157- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
1158 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
1159 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
1160 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
1161 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
1162 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
1163- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
1164 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
1165 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
1166- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
1167 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
1168 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
1169- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
1170 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
1171- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
1172 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
1173- VMS v7.1 and older: Tests 21 and 32 fail. From VMS v7.1-2 and newer Vim
1174 does not have this behavior. (Zoltan Arpadffy)
1175- Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
1176 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
1177- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
1178 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
1179 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
1180 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
1181 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
1182- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
1183 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
1184 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
1185- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
1186 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
1187 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00001188- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
1189 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 +00001190- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
1191 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
1192 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
1193 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
1194 in the vimrc file to be lost.
1195- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
1196 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
1197
1198--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
1199 *extensions-improvements*
1200
1201Documentation:
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000012028 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
1203 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000012048 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
1205 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012068 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012077 Add a section on debugging scripts in the user manual.
12089 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
1209 - change to cursor position and curswant
1210 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
1211 - how it works for folded lines
1212 - how it works with multi-byte characters
12139 In change.txt, remark about Javadoc isn't right. Right alignment would
1214 work too.
12158 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
1216 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
1217 text.
12188 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
12197 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
1220 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
12217 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
1222 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
1223- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
1224
1225
1226Help:
1227- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
1228 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
1229- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
1230 to the other matches.
1231- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
1232- Default mapping for help files: <Tab> to position cursor on next |:tag|.
1233- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
1234 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
1235 user can edit it to insert his favorite commands, new account can contain a
1236 default contents.
1237- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
1238 height for the help window (and other windows).
1239- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
1240- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
1241- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
1242
1243
1244User Friendlier:
12458 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
1246 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
1247 Briscoe)
12488 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
12498 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
1250 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
1251 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
12528 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
1253 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
1254- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
1255 ":mkplugin <file>"?
12568 Add ":plugininstall" command. Can be used to install a plugin file that
1257 includes documentation. Let the user select a directory from
1258 'runtimepath'.
1259 " Vim plugin
1260 <main plugin code>
1261 " >>> plugin help start <<<
1262 <plugin docs>
1263- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..."?
12649 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
1265 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
1266 item?).
1267 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012688 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
12697 Add the arguments for configure to the ":version" output?
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +000012707 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
1271 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
1272 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001273
1274
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00001275Spell checking:
12769 Work together with OpenOffice.org to update the wordlists. (Adri Verhoef,
1277 Aad Nales) Setup vim-spell maillist?
12788 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
1279 syntax items (to add @Spell).
1280 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
1281 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
12828 Install spell files with src/main.aap.
1283- References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
1284 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
1285 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
1286 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
12878 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
12888 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
1289 use of words with a dash.
12908 Alternate Dutch word list at www.nederlandsewoorden.nl (use script to
1291 obtain). But new Myspell wordlist will come (Hagen)
12927 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
12938 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
1294 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
1295 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
1296 in English, strings in German (po file).
12978 Implement compound words when it works for Myspell. Current idea has the
1298 problem that "foo/X" always allows "foofoo", there is no way to specify a
1299 word can only be at the start or end, or that only certain words combine.
1300
1301
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001302Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013038 Use diff mode to show the changes made in a buffer (compared to the file).
1304 Use an unnamed buffer, like doing:
1305 new | set bt=nofile | r # | 0d_ | diffthis | wincmd p | diffthis
13067 Add cursor-binding: when moving the cursor in one diff'ed buffer, also
1307 move it in other diff'ed buffers, so that CTRL-W commands go to the same
1308 location.
1309
1310
1311Folding:
1312 (commands still available: zg zG zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zw zW zy zY;
1313 secondary: zB zS zT zZ)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000013148 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013158 Add different highlighting for a fold line depending on the fold level.
1316 (Noel Henson)
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000013177 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013188 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
1319 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
1320 user aware of this?
13218 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
1322 commands skip over a closed fold.
13238 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
13248 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013257 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001326- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
1327 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
1328 missing line goes unnoticed.
1329 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001330- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
1331 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
1332 smoother?
1333- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
1334 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
1335- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
1336- Add 'hidecomment' option: don't display comments in /* */ and after //.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001337 Or is the conceal patch from Vince Negri a more generic solution?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001338- "zu": undo change in manual fold. "zU" redo change in manual fold. How to
1339 implement this?
1340- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
1341 cursor.
1342- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3": set fold level for a region.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001343- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000013448 Have some way to restrict commands to not folded text. Also commands like
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001345 searches.
1346
1347
1348Multi-byte characters:
13499 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
1350 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
1351 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
1352 byte).
13538 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
1354 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
1355 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
1356 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
1357 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
1358 item.
13598 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001360 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
1361 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013628 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
1363 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001364 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
Bram Moolenaar46c9c732004-12-12 11:37:09 +00001365 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013668 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
1367 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
13687 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
1369 so that the user can fix the problem.
13708 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
1371 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013729 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
13738 Should add test for using various commands with multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013748 'infercase' doesn't work with multi-byte characters.
13758 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013768 "ga" should show all composing characters, also if there are more than 2.
13777 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
13788 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
13798 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
13808 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multi-byte
1381 characters.
13828 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
13838 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
1384 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
13857 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
1386 'display' option to specify this.
13877 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
1388 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
1389- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
1390 fontselector somehow.
1391- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
1392 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
1393- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
1394 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
1395- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
1396 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
1397 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
1398 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
1399 if a font exists?
1400- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar6cc16192005-01-08 21:49:45 +00001401 convert_input() for Mac GUI and RiscOS GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001402- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
1403 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
14047 In "-- INSERT (lang) --" show the name of the keymap used instead of
1405 "lang". (Ilya Dogolazky)
1406- Make 'langmap' accept multi-byte characters.
1407- Do we need the reverse of 'keymap', like 'langmap' but with files and
1408 multi-byte characters? E.g., when using a Russian keyboard.
1409- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
1410 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
1411 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":tmap" command?
1412- When breaking a line, take properties of multi-byte characters into
1413 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
1414 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
1415 But it's very complicated...
1416
1417
1418Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000014197 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001420- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
1421- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
1422 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00001423- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
1424 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001425- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
1426- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
1427 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001428- PostScript: only works for 7-bit ASCII and EBCDIC. Should support
1429 different 'encoding' values somehow.
1430- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
1431 units as for the margins.
1432- Support right-to-left text?
14338 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
1434 color.
1435
1436
1437Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014388 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
1439 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
14408 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
1441 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
14428 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
1443 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
14448 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
1445 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
1446 ":wq file".
14478 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
14489 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
1449 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014507 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
1451 Search highlighting.
14528 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
1453 change this for each release.
14548 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
1455 pattern, but not in the body.
14568 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
1457 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
1458 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014598 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
14608 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword'. When switching to another filetype
1461 this isn't reset. Add a special keyword definition for the syntax rules?
1462 When this is done, use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples,
1463 but without ":" in 'iskeyword' for syntax.
14648 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
1465 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
14668 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
1467 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
1468 Or highlight the matching paren when the cursor is on one.
14698 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
14708 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
1471 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
1472 used.
14738 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
1474 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
14758 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
1476 re-insert the [] if possible.
14778 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
1478 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014798 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
1480 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
14818 Support for deleting syntax items:
1482 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
1483 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
1484 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
14858 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
1486 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
1487 a '<'. (Fleiner)
14887 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
1489 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
1490 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
14917 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
1492 detected.
14938 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001494 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014958 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
1496 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014978 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
14988 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
14997 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
1500 ":mkvimrc".
15018 Improve c.vim:
1502 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
1503 "c_strict_ansi".
1504 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
15058 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
1506 current line while in Insert mode.
15078 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
1508 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
15098 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
1510 display position.
15118 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
1512 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
1513 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
15148 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
1515 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
1516 highlighting starts.
15177 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
1518 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
1519 E.g. for this html:
1520 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
15217 Wild idea: Not only set highlighting, but also change what is displayed
1522 (e.g., remove characters, so that "<B>bold</B>" can be shown as "bold"):
1523 :syn region boldstuff start="<B>" display="" end="</B>" display=""
15247 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
15257 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
1526 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015277 Command line completion for ":find" should search in 'path'.
15288 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
15298 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
15308 Add more command line completion for :sign.
15317 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
1532 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
1533 completion?
15348 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
1535 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
15367 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
1537 select one of the sets.
15388 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
1539 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
1540 2, etc.
15418 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
1542 highlighting (for "." command).
15438 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
1544 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
15458 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
15467 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
1547 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
15486 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
1549 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
1550- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
1551 when extending an already existing syntax file.
1552- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001553- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
1554 (for comment blocks).
1555- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
1556 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
1557 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
1558 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
1559 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
1560 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
1561 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
1562 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
1563 (Campbell)
1564 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
1565 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
15667 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
1567 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
15687 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
1569 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
1570 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
15717 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
1572 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
1573 messages. And external commands?
15748 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
1575 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
15767 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
1577 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
1578
1579
1580Built-in script language:
15818 Add referring to key options with "&t_xx". Both for "echo &t_xx" and
1582 ":let &t_xx =". Useful for making portable mappings.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015838 exists("&&option") tests if 'option' is actually implemented. Useful for
1584 'shellslash', for example.
Bram Moolenaar1c2fda22005-01-02 11:43:19 +00001585- Add "{range}source": execute lines from a buffer.
1586 Alternative: Allow range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command.
1587 (Webb)
1588 You can already yank lines and use :@" to execute them.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015898 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
15908 Add ":fungroup" command, to group function definitions together. When
1591 encountered, all functions in the group are removed. Suggest using an
1592 obscure name to avoid name clashes. Require a ":fungroup END" in the same
1593 sourced file? Assume the group ends at the end of the file. Handle
1594 nested packages?
1595 Alternative: Support packages. {package-name}:{function-name}().
1596 Packages are loaded automatically when first used, from
1597 $VIMRUNTIME/packages (or use a search path).
15987 Make globpath() also work with "**" and upwards search. (Brian Medley)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000015997 Add the markclear() function to delete a mark in another buffer. Charles
1600 Campbell (2004 Jan 9)
1601 http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#Patch
1602 Implement setmark(markname, lnum [, col [, filename]]) instead?
1603 When "lnum" is zero delete the mark.
1604 When "filename" has no wildcards and there is no matching buffer, add
1605 the buffer (unlisted).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016067 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode.
1607 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
1608 has('bytecode')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
1609 supports it. Update the code with a command, can be used in an
1610 autocommand.
1611 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
1612 .vim file. Problem: distribution.
1613 3. Use a cache directory for each user. How to recognize which cached
1614 file belongs to a sourced script?
16157 Add "n" flag to search() function, just like searchpair(). (Alexey
1616 Marinichev)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016177 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
1618 signs and/or 'number'.
16198 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00001620 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
1621 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
1622 3 2002
1623 Only add this when also implemented for
1624 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
1625 be used.
1626 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00001627 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
1628 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
1629 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
1630 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
1631 File.Open..." argument.
1632 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
1633 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
1634 with properties instead.
1635 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
1636 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
1637 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001638 printf(format, arg, ..) How to prevent a crash???
1639 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001640 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001641 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001642 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001643 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001644 input(prompt, complete) like input() but do specified completion
1645 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
1646 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
1647 Visual block mode.
1648 tagtype(tag) get type of tag (also checks if it exists)
1649 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001650 getbufline() get line from any buffer
1651 deletebufline() delete line in any buffer
1652 appendbufline() append line in any buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001653 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
1654 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
1655 to allow the library to execute a command or
1656 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016577 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
1658 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
16598 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
1660 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
16618 Pass the executable name to the Vim scripts in some way. As v:argv0?
16628 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
16638 When starting to source a vim script, delete all functions that it has
1664 previously defined? Avoids using ":fun!" all the time.
16657 Add optional arguments to user functions:
1666 :func myFunc(arg1, arg2, arg3 = "blah", arg4 = 17)
16676 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
16688 Add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var" just ignore.
16698 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
1670 option or environment variable.
16718 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
16727 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the
1673 stack available (separated with '\n').
16748 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
1675 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
16768 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
16778 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
1678 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
1679 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
1680 charwise({expr}).
16817 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
1682 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
1683 buffer for this?
1684 result = scratch(string, command)
1685 result = apply(string, command)
1686 result = execute(string, command)
1687 "command" would use <> notation.
1688 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
16897 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
16907 Automatically load a function from a file when it is called. Need an
1691 option for the search path. (Sekera)
16927 Persistent variables: "p:var"; stored in viminfo file and sessions files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001693
1694
1695Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000016966 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
1697 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
1698 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
1699 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
1700 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
1701 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
1702 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001703
1704
1705Performance:
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +000017067 For strings up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list itself as a
1707 character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000017088 Loading plugins takes startup time. Only load the part that is used to
1709 trigger the rest, and load the rest when it's needed?
17108 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
17119 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
17128 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
17137 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
1714 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
17158 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
1716 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
1717 when starting up in a color terminal.
17188 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
1719 Win16.
17209 Setting GUI options in the console (e.g., 'guifont') should not cause a
1721 redraw.
17228 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
1723 function be improved?
17248 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
1725 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
1726 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
1727 this be improved?
17288 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
1729 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000017307 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
1731 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000017327 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
1733 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
17347 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
1735 lot of abbreviations).
17367 DOS console: Add t_DL support, to make scrolling faster.
17377 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
1738 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
1739 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
1740 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
1741 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
1742 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
1743 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
17448 When editing a file with extremely long lines (e.g., an executable), the
1745 "linerest" in readfile() is allocated twice to be able to copy what was
1746 read so far. Use realloc() instead? Or split the line when allocating
1747 memory fails and "linerest" is big (> 100000)?
17488 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
1749 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
1750 using strcmp() too often?
17517 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
1752 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
1753 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
1754 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
1755 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
1756 the two blocks to the memfile block.
17577 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
1758 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
1759 with an argument that can be messed with.
1760 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
1761 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
17627 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
1763- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
17648 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
1765 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
1766- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
1767 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
1768- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
1769- Do profiling on:
1770 - :g/pat/normal cmd
1771 - 1000ii<Esc>
1772 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
1773 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
1774 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
1775 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
1776 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
1777 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
1778 - editing a vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
17797 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
1780 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
1781 changed).
1782 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
1783 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
1784- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
1785- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
1786 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
1787- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
1788 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
1789 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
1790- Repeating insert "1000i-<Esc>" displays --INSERT-- all the time, because of
1791 the <Esc> at the end. Make this work faster (disable redrawing).
1792- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
1793- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
1794 cursor is right of the screen.
17958 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
1796 CTRL-C (it's slow).
1797
1798
1799Code size:
18008 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
1801- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
1802 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
18038 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
18048 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
1805 it.
18067 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
1807 left out.
18088 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
1809 can be removed.
18108 Can the check for libelf in configure.in be removed?
1811
1812
1813Messages:
18148 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
1815 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
18168 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
1817 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
18188 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
1819 script.
18208 "vim --version" output goes to stderr, should be stdout. Can all output
1821 from messages using printf() go to stdout?
1822- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
1823 Perhaps after ten seconds?
1824- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
18259 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
1826 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
1827 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
1828 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
1829 redrawing.
18307 Add an option, which is a regexp, that disables warning messages which
1831 match that regexp (Tsirkin).
18328 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
1833 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
18348 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
1835 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
1836 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
1837 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
1838 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
1839 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001840- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001841 sleep before second message?
18428 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
1843 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
1844 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
1845 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
1846 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
1847 error messages, printing text, etc.
18488 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
1849 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
1850 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
1851
1852
1853Screen updating:
18547 Add a string to the 'display' option to make CTRL-E and CTRL-Y scroll one
1855 screen line, also if this means the first line doesn't start with the
1856 first character (like what happens with a single line that doesn't fit).
1857- screen_line():
1858 - insert/delete character stuff.
1859 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
1860- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
1861 dragging the status line with the mouse).
1862- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
1863 waiting for a character.
18648 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
1865 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
1866 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
18677 Make 'list' and 'linebreak' work together.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001868
1869
1870Scrolling:
18718 Add "zm" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
18726 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
1873- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
1874 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
1875 windows.
18767 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
1877 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
1878 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
1879- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
1880 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
1881 (Goldfarb)
1882- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
1883 bound windows.
1884- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
1885 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00001886- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001887- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
1888 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
1889 of lines but not with a single line).
1890
1891
1892Autoconf:
18938 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
18948 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
1895 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
1896- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
1897 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
1898- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
1899- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
1900- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
1901
1902
1903Perl interface:
19048 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000019057 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
19067 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
19076 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
1908
1909
1910Shared libraries:
19116 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
1912 :libload internal-name libname
1913 :libunload internal-name
1914 :liblist
1915 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
1916 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
1917 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
19186 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
1919
1920
1921Tags:
19228 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
1923 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
19248 Add a function that returns the line in the tags file for a matching tag.
1925 Can be used to extract more info (class name, inheritance, etc.) (Rico
1926 Hendriks)
19277 Count before CTRL-]: jump to N'th match
19288 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
19298 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
1930 to type the tag number directly.
19317 Add a tag-select window. Works like ":cwindow". (Michal Malecki)
19327 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
1933 window for each tag.
19347 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
19357 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
1936 bottom" search message.
19377 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
1938 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
1939 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00001940- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
1941- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000019427 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
1943 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
1944 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
1945 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
19467 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
1947 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
1948 :tagargs clear
1949 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
1950 matching).
19517 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
1952 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
1953 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
1954 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
19557 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
1956 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
19577 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
1958 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
1959 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001960
1961
1962Security:
1963- nothing at the moment
1964
1965
1966Win32 GUI:
19678 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
1968 the message and input?
19697 The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
1970 compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2
1971 dynamically?
19727 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
1973 (Mike McCollister)
19748 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
1975 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
1976 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
1977 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
1978 common part of the path.
19798 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
19808 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
1981 gettext and menus work.
19828 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
1983 return in every console.
1984 Also: Look at how Emacs does runs external commands:
1985 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
19868 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
1987 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
19888 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
1989 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
19907 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
1991 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
19927 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
19937 <Esc> should close a dialog.
19947 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
1995 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
1996 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
1997 prompts.
19987 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
1999 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
2000 the file added into an already running Vim.
20017 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
2002 functions to find the window title.
2003
2004
2005GUI:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020068 Make inputdialog() work for Photon, Amiga, RiscOS.
2007- <C--> cannot be mapped. Should be possible to recognize this as a
2008 normal "-" with the Ctrl modifier.
20097 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
20108 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
20116 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
20128 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
2013 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
20149 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
20157 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
20168 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
2017 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
20188 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
2019 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
2020 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
20218 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
2022 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
20238 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
2024 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
2025 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
2026 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020277 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
20288 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
2029 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
20307 Add some code to handle proportional fonts? Need to draw each character
2031 separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font is not exactly
2032 double-width. (Maeda)
20338 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
20348 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00002035 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020368 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
20378 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
20388 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
2039 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
2040 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
20417 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
2042 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
2043 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
20447 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
2045 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
20467 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
2047 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
2048 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
2049 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
20507 Add command line argument for "gvim" not to start the GUI. Sort of the
2051 inverse of "vim -g". (Vikas)
20527 Should support multi-column menus.
2053- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
2054 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
2055- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
20568 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
20576 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
2058 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
20597 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
20607 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
2061 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
2062 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
20637 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
20648 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
2065 name can be chosen free.
20667 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
2067 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
20686 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
2069 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
2070 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
2071 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
2072 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
2073 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
2074 things.
20757 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
2076 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020777 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002078 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002079- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
2080 where it was started from?
20817 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
2082
2083
2084VMS:
2085- Improvement: rewrite term/TTY handling.
2086- Improvement: create VMS GTK runtime libraries on OpenVMS 7.1-2 (today GTK
2087 works just on 7.3).
2088
2089
2090Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000020917 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
2092 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
2093 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
2094 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020958 Add ScriptReadCmd event: used to load remote Vim scripts, e.g.
2096 "vim -u http://mach/path/vimrc".
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000020977 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020988 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
2099 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
2100 difficult).
21018 Also trigger CursorHold in Insert mode?
21027 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that user
2103 can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the kind
2104 of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
21058 Can't use ":normal" in CursorHold autocommands. Make the CursorHold event
2106 insert a special key code, and call the autocommand functions from a
2107 higher level, so that vgetc() isn't used recursively.
21088 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
2109 And anything else?
21108 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
2111 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
2112 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
21138 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
21148 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
2115 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
21166 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
2117 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
21187 Add a way to skip an autocommand if going from one *.c file to another *.c
2119 file.
21207 When trying to open a directory, don't load the file but trigger an
2121 autocommand event OpenDirectory.
21227 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
2123 <x> for executable, etc. <&xxx> for Risc OS. With commas to separate
2124 alternatives. The autocommand is only executed when both the file type
2125 AND the file pattern match. (Leonard)
21265 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
2127 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
2128 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
21297 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
2130 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
2131 file.
21328 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
2133 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
2134 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002135- Add events to autocommands:
2136 Error - When an error happens
2137 NormalEnter - Entering Normal mode
2138 InsertEnter - Entering Insert mode
2139 ReplaceEnter - Entering Replace mode
2140 CmdEnter - Entering Cmdline mode
2141 VisualEnter - Entering Visual mode
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +00002142 *Leave - Leaving a mode (in pair with the above *Enter)
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00002143 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
2144 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00002145 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002146 CmdUndefined - Like FuncUndefined but for user commands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002147 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
2148 PreDirChanged/PostDirChanged
2149 - Before/after ":cd" has been used (for changing the
2150 window title)
2151 BufReadAction - replaces reading a file
2152 BufWriteAction - replaces writing a file
2153 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
2154 InsertCharPre - user typed character Insert mode, before inserting the
2155 char. Pattern is matched with text before the cursor.
2156 Set v:char to the character, can be changed.
2157 (not triggered when 'paste' is set).
2158 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
2159 the char.
2160 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
2161 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
2162 file from CVS).
2163 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
2164 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
2165 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
2166 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
2167 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
2168 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
2169 WinResized - When a window has been resized
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002170- Add autocommand to be executed every so many seconds? For writing the
2171 file now and then ('autosave').
2172 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
2173 'autosave' 'aw' number (default 0)
2174 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
2175 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
2176 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
2177 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
2178 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
2179
2180
2181Insert mode completion/expansion:
21828 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
2183 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
21849 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
2185 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
2186 (Webb)
21878 The code has become too complex. Redesign it, or at least add proper
2188 comments.
21898 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
2190 - ignore/match case
2191 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000021928 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
21938 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
2194 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
2195 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
2196 Should work for C++ and Java.
2197 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
21987 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
21997 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
2200 instead of words.
22018 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
22028 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
2203 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
22048 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
2205 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
2206- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
2207 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
2208 wildcards in the file name)?
2209- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
2210- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
2211- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
2212 be in another file).
2213- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
2214- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
2215- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
2216 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
2217- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
2218- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
2219- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
22208 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
2221 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
2222 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
2223 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
2224- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
2225
2226
2227Command line editing:
22287 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
2229 line.
22308 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
2231 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
2232 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
2233- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
2234 lines wraps to start of line).
2235- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
2236 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
2237 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
2238 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
2239 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
2240 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
2241 cmdwin does now already.
2242 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
2243 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
2244 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
2245 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
2246 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
2247 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
2248 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
2249 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
2250 Problems:
2251 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
2252 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
2253 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
2254 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
2255 - Normal: no ":" commands?
2256 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
2257 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
2258 character in first column?
2259 - Implementation ideas:
2260 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
2261 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
2262 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
2263 - sync undo after entering a command line?
2264 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
2265 Mode.
2266
2267
2268Command line completion:
22698 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
22708 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
2271 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
22728 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
2273 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022747 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
2275 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002276- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
2277- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
2278 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
22798 For ":find" and ":sfind" expand files found in 'path'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022808 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
2281 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
22827 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
2283 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
2284- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
2285 identifiers (Webb).
22868 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
2287 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
22887 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
2289 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
2290- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
2291 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
2292- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
2293 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
2294 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002295
2296
2297Command line history:
Bram Moolenaar60c78922005-03-20 22:40:14 +000022989 Remember which command lines were actually typed and were not loaded from
2299 viminfo. When writing viminfo append only these lines, so that lines from
2300 other Vim's are not overwritten.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002301- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
2302 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
2303 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
2304 completely resulted from one mapping.
2305- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
2306 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
2307
2308
2309Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000023109 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
2311 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
2312 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023138 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
2314 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
2315 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
2316 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
2317 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
23187 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
2319 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023207 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
2321 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
2322- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
2323 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
2324 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
2325 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
2326 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
2327 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
2328- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
2329 Normal mode.
2330- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
2331 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
2332 are used.
2333- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
2334- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
2335- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
2336
2337
2338'cindent', 'smartindent':
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000023398 Wrong indent below ? : with ():
2340 if ((a ? (b) : c) != 0)
2341 aligns with ":".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023428 Wrong indent for ":" after a method with line break in arguments:
2343 Foo::Foo (int one,
2344 int two)
2345 : something(4)
2346 {}
23478 Wrong indent for ":" after a method with multiple lines:
2348 Foo::Foo (int one, int two)
2349 : something(4),
2350 somethingelse(3)
2351 {}
23529 Too much indent for "lulu": (Uwe Zeisberger)
2353 int main ()
2354 {
2355 if (lala)
2356 do
2357 ++(*lolo);
2358 while (lili
2359 && lele);
2360 lulu;
2361 }
23629 Function gets extra indent: (Jamax)
2363 void function(int param) {
2364 if (false)
2365 return;
2366 }
23679 brace not indented correctly:
2368 case 'c': if (cond)
2369 {
2370 Should align with "if" in case statement.
23717 Allow aligning a closing ")" with the line above, instead of the matching
2372 "(": (Riehm) if (asdfasdf &&
2373 asdf
2374 )
23758 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
2376 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
23778 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
2378 func(
2379 new String[] {
2380 "asdf",
2381 "asdf"
2382 }
2383 );
23847 Separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
2385 func(
2386 int x) // indent like "(4"
2387 {
2388 if (a
2389 && b) // indent like "(0"
23908 Strange problem with this code, "hello" is indented wrong: (Gary Holloway)
2391 main() { char foo[] = "/*";
2392 /* This is a comment; the indentation of C
2393 * source below this comment gets messed up due to the string above.
2394 */
2395 hello
23969 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
2397 if (a)
2398 {
2399 if (b)
2400 {
2401 // {
2402 }
2403 } <-- this is indented incorrect
24049 Wrong indent for cino=(4, removing the (void) fixes it: (Zellner)
2405 (void) MyFancyFunction(
2406 argument);
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002407- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002408 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
24097 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
2410- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
2411 line).
2412- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
2413- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
2414 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
24157 Add 'j' flag to 'formatoptions': Remove comment leader when joining lines.
2416- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
2417 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
2418- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
2419 code), unless the line starts with "*".
2420- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
2421- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
2422 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
24238 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
2424 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
2425 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
2426- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
2427- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
2428 lines start with "\item".
2429- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
2430 /* here is a comment that
2431 is just autoindented, and
2432 nothing else */
2433- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
24347 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
2435 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
2436 indents.
2437 And/or: Add option to copy indent as-is, without changing spaces to tabs.
2438 also for 'autoindent'. 'keeptabs': when set don't change the tabs and
2439 spaces used for indent, when the indent remains the same or increases.
2440
2441
2442Java:
24438 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
2444 Odendahl?
24458 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
2446 "[i" commands and friends.
2447- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
2448 (Jason)
2449- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
2450 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
2451
2452
2453'comments':
24548 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
2455 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
2456 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
2457 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00002458 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
2459 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024607 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
2461 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
24627 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
24636 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
2464 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
2465 regexp is used.
24668 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
2467 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
2468
2469
2470Virtual edit:
24718 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
24727 Add a mode where the cursor is only allowed to go one character after the
2473 end of the line?
24747 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
2475
2476
2477Text objects:
24788 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +000024798 Add text object for part of a CamelHumedWord and under_scored_word.
2480 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000024818 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multi-byte
2482 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00002483 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
2484 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000024858 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multi-byte ones.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024867 Add text object for current search pattern: "a/" and "i/". Makes it
2487 possible to turn text highlighted for 'hlsearch' into a Visual area.
24888 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
2489 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
2490 the end of the line or before a ".".
24917 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
2492 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
24937 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
2494 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024956 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
24965 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
2497 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
2498 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
2499 cursor is on.
2500
2501
2502Select mode:
25038 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
2504 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
25057 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
2506 See http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=743
25077 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
2508 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
2509 contains 'C' or 'A'.
2510 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
2511 normal_cmd().
2512 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
2513 - Typing text replaces the selection.
2514
2515
2516Visual mode:
2517- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
2518 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
2519 is in the top line.
25208 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
2521 text. make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
2522 where needed.
25237 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
2524 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
25257 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
2526 of each selected line.
25278 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
25288 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
2529 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
2530 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
25318 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
2532 Ben Godfrey)
25337 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
2534 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
25357 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
2536 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
25377 CTRL-V :s should substitute only in the block, not to whole lines. (David
2538 Young is working on this)
25397 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00002540 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002541 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
25428 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
2543 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
25447 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
2545 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
2546 option!
25477 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
2548 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
2549 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
2550 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
2551 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
2552 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
2553 without changing the column.
25546 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000025557 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
2556 current buffer.
25577 CTRL-A and CTRL-X should increase/decrease all numbers in the Visual area.
25586 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
2559 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
25606 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
25616 ":'<,'>source" should read the selected lines and ":source" them.
25626 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002563 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002564 or other special character.
25656 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
2566
2567
2568More advanced repeating commands:
2569- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000025707 Repeating "d:{cmd}" with "." doesn't work. (Benji Fisher) Somehow remember
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002571 the command line so that it can be repeated?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002572- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002573 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
2574 "y." will repeat last yank.
2575 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
2576 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
2577 and/or pick an older command.
2578- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
2579
2580
2581Mappings and Abbreviations:
25828 Let ":verbose map xx" report where the mapping was set, just like with
2583 ":verbose set".
25848 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
2585 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
2586 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
25878 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
25887 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
2589 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
25908 ":verbose map" could show the script where the mapping was defined.
2591 m_script_ID can be used.
25928 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
2593 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
25948 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
25958 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
2596 entering search strings.
25978 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
2598 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
2599 not the <Space>.
26008 Allow mapping of CTRL-@ (anywhere in the LHS).
26018 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
2602 (?) work.
26037 ":verbose map" should display where a mapping was defined, like ":verbose
2604 set".
26058 Add a way to save a current mapping and restore it later. Use a function
2606 that returns the mapping command to restore it: mapcmd()? mapcheck() is
2607 not fool proof. How to handle ambiguous mappings?
26087 Add <0x8f> (hex), <033> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
26097 Allow mapping "Q" and "Q}" at the same time. Need to put a flag with "Q",
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002610 that it needs an extra character before it can match. See Vile 'maplonger'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002611 option.
26127 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
2613 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
26147 Make it possible to map 'wildchar', but only when it's a special character
2615 (like CTRL-E). Currently it's only recognized when typed. Useful for
2616 mapping a key to do something and then completion.
26177 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
26186 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
2619 abbreviations are to be used.
2620- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
2621 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
2622 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
2623- Make it possible to include a <Nul> in the lhs and rhs of a mapping.
2624- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
2625 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
2626 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002627- Add an option to ":map" that makes it display the special keys in
2628 <> notation (e.g. <CR> instead of ^M). Or just always do this?
2629- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
2630 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
2631- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
2632 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
26336 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
2634 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
2635 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
2636 hit another character.
2637- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
2638 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
2639 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
2640 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
2641 Or implicit:
2642 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
2643- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
2644 non-replace Insert mode?
2645- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
26466 Alias for Normal mode commands, works like :substitute? Would allow
2647 mappings with arguments.
2648- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
2649- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
2650 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
2651- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002652 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002653- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
2654 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
2655- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
2656- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
2657 ":freekeys".
2658- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
2659
2660
2661Incsearch:
2662- Add a limit to the number of lines that are searched for 'incsearch'?
2663- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
2664 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
2665 up every time.
2666- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
2667 folds when going to another line.
2668- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
2669 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
2670 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
2671 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
2672- With incsearch, use CTRL-N/CTRL-P to go to next/previous match, some other
2673 key to copy matched word to search pattern (Alexander Schmid).
2674
2675
2676Searching:
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000026777 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
2678 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000026798 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
2680 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
2681 Perl does it this way:
2682 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
2683 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
2684 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
2685 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +000026867 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
2687 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000026888 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
2689 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000026907 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002691 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
2692 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
2693 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
26947 Add an option to accept a match at the cursor position. Also for
2695 search(). (Brett)
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000026967 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
2697 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for an offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000026987 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
2699 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027008 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
2701 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
27028 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
2703 line.
27047 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use ~/vim/macros/matchit.vim as an
2705 example.
27068 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
2707 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
2708- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
2709 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
2710 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
2711 Alternative: use matchit.vim
27128 "/:/e+1" gets stuck on a match at the end of the line. Do we care?
27138 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
2714 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
2715 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
27167 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
2717 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000027187 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
2719 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027208 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
2721 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
2722 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
27238 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
2724 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
27258 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
2726 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
2727 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
2728 search pattern.
2729- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
2730 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
2731- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
2732 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
2733 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
2734 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
27357 Add POSIX regexp, like Nvi, with 'extended' option? It's like very-magic.
2736- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
2737 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
2738- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
2739 i ignore case
2740 I use case
2741 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
2742 v use Vi regexp syntax
2743 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
2744 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
2745 Perl uses these too:
2746 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
2747 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
2748 o compile only once (Perl only)
2749 s single line expression (we don't need it)
2750 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
2751 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
2752 following command.
2753 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
2754- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
2755 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
2756 for search string)?
27577 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
2758 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
2759- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
2760 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
2761- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
2762 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
2763- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
2764- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002765 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002766 a for the next file in the argument list
2767 f for file in the buffer list
2768 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002769 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
2770 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002771 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
2772 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
2773- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027747 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002775 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027767 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
2777 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
2778 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
2779 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
27806 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
2781 effects.
27827 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
2783 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
2784 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000027857 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002786 Also ":dselect".
2787
2788
2789Undo:
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00002790- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
2791 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002792- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
2793 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
2794 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
27958 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
2796 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
2797 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
2798 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
27998 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
2800 only remember the lines that really changed.
28017 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
2802 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
2803 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
2804 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002805- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
2806 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
2807- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
2808 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
2809- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
2810 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
2811 [-99].
2812- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
2813- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
2814- Store undo info in a file that survives until the next edit. Then it's
2815 possible to undo to before the current editing session. Combined with
2816 viminfo?
2817- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
2818 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
2819
2820
2821Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028227 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
2823 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
2824 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
2825 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
28268 Add File.{recent_files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
2827 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
28288 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
2829 inode too.
28307 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002831 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
2832 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028337 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
2834 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
2835- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
2836 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
2837- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
2838 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
28397 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
2840 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
28417 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
2842 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
28438 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000028448 Some commands don't use line numbers, but buffer numbers. '$'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002845 should then mean the number of the last buffer. E.g.: "4,$bdel".
28467 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
2847 internal use and for when executing an external program?
2848
2849
2850Swap (.swp) files:
28518 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
2852 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
2853 there are short file name problems.
28548 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
2855 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
28568 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
28578 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002858 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002859 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
2860 file the same as the actual file?
2861 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028627 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
2863 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
28647 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002865 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002866 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
2867 enough room.
28687 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
2869 or /var/preserve.
2870- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
2871 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
2872- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
2873 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskback' and 'umaskswap'?
2874- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
2875 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
2876 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
2877 cached list of which line is where.
2878
2879
2880Viminfo:
28817 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
2882 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
2883 else's viminfo file.
28848 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
2885 name. (Schild)
28868 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
28878 Remember the last used register for "@@".
28888 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
2889 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
2890 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
2891 this?
28927 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
28937 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
2894 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
28956 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
2896 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
2897 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
2898- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
2899 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
2900
2901
2902Modelines:
29038 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
2904 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
2905 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
2906- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
2907 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
2908 modeline setting.
2909- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
2910 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
2911- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
2912 .cpp files.
2913- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
2914 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
2915- Add option setting to ask user if he wants to have the modelines executed
2916 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
2917
2918
2919Options:
29208 Make ":mksession" store buffer-specific options for the specific buffer.
29218 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
2922 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
Bram Moolenaar24bbcfe2005-06-28 23:32:02 +000029237 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
2924 restore it after the command has executed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029257 Setting an option always sets "w_set_curswant", while this is only
2926 required for a few options. Only do it for those options to avoid the
2927 side effect.
29288 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
2929 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
2930 default value.
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000029317 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
2932 Malecki)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029338 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
2934 options that are a comma separated list. The old number values should
2935 also be supported.
29368 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
2937 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
2938 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
29397 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
29407 Make 'scrolloff' a global-local option, so that it can be different in the
2941 quickfix window, for example. (Gary Holloway)
29427 Add plugins for formatting. Should be able to make a choice depending on
2943 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
2944
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:
31398 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
3140 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00003141- Perhaps ":cexpr" could read errors from a list?
3142 Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
3143 Govindachar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031446 In the quickfix window statusline add the command used to get the list of
3145 errors, e.g. ":make foo", ":grep something *.c".
31466 Python interface: add vim.message() function. (Michal Vitecek, 2002 Nov 5)
31477 Support using ":vert" with User commands. Add expandable items <vert>.
3148 Do the same for ":browse" and ":confirm"?
3149 For ":silent" and ":debug" apply to the whole user command.
31507 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
3151 window as a buffer-tab selection.
31527 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
3153 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
31548 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
3155 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031567 Add a ":cpfile", go in the other direction as ":cnfile".
31576 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031588 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
3159 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
3160 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
3161 in this Vim.
31628 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003163 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031648 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
3165 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
3166 have it apply to the following command.
31678 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
3168 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
3169 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
3170 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031717 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
3172 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031737 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
3174 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
3175 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
3176 without modifier (unless mapped).
31778 Add ":breakdel *": delete all breakpoints.
31787 Support ":browse edit" in console, using explorer.vim?
31796 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
31808 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
31819 Support ACLs on more systems.
31827 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
3183 highlighted differently.
31848 Allow using "**" as a wildcard in commands like ":next" and ":args".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031857 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
3186 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
3187 (truncated to fit in the space).
31887 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
31898 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
31908 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
3191 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000031927 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003193 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
31947 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
3195 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031967 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031977 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
31987 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031998 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
32008 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
3201 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
3202 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
3203 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
32048 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
32056 Add ":timer" command, to set a command to be executed at a certain
3206 interval, or once after some time has elapsed. (Aaron)
32078 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
32088 Use confirm/dialog stuff to ask the user, when a file has changed outside
3209 of Vim, if he wants to reload it. Triggered when focus gained, after
3210 shell command, when entering another buffer, etc..
3211 Also do this when editing a new file, and another application creates
3212 the file before doing ":w" in Vim.
3213 Also check if the file protection has changed. When checking a file into
3214 RCS it is made read-only, when checking out it is made read-write.
32158 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
3216 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
3217 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
3218 does something like this. (Shah)
32197 Use growarray for replace stack.
32207 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
3221 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
32223 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
32238 Make "more" prompt accept command characters, like "hit-enter" prompt?
3224 Or extend it with more commands, like "less": 'b' for back, 'j' for one
3225 line down, etc.
32268 For the "--more--" prompt, support the 'b'ack command for more commands.
3227 Possible implementation: Do it at a very low level, caching the lines that
3228 are on the screen (with highlight attributes). Avoids that changes have
3229 to be made for all functions that list something.
32307 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
3231 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
3232- Keep a list of most recently used files for each window, use "[o" to go
3233 back (older file) and "]n" to go forward (newer file) (like ^O and ^I for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003234 jumps). (Webb) Use ":files" and ":ls" to list the files in history order.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032357 Add a history of recently accessed buffer. Maybe make "2 CTRL-^" jump to
3236 the 2nd previously visited buffer, "3 CTRL-^" to the third, etc. Or use
3237 "3 g CTRL-^" for this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003238- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
3239- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
3240- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
3241- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
32427 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
3243 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
3244- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
3245 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
3246- Remove mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
3247- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
3248 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
3249- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
3250 call "play newbeep.au").
3251- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
3252 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
3253 (Bhatt).
3254- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
3255 blockwise registers).
3256- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
3257 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
3258- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
3259 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
3260 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
3261 noticeable.
32629 When using ":w <fname>" it's possible that this file is loaded in another
3263 buffer. Give a warning right away, don't wait for a shell command.
3264- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032657 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
3266 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
3267- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
3268 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
3269 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
3270 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
3271 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaar269ec652004-07-29 08:43:53 +000032727 Add a way to define an item list with a pattern in 'formatoptions'. The
3273 'n' flag doesn't work for "6.3" or "6a.".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032748 Add 'formatexpr' option: Used for formatting operator "gq" instead of the
3275 builtin formatting or 'formatprg'.
32768 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
3277 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
3278 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
3279 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
3280 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
3281- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00003282- Support multi-byte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032837 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
3284 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
3285- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
3286 not in column 1.
32876 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
3288 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
32897 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
3290- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
32918 findmatchlimit() should be able to skip comments. Solves problem of
3292 matching the '{' in /* if (foo) { */ (Fiveash)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003293- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00003294 :redir #> bufname
3295 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003296- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
3297 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003298- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
3299 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
3300 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
33016 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
3302 console? (Klaus Hast)
3303- Add :delcr command:
3304 *:delcr*
3305 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
3306 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
3307 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
3308 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
3309 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
3310 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set. {not in Vi}
3311- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
3312- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
3313 characters from 'isprint'.
3314- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
3315- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
3316 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
3317- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
3318 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
3319 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
3320- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
3321- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
3322 Nvi).
3323- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
3324 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
33257 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
3326- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
3327 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
33286 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
3329- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
3330 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
3331 macro).
3332- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003333- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
3334 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
3335- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
33368 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
3337- Should be possible to write to a device, e.g. ":w! /dev/null".
3338- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
3339- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
3340- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
3341 if it is not the first or last window.
3342- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
3343 there is one) instead of the file itself.
33447 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
3345 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
3346 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
3347- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
3348- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003349 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003350 many percent down the windows).
3351- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
3352 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
3353 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
3354- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
3355 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
3356- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
3357 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
3358- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
3359- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
3360- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
3361 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033628 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
3363 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
3364 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
3365 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
3366 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003367- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
3368 t_bs is set? (Webb)
3369- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003370 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
3371- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003372 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
3373 (Webb).
3374- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003375 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003376- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
3377 hex codes like 0xff).
3378- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
3379 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
3380 the last TYPED command.
3381- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
3382- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
3383- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
3384 should also work?
3385- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on an URL?
33868 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
3387 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
3388 name.
3389- When finding an URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
3390 trailing '.'.
3391- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
3392 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
3393 find_file_in_path().
3394- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
3395 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
3396- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
3397- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
3398 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
3399- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003400 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003401- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
3402 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
3403 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003404- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003405 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
3406- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
3407- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
3408- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
3409 to the minimal size.
3410- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
3411- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
3412- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
3413- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
3414- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
3415- Allow autowrite when doing ":e file" (with an option 'eaw').
3416- Allow a "+command" argument before each file name in the Vim command line:
3417 "vim +123 file1 +234 file2 +345 file3". ???
3418- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
3419 entered)?
3420- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
3421 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003422- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003423- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
3424- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
3425- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
3426- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
3427- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
3428 lines.
3429- Uppercase characters in ex commands can be made lowercase?
34308 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
3431 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
3432 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
3433 or in octal.
34347 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
3435 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003436- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003437 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
3438- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
3439- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
3440 insert line command).
3441- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
3442- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
3443- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
3444- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
3445- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
3446 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003447- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003448 yet.
3449- Implement 'redraw' option.
3450- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
3451 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034527 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
3453 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00003454 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
3455 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034568 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
3457 do it.
3458- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
3459- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
3460 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
3461- Add text justification option.
3462- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
3463- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
3464 off".
3465- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
3466- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
3467- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003468 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003469- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
3470- If file does not exists, check if directory exists.
3471- MSDOS: although t_cv and t_ci are not set, do invert char under cursor.
3472- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
3473 commands.
3474- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
3475- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
3476- :table command (Webb)
3477- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
3478- Make it possible for a user to define a new operator. Implementation with
3479 internal scripting language or Perl?
3480- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
3481- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
3482- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
3483- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
3484- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
3485 (Demirel).
3486- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
3487- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
3488 for use in macro's and the like.
3489- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003490 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003491- Add possibility to put output of ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
3492 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
3493- 'edit' option: When off changing the buffer is not possible (Really
3494 read-only mode).
3495- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003496 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003497 a window to become smaller (Webb).
3498- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
3499 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003500- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003501 mkopttab to make option table?
3502- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
3503 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
3504- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
3505 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003506- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003507 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
3508- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
3509 cursor?
3510- Option to make a .swp file only when a change is made (Templeton).
3511- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
35125 Add 'ignorefilecase' option: Ignore case when expanding file names.
3513 ":e ma<Tab>" would also find "Makefile" on Unix.
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000035148 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
3515 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
3516 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
3517 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
3518 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035198 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
3520 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
3521 (Netherton)
35226 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
3523 space after "(", for example.
35245 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
3525 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
3526 (Servatius Brandt)
3527
3528
3529From Elvis:
3530- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
3531- Add ":alias" command.
3532- fontchanges recognized "\\fB" etc.
3533- Search patterns:
3534 \@ match word under cursor.
3535 but do:
3536 \@w match the word under the cursor?
3537 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
35388 ":window" command:
3539 :win + next window (up)
3540 :win ++ idem, wrapping
3541 :win - previous window (down)
3542 :win -- idem, wrapping
3543 :win nr to window number "nr"
3544 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
35457 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
3546 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
3547
3548
3549From Nvi:
3550- 'searchincr' option, alias for 'incsearch'?
3551- 'leftright' option, alias for 'nowrap'?
3552- Have a look at "vi/doc/vi.chart", for Nvi specialties.
35538 Add 'keytime', time in 1/10 sec for mapping timeout?
3554- Add 'filec' option as an alternative for 'wildchar'.
35556 Support Nvi command names as an alias:
3556 :bg :hide
3557 :fg fname :buf fname (with 'hidden' set?)
3558 :dis b :ls
3559 :Edit fname :split fname
3560 :Fg fname :sbuf fname (with 'hidden' set?)
3561 :Next :snext (can't do this, already use :Next)
3562 :Previous :sprevious
3563 :Tag :stag
3564
3565
3566From xvi:
3567- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
3568- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
3569
3570
3571From vile:
3572- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
3573- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
3574 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
3575
3576
3577Far future and "big" extensions:
3578- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
3579 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
3580- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
3581 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
3582 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
3583 current layout mirrored.
3584- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
3585- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
3586 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
3587- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
3588- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
3589 font in each top-level window.
3590- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
3591- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
3592- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
3593- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
3594 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
3595- Implement ":Bset", set option in all buffers. Also ":Wset", set in all
3596 windows, ":Aset, set in all arguments and ":Tset", set in all files
3597 mentioned in the tags file.
3598 Add buffer/arg range, like in ":2,5B%s/..." (do we really need this???)
3599 Add search string: "B/*.c/%s/.."? Or ":F/*.c/%s/.."?
3600- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
3601 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
3602- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
3603 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
36044 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
3605 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
3606 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
3607 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003608 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003609 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
3610 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
3611- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
3612 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
3613 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
3614
3615
3616vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
3617vim: set fo+=n :