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Bram Moolenaar9712ff12022-09-18 13:04:22 +01001*todo.txt* For Vim version 9.0. Last change: 2022 Sep 18
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 TODO list for Vim *todo*
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9This is a veeeery long list of known bugs, current work and desired
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +010010improvements. To make it a little bit accessible, the older items are grouped
11by subject. In the first column of the line a classification is used to be
12able to look for "the next thing to do":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013
14Priority classification:
159 next point release
168 next release
177 as soon as possible
186 soon
195 should be included
204 nice to have
213 consider including
222 maybe not
231 probably not
24- unclassified
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26 *votes-for-changes*
27See |develop.txt| for development plans. You can vote for which items should
28be worked on, but only if you sponsor Vim development. See |sponsor|.
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Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +020030Issues can also be entered online: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +010031Only use this for bug reports, not for questions! Those belong on the
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +010032maillist. Updates will be forwarded to the |vim_dev| maillist. Issues
33entered there will not be repeated below, unless there is extra information.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020034
Bram Moolenaarb1c91982018-05-17 17:04:55 +020035The #1234 numbers refer to an issue or pull request on github. To see it in a
36browser use: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/1234
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020037(replace 1234 with the issue/pull number)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038 *known-bugs*
39-------------------- Known bugs and current work -----------------------
40
Bram Moolenaar9712ff12022-09-18 13:04:22 +010041Closure created in for loop can use loop variable? #11094
42 Nested loops do not work correctly yet.
43 Would need to save vars for each block separately.
44
45Virtual text:
46- Virtual text below: padding is highlighted when 'number' is set #11138
47- Virtual text above: do not highlight until end of line? #11138
48- 'number' should be below "above" virtual text? Might be difficult to
49 implement.
50- Add highlight for the gap before/after virtual text above/below?
51- option to hide virtual text?
52
53Fail with valgrind: test_edit
54Found errors in Test_edit_insertmode_ex_edit():
55 Run 1, 01:19:51 - 01:20:01:
56 command line..script /home/mool/vim/vim90/src/testdir/runtest.vim[469]..function RunTheTest[44]..Test_edit_insertmode_ex_edit[13]..WaitForAssert[2]..<SNR>6_WaitForCommon[11]..<lambda>4 line 1: Pattern '^-- INSERT --\\s*$' does not match ''
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58From test_global
59 Found errors in Test_interrupt_global():
60 Run 1, 02:16:22 - 02:16:27:
61 command line..script /home/mool/vim/vim90/src/testdir/runtest.vim[469]..function RunTheTest[44]..Test_interrupt_global[13]..WaitForAssert[2]..<SNR>7_WaitForCommon[11]..<lambda>20 line 1: Pattern 'Interrupted' does not match 'Type :qa! and press...l changes and exit Vim 1,1 All'
62 command line..script /home/mool/vim/vim90/src/testdir/runtest.vim[469]..function RunTheTest[44]..Test_interrupt_global[20]..WaitForAssert[2]..<SNR>7_WaitForCommon[11]..<lambda>21 line 1: Pattern 'Interrupted' does not match 'Entering Ex mode. Type "visual" to go to Normal mode.'
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64test_terminal3:
65Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
66==2819005== at 0x2E9134: jump_to_mouse (mouse.c:2015)
67==2819005== by 0x2E69E6: do_mouse (mouse.c:702)
68==2819005== by 0x2E95C2: nv_mouse (mouse.c:2166)
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70option_set(): "get a bit too much"
71 - refactor to separate function
72 - check for empty result
73
Bram Moolenaar71b6d332022-09-10 13:13:14 +010074Use :defer command:
75 - Use "D" flag of writefile() and mkdir() in tests.
76 (testdir/test_c*.vim done)
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Bram Moolenaar0daafaa2022-09-04 17:45:43 +010078When using :echomessage do use msg_row and msg_col, but save and restore.
Bram Moolenaar71b6d332022-09-10 13:13:14 +010079How to test any failure? If nothing fails perhaps it's OK alrady.
Bram Moolenaar9b03d3e2022-08-30 20:26:34 +010080
Bram Moolenaar9712ff12022-09-18 13:04:22 +010081New Vim indent script: #11079 Not done yet.
Bram Moolenaar9b03d3e2022-08-30 20:26:34 +010082
Bram Moolenaar4c295022021-05-02 17:19:11 +020083Further Vim9 improvements, possibly after launch:
Bram Moolenaard799daa2022-06-20 11:17:32 +010084- Use Vim9 for more runtime files.
Bram Moolenaara4d131d2021-12-27 21:33:07 +000085- Check performance with callgrind and kcachegrind.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +010086 getline()/substitute()/setline() in #5632
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +000087- Better implementation for partial and tests for that.
88- when using "const" mark the variable type as const with TTFLAG_CONST, so
89 that an error is given at compile time when trying to change it. E.g. for a
90 const list and trying to call add().
Bram Moolenaar4c295022021-05-02 17:19:11 +020091- Compile options that are an expression, e.g. "expr:" in 'spellsuggest',
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010092 'foldexpr', 'foldtext', 'printexpr', 'diffexpr', 'patchexpr', 'charconvert',
93 'balloonexpr', 'includeexpr', 'indentexpr', 'formatexpr'.
94 Give an error if compilation fails. (#7625)
Bram Moolenaar6aa57292021-08-14 21:25:52 +020095 Alternatively: Detect a compiled function call and skip the expression
96 evaluation.
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010097 Use the location where the option was set for deciding whether it's to be
98 evaluated in Vim9 script context.
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +000099- implement :type
100- implement :enum
Bram Moolenaara4d131d2021-12-27 21:33:07 +0000101- implement :class and :interface: See |vim9-classes|
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +0100102- For range: make table of first ASCII character with flag to quickly check if
103 it can be a Vim9 command. E.g. "+" can, but "." can't.
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200104- Inline call to map() and filter(), better type checking.
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +0100105- Make accessing varargs faster: arg[expr]
106 EVAL expr
107 LOADVARARG (varargs idx)
Bram Moolenaar4c295022021-05-02 17:19:11 +0200108- When evaluating constants for script variables, some functions could work:
109 has(featureName), len(someString)
110- Implement as part of an expression: ++expr, --expr, expr++, expr--.
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +0100111
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200112Popup windows:
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +0200113- Preview popup not properly updated when it overlaps with completion menu.
Bram Moolenaar016188f2022-06-06 20:52:59 +0100114 (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2021 May 22)
Bram Moolenaare1dc76f2022-06-25 18:01:32 +0100115- Scrollbar thumb sometimes not visible #10492
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +0100116- Add a function to redraw a specific popup window. Esp. to be used when
117 editing the command line, when screen updating doesn't happen. (Shougo)
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200118- Add a flag to make a popup window focusable?
119 CTRL-W P cycle over any preview window or focusable popup, end up back in
120 current window.
121 ? - switch between current window and all popup windows
122 Esc in popup window goes back to previous current window
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200123- Add a termcap entry for changing the cursor when it goes under the popup and
124 back. like t_SI and t_EI (t_SU and t_EU, where "U" means under?)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100125- With terminal in popup, allow for popup_hide() to temporarily hide it.?
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +0200126- Make it possible to scroll horizontally when 'wrap' is off. Does this
127 require an ascii scrollbar, like with the vertical one?
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100128- Fire some autocommand event after a new popup window was created and
129 positioned? PopupNew? Could be used to set some options or move it out of
130 the way. (#5737)
131 However, it may also cause trouble, changing the popup of another plugin.
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +0200132- Width is not computed correctly when minwidth and maxwidth are &columns
133 and padding and a scrollbar are used. (#6676)
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +0100134- Should popup_getoptions() also return the mask? #7774
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200135- Add a way to use popup_menu() synchronously: instead of invoking the
136 callback, return the choice. (Ben Jackson, #6534)
Bram Moolenaard7df2792020-01-02 21:34:42 +0100137- When using a popup for the info of a completion menu, and there is not
138 enough space, let the popup overlap with the menu. (#4544)
139- Implement flip option.
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200140- Make redrawing more efficient and avoid flicker:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200141 - put popup menu also in popup_mask?
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100142- Match does not have right BG color if line length equals popup width.
143 (#5658)
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200144- Any other commands to disable in a popup window?
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +0100145 Use ERROR_IF_POPUP_WINDOW for these.
Bram Moolenaar91359012019-11-30 17:57:03 +0100146- Figure out the size and position better if wrapping inserts indent
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200147
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100148'incsearch' with :s:
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200149- :s/foo using CTRL-G moves to another line, should not happen, or use the
150 correct line (it uses the last but one line) (Lifepillar, Aug 18, #3345)
151- Also support range: :/foo/,/bar/delete
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200152- Also support for user command, e.g. Cfilter
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200153- :%s/foo should take the first match below the cursor line, unless there
154 isn't one?
155 Then :%s?foo should take the first match above the cursor line.
156
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200157Prompt buffer:
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100158- Add a command line history, using up/down keys. issue #5010
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200159- delay next prompt until plugin gives OK?
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100160- add prompt_addtext({buf}, {expr}) none add text to a prompt buffer
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200161
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200162Terminal debugger:
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +0100163- Add a mechanism for configuration. Instead of several global variables use
164 a dictionary. Use callbacks for some things, e.g. opening a debug window in
165 a certain position.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200166- Make prompt-buffer variant work better.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100167- Add option to not open the program window. It's not used when attaching to
168 an already running program. (M. Kelly)
Bram Moolenaard899e512022-05-07 21:54:03 +0100169- Use the optional token on requests, match the result with it. #10300
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200170- When only gdb window exists, on "quit" edit another buffer.
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200171- Termdebug does not work when Vim was built with mzscheme: gdb hangs just
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200172 after "run". Everything else works, including communication channel. Not
173 initializing mzscheme avoid the problem, thus it's not some #ifdef.
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100174- Add support for lldb? issue #3565
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100175- Could we do something similar for debugging Vim scripts? At least see the
176 script while stepping through it. Simple version would use an extra window.
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100177 More complete solution would actually run Vim in a Terminal and control it
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100178 with another Vim instance.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200179
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200180Terminal emulator window:
Bram Moolenaar7e6a5152021-01-02 16:39:53 +0100181- Can escape a terminal popup with win_gotoid(), should be an error
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200182- No support for underline color, t_8u.
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200183- When in terminal-Normal mode when the job finishes, the cursor jumps to the
184 end but the window is not updated. This only happens when typing "a".
185 :term bash -c "for V in {0..5}; do echo $V; sleep 1; done"
Bram Moolenaar2c7f8c52020-04-20 19:52:53 +0200186- When started with ":terminal ++close" and the shell exits but there is a
187 background process, the window remains open, because the channel still
188 exists (and output still shows). Perhaps close the window when an explicit
189 ++close was used? (#5931)
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200190- Using "CTRL-W :confirm quite" and selecting "yes" should work like ":quit!".
191 (Harm te Hennepe, #6129)
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100192- When the job in the terminal doesn't use mouse events, let the scroll wheel
193 scroll the scrollback, like a terminal does at the shell prompt. #2490
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200194 A bit like using CTRL-W N first.
195 Jump back like with "a" when any key is typed.
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100196 And use modeless selection. #2962
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100197- Use CTRL-W CTRL-K to enter a digraph? #5371
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100198- When Vim runs in the terminal and changes the title, the statusline needs to
199 be redrawn.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200200- GUI: When using ":set go+=!" a system() call causes the hit-enter prompt.
201 (#3327)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200202- Allow for specifying the directory, with ++cwd={dir}.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200203- When pasting should call vterm_keyboard_start_paste(), e.g. when using
204 K_MIDDLEMOUSE, calling insert_reg().
205- Users expect parsing the :term argument like a shell does, also support
206 single quotes. E.g. with: :term grep 'alice says "hello"' (#1999)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200207- Win32: Redirecting input does not work, half of Test_terminal_redir_file()
208 is disabled.
209- Win32: Redirecting output works but includes escape sequences.
210- Win32: Make terminal used for :!cmd in the GUI work better. Allow for
211 redirection.
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200212- When the job only outputs lines, we could handle resizing the terminal
213 better: store lines separated by line breaks, instead of screen lines,
214 then when the window is resized redraw those lines.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100215- Redrawing is slow with Motif. (Ramel Eshed)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200216- For the GUI fill termios with default values, perhaps like pangoterm:
217 http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~leonerd/pangoterm/trunk/view/head:/main.c#L134
218- When 'encoding' is not utf-8, or the job is using another encoding, setup
219 conversions.
Bram Moolenaar7c63fbc2018-05-17 13:15:23 +0200220
Bram Moolenaar016188f2022-06-06 20:52:59 +0100221Autoconf: must use autoconf 2.69, later version generates lots of warnings
Bram Moolenaar016188f2022-06-06 20:52:59 +0100222- try using autoconf 2.71 and fix all "obsolete" warnings
223
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +0100224Can deref_func_name() and deref_function_name() be merged?
225
Bram Moolenaar921bde82022-05-09 19:50:35 +0100226After patch 8.2.4915 w_botline is computed much more often. Can this be
227reduced?
Bram Moolenaarfd31be22022-01-16 14:46:06 +0000228
Bram Moolenaar0daafaa2022-09-04 17:45:43 +0100229Add BufDeletePost. #11041
230
Bram Moolenaar9712ff12022-09-18 13:04:22 +0100231Add a string to the 'display' option ("smoothscroll" ?) to make CTRL-E and
232CTRL-Y scroll one screen line, also if this means the first line doesn't start
233with the first character (like what happens with a last line that doesn't
234fit). Display "<<<" at the start of the first visible line (like "@@@" is
235displayed in the last line). (Arseny Nasokin, #5154)
236Neovim PR: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/11014
237
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +0100238NFA regexp does not handle composing characters well: #10286
239 [ɔ̃] matches both ɔ and ɔ̃
240 \(ɔ\|ɔ̃\) matches ɔ and not ɔ̃
241
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +0000242Improvement in terminal configuration mess: Request the terminfo entry from
243the terminal itself. The $TERM value then is only relevant for whether this
244feature is supported or not. Replaces the xterm mechanism to request each
245entry separately. #6609
Bram Moolenaar016188f2022-06-06 20:52:59 +0100246Multiplexers (screen, tmux) can request it to the underlying terminal, and
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +0000247pass it on with modifications.
248
Bram Moolenaar2ecbe532022-07-29 21:36:21 +0100249Using "A" and "o" in manually created fold (in empty buffer) does not behave
250consistenly (James McCoy, #10698)
251
Bram Moolenaar05a80612022-08-01 15:09:53 +0100252To avoid flicker: add an option that when a screen clear is requested, instead
253of clearing it draws everything and uses "clear to end of line" for every line.
Bram Moolenaar48c3f4e2022-08-08 15:42:38 +0100254Resetting 't_ut' already causes this?
Bram Moolenaar05a80612022-08-01 15:09:53 +0100255
Bram Moolenaarb529cfb2022-07-25 15:42:07 +0100256When scheme can't be found by configure there is no clear "not found" message:
257 configure:5769: checking MzScheme install prefix
258 configure:5781: result:
259
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100260Can "CSI nr X" be used instead of outputting spaces? Is it faster? #8002
261
Bram Moolenaar0d878b92022-07-01 18:45:04 +0100262Typed keys invisible after calling interrupt() from a timer. #10631
263
Bram Moolenaar63f32602022-06-09 20:45:54 +0100264With a window height of 6 and 'scrolloff' set to 3, using "j" does not scroll
Bram Moolenaard799daa2022-06-20 11:17:32 +0100265evenly. (#10545) Need to handle this in scroll_cursor_bot().
Bram Moolenaar63f32602022-06-09 20:45:54 +0100266
Bram Moolenaar89a9c152021-08-29 21:55:35 +0200267Idea: when typing ":e /some/dir/" and "dir" does not exist, highlight in red.
268
Bram Moolenaard799daa2022-06-20 11:17:32 +0100269":set shellpipe&" and ":set shellredir&" should use the logic from
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200270initialization to figure out the default value from 'shell'. Add a test for
271this.
272
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +0100273With concealed text mouse click doesn't put the cursor in the right position.
274(Herb Sitz) Fix by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 16. Doesn't work properly,
275need to make the change in where RET_WIN_BUF_CHARTABSIZE() is called.
276IDEA: when drawing the text, store the text byte index in ScreenLinesIdx[].
277When converting screen column to text position use this.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +0100278The line number can be obtained from win->w_lines[].
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +0100279
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200280MS-Windows: did path modifier :p:8 stop working? #8600
281
Bram Moolenaar0d878b92022-07-01 18:45:04 +0100282Version of getchar() that does not move the cursor - #10603 Use a separate
283argument for the new flag.
284
Bram Moolenaarfd999452022-08-24 18:30:14 +0100285Add "lastline" entry to 'fillchars' to specify a character instead of '@'.
286#10963
287
Bram Moolenaar85388672021-01-31 17:03:52 +0100288test_arglist func Test_all_not_allowed_from_cmdwin() hangs on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200289
Bram Moolenaar47003982021-12-05 21:54:04 +0000290Information for a specific terminal (e.g. gnome, tmux, konsole, alacritty) is
291spread out. Make a section with copy/paste examples of script and pointers to
292more information.
293
Bram Moolenaar90df4b92021-07-07 20:26:08 +0200294Problem that a previous silent ":throw" causes a following try/catch not to
295work. (ZyX, 2013 Sep 28) With examples: (Malcolm Rowe, 2015 Dec 24)
296Also see #8487 for an example.
297
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200298Request to use "." for the cursor column in search pattern \%<.c and \%<.v.
299(#8179)
300
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +0000301":filter set termcap" only filters terminal codes, not keys. (#9297)
302
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +0100303Add an option to restrict 'incsearch' to not scroll the view. (Tavis Ormandy)
304
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +0000305Remove SPACE_IN_FILENAME ? It is only used for completion.
306
Bram Moolenaar519cc552021-11-16 19:18:26 +0000307When 'term' starts with "foot" then default t_TI and t_TE to the values used
308for the builtin xterm termcap.
309
Bram Moolenaar98a29d02021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100310Adding "10" to 'spellsuggest' causes spell suggestions to become very slow.
Bram Moolenaare0e39172021-01-25 21:14:57 +0100311(#4087) Did patch 8.2.2379 help?
Bram Moolenaarc8cdf0f2021-03-13 13:28:13 +0100312Also, z= in German on a long word can take a very long time, but CTRL-C to
313interrupt does not work. Where to add ui_breakcheck()?
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +0000314New English spell files also have very slow suggestions.
Bram Moolenaar71b6d332022-09-10 13:13:14 +0100315French spell files don't work correctly. #4916
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200316
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200317Make "g>" and "g<" in Visual mode move the text right or left.
318Also for a block selection. #8558
319
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +0000320When using dictionary insert completion with 'ignorecase', the leading capital
321in a word should be preserved.
322
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +0200323Add optional argument to virtcol() that specifies "start", "cursor" or "end"
324to tell which value from getvvcol() should be used. (#7964)
325Value returned by virtcol() changes depending on how lines wrap. This is
326inconsistent with the documentation.
327
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100328globpath() does not use 'wildignorecase' at all? (related to #8350)
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200329
Bram Moolenaar0d878b92022-07-01 18:45:04 +0100330mksession uses :buffer instead of :edit in one place but not another. #10629
331
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200332Add 'termguiattr' option, use "gui=" attributes in the terminal? Would work
333with 'termguicolors'. #1740
334
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200335Patch for blockwise paste reporting changes: #6660. Asked for a PR.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200336
Bram Moolenaarcb80aa22020-10-26 21:12:46 +0100337Missing filetype test for bashrc, PKGBUILD, etc.
338
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200339Add an option to not fetch terminal codes in xterm, to avoid flicker when t_Co
340changes.
341
Bram Moolenaard899e512022-05-07 21:54:03 +0100342Add ??= operator, "a ??= b" works like "a = a ?? b". #10343
343
Bram Moolenaare1dc76f2022-06-25 18:01:32 +0100344When ":redir" is used while already active, the previous one is ended. But
345when redirecting to a local variable (function or script) storing the value
346won't work. At least give an error. Is there a way to make it work?
347#10616
348
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200349Add an option to start_timer() to return from the input loop with K_IGNORE.
350This is useful e.g. when a popup was created that disables mappings, we need
351to return from vgetc() to make this happen. #7011
352
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200353Expanding <mods> should put the tab number from cmdmod.tab before "tab".
354Any way to convert "$" back by using a special value? (#6901)
355
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200356Can we detect true color support? https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728
357Try setting a color then request the current color, like using t_u7.
358
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200359Make the jumplist behave like a tag stack. (#7738) Should there be a more
360time bound navigation, like with undo?
361
Bram Moolenaard799daa2022-06-20 11:17:32 +0100362For testing, make a copy of ml_line_ptr instead of pointing it into the data
363block, so that valgrind can do out of bounds check. Set ML_LINE_DIRTY flag or
364add ML_LINE_ALLOCED.
365
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +0100366Changing a capturing group to non-capturing changes the result: #7607
367 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '\(.\{-1,}\>\)\|.*')
368 aaa
369 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '\%(.\{-1,}\>\)\|.*')
370 aaa bbb
371Should also work without any group:
372 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '.\{-1,}\>\|.*')
373 aaa bbb (should be aaa)
374
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200375Should add a match/str/list/pos method that also returns the test and position
376of submatches. #8355
377
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200378Check out PR #543 (Roland Puntaier).
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200379Patch for multibyte characters in langmap and applying a mapping on them.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200380(Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jun 12, update July 25)
381Is this the right solution? Need to cleanup langmap behavior:
382- in vgetorpeek() apply langmap to the typeahead buffer and put the result in
383 a copy-buffer, only when langmap is appropriate for the current mode. Then
384 check for mapping and let gotchars() work on the copy-buffer.
385- Remove LANGMAP_ADJUST() in other parts of the code. Make sure the mode is
386 covered by the above change.
387So that replaying the register doesn't use keymap/langmap and still does the
388same thing.
389Also see #737: langmap not applied to replaying recording.
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200390
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200391Matchparen doesn't remove highlight after undo. (#7054)
392Is OK when syntax HL is active.
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200393
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200394Currently Del can be used to delete the last character of a typed count.
395Can it also be used to delete an incomplete Normal mode command? (#7096)
396After an operator: should work. After "a" or "i" for text objects: should
397work.
398
399Using "au!" after "filetype on" is a bit slow. Can the matching of
400autocommands be made faster? (#7056)
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200401
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200402Append in Visual block mode inserts the wrong character.
403Test_visual_block_mode() already has the proper check, which is commented out.
404(#8288)
405
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200406Add the <=> (spaceship) operator and "cond ?< expr ?= expr ?> expr"
407 replace this:
408 let left = GetLeftFunc()
409 let right = GetRightFunc()
410 let res = left < right ? lower : left == right ? equal : upper
411 by:
412 let res = GetLeftFunc() <=> GetRightFunc() ?< lower ?= equal ?> upper
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200413Patch to make :q work with local arglist. (Christian Brabandt, #6286)
414
Bram Moolenaard58a3bf2020-09-28 21:48:16 +0200415Why does Test_invalid_sid() not work in the GUI?
416
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +0100417":pedit" ignores the local working directory when 'pvp' is set (#7267)
418
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200419Lua: updating wrong buffer when using newly created, unloaded buffer.
420(#6539)
421
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100422File marks merging has duplicates since 7.4.1925. (Ingo Karkat, #5733)
423
Bram Moolenaar8cc5b552022-06-23 13:04:20 +0100424A syntax plugin cannot use autocommands, it could be sourced from setting
Bram Moolenaare1dc76f2022-06-25 18:01:32 +0100425'syntax' in a modeline. Add a function that indicates whether "secure"
Bram Moolenaar8cc5b552022-06-23 13:04:20 +0100426and/or "sandbox" are set.
427
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200428Problem with auto-formatting - inserting space and putting cursor before added
429character. (#6154)
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200430
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100431When 'lazyredraw' is set sometimes the title is not updated.
432(Jason Franklin, 2020 Feb 3) Looks like a race condition.
433
Bram Moolenaar7ceefb32020-05-01 16:07:38 +0200434With bash ":make" does not set v:shell_error. Possible solution: set
435'shellpipe' to "2>&1| tee %s; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}" #5994
Bram Moolenaar191acfd2020-03-27 20:42:43 +0100436
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200437Using mode() when "/pat" is used in Visual mode returns "v" instead of "c",
438which is not useful. Return "c/v" instead. And "c/o" when using "d/pat".
439#6127
440
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +0200441Add a cterm attribute for "dimmed" or "faint" text. (#8269)
442
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200443When 'fileignorecase' is set ":e testfile.c" works to edit TestFile.c, but
444":find testfile.c" does not ignore case.
445Might be related to #6088.
446
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200447Error for reverse range when using :vimgrep in file "[id-01] file.txt".
448(#6919)
449
Bram Moolenaar47e13952020-05-12 22:49:12 +0200450When changing the crypt key the buffer should be considered modified.
451Like when changing 'fileformat'. Save the old key in save_file_ff().
452(Ninu-Ciprian Marginean)
453
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100454Strange sequence of BufWipeout and BufNew events while doing omni-complete.
455(Paul Jolly, #5656)
456Get BufDelete without preceding BufNew. (Paul Jolly, #5694)
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100457 Later more requests for what to track.
458 Should we add new events that don't allow any buffer manipulation?
459 Really only for dealing with appearing and disappearing buffers, load and
460 unload.
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100461BufWinenter event not fired when saving unnamed buffer. (Paul Jolly, #5655)
Bram Moolenaareab6dff2020-03-01 19:06:45 +0100462Another spurious BufDelete. (Dani Dickstein, #5701)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100463
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200464Wrong error when using local arglist. (Harm te Hennepe, #6133)
465
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200466Test loose_clipboard() by selecting text before suspending.
467
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100468:unmap <c-n> gives error but does remove the mapping. (Antony Scriven, 2019
469Dec 19)
470
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200471Patch to add an option to enable/disable VTP. (Nobuhiro Takasaki, #5344)
472Should have three values: empty, "off", "on". Name it 'winterm'?
473
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +0100474Patch to fix session file when using multiple tab pages. (Jason Franklin, 2019
475May 20)
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200476Also put :argadd commands at the start for all buffers, so that their order
477remains equal? Then %argdel to clean it up. Do try this with 'hidden' set.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100478Also #5326: netrw buffers are not restored.
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200479
Bram Moolenaarff781552020-03-19 20:37:11 +0100480When 'backupdir' has a path ending in double slash (meaning: use full path of
481the file) combined with 'patchmode' the file name is wrong. (#5791)
482
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200483Completion mixes results from the current buffer with tags and other files.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100484Happens when typing CTRL-N while still searching for results. E.g., type "b_"
485in terminal.c and then CTRL-N twice.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200486Should do current file first and not split it up when more results are found.
487(Also #1890)
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200488
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200489Help for ":argadd fname" says that if "fname" is already in the argument list
490that entry is used. But instead it's always added. (#6210)
491Add flag AL_FIND_ADD, if there is one argument find it in the list.
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100492
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +0100493Statusline highlighting error, off by one. (#5599)
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +0100494
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200495":find" with 'path' set to "data*" does not find files, while completion does
496find them. (Max Kukartsev, #6218)
497
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200498Enable 'termbidi' if $VTE_VERSION >= 5703 ?
499
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100500Sound: support on Mac? Or does libcanberra work there?
501
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +0100502Python 3.8 doesn't work. (Antonios Hadjigeorgalis, #5509)
503
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100504"--cleanFOO" does not result in an error. (#5537)
505
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200506Output from assert_equalfile() doesn't give a hint about what's different.
507Assuming the files are text, print the line with the difference.
508
Bram Moolenaar403f3eb2019-11-20 22:31:13 +0100509Result of synID() sometimes wrong in help files. (#5252)
510
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +0200511When a help file is opened that doesn't have "ft=help" in the modeline then
512the FileType is first set to "text" before it is set to "help". (#8099)
513
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200514Problem showing a line if the number column width changes when using "o".
515(Mateusz Morusiewicz, #4245)
516
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200517When using :packadd for a replacement language plugin, it is loaded after the
518default one. #4698
519
520When using :packadd files under "later" are not used, which is inconsistent
521with packages under "start". (xtal8, #1994)
522
Bram Moolenaarc08ee742019-12-05 22:47:25 +0100523Patch to add new motion ]( and ]{. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #5320)
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200524Better: use the "z" prefix. or ]t) and [t(.
Bram Moolenaarc08ee742019-12-05 22:47:25 +0100525
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200526Visual highlight not removed when 'display' is "lastline" and line doesn't
Bram Moolenaar7dd64a32019-05-31 21:41:05 +0200527fit. (Kevin Lawler, #4457)
528
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200529Current position in the changelist should be local to the buffer. (#2173)
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200530
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200531Does not build with MinGW out of the box:
532- _stat64 is not defined, need to use "struct stat" in vim.h
533- WINVER conflict, should use 0x0600 by default?
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100534- INT_MAX not defined: need to include <limits.h> in vim.h
Bram Moolenaareb3dc872018-05-13 22:34:24 +0200535
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100536Display messed up with matchparen, wrapping and scrolling. (#5638)
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200537Screen update bug related to matchparen. (Chris Heath, 2017 Mar 4, #1532)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100538
Bram Moolenaar4ceaa3a2019-12-03 22:49:09 +0100539When getting a focus event halfway a mapping this aborts the mapping. E.g.
540when "qq" is mapped and after the first "q" the mouse is moved outside of the
541gvim window (with focus follows mouse), then the K_FOCUSLOST key is put in the
542input buffer. (#5302)
543
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200544Check_external_diff() is used too often. (Daniel Hahler, #4800)
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200545
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100546Win32: after "[I" showing matches, scroll wheel messes up screen. (Tsakiridis,
5472007 Feb 18)
548Patch by Alex Dobrynin, 2007 Jun 3. Also fixes other scroll wheel problems.
549
550Add a WindowScrolled event. Trigger around the same time as CursorMoved.
551Can be used to update highlighting. #3127 #5181
552
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200553Incorrect formatting with autoindent. (Sebastian Gniazdowski, #4909)
554
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200555Patch to add the :bvimgrep command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Nov 12)
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200556Updated 2016 Jun 10, #858 Update 2017 Mar 28: use <buffer>.
557Better use ":bufgrep" ?
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200558
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200559Improve fallback for menu translations, to avoid having to create lots of
560files that source the actual file. E.g. menu_da_de -> menu_da
561Include part of #3242?
562
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200563Patch to have text objects defined by arbitrary single characters. (Daniel
564Thau, 2013 Nov 20, 2014 Jan 29, 2014 Jan 31)
565Added tests (James McCoy, 2016 Aug 3, #958). Still needs more work.
566
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200567Would be nice to set tab-local values for 'diffexpr' and 'diffopt'. Use
568t:diffexpr_option t:diffopt_option? (#4782)
569
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100570Internal diff doesn't handle binary file like external diff does. (Mike
571Williams, 2018 Oct 30)
572
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200573'[ mark in wrong column after put. (#4776)
574
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100575Problem with :tlmenu: Detach item added with all modes? Issue #3563.
576
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200577Add an argument to expandcmd() to expand like ":next" does.
578
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100579When both "a" and "l" is in 'formatoptions' then auto-formatting also happens
580in a long line. #5189
581
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200582The quoting of the [command] argument of :terminal is not clearly documented.
583Give a few examples. (#4288)
584
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200585Opening a file with --remote-tab-silent that matches 'wildignore' does not
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +0200586work, results in "E479: No match". (#4610)
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200587
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +02005887 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
589 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
590 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200591Patch for this (Tristan Konolige, #1011, only added the option, no implem.)
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200592
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100593Bug: script written with "-W scriptout" contains Key codes, while the script
594read with "-s scriptin" expects escape codes. Probably "scriptout" needs to
595be adjusted. (Daniel Steinberg, 2019 Feb 24, #4041)
596
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200597Window size changes after closing a tab. (#4741)
598
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200599Problem with colors in terminal window. (Jason Franklin, 2019 May 12)
600
Bram Moolenaar22863042021-10-16 15:23:36 +0100601Color schemes:
602NOTE: modernizing the default colorschemes _AND_ introducing new ones is now
603a project in its own right: https://github.com/vim/colorschemes. Feel free to
604reach out if you want to lend a hand.
605- Lifepillar: Updated/cleaned up color schemes:
606 https://github.com/lifepillar/vim8-colorschemes.
607- Include a few color schemes, based on popularity:
608 - http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_search_results.php?keywords=&script_type=color+scheme&order_by=rating&direction=descending&search=search
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200609http://vimawesome.com/?q=tag:color-scheme
Bram Moolenaar22863042021-10-16 15:23:36 +0100610- Use names that indicate their appearance (Christian Brabandt, 2017 Aug 3)
611 - monokai - Xia Crusoe (2017 Aug 4)
612 - seoul256 - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3)
613 - gruvbox - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3) (simplified version from
614 Lifepillar, 2018 Jan 22, #2573)
615 - janah - Marco Hinz (2017 Aug 4)
616 - apprentice - Romain Lafourcade (2017 Aug 6) remarks about help file #1964
617- Suggested by Hiroki Kokubun:
618 - [Iceberg](https://github.com/cocopon/iceberg.vim) (my one)
619 - [hybrid](https://github.com/w0ng/vim-hybrid)
620- Include solarized color scheme?, it does not support termguicolors.
621 - Sanitized version of pablo (Lifepillar, 2017 Nov 21)
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200622
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100623Bug: "vipgw" does not put cursor back where it belongs. (Jason Franklin, 2019
624Mar 5)
625
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200626Some composing characters actually add a cell width to the character they are
627on top off, making the whole thing two characters wide. (#4526)
628
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200629Should we include some part of pull request #4505, not increment changedtick
630in some cases? E.g. for ":write" when the changed flag was already off, the
631buffer didn't change at all.
632
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100633When using a timer callback vgetc_busy is reset, allowing for using input().
634But in a channel callback this does not happen. We need to do something
635similar to check_due_timer(). Also see #3809.
636
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200637C syntax: {} inside () causes following {} to be highlighted as error.
638(Michalis Giannakidis, 2006 Jun 1)
639
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100640Check: __attribute__((format(printf, on semsg() and siemsg(). Where was this
641added?
642
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200643Add test for urxvt mouse codes. Also test that mouse coordinates can be
644negative. (see #4326)
645
646'cmdheight' has a tab-local value, but it cannot be obtained with
647`:echo gettabwinvar(2, 1, '&cmdheight')` returns the value for the _current_
648tab page. (Ingo Karkat, #4324)
649:call settabwinvar(1, 1, '&cmdheight', 2) also doesn't work well.
650
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200651This modeline throws unexpected errors: (#4165)
652 vim: syn=nosyntax
653
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100654Make balloon_show() work outside of 'balloonexpr'? Users expect it to work:
655#2948. (related to #1512?)
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100656Also see #2352, want better control over balloon, perhaps set the position.
657Should also be possible to add highlighting, like in the status line?
658balloonexpr() on MS-Windows GUI doesn't handle accented chars? (nivaemail,
6592018 Sep 14)
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100660
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200661More warnings from static analysis:
662https://lgtm.com/projects/g/vim/vim/alerts/?mode=list
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200663
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200664Not existing directory in CDPATH leads to two shell calls. (#4525)
665
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200666Use dict_iterate_start() / dict_iterate_next() instead of relying on the
667internals of the dict structure.
668
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100669nvo-mode mapping works on Windows, not on Linux. (#3678)
670
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200671Redo only remembers the last change. Could use "{count}g." to redo an older
672change. How does the user know which change? At least have a way to list
673them: ":repeats". Add to history, like search history and command line history.
674
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100675When 'confirm' is set a "silent q" doesn't show the prompt. It should in this
676case. (Nate Peterson, 2019 Jan 31, #3892)
677For "silent! q" it should not prompt and just fail.
678
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200679Add <aevent>, which expands to the currently triggered autocommand event name.
680(Daniel Hahler, #4232) Or add it to v:event (easier to use but slightly more
681expensive).
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200682
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200683Some xterm responses are not properly handled: (Markus Gömmel, 2019 Apr 1)
684 DCS 0 $ r Pt ST should be ignored.
685 DCS 0 + r/Pt/ ST already ignored?
686
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100687Using CTRL-L to add a character to the search string that contains \v,
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100688punctuation is repeated. (Smylers, 2018 Nov 17, #3621)
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100689
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200690Using single wide base character with double wide composing character gives
691drawing errors. Fill up the base character? (Dominique, #4328)
692
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100693When 'sidescrolloff' is set, using "zl" to go to the end of the line, suddenly
694scrolls back. Should allow for this scrolling, like 'scrolloff' does when
695using CTRL-E. (Yee Cheng Chin, #3721)
696
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200697Add function to make use of internal diff, working on two lists and returning
698unified diff (list of lines).
699
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100700When splitting a window with few text lines, the relative cursor position is
701kept, which means part of the text isn't displayed. Better show all the text
702when possible. (Dylan Lloyd, #3973)
703
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100704Make ":interactive !cmd" stop termcap mode, also when used in an autocommand.
705(#3692)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100706
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200707matchaddpos() gets slow with many matches. Proposal by Rick Howe, 2018 Jul
70819.
709
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100710Add something like 'fillchars' local to window, but allow for specifying a
711highlight name. Esp. for the statusline.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200712And "extends" and "precedes" are also useful without 'list' set. Also in
713'fillchars' or another option?
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100714
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +0100715Sourceforge Vim pages still have content, make them empty, keep redirect.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100716Check for PHP errors. (Wayne Davison, 2018 Oct 26)
717
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200718Problem with Visual yank when 'linebreak' and 'showbreak' are set.
719Patch with tests, but it's not clear how it is supposed to work. (tommm, 2018
720Nov 17) Asked about this, Dec 22. Christian will have a look.
721
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100722Update for xim-input-style help (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 Jan 10).
723Feedback from someone who uses this?
724
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200725Only output t_Cs when t_Ce is also set. do not use Cs and Ce termcap entries. (Daniel Hahler, 2018 Sep 25)
726Add t_cS and t_cR for cursor color select and reset. Use Cs and Cr terminfo
727values.
728
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100729Further xdiff changes:
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200730- More options, e.g. different kind of whitespace diff.
731- when editing text, update the surrounding diff blocks.
732- omit diff.exe from distribution
733- Can we make this show differences within a line?
734- add option to use external diff above a certain size.
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200735
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200736Difference between two regexp engines: #3373
737
738When the last line wraps, selecting with the mouse below that line only
739includes the first screen line. (2018 Aug 23, #3368)
740
741Refactored HTML indent file. (Michael Lee, #1821)
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200742Asked to write a test.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200743
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100744Merge checking for 'cursorline' and 'concealcursor', see neovim #9492.
745
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200746Add a windowID argument to placing a sign, so that it only shows up in one
747window for the buffer.
748
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +0000749Compiler warning (geeknik, 2017 Oct 26):
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +0100750- undefined left shift in eval_string(), before hex2nr() (#2250)
751 Use unsigned for "nr".
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100752
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100753Add Native language protocol server (LSP) support. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2018
754Oct 28)
755
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200756Patch to be able to use hex numbers with :digraph. (Lcd, 2015 Sep 6)
757Update Sep 7. Update by Christian Brabandt, 2015 Sep 8, 2016 Feb 1.
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100758Patch to be able to disable default digraphs (incomplete) (Eric Pruitt, 2018
759Nov 22).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200760
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200761Patch to list user digraphs. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Apr 14)
762
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200763Setting 'columns' in a BufEnter autocommand causes a second tab width to
764behave strangely, as if there is a gap and a vertical window separator.
765(Michael Soyka, 2018 Sep 23, #3477)
766
Bram Moolenaar25a6e8a2018-03-30 12:27:32 +0200767Add an option similar to 'lazyredraw' to skip redrawing while executing a
768script or function.
769
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +0100770Using a menu item while the "more" prompt is displayed doesn't work well.
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200771E.g. after using help->version. Have a key that ends the "more" prompt and
772does nothing otherwise?
773
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200774MS-Windows: write may fail if another program is reading the file.
775If 'readonly' is not set but the file appears to be readonly later, try again
776(wait a little while).
777CreateFile() returns ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION (Linwei, 2018 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100778
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200779Using --remote to open a file in which a # appears does not work on
780MS-Windows. Perhaps in \# the \ is seen as a path separator. (Axel Bender,
7812017 Feb 9) Can we expand wildcards first and send the path literally to the
782receiving Vim? Or make an exception for #, it's not useful remotely.
783
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100784Column number is wrong when using 'linebreak' and 'wrap'. (Keith Smiley, 2018
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100785Jan 15, #2555)
786
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100787Add Makefiles to the runtime/spell directory tree, since nobody uses Aap.
788Will have to explain the manual steps (downloading the .aff and .dic files,
789applying the diff, etc.
790
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100791User dictionary ~/.vim/spell/lang.utf-8.add not used for spell checking until a
792word is re-added to it. (Matej Cepl, 2018 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100793
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100794Fold at end of the buffer behaves inconsistently. (James McCoy, 2017 Oct 9)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200795
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200796Implement option_save() and option_restore():
797option_restore({list}) *option_restore()*
798 Restore options previously saved by option_save().
799 When buffer-local options have been saved, this function must
800 be called when the same buffer is the current buffer.
801 When window-local options have been saved, this function must
802 be called when the same window is the current window.
803 When in the wrong buffer and/or window an error is given and
804 the local options won't be restored.
805
806option_save({list}) *option_save()*
807 Saves the options named in {list}. The returned value can be
808 passed to option_restore(). Example: >
809 let s:saved_options = option_save([
810 \ 'ignorecase',
811 \ 'iskeyword',
812 \ ])
813 au <buffer> BufLeave *
814 \ call option_restore(s:saved_options)
815< The advantage over using `:let` is that global and local
816 values are handled and the script ID is restored, so that
817 `:verbose set` will show where the option was originally set,
818 not where it was restored.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100819 Alternatively: save and restore ALL options. Implementation needs to use
820 copy-on-write. Return an ID from option_save(), when
821 option_restore(ID) is called give an error if another option_save()
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100822 was called in the meantime, they must be balanced.
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200823
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100824"gvim --remote" from a directory with non-word characters changes the current
825directory (Paulo Marcel Coelho Arabic, 2017 Oct 30, #2266)
826Also see #1689.
827
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100828When 'virtualedit' is "all" and 'cursorcolumn' is set, the wrong column may be
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100829highlighted. (van-de-bugger, 2018 Jan 23, #2576)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100830
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100831No profile information for function that executes ":quit". (Daniel Hahler,
8322017 Dec 26, #2501)
833
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200834A function on a dictionary is not profiled. (ZyX, 2010 Dec 25)
835
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200836Add script number to profile? (#3330 breaks tests).
837
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200838A function defined locally and lambda's are not easily recognized.
839Mention where they were defined somewhere.
840
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200841ml_get errors with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
842
843Error in emsg with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
844
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100845Join truncates xml comment. (Dmitrii Tcyganok, 2017 Dec 24, #2494)
846Requires 'formatoptions' to include "j". (Gary Johnson, 2017 Dec 24)
847
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100848Patch to support hunspell. (Matej Cepl, Jan 2018, #2500) Based on older patch
849in #846)
850Doesn't work on Windows yet. Not ready to included, hard coded paths.
851
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100852When a timer is running and typing CTRL-R on the command line, it is not
853redrawn properly. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 23, #2241)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200854
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100855In an optional package the "after" directory is not scanned?
856(Renato Fabbri, 2018 Feb 22)
857
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100858Patch for Neovim concerning restoring when closing help window. (glacambre
859neovim #7431)
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100860
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100861Patch for improving detecting Ruby on Mac in configure. (Ilya Mikhaltsou, 2017
862Nov 21)
863
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +0100864When t_Co is changed from termresponse, the OptionSet autocommand event isn't
Bram Moolenaar7db25fe2018-05-13 00:02:36 +0200865triggered. Use the code from the end of set_num_option() in
866set_color_count().
867
868Add another autocommand like TermResponse that is fired for the other terminal
869responses, such as bg and fg. Use "bg", "fg", "blink", etc. for the name.
870
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100871When using command line window, CmdlineLeave is triggered without
872CmdlineEnter. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 30, #2263)
873Add some way to get the nested state. Although CmdwinEnter is obviously
874always nested.
875
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200876matchit hasn't been maintained for a long time. #955.
877
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100878Problem with 'delcombine'. (agguser, 2017 Nov 10, #2313)
879
Bram Moolenaar6c391a72021-09-09 21:55:11 +0200880'delcombine' does not work for the command line. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jul
88120)
882
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +0100883MS-Windows: buffer completion doesn't work when using backslash (or slash)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100884for a path separator. (xtal8, #2201)
885
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +0200886Would be nice for Insert mode completion to highlight the text that was added
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100887(and may change when picking another completion).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200888
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +0200889Test more runtime files.
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200890
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200891Window not closed when deleting buffer. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Aug 27, #2029)
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200892
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200893Add options_default() / options_restore() to set several options to Vim
894defaults for a plugin. Comments from Zyx, 2017 May 10.
895Perhaps use a vimcontext / endvimcontext command block.
896
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200897After using :noautocmd CursorMoved may still trigger. (Andy Stewart, 2017 Sep
89813, #2084). Set old position after the command.
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200899
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200900When bracketed paste is used, pasting at the ":append" prompt does not get the
901line breaks. (Ken Takata, 2017 Aug 22)
902
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100903Cannot copy modeless selection when cursor is inside it. (lkintact, #2300)
904
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200905Test_writefile_fails_conversion failure on Solaris because if different iconv
906behavior. Skip when "uname" returns "SunOS"? (Pavel Heimlich, #1872)
907
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100908'tagrelative' is broken in specific situation. (xaizek, 2017 Oct 19, #2221)
909
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200910The ++ options for the :edit command are also useful on the Vim command line.
911
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200912Overlong utf-8 sequence is displayed wrong. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Sep 14,
913#2089) Patch with possible solution by Björn Linse.
914
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200915X11: Putting more than about 262040 characters of text on the clipboard and
916pasting it in another Vim doesn't work. (Dominique Pelle, 2008 Aug 21-23)
917clip_x11_request_selection_cb() is called with zero value and length.
918Also: Get an error message from free() in the process that owns the selection.
919Seems to happen when the selection is requested the second time, but before
920clip_x11_convert_selection_cb() is invoked, thus in X library code.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +0200921Kazunobu Kuriyama is working on a proper fix. (2017 Jul 25)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200922
923Problem with three-piece comment. (Michael Lee, 2017 May 11, #1696)
924
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200925Creating a partial with an autoload function is confused about the "self"
926attribute of the function. For an unknown function assume "self" and make
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +0200927that optional? (Bjorn Linse, 2017 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200928
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200929Cindent: returning a structure has more indent for the second item.
930(Sam Pagenkopf, 2017 Sep 14, #2090)
931
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100932Patch from Christian Brabandt to preserve upper case marks when wiping out a
933buffer. (2013 Dec 9)
934Also fixes #2166?
935
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +0100936Profile of a dict function is lost when the dict is deleted. Would it be
937possible to collect this? (Daniel Hahler, #2350)
938
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200939When checking if a bufref is valid, also check the buffer number, to catch the
940case of :bwipe followed by :new.
941
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +0200942Patch to skip writing a temp file for diffing if the buffer is equal to the
943existing file. (Akria Sheng, 2017 Jul 22)
944Could also skip writing lines that are the same.
945
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200946MS-Windows: Opening same file in a second gvim hangs. (Sven Bruggemann, 2017
947Jul 4)
948
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200949Setting 'clipboard' to "unnamed" makes a global command very slow (Daniel
950Drucker, 2017 May 8).
951This was supposed to be fixed, did it break again somehow?
952Christian cannot reproduce it.
953
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200954Using composing char in mapping does not work properly. maparg() shows the
955wrong thing. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Jul 8, #1827)
956Or is this not an actual problem?
957
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200958Better TeX indent file. (Christian Brabandt, 2017 May 3)
959
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200960Use gvimext.dll from the nightly build? (Issue #249)
961
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200962'synmaxcol' works with bytes instead of screen cells. (Llandon, 2017 May 31,
963#1736)
964
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200965Problem with using :cd when remotely editing a file. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2017 May
9668, #1690)
967
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +0100968Memory leak in test97? The string is actually freed. Weird.
969
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200970assert_fails() can only check for the first error. Make it possible to have
971it catch multiple errors and check all of them.
972
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100973Add a toolbar in the terminal. Can be global, above all windows, or specific
974for one window.
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +0200975
976Make maparg() also return the raw rhs, so that it doesn't depend on 'cpo'.
977(Brett Stahlman, 2017 May 23)
978Even better: add a way to disable a mapping temporarily and re-enable it
979later. This is for a sub-mode that is active for a short while (one buffer).
980Still need maplist() to find the mappings. What can we use to identify a
981mapping? Something unique would be better than the LHS.
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200982Perhaps simpler: actually delete the mappings. Use maplist() to list matching
983mappings (with a lhs prefix, like maparg()), mapdelete() to delete,
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +0200984maprestore() to restore (using the output of maplist()).
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200985
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100986Add an argument to :mkvimrc (or add another command) to skip mappings from
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +0200987plugins (source is a Vim script). No need to put these in a .vimrc, they will
988be defined when the plugin is loaded.
989
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +0100990Use tb_set(winid, [{'text': 'stop', 'cb': callback, 'hi': 'Green'}])
991 tb_highlight(winid, 'ToolBar')
992 tb_get(winid)
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +0100993
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +0200994json_encode(): should convert to utf-8. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Jan 23)
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +0200995What if there is an invalid character?
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +0100996
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +0200997Json string with trailing \u should be an error. (Lcd)
998
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200999import can't be used in define option when include matches too.
1000(Romain Lafourcade, 2017 Jun 18, #1519)
1001
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001002Wrong diff highlighting with three files. (2016 Oct 20, #1186)
1003Also get E749 on exit.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001004Another example in #1309
1005
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001006Suggestion to improve pt-br spell checking. (Marcelo D Montu, 2016 Dec 15,
1007#1330)
1008
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001009Error in test_startup_utf8 on Solaris. (Danek Duvall, 2016 Aug 17)
1010
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001011Rule to use "^" for statusline does not work if a space is defined with
1012highlighting for both stl and stlnc. Patch by Ken Hamada (itchyny, 2016 Dec 11)
1013
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001014Using CTRL-G_U in InsertCharPre causes trouble for redo. (Israel Chauca
1015Fuentes, 2017 Feb 12, #1470)
1016
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001017Add a "keytrans()" function, which turns the internal byte representation of a
1018key into a form that can be used for :map. E.g.
1019 let xx = "\<C-Home>"
1020 echo keytrans(xx)
1021 <C-Home>
1022
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001023Check for errors E704 and E705 only does VAR_FUNC, should also do VAR_PARTIAL.
1024(Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Mar 13, #1557)
1025Make a function to check for function-like type?
1026
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001027Implement named arguments for functions with optional arguments:
1028 func Foo(start, count = 1, all = 1)
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001029 call Foo(12, all = 0)
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001030
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001031Add a command to take a range of lines, filter them and put the output
1032somewhere else. :{range}copy {dest} !cmd
1033
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001034The TermResponse event is not triggered when a plugin has set 'eventignore' to
1035"all". Netrw does this. (Gary Johnson, 2017 Jan 24)
1036Postpone the event until 'eventignore' is reset.
1037
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001038Expanding /**/ is slow. Idea by Luc Hermitte, 2017 Apr 14.
1039
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001040Once .exe with updated installer is available: Add remark to download page
1041about /S and /D options (Ken Takata, 2016 Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001042Or point to nightly builds: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases
1043
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001044":sbr" docs state it respects 'switchbuf', but "vsplit" does not cause a
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001045vertical split. (Haldean Brown, 2017 Mar 1)
1046
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001047Use ADDR_OTHER instead of ADDR_LINES for many more commands.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +02001048E.g. all the location list commands use a count.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001049Add tests for using number larger than number of lines in buffer.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001050
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001051Might be useful to have isreadonly(), like we have islocked().
1052Avoids exceptions, e.g. when using the b: namespace as a dict.
1053
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001054Patch to make v:shell_error writable. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Sep 27)
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001055Useful to restore it. Is there another solution?
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001056
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001057"ci[" does not look for next [ like ci" does look for next ".
1058(J.F. 2017 Jan 7)
1059
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001060Patch for wrong cursor position on wrapped line, involving breakindent.
1061(Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 25)
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001062
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001063Patch for 'cursorlinenr' option. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 30)
1064
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001065Window resizing with 'winfixheight': With a vertical split the height changes
1066anyway. (Tommy allen, 2017 Feb 21, #1502)
1067
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001068Invalid behavior with NULL list. (Nikolai Pavlov, #768)
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001069E.g. deepcopy(test_null_list())
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001070
Bram Moolenaar3e496b02016-09-25 22:11:48 +02001071Patch to make it possible to extend a list with itself.
1072(Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Sep 23)
1073
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001074Patch to add Zstandard compressed file support. (Nick Terrell, 2016 Oct 24)
1075
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001076On Windows buffer completion sees backslash as escape char instead of path
1077separator. (Toffanim, 2016 Nov 24, #1274)
1078
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001079Should :vmap in matchit.vim be :xmap? (Tony Mechelynck)
1080
Bram Moolenaar26852122016-05-24 20:02:38 +02001081Problem with whitespace in errorformat. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2016 May 15, #807)
1082
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001083Add "unicode true" to NSIS installer. Doesn't work with Windows 95, which we
1084no longer support.
1085
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +02001086Support sort(l, 'F'), convert strings to float. (#7857)
Bram Moolenaar9faec4e2021-02-27 16:38:07 +01001087
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001088sort() is not stable when using numeric/float sort (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep
10894#1038)
1090
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +01001091sort() does not use 'smartcase' for the skip pattern, even though 'ignorecase'
1092is used. (Filipe Brandenburger, #7322)
1093
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001094+channel:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +02001095- Add a in_cb, invoked when the write buffer has become empty. (Matteo Landi)
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +01001096- Add ch_readlines(): for a channel in NL mode, reads as many lines as are
1097 available. Should be more efficient than looping over ch_read() with
1098 ch_status() to check for more.
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +02001099- If buffer contents is changed in a callback, set w_redr_status so that it
1100 gets redrawn in redraw_after_callback(). #6120
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001101- Add a separate timeout for opening a socket. Currently it's fixed at 50
1102 msec, which is too small for a remote connection. (tverniquet, #2130)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001103- Writing raw mode to a buffer should still handle NL characters as line
1104 breaks. (Dmitry Zotikov, 2017 Aug 16)
1105- When out_cb executes :sleep, the close_cb may be invoked. (Daniel Hahler,
1106 2016 Dec 11, #1320)
1107- Implement |job-term| ?
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +01001108- Calling a function when receiving a "call" on a channel, using feedkeys()
1109 does not work. It does work from a timer. (Qiming Zhao, #3852)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001110- Channel test fails with Motif. Sometimes kills the X11 server.
1111- When a message in the queue but there is no callback, drop it after a while?
1112 Add timestamp to queued messages and callbacks with ID, remove after a
1113 minute. Option to set the droptime.
1114- Add an option to drop text of very long lines? Default to 1 Mbyte.
1115- Add remark about undo sync, is there a way to force it?
1116- When starting a job, have an option to open the server socket, so we know
1117 the port, and pass it to the command with --socket-fd {nr}. (Olaf Dabrunz,
1118 Feb 9) How to do this on MS-Windows?
1119- For connection to server, a "keep open" flag would be useful. Retry
1120 connecting in the main loop with zero timeout.
1121- job_start(): run job in a newly opened terminal (not a terminal window).
1122 With xterm could use -S{pty}.
1123 Although user could use "xterm -e 'cmd arg'".
1124
1125Regexp problems:
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +01001126- NFA engine can be slow for some patterns. Dominique found out that most
1127 time is spent in addstate_here() copying the threads. Instead of copying,
1128 let each thread point to the next one (by offset, the list is reallocated).
1129 (Dominique Pelle, 2019 Feb 18)
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02001130- Old engine: using 'incsearch' /\Zabc does not highlight the "c" if it has a
1131 composing character. New engine is OK. (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001132- When search pattern has the base character both with and without combining
1133 character, search fails. E.g. "รรีบ" in "การรีบรักใคร". (agguser, #2312)
1134- [:space:] only matches ASCII spaces. Add [:white:] for all space-like
1135 characters, esp. including 0xa0. Use character class zero.
1136- Since 7.4.704 the old regex engine fails to match [[:print:]] in 0xf6.
1137 (Manuel Ortega, 2016 Apr 24)
1138 Test fails on Mac. Avoid using isalpha(), isalnum(), etc? Depends on
1139 LC_CTYPE
1140- The old engine does not find a match for "/\%#=1\(\)\{80}", the new engine
1141 matches everywhere.
1142- Using win_linetabsize() can still be slow. Cache the result, store col and
1143 vcol. Reset them when moving to another line.
1144- Very slow with a long line and Ruby highlighting. (John Whitley, 2014 Dec 4)
1145- Bug with pattern: '\vblock (\d+)\.\n.*\d+%(\1)@<!\.$'
1146 (Lech Lorens, 2014 Feb 3)
1147- Issue 164: freeze on regexp search.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02001148- Ignorecase not handled properly for multibyte characters. (Axel Bender,
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001149 2013 Dec 11)
1150- Using \@> and \?. (Brett Stahlman, 2013 Dec 21) Remark from Marcin
1151 Szamotulski; Remark from Brett 2014 Jan 6 and 7.
1152- NFA regexp doesn't handle \%<v correctly. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 May 12)
1153- Does not work with NFA regexp engine:
1154 \%u, \%x, \%o, \%d followed by a composing character
1155- Search for \%d0\+ may fail with E363. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Oct 4)
1156- \%'[ does not work. '%'] does work. (Masaaki Nakamura, 2016 Apr 4)
1157- Bug relating to back references. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Jul 24)
1158- New RE does not give an error for empty group: "\(\)\{2}" (Dominique Pelle,
1159 2015 Feb 7)
1160- Using back reference before the capturing group sometimes works with the old
1161 engine, can we do this with the new engine? E.g. with
1162 "/\%(<\1>\)\@<=.*\%(<\/\(\w\+\)>\)\@=" matching text inside HTML tags.
1163 This problem is probably the same: "\%(^\1.*$\n\)\@<=\(\d\+\).*$".
1164 (guotuofeng, 2015 Jun 22)
1165- Strange matching with "\(Hello\n\)\@<=A". (Anas Syed, 2015 Feb 12)
1166- Problem with \v(A)@<=b+\1c. (Issue 334)
1167- Diff highlighting can be very slow. (Issue 309)
1168- Using %> for a virtual column has a check based on 'tabsize'. Better would
1169 be to cache the result of win_linetabsize(col), storing both col and vcol,
1170 and use them to decide whether win_linetabsize() needs to be called. Reset
1171 col and vcol when moving to another line.
1172- this doesn't work: "syntax match ErrorMsg /.\%9l\%>20c\&\%<28c/". Leaving
1173 out the \& works. Seems any column check after \& fails.
1174- Difference between two engines: ".*\zs\/\@>\/" on text "///"
1175 (Chris Paul, 2016 Nov 13) New engine not greedy enough?
1176 Another one: echom matchstr(" sdfsfsf\n sfdsdfsdf",'[^\n]*')
1177 (2017 May 15, #1252)
1178
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001179Idea from Sven: record sequence of keys. Useful to show others what they are
1180doing (look over the shoulder), and also to see what happened.
1181Probably list of keystrokes, with some annotations for mode changes.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001182Could store in logfile to be able to analyse it with an external command.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001183E.g. to see when's the last time a plugin command was used.
1184
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001185cmap using execute() has side effects. (Killthemule, 2016 Aug 17, #983)
1186
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001187:map X may print invalid data. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2017 Jul 3, #1816)
1188
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001189Patch to order results from taglist(). (Duncan McDougall, 2016 Oct 25)
1190
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001191ml_get errors when reloading file. (Chris Desjardins, 2016 Apr 19)
1192Also with latest version.
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001193
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001194Completion for input() does not expand environment variables. (chdiza, 2016
1195Jul 25, #948)
1196
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001197Patch to add 'systemencoding', convert between 'encoding' and this for file
1198names, shell commands and the like. (Kikuchan, 2010 Oct 14)
1199Assume the system converts between the actual encoding of the filesystem to
1200the system encoding (usually utf-8).
1201
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001202MS-Windows: use WS_HIDE instead of SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE in os_win32.c?
1203Otherwise task flickers in taskbar.
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001204
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001205Second problem in #966: ins_compl_add_tv() uses get_dict_string() multiple
1206times, overwrites the one buffer. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Aug 5)
1207
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001208Patch to improve map documentation. Issue #799.
1209
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01001210We can use '. to go to the last change in the current buffer, but how about
1211the last change in any buffer? Can we use ', (, is next to .)?
1212
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001213Ramel Eshed: system() is much slower than job_start(), why? (Aug 26)
1214
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001215When generating the Unicode tables with runtime/tools/unicode.vim the
1216emoji_width table has only one entry.
1217
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001218It's possible to add ",," to 'wildignore', an empty entry. Causes problems.
1219Reject the value? #710.
1220
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001221When doing "vi buf.md" a BufNew autocommand for *.md is not triggered.
1222Because of using the initial buffer? (Dun Peal, 2016 May 12)
1223
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001224Neovim patch for utfc_ptr2char_len() https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/4574
1225No test, needs some work to include.
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001226
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001227Patch to improve indenting for C++ constructor with initializer list.
1228(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Mar 31)
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01001229
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001230Zero-out krypt key information when no longer in use. (Ben Fritz, 2017 May 15)
1231
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001232Add stronger encryption. Could use libsodium (NaCl).
1233https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02001234Possibly include the needed code so that it can be built everywhere.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001235
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001236Add a way to restart a timer. It's similar to timer_stop() and timer_start(),
1237but the reference remains valid.
1238
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +02001239Need to try out instructions in INSTALLpc.txt about how to install all
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001240interfaces and how to build Vim with them.
1241Appveyor build with self-installing executable, includes getting most
1242interfaces: https://github.com/k-takata/vim/tree/chrisbra-appveyor-build
1243result: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/k-takata/vim/history
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001244
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001245Problem using ":try" inside ":execute". (ZyX, 2013 Sep 15)
1246
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001247Patch to make tests pass with EBCDIC. (Owen Leibman, 2016 Apr 10)
1248
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02001249Add ":read :command", to insert the output of an Ex command?
1250Can already do it with ":$put =execute('command')".
1251
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001252exists(":tearoff") does not tell you if the command is implemented. (Tony
1253Mechelynck) Perhaps use exists("::tearoff") to check?
1254
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001255Use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples, but without ":" in
1256'iskeyword' for syntax.
1257
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001258Installation of .desktop files does not work everywhere.
1259It's now fixed, but the target directory probably isn't right.
1260Add configure check?
1261Should use /usr/local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications.
1262Or use $XDG_DATA_DIRS.
1263Also need to run update-desktop-database (Kuriyama Kazunobu, 2015 Nov 4)
1264
Bram Moolenaar369b6f52017-01-17 12:22:32 +01001265Test object i{ and it do not behave the same. #1379
1266Do not include the linebreak at the start?
1267
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001268Feature request: add the "al" text object, to manipulate a screen line.
1269Especially useful when using 'linebreak'
1270
Bram Moolenaar438f67a2014-01-07 06:09:28 +01001271":cd C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc*" does not work, even though the
1272directory exists. (Sergio Gallelli, 2013 Dec 29)
1273
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001274Patch to avoid redrawing tabline when the popup menu is visible.
1275(Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jan 28)
1276
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001277When the CursorMovedI event triggers, and CTRL-X was typed, a script cannot
1278restore the mode properly. (Andrew Stewart, 2016 Apr 20)
1279Do not trigger the event?
1280
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001281Patch to make the behavior of "w" more straightforward, but not Vi compatible.
1282With a 'cpo' flag. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 8)
1283
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001284Patch to add optionproperties(). (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Mar 27, update Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001285
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +01001286Patch to add TagNotFound autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 3)
1287
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001288Patch to add Error autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 17)
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001289Only remembers one error.
1290
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02001291GVim: when both Tab and CTRL-I are mapped, use CTRL-I not for Tab.
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001292
Bram Moolenaar12969c02015-09-08 23:36:10 +02001293Unexpected delay when using CTRL-O u. It's not timeoutlen.
1294(Gary Johnson, 2015 Aug 28)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001295
Bram Moolenaar345efa02016-01-15 20:57:49 +01001296Instead of separately uploading patches to the ftp site, we can get them from
1297github with a URL like this:
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001298 https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v7.4.920%5E...v7.4.920.diff
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001299Diff for version.c contains more context, can't skip a patch.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001300
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001301Python: ":py raw_input('prompt')" doesn't work. (Manu Hack)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001302
Bram Moolenaar77cdfd12016-03-12 12:57:59 +01001303Comparing nested structures with "==" uses a different comparator than when
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001304comparing individual items.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001305
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001306Using uninitialized memory. (Dominique Pelle, 2015 Nov 4)
1307
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001308MS-Windows: When editing a file with a leading space, writing it uses the
1309wrong name. (Aram, 2014 Nov 7) Vim 7.4.
1310
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001311Can't recognize the $ProgramFiles(x86) environment variable. Recognize it
1312specifically? First try with the parens, then without.
1313
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001314Patch to add :mapgroup, put mappings in a group like augroup.
1315(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Feb 19)
1316
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001317Can we cache the syntax attributes, so that updates for 'relativenumber' and
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001318'cursorline'/'cursorcolumn' are a lot faster? Thus store the attributes
1319before combining them.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001320
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001321C highlighting: modern C allows: /* comment */ #ifdef
1322and also line continuation after #include.
1323I can't recommend it though.
1324
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001325Build with Python on Mac does not always use the right library.
1326(Kazunobu Kuriyama, 2015 Mar 28)
1327
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001328To support Thai (and other languages) word boundaries, include the ICU
1329library: http://userguide.icu-project.org/boundaryanalysis
1330
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001331Patch to use two highlight groups for relative numbers. (Shaun Brady, 2016 Jan
133230)
1333
Bram Moolenaar75b81562014-04-06 14:09:13 +02001334MS-Windows: Crash opening very long file name starting with "\\".
1335(Christian Brock, 2012 Jun 29)
1336
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001337The OptionSet autocommand event is not always triggered. (Rick Howe, 2015 Sep
133824): :diffthis, :diffoff.
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001339
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001340":set all&" still does not handle all side effects. Centralize handling side
1341effects for when set by the user, on init and when reset to default.
1342
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001343":tag" does not jump to the right entry of a :tselect. (James Speros, 2015 Oct
13449)
1345
1346The argument for "-S" is not taken literally, the ":so" command expands
1347wildcards. Add a ":nowild" command modifier? (ZyX, 2015 March 4)
1348
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001349Proposal to make options.txt easier to read. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001350Update Aug 14.
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001351
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001352When using --remote-tab on MS-Windows 'encoding' hasn't been initialized yet,
1353the file name ends up encoded wrong. (Raul Coronado, 2015 Dec 21)
1354
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001355Example in editing.txt uses $HOME with the expectation that it ends in a
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001356slash. For me it does, but perhaps not for everybody. Add a function that
1357inserts a slash when needed? pathconcat(dir, path) (Thilo Six, 2015 Aug 12)
1358
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001359ml_updatechunk() is slow when retrying for another encoding. (John Little,
13602014 Sep 11)
1361
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001362Patch to fix checking global option value when not using it.
1363(Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 23)
1364
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001365When 'showbreak' is set repeating a Visual operation counts the size of the
1366'showbreak' text as part of the operation. (Axel Bender, 2015 Jul 20)
1367
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001368Patch to add grepfile(). (Scott Prager, 2015 May 26)
1369Work in progress.
1370
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001371Would be useful to have a treemap() or deepmap() function. Like map() but
1372when an item is a list or dict would recurse into it.
1373
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001374Patch for global-local options consistency. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 22)
1375Is this right?
1376
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001377Patch to make getregtype() return the right size for non-linux systems.
1378(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Jul 8)
1379Breaks test_eval. Inefficient, can we only compute y_width when needed?
1380
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001381Patch to use different terminal mode settings for system(). (Hayaki Saito)
1382Does this work for everybody?
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001383
Bram Moolenaare2db6c92015-06-19 18:48:41 +02001384Patch for man.vim. (SungHyun Nam, 2015 May 20)
1385Doesn't work completely (Dominique Orban)
1386
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001387Patch to add a "literal" argument to bufnr(). (Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 Aug 4)
1388
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001389Extended file attributes lost on write (backupcopy=no). Issue 306.
1390
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001391Patch to add :lockjumps. (Carlo Baldassi, 2015 May 25)
1392OK to not block marks?
1393
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001394Patch on Issue 72: 'autochdir' causes problems for :vimgrep.
1395
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02001396When two SIGWINCH arrive very quickly, the second one may be lost.
1397(Josh Triplett, 2015 Sep 17)
1398
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001399Make comments in the test Makefile silent. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 24)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001400
Bram Moolenaared32d942014-12-06 23:33:00 +01001401Result of systemlist() does not show whether text ended in line break.
1402(Bjorn Linse, 2014 Nov 27)
1403
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001404When in 'comments' "n:x" follows after three-part comment directly it repeats
1405any one-character from the previous line. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 19)
1406
Bram Moolenaar92dff182014-02-11 19:15:50 +01001407Adding "~" to 'cdpath' doesn't work for completion? (Davido, 2013 Aug 19)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001408
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001409Patch: Let rare word highlighting overrule good word highlighting.
1410(Jakson A. Aquino, 2010 Jul 30, again 2011 Jul 2)
1411
1412Patch to add digits argument to round(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2015 Apr 26)
1413
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001414Can assign to s:type when a function s:type has been defined.
1415Also the other way around: define a function while a variable with that name
1416was already defined.
1417(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 3)
1418
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001419Patch for ordered dict. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2015 May 7)
1420
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001421Patch for building a 32bit Vim with 64bit MingW compiler.
1422(Michael Soyka, 2014 Oct 15)
1423
Bram Moolenaar8a94d872015-01-25 13:02:57 +01001424Patch: On MS-Windows shellescape() may have to triple double quotes.
1425(Ingo Karkat, 2015 Jan 16)
1426
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001427Patch for glob(), adding slash to normal files. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Dec 22)
1428
Bram Moolenaara0f849e2015-10-30 14:37:44 +01001429When entering and leaving the preview window autocommands are triggered, but
1430these may not work well. Perhaps set a flag to indicate that the preview
1431window is involved? (John Otter, 2015 Oct 27)
1432
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001433Using "." to repeat an Ex command puts that command in history. Probably
1434should not happen. If the command is the result of a mapping it's not put in
1435history either. (Jacob Niehus, 2014 Nov 2)
1436Patch from Jacob, Nov 2.
1437
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001438"hi link" does not respect groups with GUI settings only. (Mark Lodato, 2014
1439Jun 8)
1440
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001441Bug: Autocompleting ":tag/pat" replaces "/pat" with a match but does not
1442insert a space. (Micha Mos, 2014 Nov 7)
1443
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001444No error for missing endwhile. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 20)
1445
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001446Patch to make extend() fail early when it might fail at some point.
1447(Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 May 2) Makes extend() slower, do we still want it?
1448Perhaps only the checks that can be done without looping over the dict or
1449arguments.
1450
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001451Problem with transparent and matchgroup. Issue #475
1452
Bram Moolenaar13600302014-05-22 18:26:40 +02001453Idea: For a window in the middle (has window above and below it), use
1454right-mouse-drag on the status line to move a window up/down without changing
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001455its height? It's like dragging the status bar above it at the same time.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02001456
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001457Patch to add a :domodeline command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Oct 21)
1458
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001459This does not give an error: (Andre Sihera, 2014 Mar 21)
1460 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo if 1 | echo 1'
1461This neither: (ZyX)
1462 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo while 1 | echo 1'
1463
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001464'viewdir' default on MS-Windows is not a good choice, it's a system directory.
1465Change 'viewdir' to "$HOME/vimfiles/view" and use 'viewdiralt' to also read
1466from?
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001467
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001468Include a plugin manager with Vim? vim-plug seems to be the best currently:
1469https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug.
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001470Also Vundle: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001471Or minpac: https://github.com/k-takata/minpac, since it leverages the builtin
1472package feature.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001473Long message about this from ZyX, 2014 Mar 23. And following replies.
1474Also see http://vim-wiki.mawercer.de/wiki/topic/vim%20plugin%20managment.html
1475User view:
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001476- Support multiple sources, basically any http:// URL. Or a central place that
1477 will work for everybody (github? redirects from vim.org?).
1478 Be able to look into the files before deciding to install.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001479- Be able to try out a plugin and remove it again with (almost) no traces.
1480- Each plugin needs a "manifest" file that has the version, dependencies
1481 (including Vim version and features), conflicts, list of files, etc.
1482 Updater uses that to decide what/how to update.
1483 Dependencies can use a URL for specific versions, or short name for scripts
1484 on vim.org.
1485- Once a plugin is installed it remembers where it came from, updater checks
1486 there. Can manually update when really needed.
1487- Must be possible to install for one user. Also system wide?
1488- Can edit plugin config with Vim. Can temporarily disable a plugin.
1489- Run the update manually, find latest version and install.
1490- Be able to download without special tools, must work for 95% of users.
1491Implementation:
1492- Avoid the 'runtimepath' getting long. Need some other way to keep each
1493 plugin separate.
1494- When installing or updating, first figure out what needs to be done. This
1495 may involve recursively fetching manifest files for dependencies. Then show
1496 the user what's going to change and ask for OK.
1497- Scripts on Vim.org must be able to consist of several files. Is zip format
1498 sufficient? Upload the manifest? Or refer to a site that has the manifest?
1499- Best is to fetch individual files or use a Vimball. Reduces dependency on
1500 tools that might be missing and allows inspection of the files before
1501 installing.
1502Out of scope:
1503- Overview of plugins, ratings, comments, etc. That's another world.
1504- Development work on plugins (although diff with distributed version would be
1505 useful).
1506
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001507When typing the first character of a command, e.g. "f", then using a menu, the
1508menu item doesn't work. Clear typeahead when using a menu?
1509
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001510Editing an ascii file as ucs-2 or ucs-4 causes display errors.
1511(ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
1512
1513":Next 1 some-arg" does not complain about trailing argument. Also for
1514various other commands. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001515
Bram Moolenaar0a63ded2015-04-15 13:31:24 +02001516Patch to skip sort if no line matches the expression.
Bram Moolenaar8bb1c3e2014-07-04 16:43:17 +02001517(Christian Brabandt, 2014 Jun 25)
1518
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001519VMS: Select() doesn't work properly, typing ESC may hang Vim. Use sys$qiow
1520instead. (Samuel Ferencik, 2013 Sep 28)
1521
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001522Patch for XDG base directory support. (Jean François Bignolles, 2014 Mar 4)
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001523Remark on the docs. Should not be a compile time feature. But then what?
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001524Also see #2034.
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001525
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001526Patch to define macros for hardcoded values. (Elias Diem, 2013 Dec 14)
1527
Bram Moolenaard5d015d2013-11-03 21:14:31 +01001528Updated spec ftplugin. (Matěj Cepl, 2013 Oct 16)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001529
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001530Patch to handle integer overflow. (Aaron Burrow, 2013 Dec 12)
1531
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +010015327 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
1533 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
1534 "lucida_console:h8").
1535Patch by Thomas Tuegel, also for GTK, 2013 Nov 24
1536
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001537:help gives example for z?, but it does not work. m? and t? do work.
1538
Bram Moolenaar8e5af3e2011-04-28 19:02:44 +02001539Discussion about canonicalization of Hebrew. (Ron Aaron, 2011 April 10)
1540
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001541Checking runtime scripts: Thilo Six, 2012 Jun 6.
1542
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001543When evaluating expression in backticks, autoload doesn't work.
1544(Andy Wokula, 2013 Dec 14)
1545
1546Using <nr>ifoobar<esc> can slow down Vim. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013
Bram Moolenaar259f26a2018-05-15 22:25:40 +02001547Dec 13. Only helps a bit, 10000ii<Esc> is still too slow.
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001548
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02001549Javascript file where indent gets stuck on: GalaxyMaster, 2012 May 3.
1550
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001551The BufUnload event is triggered when re-using the empty buffer.
1552(Pokey Rule, 2013 Jul 22)
1553Patch by Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Jul 22.
1554
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001555Patch to allow more types in remote_expr(). (Lech Lorens, 2014 Jan 5)
1556Doesn't work for string in list. Other way to pass all types of variables
1557reliably?
1558
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001559Patch to add {lhs} to :mapclear: clear all maps starting with {lhs}.
1560(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Dec 9)
1561
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001562Exception caused by argument of return is not caught by try/catch.
1563(David Barnett, 2013 Nov 19)
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001564Bug in try/catch: return with invalid compare throws error that isn't caught.
1565(ZyX, 2011 Jan 26)
1566try/catch not working for argument of return. (Matt Wozniski, 2008 Sep 15)
1567try/catch not working when inside a for loop. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 25)
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001568
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001569Patch to fix that 'cedit' is recognized after :normal. (Christian Brabandt,
15702013 Mar 19, later message)
Bram Moolenaar26402cb2013-02-20 21:26:00 +01001571
1572Patch to view coverage of the tests. (Nazri Ramliy, 2013 Feb 15)
1573
Bram Moolenaar56b45b92013-06-24 22:22:18 +02001574Patch to add "Q" and "A" responses to interactive :substitute. They are
1575carried over when using :global. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jun 19)
1576
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02001577Bug with 'cursorline' in diff mode. Line being scrolled into view gets
1578highlighted as the cursor line. (Alessandro Ivaldi, 2013 Jun 4)
1579
Bram Moolenaar4b60a6c2013-11-14 05:48:46 +01001580Two highlighting bugs. (ZyX, 2013 Aug 18)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001581
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001582Patch to support 'u' in interactive substitute. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Sep
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200158328) With tests: Oct 9.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001584
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001585Dialog is too big on Linux too. (David Fishburn, 2013 Sep 2)
1586
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001587- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
1588 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
1589Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 Apr 20, unfinished.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001590
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001591Bug: findfile("any", "file:///tmp;") does not work.
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001592
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001593Patch to add getsid(). (Tyru, 2011 Oct 2) Do we want this? Update Oct 4.
1594Or use expand('<sid>')?
1595
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001596Patch to make confirm() display colors. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Nov 9)
1597
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +01001598Problem with refresh:always in completion. (Tyler Wade, 2013 Mar 17)
1599
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001600b:undo_ftplugin cannot call a script-local function. (Boris Danilov, 2013 Jan
16017)
1602
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +02001603Win32: The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
1604compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2 dynamically?
1605
1606Python: Be able to define a Python function that can be called directly from
1607Vim script. Requires converting the arguments and return value, like with
1608vim.bindeval().
1609
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001610Patch for :tabcloseleft, after closing a tab go to left tab. (William Bowers,
16112012 Aug 4)
1612
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001613Patch to improve equivalence classes in regexp patterns.
1614(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jan 16, update Jan 17)
1615
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001616Patch with suggestions for starting.txt. (Tony Mechelynck, 2012 Oct 24)
1617But use Gnome instead of GTK?
1618
1619Should be possible to enable/disable matchparen per window or buffer.
1620Add a check for b:no_match_paren in Highlight_matching_Pair() (Marcin
1621Szamotulski, 2012 Nov 8)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02001622
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001623'iminsert' global value set when using ":setlocal iminsert"? (Wu, 2012 Jun 23)
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001624
Bram Moolenaarad3b3662013-05-17 18:14:19 +02001625Patch to append regexp to tag commands to make it possible to select one out
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001626of many matches. (Cody Cutler, 2013 Mar 28)
1627
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001628The input map for CTRL-O in mswin.vim causes problems after CTRL-X CTRL-O.
1629Suggestion for another map. (Philip Mat, 2012 Jun 18)
1630But use "gi" instead of "a". Or use CTRL-\ CTRL-O.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001631
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001632When there are no command line arguments ":next" and ":argu" give E163, which
1633is confusing. Should say "the argument list is empty".
1634
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001635URXVT:
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001636- will get stuck if byte sequence does not contain the expected semicolon.
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001637- Use urxvt mouse support also in xterm. Explanations:
1638 http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2662
1639
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001640Patch to add tests for if_xcmdsrv.c., Jul 8, need some more work. (Brian Burns)
Bram Moolenaar6c35bea2012-07-25 17:49:10 +02001641New tests Jul 13. Update Jul 17. Discussion Jul 18.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001642
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02001643Patch for input method status. (Hirohito Higashi, 2012 Apr 18)
1644
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001645Update Vim app icon (for Gnome). (Jakub Steiner, 2013 Dec 6)
1646
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001647Patch to use .png icons for the toolbar on MS-Windows. (Martin Gieseking, 2013
1648Apr 18)
1649
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001650Patch for has('unnamedplus') docs. (Tony Mechelynck, 2011 Sep 27)
1651And one for gui_x11.txt.
1652
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001653":cd" doesn't work when current directory path contains "**".
1654finddir() has the same problem. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jan 10)
1655Requires a rewrite of the file_file_in_path code.
1656
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001657Should use has("browsefilter") in ftplugins. Requires patch 7.3.593.
1658
Bram Moolenaar34700a62013-03-07 13:20:54 +01001659Update for vim2html.pl. (Tyru, 2013 Feb 22)
1660
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001661Patch to sort functions starting with '<' after others. Omit dict functions,
1662they can't be called. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2011 Oct 11)
1663
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001664Patch to pass list to or(), and() and xor(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2012 Feb 8)
1665
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001666Patch to improve "it" and "at" text object matching. (Christian Brabandt, 2011
1667Nov 20)
1668
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001669Patch to improve GUI find/replace dialog. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 May 26)
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001670Update Jun 2.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001671
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001672`] moves to character after insert, instead of the last inserted character.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001673(Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Dec 9)
1674
1675Plugin for Modeleasy. (Massimiliano Tripoli, 2011 Nov 29)
1676
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01001677BufWinLeave triggers too late when quitting last window in a tab page. (Lech
1678Lorens, 2012 Feb 21)
1679
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001680Patch for 'transparency' option. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1681Only for MS-Windows. No documentation. Do we want this?
1682
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01001683Patch to support cursor shape in Cygwin console. (Ben bgold, 2011 Dec 27)
1684
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001685On MS-Windows a temp dir with a & init causes system() to fail. (Ben Fritz,
16862012 Jun 19)
1687
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001688'cursorline' is displayed too short when there are concealed characters and
1689'list' is set. (Dennis Preiser)
1690Patch 7.3.116 was the wrong solution.
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001691Christian Brabandt has another incomplete patch. (2011 Jul 13)
Bram Moolenaar5b435d62012-04-05 17:33:26 +02001692
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001693Win32: Patch to use task dialogs when available. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1694New feature, requires testing. Made some remarks.
1695
1696Win32: Patch for alpha-blended icons and toolbar height. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011
1697Sep 17) Asked for feedback from others.
1698
Bram Moolenaar6be7f872012-01-20 21:08:56 +01001699Win32: Cannot cd into a directory that starts with a space. (Andy Wokula, 2012
1700Jan 19)
1701
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001702Need to escape $HOME on Windows for fnameescape()? (ZyX, 2011 Jul 21,
1703discussion 2013 Jul 4) Can't simply use a backslash, \$HOME has a different
1704meaning already. Would be possible to use $$HOME where $HOME is to be used.
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001705
Bram Moolenaarbc488a72013-07-05 21:01:22 +02001706"2" in 'formatoptions' not working in comments. (Christian Corneliussen, 2011
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001707Oct 26)
1708
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001709Bug in repeating Visual "u". (Lawrence Kesteloot, 2010 Dec 20)
1710
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001711Windows keys not set properly on Windows 7? (cncyber, 2010 Aug 26)
1712
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001713When using a Vim server, a # in the path causes an error message.
1714(Jeff Lanzarotta, 2011 Feb 17)
1715
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001716When there is a ">" in a line that "gq" wraps to the start of the next line,
1717then the following line will pick it up as a leader. Should get the leader
1718from the first line, not a wrapped line. (Matt Ackeret, 2012 Feb 27)
1719
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001720Using ":break" or something else that stops executing commands inside a
1721":finally" does not rethrow a previously uncaught exception. (ZyX, 2010 Oct
172215)
1723
1724Vim using lots of memory when joining lines. (John Little, 2010 Dec 3)
1725
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02001726BT regexp engine: After trying a \@> match and failing, submatches are not
1727cleared. See test64.
1728
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001729On 64 bit MS-Windows "long" is only 32 bits, but we sometimes need to store a
173064 bits value. Change all number options to use nropt_T and define it to the
1731right type.
1732
1733string() can't parse back "inf" and "nan". Fix documentation or fix code?
1734(ZyX, 2010 Aug 23)
1735
1736When doing "redir => s:foo" in a script and then "redir END" somewhere else
1737(e.g. in a function) it can't find s:foo.
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001738When a script contains "redir => s:foo" but doesn't end redirection, a
1739following "redir" command gives an error for not being able to access s:foo.
1740(ZyX, 2011 Mar 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001741
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02001742When setqflist() uses a filename that triggers a BufReadCmd autocommand Vim
1743doesn't jump to the correct line with :cfirst. (ZyX, 2011 Sep 18)
1744
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001745Behavior of i" and a" text objects isn't logical. (Ben Fritz, 2013 Nov 19)
1746
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001747When setting a local option value from the global value, add a script ID that
1748indicates this, so that ":verbose set" can give a hint. Check with options in
1749the help file.
1750
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001751After patch 7.3.097 still get E15. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Jan 18)
1752Also for another example (ZyX, 2011 Jan 24)
1753
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02001754"0g@$" puts '] on last byte of multibyte. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 22)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001755
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001756Patch for :tabrecently. (Hirokazu Yoshida, 2012 Jan 30)
1757
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001758Problem with "syn sync grouphere". (Gustavo Niemeyer, 2011 Jan 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001759
1760Loading autoload script even when usage is inside "if 0". (Christian Brabandt,
17612010 Dec 18)
1762
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001763With a filler line in diff mode, it isn't displayed in the column with line
1764number, but it is in the sign column. Doesn't look right. (ZyX 2011 Jun 5)
1765Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 5. Introduces new problems.
1766
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001767Add jump() function. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Aug 29)
1768Is this needed? CTRL-O and CTRL-I do the same, just more difficult to use.
1769
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020017708 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
1771Patch by Christian Brabandt, uses ]e [e ]t and [t. 2011 Aug 9.
1772
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001773Add event for when the text scrolls. A bit like CursorMoved. Also a similar
1774one for insert mode. Use the event in matchparen to update the highlight if
1775the match scrolls into view.
1776
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020017777 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
1778Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
1779Update by Ben Fritz, with fix for TOhtml. (2011 Jul 30)
1780
17819 Add %F to 'errorformat': file name without spaces. Useful on Unix to
1782 avoid matching something up to a time 11:22:33.
1783Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
1784
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02001785Patch to add up to 99 match groups. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 Dec 22)
1786Also add named groups: \%{name}(re) and \%{name}g
1787
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001788In the sandbox it's not allowed to do many things, but it's possible to change
1789or set variables. Add a way to prevent variables from being changed in the
1790sandbox? E.g.: ":protect g:restore_settings".
1791
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001792Win32: tear-off menu does not work when menu language is German. (Markus
1793Bossler, 2011 Mar 2) Fixed by 7.3.095?
1794
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001795Wish for NetBeans commands:
1796 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
1797
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +020017987.3.014 changed how backslash at end of line works, but still get a NUL when
1799there is one backslash. (Ray Frush, 2010 Nov 18) What does the original ex
1800do?
1801
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001802New esperanto spell file can't be processed. (Dominique Pelle, 2011 Jan 30)
1803- move compflags to separate growarray?
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001804- instead of a regexp use a hashtable. Expand '?', '*', '+'. What would be
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001805 the maximum repeat for * and +?
1806
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01001807"L'Italie" noted as a spell error at start of the sentence. (Dominique Pelle,
18082011 Feb 27)
1809
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001810Editing a file with a ^M with 'ff' set to "mac", opening a help file, then the
1811^M is displayed as ^J sometimes. Getting 'ff' value from wrong window/buffer?
1812
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001813When Vim is put in the background (SIGTSTP) and then gets a SIGHUP it doesn't
1814exit. It exists as soon as back in the foreground. (Stephen Liang, 2011 Jan
18159) Caused by vim_handle_signal(SIGNAL_BLOCK); in ui.c.
1816
1817g` not working correctly when using :edit. It works OK when editing a file on
1818the command line. (Ingo Karkat, 2011 Jan 25)
1819
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01001820Since patch 7.2.46 Yankring plugin has become very slow, eventually make Vim
1821crash? (Raiwil, 2010 Nov 17)
1822
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02001823Regexp engine performance:
1824- Profiling:
1825 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/ruby.vim
1826 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/loop.vim
1827 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/alsa.vim
1828 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/todo.vim
1829 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/xml.vim
1830 Dominique Pelle: xmlSyncDT is particularly slow (Jun 7)
1831- More test files from the src/pkg/regexp/testdata directory in the Go repo.
1832- Performance tests:
1833 - Using asciidoc syntax. (Marek Schimara, 2013 Jun 6)
1834 - ~/vim/text/FeiqCfg.xml (file from Netjune)
1835 - ~/vim/text/edl.svg (also XML)
1836 - glts has five tests. (May 25)
1837 - ~/vim/test/slowsearch
1838 - ~/vim/test/rgb.vim
1839 - search for a.*e*exn in the vim executable. Go to last line to use
1840 'hlsearch'.
1841 - Slow combination of folding and PHP syntax highlighting. Script to
1842 reproduce it. Caused by "syntax sync fromstart" in combination with patch
1843 7.2.274. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 May 27) Generally, folding with
1844 'foldmethod' set to "syntax" is slow. Do profiling to find out why.
1845
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001846Problem producing tags file when hebrew.frx is present. It has a BOM.
1847Results in E670. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 May 2)
1848
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001849'beval' option should be global-local.
1850
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01001851Ruby: ":ruby print $buffer.number" returns zero.
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02001852
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02001853setpos() does not restore cursor position after :normal. (Tyru, 2010 Aug 11)
Bram Moolenaar2a988a12010-08-13 15:24:39 +02001854
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02001855With "tw=55 fo+=a" typing space before ) doesn't work well. (Scott Mcdermott,
18562010 Oct 24)
1857
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02001858Messages in message.txt are highlighted as examples.
1859
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02001860When using cp850 the NBSP (0xff) is not drawn correctly. (Brett Stahlman, 2010
1861Oct 22) 'isprint' is set to "@,161-255".
1862
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02001863":echo "\x85" =~# '[\u0085]'" returns 1 instead of 0. (ZyX, 2010 Oct 3)
1864
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001865'cindent' not correct when 'list' is set. (Zdravi Korusef, 2010 Apr 15)
1866
Bram Moolenaar6ee8d892012-01-10 14:55:01 +01001867C-indenting: A matching { in a comment is ignored, but intermediate { are not
1868checked to be in a comment. Implement FM_SKIPCOMM flag of findmatchlimit().
1869Issue 46.
1870
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01001871Using CompilerSet doesn't record where an option was set from. E.g., in the
1872gcc compiler plugin. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Dec 13)
1873
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001874":helpgrep" does not put the cursor in the correct column when preceded by
1875accented character. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 Apr 15)
1876
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02001877Don't call check_restricted() for histadd(), setbufvar(), settabvar(),
1878setwinvar().
1879
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02001880Patch for gVimExt to show an icon. (Dominik Riebeling, 2010 Nov 7)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01001881
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02001882When 'lines' is 25 and 'scrolloff' is 12, "j" scrolls zero or two lines
1883instead of one. (Constantin Pan, 2010 Sep 10)
1884
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02001885Gui menu edit/paste in block mode insert only inserts in one line (Bjorn
1886Winckler, 2011 May 11)
1887Requires a map mode for Insert mode started from blockwise Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01001888
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01001889Problem with cursor in the wrong column. (SungHyun Nam, 2010 Mar 11)
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001890Additional info by Dominique Pelle. (also on 2010 Apr 10)
1891
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01001892CreateFile and CreateFileW are used without sharing, filewritable() fails when
1893the file was already open (e.g. script is being sourced). Add FILE_SHARE_READ|
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +01001894FILE_SHARE_WRITE in mch_access()? (Philippe Vaucher, 2010 Nov 2)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01001895
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001896Is ~/bin (literally) in $PATH supposed to work? (Paul, 2010 March 29)
1897Looks like only bash can do it. (Yakov Lerner)
1898
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02001899Cscope "cs add" stopped working somewhat before 7.2.438. (Gary Johnson, 2010
1900Jun 29) Caused by 7.2.433?
1901
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001902Jumplist doesn't work properly in Insert mode? (Jean Johner, 2010 Mar 20)
1903
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01001904Problem with transparent cmdline. Also: Terminal title is wrong with
1905non-ASCII character. (Lily White, 2010 Mar 7)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001906
1907iconv() doesn't fail on an illegal character, as documented. (Yongwei Wu, 2009
1908Nov 15, example Nov 26) Add argument to specify whether iconv() should fail
1909or replace with a character and continue?
1910
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001911Add local time at start of --startuptime output.
1912Requires configure check for localtime().
1913Use format year-month-day hr:min:sec.
1914
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001915Patch to make ":hi link" also take arguments. (Nate Soares, 2012 Dec 4)
1916
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001917Shell not recognized properly if it ends in "csh -f". (James Vega, 2009 Nov 3)
1918Find tail? Might have a / in argument. Find space? Might have space in
1919path.
1920
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001921Test 51 fails when language set to German. (Marco, 2011 Jan 9)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001922Dominique can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001923
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02001924'ambiwidth' should be global-local.
1925
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001926":function f(x) keepjumps" creates a function where every command is executed
1927like it has ":keepjumps" before it.
1928
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02001929Coverity: Check if there are new reported defects:
1930https://scan.coverity.com/projects/241
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02001931
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001932Problem with editing file in binary mode. (Ingo Krabbe, 2009 Oct 8)
1933
Bram Moolenaar4421d6a2010-08-14 13:33:56 +02001934Display error when 'tabline' that includes a file name with double-width
1935characters. (2010 Aug 14, bootleq)
1936
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001937Problem with stop directory in findfile(). (Adam Simpkins, 2009 Aug 26)
1938
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001939Using ']' as the end of a range in a pattern requires double escaping:
1940 /[@-\\]] (Andy Wokula, 2011 Jun 28)
1941
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02001942For running gvim on a USB stick: avoid the OLE registration. Use a command
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001943line argument -noregister.
1944
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01001945When using an expression in 'statusline' leading white space sometimes goes
1946missing (but not always). (ZyX, 2010 Nov 1)
1947
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001948When a mapping exists both for insert mode and lang-insert mode, the last one
1949doesn't work. (Tyru, 2010 May 6) Or is this intended?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001950
1951Still a problem with ":make" in the wrong directory. Caused by ":bufdo".
1952(Ajit Thakkar, 2009 Jul 1) More information Jul 9, Jul 15.
1953Caused by "doautoall syntaxset BufEnter *" in syntax/nosyntax.vim ?
1954There also is a BufLeave/BufEnter aucmd to save/restore view.
1955Does the patch to save/restore globaldir work?
1956
1957":bufdo normal gg" while 'hidden' is set leaves buffers without syntax
1958highlighting. Don't disable Syntax autocommands then? Or add a flag/modifier
1959to avoid changing 'eventignore'?
1960
1961Patch for displaying 0x200c and 0x200d. (Ali Gholami Rudi, 2009 May 6)
1962Probably needs a bit of work.
1963
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001964List of encoding aliases. (Takao Fujiwara, 2009 Jul 18)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001965Are they all OK? Update Jul 22.
1966
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02001967Win32: Improved Makefile for MSVC. (Leonardo Valeri Manera, 2010 Aug 18)
1968
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001969Win32: Expanding 'path' runs into a maximum size limit. (bgold12, 2009 Nov 15)
1970
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001971Win32: Patch for using .png files for icons. (Charles Peacech, 2012 Feb 5)
1972
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02001973Putting a Visual block while 'visualedit' is "all" does not leave the cursor
1974on the first character. (John Beckett, 2010 Aug 7)
1975
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001976Setting 'tags' to "tagsdir/*" does not find "tagsdir/tags". (Steven K. Wong,
19772009 Jul 18)
1978
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001979Patch to add "focusonly" to 'scrollopt', so that scrollbind also applies in
1980window that doesn't have focus. (Jonathon Mah, 2009 Jan 12)
1981Needs more work.
1982
1983Problem with <script> mappings (Andy Wokula, 2009 Mar 8)
1984
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001985When starting Vim with "gvim -f -u non_existent_file > foo.txt" there are a
1986few control characters in the output. (Dale Wiles, 2009 May 28)
1987
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001988'cmdwinheight' is only used in last window when 'winheight' is a large value.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001989(Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Apr 15)
1990
1991Status line containing winnr() isn't updated when splitting the window (Clark
1992J. Wang, 2009 Mar 31)
1993
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001994When $VIMRUNTIME is set in .vimrc, need to reload lang files. Already done
1995for GTK, how about others? (Ron Aaron, 2010 Apr 10)
1996
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01001997":tab split fname" doesn't set the alternate file in the original window,
1998because win_valid() always returns FALSE. Below win_new_tabpage() in
1999ex_docmd.c.
2000
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002001Space before comma in function definition not allowed: "function x(a , b)"
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002002Give a more appropriate error message. Add a remark to the docs.
2003
2004string_convert() should be able to convert between utf-8 and utf-16le. Used
2005for GTK clipboard. Avoid requirement for iconv.
2006
2007Now that colnr_T is int instead of unsigned, more type casts can be removed.
2008
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002009Don't load macmap.vim on startup, turn it into a plugin. (Ron Aaron,
20102009 Apr 7) Reminder Apr 14.
2011
2012Add "no_hlsearch" to winsaveview().
2013
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002014Bug: When reloading a buffer changed outside of Vim, BufRead autocommands
2015are applied to the wrong buffer/window. (Ben Fritz, 2009 Apr 2, May 11)
2016Ignore window options when not in the right window?
2017Perhaps we need to use a hidden window for applying autocommands to a buffer
2018that doesn't have a window.
2019
2020When using "ab foo bar" and mapping <Tab> to <Esc>, pressing <Tab> after foo
2021doesn't trigger the abbreviation like <Esc> would. (Ramana Kumar, 2009 Sep 6)
2022
2023getbufvar() to get a window-local option value for a buffer that's not
2024displayed in a window should return the value that's stored for that buffer.
2025
2026":he ctrl_u" can be auto-corrected to ":he ctrl-u".
2027
Bram Moolenaar84f888a2010-08-05 21:40:16 +02002028Diff mode out of sync. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Aug 4)
2029
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002030Win32: completion of file name ":e c:\!test" results in ":e c:\\!test", which
2031does not work. (Nieko Maatjes, 2009 Jan 8, Ingo Karkat, 2009 Jan 22)
2032
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002033opening/closing window causes other window with 'winfixheight' to change
2034height. Also happens when there is another window in the frame, if it's not
Bram Moolenaar2c3b1d92010-07-24 16:58:02 +02002035very high. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2010 Jul 22, Michael Peeters, 2010 Jul 22)
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002036
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002037Using ~ works OK on 'a' with composing char, but not on 0x0418 with composing
2038char 0x0301. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Mar 4)
2039
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02002040This does not work yet: "a\(%C\)" (get composing characters into a submatch).
2041
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002042Inconsistent: starting with $LANG set to es_ES.utf-8 gives Spanish
2043messages, even though locale is not supported. But ":lang messages
2044es_ES.utf-8" gives an error and doesn't switch messages. (Dominique Pelle,
20452009 Jan 26)
2046
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002047When $HOME contains special characters, such as a comma, escape them when used
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002048in an option. (Michael Hordijk, 2009 May 5)
2049Turn "esc" argument of expand_env_esc() into string of chars to be escaped.
2050
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002051Should make 'ignorecase' global-local, so that it makes sense setting it from
2052a modeline.
2053
2054Add cscope target to Makefile. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jun 18, replies by
2055Sergey Khorev)
2056
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002057Completion for ":buf" doesn't work properly on Win32 when 'shellslash' is off.
2058(Henrik Ohman, 2009, Jan 29)
2059
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002060shellescape() depends on 'shellslash' for quoting. That doesn't work when
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002061'shellslash' is set but using cmd.exe. (Ben Fritz)
2062Use a different option or let it depend on whether 'shell' looks like a
2063unix-like shell?
2064
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002065Bug: in Ex mode (after "Q") backslash before line break, when yanked into a
2066register and executed, results in <Nul>: instead of line break.
2067(Konrad Schwarz, 2010 Apr 16)
2068
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002069Have a look at patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Mar 1, Mar 23)
2070Now at: http://vimgadgets.sourceforge.net/liblinebreak/
2071
2072Greek sigma character should be lower cased depending on the context. Can we
2073make this work? (Dominique Pelle, 2009 Sep 24)
2074
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002075When changing 'encoding' convert all the swap file names, so that we can
2076still delete them. Also convert all buffer file names?
2077
2078"gqip" in Insert mode has an off-by-one error, causing it to reflow text.
2079(Raul Coronado, 2009 Nov 2)
2080
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002081MS-Windows: editing the first, empty buffer, 'ffs' set to "unix,dos", ":enew"
2082doesn't set 'ff' to "unix". (Ben Fritz, 2008 Dec 5) Reusing the old buffer
2083probably causes this.
2084
2085'scrollbind' is not respected when deleting lines or undo. (Milan Vancura,
Bram Moolenaar927edbd2010-05-17 22:07:47 +020020862009 Jan 16)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002087
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002088Having "Syntax" in 'eventignore' for :bufdo may cause problems, e.g. for
2089":bufdo e" when buffers are open in windows. ex_listdo(eap) could set the
2090option only for when jumping to another buffer, not when the command argument
2091is executed.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002092
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002093":pedit %" with a BufReadPre autocommand causes the cursor to move to the
2094first line. (Ingo Karkat, 2008 Jul 1) Ian Kelling is working on this.
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02002095Similar problem with ":e". (Marc Montu, 2014 Apr 22)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002096
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002097Cursor line moves in other window when using CTRL-W J that doesn't change
2098anything. (Dasn, 2009 Apr 7)
2099
2100On Unix "glob('does not exist~')" returns the string. Without the "~" it
2101doesn't. (John Little, 2008 Nov 9)
2102Shell expansion returns unexpanded string?
2103Don't use shell when "~" is not at the start?
2104
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002105When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
2106'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though the
2107fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to check for
2108the buffer to be unmodified.
2109Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 11. Followup Jul 14, need to have
2110another look at it.
2111
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002112c.vim: XXX in a comment is colored yellow, but not when it's after "#if 0".
2113(Ilya Dogolazky, 2009 Aug 7)
2114
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002115You can type ":w ++bad=x fname", but the ++bad argument is ignored. Give an
2116error message? Or is this easy to implement? (Nathan Stratton Treadway, 2008
2117Aug 20) This is in ucs2bytes(), search for 0xBF. Using the ++bad argument is
2118at the other match for 0xBF.
2119
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002120When adding "-complete=file" to a user command this also changes how the
2121argument is processed for <f-args>. (Ivan Tishchenko, 2008 Aug 19)
2122
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002123Win32: associating a type with Vim doesn't take care of space after a
2124backslash? (Robert Vibrant, 2008 Jun 5)
2125
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002126When 'rightleft' is set, cursorcolumn isn't highlighted after the end of a
2127line. It's also wrong in folds. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 21)
2128
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002129":help s/~" jumps to *s/\~*, while ":help s/\~" doesn't find anything. (Tim
2130Chase) Fix by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 14.
2131
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002132When mapping : to ; and ; to :, @; doesn't work like @: and @: doesn't work
2133either. Matt Wozniski: nv_at() calls do_execreg() which uses
2134put_in_typebuf(). Char mapped twice?
2135
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002136Despite adding save_subexpr() this still doesn't work properly:
2137Regexp: matchlist('12a4aaa', '^\(.\{-}\)\(\%5c\@<=a\+\)\(.\+\)\?')
2138Returns ['12a4', 'aaa', '4aaa'], should be ['12a4', 'aaa', '']
2139Backreference not cleared when retrying after \@<= fails?
2140(Brett Stahlman, 2008 March 8)
2141
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002142Problem with remote_send(). (Charles Campbell, 2008 Aug 12)
2143
2144ftplugin for help file should set 'isk' to help file value.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002145
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002146Win32: remote editing fails when the current directory name contains "[".
2147(Ivan Tishchenko, Liu Yubao) Suggested patch by Chris Lubinski: Avoid
2148escaping characters where the backslash is not removed later. Asked Chris for
2149an alternate solution, also for src/ex_getln.c.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002150This also fails when the file or directory name contains "%". (Thoml, 2008
2151July 7)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02002152Using --remote-silent while the current directory has a # in the name does not
2153work, the # needs to be escaped. (Tramblay Bruno, 2012 Sep 15)
2154
2155When using remote-silent the -R flag is not passed on. (Axel Bender, 2012 May
215631)
2157
2158Win32: A --remote command that has a directory name starting with a ( doesn't
2159work, the backslash is removed, assuming that it escapes the (. (Valery
2160Kondakoff, 2009 May 13)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002161
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002162Win32: Using "gvim --remote-tab-silent elŝuti.txt" doesn't work, the
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02002163multibyte character isn't passed and edits elsuti.txt.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002164(Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado, 2015 Dec 18)
2165
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002166Problem with CTRL-F. (Charles Campbell, 2008 March 21)
2167Only happens with "gvim -geometry "160x26+4+27" -u NONE -U NONE prop.c".
2168'lines' is 54. (2008 March 27)
2169
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002170Problem with pointer wrapping around in getvcol(). (Wolfgang Kroworsch, 2008
2171Oct 19) Check for "col" being "MAXCOL" separately?
2172
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002173Unexpectedly inserting a double quote. (Anton Woellert, 2008 Mar 23)
2174Works OK when 'cmdheight' is 2.
2175
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +020021768 Use a mechanism similar to omni completion to figure out the kind of tab
2177 for CTRL-] and jump to the appropriate matching tag (if there are
2178 several).
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +02002179
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002180The utf class table is missing some entries:
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01002181 0x2212, minus sign
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002182 0x2217, star
2183 0x2500, bar
2184 0x26ab, circle
2185
2186Visual line mode doesn't highlight properly when 'showbreak' is used and the
2187line doesn't fit. (Dasn, 2008 May 1)
2188
2189GUI: In Normal mode can't yank the modeless selection. Make "gy" do this?
2190Works like CTRL-Y in Command line mode.
2191
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002192C't: On utf-8 system, editing file with umlaut through Gnome results in URL
2193with %nn%nn, which is taken as two characters instead of one.
2194Try to reproduce at work.
2195
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002196Patch for default choice in file changed dialog. (Bjorn Winckler, 2008 Oct 19)
2197Is there a way to list all the files first?
2198
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002199Fail to edit file after failed register access. Error flag remains set?
2200(Lech Lorens, 2010 Aug 30)
2201
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002202Problem with 'ts' set to 9 and 'showbreak' to ">>>". (Matthew Winn, 2007 Oct
22031)
2204
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002205":tab help" always opens a new tab, while ":help" re-uses an existing window.
2206Would be more consistent when an existing tab is re-used. (Tony Mechelynck)
2207
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002208Using Aap to build Vim: add remarks about how to set personal preferences.
2209Example on http://www.calmar.ws/tmp/aap.html
2210
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002211When 'diffopt' has "context:0" a single deleted line causes two folds to merge
2212and mess up syncing. (Austin Jennings, 2008 Jan 31)
2213
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002214Gnome improvements: Edward Catmur, 2007 Jan 7
2215 Also use Save/Discard for other GUIs
2216
2217New PHP syntax file, use it? (Peter Hodge)
2218
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002219":echoe" in catch block stops processing, while this doesn't happen outside of
2220a catch block. (ZyX, 2011 Jun 2)
2221
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002222Test 54 uses shell commands, that doesn't work on non-Unix systems. Use some
2223other way to test buffer-local autocommands.
2224
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002225The documentation mentions the priority for ":2match" and ":3match", but it
2226appears the last one wins. (John Beckett, 2008 Jul 22) Caused by adding
2227matchadd()? Suggested patch by John, 2008 Jul 24.
2228
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002229When 'encoding' is utf-8 the command line is redrawn as a whole on every
2230character typed. (Tyler Spivey, 2008 Sep 3) Only redraw cmdline for
2231'arabicshape' when there is a character on the command line for which
2232(ARABIC_CHAR(u8c)) is TRUE.
2233
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002234Cheng Fang made javacomplete. (2007 Aug 11)
2235Asked about latest version: 0.77.1 is on www.vim.org.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002236
2237More AmigaOS4 patches. (Peter Bengtsson, Nov 9)
2238
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002239Amiga patches with vbcc. (Adrien Destugues, 2010 Aug 30)
2240http://pulkomandy.ath.cx/drop/vim73_vbcc_amiga.diff
2241
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002242Problem with compound words? (Bert, 2008 May 6)
2243No warning for when flags are defined after they are used in an affix.
2244
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002245Screen redrawing when continuously updating the buffer and resizing the
2246terminal. (Yakov Lerner, 2006 Sept 7)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002247
2248Add option settings to help ftplugin. (David Eggum, 2006 Dec 18)
2249
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002250Autoconf problem: when checking for iconv library we may add -L/usr/local/lib,
2251but when compiling further tests -liconv is added without the -L argument,
2252that may fail (e.g., sizeof(int)). (Blaine, 2007 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002253
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002254Problem with ".add" files when using two languages and restarting Vim. (Raul
2255Coronado, 2008 Oct 30)
2256
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002257Popup menu redraw: Instead of first redrawing the text and then drawing the
2258popup menu over it, first draw the new popup menu, remember its position and
2259size and then redraw the text, skipping the characters under the popup menu.
2260This should avoid flicker. Other solution by A.Politz, 2007 Aug 22.
2261
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002262When the file name has parenthesis, e.g., "foo (bar).txt", ":!ls '%'" has the
2263parenthesis escaped but not the space. That's inconsistent. Either escape
2264neither or both. No escaping might be best, because it doesn't depend on
2265particularities of the shell. (Zvi Har'El, 2007 Nov 10) (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2266Jun 3)
2267However, for backwards compatibility escaping might be necessary. Check if
2268the user put quotes around the expanded item?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002269
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002270A throw in a function causes missing an endif below the call. (Spiros
2271Bousbouras, 2011 May 16)
2272
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002273Error E324 can be given when a cron script has wiped out our temp directory.
2274Give a clear error message about this (and tell them not to wipe out /tmp).
2275
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002276Color for cUserLabel should differ from case label, so that a mistake in a
2277switch list is noticed:
2278 switch (i)
2279 {
2280 case 1:
2281 foobar:
2282 }
2283
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002284Look at http://www.gtk-server.org/ . It has a Vim script implementation.
2285
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002286Netbeans problem. Use "nc -l 127.0.0.1 55555" for the server, then run gvim
2287with "gvim -nb:localhost:55555:foo". From nc do: '1:editFile!0 "foo"'. Then
2288go to Insert mode and add a few lines. Then backspacing every other time
2289moves the cursor instead of deleting. (Chris Kaiser, 2007 Sep 25)
2290
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002291Windows installer could add a "open in new tab of existing Vim" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002292GvimExt: patch to add "Edit with single Vim &tabbed" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002293Just have two choices, always using one Vim and selecting between using an
2294argument list or opening each file in a separate tab.
2295(Erik Falor, 2008 May 21, 2008 Jun 26)
2296
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002297Windows installer: licence text should not use indent, causes bad word wrap.
2298(Benjamin Fritz, 2010 Aug 16)
2299
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002300Changes for Win32 makefile. (Mike Williams, 2007 Jan 22, Alexei Alexandrov,
23012007 Feb 8)
2302
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002303Win32: Can't complete shell command names. Why is setting xp_context in
2304set_one_cmd_context() inside #ifndef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002305
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002306Win32: Patch for cscope external command. (Mike Williams, 2007 Aug 7)
2307
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002308Win32: XPM support only works with path without spaces. Patch by Mathias
2309Michaelis, 2006 Jun 9. Another patch for more path names, 2006 May 31.
2310New version: http://members.tcnet.ch/michaelis/vim/patches.zip (also for other
2311patches by Mathias, see mail Feb 22)
2312
2313Win32: compiling with normal features and OLE fails. Patch by Mathias
2314Michaelis, 2006 Jun 4.
2315
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002316Win32: using CTRL-S in Insert mode doesn't remove the "+" from the tab pages
Bram Moolenaared39e1d2008-08-09 17:55:22 +00002317label. (Tsakiridis, 2007 Feb 18) Patch from Ian Kelling, 2008 Aug 6.
2318
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002319Win32: using "gvim --remote-tab-silent fname" sometimes gives an empty screen
2320with the more prompt. Caused by setting the guitablabel? (Thomas Michael
2321Engelke, 2007 Dec 20 - 2008 Jan 17)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002322
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002323Win32: patch for fullscreen mode. (Liushaolin, 2008 April 17)
2324
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002325Win32: When 'shell' is bash shellescape() doesn't always do the right thing.
2326Depends on 'shellslash', 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote', but shellescape()
2327only takes 'shellslash' into account.
2328
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002329Menu item that does "xxd -r" doesn't work when 'fileencoding' is utf-16.
2330Check for this and use iconv? (Edward L. Fox, 2007 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002331Does the conversion in the other direction work when 'fileencodings' is set
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002332properly?
2333
2334Cursor displayed in the wrong position when using 'numberwidth'. (James Vega,
23352007 Jun 21)
2336
2337When $VAR contains a backslash expand('$VAR') removes it. (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2338Jun 18)
2339
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002340C++ indenting wrong with "=". (James Kanze, 2007 Jan 26)
2341
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002342":lockvar" should use copyID to avoid endless loop.
2343
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002344When using --remote-silent and the file name matches 'wildignore' get an E479
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002345error. without --remote-silent it works fine. (Ben Fritz, 2008 Jun 20)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002346
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002347GVim: dialog for closing Vim should check if Vim is busy writing a file. Then
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002348use a different dialog: "busy saving, really quit? yes / no".
2349
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002350Check other interfaces for changing curbuf in a wrong way. Patch like for
2351if_ruby.c.
2352
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002353":helpgrep" should use the directory from 'helpfile'.
2354
2355The need_fileinfo flag is messy. Instead make the message right away and put
2356it in keep_msg?
2357
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002358Editing a file remotely that matches 'wildignore' results in a "no match"
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002359error. Should only happen when there are wildcards, not when giving the file
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002360name literally, and esp. if there is only one name.
2361
Bram Moolenaar1423b9d2006-05-07 15:16:06 +00002362Test 61 fails sometimes. This is a timing problem: "sleep 2" sometimes takes
2363longer than 2 seconds.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002364
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002365Using ":au CursorMoved * cmd" invokes mch_FullName(), which can be slow.
2366Can this be avoided? (Thomas Waba, 2008 Aug 24)
2367Also for ":w" without a file name.
2368The buffer has the full path in ffname, should pass this to the autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002369
2370"vim -C" often has 'nocompatible', because it's set in some startup script.
2371Set 'compatible' after startup is done? Patch by James Vega, 2008 Feb 7.
2372
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002373VMS: while editing a file found in complex, Vim will save file into the first
2374directory of the path and not to the original location of the file.
2375(Zoltan Arpadffy)
2376
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002377VMS: VFC files are in some cases truncated during reading (Zoltan Arpadffy)
2378
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002379input() completion should not insert a backslash to escape a space in a file
2380name?
2381
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002382Ruby completion is insecure. Can this be fixed?
2383
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002384When 'backupskip' is set from $TEMP special characters need to be escaped.
2385(patch by Grembowietz, 2007 Feb 26, not quite right)
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01002386Another problem is that file_pat_to_reg_pat() doesn't recognize "\\", so "\\("
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002387will be seen as a path separator plus "\(".
2388
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002389gvim d:\path\path\(FILE).xml should not remove the \ before the (.
2390This also fails with --remote.
2391
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002392When doing ":quit" the Netbeans "killed" event isn't sent. (Xavier de Gaye,
23932008 Nov 10) call netbeans_file_closed() at the end of buf_freeall(), or in
2394all places where buf_freeall() is called?
2395
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002396aucmd_prepbuf() should also use a window in another tab page.
2397
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002398When unloading a buffer in a BufHidden autocommand the hidden flag is reset?
2399(Bob Hiestand, 2008 Aug 26, Aug 27)
2400
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002401Substituting an area with a line break with almost the same area does change
2402the Visual area. Can this be fixed? (James Vega, 2006 Sept 15)
2403
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002404GUI: When combining fg en bg make sure they are not equal.
2405
2406Use different pt_br dictionary for spell checking. (Jackson A. Aquino, 2006
2407Jun 5)
2408
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002409Use different romanian dictionary for spell checking. (Andrei Popescu, Nov
24102008) Use http://downloads.sourceforge.net/rospell/ro_RO.3.2.zip
2411Or the hunspell-ro.3.2.tar.gz file, it also has a iso-8859-2 list.
2412
2413In a C file with spell checking, in "% integer" "nteger" is seen as an error,
2414but "]s" doesn't find it. "nteger" by itself is found. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008
2415Jul 22)
2416
2417There should be something about spell checking in the user manual.
2418
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002419Add an option to specify the character to use when a double-width character is
2420moved to the next line. Default '>', set to a space to blank it out. Check
2421that char is single width when it's set (compare with 'listchars').
2422
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002423The generated vim.bat can avoid the loop for NT. (Carl Zmola, 2006 Sep 3)
2424
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002425When showing a diff between a non-existent file and an existing one, with the
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002426cursor in the empty buffer, the other buffer only shows the last line. Change
2427the "insert" into a change from one line to many? (Yakov Lerner, 2008 May 27)
2428
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002429These two abbreviations don't give the same result:
2430 let asdfasdf = "xyz\<Left>"
2431 cabbr XXX <C-R>=asdfasdf<CR>
2432 cabbr YYY xyz<Left>
2433
2434Michael Dietrich: maximized gvim sometimes displays output of external command
2435partly. (2006 Dec 7)
2436
2437In FileChangedShell command it's no longer allowed to switch to another
2438buffer. But the changed buffer may differ from the current buffer, how to
2439reload it then?
2440
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002441For Aap: include a config.arg.example file with hints how to use config.arg.
2442
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01002443Default for 'background' is wrong when using xterm with 256 colors.
2444Table with estimates from Matteo Cavalleri, 2014 Jan 10.
2445
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002446Setting 'background' resets the Normal background color:
2447 highlight Normal ctermbg=DarkGray
2448 set background=dark
2449This is undesired, 'background' is supposed to tell Vim what the background
2450color is, not reset it.
2451
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002452Completion menu: For a wrapping line, completing a long file name, only the
2453start of the path is shown in the menu. Should move the menu to the right to
2454show more text of the completions. Shorten the items that don't fit in the
2455middle?
2456
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002457Accessing file#var in a function should not need the g: prepended.
2458
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002459When exiting detects a modified buffer, instead of opening the buffer in the
2460current tab, use an existing tab, if possible. Like finding a window where
2461the buffer is displayed. (Antonios Tsakiridis)
2462
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002463When ":cn" moves to an error in the same line the message isn't shortened.
2464Only skip shortening for ":cc"?
2465
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002466Problem with ":call" and dictionary function. Hari Krishna Dara, Charles
2467Campbell 2006 Jul 06.
2468
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002469A custom completion function in a ":command" cannot be a Funcref. (Andy
2470Wokula, 2007 Aug 25)
2471
2472Problem with using :redir in user command completion function? (Hari Krishna
2473Dara, 2006 June 21)
2474
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002475Another resizing problem when setting 'columns' and 'lines' to a very large
2476number. (Tony Mechelynck, 2007 Feb 6)
2477
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002478After starting Vim, using '0 to jump somewhere in a file, ":sp" doesn't center
2479the cursor line. It works OK after some other commands.
2480
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002481Win32: Is it possible to have both postscript and Win32 printing?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002482
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002483Problem with 'cdpath' on MS-Windows when a directory is equal to $HOME. (2006
2484Jul 26, Gary Johnson)
2485
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002486Using UTF-8 character with ":command" does not work properly. (Matt Wozniski,
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010024872008 Sep 29)
2488
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002489In the Netbeans interface add a "vimeval" function, so that the other side can
2490check the result of has("patch13").
2491
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002492Cursor line at bottom of window instead of halfway after saving view and
2493restoring. Only with 'nowrap'. (Robert Webb, 2008 Aug 25)
2494
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002495Netrw has trouble executing autocommands only for a directory. Add <isdir>
2496and <notisdir> to autocommand patterns? Also <isfile>?
2497
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002498Add command modifier that skips wildcard expansion, so that you don't need to
2499put backslashes before special chars, only for white space.
2500
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002501In mswin.vim: Instead of mapping <C-V> for Insert mode in a complicated way,
2502can it be done like ":imap <C-V> <MiddleMouse>" without negative side effects?
2503
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002504When right after "vim file", "M" then CTRL-W v the windows are scrolled
2505differently and unexpectedly. Caused by patch 7.2.398?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002506
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002507The magic clipboard format "VimClipboard2" appears in several places. Should
2508be only one.
2509
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02002510Win32, NTFS: When editing a specific infostream directly and 'backupcopy' is
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002511"auto" should detect this situation and work like 'backupcopy' is "yes". File
2512name is something like "c:\path\foo.txt:bar", includes a colon. (Alex
2513Jakushev, 2008 Feb 1)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002514
2515Small problem displaying diff filler line when opening windows with a script.
2516(David Luyer, 2007 Mar 1 ~/Mail/oldmail/mool/in.15872 )
2517
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002518Is it allowed that 'backupext' is empty? Problems when backup is in same dir
2519as original file? If it's OK don't compare with 'patchmode'. (Thierry Closen)
2520
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002521Patch for adding ":lscscope". (Navdeep Parhar, 2007 Apr 26; update 2008 Apr
252223)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002523
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002524":mkview" isn't called with the right buffer argument. Happens when using
2525tabs and the autocommand "autocmd BufWinLeave * mkview". (James Vega, 2007
2526Jun 18)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002527
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002528When completing from another file that uses a different encoding completion
2529text has the wrong encoding. E.g., when 'encoding' is utf-8 and file is
2530latin1. Example from Gombault Damien, 2007 Mar 24.
2531
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002532In gvim the backspace key produces a backspace character, but on Linux the
2533VERASE key is Delete. Set VERASE to Backspace? (patch by Stephane Chazelas,
25342007 Oct 16)
2535
2536TermResponse autocommand isn't always triggered when using vimdiff. (Aron
2537Griffis, 2007 Sep 19)
2538
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002539Create a gvimtutor.1 file and change Makefiles to install it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002540
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002541When 'encoding' is utf-8 typing text at the end of the line causes previously
2542typed characters to be redrawn. Caused by patch 7.1.329. (Tyler Spivey, 2008
2543Sep 3, 11)
2544
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002545":vimgrep" does not recognize a recursive symlink. Is it possible to detect
2546this, at least for Unix (using device/inode)?
2547
2548When switching between windows the cursor is often put in the middle.
2549Remember the relative position and restore that, just like lnum and col are
2550restored. (Luc St-Louis)
2551
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02002552Add an option for a minimal text length before inserting a line break for
2553'textwidth'. Avoids very short lines when a very long word follows.
2554(Kartik Agaram)
2555
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002556
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002557Better plugin support (not plugin manager, see elsewhere for that):
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002558- Avoid use of feedkeys, add eval functions where needed:
2559 - manipulating the Visual selection?
2560- Add createmark(): add a mark like mM, but return a unique ID. Need some way
2561 to clean them up again... Use a name + the script ID.
2562 Add createmark( , 'c') to track inserts/deletes before the column.
2563- Plugins need to make a lot of effort, lots of mappings, to know what
2564 happened before pressing the key that triggers a plugin action. How about
2565 keeping the last N pressed keys, so that they do not need to be mapped?
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01002566- equivalent of netbeans_beval_cb(). With an autocommand?
2567- Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002568
2569
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002570More patches:
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02002571- Another patch for Javascript indenting. (Hari Kumar, 2010 Jul 11)
2572 Needs a few tests.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002573- Add 'cscopeignorecase' option. (Liang Wenzhi, 2006 Sept 3)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002574- Extra argument to strtrans() to translate special keys to their name (Eric
2575 Arnold, 2006 May 22)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002576- Mac: indicate whether a buffer was modified. (Nicolas Weber, 2006 Jun 30)
2577- Allow negative 'nrwidth' for left aligning. (Nathan Laredo, 2006 Aug 16)
2578- ml_append_string(): efficiently append to an existing line. (Brad
2579 Beveridge, 2006 Aug 26) Use in some situations, e.g., when pasting a
2580 character at a time?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002581- recognize hex numbers better. (Mark Manning, 2006 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002582- Add <AbbrExpand> key, to expand an abbreviation in a mapping. (Kana
2583 Natsuno, 2008 Jul 17)
2584- Add 'wspara' option, also accept blank lines like empty lines for "{" and
2585 "}". (Mark Lundquist, 2008 Jul 18)
2586- Patch to add CTRL-T to delete part of a path on cmdline. (Adek, 2008 Jul
2587 21)
2588- Instead of creating a copy of the tutor in all the shell scripts, do it in
2589 vimtutor.vim. (Jan Minar, 2008 Jul 20)
2590- When fsync() fails there is no hint about what went wrong. Patch by Ben
2591 Schmidt, 2008 Jul 22.
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +02002592- testdir/Make_dos_sh.mak for running tests with MingW. (Bill McCarthy, 2008
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002593 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02002594- Replace ccomplete.vim by cppcomplete.vim from www.vim.org? script 1520 by
2595 Vissale Neang. (Martin Stubenschrott) Asked Vissale to make the scripts
2596 more friendly for the Vim distribution.
2597 New version received 2008 Jan 6.
2598 No maintenance in two years...
Bram Moolenaar5aae4192010-08-03 23:00:38 +02002599- Patch to open dropped files in new tabs. (Michael Trim, 2010 Aug 3)
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002600
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002601Awaiting updated patches:
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +000026029 Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung, Eckehard Berns):
2603 8 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
2604 New patch 2004 Jun 16
2605 - selecting proportional font breaks display
2606 - UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
2607 - Command-key mappings do not work. (Alan Schmitt)
2608 - With 'nopaste' pasting is wrong, with 'paste' Command-V doesn't work.
2609 (Alan Schmitt)
2610 - remove 'macatsui' option when this has been fixed.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002611 - when 'macatsui' is off should we always convert to "macroman" and ignore
2612 'termencoding'?
Bram Moolenaar76b92b22006-03-24 22:46:53 +000026139 HTML indenting can be slow. Caused by using searchpair(). Can search()
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002614 be used instead? A.Politz is looking into a solution.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000026158 Win32: Add minidump generation. (George Reilly, 2006 Apr 24)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000026167 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
2617 Update 2004 Sep 6.
2618 How does this work? Missing comments.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000026198 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00002620 (28 feb 2002). Will mess the translations...
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +020026217 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it" appears
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002622 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
2623- Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02002624 for multibyte characters.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002625- Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
2626- Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
2627 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
2628 been given values.
2629 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000026307 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
2631 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
2632- Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
2633 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
2634 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
26358 Add functions:
2636 gettext() Translate a message. (Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
2637 Update 2004 Sep 10
2638 Another patch from Edward L. Fox (2005 Nov 24)
2639 Search in 'runtimepath'?
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00002640 More docs needed about how to use this.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002641 How to get the messages into the .po files?
2642 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
2643 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
2644 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
2645 (2003 May 13)
2646 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
2647 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002648 taglist() add argument to specify maximum number of matches.
2649 useful for interactive things or completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002650 col('^') column of first non-white character.
2651 Can use "len(substitute(getline('.'), '\S.*', '', ''))
2652 + 1", but that's ugly.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000026537 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
2654 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000026557 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
2656 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +000026578 Option to lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +02002658 (unencrypted). Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23. Uses mlock.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000026597 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
26608 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
2661 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
26627 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
2663 Kotchan has a patch for it)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000026647 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
2665- findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
2666 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
2667 incomplete patch Mar 18)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002668- For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
2669 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
2670- Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01002671- Patch for redo register. (Ben Schmidt, 2007 Oct 19)
2672 Await response to question to make the register writable.
2673
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002674
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +02002675Better 'rightleft' or BIDI support:
2676- Minimal Vi with bidi support: https://github.com/aligrudi/neatvi
2677 By Ali Gholami Rudi, also worked on arabic.c
2678
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +02002679
2680Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaar71b6d332022-09-10 13:13:14 +01002681- List of common misspellings in English:
2682 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lists_of_common_misspellings/For_machines
2683 German:
2684 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Liste_von_Tippfehlern/F%C3%BCr_Maschinen
2685 There are other languages.
Bram Moolenaar48c3f4e2022-08-08 15:42:38 +01002686- [s does not find missing capital at start of the line. #10838
2687 Probably because the dot at the end of the previous line isn't seen.
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +02002688- When 'cursorline' is set and the first word should have SpellCap
2689 highlighting, redrawing the line removes it when moving the cursor away
2690 from the line. (#7085) Would need to inspect the end of the previous line
2691 and update "capcol_lnum" and "cap_col".
2692- Mixup of highlighting when there is a match and SpellBad. (ZyX, 2015 Jan 1)
2693- Spell files use a latin single quote. Unicode also has another single
2694 quote: 0x2019. (Ron Aaron, 2014 Apr 4)
2695 New OpenOffice spell files support this with ICONV. But they are not
2696 compatible with Vim spell files. The old files can no longer be
2697 downloaded.
2698- Add a feature to only consider two spaces after a dot to start a new
2699 sentence. Don't give the capitalization error when there is one space.
2700- Add a way to specify punctuation characters. Add the superscript numbers
2701 by default: 0x2070, 0xb9, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0x2074 - 0x2079.
2702- In popup menu: If the only problem is the case of the first character,
2703 don't offer "ignore" and "add to word list".
2704- Spell menu: When using the Popup menu to select a replacement word,
2705 ":spellrepeat" doesn't work. SpellReplace() uses setline(). Can it use
2706 "z=" somehow? Or use a new function.
2707
2708
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01002709Quickfix/Location List:
2710- Window size is wrong when using quickfix window. (Lifepillar, 2018 Aug 24,
2711 #2999)
2712- When using CTRL-W CR in the quickfix window, the jumplist in the opened
2713 window is cleared, to avoid going back to the list of errors buffer (would
2714 have two windows with it). Can we just remove the jump list entries for
2715 the quickfix buffer?
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01002716- When an item in the quickfix list has a file name that does not exist,
2717 behave like the item was not a match for :cnext.
2718- When adding an item to a new quickfix list make ":cnext" jump to that
2719 item. Make a difference being at the first item and not having used
2720 :cnext at all. (Afanasiy Fet, 2017 Jan 3)
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01002721- When opening quickfix window, disable spell checking?
2722- Patch for supporting count before CR in quickfix window. (AOYAMA Shotaro,
2723 2007 Jan 1)
2724- Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
2725 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
2726- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
2727 errors. How do we get the rest?
27288 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
2729 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
2730 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
2731 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
27327 Add a command that goes back to the position from before jumping to the
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02002733 first quickfix location.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002734
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002735Vi incompatibility:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002736- Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
2737 Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027388 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
2739 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
2740 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
2741 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
2742 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
2743 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027448 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
2745 make Vim exit.
27467 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
2747 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
2748 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
27498 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
2750 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
2751 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
27526 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
2753 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
2754 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
27558 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
2756 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
2757 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
2758 names in one buffer???
2759 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
2760 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
2761 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
27627 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
2763 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
2764 command was one command.
Bram Moolenaareaa48e72005-06-08 22:07:37 +00002765 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
2766 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027677 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
2768 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
27697 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027707 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
2771 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
2772 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
2773 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
27747 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
27757 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
27767 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
2777 to the match with the tag? Option?
27787 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
27797 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
2780 (Sayre).
27817 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
2782 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027837 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
2784 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
2785 match. Nvi can do it too.
27867 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
2787 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
2788 line 1\ line 2\\
2789 line 2\ line 3\\
2790 . line4/
27916 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
2792 the way the shell is started?
27936 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
2794 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
2795
2796
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01002797GTK+ GUI:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000027989 Crash with X command server over ssh. (Ciaran McCreesh, 2006 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027998 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
2800 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
2801 creating a label?
Bram Moolenaar6e7c7f32005-08-24 22:16:11 +000028028 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters are sometimes not drawn properly.
2803 Depends on the font size, "monospace 13" has the problem. Vim seems to do
2804 everything right, must be a GTK bug. Is there a way to work around it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028059 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
2806 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
2807 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
2808 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
Bram Moolenaare580b0c2006-03-21 21:33:03 +00002809- Gnome2: When moving the toolbar out of the dock, so that it becomes
2810 floating, it can no longer be moved. Therefore making it float has been
2811 blocked for now.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01002812- Mapping with partial match not executed properly in GTK. (Ingo Karkat,
2813 #7082)
2814- Add more testing of the GTK GUI.
2815 - gtk_test_widget_click() can be used to simulate a click in a widget.
2816- Tests failing for "make testgui" with GTK:
2817 - Test_setbufvar_options()
2818 - Test_exit_callback_interval()
2819- When adding a timer from 'balloonexpr' it won't fire, because
2820 g_main_context_iteration() doesn't return. Need to trigger an event when
2821 the timer expires.
2822- problem with 'L' in 'guioptions' changing the window width. (Aaron
2823 Cornelius, 2012 Feb 6)
2824- Patch to invert characters differently in GTK. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2013
2825 May 5)
2826- drawing a double-width combining character over single-width characters
2827 doesn't look right. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 8)
2828- tear-off menu does not work. (Kurt Sonnenmoser, 2010 Oct 25)
2829- Patch for GTK buttons X1Mouse and X2Mouse. (Christian J. Robinson, 2010
2830 Aug 9)
2831- When setting 'columns' in a startup script and doing ":vertical diffsplit"
2832 the window isn't redrawn properly, see two vertical bars.
2833- when the Tab pages bar appears or disappears while the window is maximized
2834 the window is no longer maximized. Patch that has some idea but doesn't
2835 work from Geoffrey Antos, 2008 May 5. Also: the window may no longer fit
2836 on the screen, thus the command line is not visible.
2837- Patch to support horizontal scroll wheel in GTK. Untested. (Bjorn
2838 Winckler, 2010 Jun 30)
Bram Moolenaare580b0c2006-03-21 21:33:03 +00002839
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002840
2841Win32 GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002842- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
2843 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028448 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
2845 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
2846 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028476 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
2848 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000028498 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
2850 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
2851 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028527 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
2853 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
2854 to use an opaque background in most places?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028557 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
2856 2004 May 9)
28578 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
2858 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
2859 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
2860 MS-Windows 98?
2861 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
2862 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
2863 file: Window moves with the cursor!
2864 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028658 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
2866 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
2867 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
2868 doesn't work properly.
28698 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
2870 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
2871 appears in the right position. (Webb)
28729 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
2873 button doesn't give popup menu.
2874 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
2875 selection.
2876 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
2877 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
2878 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
28798 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
2880 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
2881 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
2882 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
28838 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
2884 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
2885 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028867 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
2887 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
Bram Moolenaar4463f292005-09-25 22:20:24 +00002888 scroll?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028897 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
2890 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028916 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
28928 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
2893 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
2894 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
28958 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
2896 know which keyboard is being used?
28977 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
2898 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
2899 area (Koloseike).
29008 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
2901 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
2902 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
2903 the font name).
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01002904- When running a fast timer, the cursor no longer blinks. Was reported:
2905 cursor blinks in terminal on widows with a timer. (xtal8, #2142)
2906- Last message from startup doesn't show up when there is an echoerr
2907 command. (Cyril Slobin, 2009 Mar 13)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002908
2909
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01002910Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000029116 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
2912 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
2913 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
2914 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
2915 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029169 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
2917 required and it's missing?
29188 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
2919 wrong.
29209 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
2921 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +010029229 XIM doesn't work properly for Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002923 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
2924 flag.
29258 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
2926 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
2927 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
29288 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
29296 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
2930 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
2931 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
2932 the tooltips work though...
29337 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
2934 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
29358 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
2936 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
2937 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
2938
2939
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002940Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02002941- gui_mch_browsedir() is missing, browsedir() doesn't work nicely.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029427 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
2943 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029448 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
2945 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
2946 (Phillipps)
2947
2948
2949GUI:
29509 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
2951 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
29529 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +00002953 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002954 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
29559 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
2956 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029578 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
2958 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
2959 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
29608 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
2961 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
2962 of where it is processing the output.
2963 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
29648 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
2965 doesn't work.
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +010029668 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000029678 When translating menus ignore the part after the Tab, the shortcut. So
2968 that the same menu item with a different shortcut (e.g., for the Mac) are
2969 still translated.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020029708 Add menu separators for Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029718 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
2972 browse().
29738 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
2974 use that code? Or use console dialog.
29758 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
2976 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000029777 More features in the find/replace dialog:
2978 - regexp on/off
2979 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
2980 when all buffers/directory is used:
2981 - filter for file name
2982 when directory is used:
2983 - subdirectory on/off
2984 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029858 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
2986 to avoid problems.
29878 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
2988 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
2989 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
29908 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
2991 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
2992 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
29938 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
2994 up. Set erase character somehow?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029958 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
29967 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
2997 visible.
29987 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
2999 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
30007 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
3001 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
30028 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
3003 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
30048 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
3005 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
3006 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
3007 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
3008- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
30094 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
3010 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
3011 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
3012
3013
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01003014Win32 console:
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000030158 Should $USERPROFILE be preferred above $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH? No, but it's
3016 a good fallback, thus use:
3017 $HOME
3018 $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH
3019 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE);
3020 $USERPROFILE
3021 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, FALSE);
3022 $ALLUSERSPROFILE
3023 $SYSTEMDRIVE\
3024 C:\
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030258 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
3026 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
30278 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
3028 Should work like in the GUI version.
30298 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
3030 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
30318 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
3032 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
30338 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
3034 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
3035 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030368 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
3037 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
3038 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
3039
3040
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003041Win32 console:
30429 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
3043 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
3044 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
3045 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
3046 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
3047 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
3048 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
3049 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
3050 and the file is not saved.
3051 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
3052 long name.
30538 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
3054 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
30557 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
3056 besides the console.
30578 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
30589 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
3059 <C-S-i>?
30609 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
3061 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
30628 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
3063 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003064
3065
3066Amiga:
30678 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
3068 sequences.
30699 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
3070 backslashes in result.
30718 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
3072 all options, using white space separation.
3073
3074
3075Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003076- GUI: gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030777 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
3078 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
3079 (Jack)
3080 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000030818 inputdialog() doesn't resize when giving more text lines. (David Fishburn,
3082 2006 Sept 28)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030838 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
30848 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
30859 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
3086 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030879 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003088- Build problem with small features on Mac OS X 10.6. (Rainer, 2011 Jan 24)
3089- Version of netbeans.c for use with MacVim. (Kazuki Sakamoto, 2010 Nov 18)
3090- Mac with X11: clipboard doesn't work properly. (Raf, 2010 Aug 16)
3091- Move Carbon todo items to os_mac.txt. Note that this version is frozen,
3092 try the Cocoa version.
3093- After a ":vsplit" the left scrollbar doesn't appear until 'columns' is
3094 changed or the window is resized.
3095- Patch for configure: remove arch from ruby link args. (Knezevic, 2008 Mar
3096 5) Alternative: Kazuki Sakamoto, Mar 7.
3097- trouble compiling with Motif, requires --disable-darwin. (Raf, 2008 Aug 1)
3098 Reply by Ben Schmidt.
3099- Using gvim: netrw window disappears. (Nick Lo, 2006 Jun 21)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003100
3101
3102"Small" problems:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003103- When using e_secure in do_one_cmd() mention the command being executed,
3104 otherwise it's not clear where it comes from.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +000031059 For Turkish vim_tolower() and vim_toupper() also need to use utf_
3106 functions for characters below 0x80. (Sertacyildiz)
Bram Moolenaarc93b83a2006-04-29 22:02:36 +000031079 When the last edited file is a help file, using '0 in a new Vim doesn't
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003108 edit the file as a help file. 'filetype' is OK, but 'iskeyword' isn't,
3109 file isn't readonly, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031108 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
3111 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
3112 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +00003113 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031147 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
3115 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
31168 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
3117 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
3118 for redirection.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031197 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
3120 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003121- Could the hit-enter prompt be avoided when a message only overlaps the
3122 'showcmd' area? Clear that area when the next cmd is typed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031238 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
3124 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
3125 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
3126 using the horizontal scrollbar.
31277 VisVim can only open one file. Hard to solve: each opened file is passed
3128 with a separate invocation, would need to use timestamps to know the
3129 invocations belong together.
31308 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
3131 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
31328 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
3133 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
3134 UnxUtils.zip archive.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01003135 Is it better than what we have in src/tee?
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000031368 When doing Insert mode completion a mapping cannot recursively call
3137 edit(), because the completion information is global. Put everything in
3138 an allocated structure?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031397 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
3140 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
3141 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
3142 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031437 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
3144 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
3145 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
31467 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
3147 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
3148 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
31497 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
3150 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031517 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
3152 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031539 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
3154 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
3155 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
3156 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
3157 script can be called.
31588 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
3159 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
3160 works.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031618 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
3162 CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000031638 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003164 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
3165 configurable?
31668 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031678 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
3168 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020031698 Should allow multibyte characters for the delimiter: ":s+a+b+" where "+"
3170 is a multibyte character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031718 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
3172 always written, even when the original file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031739 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
3174 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
3175 written.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031767 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031778 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
3178 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
3179 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000031808 Also store the line number with the script ID and use it for ":verbose",
3181 so that "set nocompatible" is found when it changes other option values.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003182 When an option is set indirectly mention the command? E.g. when
3183 ":diffsplit" sets 'foldmethod'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031848 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
3185 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
31869 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
3187 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
3188 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003189 one. Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 July 14.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031907 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
3191 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031927 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
3193 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
3194 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
3195 direction, not horizontally?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031968 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003197 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
3198 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
3199 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
3200 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003201 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
3202 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +00003203 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02003204 - Should interpret CTRL-L as a page break.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003205 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
3206 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
3207 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
3208 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
3209 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032108 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
3211 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
32128 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
3213 in lines that don't extend into the block?
32148 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
3215 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
3216 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
32178 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
3218 'linebreak'.
32198 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
3220 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
3221 (Helmut Stiegler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032229 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
3223 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
3224 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
3225 'magic' in history. (Margo)
32269 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
3227 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032289 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
32299 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
3230 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
3231 cause another redraw, etc.
32328 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
3233 must escape special characters in the pattern.
32348 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
3235 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
3236 ":w!!" for that.
3237 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
3238 restore file to readonly afterwards.
Bram Moolenaar04a09c12005-08-01 22:02:32 +00003239 Overwriting a file for which a swap file exists is similar issue.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032407 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
3241 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
3242 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
3243 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
3244 clipboard)
32457 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
3246 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
3247 Waggoner)
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000032486 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
3249 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
3250 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032518 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
3252 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
32538 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
3254 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
3255 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
32568 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
3257 (e.g., ":w").
32588 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
3259 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032608 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
3261 script in do_cmdline().
32628 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
3263 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
3264 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
3265 changes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032668 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
3267 to skip catch_signals()?
32689 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
3269 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
3270 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
3271 text?
32728 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
3273 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
32748 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
3275 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
32769 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
3277 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
3278 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
3279 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
3280 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
32817 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
3282 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
3283 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
3284 in the list?
32858 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
3286 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
3287 instead of on button down.
32888 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032898 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
3290 character is typed.
32918 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
3292 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
32938 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
3294 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
32958 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
3296 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
3297 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
3298 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
3299 cygwin bash.
33007 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
3301 Remember flags for backreferences.
33027 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
3303 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
33047 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
3305 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
33068 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
3307 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
33087 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
3309 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033107 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
3311 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
3312 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
33137 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
3314 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003315
3316
3317I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
33189 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
3319 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
3320 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003321
3322
3323Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaara93fa7e2006-04-17 22:14:47 +00003324- GTK: when using the popup menu with spelling suggestions and releasing the
3325 right mouse button before the menu appears selecting an item with the
3326 right mouse button has no effect. GTK does not produce an event for this.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003327- GTK 2: Cannot use the file selector. When using it many things become
3328 slow. This is caused by some code in GTK that writes
3329 ~/.recently-used.xbel every time an event is handled. It assumes the main
3330 loop is never quit, which is a wrong assumption. Also, it overwrites the
3331 file with different file permissions, which is a privacy issue. This
3332 needs to be fixed in GTK. A solution in Vim would be really complicated.
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02003333 (2008 Jul 31) This appears to be fixed in Vim 7.3.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003334- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
3335 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003336 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003337 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
3338 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
3339 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003340- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
3341 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
3342 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
3343 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
3344 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
3345- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
3346 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
3347 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
3348- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
3349 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003350- Win32 tcl: has("tcl") hangs when the tcl84.dll is from cygwin.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003351- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
3352 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
3353 character gets the highlighting.
3354- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
3355 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
3356- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
3357 (Jennings)
3358- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003359- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003360- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003361 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003362- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
3363 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
3364 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
3365- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
3366 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
3367 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
3368 (Benzinger).
3369- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
3370 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
3371 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
3372- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
3373 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
3374- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
3375 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
3376- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
3377 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
3378 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
3379 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
3380 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
3381 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
3382- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
3383 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
3384 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01003385- Win32, MS-Windows: expanding plugin/**/*.vim also picks up
3386 dir/ctags.vim,v. This is because the short file name is something like
3387 "ctags~1.vim" and that matches the pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003388- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
3389 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
3390 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
3391- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
3392 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
3393- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
3394 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003395- Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
3396 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
3397- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
3398 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
3399 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
3400 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
3401 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
3402- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
3403 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
3404 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
3405- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
3406 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
3407 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003408- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
3409 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 +00003410- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
3411 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
3412 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
3413 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
3414 in the vimrc file to be lost.
3415- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
3416 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
3417
3418--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
3419 *extensions-improvements*
3420
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003421Most interesting new features to be added when all bugs have been fixed:
3422- Using ":exe edit fname" has escaping problems. Use ":edit ++(fname)".
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01003423 Thus use "++=" to give arguments as expressions, comma-separated as if
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003424 calling a function.
3425 With options: ":edit ++(['!', '++enc=abc'], ['+/pat'], fname)".
3426 Alternative: Make a function for Ex commands: cmd_edit().
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003427- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
3428 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01003429 (issue #3292)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003430- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
3431 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
3432 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
3433 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
3434 Eclim does it: http://eclim.sourceforge.net/ (Eric Van Dewoestine)
3435 Plugin that uses a terminal emulator: http://vimplugin.sf.net
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003436 And another one: http://www.satokar.com/viplugin/index.php
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003437- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
3438 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
3439 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003440- Scroll commands by screen line. g CTRL-E and g CTRL-Y ? Requires the
3441 first line to be able to start halfway.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000034428 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
3443 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
3444 Also allow specifying the file and command, so that the result of
3445 taglist() can be used.
Bram Moolenaar27dc1952006-03-15 23:06:44 +00003446- X11: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
3447 This can be done with XReparentWindow(). But how exactly?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003448
3449
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003450Documentation:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000034518 List of Vim runtime directories. dotvim.txt from Charles Campbell, 2007
3452 Feb 20.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000034538 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
3454 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000034558 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
3456 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034578 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034589 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
3459 - change to cursor position and curswant
3460 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
3461 - how it works for folded lines
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003462 - how it works with multibyte characters
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034638 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
3464 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
3465 text.
34668 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
34677 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
3468 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
34697 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
3470 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003471 Patch by Balazs Kezes, 2007 Dec 30. Remark from A. Politz.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003472- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
3473
3474
3475Help:
3476- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
3477 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
3478- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
3479 to the other matches.
3480- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003481- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
3482 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02003483 user can edit it to insert favorite commands, new account can contain a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003484 default contents.
3485- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
3486 height for the help window (and other windows).
3487- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
3488- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
3489- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
3490
3491
3492User Friendlier:
34938 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
3494 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
3495 Briscoe)
34968 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
34978 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
3498 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
3499 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
35008 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
3501 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
3502- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
3503 ":mkplugin <file>"?
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +00003504- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..." #9339
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035059 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
3506 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
3507 item?).
3508 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035098 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +000035107 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
3511 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
3512 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
Bram Moolenaar33aec762006-01-22 23:30:12 +000035138 Support saving and restoring session for X windows? It should work to do
3514 ":mksession" and use "-S fname" for the restart command. The
3515 gui_x11_wm_protocol_handler() already takes care of the rest.
3516 global_event_filter() for GTK.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003517
3518
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +00003519Tab pages:
35209 GUI implementation for the tab pages line for other systems.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000035217 GUI: Control over the appearance of the text in the labels (bold, color,
3522 font, etc.)
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000035238 Make GUI menu in tab pages line configurable. Like the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaarfc1421e2006-04-20 22:17:20 +000035248 balloons for the tab page labels that are shortened to show the full path.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000035257 :tabdup duplicate the tab with all its windows.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000035267 Option to put tab line at the left or right? Need an option to specify
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00003527 its width. It's like a separate window with ":tabs" output.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000035288 Add local options for each tab page? E.g., 'diffopt' could differ between
3529 tab pages.
35307 Add local highlighting for each tab page?
3531
3532
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003533Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003534- Support more regions? Caolan McNamara argues it's needed for es_XX.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01003535 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219777
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003536- Unicode defines another quote character: 0x2019. Use it as an equivalent
3537 of a single quote, thus use it as a word character like a quote and match
3538 with words, replacing the curly quote with a single quote.
3539- Could filter &eacute; things for HTML before doing spell checking.
3540 Similarly for TeX.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003541- The Hungarian spell file uses four extra characters in the FOL/UPP/LOW
3542 items than other spell files with the ISO-8859-2 encoding, that causes
3543 problem when changing 'spelllang'. There is no obvious way to fix this.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003544- Considering Hunspell 1.1.4:
3545 What does MAXNGRAMSUGS do?
3546 Is COMPLEXPREFIXES necessary when we have flags for affixes?
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01003547- There is no Finnish spell checking file. For openoffice Voikko is now
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003548 used, which is based on Malaga: http://home.arcor.de/bjoern-beutel/malaga/
3549 (Teemu Likonen)
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +000035508 ":mkspell" still takes much too long in Hungarian dictionary from
3551 hunspell. Only solution appears to be to postpone secondary suffixes.
35528 Handle postponed prefix with COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG or COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG.
3553 WFP_COMPPERMIT and WFP_COMPFORBID
35548 implement use of <compoptions> in .spl file:
3555 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDREP: when a compound word seems to be OK apply REP
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003556 items and check if the result is a valid word.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003557 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP
3558 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE
3559 Add CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE: when compounding make leading capital lower case.
3560 How is it supposed to work?
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003561- Add a command the repeats ]s and z=, showing the misspelled word in its
3562 context. Thus to spell-check a whole file.
Bram Moolenaar261bfea2006-03-01 22:12:31 +00003563- suggestion for "KG" to "kg" when it's keepcase.
Bram Moolenaar7b89edc2006-04-06 20:21:51 +00003564- For flags on affixes: Use a "AFFCOMPSET" flag; means the compound flags of
3565 the word are not used.
Bram Moolenaardb552d602006-03-23 22:59:57 +00003566- Support breakpoint character ? 0xb7 and ignore it? Makes it possible to
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003567 use same wordlist for hyphenation.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003568- Compound word is accepted if nr of words is <= COMPOUNDWORDMAX OR nr of
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003569 syllables <= COMPOUNDSYLMAX. Specify using AND in the affix file?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003570- NEEDCOMPOUND also used for affix? Or is this called ONLYINCOMPOUND now?
3571 Or is ONLYINCOMPOUND only for inside a compound, not at start or end?
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003572- Do we need a flag for the rule that when compounding is done the following
3573 word doesn't have a capital after a word character, even for Onecap words?
3574- New hunspell home page: http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar69e0ff92005-09-30 21:23:56 +00003575 - Version 1.1.0 is out now, look into that.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003576 - Lots of code depends on LANG, that isn't right. Enable each mechanism
3577 in the affix file separately.
3578 - Example with compounding dash is bad, gets in the way of setting
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003579 COMPOUNDMIN and COMPOUNDWORDMAX to a reasonable value.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003580 - PSEUDOROOT == NEEDAFFIX
3581 - COMPOUNDROOT -> COMPOUNDED? For a word that already is a compound word
3582 Or use COMPOUNDED2, COMPOUNDED3, etc.
3583- CIRCUMFIX: when a word uses a prefix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag, then
3584 the word must also have a suffix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag. It's a
3585 bit primitive, since only one flag is used, which doesn't allow matching
3586 specific prefixes with suffixes.
3587 Alternative:
3588 PSFX {flag} {pchop} {padd} {pcond} {schop} {sadd}[/flags] {scond}
3589 We might not need this at all, you can use the NEEDAFFIX flag and the
3590 affix which is required.
3591- When a suffix has more than one syllable, it may count as a word for
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003592 COMPOUNDWORDMAX.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003593- Add flags to count extra syllables in a word. SYLLABLEADD1 SYLLABLEADD2,
3594 etc.? Or make it possible to specify the syllable count of a word
3595 directly, e.g., after another slash: /abc/3
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003596- MORPHO item in affix file: ignore TAB and morphological field after
3597 word/flags and affix.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003598- Implement multiple flags for compound words and CMP item?
3599 Await comments from other spell checking authors.
3600- Also see tklspell: http://tkltrans.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000036018 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
3602 syntax items (to add @Spell).
3603 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
3604 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003605- References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
3606 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
3607 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
3608 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000036098 It is currently not possible to mark "can not" as rare, because "can" and
3610 "not" are good words. Find a way to let "rare" overrule "good"?
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000036118 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
36128 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
3613 use of words with a dash.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000036147 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
36158 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
3616 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
3617 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
3618 in English, strings in German (po file).
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003619
3620
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003621Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +020036229 When making small changes, e.g. deleting a character, update the diff.
3623 Possibly without running diff.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +020036248 Also show difference with the file when editing started? Should show what
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00003625 can be undone. (Tom Popovich)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003626
3627Folding:
Bram Moolenaarbba577a2005-11-28 23:05:55 +00003628 (commands still available: zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zy zY;
3629 secondary: zB zS zT zZ, z=)
Bram Moolenaar2d8ed022022-05-21 13:08:16 +01003630- Patch to make closed folds line up. (Charles Campbell, 2014 Sep 12)
3631 Remark from Roland Eggner: does it cause crashes? (2014 Dec 12)
3632 Updated patch by Roland Eggner, Dec 16
3633 Updated patch from Charles, 2016 Jul 2
3634- Patch to make fold updates much faster. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Dec)
3635- Patch to have the fold and sign column and at the last line of the buffer.
3636 (Marco Hinz, 2014 Sep 25)
3637 Alternate suggestion: let all columns continue, also the number column.
3638- Patch to add FoldedLineNr highlighting: different highlighting for the
3639 line number of a closed fold. (eXerigumo Clanjor, 2013 Jul 15)
3640- Patch to use 'foldnestmax' also for "marker" foldmethod. (Arnaud Lacombe,
3641 2011 Jan 7)
3642- 'foldcolumn' in modeline applied to wrong window when using a session.
3643 (Teemu Likonen, March 19)
3644- With foldmethod=syntax and nofoldenable comment highlighting isn't
3645 removed. (Marcin Szewczyk, 2017 Apr 26)
3646- The ":move" command does not honor closed folds. (Ryan Lue, #2351)
3647- When completion inserts the first match, it may trigger the line to be
3648 folded. Disable updating folds while completion is active? (Peter Odding,
3649 2010 Jun 9)
3650- When 'foldmethod' is "indent", adding an empty line below a fold and then
3651 indented text, creates a new fold instead of joining it with the previous
3652 one. (Evan Laforge, 2009 Oct 17)
3653- Add ":nofold". Range will apply without expanding to closed fold.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000036548 Vertical folds: looks like vertically split windows, but the cursor moves
3655 through the vertical separator, separator moves when scrolling.
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +020036568 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only. Or use a regexp
3657 item, so that it can be used in any pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036588 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
3659 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
3660 user aware of this?
36618 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
3662 commands skip over a closed fold.
36638 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
36648 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036657 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00003666- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
3667 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
3668 missing line goes unnoticed.
3669 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003670- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
3671 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
3672 smoother?
3673- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
3674 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003675- When currently editing the first file in the argument list the session
3676 file can contain:
3677 args version.c main.c
3678 edit version.c
3679 Can editing version.c twice be avoided?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003680- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003681- "zuf": undo change in manual fold. "zUf" redo change in manual fold. How
3682 to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003683- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
3684 cursor.
Bram Moolenaar3517bb12006-03-03 22:58:45 +00003685- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3" argument: set fold level for a region or
3686 match.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003687- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003688
3689Multi-byte characters:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003690- When editing a file with both utf-8 and latin1 text Vim always falls back
3691 to latin1. Add a command to convert the latin1 characters to utf-8?
3692 :unmix utf-8,latin1 filename
3693 Would only work when 'encoding' is utf-8.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036949 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
3695 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
3696 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
3697 byte).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020036989 'fenc' in modeline problem: add option to reload the file when 'fenc' is
3699 set to a different value in a modeline? Option can be default on. Could
3700 it be done with an autocommand?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037018 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
3702 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
3703 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
3704 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
3705 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
3706 item.
37078 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003708 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
3709 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037108 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
3711 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000037128 When filtering changes the encoding 'fileencoding' may not work. E.g.,
3713 when using xxd and 'fileencoding' is "utf-16". Add an option to set a
3714 different fileencoding for filter output?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037157 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
3716 so that the user can fix the problem.
37178 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
3718 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037199 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020037208 Should add test for using various commands with multibyte characters.
37218 'infercase' doesn't work with multibyte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037228 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000037237 Searching and composing characters:
3724 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003725 Add a special item to match with a composing character, so that composing
3726 characters can be manipulated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037278 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
37288 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020037298 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multibyte
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003730 characters.
37318 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
37328 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
3733 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
37347 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
3735 'display' option to specify this.
37367 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
3737 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
3738- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
3739 fontselector somehow.
3740- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
3741 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
3742- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
3743 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
3744- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
3745 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
3746 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
3747 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
3748 if a font exists?
3749- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02003750 convert_input() for Mac GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003751- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
3752 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003753- Make 'breakat' accept multibyte characters. Problem: can't use a lookup
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00003754 table anymore (breakat_flags[]).
3755 Simplistic solution: when 'formatoptions' contains "m" also break a line
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003756 at a multibyte character >= 0x100.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003757 Making breakat support multibyte characters (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #6598)
3758 Scroll doesn't work correctly, why?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003759- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
3760 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02003761 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":amap" command?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003762- When breaking a line, take properties of multibyte characters into
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003763 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
3764 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
3765 But it's very complicated...
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003766- Problem with 'langmap' being used on the rhs of a mapping. (Nikolai
3767 Weibull, 2008 May 14).
3768 Possibly related problem: Alexey Muranov, 2015 Apr 2
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003769
3770
3771Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000037727 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003773- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
3774- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
3775 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00003776- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
3777 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003778- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
3779- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
3780 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003781- PostScript: Only works for text that can be converted to an 8-bit
3782 character set. How to support Unicode fully?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003783- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
3784 units as for the margins.
3785- Support right-to-left text?
37868 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
3787 color.
3788
3789
3790Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +00003791 Long term goal: faster, better, etc. Options:
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003792 - use treesitter, NeoVim uses it - Many people don't like it.
Bram Moolenaar48c3f4e2022-08-08 15:42:38 +01003793 After changes requires rebuilding the library.
Bram Moolenaarfee0c4a2022-07-07 22:31:59 +01003794 - use TextMate, vscode uses it. #9087 - Other people don't like it.
Bram Moolenaar0daafaa2022-09-04 17:45:43 +01003795 https://github.com/icedman/vim-textmate
Bram Moolenaarfee0c4a2022-07-07 22:31:59 +01003796 Vscode is asked to switch to treesitter:
3797 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/50140
Bram Moolenaarb529cfb2022-07-25 15:42:07 +01003798 - sublime grammar?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037998 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
3800 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
38018 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
3802 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
38038 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
3804 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +000038057 Add a "startgroup" to a region. Used like "nextgroup" inside the region,
3806 preferred item at the start of the region. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038078 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
3808 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
3809 ":wq file".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000038107 For "nextgroup" we have skipwhite, skipnl and skipempty. It would be
3811 really nice to be able to skip with a pattern. Or skip with a syntax
3812 group. (Nikolai Weibull, 2007 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038138 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
38149 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
3815 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038167 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
3817 Search highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar17be7e62006-03-12 22:13:45 +000038187 When 'number' is set highlight the number of the current line.
3819 Must be enabled with an option, because it slows down display updating.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038208 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
3821 change this for each release.
38228 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
3823 pattern, but not in the body.
38248 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
3825 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
3826 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038278 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +010038288 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword', they should use "syn iskeyword".
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02003829 Also need a separate 'iskeyword' for the command line, e.g., in a help
3830 window ":e /asdf/asdf/" CTRL-W works different.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038318 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
3832 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
38338 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
3834 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00003835 Option for the matchparen plugin?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038368 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
3837 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
3838 used.
38398 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
3840 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
38418 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
3842 re-insert the [] if possible.
38438 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
3844 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000038458 It would be useful to make the highlight group name an expression. Then
3846 when there is a match, the expression would be evaluated to find out what
3847 highlight group to use. Could be used to check if the shell used in a
3848 password file appears in /etc/shells. (Nikolai Weibull)
3849 syn match =s:checkShell(v:match) contained 'pattern'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038508 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
3851 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
38528 Support for deleting syntax items:
3853 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
3854 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
3855 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
38568 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
3857 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
3858 a '<'. (Fleiner)
38597 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
3860 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
3861 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
38627 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
3863 detected.
38648 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003865 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038668 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
3867 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038688 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
38698 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
38707 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
3871 ":mkvimrc".
38728 Improve c.vim:
3873 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
3874 "c_strict_ansi".
3875 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
38768 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
3877 current line while in Insert mode.
38788 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
3879 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
38808 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
3881 display position.
38828 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
3883 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
3884 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
38858 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
3886 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
3887 highlighting starts.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000038887 It's possible for an item to be transparent, so that the colors of an item
3889 lower on the stack is used. Also do this with highlighting, so that the
3890 user can set transparent highlighting? E.g. a number in a C comment would
3891 get the color of a comment, a number in an assignment Normal. (Nikolai
3892 Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038937 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
3894 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
3895 E.g. for this html:
3896 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038977 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
38987 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
3899 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039007 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
3901 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
3902 completion?
39038 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
3904 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
39057 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
3906 select one of the sets.
39078 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
3908 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
3909 2, etc.
39108 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
3911 highlighting (for "." command).
39128 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
3913 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
39148 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
39157 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
3916 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
39176 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
3918 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
3919- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
3920 when extending an already existing syntax file.
3921- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003922- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
3923 (for comment blocks).
3924- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
3925 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
3926 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
3927 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
3928 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
3929 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
3930 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
3931 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
3932 (Campbell)
3933 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
3934 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
39357 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
3936 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
39377 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
3938 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
3939 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
39407 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
3941 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
3942 messages. And external commands?
39438 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
3944 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
39457 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
3946 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003947- Syntax highlight for a region does not work with a "nextgroup" if the
3948 start match is empty. #8449
3949- The :syntax cchar value can only be a single character. It would be
3950 useful to support combining characters. (Charles Campbell) Also #4687
3951- Syntax highlighting slow (hangs) in SASS file. (Niek Bosch, 2013 Aug 21)
3952- Several syntax file match "^\s*" which may get underlined if that's in the
3953 highlight group. Add a "\zs" after it?
3954- patch to add "combine" flag to syntax commands. (so8res, 2012 Dec 6)
3955 Patch to add "combine" to :syntax, combines highlight attributes. (Nate
3956 Soares, 2012 Dec 3)
3957- Syntax update problem in one buffer opened in two windows, bottom window
3958 is not correctly updated. (Paul Harris, 2012 Feb 27)
3959- Syntax region with 'concealends' and a 'cchar' value, 'conceallevel' set
3960 to 2, only one of the two ends gets the cchar displayed. (Brett Stahlman,
3961 2010 Aug 21, Ben Fritz, 2010 Sep 14)
3962- Using "syn sync breaklines=2" works for when text is changed, but not when
3963 scrolling or redrawing. Should start search for syntax patterns above the
3964 first drawn line. (#8103)
3965- Syntax priority problem. (Charles Campbell, 2011 Sep 15)
3966- Syntax highlighting wrong for transparent region. (Doug Kearns, 2007 Feb
3967 26)
3968- Bug in using a transparent syntax region. (Hanlen in vim-dev maillist,
3969 2007 Jul 31)
3970- Syntax HL error caused by "containedin". (Peter Hodge, 2006 Oct 6)
3971- Open two windows on the same C code, delete a ")" in one window, resulting
3972 in highlighted "{" in that window, not in the other.
3973- When using "nextgroup" and the group has an empty match, there is no
3974 search at that position for another match. (Lukas Mai, 2008 April 11)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003975
3976
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01003977Vim script language:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000039788 Make the filename and line number available to script functions, so that
3979 they can give useful debugging info. The whole call stack would be ideal.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02003980 At least use this for error messages.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000039817 Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
3982 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
3983 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003984- range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000039857 ":include" command: just like ":source" but doesn't start a new scriptID?
3986 Will be tricky for the list of script names.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039878 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +010039888 Have a prefix for a function to make it unique. When using packages it
3989 can be the plugin name.
3990 Perhaps also have a way to remove everything that the package added?
3991 including autocommands.
Bram Moolenaare1f3fd12022-08-15 18:51:32 +010039927 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode, like :def functions.
3993 Possibilities:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003994 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
Bram Moolenaare1f3fd12022-08-15 18:51:32 +01003995 has('bytecode-1234')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
3996 supports the version. Update the code with a command, can be used in
3997 an autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003998 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
Bram Moolenaare1f3fd12022-08-15 18:51:32 +01003999 .vim file. Problem: distribution, non-writable directory, etc.
4000 3. Use a cache directory for each user. Disadvantage: cache lookup may
4001 cost more time than bytecode wins.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040027 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
4003 signs and/or 'number'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000040046 Add ++ and -- operators? They only work on variables (lvals), how to
4005 implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040068 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004007 has(":command") Check if ":command" works. compare function
4008 with "ex_ni". E.g. for ":simalt".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004009 escape() Add argument to specify what to escape with.
4010 modestack() Instead of just the current mode return the
4011 stack of Insert / CTRL-O / :normal things.
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00004012 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
4013 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
4014 3 2002
4015 Only add this when also implemented for
4016 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
4017 be used.
4018 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00004019 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
4020 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
4021 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
4022 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
4023 File.Open..." argument.
4024 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
4025 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
4026 with properties instead.
4027 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
4028 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
4029 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004030 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004031 crypt() encrypt string
4032 decrypt() decrypt string
4033 base64enc() base 64 encoding
4034 base64dec() base 64 decoding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004035 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004036 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004037 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004038 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004039 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004040 typed() return the characters typed and consumed (to
4041 find out what happened)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004042 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
4043 Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004044 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004045 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
4046 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
4047 to allow the library to execute a command or
4048 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040497 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
4050 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
40518 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
4052 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000040538 Pass the command line arguments to Vim scripts in some way. As v:args
4054 List? Or extra parameter to argv()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040558 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040566 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000040578 For Strings add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var"
4058 just ignore.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040598 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
4060 option or environment variable.
40618 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000040628 ":let Func().foo = value" should work, also when "foo" doesn't exist.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004063 Also: ":let Func()[foo] = value" should work. Same for a List.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000040647 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the syntax stack
4065 available as a List.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040668 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
4067 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
40688 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
40698 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
4070 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
4071 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
4072 charwise({expr}).
40737 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
4074 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
4075 buffer for this?
4076 result = scratch(string, command)
4077 result = apply(string, command)
4078 result = execute(string, command)
4079 "command" would use <> notation.
4080 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
40817 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004082
4083
4084Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000040856 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
4086 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
4087 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
4088 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
4089 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
4090 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
4091 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004092
4093
4094Performance:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000040957 For string variables up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list
4096 itself as a character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020040977 Add 'lazysize' option: Above this size Vim doesn't load everything before
4098 starting to edit a file. Things like 'fileencodings' only work up to this
4099 size, modelines only work at the top. Useful for large log files where
4100 you only want to look at the first few pages. Use zero to disable it.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000041018 move_lines() copies every line into allocated memory, making reloading a
4102 buffer a lot slower than re-editing the file. Can the memline be locked
4103 so that we don't need to make a copy? Or avoid invoking ml_updatechunk(),
4104 that is taking a lot of time. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008 Jul 7)
Bram Moolenaard04b7502010-07-08 22:27:55 +02004105 With a patch, but does it work?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041068 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
41079 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
41088 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
41097 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
4110 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
41118 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
4112 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
4113 when starting up in a color terminal.
41148 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
4115 Win16.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041168 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
4117 function be improved?
41188 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
4119 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
4120 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
4121 this be improved?
41228 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
4123 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000041247 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
4125 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041267 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
4127 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
41287 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
4129 lot of abbreviations).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041307 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
4131 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
4132 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
4133 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
4134 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
4135 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
4136 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041378 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
4138 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
4139 using strcmp() too often?
41407 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
4141 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
4142 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
4143 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
4144 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
4145 the two blocks to the memfile block.
41467 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
4147 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
4148 with an argument that can be messed with.
4149 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
4150 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
41517 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
4152- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
41538 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
4154 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
4155- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
4156 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
4157- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
4158- Do profiling on:
4159 - :g/pat/normal cmd
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004160 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
4161 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
4162 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
4163 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
4164 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
4165 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004166 - editing a Vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041677 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
4168 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
4169 changed).
4170 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
4171 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
4172- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
4173- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
4174 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
4175- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
4176 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
4177 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004178- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
4179- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
4180 cursor is right of the screen.
41818 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
4182 CTRL-C (it's slow).
4183
4184
4185Code size:
41868 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
4187- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
4188 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
41898 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
41908 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
4191 it.
41927 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
4193 left out.
41948 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
4195 can be removed.
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +010041968 Can the check for libelf in configure.ac be removed?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004197
4198
4199Messages:
42008 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
4201 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
42028 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
4203 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
42048 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
4205 script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004206- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
4207 Perhaps after ten seconds?
4208- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
42099 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
4210 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
4211 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
4212 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
4213 redrawing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042148 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
4215 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
42168 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
4217 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
4218 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
4219 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
4220 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
4221 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004222- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004223 Sleep before second message?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042248 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
4225 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
4226 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
4227 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
4228 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
4229 error messages, printing text, etc.
42308 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
4231 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
4232 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
4233
4234
4235Screen updating:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004236- screen_line():
4237 - insert/delete character stuff.
4238 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
4239- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
4240 dragging the status line with the mouse).
4241- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
4242 waiting for a character.
42438 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
4244 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
4245 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004246
4247Scrolling:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +020042488 Add "zy" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042496 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
4250- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
4251 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
4252 windows.
42537 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
4254 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
4255 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
4256- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
4257 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
4258 (Goldfarb)
4259- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
4260 bound windows.
4261- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
4262 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00004263- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004264- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
4265 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
4266 of lines but not with a single line).
4267
4268
4269Autoconf:
42708 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
42718 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
4272 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
4273- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
4274 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
4275- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
4276- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
4277- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
4278
4279
4280Perl interface:
42818 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042827 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
42837 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
42846 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
4285
4286
4287Shared libraries:
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +020042888 libcall() can keep the library around instead of always calling dlclose().
4289 (Jason Felice, 2018 Mar 20)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042906 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
4291 :libload internal-name libname
4292 :libunload internal-name
4293 :liblist
4294 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4295 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4296 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
42976 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
4298
4299
4300Tags:
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +000043019 With ":set tags=./tags,../tags" and a tag appears in both tags files it is
4302 added twice. Requires figuring out the actual file name for each found
4303 match. Remove tag_fname from the match and combine it with the fname in
4304 the match (without expanding or other things that take time). When
4305 'tagrelative' is off tag_fname isn't needed at all.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000043068 For 'tags' wildcard in the file name is not supported, only in the path.
4307 This is due to it using |file-searching|. Suboptimal solution would be to
4308 make the filename or the whole option use |wildcards| globing, better
Bram Moolenaarf91787c2010-07-17 12:47:16 +02004309 would be to merge the 2 kinds of globing. originally (Erik Falor, 2008
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004310 April 18), updated (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000043117 Can CTRL-] (jump to tag) include a following "." and "->" to restrict the
4312 number of possible matches? Check tags file for an item that has members.
4313 (Flemming Madsen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043148 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
43158 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
4316 to type the tag number directly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043177 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
4318 window for each tag.
43197 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
43207 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
4321 bottom" search message.
43227 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
4323 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
4324 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00004325- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
4326- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004327- Add functions to save and restore the tag stack? Or a command to switch
4328 to another tag stack? So that you can do something else and come back to
4329 what you were working on.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043307 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
4331 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
4332 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
4333 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
43347 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
4335 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
4336 :tagargs clear
4337 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
4338 matching).
43397 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
4340 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
4341 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
4342 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
43437 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
4344 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
43457 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
4346 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
4347 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004348
4349
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004350Win32 GUI:
43518 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
4352 the message and input?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043537 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
4354 (Mike McCollister)
43558 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
4356 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
4357 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
4358 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
4359 common part of the path.
43608 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
43618 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
4362 gettext and menus work.
43638 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
4364 return in every console.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02004365 Also: Look at how Emacs does run external commands:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004366 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
43678 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
4368 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
43698 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
4370 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
43717 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
4372 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
43737 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
43747 <Esc> should close a dialog.
43757 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
4376 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
4377 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
4378 prompts.
43797 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
4380 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
4381 the file added into an already running Vim.
43827 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
4383 functions to find the window title.
4384
4385
4386GUI:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043877 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
43888 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
43896 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
43908 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
4391 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
43929 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
43937 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
43948 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
4395 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
43968 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
4397 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
4398 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
43998 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
4400 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
44018 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
4402 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
4403 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
4404 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044057 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
44068 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
4407 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000044087 Add some code to handle proportional fonts on more systems? Need to draw
4409 each character separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font
4410 is not exactly double-width. (Maeda)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044118 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
44128 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00004413 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044148 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
44158 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
44168 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
4417 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
4418 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
44197 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
4420 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
4421 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
44227 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
4423 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
44247 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
4425 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
4426 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
4427 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044287 Should support multi-column menus.
4429- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
4430 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
4431- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
44328 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
44336 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
4434 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
44357 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
44367 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
4437 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
4438 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
44397 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
44408 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
4441 name can be chosen free.
44427 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
4443 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
44446 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
4445 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
4446 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
4447 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
4448 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
4449 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
4450 things.
44517 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
4452 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044537 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004454 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004455- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
4456 where it was started from?
44577 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
4458
4459
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004460Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaar0d878b92022-07-01 18:45:04 +010044619 Add WinNewPre - before creating a new window. #10635
44629 When triggering WinNew provide the window ID somehow. #10633
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020044639 Rework the code from FEAT_OSFILETYPE for autocmd-osfiletypes to use
4464 'filetype'. Only for when the current buffer is known.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004465- Put autocommand event names in a hashtable for faster lookup?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010044668 When the SwapExists event is triggered, provide information about the
4467 swap file, e.g., whether the process is running, file was modified, etc.
4468 Must be possible to check the situation that it's probably OK to delete
4469 the swap file. (Marc Merlin)
44708 When all the patterns for an event are "*" there is no need to expand
4471 buffer names to a full path. This can be slow for NFS.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000044727 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
4473 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
4474 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
4475 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000044767 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000044778 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
4478 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044798 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
4480 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
4481 difficult).
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000044827 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that the
4483 user can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the
4484 kind of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044858 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
4486 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
4487 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000044888 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
4489 And anything else? Add a command to save and restore these things.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044908 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044916 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
4492 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000044937 When trying to open a directory, trigger an OpenDirectory event.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044947 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004495 <x> for executable, etc. With commas to separate alternatives. The
4496 autocommand is only executed when both the file type AND the file pattern
4497 match. (Leonard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044985 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
4499 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
4500 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
45017 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
4502 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
4503 file.
45048 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
4505 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
4506 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004507- Add events to autocommands:
4508 Error - When an error happens
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004509 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
4510 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004511 CursorHoldC - CursorHold while command-line editing
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00004512 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004513 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004514 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004515 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
4516 the char.
4517 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
4518 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
4519 file from CVS).
4520 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
4521 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
4522 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
4523 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
4524 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
4525 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004526 ViewChanged - triggered when the text scrolls and when the window size
4527 changes.
4528 WinResized - After a window has been resized
4529 WinClose - Just before closing a window
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00004530- Write the file now and then ('autosave'):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004531 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004532 'autosave' 'as' number (default 0)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004533 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
4534 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
4535 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
4536 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
4537 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01004538- Buffer autocommands are a bit inconsistent. Add a separate set of
4539 autocommands for the buffer lifecycle:
4540 BufIsCreated (after buffer ID exists)
4541 BufIsLoaded (after buffer ID has content)
4542 BufIsUnloaded (after buffer ID no longer has)
4543 BufIsWiped (after buffer ID was wiped)
4544 BufIsRenamed (after buffer ID gets another name)
4545 The buffer list and windows are locked, no changes possible
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004546
4547
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004548Omni completion:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004549- Add a flag to 'complete' to be able to do omni completion with CTRL-N (and
4550 mix it with other kinds of completion).
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004551- Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
4552 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
4553 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
4554 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
4555 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004556- Ideas from others:
4557 http://www.wholetomato.com/
4558 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
4559 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
4560 or http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
4561 Java, XML, HTML, C++, JSP, SQL, C#
4562 MS-Windows only, lots of dependencies (e.g. Perl, Internet
4563 explorer), uses .dll shared libraries.
4564 For C++ uses $INCLUDE environment var.
4565 Uses Perl for C++.
4566 Uses ctags to find the info:
4567 ctags -f $allTagsFile --fields=+aiKmnsSz --language-force=C++ --C++-kinds=+cefgmnpsut-dlux -u $files
4568 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
4569 IComplete: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1265
4570 and http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0125672/icomplete/
4571 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
4572 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02004573 Emacs: http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004574 Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
4575- Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
4576
4577
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004578Insert mode completion/expansion:
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01004579- Is it possible to keep the complete menu open when calling complete()?
4580 (Prabir Shrestha, 2017 May 19, #1713)
4581- When 'completeopt' has "noselect" does not insert a newline.
4582 (Lifepillar, 2017 Apr 23, #1653)
4583- Can 'completeopt' be made buffer-local? (#5487)
4584- When complete() first argument is before where insert started and
4585 'backspace' is Vi compatible, the completion fails.
4586 (Hirohito Higashi, 2015 Feb 19)
4587- The CompleteDone autocommand needs some info passed to it:
4588 - The word that was selected (empty if abandoned complete)
4589 - Type of completion: tag, omnifunc, user func.
4590- When a:base in 'completefunc' starts with a number it's passed as a
4591 number, not a string. (Sean Ma) Need to add flag to call_func_retlist()
4592 to force a string value.
4593- When editing the text and pressing CTRL-N again goes back to originally
4594 completed text, edited text is gone. (Peng Yu, 2008 Jul 24)
4595 Suggestion by Ben Schmidt, 2008 Aug 6.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004596- GUI implementation of the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +000045977 When searching in other files the name flash by, too fast to read. Only
4598 display a name every second or so, like with ":vimgrep".
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000045997 When expanding file names with an environment variable, add the match with
4600 the unexpanded var. So $HOME/tm expands to "/home/guy/tmp" and
4601 "$HOME/tmp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046028 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
4603 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
46049 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
4605 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
4606 (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046078 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
4608 - ignore/match case
4609 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000046108 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
4611 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
4612 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
4613 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
4614 Alternative: Use a pattern so that start and end of a keyword can be
4615 defined, only allow dash in the middle, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046168 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000046177 Completion of an abbreviation: Can leave letters out, like what Instant
4618 text does: www.textware.com
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046198 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
4620 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
4621 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
4622 Should work for C++ and Java.
4623 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
46247 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
46257 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
4626 instead of words.
46278 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
46288 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
4629 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
46308 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
4631 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004632- Add a flag to 'complete' to only scan local header files, not system
4633 header files. (Andri Moell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004634- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
4635 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
4636 wildcards in the file name)?
4637- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
4638- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
4639- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
4640 be in another file).
4641- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
4642- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
4643- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
4644 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
4645- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
4646- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
4647- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004648- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
4649
4650
4651Command line editing:
46527 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
4653 line.
46548 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
4655 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
4656 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
4657- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
4658 lines wraps to start of line).
4659- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
4660 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
4661 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
4662 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
4663 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
4664 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
4665 cmdwin does now already.
4666 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
4667 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
4668 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
4669 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
4670 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
4671 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
4672 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
4673 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
4674 Problems:
4675 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
4676 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
4677 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
4678 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
4679 - Normal: no ":" commands?
4680 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
4681 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
4682 character in first column?
4683 - Implementation ideas:
4684 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
4685 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
4686 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
4687 - sync undo after entering a command line?
4688 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
4689 Mode.
4690
4691
4692Command line completion:
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01004693- Feature request: Complete members of a dictionary.
4694 (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4, #1350)
4695- Completion of ":e" is ":earlier", should be ":edit". Complete to the
4696 matching command instead of doing this alphabetically. (Mikel Jorgensen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046978 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
46988 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
4699 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
47008 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
4701 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000047028 Add an option to ignore case when doing interactive completion. So that
4703 ":e file<Tab>" also lists "Filelist" (sorted after matching case matches).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047047 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
4705 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004706- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
4707- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
4708 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047098 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
4710 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
47117 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
4712 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
4713- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
4714 identifiers (Webb).
47158 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
4716 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
47177 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
4718 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
4719- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
4720 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
4721- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
4722 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
4723 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar47c532e2022-03-19 15:18:53 +00004724- With 'wildmode' set to "longest:full,full" and pressing Tab once the first
4725 entry in wildmenu is highlighted, that shouldn't happen. (Yuki Watanabe,
4726 2011 Feb 12)
4727- After using <Tab> for command line completion after ":ta blah" and getting
4728 E33 (no tags file), further editing the command to e.g., ":echo 'blah'",
4729 the command is not executed. Fix by Ian Kelling?
4730- Command line completion: Scanning for tags doesn't check for typed key now
4731 and then? Hangs for about 5 seconds. Appears to be caused by finding
4732 include files with "foo/**" in 'path'. (Kalisiak, 2006 July 15)
4733 Additional info: When using the |wildcards| ** globing, vim hangs
4734 indefinitely on lots of directories. The |file-searching| globing, like in
4735 ":set path=/**" does not hang as often as with globing with |wildcards|,
4736 like in ":1find /**/file". This is for files that unix "find" can find
4737 very quickly. Merging the 2 kinds of globing might make this an easier
4738 fix. (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
4739- Command line completion when 'cmdheight' is maximum and 'wildmenu' is set,
4740 only one buffer line displayed, causes display errors.
4741- Completing with 'wildmenu' and using <Up> and <Down> to move through
4742 directory tree stops unexpectedly when using ":cd " and entering a
4743 directory that doesn't contain other directories.
47448 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
4745 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
47468 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
47478 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
4748- Wildmenu not deleted: "gvim -u NONE", ":set nocp wildmenu cmdheight=3
4749 laststatus=2", CTRL-D CTRL-H CTRL-H CTRL-H. (A.Politz, 2008 April 1) Works
4750 OK with Vim in an xterm.
4751- If the variable "g:x#y#z" exists completion after ":echo g:x#" doesn't
4752 work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004753
4754
4755Command line history:
4756- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
4757 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
4758 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01004759 completely result from one mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004760- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
4761 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
4762
4763
4764Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000047659 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
4766 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
4767 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047688 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
4769 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
4770 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
4771 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
4772 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000047738 When using CTRL-G CTRL-O do like CTRL-\ CTRL-O, but when returning with
4774 the cursor in the same position and the text didn't change continue the
4775 same change, so that "." repeats the whole insert.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047767 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
4777 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004778- Make 'revins' work in Replace mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047797 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
4780 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
4781- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
4782 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
4783 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
4784 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
4785 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
4786 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
4787- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
4788 Normal mode.
4789- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
4790 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
4791 are used.
4792- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
4793- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
4794- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
4795
4796
4797'cindent', 'smartindent':
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010047989 Wrapping a variable initialization should have extra indent:
4799 char * veryLongName =
4800 "very long string"
4801 Also check if "cino=+10" is used correctly.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000048028 Lisp indenting: "\\" confuses the indenter. (Dorai Sitaram, 2006 May 17)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000048038 Why are continuation lines outside of a {} block not indented? E.g.:
4804 long_type foo =
4805 value;
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048068 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
4807 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00004808 Problem of using {} inside (), 'cindent' doesn't work then.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048098 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
4810 func(
4811 new String[] {
4812 "asdf",
4813 "asdf"
4814 }
4815 );
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010048168 In C++ a function isn't recognized inside a namespace:
4817 (Chow Loong Jin)
4818 namespace {
4819 int
4820 func(int arg) {
4821 }
4822 }
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000048236 Add 'cino' flag for this function argument layout: (Spencer Collyer)
4824 func( arg1
4825 , arg2
4826 , arg3
4827 );
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +000048287 Add separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004829 func(
4830 int x) // indent like "(4"
4831 {
4832 if (a
4833 && b) // indent like "(0"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048349 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
4835 if (a)
4836 {
4837 if (b)
4838 {
4839 // {
4840 }
4841 } <-- this is indented incorrect
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +00004842 Problem is that find_start_brace() checks for the matching brace to be in
4843 a comment, but not braces in between. Requires adding a comment check to
4844 findmatchlimit().
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004845- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004846 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
48477 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
4848- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
4849 line).
4850- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
4851- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
4852 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004853- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
4854 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
4855- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
4856 code), unless the line starts with "*".
4857- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
4858- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
4859 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
48608 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
4861 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
4862 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
4863- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
4864- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
4865 lines start with "\item".
4866- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
4867 /* here is a comment that
4868 is just autoindented, and
4869 nothing else */
4870- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
48717 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
4872 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
4873 indents.
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01004874 Patch by Lech Lorens, 2010 Mar. Update by James McCoy, 2014 Mar 15.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004875
4876
4877Java:
48788 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
4879 Odendahl?
48808 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
4881 "[i" commands and friends.
4882- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
4883 (Jason)
4884- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
4885 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
4886
4887
4888'comments':
48898 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
4890 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
4891 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
4892 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00004893 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
4894 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048957 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
4896 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
48977 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
48986 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
4899 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
4900 regexp is used.
49018 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
4902 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
4903
4904
4905Virtual edit:
49068 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049077 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
4908
4909
4910Text objects:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000049118 Add text object for fold, so that it can be yanked when it's open.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049128 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000049138 Add text object for part of a CamelHumpedWord and under_scored_word.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00004914 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020049158 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multibyte
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00004916 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004917 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
4918 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020049198 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multibyte ones.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000049208 Add a way to make an ":omap" for a user-defined text object. Requires
4921 changing the starting position in oap->start.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049228 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
4923 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
4924 the end of the line or before a ".".
49257 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
4926 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
49277 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
4928 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049296 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
49305 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
4931 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
4932 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
4933 cursor is on.
4934
4935
4936Select mode:
49378 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
4938 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
49397 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02004940 See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_Alt-Mouse_to_select_blockwise.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049417 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
4942 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
4943 contains 'C' or 'A'.
4944 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
4945 normal_cmd().
4946 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
4947 - Typing text replaces the selection.
4948
4949
4950Visual mode:
Bram Moolenaar3b1db362013-08-10 15:00:24 +020049518 Support using "." in Visual mode. Use the operator applied to the Visual
4952 selection, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004953- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
4954 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
4955 is in the top line.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004956- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
4957 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenful, also count the
4958 characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049598 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004960 text. Make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004961 where needed.
49627 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
4963 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
49647 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
4965 of each selected line.
49668 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
49678 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
4968 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
4969 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
49708 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
4971 Ben Godfrey)
49727 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
4973 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
49747 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
4975 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049767 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00004977 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004978 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
49798 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
4980 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
49817 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
4982 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
4983 option!
49847 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
4985 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
4986 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
4987 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
4988 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
4989 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
4990 without changing the column.
49916 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049927 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
4993 current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049946 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
4995 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
49966 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049976 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004998 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004999 or other special character.
50006 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
5001
5002
5003More advanced repeating commands:
5004- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02005005- Add command to repeat last movement. Including count.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005006- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005007 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
5008 "y." will repeat last yank.
5009 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
5010 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
5011 and/or pick an older command.
5012- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
5013
5014
5015Mappings and Abbreviations:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050168 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
5017 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
5018 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
50198 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
50207 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
5021 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050228 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
5023 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
50248 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +000050257 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050268 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
5027 entering search strings.
50288 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
5029 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
5030 not the <Space>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050318 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
5032 (?) work.
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010050337 Add <0x8f> (hex), <0o33> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050347 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
5035 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050366 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
5037 abbreviations are to be used.
5038- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
5039 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
5040 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00005041- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
5042 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
5043 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
5044 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
5045 Or implicit:
5046 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005047- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
5048 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
5049 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005050- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
5051 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
5052- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
5053 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
50546 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
5055 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
5056 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
5057 hit another character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005058- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
5059 non-replace Insert mode?
5060- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005061- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
5062- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
5063 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
5064- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005065 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005066- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
5067 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
5068- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
5069- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
5070 ":freekeys".
5071- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
5072
5073
5074Incsearch:
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02005075- Wrong scrolling when using incsearch. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2014
5076 Dec 4. Is this a good solution?
5077- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
5078 folds when going to another line.
5079 Patch to open folds for 'incsearch'. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan 6)
5080- Bug with 'incsearch' going to wrong line. (Wolfram Kresse, 2009 Aug 17)
5081 Only with "vim -u NONE".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005082- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
5083 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
5084 up every time.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005085- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
5086 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
5087 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
5088 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020050899 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
5090 isn't updated).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005091
5092
5093Searching:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010050949 Should have an option for :vimgrep to find lines without a match.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000050958 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00005096 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005097 The vis.vim script has a ":S" command that does something like this.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005098 Can use "g/" in Normal mode, uses the '< to '> area.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005099 Use "&/" for searching the text in the Visual area?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010051009 Add "v" offset: "/pat/v": search for pattern and start Visual mode on the
5101 matching text.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010051028 Add a modifier to interpret a space like "\_s\+" to make it much easier to
5103 search for a phrase.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000051048 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
5105 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
5106 Perl does it this way:
5107 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
5108 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
5109 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
5110 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000051118 Show the progress every second. Could use the code that checks for CTRL-C
5112 to find out how much time has passed. Or use SIGALRM. Where to show the
5113 number?
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +000051147 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
5115 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000051168 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
5117 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000051187 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005119 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
5120 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
5121 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000051227 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005123 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for end offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051247 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
5125 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051268 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
5127 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
51288 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
5129 line.
Bram Moolenaar7db8f6f2016-03-29 23:12:46 +020051307 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use matchit.vim as an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005131 example.
51328 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
5133 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
5134- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
5135 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
5136 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
5137 Alternative: use matchit.vim
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051388 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
5139 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
5140 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
51417 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
5142 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000051437 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
5144 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051458 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
5146 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051478 When 'iskeyword' is changed the matches from 'hlsearch' may change. (Benji
5148 Fisher) redraw if some options are set while 'hlsearch' is set?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051498 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
5150 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
5151 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
5152 search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005153- Make 'hlsearch' a local/global option, so that it can be disabled in some
5154 of the windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005155- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
5156 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
5157- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
5158 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
5159 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
5160 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051618 Add a way to access the last substitute text, what is used for ":s//~/".
5162 Can't use the ~ register, it's already used for drag & drop.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005163- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
5164 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051658 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
5166 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
5167 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005168- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
5169 i ignore case
5170 I use case
5171 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
5172 v use Vi regexp syntax
5173 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
5174 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
5175 Perl uses these too:
5176 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
5177 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
5178 o compile only once (Perl only)
5179 s single line expression (we don't need it)
5180 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
5181 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
5182 following command.
5183 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
5184- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
5185 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
5186 for search string)?
51877 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
5188 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
5189- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
5190 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
5191- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
5192 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
5193- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
5194- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005195 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005196 a for the next file in the argument list
5197 f for file in the buffer list
5198 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005199 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
5200 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005201 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
5202 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
5203- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052047 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005205 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052067 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
5207 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
5208 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
5209 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
52106 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
5211 effects.
52127 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
5213 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
5214 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000052157 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005216 Also ":dselect".
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005217- Searching for \%'> does not find anything when using line Visual
5218 selection. Probably because it's using MAXCOL. #8238
5219- Regexp to search for duplicate lines does not work correctly:
5220 /\(^.*\n\)\1 (Chris Morgan, #6239)
5221- Problem with upwards search on Windows (works OK on Linux). (Brett
5222 Stahlman, 2014 Jun 8)
5223- Searching mixed with Visual mode doesn't redraw properly. (James Vega,
5224 2010 Nov 22)
5225- Searching for composing char works, but not when inside []. (ZyX, Benjamin
5226 R. Haskell, 2010 Aug 24)
5227- When 'smartcase' is set and using CTRL-L to add to the search pattern it
5228 may result in no matches. Convert chars to lower case? (Erik Wognsen,
5229 2009 Apr 16)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005230
5231
5232Undo:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010052339 ":gundo" command: global undo. Undoes changes spread over multiple files
5234 in the order they were made. Also ":gredo". Both with a count. Useful
5235 when tests fail after making changes and you forgot in which files.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000052369 After undo/redo, in the message show whether the buffer is modified or
5237 not.
Bram Moolenaard43848c2010-07-14 14:28:26 +020052388 Search for pattern in undo tree, showing when it happened and the text
5239 state, so that you can jump to it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000052408 Undo tree: visually show the tree somehow (Damian Conway)
5241 Show only the leaves, indicating how many changed from the branch and the
5242 timestamp?
5243 Put branch with most recent change on the left, older changes get more
5244 indent?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00005245- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
5246 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005247- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
5248 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
5249 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
52508 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
5251 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
5252 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
5253 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
52548 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
5255 only remember the lines that really changed.
52567 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
5257 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
5258 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
5259 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005260- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
5261 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
5262- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
5263 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
5264- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
5265 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
5266 [-99].
5267- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
5268- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005269- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
5270 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005271- MS-Windows: when writing undo file the infostreams are copied in
5272 mch_copy_file_attribute(), that seems unnecessary. (#7925) Add a flag to
5273 only copy attributes?
5274- undo result wrong: Masato Nishihata, #4798
5275- After recovering from a swap file the undofile should not be used, it
5276 causes corruption. (#6631)
5277- When the computer crashes while writing the undofile, the contents may be
5278 lost. Write to a temp file, fsync and rename. (#8879)
5279- Undo puts cursor in wrong line after "cG<Esc>" undo.
5280- Undo history wrong when ":next file" re-uses a buffer. (#5426) ex_next()
5281 should pass flag to do_argfile(), then to do_ecmd(). Is there a test for
5282 this?
5283- Add buffer argument to undotree(). (#4001)
5284- Undo problem: "g-" doesn't go back, gets stuck. (Björn Linse, 2016 Jul 18)
5285- Undo message is not always properly displayed. Patch by Ken Takata, 2013
5286 oct 3. Doesn't work properly according to Yukihiro Nakadaira.
5287 Also see #1635.
5288- When using ":diffput" through a mapping, undo in the target buffer isn't
5289 synced. (Ryan Carney, 2016 Sep 14)
5290- The undo file name can get too long. (Issue 346)
5291 For the path use a hash instead of dir%dir%dir%name hash%name.
5292- Patch to add ":undorecover", get as much text out of the undo file as
5293 possible. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Mar 12, update Aug 22)
5294- Patch to support :undo absolute jump to file save number. (Christian
5295 Brabandt, 2010 Nov 5)
5296- There should be a way after an abbreviation has expanded to go back to
5297 what was typed. CTRL-G h ? Would also undo last word or line break
5298 inserted perhaps. And undo CTRL-W. CTRL-G l would redo.
5299- When using 'cryptmethod' xchaha20 the undo file is not encrypted.
5300 Need to handle extra bytes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005301
5302
5303Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053047 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
5305 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
5306 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
5307 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +020053088 Add File.{recent-files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005309 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
53108 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
5311 inode too.
53127 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005313 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
5314 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053157 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
5316 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
5317- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
5318 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
5319- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
5320 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
53217 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
5322 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
53237 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
5324 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
53258 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053267 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
5327 internal use and for when executing an external program?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010053288 Some file systems are case-sensitive, some are not. Besides
5329 'wildignorecase' there might be more parts inside
5330 CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME that are useful on Unix.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005331- When using ":bwipe!" also get rid of references to be buffer, e.g. in the
5332 jumplist and alternate file.
5333- ":bnext" in a help buffer is supposed to go to the next help buffer, but
5334 it goes to any buffer, and then :bnext skips help buffers, since they are
5335 unlisted. (#4478)
5336- :buffer completion does not escape "+" properly and results in a regexp
5337 error. (#5467)
5338- Problem with two buffers with the same name a/b, if it didn't exist before
5339 and is created outside of Vim. (dskloetg, 2018 Jul 16, #3219)
5340- Add an option with file patterns, to be used when unloading a buffer: If
5341 there is a match, remove entries for the buffer from marks, jumplist, etc.
5342 To be used for git temp files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005343
5344
5345Swap (.swp) files:
53468 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
5347 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
5348 there are short file name problems.
53498 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
5350 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
53518 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
53528 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005353 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005354 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
5355 file the same as the actual file?
5356 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053577 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
5358 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
53597 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005360 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005361 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
5362 enough room.
53637 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
5364 or /var/preserve.
5365- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
5366 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
5367- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
Bram Moolenaar7f2e9d72017-11-11 20:58:53 +01005368 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskbackup' and 'umaskswap'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005369- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
5370 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
5371 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
5372 cached list of which line is where.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005373- When editing a file with ":edit" the output of :swapname is relative,
5374 while editing it with "vim file" it is absolute. (#355) Which one should
5375 it be?
5376- When recovering a file, put the swap file name in b:recovered_swapfile.
5377 Then a command can delete it.
5378- In the ATTENTION message about an existing swap file, mention the name of
5379 the process that is running. It might actually be some other program,
5380 e.g. after a reboot.
5381- When running Vim in silent ex mode, an existing swapfile causes Vim to
5382 wait for a user action without a prompt. (Maarten Billemont, 2012 Feb 3)
5383 Do give the prompt? Quit with an error?
5384- After doing "su" $HOME can be the old user's home, thus ~root/file is not
5385 correct. Don't use it in the swap file.
5386- In the swapfile dialog, add a H(elp) option that gives more info about
5387 what each choice does. Similar to ":help swap-exists-choices"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005388
5389
5390Viminfo:
53917 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
5392 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
5393 else's viminfo file.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000053948 When there is no .viminfo file and someone does "su", runs Vim, a
5395 root-owned .viminfo file is created. Is there a good way to avoid this?
5396 Perhaps check the owner of the directory. Only when root?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053978 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
5398 name. (Schild)
53998 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
54008 Remember the last used register for "@@".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054018 Remember the redo buffer, so that "." works after restarting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054028 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
5403 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
5404 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
5405 this?
54067 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
54077 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
5408 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
54096 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
5410 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
5411 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
5412- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
5413 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005414- Add the debug command line history to viminfo.
5415- Using "wviminfo /tmp/viminfo" does not store file marks that Vim knows
5416 about, it only works when merging with an existing file. (Shougo, 2017
5417 Jun 19, #1781)
5418- Writing nested List and Dict in viminfo gives error message and can't be
5419 read back. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2010 Nov 13)
5420- When a register contains illegal bytes, writing viminfo in utf-8 and
5421 reading it back doesn't result in utf-8. (Devin Bayer)
54228 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
5423 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
54248 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
5425 check for file marks. This can be slow.
54268 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
5427 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
5428 that the user knows the files have to be deleted.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005429
5430
5431Modelines:
54328 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
5433 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
5434 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005435- Add an option to whitelist options that are allowed in a modeline. This
5436 would allow careful users to use modelines, e.g., only allowing
5437 'shiftwidth'.
5438- Add an option to let modelines only set local options, not global ones
5439 such as 'encoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005440- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
5441 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
5442 modeline setting.
5443- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
5444 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
5445- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
5446 .cpp files.
5447- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
5448 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02005449- Add an option setting to ask the user if the modelines are to be executed
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005450 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
5451
5452
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005453Sessions:
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +01005454- Session file contains absolute paths when "curdir" is removed form
5455 'sessionoptions', making it impossible to have a session with a relative
5456 path. (#4450)
5457- Session file only contains local option values for buffers that are in a
5458 window, not other buffers. (#7532)
5459- Script generated by :mksession does not work well if there are windows
5460 with modified buffers:
5461 change "silent only" into "silent only!"
5462 change "edit fname" of first buffer to "hide edit fname"
5463 skip "badd fname" if "fname" is already in the buffer list
5464 remove remark about unloading buffers from documentation
5465- When session file has name in argument list but the buffer was deleted,
5466 the buffer is not deleted when using the session file. (#1393) Should add
5467 the buffer in hidden state.
5468- When a session file is created and there are "nofile" buffers, these are
5469 not filled. Need to trigger BufReadCmd autocommands. Also handle
5470 deleting the initial empty buffer better. (ZyX, 2015 March 8)
5471- Setting the spell file in a session only reads the local additions, not
5472 the normal spell file. (Enno Nagel, 2014 Mar 29)
5473- Directory wrong in session file, caused by ":lcd" in BufEnter autocommand.
5474 (Felix Kater, 2009 Mar 3)
5475- Something wrong with session that has "cd" commands and "badd", in such a
5476 way that Vim doesn't find the edited file in the buffer list, causing the
5477 ATTENTION message? (Tony Mechelynck, 2008 Dec 1) Also: swap files are in
5478 ~/tmp/ One has relative file name ".mozilla/...".
5479- Session file creation: 'autochdir' causes trouble. Keep it off until
5480 after loading all files.
5481- Session file generates error upon loading, cause by --remote-silent-tab.
5482 (7tommm (ytommm) 2010 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +000054838 DOS/Windows: ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means
5484 directory "#bb" in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
54857 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
5486 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054878 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
5488 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054898 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
5490 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
5491 default value.
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000054927 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
5493 Malecki)
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00005494
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005495
5496Options:
54977 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
5498 restore it after the command has executed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054998 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01005500 options that are a comma-separated list. The old number values should
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005501 also be supported.
55028 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
5503 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
5504 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
55057 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005506
5507
5508External commands:
55098 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
5510 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
55114 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
5512 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
5513 -f).
55144 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
55154 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
5516 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
55174 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
5518
5519
5520Multiple Windows:
55217 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
55228 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
5523 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
55247 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
5525 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
5526 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000055277 Make it possible to edit a new buffer in the preview window. A script can
5528 then fill it with something. ":popen"?
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +000055297 Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be
5530 several. Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055316 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
5532 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005533 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005534 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
55357 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
5536 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
5537 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
5538 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
5539- Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
5540 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
5541 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
5542 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
5543
5544
5545Marks:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000055468 Add ten marks for last changed files: ':0, ':1, etc. One mark per file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055478 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
5548 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000055498 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 +000055508 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
5551 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
55528 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
5553 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
5554 the mark was set.
55557 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
5556 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
5557 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
5558 ":browse marks"?
55596 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055607 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
5561 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
55627 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
5563 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
55647 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
5565 command).
55667 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
5567 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
5568 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
5569 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
55705 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
5571 mappings.
55726 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
5573 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
5574 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
5575
5576
5577Digraphs:
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020055787 Make "ga" show the keymap for a character, if it exists.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02005579 Also show the code of the character after conversion to 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005580- Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
5581 characters?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000055828 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055837 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
5584 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
5585
5586
5587Writing files:
5588- In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
5589 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
5590 shortname conversion.
55918 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
55928 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
5593 file.
55948 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
5595 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
5596 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055976 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
5598 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
55996 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
5600 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
56016 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
5602 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000056038 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005604 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
56057 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
5606 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +010056077 When editing a file, check that it has been changed outside of Vim more
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005608 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
5609 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
5610 waiting for a character to be typed).
56118 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
5612 line of the window, like "[time]".
5613 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
5614 Automatic and/or with a command.
5615
5616
5617Substitute:
Bram Moolenaar3f770472005-06-19 22:56:27 +000056188 Substitute with hex/unicode number "\%xff" and "\%uabcd". Just like
5619 "\%uabcd" in search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000056208 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005621 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
5622- :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
5623- With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
56248 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
5625 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005626- Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005627 :s///N substitutes N times.
5628- Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
5629 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
5630 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
56317 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
5632 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
5633 last line column 5.
56345 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
5635 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
5636 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
5637 (Stanislav Sitar)
5638
5639
5640Mouse support:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056418 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
56427 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
56438 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
5644 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
5645 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005646- Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
5647- Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
5648 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
5649- Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
5650- When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
5651
5652
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005653Argument list:
56546 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
5655 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
5656 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
56576 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
5658
5659
5660Registers:
56618 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056628 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
5663 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
5664 for every line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005665- When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
5666 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
5667- When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
5668 leader when line wraps?
5669- The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
5670 line in the range.
5671- Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
5672 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
56738 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
5674 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005675- In Select mode the deleted text always goes into the unnamed register.
5676 Use CTRL-R to specify the register to use. (#9531)
5677- When "+ register is set then "" points to it. If another Vim grabs the "+
5678 register, then "" doesn't contain anything. Make it still follow "+.
5679 (#6435)
5680- Pasting a register in Visual mode cannot be repeated. (Mahmoud Al-Qudsi,
5681 2018 Apr 26, #2849)
5682- Patch to add option that tells whether small deletes go into the numbered
5683 registers. (Aryeh Leib Taurog, 2013 Nov 18)
5684- With "unamedplus" in 'clipboard' pasting in Visual mode causes error for
5685 empty register. (Michael Seiwald, 2011 Jun 28) I can't reproduce it.
5686- Consider making YankRing or something else that keeps a list of yanked
5687 text part of standard Vim. The "1 to "9 registers are not sufficient.
56886 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
5689 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
5690 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
5691 Also do this for the small delete register "-.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005692
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005693
5694Debug mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056958 Add breakpoints for setting an option
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000056968 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056977 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
56987 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005699- In debug mode, using CTRL-R = to evaluate a function causes stepping
5700 through the function. (Hari Krishna Dara, 2006 Jun 28)
5701
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005702
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005703Various improvements:
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000057047 Add plugins for formatting? Should be able to make a choice depending on
5705 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
5706 Setting the 'langformat' option to "chinese" would load the
5707 "format/chinese.vim" plugin.
5708 The plugin would set 'formatexpr' and define the function being called.
5709 Edward L. Fox explains how it should be done for most Asian languages.
5710 (2005 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005711 Alternative: patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Feb 23)
Bram Moolenaar87b774d2005-07-20 22:04:36 +000057127 [t to move to previous xml/html tag (like "vatov"), ]t to move to next
5713 ("vatv").
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +000057147 [< to move to previous xml/html tag, e.g., previous <li>. ]< to move to
5715 next <li>, ]< to next </li>, [< to previous </li>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057168 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
5717 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000057187 Instead of filtering errors with a shell script it should be possible to
5719 do this with Vim script. A function that filters the raw text that comes
5720 from the 'makeprg'?
Bram Moolenaar1ef15e32006-02-01 21:56:25 +00005721- Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00005722 Govindachar)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010057237 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
5724 window as a buffer-tab selection.
57258 Allow non-active windows to have a different statusline. (Yakov Lerner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057267 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
5727 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
57288 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
5729 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057306 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057318 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
5732 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
5733 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
5734 in this Vim.
57358 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005736 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057378 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
5738 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
5739 have it apply to the following command.
57408 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
5741 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
5742 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
5743 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057447 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
5745 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057467 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
5747 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
5748 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
5749 without modifier (unless mapped).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057506 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
57518 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
57529 Support ACLs on more systems.
57537 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
5754 highlighted differently.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057557 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
5756 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
5757 (truncated to fit in the space).
57587 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
57598 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
57608 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
5761 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000057627 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005763 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
57647 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
5765 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057667 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057677 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
57687 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057698 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
57708 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
5771 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
5772 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
5773 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
57748 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057758 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057768 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
5777 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
5778 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
5779 does something like this. (Shah)
57807 Use growarray for replace stack.
57817 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
5782 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
57833 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057847 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
5785 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010057867 Make it possible to set the size of the jumplist (also to a smaller number
5787 than the default). (Nikolai Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005788- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
5789- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
5790- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
5791- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
57927 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
5793 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
5794- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
5795 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02005796- Remove using mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005797- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
5798 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
5799- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
5800 call "play newbeep.au").
5801- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
5802 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
5803 (Bhatt).
5804- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
5805 blockwise registers).
5806- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
5807 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
5808- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
5809 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
5810 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
5811 noticeable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005812- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058137 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
5814 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
5815- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
5816 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
5817 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
5818 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
5819 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000058208 The 'a' flag in 'formatoptions' is too dangerous. In some way only do
5821 auto-formatting in specific regions, e.g. defined by syntax highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058228 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
5823 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
5824 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
5825 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
5826 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
5827- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02005828- Support multibyte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058297 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
5830 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
5831- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
5832 not in column 1.
58336 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
5834 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
58357 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
5836- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005837- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00005838 :redir #> bufname
5839 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00005840- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
5841 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005842- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
5843 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
5844 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
58456 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
5846 console? (Klaus Hast)
5847- Add :delcr command:
5848 *:delcr*
5849 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
5850 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
5851 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
5852 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
5853 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02005854 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005855- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
5856- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
5857 characters from 'isprint'.
5858- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
5859- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
5860 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
5861- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
5862 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
5863 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
5864- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
5865- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
5866 Nvi).
5867- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
5868 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
58697 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
5870- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
5871 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
58726 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
5873- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
5874 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
5875 macro).
5876- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005877- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
5878 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
5879- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
58808 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005881- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
5882- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
5883- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
5884 if it is not the first or last window.
5885- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
5886 there is one) instead of the file itself.
58877 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
5888 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
5889 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
5890- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
5891- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005892 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005893 many percent down the windows).
5894- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
5895 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
5896 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02005897 Make 'showbreak' local to a window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005898- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
5899 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
5900- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
5901 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
5902- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
5903- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
5904- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
5905 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059068 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
5907 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
5908 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
5909 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
5910 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005911- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
5912 t_bs is set? (Webb)
5913- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005914 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
5915- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005916 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
5917 (Webb).
5918- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005919 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005920- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
5921 hex codes like 0xff).
5922- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
5923 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
5924 the last TYPED command.
5925- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
5926- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
5927- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
5928 should also work?
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02005929- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on a URL?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059308 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
5931 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
5932 name.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02005933- When finding a URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005934 trailing '.'.
5935- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
5936 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
5937 find_file_in_path().
5938- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
5939 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
5940- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
5941- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
5942 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
5943- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005944 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005945- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
5946 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
5947 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005948- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
5949- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
5950- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
5951 to the minimal size.
5952- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
5953- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
5954- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
5955- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
5956- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005957- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
5958 entered)?
5959- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
5960 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005961- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005962- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
5963- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
5964- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
5965- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
5966- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
5967 lines.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005968- Uppercase characters in Ex commands can be made lowercase?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059698 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
5970 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
5971 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
5972 or in octal.
59737 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
5974 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005975- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005976 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
5977- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
5978- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
5979 insert line command).
5980- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
5981- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
5982- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
5983- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
5984- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
5985 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005986- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005987 yet.
5988- Implement 'redraw' option.
5989- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
5990 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059917 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
5992 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00005993 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
5994 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059958 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
5996 do it.
5997- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
5998- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
5999 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
6000- Add text justification option.
6001- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
6002- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
6003 off".
6004- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
6005- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
6006- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006007 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006008- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02006009- If file does not exist, check if directory exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006010- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
6011 commands.
6012- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
6013- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
6014- :table command (Webb)
6015- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006016- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
6017- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
6018- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
6019- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
6020- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
6021 (Demirel).
6022- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
6023- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
6024 for use in macro's and the like.
6025- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006026 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006027- Add possibility to put output of Ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006028 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006029- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006030 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006031 a window to become smaller (Webb).
6032- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
6033 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006034- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006035 mkopttab to make option table?
6036- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
6037 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
6038- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
6039 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006040- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006041 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
6042- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
6043 cursor?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006044- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000060458 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
6046 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
6047 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
6048 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
6049 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060508 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
6051 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
6052 (Netherton)
60536 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
6054 space after "(", for example.
60555 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
6056 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
6057 (Servatius Brandt)
6058
6059
6060From Elvis:
6061- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
6062- Add ":alias" command.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006063- Search patterns:
6064 \@ match word under cursor.
6065 but do:
6066 \@w match the word under the cursor?
6067 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
60688 ":window" command:
6069 :win + next window (up)
6070 :win ++ idem, wrapping
6071 :win - previous window (down)
6072 :win -- idem, wrapping
6073 :win nr to window number "nr"
6074 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
60757 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
6076 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
6077
6078
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006079From xvi:
6080- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
6081- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
6082
6083
6084From vile:
6085- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
6086- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
6087 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
6088
6089
6090Far future and "big" extensions:
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006091- Instead of using a Makefile and autoconf, use a simple shell script to
6092 find the C compiler and do everything with C code. Translate something
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +01006093 like an Aap recipe and configure.ac to C. Avoids depending on Python,
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006094 thus will work everywhere. With batch file to find the C compiler it
6095 would also work on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006096- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
6097 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
6098- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
6099 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
6100 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
6101 current layout mirrored.
6102- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
6103- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
6104 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
6105- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
6106- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
6107 font in each top-level window.
6108- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
6109- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
6110- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
6111- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
6112 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006113- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
6114 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
6115- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
6116 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
61174 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
6118 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
6119 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
6120 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006121 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006122 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
6123 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
6124- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
6125 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
6126 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
6127
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02006128vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006129vim: set fo+=n :