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Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +01001*todo.txt* For Vim version 8.2. Last change: 2022 Apr 18
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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 Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +010041Use "`=expr`" in heredoc also in :def function. #10216 Yegappan will do it.
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Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010043Once Vim9 is stable:
Bram Moolenaar47c532e2022-03-19 15:18:53 +000044- Use Vim9 for more runtime files.
Bram Moolenaar9da17d72022-02-09 21:50:44 +000045- Check code coverage, add more tests if needed.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +010046 vim9execute.c line 3500
Bram Moolenaar9da17d72022-02-09 21:50:44 +000047 vim9expr.c
48 vim9instr.c
49 vim9script.c
50 vim9type.c
Bram Moolenaar46eea442022-03-30 10:51:39 +010051- Adjust intro message to say "help version9".
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010052
Bram Moolenaar4c295022021-05-02 17:19:11 +020053Further Vim9 improvements, possibly after launch:
Bram Moolenaara4d131d2021-12-27 21:33:07 +000054- Check performance with callgrind and kcachegrind.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +010055 getline()/substitute()/setline() in #5632
Bram Moolenaar2f0936c2022-01-08 21:51:59 +000056- Better implementation for partial and tests for that.
57- when using "const" mark the variable type as const with TTFLAG_CONST, so
58 that an error is given at compile time when trying to change it. E.g. for a
59 const list and trying to call add().
Bram Moolenaar4c295022021-05-02 17:19:11 +020060- Compile options that are an expression, e.g. "expr:" in 'spellsuggest',
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010061 'foldexpr', 'foldtext', 'printexpr', 'diffexpr', 'patchexpr', 'charconvert',
62 'balloonexpr', 'includeexpr', 'indentexpr', 'formatexpr'.
63 Give an error if compilation fails. (#7625)
Bram Moolenaar6aa57292021-08-14 21:25:52 +020064 Alternatively: Detect a compiled function call and skip the expression
65 evaluation.
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010066 Use the location where the option was set for deciding whether it's to be
67 evaluated in Vim9 script context.
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +000068- Implement "import lazy" - like autoload but with a relative or absolute
69 path. #9595
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +000070- implement :type
71- implement :enum
Bram Moolenaara4d131d2021-12-27 21:33:07 +000072- implement :class and :interface: See |vim9-classes|
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010073- For range: make table of first ASCII character with flag to quickly check if
74 it can be a Vim9 command. E.g. "+" can, but "." can't.
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +020075- Inline call to map() and filter(), better type checking.
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010076- Make accessing varargs faster: arg[expr]
77 EVAL expr
78 LOADVARARG (varargs idx)
Bram Moolenaar4c295022021-05-02 17:19:11 +020079- When evaluating constants for script variables, some functions could work:
80 has(featureName), len(someString)
81- Implement as part of an expression: ++expr, --expr, expr++, expr--.
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010082
Bram Moolenaarfa3b7232021-12-24 13:18:38 +000083Update list of features to vote on:
84- multiple cursors
85- built-in LSP support
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +000086- start first line halfway
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +010087
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +020088Popup windows:
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +020089- Preview popup not properly updated when it overlaps with completion menu.
90 (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2021 May 22
91- In some cases prop_remove() does not work correctly. (#8261)
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +020092- Add a flag to make a popup window focusable?
93 CTRL-W P cycle over any preview window or focusable popup, end up back in
94 current window.
95 ? - switch between current window and all popup windows
96 Esc in popup window goes back to previous current window
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +020097- Add a termcap entry for changing the cursor when it goes under the popup and
98 back. like t_SI and t_EI (t_SU and t_EU, where "U" means under?)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +010099- With terminal in popup, allow for popup_hide() to temporarily hide it.?
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +0200100- Make it possible to scroll horizontally when 'wrap' is off. Does this
101 require an ascii scrollbar, like with the vertical one?
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100102- Fire some autocommand event after a new popup window was created and
103 positioned? PopupNew? Could be used to set some options or move it out of
104 the way. (#5737)
105 However, it may also cause trouble, changing the popup of another plugin.
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +0200106- Width is not computed correctly when minwidth and maxwidth are &columns
107 and padding and a scrollbar are used. (#6676)
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +0100108- Should popup_getoptions() also return the mask? #7774
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200109- Add a way to use popup_menu() synchronously: instead of invoking the
110 callback, return the choice. (Ben Jackson, #6534)
Bram Moolenaard7df2792020-01-02 21:34:42 +0100111- When using a popup for the info of a completion menu, and there is not
112 enough space, let the popup overlap with the menu. (#4544)
113- Implement flip option.
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200114- Make redrawing more efficient and avoid flicker:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200115 - put popup menu also in popup_mask?
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100116- Match does not have right BG color if line length equals popup width.
117 (#5658)
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200118- Any other commands to disable in a popup window?
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +0100119 Use ERROR_IF_POPUP_WINDOW for these.
Bram Moolenaar91359012019-11-30 17:57:03 +0100120- Figure out the size and position better if wrapping inserts indent
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200121
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200122Text properties:
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +0200123- property is overruled by cursorline. (#8225).
124 Add better control over priority? Make list of all highlighting, specify
125 where property fits in.
126 Or Should we let the textprop highlight overrule other (e.g. diff) highlight
127 if the priority is above a certain value? (#7392)
Bram Moolenaare0e39172021-01-25 21:14:57 +0100128- Popup attached to text property stays visible when text is deleted with
Bram Moolenaar85388672021-01-31 17:03:52 +0100129 "cc". (#7737) "C" works OK. "dd" also files in a buffer with a single
130 line.
Bram Moolenaarc8cdf0f2021-03-13 13:28:13 +0100131- Auto-indenting may cause highlighting to shift. (#7719)
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100132- "cc" does not call inserted_bytes(). (Axel Forsman, #5763)
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100133- Combining text property with 'cursorline' does not always work (Billie
134 Cleek, #5533)
Bram Moolenaar09c6f262019-11-17 15:55:14 +0100135- See remarks at top of src/textprop.c
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200136
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100137'incsearch' with :s:
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200138- :s/foo using CTRL-G moves to another line, should not happen, or use the
139 correct line (it uses the last but one line) (Lifepillar, Aug 18, #3345)
140- Also support range: :/foo/,/bar/delete
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200141- Also support for user command, e.g. Cfilter
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200142- :%s/foo should take the first match below the cursor line, unless there
143 isn't one?
144 Then :%s?foo should take the first match above the cursor line.
145
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200146Prompt buffer:
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100147- Add a command line history, using up/down keys. issue #5010
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200148- delay next prompt until plugin gives OK?
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100149- add prompt_addtext({buf}, {expr}) none add text to a prompt buffer
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200150
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200151Terminal debugger:
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200152- Make prompt-buffer variant work better.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100153- Add option to not open the program window. It's not used when attaching to
154 an already running program. (M. Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200155- When only gdb window exists, on "quit" edit another buffer.
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200156- Termdebug does not work when Vim was built with mzscheme: gdb hangs just
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200157 after "run". Everything else works, including communication channel. Not
158 initializing mzscheme avoid the problem, thus it's not some #ifdef.
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100159- Add support for lldb? issue #3565
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100160- Could we do something similar for debugging Vim scripts? At least see the
161 script while stepping through it. Simple version would use an extra window.
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100162 More complete solution would actually run Vim in a Terminal and control it
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100163 with another Vim instance.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200164
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200165Terminal emulator window:
Bram Moolenaar7e6a5152021-01-02 16:39:53 +0100166- Can escape a terminal popup with win_gotoid(), should be an error
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200167- No support for underline color, t_8u.
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200168- When in terminal-Normal mode when the job finishes, the cursor jumps to the
169 end but the window is not updated. This only happens when typing "a".
170 :term bash -c "for V in {0..5}; do echo $V; sleep 1; done"
Bram Moolenaar2c7f8c52020-04-20 19:52:53 +0200171- When started with ":terminal ++close" and the shell exits but there is a
172 background process, the window remains open, because the channel still
173 exists (and output still shows). Perhaps close the window when an explicit
174 ++close was used? (#5931)
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200175- Using "CTRL-W :confirm quite" and selecting "yes" should work like ":quit!".
176 (Harm te Hennepe, #6129)
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100177- When the job in the terminal doesn't use mouse events, let the scroll wheel
178 scroll the scrollback, like a terminal does at the shell prompt. #2490
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200179 A bit like using CTRL-W N first.
180 Jump back like with "a" when any key is typed.
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100181 And use modeless selection. #2962
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100182- Use CTRL-W CTRL-K to enter a digraph? #5371
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100183- When Vim runs in the terminal and changes the title, the statusline needs to
184 be redrawn.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200185- GUI: When using ":set go+=!" a system() call causes the hit-enter prompt.
186 (#3327)
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200187- Allow for specifying the directory, with ++cwd={dir}.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200188- When pasting should call vterm_keyboard_start_paste(), e.g. when using
189 K_MIDDLEMOUSE, calling insert_reg().
190- Users expect parsing the :term argument like a shell does, also support
191 single quotes. E.g. with: :term grep 'alice says "hello"' (#1999)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200192- Win32: Redirecting input does not work, half of Test_terminal_redir_file()
193 is disabled.
194- Win32: Redirecting output works but includes escape sequences.
195- Win32: Make terminal used for :!cmd in the GUI work better. Allow for
196 redirection.
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200197- When the job only outputs lines, we could handle resizing the terminal
198 better: store lines separated by line breaks, instead of screen lines,
199 then when the window is resized redraw those lines.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100200- Redrawing is slow with Motif. (Ramel Eshed)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200201- For the GUI fill termios with default values, perhaps like pangoterm:
202 http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~leonerd/pangoterm/trunk/view/head:/main.c#L134
203- When 'encoding' is not utf-8, or the job is using another encoding, setup
204 conversions.
Bram Moolenaar7c63fbc2018-05-17 13:15:23 +0200205
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +0100206CurSearch highlight is wrong when searching for a space, matches all spaces
207instead of only the current one.
208
209Can deref_func_name() and deref_function_name() be merged?
210
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200211When using 'cryptmethod' xchaha20 the undo file is not encrypted.
212Need to handle extra bytes.
213
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +0000214In Select mode the deleted text always goes into the unnamed register.
215Use CTRL-R to specify the register to use. (#9531)
216
Bram Moolenaarfd31be22022-01-16 14:46:06 +0000217Some prompts are not translated: #9495
218
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +0000219Improvement in terminal configuration mess: Request the terminfo entry from
220the terminal itself. The $TERM value then is only relevant for whether this
221feature is supported or not. Replaces the xterm mechanism to request each
222entry separately. #6609
223Multiplexers (screen, tmux) can request it to the underlaying terminal, and
224pass it on with modifications.
225
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200226Test_communicate_ipv6(): is flaky on many systems
227Fails in line 64 of Ch_communicate, no exception is thrown.
228
Bram Moolenaar6c391a72021-09-09 21:55:11 +0200229Patch for Template string: #4634
230Have another look at the implementation.
231
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200232Rename getdigraphlist -> digraph_getlist() etc.
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +0200233
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100234Can "CSI nr X" be used instead of outputting spaces? Is it faster? #8002
235
Bram Moolenaarc8cdf0f2021-03-13 13:28:13 +0100236Valgrind reports memory leaks in test_options.
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +0200237Valgrind reports overlapping memcpy in
238 test_conceal.3
239 test_edit.1
240 test_functions.4
241 test_ins_complete.3
242 test_method
243 test_normal
244 test_popupwin.35 et al.
245 test_search_stat
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +0200246Memory leak in test_debugger
247Memory leak in test_paste, using XtOpenDisplay several times
248OLD:
249TODO: be able to run all parts of test_alot with valgrind separately
250Memory leak in test_alot with pyeval() (allocating partial)
251Memory leak in test_alot with expand()
252Memory leaks in test_channel? (or is it because of fork())
Bram Moolenaar85388672021-01-31 17:03:52 +0100253
Bram Moolenaarf10911e2022-01-29 22:20:48 +0000254PR to support %e and %k in 'errorformat'. #9624
255
Bram Moolenaar89a9c152021-08-29 21:55:35 +0200256Idea: when typing ":e /some/dir/" and "dir" does not exist, highlight in red.
257
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200258":set &shellpipe" and ":set &shellredir" should use the logic from
259initialization to figure out the default value from 'shell'. Add a test for
260this.
261
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +0100262With concealed text mouse click doesn't put the cursor in the right position.
263(Herb Sitz) Fix by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 16. Doesn't work properly,
264need to make the change in where RET_WIN_BUF_CHARTABSIZE() is called.
265IDEA: when drawing the text, store the text byte index in ScreenLinesIdx[].
266When converting screen column to text position use this.
267Store the line number and byte index for the start of the line, when
268converting the screen line to text position use this, add the byte offset.
269
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200270MS-Windows: did path modifier :p:8 stop working? #8600
271
Bram Moolenaar6f4754b2022-01-23 12:07:04 +0000272Add support for "underdouble", "underdot" and "underdash". #9553
273
Bram Moolenaar85388672021-01-31 17:03:52 +0100274test_arglist func Test_all_not_allowed_from_cmdwin() hangs on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200275
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200276Mapping with partial match not executed properly in GTK. (Ingo Karkat, #7082)
277
Bram Moolenaar47003982021-12-05 21:54:04 +0000278Information for a specific terminal (e.g. gnome, tmux, konsole, alacritty) is
279spread out. Make a section with copy/paste examples of script and pointers to
280more information.
281
Bram Moolenaar90df4b92021-07-07 20:26:08 +0200282Problem that a previous silent ":throw" causes a following try/catch not to
283work. (ZyX, 2013 Sep 28) With examples: (Malcolm Rowe, 2015 Dec 24)
284Also see #8487 for an example.
285
Bram Moolenaar1c6737b2020-09-07 22:18:52 +0200286Patch to implement the vimtutor with a plugin: #6414
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200287Was originally written by Felipe Morales.
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200288
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200289Request to use "." for the cursor column in search pattern \%<.c and \%<.v.
290(#8179)
291
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +0000292":filter set termcap" only filters terminal codes, not keys. (#9297)
293
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +0000294Remove SPACE_IN_FILENAME ? It is only used for completion.
295
Bram Moolenaar519cc552021-11-16 19:18:26 +0000296When 'term' starts with "foot" then default t_TI and t_TE to the values used
297for the builtin xterm termcap.
298
Bram Moolenaar98a29d02021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100299Adding "10" to 'spellsuggest' causes spell suggestions to become very slow.
Bram Moolenaare0e39172021-01-25 21:14:57 +0100300(#4087) Did patch 8.2.2379 help?
Bram Moolenaarc8cdf0f2021-03-13 13:28:13 +0100301Also, z= in German on a long word can take a very long time, but CTRL-C to
302interrupt does not work. Where to add ui_breakcheck()?
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +0000303New English spell files also have very slow suggestions.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200304
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +0200305Searching for \%'> does not find anything when using line Visual selection.
306Probably because it's using MAXCOL. #8238
307
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200308Make "g>" and "g<" in Visual mode move the text right or left.
309Also for a block selection. #8558
310
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +0000311When using dictionary insert completion with 'ignorecase', the leading capital
312in a word should be preserved.
313
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +0200314Add optional argument to virtcol() that specifies "start", "cursor" or "end"
315to tell which value from getvvcol() should be used. (#7964)
316Value returned by virtcol() changes depending on how lines wrap. This is
317inconsistent with the documentation.
318
Bram Moolenaar23515b42020-11-29 14:36:24 +0100319Making breakat support multibyte characters (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #6598)
320Scroll doesn't work correctly, why?
321
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100322globpath() does not use 'wildignorecase' at all? (related to #8350)
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200323
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200324Add 'termguiattr' option, use "gui=" attributes in the terminal? Would work
325with 'termguicolors'. #1740
326
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200327Patch for blockwise paste reporting changes: #6660. Asked for a PR.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200328
Bram Moolenaarc8cdf0f2021-03-13 13:28:13 +0100329Patch to make fillchars global-local. (#5206)
330
Bram Moolenaarcb80aa22020-10-26 21:12:46 +0100331Missing filetype test for bashrc, PKGBUILD, etc.
332
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200333Add an option to not fetch terminal codes in xterm, to avoid flicker when t_Co
334changes.
335
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200336When using ":bwipe!" also get rid of references to be buffer, e.g. in the
337jumplist and alternate file.
338
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200339Add an option to start_timer() to return from the input loop with K_IGNORE.
340This is useful e.g. when a popup was created that disables mappings, we need
341to return from vgetc() to make this happen. #7011
342
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200343Expanding <mods> should put the tab number from cmdmod.tab before "tab".
344Any way to convert "$" back by using a special value? (#6901)
345
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200346Can we detect true color support? https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728
347Try setting a color then request the current color, like using t_u7.
348
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +0100349Regexp to search for duplicate lines does not work correctly:
350/\(^.*\n\)\1 (Chris Morgan, #6239)
351
Bram Moolenaarc8cdf0f2021-03-13 13:28:13 +0100352MS-Windows: when writing undo file the infostreams are copied in
353mch_copy_file_attribute(), that seems unnecessary. (#7925)
354Add a flag to only copy attributes?
355
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200356Make the jumplist behave like a tag stack. (#7738) Should there be a more
357time bound navigation, like with undo?
358
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +0100359Changing a capturing group to non-capturing changes the result: #7607
360 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '\(.\{-1,}\>\)\|.*')
361 aaa
362 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '\%(.\{-1,}\>\)\|.*')
363 aaa bbb
364Should also work without any group:
365 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '.\{-1,}\>\|.*')
366 aaa bbb (should be aaa)
367
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200368Should add a match/str/list/pos method that also returns the test and position
369of submatches. #8355
370
Bram Moolenaar4d8f4762021-06-27 15:18:56 +0200371Syntax highlight for a region does not work with a "nextgroup" if the start
372match is empty. #8449
373
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200374Check out PR #543 (Roland Puntaier).
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200375Patch for multibyte characters in langmap and applying a mapping on them.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200376(Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jun 12, update July 25)
377Is this the right solution? Need to cleanup langmap behavior:
378- in vgetorpeek() apply langmap to the typeahead buffer and put the result in
379 a copy-buffer, only when langmap is appropriate for the current mode. Then
380 check for mapping and let gotchars() work on the copy-buffer.
381- Remove LANGMAP_ADJUST() in other parts of the code. Make sure the mode is
382 covered by the above change.
383So that replaying the register doesn't use keymap/langmap and still does the
384same thing.
385Also see #737: langmap not applied to replaying recording.
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200386
Bram Moolenaard1caa942020-04-10 22:10:56 +0200387Buffer autocommands are a bit inconsistent. Add a separate set of
388autocommands for the buffer lifecycle:
389 BufIsCreated (after buffer ID exists)
390 BufIsLoaded (after buffer ID has content)
391 BufIsUnloaded (after buffer ID no longer has)
392 BufIsWiped (after buffer ID was wiped)
393 BufIsRenamed (after buffer ID gets another name)
394The buffer list and windows are locked, no changes possible
395
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200396Matchparen doesn't remove highlight after undo. (#7054)
397Is OK when syntax HL is active.
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200398
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200399Currently Del can be used to delete the last character of a typed count.
400Can it also be used to delete an incomplete Normal mode command? (#7096)
401After an operator: should work. After "a" or "i" for text objects: should
402work.
403
404Using "au!" after "filetype on" is a bit slow. Can the matching of
405autocommands be made faster? (#7056)
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200406
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200407Append in Visual block mode inserts the wrong character.
408Test_visual_block_mode() already has the proper check, which is commented out.
409(#8288)
410
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200411Add the <=> (spaceship) operator and "cond ?< expr ?= expr ?> expr"
412 replace this:
413 let left = GetLeftFunc()
414 let right = GetRightFunc()
415 let res = left < right ? lower : left == right ? equal : upper
416 by:
417 let res = GetLeftFunc() <=> GetRightFunc() ?< lower ?= equal ?> upper
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200418Patch to make :q work with local arglist. (Christian Brabandt, #6286)
419
Bram Moolenaard58a3bf2020-09-28 21:48:16 +0200420Why does Test_invalid_sid() not work in the GUI?
421
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +0100422":pedit" ignores the local working directory when 'pvp' is set (#7267)
423
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200424Lua: updating wrong buffer when using newly created, unloaded buffer.
425(#6539)
426
427When "+ register is set then "" points to it. If another Vim grabs the "+
428register, then "" doesn't contain anything. Make it still follow "+.
429(#6435)
430
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100431File marks merging has duplicates since 7.4.1925. (Ingo Karkat, #5733)
432
Bram Moolenaarc8cdf0f2021-03-13 13:28:13 +0100433When editing a file with ":edit" the output of :swapname is relative, while
434editing it with "vim file" it is absolute. (#355)
435Which one should it be?
436
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200437Problem with auto-formatting - inserting space and putting cursor before added
438character. (#6154)
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200439
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200440undo result wrong: Masato Nishihata, #4798
441
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200442After recovering from a swap file the undofile should not be used, it causes
443corruption. (#6631)
444
Bram Moolenaar6e649222021-10-04 21:32:54 +0100445When the computer crashes while writing the undofile, the contents may be
446lost. Write to a temp file, fsync and rename. (#8879)
447
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100448When 'lazyredraw' is set sometimes the title is not updated.
449(Jason Franklin, 2020 Feb 3) Looks like a race condition.
450
Bram Moolenaar7ceefb32020-05-01 16:07:38 +0200451With bash ":make" does not set v:shell_error. Possible solution: set
452'shellpipe' to "2>&1| tee %s; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}" #5994
Bram Moolenaar191acfd2020-03-27 20:42:43 +0100453
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200454Using mode() when "/pat" is used in Visual mode returns "v" instead of "c",
455which is not useful. Return "c/v" instead. And "c/o" when using "d/pat".
456#6127
457
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +0200458Add a cterm attribute for "dimmed" or "faint" text. (#8269)
459
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200460When 'fileignorecase' is set ":e testfile.c" works to edit TestFile.c, but
461":find testfile.c" does not ignore case.
462Might be related to #6088.
463
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200464Error for reverse range when using :vimgrep in file "[id-01] file.txt".
465(#6919)
466
Bram Moolenaar47e13952020-05-12 22:49:12 +0200467When changing the crypt key the buffer should be considered modified.
468Like when changing 'fileformat'. Save the old key in save_file_ff().
469(Ninu-Ciprian Marginean)
470
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100471Strange sequence of BufWipeout and BufNew events while doing omni-complete.
472(Paul Jolly, #5656)
473Get BufDelete without preceding BufNew. (Paul Jolly, #5694)
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100474 Later more requests for what to track.
475 Should we add new events that don't allow any buffer manipulation?
476 Really only for dealing with appearing and disappearing buffers, load and
477 unload.
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100478BufWinenter event not fired when saving unnamed buffer. (Paul Jolly, #5655)
Bram Moolenaareab6dff2020-03-01 19:06:45 +0100479Another spurious BufDelete. (Dani Dickstein, #5701)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100480
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200481Wrong error when using local arglist. (Harm te Hennepe, #6133)
482
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200483Test loose_clipboard() by selecting text before suspending.
484
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200485Undo puts cursor in wrong line after "cG<Esc>" undo.
486
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100487:unmap <c-n> gives error but does remove the mapping. (Antony Scriven, 2019
488Dec 19)
489
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200490Patch to add an option to enable/disable VTP. (Nobuhiro Takasaki, #5344)
491Should have three values: empty, "off", "on". Name it 'winterm'?
492
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +0100493Patch to fix session file when using multiple tab pages. (Jason Franklin, 2019
494May 20)
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200495Also put :argadd commands at the start for all buffers, so that their order
496remains equal? Then %argdel to clean it up. Do try this with 'hidden' set.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100497Also #5326: netrw buffers are not restored.
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200498
Bram Moolenaarff781552020-03-19 20:37:11 +0100499When 'backupdir' has a path ending in double slash (meaning: use full path of
500the file) combined with 'patchmode' the file name is wrong. (#5791)
501
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200502Completion mixes results from the current buffer with tags and other files.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100503Happens when typing CTRL-N while still searching for results. E.g., type "b_"
504in terminal.c and then CTRL-N twice.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200505Should do current file first and not split it up when more results are found.
506(Also #1890)
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200507
Bram Moolenaar1d9215b2020-01-25 13:27:42 +0100508Undo history wrong when ":next file" re-uses a buffer. (#5426)
509ex_next() should pass flag to do_argfile(), then to do_ecmd().
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200510Is there a test for this?
Bram Moolenaar1d9215b2020-01-25 13:27:42 +0100511
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200512Help for ":argadd fname" says that if "fname" is already in the argument list
513that entry is used. But instead it's always added. (#6210)
514Add flag AL_FIND_ADD, if there is one argument find it in the list.
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100515
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200516":bnext" in a help buffer is supposed to go to the next help buffer, but it
517goes to any buffer, and then :bnext skips help buffers, since they are
518unlisted. (#4478)
519
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +0100520Statusline highlighting error, off by one. (#5599)
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +0100521
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200522":find" with 'path' set to "data*" does not find files, while completion does
523find them. (Max Kukartsev, #6218)
524
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200525Enable 'termbidi' if $VTE_VERSION >= 5703 ?
526
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100527Sound: support on Mac? Or does libcanberra work there?
528
Bram Moolenaarade0d392020-01-21 22:33:58 +0100529Python 3.8 doesn't work. (Antonios Hadjigeorgalis, #5509)
530
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200531The :syntax cchar value can only be a single character. It would be useful to
532support combining characters. (Charles Campbell) Also #4687
533
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100534"--cleanFOO" does not result in an error. (#5537)
535
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200536Output from assert_equalfile() doesn't give a hint about what's different.
537Assuming the files are text, print the line with the difference.
538
Bram Moolenaar403f3eb2019-11-20 22:31:13 +0100539Result of synID() sometimes wrong in help files. (#5252)
540
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +0200541When a help file is opened that doesn't have "ft=help" in the modeline then
542the FileType is first set to "text" before it is set to "help". (#8099)
543
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200544Problem showing a line if the number column width changes when using "o".
545(Mateusz Morusiewicz, #4245)
546
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200547When using :packadd for a replacement language plugin, it is loaded after the
548default one. #4698
549
550When using :packadd files under "later" are not used, which is inconsistent
551with packages under "start". (xtal8, #1994)
552
Bram Moolenaarc08ee742019-12-05 22:47:25 +0100553Patch to add new motion ]( and ]{. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #5320)
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200554Better: use the "z" prefix. or ]t) and [t(.
Bram Moolenaarc08ee742019-12-05 22:47:25 +0100555
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200556Visual highlight not removed when 'display' is "lastline" and line doesn't
Bram Moolenaar7dd64a32019-05-31 21:41:05 +0200557fit. (Kevin Lawler, #4457)
558
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200559Current position in the changelist should be local to the buffer. (#2173)
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200560
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200561Does not build with MinGW out of the box:
562- _stat64 is not defined, need to use "struct stat" in vim.h
563- WINVER conflict, should use 0x0600 by default?
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100564- INT_MAX not defined: need to include <limits.h> in vim.h
Bram Moolenaareb3dc872018-05-13 22:34:24 +0200565
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100566Display messed up with matchparen, wrapping and scrolling. (#5638)
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200567Screen update bug related to matchparen. (Chris Heath, 2017 Mar 4, #1532)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100568
Bram Moolenaar4ceaa3a2019-12-03 22:49:09 +0100569When getting a focus event halfway a mapping this aborts the mapping. E.g.
570when "qq" is mapped and after the first "q" the mouse is moved outside of the
571gvim window (with focus follows mouse), then the K_FOCUSLOST key is put in the
572input buffer. (#5302)
573
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +0100574:buffer completion does not escape "+" properly and results in a regexp error.
575(#5467)
576
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200577Check_external_diff() is used too often. (Daniel Hahler, #4800)
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200578
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100579Win32: after "[I" showing matches, scroll wheel messes up screen. (Tsakiridis,
5802007 Feb 18)
581Patch by Alex Dobrynin, 2007 Jun 3. Also fixes other scroll wheel problems.
582
583Add a WindowScrolled event. Trigger around the same time as CursorMoved.
584Can be used to update highlighting. #3127 #5181
585
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200586Incorrect formatting with autoindent. (Sebastian Gniazdowski, #4909)
587
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200588Patch to add the :bvimgrep command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Nov 12)
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200589Updated 2016 Jun 10, #858 Update 2017 Mar 28: use <buffer>.
590Better use ":bufgrep" ?
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200591
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200592Improve fallback for menu translations, to avoid having to create lots of
593files that source the actual file. E.g. menu_da_de -> menu_da
594Include part of #3242?
595
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200596Patch to have text objects defined by arbitrary single characters. (Daniel
597Thau, 2013 Nov 20, 2014 Jan 29, 2014 Jan 31)
598Added tests (James McCoy, 2016 Aug 3, #958). Still needs more work.
599
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200600Would be nice to set tab-local values for 'diffexpr' and 'diffopt'. Use
601t:diffexpr_option t:diffopt_option? (#4782)
602
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100603Internal diff doesn't handle binary file like external diff does. (Mike
604Williams, 2018 Oct 30)
605
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200606'[ mark in wrong column after put. (#4776)
607
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100608Problem with :tlmenu: Detach item added with all modes? Issue #3563.
609
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200610Add an argument to expandcmd() to expand like ":next" does.
611
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100612When both "a" and "l" is in 'formatoptions' then auto-formatting also happens
613in a long line. #5189
614
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200615The quoting of the [command] argument of :terminal is not clearly documented.
616Give a few examples. (#4288)
617
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200618Opening a file with --remote-tab-silent that matches 'wildignore' does not
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +0200619work, results in "E479: No match". (#4610)
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200620
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +02006217 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
622 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
623 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200624Patch for this (Tristan Konolige, #1011, only added the option, no implem.)
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200625
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100626Bug: script written with "-W scriptout" contains Key codes, while the script
627read with "-s scriptin" expects escape codes. Probably "scriptout" needs to
628be adjusted. (Daniel Steinberg, 2019 Feb 24, #4041)
629
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100630Add a string to the 'display' option ("smoothscroll" ?) to make CTRL-E and
631CTRL-Y scroll one screen line, also if this means the first line doesn't start
632with the first character (like what happens with a last line that doesn't
633fit). Display "<<<" at the start of the first visible line (like "@@@" is
634displayed in the last line). (Arseny Nasokin, #5154)
635
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200636Window size changes after closing a tab. (#4741)
637
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200638Problem with colors in terminal window. (Jason Franklin, 2019 May 12)
639
Bram Moolenaar22863042021-10-16 15:23:36 +0100640Color schemes:
641NOTE: modernizing the default colorschemes _AND_ introducing new ones is now
642a project in its own right: https://github.com/vim/colorschemes. Feel free to
643reach out if you want to lend a hand.
644- Lifepillar: Updated/cleaned up color schemes:
645 https://github.com/lifepillar/vim8-colorschemes.
646- Include a few color schemes, based on popularity:
647 - 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 +0200648http://vimawesome.com/?q=tag:color-scheme
Bram Moolenaar22863042021-10-16 15:23:36 +0100649- Use names that indicate their appearance (Christian Brabandt, 2017 Aug 3)
650 - monokai - Xia Crusoe (2017 Aug 4)
651 - seoul256 - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3)
652 - gruvbox - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3) (simplified version from
653 Lifepillar, 2018 Jan 22, #2573)
654 - janah - Marco Hinz (2017 Aug 4)
655 - apprentice - Romain Lafourcade (2017 Aug 6) remarks about help file #1964
656- Suggested by Hiroki Kokubun:
657 - [Iceberg](https://github.com/cocopon/iceberg.vim) (my one)
658 - [hybrid](https://github.com/w0ng/vim-hybrid)
659- Include solarized color scheme?, it does not support termguicolors.
660 - Sanitized version of pablo (Lifepillar, 2017 Nov 21)
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200661
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100662Bug: "vipgw" does not put cursor back where it belongs. (Jason Franklin, 2019
663Mar 5)
664
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200665Some composing characters actually add a cell width to the character they are
666on top off, making the whole thing two characters wide. (#4526)
667
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200668Should we include some part of pull request #4505, not increment changedtick
669in some cases? E.g. for ":write" when the changed flag was already off, the
670buffer didn't change at all.
671
Bram Moolenaar7dd64a32019-05-31 21:41:05 +0200672Session file contains absolute paths when "curdir" is removed form
673'sessionoptions', making it impossible to have a session with a relative path.
674(#4450)
675
Bram Moolenaar7e6a5152021-01-02 16:39:53 +0100676Session file only contains local option values for buffers that are in a
677window, not other buffers. (#7532)
678
679Script generated by :mksession does not work well if there are windows with
680modified buffers
681 change "silent only" into "silent only!"
682 change "edit fname" of first buffer to "hide edit fname"
683 skip "badd fname" if "fname" is already in the buffer list
684 remove remark about unloading buffers from documentation
685
686When session file has name in argument list but the buffer was deleted, the
687buffer is not deleted when using the session file. (#1393)
688Should add the buffer in hidden state.
689
690When a session file is created and there are "nofile" buffers, these are not
691filled. Need to trigger BufReadCmd autocommands. Also handle deleting the
692initial empty buffer better. (ZyX, 2015 March 8)
693
694Setting the spell file in a session only reads the local additions, not the
695normal spell file. (Enno Nagel, 2014 Mar 29)
696
697Directory wrong in session file, caused by ":lcd" in BufEnter autocommand.
698(Felix Kater, 2009 Mar 3)
699
700Something wrong with session that has "cd" commands and "badd", in such a way
701that Vim doesn't find the edited file in the buffer list, causing the
702ATTENTION message? (Tony Mechelynck, 2008 Dec 1)
703Also: swap files are in ~/tmp/ One has relative file name ".mozilla/...".
704
705'foldcolumn' in modeline applied to wrong window when using a session. (Teemu
706Likonen, March 19)
707
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100708When using a timer callback vgetc_busy is reset, allowing for using input().
709But in a channel callback this does not happen. We need to do something
710similar to check_due_timer(). Also see #3809.
711
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200712C syntax: {} inside () causes following {} to be highlighted as error.
713(Michalis Giannakidis, 2006 Jun 1)
714
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100715Check: __attribute__((format(printf, on semsg() and siemsg(). Where was this
716added?
717
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200718Add test for urxvt mouse codes. Also test that mouse coordinates can be
719negative. (see #4326)
720
721'cmdheight' has a tab-local value, but it cannot be obtained with
722`:echo gettabwinvar(2, 1, '&cmdheight')` returns the value for the _current_
723tab page. (Ingo Karkat, #4324)
724:call settabwinvar(1, 1, '&cmdheight', 2) also doesn't work well.
725
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200726This modeline throws unexpected errors: (#4165)
727 vim: syn=nosyntax
728
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100729Make balloon_show() work outside of 'balloonexpr'? Users expect it to work:
730#2948. (related to #1512?)
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100731Also see #2352, want better control over balloon, perhaps set the position.
732Should also be possible to add highlighting, like in the status line?
733balloonexpr() on MS-Windows GUI doesn't handle accented chars? (nivaemail,
7342018 Sep 14)
735Another request: #3811.
736
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200737More warnings from static analysis:
738https://lgtm.com/projects/g/vim/vim/alerts/?mode=list
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200739
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100740Still a E315 error when using terminal. (Masato Nishihata, #3959)
741
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200742Not existing directory in CDPATH leads to two shell calls. (#4525)
743
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200744Use dict_iterate_start() / dict_iterate_next() instead of relying on the
745internals of the dict structure.
746
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100747nvo-mode mapping works on Windows, not on Linux. (#3678)
748
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200749Missing tests for:
750- add_termcap_entry()
751
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200752Redo only remembers the last change. Could use "{count}g." to redo an older
753change. How does the user know which change? At least have a way to list
754them: ":repeats". Add to history, like search history and command line history.
755
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200756Pasting foo} causes Vim to behave weird. (John Little, 2018 Jun 17)
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200757Related to bracketed paste. I cannot reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200758
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100759When 'confirm' is set a "silent q" doesn't show the prompt. It should in this
760case. (Nate Peterson, 2019 Jan 31, #3892)
761For "silent! q" it should not prompt and just fail.
762
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200763Add <aevent>, which expands to the currently triggered autocommand event name.
764(Daniel Hahler, #4232) Or add it to v:event (easier to use but slightly more
765expensive).
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200766
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200767Some xterm responses are not properly handled: (Markus Gömmel, 2019 Apr 1)
768 DCS 0 $ r Pt ST should be ignored.
769 DCS 0 + r/Pt/ ST already ignored?
770
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100771Using CTRL-L to add a character to the search string that contains \v,
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100772punctuation is repeated. (Smylers, 2018 Nov 17, #3621)
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100773
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200774Using single wide base character with double wide composing character gives
775drawing errors. Fill up the base character? (Dominique, #4328)
776
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200777Problem with two buffers with the same name a/b, if it didn't exist before and
778is created outside of Vim. (dskloetg, 2018 Jul 16, #3219)
779
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100780When 'sidescrolloff' is set, using "zl" to go to the end of the line, suddenly
781scrolls back. Should allow for this scrolling, like 'scrolloff' does when
782using CTRL-E. (Yee Cheng Chin, #3721)
783
Bram Moolenaar93a1df22018-09-10 11:51:50 +0200784Invalid memory access with old regexp engine. (Dominique Pelle, 2018 Sep 3,
785#3405) Introduced by 8.0.1517, which was fixing another memory access error.
786(Sep 8)
787
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200788Add function to make use of internal diff, working on two lists and returning
789unified diff (list of lines).
790
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100791When splitting a window with few text lines, the relative cursor position is
792kept, which means part of the text isn't displayed. Better show all the text
793when possible. (Dylan Lloyd, #3973)
794
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100795Make ":interactive !cmd" stop termcap mode, also when used in an autocommand.
796(#3692)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100797
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100798Add buffer argument to undotree(). (#4001)
799
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200800matchaddpos() gets slow with many matches. Proposal by Rick Howe, 2018 Jul
80119.
802
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100803Add something like 'fillchars' local to window, but allow for specifying a
804highlight name. Esp. for the statusline.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200805And "extends" and "precedes" are also useful without 'list' set. Also in
806'fillchars' or another option?
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100807
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100808Sourceforge Vim pages still have content, redirect from empty page.
809Check for PHP errors. (Wayne Davison, 2018 Oct 26)
810
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200811Problem with Visual yank when 'linebreak' and 'showbreak' are set.
812Patch with tests, but it's not clear how it is supposed to work. (tommm, 2018
813Nov 17) Asked about this, Dec 22. Christian will have a look.
814
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200815home_replace() uses $HOME instead of "homedir". (Cesar Martins, 2018 Aug 9)
816
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200817When the status line uses term_gettitle(), it does not get updated when the
818terminal title changes. (Josh Triplett, 2018 Sep 9, #3418)
819How would we know that the status line needs to be updated?
820
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100821Update for xim-input-style help (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 Jan 10).
822Feedback from someone who uses this?
823
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200824Only output t_Cs when t_Ce is also set. do not use Cs and Ce termcap entries. (Daniel Hahler, 2018 Sep 25)
825Add t_cS and t_cR for cursor color select and reset. Use Cs and Cr terminfo
826values.
827
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100828Further xdiff changes:
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200829- More options, e.g. different kind of whitespace diff.
830- when editing text, update the surrounding diff blocks.
831- omit diff.exe from distribution
832- Can we make this show differences within a line?
833- add option to use external diff above a certain size.
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200834
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200835Difference between two regexp engines: #3373
836
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100837Patch to add ch_listen() (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2018 Nov 26, #3639)
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200838What is the practical use for this? Need an example.
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100839
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200840When the last line wraps, selecting with the mouse below that line only
841includes the first screen line. (2018 Aug 23, #3368)
842
843Refactored HTML indent file. (Michael Lee, #1821)
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200844Asked to write a test.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200845
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100846Merge checking for 'cursorline' and 'concealcursor', see neovim #9492.
847
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200848Add a windowID argument to placing a sign, so that it only shows up in one
849window for the buffer.
850
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100851Win32 key codes are messy. Mike Williams tried to fix that, but now old
852mappings no longer work. Create a new terminal for the better solution?
853
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +0000854Compiler warning (geeknik, 2017 Oct 26):
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100855- undefined left shift in get_string_tv() (#2250)
856
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100857Add Native language protocol server (LSP) support. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2018
858Oct 28)
859
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100860Add more testing of the GTK GUI.
861- gtk_test_widget_click() can be used to simulate a click in a widget.
862
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200863Tests failing for "make testgui" with GTK:
864- Test_setbufvar_options()
865- Test_exit_callback_interval()
866
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200867Patch to be able to use hex numbers with :digraph. (Lcd, 2015 Sep 6)
868Update Sep 7. Update by Christian Brabandt, 2015 Sep 8, 2016 Feb 1.
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100869Patch to be able to disable default digraphs (incomplete) (Eric Pruitt, 2018
870Nov 22).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200871
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200872Patch to list user digraphs. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Apr 14)
873
874Patch to add digraph() function. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Aug 22, update Aug
87524)
876
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100877Try out background make plugin:
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100878 https://github.com/AndrewVos/vim-make-background
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100879or asyncmake:
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100880 https://github.com/yegappan/asyncmake
881
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200882Add an option with file patterns, to be used when unloading a buffer: If there
883is a match, remove entries for the buffer from marks, jumplist, etc. To be
884used for git temp files.
885
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100886Cursor in wrong position when line wraps. (#2540)
887
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200888Setting 'columns' in a BufEnter autocommand causes a second tab width to
889behave strangely, as if there is a gap and a vertical window separator.
890(Michael Soyka, 2018 Sep 23, #3477)
891
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200892Make {skip} argument of searchpair() consistent with other places where we
893pass an expression to evaluate. Allow passing zero for "never skip".
894
Bram Moolenaar25a6e8a2018-03-30 12:27:32 +0200895Add an option similar to 'lazyredraw' to skip redrawing while executing a
896script or function.
897
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200898When using a menu item while the "more" prompt is displayed doesn't work well.
899E.g. after using help->version. Have a key that ends the "more" prompt and
900does nothing otherwise?
901
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200902MS-Windows: write may fail if another program is reading the file.
903If 'readonly' is not set but the file appears to be readonly later, try again
904(wait a little while).
905CreateFile() returns ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION (Linwei, 2018 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100906
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200907Using --remote to open a file in which a # appears does not work on
908MS-Windows. Perhaps in \# the \ is seen as a path separator. (Axel Bender,
9092017 Feb 9) Can we expand wildcards first and send the path literally to the
910receiving Vim? Or make an exception for #, it's not useful remotely.
911
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200912Should add a test for every command line argument. Check coverage for what is
913missing: --nofork, -A , -b, -h, etc.
914
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200915":au * * command" should not be allowed, only use * for event when listing or
916deleting autocmds, not when adding them.
917
Bram Moolenaara9604e62018-07-21 05:56:22 +0200918With 'foldmethod' "indent" and appending an empty line, what follows isn't
919included in the existing fold. Deleting the empty line and undo fixes it.
920(Oleg Koshovetc, 2018 Jul 15, #3214)
921
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100922Column number is wrong when using 'linebreak' and 'wrap'. (Keith Smiley, 2018
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100923Jan 15, #2555)
924
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +0200925":bufdo e" disabled syntax HL in windows other than the current. (BPJ)
926
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100927Check argument of systemlist(). (Pavlov)
928
Bram Moolenaar98ef2332018-03-18 14:44:37 +0100929No maintainer for Vietnamese translations.
930No maintainer for Simplified Chinese translations.
931
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200932Python indenting: alternative way to indent arguments:
933http://orchistro.tistory.com/236
934Should be supported with a flag.
935
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100936Add the debug command line history to viminfo.
937
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100938Add Makefiles to the runtime/spell directory tree, since nobody uses Aap.
939Will have to explain the manual steps (downloading the .aff and .dic files,
940applying the diff, etc.
941
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200942Pasting a register in Visual mode cannot be repeated. (Mahmoud Al-Qudsi, 2018
943Apr 26, #2849)
944
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100945User dictionary ~/.vim/spell/lang.utf-8.add not used for spell checking until a
946word is re-added to it. (Matej Cepl, 2018 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100947
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +0100948Fold at end of the buffer behaves inconsistently. (James McCoy, 2017 Oct 9)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +0200949
Bram Moolenaar0635ee62017-04-28 20:32:33 +0200950With foldmethod=syntax and nofoldenable comment highlighting isn't removed.
951(Marcin Szewczyk, 2017 Apr 26)
952
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +0200953Using 'wildignore' also applies to literally entered file name. Also with
954:drop (remote commands).
955
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200956Implement option_save() and option_restore():
957option_restore({list}) *option_restore()*
958 Restore options previously saved by option_save().
959 When buffer-local options have been saved, this function must
960 be called when the same buffer is the current buffer.
961 When window-local options have been saved, this function must
962 be called when the same window is the current window.
963 When in the wrong buffer and/or window an error is given and
964 the local options won't be restored.
965
966option_save({list}) *option_save()*
967 Saves the options named in {list}. The returned value can be
968 passed to option_restore(). Example: >
969 let s:saved_options = option_save([
970 \ 'ignorecase',
971 \ 'iskeyword',
972 \ ])
973 au <buffer> BufLeave *
974 \ call option_restore(s:saved_options)
975< The advantage over using `:let` is that global and local
976 values are handled and the script ID is restored, so that
977 `:verbose set` will show where the option was originally set,
978 not where it was restored.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100979 Alternatively: save and restore ALL options. Implementation needs to use
980 copy-on-write. Return an ID from option_save(), when
981 option_restore(ID) is called give an error if another option_save()
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100982 was called in the meantime, they must be balanced.
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200983
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100984"gvim --remote" from a directory with non-word characters changes the current
985directory (Paulo Marcel Coelho Arabic, 2017 Oct 30, #2266)
986Also see #1689.
987
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100988When 'virtualedit' is "all" and 'cursorcolumn' is set, the wrong column may be
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100989highlighted. (van-de-bugger, 2018 Jan 23, #2576)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100990
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100991No profile information for function that executes ":quit". (Daniel Hahler,
9922017 Dec 26, #2501)
993
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200994A function on a dictionary is not profiled. (ZyX, 2010 Dec 25)
995
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200996Add script number to profile? (#3330 breaks tests).
997
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +0200998A function defined locally and lambda's are not easily recognized.
999Mention where they were defined somewhere.
1000
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001001ml_get errors with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
1002
1003Error in emsg with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
1004
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +01001005Join truncates xml comment. (Dmitrii Tcyganok, 2017 Dec 24, #2494)
1006Requires 'formatoptions' to include "j". (Gary Johnson, 2017 Dec 24)
1007
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001008Patch to support hunspell. (Matej Cepl, Jan 2018, #2500) Based on older patch
1009in #846)
1010Doesn't work on Windows yet. Not ready to included, hard coded paths.
1011
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02001012Win32 GUI: when running a fast timer, the cursor no longer blinks.
1013Was reported: cursor blinks in terminal on widows with a timer. (xtal8, #2142)
1014
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001015When a timer is running and typing CTRL-R on the command line, it is not
1016redrawn properly. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 23, #2241)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001017
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001018In an optional package the "after" directory is not scanned?
1019(Renato Fabbri, 2018 Feb 22)
1020
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +01001021Patch for Neovim concerning restoring when closing help window. (glacambre
1022neovim #7431)
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001023
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001024Patch for improving detecting Ruby on Mac in configure. (Ilya Mikhaltsou, 2017
1025Nov 21)
1026
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +01001027When t_Co is changed from termresponse, the OptionSet autocommand event isn't
Bram Moolenaar7db25fe2018-05-13 00:02:36 +02001028triggered. Use the code from the end of set_num_option() in
1029set_color_count().
1030
1031Add another autocommand like TermResponse that is fired for the other terminal
1032responses, such as bg and fg. Use "bg", "fg", "blink", etc. for the name.
1033
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001034When using command line window, CmdlineLeave is triggered without
1035CmdlineEnter. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 30, #2263)
1036Add some way to get the nested state. Although CmdwinEnter is obviously
1037always nested.
1038
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001039matchit hasn't been maintained for a long time. #955.
1040
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001041Problem with 'delcombine'. (agguser, 2017 Nov 10, #2313)
1042
Bram Moolenaar6c391a72021-09-09 21:55:11 +02001043'delcombine' does not work for the command line. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jul
104420)
1045
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +01001046MS-Windows: buffer completion doesn't work when using backslash (or slash)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001047for a path separator. (xtal8, #2201)
1048
Bram Moolenaar589edb32019-09-20 14:38:13 +02001049Would be nice for Insert mode completion to highlight the text that was added
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01001050(and may change when picking another completion).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +02001051
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +02001052Test more runtime files.
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001053
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001054Window not closed when deleting buffer. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Aug 27, #2029)
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +02001055
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001056Add options_default() / options_restore() to set several options to Vim
1057defaults for a plugin. Comments from Zyx, 2017 May 10.
1058Perhaps use a vimcontext / endvimcontext command block.
1059
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001060After using :noautocmd CursorMoved may still trigger. (Andy Stewart, 2017 Sep
106113, #2084). Set old position after the command.
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +02001062
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +02001063When bracketed paste is used, pasting at the ":append" prompt does not get the
1064line breaks. (Ken Takata, 2017 Aug 22)
1065
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001066The ":move" command does not honor closed folds. (Ryan Lue, #2351)
1067
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001068Cannot copy modeless selection when cursor is inside it. (lkintact, #2300)
1069
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02001070Test_writefile_fails_conversion failure on Solaris because if different iconv
1071behavior. Skip when "uname" returns "SunOS"? (Pavel Heimlich, #1872)
1072
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001073'tagrelative' is broken in specific situation. (xaizek, 2017 Oct 19, #2221)
1074
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001075The ++ options for the :edit command are also useful on the Vim command line.
1076
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +01001077When recovering a file, put the swap file name in b:recovered_swapfile. Then
1078a command can delete it.
1079
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001080Overlong utf-8 sequence is displayed wrong. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Sep 14,
1081#2089) Patch with possible solution by Björn Linse.
1082
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001083The change list index is local to a buffer, but it doesn't make sense using it
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +01001084for another buffer. (lacygoill) Copy w_changelistidx to wininfo_S and back.
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001085
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001086X11: Putting more than about 262040 characters of text on the clipboard and
1087pasting it in another Vim doesn't work. (Dominique Pelle, 2008 Aug 21-23)
1088clip_x11_request_selection_cb() is called with zero value and length.
1089Also: Get an error message from free() in the process that owns the selection.
1090Seems to happen when the selection is requested the second time, but before
1091clip_x11_convert_selection_cb() is invoked, thus in X library code.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02001092Kazunobu Kuriyama is working on a proper fix. (2017 Jul 25)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001093
1094Problem with three-piece comment. (Michael Lee, 2017 May 11, #1696)
1095
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001096Creating a partial with an autoload function is confused about the "self"
1097attribute of the function. For an unknown function assume "self" and make
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02001098that optional? (Bjorn Linse, 2017 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001099
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001100Cindent: returning a structure has more indent for the second item.
1101(Sam Pagenkopf, 2017 Sep 14, #2090)
1102
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001103Patch from Christian Brabandt to preserve upper case marks when wiping out a
1104buffer. (2013 Dec 9)
1105Also fixes #2166?
1106
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001107Profile of a dict function is lost when the dict is deleted. Would it be
1108possible to collect this? (Daniel Hahler, #2350)
1109
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001110When checking if a bufref is valid, also check the buffer number, to catch the
1111case of :bwipe followed by :new.
1112
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +02001113Patch to skip writing a temp file for diffing if the buffer is equal to the
1114existing file. (Akria Sheng, 2017 Jul 22)
1115Could also skip writing lines that are the same.
1116
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001117MS-Windows: Opening same file in a second gvim hangs. (Sven Bruggemann, 2017
1118Jul 4)
1119
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001120Setting 'clipboard' to "unnamed" makes a global command very slow (Daniel
1121Drucker, 2017 May 8).
1122This was supposed to be fixed, did it break again somehow?
1123Christian cannot reproduce it.
1124
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001125Using composing char in mapping does not work properly. maparg() shows the
1126wrong thing. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Jul 8, #1827)
1127Or is this not an actual problem?
1128
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001129Better TeX indent file. (Christian Brabandt, 2017 May 3)
1130
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001131Use gvimext.dll from the nightly build? (Issue #249)
1132
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001133'synmaxcol' works with bytes instead of screen cells. (Llandon, 2017 May 31,
1134#1736)
1135
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001136Problem with using :cd when remotely editing a file. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2017 May
11378, #1690)
1138
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001139Using "wviminfo /tmp/viminfo" does not store file marks that Vim knows about,
1140it only works when merging with an existing file. (Shougo, 2017 Jun 19, #1781)
1141
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001142Memory leak in test97? The string is actually freed. Weird.
1143
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001144assert_fails() can only check for the first error. Make it possible to have
1145it catch multiple errors and check all of them.
1146
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001147Add a toolbar in the terminal. Can be global, above all windows, or specific
1148for one window.
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001149
1150Make maparg() also return the raw rhs, so that it doesn't depend on 'cpo'.
1151(Brett Stahlman, 2017 May 23)
1152Even better: add a way to disable a mapping temporarily and re-enable it
1153later. This is for a sub-mode that is active for a short while (one buffer).
1154Still need maplist() to find the mappings. What can we use to identify a
1155mapping? Something unique would be better than the LHS.
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001156Perhaps simpler: actually delete the mappings. Use maplist() to list matching
1157mappings (with a lhs prefix, like maparg()), mapdelete() to delete,
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001158maprestore() to restore (using the output of maplist()).
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001159
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +01001160Add an argument to :mkvimrc (or add another command) to skip mappings from
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001161plugins (source is a Vim script). No need to put these in a .vimrc, they will
1162be defined when the plugin is loaded.
1163
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001164Use tb_set(winid, [{'text': 'stop', 'cb': callback, 'hi': 'Green'}])
1165 tb_highlight(winid, 'ToolBar')
1166 tb_get(winid)
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001167
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001168json_encode(): should convert to utf-8. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Jan 23)
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001169What if there is an invalid character?
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001170
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001171Json string with trailing \u should be an error. (Lcd)
1172
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001173import can't be used in define option when include matches too.
1174(Romain Lafourcade, 2017 Jun 18, #1519)
1175
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001176Wrong diff highlighting with three files. (2016 Oct 20, #1186)
1177Also get E749 on exit.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001178Another example in #1309
1179
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001180Suggestion to improve pt-br spell checking. (Marcelo D Montu, 2016 Dec 15,
1181#1330)
1182
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001183Error in test_startup_utf8 on Solaris. (Danek Duvall, 2016 Aug 17)
1184
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001185GTK: When adding a timer from 'balloonexpr' it won't fire, because
1186g_main_context_iteration() doesn't return. Need to trigger an event when the
1187timer expires.
1188
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001189Rule to use "^" for statusline does not work if a space is defined with
1190highlighting for both stl and stlnc. Patch by Ken Hamada (itchyny, 2016 Dec 11)
1191
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001192Using CTRL-G_U in InsertCharPre causes trouble for redo. (Israel Chauca
1193Fuentes, 2017 Feb 12, #1470)
1194
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001195Add a "keytrans()" function, which turns the internal byte representation of a
1196key into a form that can be used for :map. E.g.
1197 let xx = "\<C-Home>"
1198 echo keytrans(xx)
1199 <C-Home>
1200
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001201Check for errors E704 and E705 only does VAR_FUNC, should also do VAR_PARTIAL.
1202(Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Mar 13, #1557)
1203Make a function to check for function-like type?
1204
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001205Implement named arguments for functions with optional arguments:
1206 func Foo(start, count = 1, all = 1)
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001207 call Foo(12, all = 0)
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001208
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001209Add a command to take a range of lines, filter them and put the output
1210somewhere else. :{range}copy {dest} !cmd
1211
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001212The TermResponse event is not triggered when a plugin has set 'eventignore' to
1213"all". Netrw does this. (Gary Johnson, 2017 Jan 24)
1214Postpone the event until 'eventignore' is reset.
1215
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001216Expanding /**/ is slow. Idea by Luc Hermitte, 2017 Apr 14.
1217
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001218Once .exe with updated installer is available: Add remark to download page
1219about /S and /D options (Ken Takata, 2016 Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001220Or point to nightly builds: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases
1221
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001222":sbr" docs state it respects 'switchbuf', but "vsplit" does not cause a
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001223vertical split. (Haldean Brown, 2017 Mar 1)
1224
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001225Use ADDR_OTHER instead of ADDR_LINES for many more commands.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +02001226E.g. all the location list commands use a count.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001227Add tests for using number larger than number of lines in buffer.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001228
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001229Might be useful to have isreadonly(), like we have islocked().
1230Avoids exceptions, e.g. when using the b: namespace as a dict.
1231
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001232Patch to make v:shell_error writable. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Sep 27)
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001233Useful to restore it. Is there another solution?
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001234
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001235"ci[" does not look for next [ like ci" does look for next ".
1236(J.F. 2017 Jan 7)
1237
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001238Patch for wrong cursor position on wrapped line, involving breakindent.
1239(Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 25)
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001240
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001241Patch for 'cursorlinenr' option. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 30)
1242
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001243Window resizing with 'winfixheight': With a vertical split the height changes
1244anyway. (Tommy allen, 2017 Feb 21, #1502)
1245
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001246Invalid behavior with NULL list. (Nikolai Pavlov, #768)
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001247E.g. deepcopy(test_null_list())
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001248
Bram Moolenaar3e496b02016-09-25 22:11:48 +02001249Patch to make it possible to extend a list with itself.
1250(Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Sep 23)
1251
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001252Patch to add Zstandard compressed file support. (Nick Terrell, 2016 Oct 24)
1253
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001254On Windows buffer completion sees backslash as escape char instead of path
1255separator. (Toffanim, 2016 Nov 24, #1274)
1256
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001257Should :vmap in matchit.vim be :xmap? (Tony Mechelynck)
1258
Bram Moolenaar26852122016-05-24 20:02:38 +02001259Problem with whitespace in errorformat. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2016 May 15, #807)
1260
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001261Undo problem: "g-" doesn't go back, gets stuck. (Björn Linse, 2016 Jul 18)
1262
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001263Add "unicode true" to NSIS installer. Doesn't work with Windows 95, which we
1264no longer support.
1265
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +02001266Support sort(l, 'F'), convert strings to float. (#7857)
Bram Moolenaar9faec4e2021-02-27 16:38:07 +01001267
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001268sort() is not stable when using numeric/float sort (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep
12694#1038)
1270
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +01001271sort() does not use 'smartcase' for the skip pattern, even though 'ignorecase'
1272is used. (Filipe Brandenburger, #7322)
1273
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001274+channel:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +02001275- Add a in_cb, invoked when the write buffer has become empty. (Matteo Landi)
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +01001276- Add ch_readlines(): for a channel in NL mode, reads as many lines as are
1277 available. Should be more efficient than looping over ch_read() with
1278 ch_status() to check for more.
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +02001279- If buffer contents is changed in a callback, set w_redr_status so that it
1280 gets redrawn in redraw_after_callback(). #6120
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001281- Add a separate timeout for opening a socket. Currently it's fixed at 50
1282 msec, which is too small for a remote connection. (tverniquet, #2130)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001283- Writing raw mode to a buffer should still handle NL characters as line
1284 breaks. (Dmitry Zotikov, 2017 Aug 16)
1285- When out_cb executes :sleep, the close_cb may be invoked. (Daniel Hahler,
1286 2016 Dec 11, #1320)
1287- Implement |job-term| ?
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +01001288- Calling a function when receiving a "call" on a channel, using feedkeys()
1289 does not work. It does work from a timer. (Qiming Zhao, #3852)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001290- Channel test fails with Motif. Sometimes kills the X11 server.
1291- When a message in the queue but there is no callback, drop it after a while?
1292 Add timestamp to queued messages and callbacks with ID, remove after a
1293 minute. Option to set the droptime.
1294- Add an option to drop text of very long lines? Default to 1 Mbyte.
1295- Add remark about undo sync, is there a way to force it?
1296- When starting a job, have an option to open the server socket, so we know
1297 the port, and pass it to the command with --socket-fd {nr}. (Olaf Dabrunz,
1298 Feb 9) How to do this on MS-Windows?
1299- For connection to server, a "keep open" flag would be useful. Retry
1300 connecting in the main loop with zero timeout.
1301- job_start(): run job in a newly opened terminal (not a terminal window).
1302 With xterm could use -S{pty}.
1303 Although user could use "xterm -e 'cmd arg'".
1304
1305Regexp problems:
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +01001306- NFA engine can be slow for some patterns. Dominique found out that most
1307 time is spent in addstate_here() copying the threads. Instead of copying,
1308 let each thread point to the next one (by offset, the list is reallocated).
1309 (Dominique Pelle, 2019 Feb 18)
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02001310- Old engine: using 'incsearch' /\Zabc does not highlight the "c" if it has a
1311 composing character. New engine is OK. (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001312- When search pattern has the base character both with and without combining
1313 character, search fails. E.g. "รรีบ" in "การรีบรักใคร". (agguser, #2312)
1314- [:space:] only matches ASCII spaces. Add [:white:] for all space-like
1315 characters, esp. including 0xa0. Use character class zero.
1316- Since 7.4.704 the old regex engine fails to match [[:print:]] in 0xf6.
1317 (Manuel Ortega, 2016 Apr 24)
1318 Test fails on Mac. Avoid using isalpha(), isalnum(), etc? Depends on
1319 LC_CTYPE
1320- The old engine does not find a match for "/\%#=1\(\)\{80}", the new engine
1321 matches everywhere.
1322- Using win_linetabsize() can still be slow. Cache the result, store col and
1323 vcol. Reset them when moving to another line.
1324- Very slow with a long line and Ruby highlighting. (John Whitley, 2014 Dec 4)
1325- Bug with pattern: '\vblock (\d+)\.\n.*\d+%(\1)@<!\.$'
1326 (Lech Lorens, 2014 Feb 3)
1327- Issue 164: freeze on regexp search.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02001328- Ignorecase not handled properly for multibyte characters. (Axel Bender,
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001329 2013 Dec 11)
1330- Using \@> and \?. (Brett Stahlman, 2013 Dec 21) Remark from Marcin
1331 Szamotulski; Remark from Brett 2014 Jan 6 and 7.
1332- NFA regexp doesn't handle \%<v correctly. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 May 12)
1333- Does not work with NFA regexp engine:
1334 \%u, \%x, \%o, \%d followed by a composing character
1335- Search for \%d0\+ may fail with E363. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Oct 4)
1336- \%'[ does not work. '%'] does work. (Masaaki Nakamura, 2016 Apr 4)
1337- Bug relating to back references. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Jul 24)
1338- New RE does not give an error for empty group: "\(\)\{2}" (Dominique Pelle,
1339 2015 Feb 7)
1340- Using back reference before the capturing group sometimes works with the old
1341 engine, can we do this with the new engine? E.g. with
1342 "/\%(<\1>\)\@<=.*\%(<\/\(\w\+\)>\)\@=" matching text inside HTML tags.
1343 This problem is probably the same: "\%(^\1.*$\n\)\@<=\(\d\+\).*$".
1344 (guotuofeng, 2015 Jun 22)
1345- Strange matching with "\(Hello\n\)\@<=A". (Anas Syed, 2015 Feb 12)
1346- Problem with \v(A)@<=b+\1c. (Issue 334)
1347- Diff highlighting can be very slow. (Issue 309)
1348- Using %> for a virtual column has a check based on 'tabsize'. Better would
1349 be to cache the result of win_linetabsize(col), storing both col and vcol,
1350 and use them to decide whether win_linetabsize() needs to be called. Reset
1351 col and vcol when moving to another line.
1352- this doesn't work: "syntax match ErrorMsg /.\%9l\%>20c\&\%<28c/". Leaving
1353 out the \& works. Seems any column check after \& fails.
1354- Difference between two engines: ".*\zs\/\@>\/" on text "///"
1355 (Chris Paul, 2016 Nov 13) New engine not greedy enough?
1356 Another one: echom matchstr(" sdfsfsf\n sfdsdfsdf",'[^\n]*')
1357 (2017 May 15, #1252)
1358
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001359Undo message is not always properly displayed. Patch by Ken Takata, 2013 oct
13603. Doesn't work properly according to Yukihiro Nakadaira.
1361Also see #1635.
1362
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001363Idea from Sven: record sequence of keys. Useful to show others what they are
1364doing (look over the shoulder), and also to see what happened.
1365Probably list of keystrokes, with some annotations for mode changes.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001366Could store in logfile to be able to analyse it with an external command.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001367E.g. to see when's the last time a plugin command was used.
1368
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001369cmap using execute() has side effects. (Killthemule, 2016 Aug 17, #983)
1370
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001371:map X may print invalid data. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2017 Jul 3, #1816)
1372
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001373Patch to order results from taglist(). (Duncan McDougall, 2016 Oct 25)
1374
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001375When using ":diffput" through a mapping, undo in the target buffer isn't
1376synced. (Ryan Carney, 2016 Sep 14)
1377
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001378Syntax highlighting for messages with RFC3339 timestamp (#946)
1379Did maintainer reply?
Bram Moolenaar42ebd062016-07-17 13:35:14 +02001380
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001381ml_get errors when reloading file. (Chris Desjardins, 2016 Apr 19)
1382Also with latest version.
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001383
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001384Completion for input() does not expand environment variables. (chdiza, 2016
1385Jul 25, #948)
1386
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001387Patch to add 'systemencoding', convert between 'encoding' and this for file
1388names, shell commands and the like. (Kikuchan, 2010 Oct 14)
1389Assume the system converts between the actual encoding of the filesystem to
1390the system encoding (usually utf-8).
1391
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001392MS-Windows: use WS_HIDE instead of SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE in os_win32.c?
1393Otherwise task flickers in taskbar.
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001394
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001395Second problem in #966: ins_compl_add_tv() uses get_dict_string() multiple
1396times, overwrites the one buffer. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Aug 5)
1397
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001398Patch to improve map documentation. Issue #799.
1399
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01001400We can use '. to go to the last change in the current buffer, but how about
1401the last change in any buffer? Can we use ', (, is next to .)?
1402
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001403Ramel Eshed: system() is much slower than job_start(), why? (Aug 26)
1404
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001405When generating the Unicode tables with runtime/tools/unicode.vim the
1406emoji_width table has only one entry.
1407
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001408It's possible to add ",," to 'wildignore', an empty entry. Causes problems.
1409Reject the value? #710.
1410
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001411When doing "vi buf.md" a BufNew autocommand for *.md is not triggered.
1412Because of using the initial buffer? (Dun Peal, 2016 May 12)
1413
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001414Neovim patch for utfc_ptr2char_len() https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/4574
1415No test, needs some work to include.
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001416
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001417Patch to improve indenting for C++ constructor with initializer list.
1418(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Mar 31)
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01001419
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001420Zero-out krypt key information when no longer in use. (Ben Fritz, 2017 May 15)
1421
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001422Add stronger encryption. Could use libsodium (NaCl).
1423https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02001424Possibly include the needed code so that it can be built everywhere.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001425
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001426Add a way to restart a timer. It's similar to timer_stop() and timer_start(),
1427but the reference remains valid.
1428
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +02001429Need to try out instructions in INSTALLpc.txt about how to install all
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001430interfaces and how to build Vim with them.
1431Appveyor build with self-installing executable, includes getting most
1432interfaces: https://github.com/k-takata/vim/tree/chrisbra-appveyor-build
1433result: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/k-takata/vim/history
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001434
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001435Problem using ":try" inside ":execute". (ZyX, 2013 Sep 15)
1436
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001437Patch to make tests pass with EBCDIC. (Owen Leibman, 2016 Apr 10)
1438
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02001439Add ":read :command", to insert the output of an Ex command?
1440Can already do it with ":$put =execute('command')".
1441
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001442exists(":tearoff") does not tell you if the command is implemented. (Tony
1443Mechelynck) Perhaps use exists("::tearoff") to check?
1444
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001445Use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples, but without ":" in
1446'iskeyword' for syntax.
1447
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001448Installation of .desktop files does not work everywhere.
1449It's now fixed, but the target directory probably isn't right.
1450Add configure check?
1451Should use /usr/local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications.
1452Or use $XDG_DATA_DIRS.
1453Also need to run update-desktop-database (Kuriyama Kazunobu, 2015 Nov 4)
1454
Bram Moolenaar369b6f52017-01-17 12:22:32 +01001455Test object i{ and it do not behave the same. #1379
1456Do not include the linebreak at the start?
1457
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001458Feature request: add the "al" text object, to manipulate a screen line.
1459Especially useful when using 'linebreak'
1460
Bram Moolenaar438f67a2014-01-07 06:09:28 +01001461":cd C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc*" does not work, even though the
1462directory exists. (Sergio Gallelli, 2013 Dec 29)
1463
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001464Patch to avoid redrawing tabline when the popup menu is visible.
1465(Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jan 28)
1466
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001467When the CursorMovedI event triggers, and CTRL-X was typed, a script cannot
1468restore the mode properly. (Andrew Stewart, 2016 Apr 20)
1469Do not trigger the event?
1470
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001471Patch to make the behavior of "w" more straightforward, but not Vi compatible.
1472With a 'cpo' flag. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 8)
1473
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001474Patch to add optionproperties(). (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Mar 27, update Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001475
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +01001476Patch to add TagNotFound autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 3)
1477
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001478Patch to add Error autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 17)
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001479Only remembers one error.
1480
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02001481GVim: when both Tab and CTRL-I are mapped, use CTRL-I not for Tab.
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001482
Bram Moolenaar12969c02015-09-08 23:36:10 +02001483Unexpected delay when using CTRL-O u. It's not timeoutlen.
1484(Gary Johnson, 2015 Aug 28)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001485
Bram Moolenaar345efa02016-01-15 20:57:49 +01001486Instead of separately uploading patches to the ftp site, we can get them from
1487github with a URL like this:
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001488 https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v7.4.920%5E...v7.4.920.diff
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001489Diff for version.c contains more context, can't skip a patch.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001490
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001491Python: ":py raw_input('prompt')" doesn't work. (Manu Hack)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001492
Bram Moolenaar77cdfd12016-03-12 12:57:59 +01001493Comparing nested structures with "==" uses a different comparator than when
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001494comparing individual items.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001495
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001496Using uninitialized memory. (Dominique Pelle, 2015 Nov 4)
1497
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001498MS-Windows: When editing a file with a leading space, writing it uses the
1499wrong name. (Aram, 2014 Nov 7) Vim 7.4.
1500
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001501Can't recognize the $ProgramFiles(x86) environment variable. Recognize it
1502specifically? First try with the parens, then without.
1503
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001504Patch to add :mapgroup, put mappings in a group like augroup.
1505(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Feb 19)
1506
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001507Can we cache the syntax attributes, so that updates for 'relativenumber' and
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001508'cursorline'/'cursorcolumn' are a lot faster? Thus store the attributes
1509before combining them.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001510
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001511C highlighting: modern C allows: /* comment */ #ifdef
1512and also line continuation after #include.
1513I can't recommend it though.
1514
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001515Build with Python on Mac does not always use the right library.
1516(Kazunobu Kuriyama, 2015 Mar 28)
1517
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001518To support Thai (and other languages) word boundaries, include the ICU
1519library: http://userguide.icu-project.org/boundaryanalysis
1520
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001521Patch to use two highlight groups for relative numbers. (Shaun Brady, 2016 Jan
152230)
1523
Bram Moolenaar75b81562014-04-06 14:09:13 +02001524MS-Windows: Crash opening very long file name starting with "\\".
1525(Christian Brock, 2012 Jun 29)
1526
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001527The OptionSet autocommand event is not always triggered. (Rick Howe, 2015 Sep
152824): :diffthis, :diffoff.
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001529
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001530":set all&" still does not handle all side effects. Centralize handling side
1531effects for when set by the user, on init and when reset to default.
1532
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001533":tag" does not jump to the right entry of a :tselect. (James Speros, 2015 Oct
15349)
1535
1536The argument for "-S" is not taken literally, the ":so" command expands
1537wildcards. Add a ":nowild" command modifier? (ZyX, 2015 March 4)
1538
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001539Proposal to make options.txt easier to read. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001540Update Aug 14.
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001541
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001542When using --remote-tab on MS-Windows 'encoding' hasn't been initialized yet,
1543the file name ends up encoded wrong. (Raul Coronado, 2015 Dec 21)
1544
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001545Example in editing.txt uses $HOME with the expectation that it ends in a
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001546slash. For me it does, but perhaps not for everybody. Add a function that
1547inserts a slash when needed? pathconcat(dir, path) (Thilo Six, 2015 Aug 12)
1548
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001549ml_updatechunk() is slow when retrying for another encoding. (John Little,
15502014 Sep 11)
1551
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001552Patch to fix checking global option value when not using it.
1553(Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 23)
1554
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001555When 'showbreak' is set repeating a Visual operation counts the size of the
1556'showbreak' text as part of the operation. (Axel Bender, 2015 Jul 20)
1557
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001558Patch to add grepfile(). (Scott Prager, 2015 May 26)
1559Work in progress.
1560
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001561Would be useful to have a treemap() or deepmap() function. Like map() but
1562when an item is a list or dict would recurse into it.
1563
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001564Patch for global-local options consistency. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 22)
1565Is this right?
1566
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001567Patch to make getregtype() return the right size for non-linux systems.
1568(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Jul 8)
1569Breaks test_eval. Inefficient, can we only compute y_width when needed?
1570
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001571Patch to use different terminal mode settings for system(). (Hayaki Saito)
1572Does this work for everybody?
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001573
Bram Moolenaare2db6c92015-06-19 18:48:41 +02001574Patch for man.vim. (SungHyun Nam, 2015 May 20)
1575Doesn't work completely (Dominique Orban)
1576
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001577Patch to add a "literal" argument to bufnr(). (Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 Aug 4)
1578
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001579Extended file attributes lost on write (backupcopy=no). Issue 306.
1580
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001581Patch to add :lockjumps. (Carlo Baldassi, 2015 May 25)
1582OK to not block marks?
1583
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001584Patch on Issue 72: 'autochdir' causes problems for :vimgrep.
1585
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02001586When two SIGWINCH arrive very quickly, the second one may be lost.
1587(Josh Triplett, 2015 Sep 17)
1588
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001589Make comments in the test Makefile silent. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 24)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001590
Bram Moolenaared32d942014-12-06 23:33:00 +01001591Result of systemlist() does not show whether text ended in line break.
1592(Bjorn Linse, 2014 Nov 27)
1593
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001594When in 'comments' "n:x" follows after three-part comment directly it repeats
1595any one-character from the previous line. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 19)
1596
1597Syntax highlighting slow (hangs) in SASS file. (Niek Bosch, 2013 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02001598
Bram Moolenaar92dff182014-02-11 19:15:50 +01001599Adding "~" to 'cdpath' doesn't work for completion? (Davido, 2013 Aug 19)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001600
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001601Patch: Let rare word highlighting overrule good word highlighting.
1602(Jakson A. Aquino, 2010 Jul 30, again 2011 Jul 2)
1603
1604Patch to add digits argument to round(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2015 Apr 26)
1605
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001606Can assign to s:type when a function s:type has been defined.
1607Also the other way around: define a function while a variable with that name
1608was already defined.
1609(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 3)
1610
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001611Patch for ordered dict. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2015 May 7)
1612
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001613Patch to make closed folds line up. (Charles Campbell, 2014 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaare3faf442014-12-14 01:27:49 +01001614Remark from Roland Eggner: does it cause crashes? (2014 Dec 12)
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001615Updated patch by Roland Eggner, Dec 16
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001616Updated patch from Charles, 2016 Jul 2
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001617
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001618Patch for building a 32bit Vim with 64bit MingW compiler.
1619(Michael Soyka, 2014 Oct 15)
1620
Bram Moolenaar8a94d872015-01-25 13:02:57 +01001621Patch: On MS-Windows shellescape() may have to triple double quotes.
1622(Ingo Karkat, 2015 Jan 16)
1623
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001624Patch for glob(), adding slash to normal files. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Dec 22)
1625
Bram Moolenaara0f849e2015-10-30 14:37:44 +01001626When entering and leaving the preview window autocommands are triggered, but
1627these may not work well. Perhaps set a flag to indicate that the preview
1628window is involved? (John Otter, 2015 Oct 27)
1629
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001630Using "." to repeat an Ex command puts that command in history. Probably
1631should not happen. If the command is the result of a mapping it's not put in
1632history either. (Jacob Niehus, 2014 Nov 2)
1633Patch from Jacob, Nov 2.
1634
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001635"hi link" does not respect groups with GUI settings only. (Mark Lodato, 2014
1636Jun 8)
1637
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001638Bug: Autocompleting ":tag/pat" replaces "/pat" with a match but does not
1639insert a space. (Micha Mos, 2014 Nov 7)
1640
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001641No error for missing endwhile. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 20)
1642
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001643Patch to make extend() fail early when it might fail at some point.
1644(Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 May 2) Makes extend() slower, do we still want it?
1645Perhaps only the checks that can be done without looping over the dict or
1646arguments.
1647
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001648Problem with transparent and matchgroup. Issue #475
1649
Bram Moolenaar13600302014-05-22 18:26:40 +02001650Idea: For a window in the middle (has window above and below it), use
1651right-mouse-drag on the status line to move a window up/down without changing
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001652its height? It's like dragging the status bar above it at the same time.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02001653
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001654Patch to add a :domodeline command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Oct 21)
1655
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001656This does not give an error: (Andre Sihera, 2014 Mar 21)
1657 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo if 1 | echo 1'
1658This neither: (ZyX)
1659 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo while 1 | echo 1'
1660
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001661'viewdir' default on MS-Windows is not a good choice, it's a system directory.
1662Change 'viewdir' to "$HOME/vimfiles/view" and use 'viewdiralt' to also read
1663from?
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001664
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001665Problem with upwards search on Windows (works OK on Linux). (Brett Stahlman,
16662014 Jun 8)
1667
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001668Include a plugin manager with Vim? vim-plug seems to be the best currently:
1669https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug.
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001670Also Vundle: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001671Or minpac: https://github.com/k-takata/minpac, since it leverages the builtin
1672package feature.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001673Long message about this from ZyX, 2014 Mar 23. And following replies.
1674Also see http://vim-wiki.mawercer.de/wiki/topic/vim%20plugin%20managment.html
1675User view:
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001676- Support multiple sources, basically any http:// URL. Or a central place that
1677 will work for everybody (github? redirects from vim.org?).
1678 Be able to look into the files before deciding to install.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001679- Be able to try out a plugin and remove it again with (almost) no traces.
1680- Each plugin needs a "manifest" file that has the version, dependencies
1681 (including Vim version and features), conflicts, list of files, etc.
1682 Updater uses that to decide what/how to update.
1683 Dependencies can use a URL for specific versions, or short name for scripts
1684 on vim.org.
1685- Once a plugin is installed it remembers where it came from, updater checks
1686 there. Can manually update when really needed.
1687- Must be possible to install for one user. Also system wide?
1688- Can edit plugin config with Vim. Can temporarily disable a plugin.
1689- Run the update manually, find latest version and install.
1690- Be able to download without special tools, must work for 95% of users.
1691Implementation:
1692- Avoid the 'runtimepath' getting long. Need some other way to keep each
1693 plugin separate.
1694- When installing or updating, first figure out what needs to be done. This
1695 may involve recursively fetching manifest files for dependencies. Then show
1696 the user what's going to change and ask for OK.
1697- Scripts on Vim.org must be able to consist of several files. Is zip format
1698 sufficient? Upload the manifest? Or refer to a site that has the manifest?
1699- Best is to fetch individual files or use a Vimball. Reduces dependency on
1700 tools that might be missing and allows inspection of the files before
1701 installing.
1702Out of scope:
1703- Overview of plugins, ratings, comments, etc. That's another world.
1704- Development work on plugins (although diff with distributed version would be
1705 useful).
1706
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001707When typing the first character of a command, e.g. "f", then using a menu, the
1708menu item doesn't work. Clear typeahead when using a menu?
1709
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001710Editing an ascii file as ucs-2 or ucs-4 causes display errors.
1711(ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
1712
1713":Next 1 some-arg" does not complain about trailing argument. Also for
1714various other commands. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001715
Bram Moolenaar0a63ded2015-04-15 13:31:24 +02001716Patch to skip sort if no line matches the expression.
Bram Moolenaar8bb1c3e2014-07-04 16:43:17 +02001717(Christian Brabandt, 2014 Jun 25)
1718
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001719VMS: Select() doesn't work properly, typing ESC may hang Vim. Use sys$qiow
1720instead. (Samuel Ferencik, 2013 Sep 28)
1721
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001722Patch for XDG base directory support. (Jean François Bignolles, 2014 Mar 4)
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001723Remark on the docs. Should not be a compile time feature. But then what?
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001724Also see #2034.
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001725
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001726Patch to define macros for hardcoded values. (Elias Diem, 2013 Dec 14)
1727
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001728Several syntax file match "^\s*" which may get underlined if that's in the
1729highlight group. Add a "\zs" after it?
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001730
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02001731The undo file name can get too long. (Issue 346)
1732For the path use a hash instead of dir%dir%dir%name hash%name.
1733
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001734Patch to add ":undorecover", get as much text out of the undo file as
Bram Moolenaar7b61a542014-08-23 15:31:19 +02001735possible. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Mar 12, update Aug 22)
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001736
Bram Moolenaard5d015d2013-11-03 21:14:31 +01001737Updated spec ftplugin. (Matěj Cepl, 2013 Oct 16)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001738
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001739Patch to handle integer overflow. (Aaron Burrow, 2013 Dec 12)
1740
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +010017417 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
1742 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
1743 "lucida_console:h8").
1744Patch by Thomas Tuegel, also for GTK, 2013 Nov 24
1745
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001746:help gives example for z?, but it does not work. m? and t? do work.
1747
Bram Moolenaar8e5af3e2011-04-28 19:02:44 +02001748Discussion about canonicalization of Hebrew. (Ron Aaron, 2011 April 10)
1749
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001750Checking runtime scripts: Thilo Six, 2012 Jun 6.
1751
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001752When evaluating expression in backticks, autoload doesn't work.
1753(Andy Wokula, 2013 Dec 14)
1754
1755Using <nr>ifoobar<esc> can slow down Vim. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013
Bram Moolenaar259f26a2018-05-15 22:25:40 +02001756Dec 13. Only helps a bit, 10000ii<Esc> is still too slow.
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001757
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001758GTK: problem with 'L' in 'guioptions' changing the window width.
1759(Aaron Cornelius, 2012 Feb 6)
1760
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001761Patch to add option that tells whether small deletes go into the numbered
1762registers. (Aryeh Leib Taurog, 2013 Nov 18)
1763
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02001764Javascript file where indent gets stuck on: GalaxyMaster, 2012 May 3.
1765
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001766The BufUnload event is triggered when re-using the empty buffer.
1767(Pokey Rule, 2013 Jul 22)
1768Patch by Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Jul 22.
1769
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001770Patch to allow more types in remote_expr(). (Lech Lorens, 2014 Jan 5)
1771Doesn't work for string in list. Other way to pass all types of variables
1772reliably?
1773
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001774Patch to add {lhs} to :mapclear: clear all maps starting with {lhs}.
1775(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Dec 9)
1776
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001777Exception caused by argument of return is not caught by try/catch.
1778(David Barnett, 2013 Nov 19)
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001779Bug in try/catch: return with invalid compare throws error that isn't caught.
1780(ZyX, 2011 Jan 26)
1781try/catch not working for argument of return. (Matt Wozniski, 2008 Sep 15)
1782try/catch not working when inside a for loop. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 25)
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001783
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001784Patch to fix that 'cedit' is recognized after :normal. (Christian Brabandt,
17852013 Mar 19, later message)
Bram Moolenaar26402cb2013-02-20 21:26:00 +01001786
1787Patch to view coverage of the tests. (Nazri Ramliy, 2013 Feb 15)
1788
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02001789Patch to invert characters differently in GTK. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2013 May
17905)
1791
Bram Moolenaar56b45b92013-06-24 22:22:18 +02001792Patch to add "Q" and "A" responses to interactive :substitute. They are
1793carried over when using :global. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jun 19)
1794
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02001795Bug with 'cursorline' in diff mode. Line being scrolled into view gets
1796highlighted as the cursor line. (Alessandro Ivaldi, 2013 Jun 4)
1797
Bram Moolenaar4b60a6c2013-11-14 05:48:46 +01001798Two highlighting bugs. (ZyX, 2013 Aug 18)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001799
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001800Patch to support 'u' in interactive substitute. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Sep
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200180128) With tests: Oct 9.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001802
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001803Dialog is too big on Linux too. (David Fishburn, 2013 Sep 2)
1804
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001805Patch to make fold updates much faster. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Dec)
1806
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001807- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
1808 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
1809Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 Apr 20, unfinished.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001810
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001811Bug: findfile("any", "file:///tmp;") does not work.
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001812
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +02001813In the ATTENTION message about an existing swap file, mention the name of the
1814process that is running. It might actually be some other program, e.g. after
1815a reboot.
1816
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001817patch to add "combine" flag to syntax commands. (so8res, 2012 Dec 6)
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001818Patch to add "combine" to :syntax, combines highlight attributes. (Nate
1819Soares, 2012 Dec 3)
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001820
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001821Syntax update problem in one buffer opened in two windows, bottom window is
1822not correctly updated. (Paul Harris, 2012 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001823
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001824Patch to add getsid(). (Tyru, 2011 Oct 2) Do we want this? Update Oct 4.
1825Or use expand('<sid>')?
1826
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001827Patch to make confirm() display colors. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Nov 9)
1828
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +01001829Problem with refresh:always in completion. (Tyler Wade, 2013 Mar 17)
1830
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001831b:undo_ftplugin cannot call a script-local function. (Boris Danilov, 2013 Jan
18327)
1833
Bram Moolenaar14b69452013-06-29 23:05:20 +02001834Win32: The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
1835compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2 dynamically?
1836
1837Python: Be able to define a Python function that can be called directly from
1838Vim script. Requires converting the arguments and return value, like with
1839vim.bindeval().
1840
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001841Patch for :tabcloseleft, after closing a tab go to left tab. (William Bowers,
18422012 Aug 4)
1843
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001844Patch to improve equivalence classes in regexp patterns.
1845(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jan 16, update Jan 17)
1846
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001847Patch with suggestions for starting.txt. (Tony Mechelynck, 2012 Oct 24)
1848But use Gnome instead of GTK?
1849
1850Should be possible to enable/disable matchparen per window or buffer.
1851Add a check for b:no_match_paren in Highlight_matching_Pair() (Marcin
1852Szamotulski, 2012 Nov 8)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02001853
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001854Session file creation: 'autochdir' causes trouble. Keep it off until after
1855loading all files.
1856
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001857'iminsert' global value set when using ":setlocal iminsert"? (Wu, 2012 Jun 23)
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001858
Bram Moolenaarad3b3662013-05-17 18:14:19 +02001859Patch to append regexp to tag commands to make it possible to select one out
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001860of many matches. (Cody Cutler, 2013 Mar 28)
1861
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001862The input map for CTRL-O in mswin.vim causes problems after CTRL-X CTRL-O.
1863Suggestion for another map. (Philip Mat, 2012 Jun 18)
1864But use "gi" instead of "a". Or use CTRL-\ CTRL-O.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001865
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001866When there are no command line arguments ":next" and ":argu" give E163, which
1867is confusing. Should say "the argument list is empty".
1868
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001869URXVT:
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001870- will get stuck if byte sequence does not contain the expected semicolon.
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001871- Use urxvt mouse support also in xterm. Explanations:
1872 http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2662
1873
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001874Patch to have the fold and sign column and at the last line of the buffer.
1875(Marco Hinz, 2014 Sep 25)
1876Alternate suggestion: let all columns continue, also the number column.
1877
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001878Patch to add tests for if_xcmdsrv.c., Jul 8, need some more work. (Brian Burns)
Bram Moolenaar6c35bea2012-07-25 17:49:10 +02001879New tests Jul 13. Update Jul 17. Discussion Jul 18.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001880
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001881When running Vim in silent ex mode, an existing swapfile causes Vim to wait
1882for a user action without a prompt. (Maarten Billemont, 2012 Feb 3)
1883Do give the prompt? Quit with an error?
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001884
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02001885Patch for input method status. (Hirohito Higashi, 2012 Apr 18)
1886
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001887Update Vim app icon (for Gnome). (Jakub Steiner, 2013 Dec 6)
1888
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001889Patch to use .png icons for the toolbar on MS-Windows. (Martin Gieseking, 2013
1890Apr 18)
1891
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001892Patch for has('unnamedplus') docs. (Tony Mechelynck, 2011 Sep 27)
1893And one for gui_x11.txt.
1894
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001895":cd" doesn't work when current directory path contains "**".
1896finddir() has the same problem. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jan 10)
1897Requires a rewrite of the file_file_in_path code.
1898
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001899Should use has("browsefilter") in ftplugins. Requires patch 7.3.593.
1900
Bram Moolenaar34700a62013-03-07 13:20:54 +01001901Update for vim2html.pl. (Tyru, 2013 Feb 22)
1902
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001903Patch to sort functions starting with '<' after others. Omit dict functions,
1904they can't be called. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2011 Oct 11)
1905
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001906Patch to pass list to or(), and() and xor(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2012 Feb 8)
1907
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001908Patch to improve "it" and "at" text object matching. (Christian Brabandt, 2011
1909Nov 20)
1910
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001911Patch to improve GUI find/replace dialog. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 May 26)
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001912Update Jun 2.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001913
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001914`] moves to character after insert, instead of the last inserted character.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001915(Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Dec 9)
1916
1917Plugin for Modeleasy. (Massimiliano Tripoli, 2011 Nov 29)
1918
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01001919BufWinLeave triggers too late when quitting last window in a tab page. (Lech
1920Lorens, 2012 Feb 21)
1921
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001922Patch for 'transparency' option. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1923Only for MS-Windows. No documentation. Do we want this?
1924
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01001925Patch to support cursor shape in Cygwin console. (Ben bgold, 2011 Dec 27)
1926
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001927On MS-Windows a temp dir with a & init causes system() to fail. (Ben Fritz,
19282012 Jun 19)
1929
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001930'cursorline' is displayed too short when there are concealed characters and
1931'list' is set. (Dennis Preiser)
1932Patch 7.3.116 was the wrong solution.
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001933Christian Brabandt has another incomplete patch. (2011 Jul 13)
Bram Moolenaar5b435d62012-04-05 17:33:26 +02001934
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001935Syntax region with 'concealends' and a 'cchar' value, 'conceallevel' set to 2,
1936only one of the two ends gets the cchar displayed. (Brett Stahlman, 2010 Aug
193721, Ben Fritz, 2010 Sep 14)
1938
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001939Win32: Patch to use task dialogs when available. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1940New feature, requires testing. Made some remarks.
1941
1942Win32: Patch for alpha-blended icons and toolbar height. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011
1943Sep 17) Asked for feedback from others.
1944
Bram Moolenaar6be7f872012-01-20 21:08:56 +01001945Win32: Cannot cd into a directory that starts with a space. (Andy Wokula, 2012
1946Jan 19)
1947
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001948Need to escape $HOME on Windows for fnameescape()? (ZyX, 2011 Jul 21,
1949discussion 2013 Jul 4) Can't simply use a backslash, \$HOME has a different
1950meaning already. Would be possible to use $$HOME where $HOME is to be used.
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001951
Bram Moolenaarbc488a72013-07-05 21:01:22 +02001952"2" in 'formatoptions' not working in comments. (Christian Corneliussen, 2011
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001953Oct 26)
1954
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001955Bug in repeating Visual "u". (Lawrence Kesteloot, 2010 Dec 20)
1956
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02001957With "unamedplus" in 'clipboard' pasting in Visual mode causes error for empty
1958register. (Michael Seiwald, 2011 Jun 28) I can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001959
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001960Windows keys not set properly on Windows 7? (cncyber, 2010 Aug 26)
1961
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001962When using a Vim server, a # in the path causes an error message.
1963(Jeff Lanzarotta, 2011 Feb 17)
1964
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001965When there is a ">" in a line that "gq" wraps to the start of the next line,
1966then the following line will pick it up as a leader. Should get the leader
1967from the first line, not a wrapped line. (Matt Ackeret, 2012 Feb 27)
1968
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001969Using ":break" or something else that stops executing commands inside a
1970":finally" does not rethrow a previously uncaught exception. (ZyX, 2010 Oct
197115)
1972
1973Vim using lots of memory when joining lines. (John Little, 2010 Dec 3)
1974
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02001975BT regexp engine: After trying a \@> match and failing, submatches are not
1976cleared. See test64.
1977
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001978On 64 bit MS-Windows "long" is only 32 bits, but we sometimes need to store a
197964 bits value. Change all number options to use nropt_T and define it to the
1980right type.
1981
1982string() can't parse back "inf" and "nan". Fix documentation or fix code?
1983(ZyX, 2010 Aug 23)
1984
1985When doing "redir => s:foo" in a script and then "redir END" somewhere else
1986(e.g. in a function) it can't find s:foo.
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001987When a script contains "redir => s:foo" but doesn't end redirection, a
1988following "redir" command gives an error for not being able to access s:foo.
1989(ZyX, 2011 Mar 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001990
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02001991When setqflist() uses a filename that triggers a BufReadCmd autocommand Vim
1992doesn't jump to the correct line with :cfirst. (ZyX, 2011 Sep 18)
1993
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001994Behavior of i" and a" text objects isn't logical. (Ben Fritz, 2013 Nov 19)
1995
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001996When setting a local option value from the global value, add a script ID that
1997indicates this, so that ":verbose set" can give a hint. Check with options in
1998the help file.
1999
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002000After patch 7.3.097 still get E15. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Jan 18)
2001Also for another example (ZyX, 2011 Jan 24)
2002
2003Build problem with small features on Mac OS X 10.6. (Rainer, 2011 Jan 24)
2004
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02002005"0g@$" puts '] on last byte of multibyte. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 22)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002006
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01002007Patch for :tabrecently. (Hirokazu Yoshida, 2012 Jan 30)
2008
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02002009Problem with "syn sync grouphere". (Gustavo Niemeyer, 2011 Jan 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002010
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +02002011Using "syn sync breaklines=2" works for when text is changed, but not when
2012scrolling or redrawing. Should start search for syntax patterns above the
2013first drawn line. (#8103)
2014
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002015Loading autoload script even when usage is inside "if 0". (Christian Brabandt,
20162010 Dec 18)
2017
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002018With a filler line in diff mode, it isn't displayed in the column with line
2019number, but it is in the sign column. Doesn't look right. (ZyX 2011 Jun 5)
2020Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 5. Introduces new problems.
2021
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02002022Add jump() function. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Aug 29)
2023Is this needed? CTRL-O and CTRL-I do the same, just more difficult to use.
2024
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020020258 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
2026Patch by Christian Brabandt, uses ]e [e ]t and [t. 2011 Aug 9.
2027
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01002028Add event for when the text scrolls. A bit like CursorMoved. Also a similar
2029one for insert mode. Use the event in matchparen to update the highlight if
2030the match scrolls into view.
2031
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020020327 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
2033Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
2034Update by Ben Fritz, with fix for TOhtml. (2011 Jul 30)
2035
20369 Add %F to 'errorformat': file name without spaces. Useful on Unix to
2037 avoid matching something up to a time 11:22:33.
2038Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
2039
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02002040Patch to add up to 99 match groups. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 Dec 22)
2041Also add named groups: \%{name}(re) and \%{name}g
2042
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002043In the sandbox it's not allowed to do many things, but it's possible to change
2044or set variables. Add a way to prevent variables from being changed in the
2045sandbox? E.g.: ":protect g:restore_settings".
2046
2047GTK: drawing a double-width combining character over single-width characters
2048doesn't look right. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 8)
2049
2050GTK: tear-off menu does not work. (Kurt Sonnenmoser, 2010 Oct 25)
2051
2052Win32: tear-off menu does not work when menu language is German. (Markus
2053Bossler, 2011 Mar 2) Fixed by 7.3.095?
2054
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02002055Wish for NetBeans commands:
2056 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
2057
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002058Version of netbeans.c for use with MacVim. (Kazuki Sakamoto, 2010 Nov 18)
2059
20607.3.014 changed how backslash at end of line works, but still get a NUL when
2061there is one backslash. (Ray Frush, 2010 Nov 18) What does the original ex
2062do?
2063
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02002064Searching mixed with Visual mode doesn't redraw properly. (James Vega, 2010 Nov
206522)
2066
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002067New esperanto spell file can't be processed. (Dominique Pelle, 2011 Jan 30)
2068- move compflags to separate growarray?
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002069- instead of a regexp use a hashtable. Expand '?', '*', '+'. What would be
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002070 the maximum repeat for * and +?
2071
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01002072"L'Italie" noted as a spell error at start of the sentence. (Dominique Pelle,
20732011 Feb 27)
2074
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002075Editing a file with a ^M with 'ff' set to "mac", opening a help file, then the
2076^M is displayed as ^J sometimes. Getting 'ff' value from wrong window/buffer?
2077
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002078When Vim is put in the background (SIGTSTP) and then gets a SIGHUP it doesn't
2079exit. It exists as soon as back in the foreground. (Stephen Liang, 2011 Jan
20809) Caused by vim_handle_signal(SIGNAL_BLOCK); in ui.c.
2081
2082g` not working correctly when using :edit. It works OK when editing a file on
2083the command line. (Ingo Karkat, 2011 Jan 25)
2084
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002085Since patch 7.2.46 Yankring plugin has become very slow, eventually make Vim
2086crash? (Raiwil, 2010 Nov 17)
2087
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02002088Patch to add FoldedLineNr highlighting: different highlighting for the line
2089number of a closed fold. (eXerigumo Clanjor, 2013 Jul 15)
2090
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02002091Regexp engine performance:
2092- Profiling:
2093 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/ruby.vim
2094 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/loop.vim
2095 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/alsa.vim
2096 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/todo.vim
2097 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/xml.vim
2098 Dominique Pelle: xmlSyncDT is particularly slow (Jun 7)
2099- More test files from the src/pkg/regexp/testdata directory in the Go repo.
2100- Performance tests:
2101 - Using asciidoc syntax. (Marek Schimara, 2013 Jun 6)
2102 - ~/vim/text/FeiqCfg.xml (file from Netjune)
2103 - ~/vim/text/edl.svg (also XML)
2104 - glts has five tests. (May 25)
2105 - ~/vim/test/slowsearch
2106 - ~/vim/test/rgb.vim
2107 - search for a.*e*exn in the vim executable. Go to last line to use
2108 'hlsearch'.
2109 - Slow combination of folding and PHP syntax highlighting. Script to
2110 reproduce it. Caused by "syntax sync fromstart" in combination with patch
2111 7.2.274. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 May 27) Generally, folding with
2112 'foldmethod' set to "syntax" is slow. Do profiling to find out why.
2113
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002114Problem producing tags file when hebrew.frx is present. It has a BOM.
2115Results in E670. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 May 2)
2116
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02002117'beval' option should be global-local.
2118
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002119Ruby: ":ruby print $buffer.number" returns zero.
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02002120
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002121setpos() does not restore cursor position after :normal. (Tyru, 2010 Aug 11)
Bram Moolenaar2a988a12010-08-13 15:24:39 +02002122
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02002123With "tw=55 fo+=a" typing space before ) doesn't work well. (Scott Mcdermott,
21242010 Oct 24)
2125
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002126Messages in message.txt are highlighted as examples.
2127
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02002128When using cp850 the NBSP (0xff) is not drawn correctly. (Brett Stahlman, 2010
2129Oct 22) 'isprint' is set to "@,161-255".
2130
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02002131":echo "\x85" =~# '[\u0085]'" returns 1 instead of 0. (ZyX, 2010 Oct 3)
2132
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002133'cindent' not correct when 'list' is set. (Zdravi Korusef, 2010 Apr 15)
2134
Bram Moolenaar6ee8d892012-01-10 14:55:01 +01002135C-indenting: A matching { in a comment is ignored, but intermediate { are not
2136checked to be in a comment. Implement FM_SKIPCOMM flag of findmatchlimit().
2137Issue 46.
2138
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002139Mac with X11: clipboard doesn't work properly. (Raf, 2010 Aug 16)
2140
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002141Using CompilerSet doesn't record where an option was set from. E.g., in the
2142gcc compiler plugin. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Dec 13)
2143
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002144":helpgrep" does not put the cursor in the correct column when preceded by
2145accented character. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 Apr 15)
2146
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002147Don't call check_restricted() for histadd(), setbufvar(), settabvar(),
2148setwinvar().
2149
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002150Patch for gVimExt to show an icon. (Dominik Riebeling, 2010 Nov 7)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002151
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002152When 'lines' is 25 and 'scrolloff' is 12, "j" scrolls zero or two lines
2153instead of one. (Constantin Pan, 2010 Sep 10)
2154
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02002155Gui menu edit/paste in block mode insert only inserts in one line (Bjorn
2156Winckler, 2011 May 11)
2157Requires a map mode for Insert mode started from blockwise Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002158
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002159Writing nested List and Dict in viminfo gives error message and can't be read
2160back. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2010 Nov 13)
2161
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002162Problem with cursor in the wrong column. (SungHyun Nam, 2010 Mar 11)
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002163Additional info by Dominique Pelle. (also on 2010 Apr 10)
2164
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002165CreateFile and CreateFileW are used without sharing, filewritable() fails when
2166the file was already open (e.g. script is being sourced). Add FILE_SHARE_READ|
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +01002167FILE_SHARE_WRITE in mch_access()? (Philippe Vaucher, 2010 Nov 2)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002168
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002169Is ~/bin (literally) in $PATH supposed to work? (Paul, 2010 March 29)
2170Looks like only bash can do it. (Yakov Lerner)
2171
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02002172Cscope "cs add" stopped working somewhat before 7.2.438. (Gary Johnson, 2010
2173Jun 29) Caused by 7.2.433?
2174
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002175Jumplist doesn't work properly in Insert mode? (Jean Johner, 2010 Mar 20)
2176
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002177Problem with transparent cmdline. Also: Terminal title is wrong with
2178non-ASCII character. (Lily White, 2010 Mar 7)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002179
2180iconv() doesn't fail on an illegal character, as documented. (Yongwei Wu, 2009
2181Nov 15, example Nov 26) Add argument to specify whether iconv() should fail
2182or replace with a character and continue?
2183
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002184Add local time at start of --startuptime output.
2185Requires configure check for localtime().
2186Use format year-month-day hr:min:sec.
2187
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01002188Patch to make ":hi link" also take arguments. (Nate Soares, 2012 Dec 4)
2189
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002190Shell not recognized properly if it ends in "csh -f". (James Vega, 2009 Nov 3)
2191Find tail? Might have a / in argument. Find space? Might have space in
2192path.
2193
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002194Test 51 fails when language set to German. (Marco, 2011 Jan 9)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002195Dominique can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002196
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02002197'ambiwidth' should be global-local.
2198
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002199":function f(x) keepjumps" creates a function where every command is executed
2200like it has ":keepjumps" before it.
2201
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002202Coverity: Check if there are new reported defects:
2203https://scan.coverity.com/projects/241
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002204
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002205Patch to support :undo absolute jump to file save number. (Christian Brabandt,
22062010 Nov 5)
2207
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02002208Patch to use 'foldnestmax' also for "marker" foldmethod. (Arnaud Lacombe, 2011
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002209Jan 7)
2210
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002211Problem with editing file in binary mode. (Ingo Krabbe, 2009 Oct 8)
2212
Bram Moolenaar4421d6a2010-08-14 13:33:56 +02002213Display error when 'tabline' that includes a file name with double-width
2214characters. (2010 Aug 14, bootleq)
2215
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002216Problem with stop directory in findfile(). (Adam Simpkins, 2009 Aug 26)
2217
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02002218Using ']' as the end of a range in a pattern requires double escaping:
2219 /[@-\\]] (Andy Wokula, 2011 Jun 28)
2220
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02002221Syntax priority problem. (Charles Campbell, 2011 Sep 15)
2222
Bram Moolenaar97ea5112010-06-12 06:46:44 +02002223When completion inserts the first match, it may trigger the line to be folded.
2224Disable updating folds while completion is active? (Peter Odding, 2010 Jun 9)
2225
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002226For running gvim on a USB stick: avoid the OLE registration. Use a command
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002227line argument -noregister.
2228
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002229When using an expression in 'statusline' leading white space sometimes goes
2230missing (but not always). (ZyX, 2010 Nov 1)
2231
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002232When a mapping exists both for insert mode and lang-insert mode, the last one
2233doesn't work. (Tyru, 2010 May 6) Or is this intended?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002234
2235Still a problem with ":make" in the wrong directory. Caused by ":bufdo".
2236(Ajit Thakkar, 2009 Jul 1) More information Jul 9, Jul 15.
2237Caused by "doautoall syntaxset BufEnter *" in syntax/nosyntax.vim ?
2238There also is a BufLeave/BufEnter aucmd to save/restore view.
2239Does the patch to save/restore globaldir work?
2240
2241":bufdo normal gg" while 'hidden' is set leaves buffers without syntax
2242highlighting. Don't disable Syntax autocommands then? Or add a flag/modifier
2243to avoid changing 'eventignore'?
2244
2245Patch for displaying 0x200c and 0x200d. (Ali Gholami Rudi, 2009 May 6)
2246Probably needs a bit of work.
2247
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002248List of encoding aliases. (Takao Fujiwara, 2009 Jul 18)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002249Are they all OK? Update Jul 22.
2250
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002251Win32: Improved Makefile for MSVC. (Leonardo Valeri Manera, 2010 Aug 18)
2252
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002253Win32: Expanding 'path' runs into a maximum size limit. (bgold12, 2009 Nov 15)
2254
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01002255Win32: Patch for using .png files for icons. (Charles Peacech, 2012 Feb 5)
2256
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02002257Putting a Visual block while 'visualedit' is "all" does not leave the cursor
2258on the first character. (John Beckett, 2010 Aug 7)
2259
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002260Setting 'tags' to "tagsdir/*" does not find "tagsdir/tags". (Steven K. Wong,
22612009 Jul 18)
2262
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002263Patch to add "focusonly" to 'scrollopt', so that scrollbind also applies in
2264window that doesn't have focus. (Jonathon Mah, 2009 Jan 12)
2265Needs more work.
2266
2267Problem with <script> mappings (Andy Wokula, 2009 Mar 8)
2268
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002269When starting Vim with "gvim -f -u non_existent_file > foo.txt" there are a
2270few control characters in the output. (Dale Wiles, 2009 May 28)
2271
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002272'cmdwinheight' is only used in last window when 'winheight' is a large value.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002273(Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Apr 15)
2274
2275Status line containing winnr() isn't updated when splitting the window (Clark
2276J. Wang, 2009 Mar 31)
2277
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002278When $VIMRUNTIME is set in .vimrc, need to reload lang files. Already done
2279for GTK, how about others? (Ron Aaron, 2010 Apr 10)
2280
Bram Moolenaarede981a2010-08-11 23:37:32 +02002281Patch for GTK buttons X1Mouse and X2Mouse. (Christian J. Robinson, 2010 Aug 9)
2282
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002283":tab split fname" doesn't set the alternate file in the original window,
2284because win_valid() always returns FALSE. Below win_new_tabpage() in
2285ex_docmd.c.
2286
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002287Space before comma in function definition not allowed: "function x(a , b)"
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002288Give a more appropriate error message. Add a remark to the docs.
2289
2290string_convert() should be able to convert between utf-8 and utf-16le. Used
2291for GTK clipboard. Avoid requirement for iconv.
2292
2293Now that colnr_T is int instead of unsigned, more type casts can be removed.
2294
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002295Don't load macmap.vim on startup, turn it into a plugin. (Ron Aaron,
22962009 Apr 7) Reminder Apr 14.
2297
2298Add "no_hlsearch" to winsaveview().
2299
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002300When 'foldmethod' is "indent", adding an empty line below a fold and then
2301indented text, creates a new fold instead of joining it with the previous one.
2302(Evan Laforge, 2009 Oct 17)
2303
2304Bug: When reloading a buffer changed outside of Vim, BufRead autocommands
2305are applied to the wrong buffer/window. (Ben Fritz, 2009 Apr 2, May 11)
2306Ignore window options when not in the right window?
2307Perhaps we need to use a hidden window for applying autocommands to a buffer
2308that doesn't have a window.
2309
2310When using "ab foo bar" and mapping <Tab> to <Esc>, pressing <Tab> after foo
2311doesn't trigger the abbreviation like <Esc> would. (Ramana Kumar, 2009 Sep 6)
2312
2313getbufvar() to get a window-local option value for a buffer that's not
2314displayed in a window should return the value that's stored for that buffer.
2315
2316":he ctrl_u" can be auto-corrected to ":he ctrl-u".
2317
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002318There should be a way after an abbreviation has expanded to go back to what
2319was typed. CTRL-G h ? Would also undo last word or line break inserted
2320perhaps. And undo CTRL-W. CTRL-G l would redo.
2321
Bram Moolenaar84f888a2010-08-05 21:40:16 +02002322Diff mode out of sync. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Aug 4)
2323
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002324Win32 GUI: last message from startup doesn't show up when there is an echoerr
2325command. (Cyril Slobin, 2009 Mar 13)
2326
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002327Win32: completion of file name ":e c:\!test" results in ":e c:\\!test", which
2328does not work. (Nieko Maatjes, 2009 Jan 8, Ingo Karkat, 2009 Jan 22)
2329
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002330opening/closing window causes other window with 'winfixheight' to change
2331height. Also happens when there is another window in the frame, if it's not
Bram Moolenaar2c3b1d92010-07-24 16:58:02 +02002332very high. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2010 Jul 22, Michael Peeters, 2010 Jul 22)
Bram Moolenaarf5963f72010-07-23 22:10:27 +02002333
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01002334Session file generates error upon loading, cause by --remote-silent-tab.
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002335(7tommm (ytommm) 2010 Nov 24)
2336
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002337Using ~ works OK on 'a' with composing char, but not on 0x0418 with composing
2338char 0x0301. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Mar 4)
2339
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02002340Searching for composing char works, but not when inside []. (ZyX, Benjamin R.
2341Haskell, 2010 Aug 24)
2342
2343This does not work yet: "a\(%C\)" (get composing characters into a submatch).
2344
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002345Inconsistent: starting with $LANG set to es_ES.utf-8 gives Spanish
2346messages, even though locale is not supported. But ":lang messages
2347es_ES.utf-8" gives an error and doesn't switch messages. (Dominique Pelle,
23482009 Jan 26)
2349
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002350When $HOME contains special characters, such as a comma, escape them when used
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002351in an option. (Michael Hordijk, 2009 May 5)
2352Turn "esc" argument of expand_env_esc() into string of chars to be escaped.
2353
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002354Should make 'ignorecase' global-local, so that it makes sense setting it from
2355a modeline.
2356
2357Add cscope target to Makefile. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jun 18, replies by
2358Sergey Khorev)
2359
2360Consider making YankRing or something else that keeps a list of yanked text
2361part of standard Vim. The "1 to "9 registers are not sufficient.
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +020023626 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
2363 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
2364 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
Bram Moolenaar85388672021-01-31 17:03:52 +01002365Also do this for the small delete register "-.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002366
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002367After doing "su" $HOME can be the old user's home, thus ~root/file is not
2368correct. Don't use it in the swap file.
2369
2370Completion for ":buf" doesn't work properly on Win32 when 'shellslash' is off.
2371(Henrik Ohman, 2009, Jan 29)
2372
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002373shellescape() depends on 'shellslash' for quoting. That doesn't work when
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002374'shellslash' is set but using cmd.exe. (Ben Fritz)
2375Use a different option or let it depend on whether 'shell' looks like a
2376unix-like shell?
2377
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002378Bug: in Ex mode (after "Q") backslash before line break, when yanked into a
2379register and executed, results in <Nul>: instead of line break.
2380(Konrad Schwarz, 2010 Apr 16)
2381
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002382Have a look at patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Mar 1, Mar 23)
2383Now at: http://vimgadgets.sourceforge.net/liblinebreak/
2384
2385Greek sigma character should be lower cased depending on the context. Can we
2386make this work? (Dominique Pelle, 2009 Sep 24)
2387
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002388When changing 'encoding' convert all the swap file names, so that we can
2389still delete them. Also convert all buffer file names?
2390
2391"gqip" in Insert mode has an off-by-one error, causing it to reflow text.
2392(Raul Coronado, 2009 Nov 2)
2393
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002394MS-Windows: editing the first, empty buffer, 'ffs' set to "unix,dos", ":enew"
2395doesn't set 'ff' to "unix". (Ben Fritz, 2008 Dec 5) Reusing the old buffer
2396probably causes this.
2397
2398'scrollbind' is not respected when deleting lines or undo. (Milan Vancura,
Bram Moolenaar927edbd2010-05-17 22:07:47 +020023992009 Jan 16)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002400
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002401Having "Syntax" in 'eventignore' for :bufdo may cause problems, e.g. for
2402":bufdo e" when buffers are open in windows. ex_listdo(eap) could set the
2403option only for when jumping to another buffer, not when the command argument
2404is executed.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002405
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002406":pedit %" with a BufReadPre autocommand causes the cursor to move to the
2407first line. (Ingo Karkat, 2008 Jul 1) Ian Kelling is working on this.
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02002408Similar problem with ":e". (Marc Montu, 2014 Apr 22)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002409
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002410Cursor line moves in other window when using CTRL-W J that doesn't change
2411anything. (Dasn, 2009 Apr 7)
2412
2413On Unix "glob('does not exist~')" returns the string. Without the "~" it
2414doesn't. (John Little, 2008 Nov 9)
2415Shell expansion returns unexpanded string?
2416Don't use shell when "~" is not at the start?
2417
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002418When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
2419'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though the
2420fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to check for
2421the buffer to be unmodified.
2422Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 11. Followup Jul 14, need to have
2423another look at it.
2424
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002425c.vim: XXX in a comment is colored yellow, but not when it's after "#if 0".
2426(Ilya Dogolazky, 2009 Aug 7)
2427
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002428You can type ":w ++bad=x fname", but the ++bad argument is ignored. Give an
2429error message? Or is this easy to implement? (Nathan Stratton Treadway, 2008
2430Aug 20) This is in ucs2bytes(), search for 0xBF. Using the ++bad argument is
2431at the other match for 0xBF.
2432
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002433When adding "-complete=file" to a user command this also changes how the
2434argument is processed for <f-args>. (Ivan Tishchenko, 2008 Aug 19)
2435
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002436Win32: associating a type with Vim doesn't take care of space after a
2437backslash? (Robert Vibrant, 2008 Jun 5)
2438
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002439When 'rightleft' is set, cursorcolumn isn't highlighted after the end of a
2440line. It's also wrong in folds. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 21)
2441
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002442":help s/~" jumps to *s/\~*, while ":help s/\~" doesn't find anything. (Tim
2443Chase) Fix by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 14.
2444
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002445When mapping : to ; and ; to :, @; doesn't work like @: and @: doesn't work
2446either. Matt Wozniski: nv_at() calls do_execreg() which uses
2447put_in_typebuf(). Char mapped twice?
2448
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002449Despite adding save_subexpr() this still doesn't work properly:
2450Regexp: matchlist('12a4aaa', '^\(.\{-}\)\(\%5c\@<=a\+\)\(.\+\)\?')
2451Returns ['12a4', 'aaa', '4aaa'], should be ['12a4', 'aaa', '']
2452Backreference not cleared when retrying after \@<= fails?
2453(Brett Stahlman, 2008 March 8)
2454
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002455Problem with remote_send(). (Charles Campbell, 2008 Aug 12)
2456
2457ftplugin for help file should set 'isk' to help file value.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002458
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002459Win32: remote editing fails when the current directory name contains "[".
2460(Ivan Tishchenko, Liu Yubao) Suggested patch by Chris Lubinski: Avoid
2461escaping characters where the backslash is not removed later. Asked Chris for
2462an alternate solution, also for src/ex_getln.c.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002463This also fails when the file or directory name contains "%". (Thoml, 2008
2464July 7)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02002465Using --remote-silent while the current directory has a # in the name does not
2466work, the # needs to be escaped. (Tramblay Bruno, 2012 Sep 15)
2467
2468When using remote-silent the -R flag is not passed on. (Axel Bender, 2012 May
246931)
2470
2471Win32: A --remote command that has a directory name starting with a ( doesn't
2472work, the backslash is removed, assuming that it escapes the (. (Valery
2473Kondakoff, 2009 May 13)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002474
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002475Win32: Using "gvim --remote-tab-silent elŝuti.txt" doesn't work, the
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02002476multibyte character isn't passed and edits elsuti.txt.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002477(Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado, 2015 Dec 18)
2478
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002479Problem with 'langmap' being used on the rhs of a mapping. (Nikolai Weibull,
24802008 May 14)
Bram Moolenaar5a5f4592015-04-13 12:43:06 +02002481Possibly related problem: Alexey Muranov, 2015 Apr 2
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002482
2483Problem with CTRL-F. (Charles Campbell, 2008 March 21)
2484Only happens with "gvim -geometry "160x26+4+27" -u NONE -U NONE prop.c".
2485'lines' is 54. (2008 March 27)
2486
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002487Problem with pointer wrapping around in getvcol(). (Wolfgang Kroworsch, 2008
2488Oct 19) Check for "col" being "MAXCOL" separately?
2489
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002490Unexpectedly inserting a double quote. (Anton Woellert, 2008 Mar 23)
2491Works OK when 'cmdheight' is 2.
2492
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +020024938 Use a mechanism similar to omni completion to figure out the kind of tab
2494 for CTRL-] and jump to the appropriate matching tag (if there are
2495 several).
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +02002496
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002497The utf class table is missing some entries:
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01002498 0x2212, minus sign
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002499 0x2217, star
2500 0x2500, bar
2501 0x26ab, circle
2502
2503Visual line mode doesn't highlight properly when 'showbreak' is used and the
2504line doesn't fit. (Dasn, 2008 May 1)
2505
2506GUI: In Normal mode can't yank the modeless selection. Make "gy" do this?
2507Works like CTRL-Y in Command line mode.
2508
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002509Mac: Move Carbon todo items to os_mac.txt. Note that this version is frozen,
2510try the Cocoa version.
2511
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002512Mac: After a ":vsplit" the left scrollbar doesn't appear until 'columns' is
2513changed or the window is resized.
2514
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002515GTK: when setting 'columns' in a startup script and doing ":vertical diffsplit"
2516the window isn't redrawn properly, see two vertical bars.
2517
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002518Mac: Patch for configure: remove arch from ruby link args. (Knezevic, 2008
2519Mar 5) Alternative: Kazuki Sakamoto, Mar 7.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002520
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002521Mac: trouble compiling with Motif, requires --disable-darwin. (Raf, 2008 Aug
25221) Reply by Ben Schmidt.
2523
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002524C't: On utf-8 system, editing file with umlaut through Gnome results in URL
2525with %nn%nn, which is taken as two characters instead of one.
2526Try to reproduce at work.
2527
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002528Patch for default choice in file changed dialog. (Bjorn Winckler, 2008 Oct 19)
2529Is there a way to list all the files first?
2530
2531When 'smartcase' is set and using CTRL-L to add to the search pattern it may
2532result in no matches. Convert chars to lower case? (Erik Wognsen, 2009 Apr
253316)
2534
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002535Fail to edit file after failed register access. Error flag remains set?
2536(Lech Lorens, 2010 Aug 30)
2537
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002538Patch for redo register. (Ben Schmidt, 2007 Oct 19)
2539Await response to question to make the register writable.
2540
2541Problem with 'ts' set to 9 and 'showbreak' to ">>>". (Matthew Winn, 2007 Oct
25421)
2543
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002544In the swapfile dialog, add a H(elp) option that gives more info about what
2545each choice does. Similar to ":help swap-exists-choices"
2546
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002547":tab help" always opens a new tab, while ":help" re-uses an existing window.
2548Would be more consistent when an existing tab is re-used. (Tony Mechelynck)
2549
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002550Add ":nofold". Range will apply without expanding to closed fold.
2551
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002552Using Aap to build Vim: add remarks about how to set personal preferences.
2553Example on http://www.calmar.ws/tmp/aap.html
2554
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002555Syntax highlighting wrong for transparent region. (Doug Kearns, 2007 Feb 26)
2556Bug in using a transparent syntax region. (Hanlen in vim-dev maillist, 2007
2557Jul 31)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002558
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002559When 'diffopt' has "context:0" a single deleted line causes two folds to merge
2560and mess up syncing. (Austin Jennings, 2008 Jan 31)
2561
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002562Gnome improvements: Edward Catmur, 2007 Jan 7
2563 Also use Save/Discard for other GUIs
2564
2565New PHP syntax file, use it? (Peter Hodge)
2566
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002567":echoe" in catch block stops processing, while this doesn't happen outside of
2568a catch block. (ZyX, 2011 Jun 2)
2569
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002570Test 54 uses shell commands, that doesn't work on non-Unix systems. Use some
2571other way to test buffer-local autocommands.
2572
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002573The documentation mentions the priority for ":2match" and ":3match", but it
2574appears the last one wins. (John Beckett, 2008 Jul 22) Caused by adding
2575matchadd()? Suggested patch by John, 2008 Jul 24.
2576
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002577When 'encoding' is utf-8 the command line is redrawn as a whole on every
2578character typed. (Tyler Spivey, 2008 Sep 3) Only redraw cmdline for
2579'arabicshape' when there is a character on the command line for which
2580(ARABIC_CHAR(u8c)) is TRUE.
2581
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002582Cheng Fang made javacomplete. (2007 Aug 11)
2583Asked about latest version: 0.77.1 is on www.vim.org.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002584
2585More AmigaOS4 patches. (Peter Bengtsson, Nov 9)
2586
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002587Amiga patches with vbcc. (Adrien Destugues, 2010 Aug 30)
2588http://pulkomandy.ath.cx/drop/vim73_vbcc_amiga.diff
2589
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002590Problem with compound words? (Bert, 2008 May 6)
2591No warning for when flags are defined after they are used in an affix.
2592
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002593Screen redrawing when continuously updating the buffer and resizing the
2594terminal. (Yakov Lerner, 2006 Sept 7)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002595
2596Add option settings to help ftplugin. (David Eggum, 2006 Dec 18)
2597
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002598Autoconf problem: when checking for iconv library we may add -L/usr/local/lib,
2599but when compiling further tests -liconv is added without the -L argument,
2600that may fail (e.g., sizeof(int)). (Blaine, 2007 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002601
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002602Problem with ".add" files when using two languages and restarting Vim. (Raul
2603Coronado, 2008 Oct 30)
2604
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002605Popup menu redraw: Instead of first redrawing the text and then drawing the
2606popup menu over it, first draw the new popup menu, remember its position and
2607size and then redraw the text, skipping the characters under the popup menu.
2608This should avoid flicker. Other solution by A.Politz, 2007 Aug 22.
2609
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002610When a register contains illegal bytes, writing viminfo in utf-8 and reading
2611it back doesn't result in utf-8. (Devin Bayer)
2612
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002613When the file name has parenthesis, e.g., "foo (bar).txt", ":!ls '%'" has the
2614parenthesis escaped but not the space. That's inconsistent. Either escape
2615neither or both. No escaping might be best, because it doesn't depend on
2616particularities of the shell. (Zvi Har'El, 2007 Nov 10) (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2617Jun 3)
2618However, for backwards compatibility escaping might be necessary. Check if
2619the user put quotes around the expanded item?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002620
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002621A throw in a function causes missing an endif below the call. (Spiros
2622Bousbouras, 2011 May 16)
2623
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002624Error E324 can be given when a cron script has wiped out our temp directory.
2625Give a clear error message about this (and tell them not to wipe out /tmp).
2626
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002627Color for cUserLabel should differ from case label, so that a mistake in a
2628switch list is noticed:
2629 switch (i)
2630 {
2631 case 1:
2632 foobar:
2633 }
2634
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002635Look at http://www.gtk-server.org/ . It has a Vim script implementation.
2636
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002637Netbeans problem. Use "nc -l 127.0.0.1 55555" for the server, then run gvim
2638with "gvim -nb:localhost:55555:foo". From nc do: '1:editFile!0 "foo"'. Then
2639go to Insert mode and add a few lines. Then backspacing every other time
2640moves the cursor instead of deleting. (Chris Kaiser, 2007 Sep 25)
2641
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002642Windows installer could add a "open in new tab of existing Vim" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002643GvimExt: patch to add "Edit with single Vim &tabbed" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002644Just have two choices, always using one Vim and selecting between using an
2645argument list or opening each file in a separate tab.
2646(Erik Falor, 2008 May 21, 2008 Jun 26)
2647
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002648Windows installer: licence text should not use indent, causes bad word wrap.
2649(Benjamin Fritz, 2010 Aug 16)
2650
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002651Changes for Win32 makefile. (Mike Williams, 2007 Jan 22, Alexei Alexandrov,
26522007 Feb 8)
2653
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002654Win32: Can't complete shell command names. Why is setting xp_context in
2655set_one_cmd_context() inside #ifndef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002656
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002657Win32: Patch for cscope external command. (Mike Williams, 2007 Aug 7)
2658
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002659Win32: XPM support only works with path without spaces. Patch by Mathias
2660Michaelis, 2006 Jun 9. Another patch for more path names, 2006 May 31.
2661New version: http://members.tcnet.ch/michaelis/vim/patches.zip (also for other
2662patches by Mathias, see mail Feb 22)
2663
2664Win32: compiling with normal features and OLE fails. Patch by Mathias
2665Michaelis, 2006 Jun 4.
2666
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002667Win32: using CTRL-S in Insert mode doesn't remove the "+" from the tab pages
Bram Moolenaared39e1d2008-08-09 17:55:22 +00002668label. (Tsakiridis, 2007 Feb 18) Patch from Ian Kelling, 2008 Aug 6.
2669
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002670Win32: using "gvim --remote-tab-silent fname" sometimes gives an empty screen
2671with the more prompt. Caused by setting the guitablabel? (Thomas Michael
2672Engelke, 2007 Dec 20 - 2008 Jan 17)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002673
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002674Win32: patch for fullscreen mode. (Liushaolin, 2008 April 17)
2675
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002676Win32: When 'shell' is bash shellescape() doesn't always do the right thing.
2677Depends on 'shellslash', 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote', but shellescape()
2678only takes 'shellslash' into account.
2679
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002680Menu item that does "xxd -r" doesn't work when 'fileencoding' is utf-16.
2681Check for this and use iconv? (Edward L. Fox, 2007 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002682Does the conversion in the other direction work when 'fileencodings' is set
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002683properly?
2684
2685Cursor displayed in the wrong position when using 'numberwidth'. (James Vega,
26862007 Jun 21)
2687
2688When $VAR contains a backslash expand('$VAR') removes it. (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2689Jun 18)
2690
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002691In debug mode, using CTRL-R = to evaluate a function causes stepping through
2692the function. (Hari Krishna Dara, 2006 Jun 28)
2693
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002694C++ indenting wrong with "=". (James Kanze, 2007 Jan 26)
2695
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002696":lockvar" should use copyID to avoid endless loop.
2697
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002698When using --remote-silent and the file name matches 'wildignore' get an E479
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002699error. without --remote-silent it works fine. (Ben Fritz, 2008 Jun 20)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002700
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002701GVim: dialog for closing Vim should check if Vim is busy writing a file. Then
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002702use a different dialog: "busy saving, really quit? yes / no".
2703
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002704Check other interfaces for changing curbuf in a wrong way. Patch like for
2705if_ruby.c.
2706
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002707":helpgrep" should use the directory from 'helpfile'.
2708
2709The need_fileinfo flag is messy. Instead make the message right away and put
2710it in keep_msg?
2711
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002712Editing a file remotely that matches 'wildignore' results in a "no match"
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002713error. Should only happen when there are wildcards, not when giving the file
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002714name literally, and esp. if there is only one name.
2715
Bram Moolenaar1423b9d2006-05-07 15:16:06 +00002716Test 61 fails sometimes. This is a timing problem: "sleep 2" sometimes takes
2717longer than 2 seconds.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002718
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002719Using ":au CursorMoved * cmd" invokes mch_FullName(), which can be slow.
2720Can this be avoided? (Thomas Waba, 2008 Aug 24)
2721Also for ":w" without a file name.
2722The buffer has the full path in ffname, should pass this to the autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002723
2724"vim -C" often has 'nocompatible', because it's set in some startup script.
2725Set 'compatible' after startup is done? Patch by James Vega, 2008 Feb 7.
2726
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002727VMS: while editing a file found in complex, Vim will save file into the first
2728directory of the path and not to the original location of the file.
2729(Zoltan Arpadffy)
2730
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002731VMS: VFC files are in some cases truncated during reading (Zoltan Arpadffy)
2732
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002733input() completion should not insert a backslash to escape a space in a file
2734name?
2735
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002736Ruby completion is insecure. Can this be fixed?
2737
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002738When 'backupskip' is set from $TEMP special characters need to be escaped.
2739(patch by Grembowietz, 2007 Feb 26, not quite right)
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01002740Another problem is that file_pat_to_reg_pat() doesn't recognize "\\", so "\\("
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002741will be seen as a path separator plus "\(".
2742
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002743gvim d:\path\path\(FILE).xml should not remove the \ before the (.
2744This also fails with --remote.
2745
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002746When doing ":quit" the Netbeans "killed" event isn't sent. (Xavier de Gaye,
27472008 Nov 10) call netbeans_file_closed() at the end of buf_freeall(), or in
2748all places where buf_freeall() is called?
2749
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002750aucmd_prepbuf() should also use a window in another tab page.
2751
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002752When unloading a buffer in a BufHidden autocommand the hidden flag is reset?
2753(Bob Hiestand, 2008 Aug 26, Aug 27)
2754
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002755Substituting an area with a line break with almost the same area does change
2756the Visual area. Can this be fixed? (James Vega, 2006 Sept 15)
2757
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002758GUI: When combining fg en bg make sure they are not equal.
2759
2760Use different pt_br dictionary for spell checking. (Jackson A. Aquino, 2006
2761Jun 5)
2762
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002763Use different romanian dictionary for spell checking. (Andrei Popescu, Nov
27642008) Use http://downloads.sourceforge.net/rospell/ro_RO.3.2.zip
2765Or the hunspell-ro.3.2.tar.gz file, it also has a iso-8859-2 list.
2766
2767In a C file with spell checking, in "% integer" "nteger" is seen as an error,
2768but "]s" doesn't find it. "nteger" by itself is found. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008
2769Jul 22)
2770
2771There should be something about spell checking in the user manual.
2772
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002773Mac: Using gvim: netrw window disappears. (Nick Lo, 2006 Jun 21)
2774
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002775Add an option to specify the character to use when a double-width character is
2776moved to the next line. Default '>', set to a space to blank it out. Check
2777that char is single width when it's set (compare with 'listchars').
2778
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002779The generated vim.bat can avoid the loop for NT. (Carl Zmola, 2006 Sep 3)
2780
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002781When showing a diff between a non-existent file and an existing one, with the
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002782cursor in the empty buffer, the other buffer only shows the last line. Change
2783the "insert" into a change from one line to many? (Yakov Lerner, 2008 May 27)
2784
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002785These two abbreviations don't give the same result:
2786 let asdfasdf = "xyz\<Left>"
2787 cabbr XXX <C-R>=asdfasdf<CR>
2788 cabbr YYY xyz<Left>
2789
2790Michael Dietrich: maximized gvim sometimes displays output of external command
2791partly. (2006 Dec 7)
2792
2793In FileChangedShell command it's no longer allowed to switch to another
2794buffer. But the changed buffer may differ from the current buffer, how to
2795reload it then?
2796
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002797For Aap: include a config.arg.example file with hints how to use config.arg.
2798
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01002799Default for 'background' is wrong when using xterm with 256 colors.
2800Table with estimates from Matteo Cavalleri, 2014 Jan 10.
2801
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002802Setting 'background' resets the Normal background color:
2803 highlight Normal ctermbg=DarkGray
2804 set background=dark
2805This is undesired, 'background' is supposed to tell Vim what the background
2806color is, not reset it.
2807
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002808Completion menu: For a wrapping line, completing a long file name, only the
2809start of the path is shown in the menu. Should move the menu to the right to
2810show more text of the completions. Shorten the items that don't fit in the
2811middle?
2812
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002813Accessing file#var in a function should not need the g: prepended.
2814
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002815When exiting detects a modified buffer, instead of opening the buffer in the
2816current tab, use an existing tab, if possible. Like finding a window where
2817the buffer is displayed. (Antonios Tsakiridis)
2818
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002819When ":cn" moves to an error in the same line the message isn't shortened.
2820Only skip shortening for ":cc"?
2821
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002822Problem with ":call" and dictionary function. Hari Krishna Dara, Charles
2823Campbell 2006 Jul 06.
2824
2825Syntax HL error caused by "containedin". (Peter Hodge, 2006 Oct 6)
2826
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002827A custom completion function in a ":command" cannot be a Funcref. (Andy
2828Wokula, 2007 Aug 25)
2829
2830Problem with using :redir in user command completion function? (Hari Krishna
2831Dara, 2006 June 21)
2832
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002833Another resizing problem when setting 'columns' and 'lines' to a very large
2834number. (Tony Mechelynck, 2007 Feb 6)
2835
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002836After starting Vim, using '0 to jump somewhere in a file, ":sp" doesn't center
2837the cursor line. It works OK after some other commands.
2838
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002839Win32: Is it possible to have both postscript and Win32 printing?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002840
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002841Problem with 'cdpath' on MS-Windows when a directory is equal to $HOME. (2006
2842Jul 26, Gary Johnson)
2843
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002844Using UTF-8 character with ":command" does not work properly. (Matt Wozniski,
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010028452008 Sep 29)
2846
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002847In the Netbeans interface add a "vimeval" function, so that the other side can
2848check the result of has("patch13").
2849
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002850Cursor line at bottom of window instead of halfway after saving view and
2851restoring. Only with 'nowrap'. (Robert Webb, 2008 Aug 25)
2852
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002853Netrw has trouble executing autocommands only for a directory. Add <isdir>
2854and <notisdir> to autocommand patterns? Also <isfile>?
2855
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002856Add command modifier that skips wildcard expansion, so that you don't need to
2857put backslashes before special chars, only for white space.
2858
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002859Syntax HL: open two windows on the same C code, delete a ")" in one window,
2860resulting in highlighted "{" in that window, not in the other.
2861
2862In mswin.vim: Instead of mapping <C-V> for Insert mode in a complicated way,
2863can it be done like ":imap <C-V> <MiddleMouse>" without negative side effects?
2864
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002865GTK: when the Tab pages bar appears or disappears while the window is
2866maximized the window is no longer maximized. Patch that has some idea but
2867doesn't work from Geoffrey Antos, 2008 May 5.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002868Also: the window may no longer fit on the screen, thus the command line is not
2869visible.
2870
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002871When right after "vim file", "M" then CTRL-W v the windows are scrolled
2872differently and unexpectedly. Caused by patch 7.2.398?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002873
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002874The magic clipboard format "VimClipboard2" appears in several places. Should
2875be only one.
2876
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02002877Win32, NTFS: When editing a specific infostream directly and 'backupcopy' is
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002878"auto" should detect this situation and work like 'backupcopy' is "yes". File
2879name is something like "c:\path\foo.txt:bar", includes a colon. (Alex
2880Jakushev, 2008 Feb 1)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002881
2882Small problem displaying diff filler line when opening windows with a script.
2883(David Luyer, 2007 Mar 1 ~/Mail/oldmail/mool/in.15872 )
2884
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002885Is it allowed that 'backupext' is empty? Problems when backup is in same dir
2886as original file? If it's OK don't compare with 'patchmode'. (Thierry Closen)
2887
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002888Patch for adding ":lscscope". (Navdeep Parhar, 2007 Apr 26; update 2008 Apr
288923)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002890
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002891":mkview" isn't called with the right buffer argument. Happens when using
2892tabs and the autocommand "autocmd BufWinLeave * mkview". (James Vega, 2007
2893Jun 18)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002894
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002895When completing from another file that uses a different encoding completion
2896text has the wrong encoding. E.g., when 'encoding' is utf-8 and file is
2897latin1. Example from Gombault Damien, 2007 Mar 24.
2898
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002899Syntax HL: When using "nextgroup" and the group has an empty match, there is
2900no search at that position for another match. (Lukas Mai, 2008 April 11)
2901
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002902In gvim the backspace key produces a backspace character, but on Linux the
2903VERASE key is Delete. Set VERASE to Backspace? (patch by Stephane Chazelas,
29042007 Oct 16)
2905
2906TermResponse autocommand isn't always triggered when using vimdiff. (Aron
2907Griffis, 2007 Sep 19)
2908
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002909Create a gvimtutor.1 file and change Makefiles to install it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002910
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002911When 'encoding' is utf-8 typing text at the end of the line causes previously
2912typed characters to be redrawn. Caused by patch 7.1.329. (Tyler Spivey, 2008
2913Sep 3, 11)
2914
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002915":vimgrep" does not recognize a recursive symlink. Is it possible to detect
2916this, at least for Unix (using device/inode)?
2917
2918When switching between windows the cursor is often put in the middle.
2919Remember the relative position and restore that, just like lnum and col are
2920restored. (Luc St-Louis)
2921
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02002922Patch to support horizontal scroll wheel in GTK. Untested. (Bjorn Winckler,
29232010 Jun 30)
2924
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02002925Add an option for a minimal text length before inserting a line break for
2926'textwidth'. Avoids very short lines when a very long word follows.
2927(Kartik Agaram)
2928
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002929
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002930Better plugin support (not plugin manager, see elsewhere for that):
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002931- Avoid use of feedkeys, add eval functions where needed:
2932 - manipulating the Visual selection?
2933- Add createmark(): add a mark like mM, but return a unique ID. Need some way
2934 to clean them up again... Use a name + the script ID.
2935 Add createmark( , 'c') to track inserts/deletes before the column.
2936- Plugins need to make a lot of effort, lots of mappings, to know what
2937 happened before pressing the key that triggers a plugin action. How about
2938 keeping the last N pressed keys, so that they do not need to be mapped?
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01002939- equivalent of netbeans_beval_cb(). With an autocommand?
2940- Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002941
2942
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002943More patches:
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02002944- Another patch for Javascript indenting. (Hari Kumar, 2010 Jul 11)
2945 Needs a few tests.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002946- Add 'cscopeignorecase' option. (Liang Wenzhi, 2006 Sept 3)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002947- Extra argument to strtrans() to translate special keys to their name (Eric
2948 Arnold, 2006 May 22)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002949- Mac: indicate whether a buffer was modified. (Nicolas Weber, 2006 Jun 30)
2950- Allow negative 'nrwidth' for left aligning. (Nathan Laredo, 2006 Aug 16)
2951- ml_append_string(): efficiently append to an existing line. (Brad
2952 Beveridge, 2006 Aug 26) Use in some situations, e.g., when pasting a
2953 character at a time?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002954- recognize hex numbers better. (Mark Manning, 2006 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002955- Add <AbbrExpand> key, to expand an abbreviation in a mapping. (Kana
2956 Natsuno, 2008 Jul 17)
2957- Add 'wspara' option, also accept blank lines like empty lines for "{" and
2958 "}". (Mark Lundquist, 2008 Jul 18)
2959- Patch to add CTRL-T to delete part of a path on cmdline. (Adek, 2008 Jul
2960 21)
2961- Instead of creating a copy of the tutor in all the shell scripts, do it in
2962 vimtutor.vim. (Jan Minar, 2008 Jul 20)
2963- When fsync() fails there is no hint about what went wrong. Patch by Ben
2964 Schmidt, 2008 Jul 22.
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +02002965- testdir/Make_dos_sh.mak for running tests with MingW. (Bill McCarthy, 2008
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002966 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02002967- Replace ccomplete.vim by cppcomplete.vim from www.vim.org? script 1520 by
2968 Vissale Neang. (Martin Stubenschrott) Asked Vissale to make the scripts
2969 more friendly for the Vim distribution.
2970 New version received 2008 Jan 6.
2971 No maintenance in two years...
Bram Moolenaar5aae4192010-08-03 23:00:38 +02002972- Patch to open dropped files in new tabs. (Michael Trim, 2010 Aug 3)
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002973
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002974Awaiting updated patches:
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +000029759 Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung, Eckehard Berns):
2976 8 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
2977 New patch 2004 Jun 16
2978 - selecting proportional font breaks display
2979 - UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
2980 - Command-key mappings do not work. (Alan Schmitt)
2981 - With 'nopaste' pasting is wrong, with 'paste' Command-V doesn't work.
2982 (Alan Schmitt)
2983 - remove 'macatsui' option when this has been fixed.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002984 - when 'macatsui' is off should we always convert to "macroman" and ignore
2985 'termencoding'?
Bram Moolenaar76b92b22006-03-24 22:46:53 +000029869 HTML indenting can be slow. Caused by using searchpair(). Can search()
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002987 be used instead? A.Politz is looking into a solution.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000029888 Win32: Add minidump generation. (George Reilly, 2006 Apr 24)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000029897 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
2990 Update 2004 Sep 6.
2991 How does this work? Missing comments.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000029928 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00002993 (28 feb 2002). Will mess the translations...
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +020029947 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it" appears
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002995 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
2996- Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02002997 for multibyte characters.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002998- Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
2999- Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
3000 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
3001 been given values.
3002 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030037 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
3004 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
3005- Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
3006 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
3007 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
30088 Add functions:
3009 gettext() Translate a message. (Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
3010 Update 2004 Sep 10
3011 Another patch from Edward L. Fox (2005 Nov 24)
3012 Search in 'runtimepath'?
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00003013 More docs needed about how to use this.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003014 How to get the messages into the .po files?
3015 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
3016 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
3017 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
3018 (2003 May 13)
3019 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
3020 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003021 taglist() add argument to specify maximum number of matches.
3022 useful for interactive things or completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003023 col('^') column of first non-white character.
3024 Can use "len(substitute(getline('.'), '\S.*', '', ''))
3025 + 1", but that's ugly.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030267 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
3027 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030287 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
3029 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +000030308 Option to lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +02003031 (unencrypted). Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23. Uses mlock.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030327 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
30338 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
3034 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
30357 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
3036 Kotchan has a patch for it)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000030377 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
3038- findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
3039 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
3040 incomplete patch Mar 18)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003041- For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
3042 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
3043- Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
3044
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +02003045Better 'rightleft' or BIDI support:
3046- Minimal Vi with bidi support: https://github.com/aligrudi/neatvi
3047 By Ali Gholami Rudi, also worked on arabic.c
3048
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +02003049
3050Spell checking:
3051- When 'cursorline' is set and the first word should have SpellCap
3052 highlighting, redrawing the line removes it when moving the cursor away
3053 from the line. (#7085) Would need to inspect the end of the previous line
3054 and update "capcol_lnum" and "cap_col".
3055- Mixup of highlighting when there is a match and SpellBad. (ZyX, 2015 Jan 1)
3056- Spell files use a latin single quote. Unicode also has another single
3057 quote: 0x2019. (Ron Aaron, 2014 Apr 4)
3058 New OpenOffice spell files support this with ICONV. But they are not
3059 compatible with Vim spell files. The old files can no longer be
3060 downloaded.
3061- Add a feature to only consider two spaces after a dot to start a new
3062 sentence. Don't give the capitalization error when there is one space.
3063- Add a way to specify punctuation characters. Add the superscript numbers
3064 by default: 0x2070, 0xb9, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0x2074 - 0x2079.
3065- In popup menu: If the only problem is the case of the first character,
3066 don't offer "ignore" and "add to word list".
3067- Spell menu: When using the Popup menu to select a replacement word,
3068 ":spellrepeat" doesn't work. SpellReplace() uses setline(). Can it use
3069 "z=" somehow? Or use a new function.
3070
3071
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01003072Quickfix/Location List:
3073- Window size is wrong when using quickfix window. (Lifepillar, 2018 Aug 24,
3074 #2999)
3075- When using CTRL-W CR in the quickfix window, the jumplist in the opened
3076 window is cleared, to avoid going back to the list of errors buffer (would
3077 have two windows with it). Can we just remove the jump list entries for
3078 the quickfix buffer?
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01003079- When an item in the quickfix list has a file name that does not exist,
3080 behave like the item was not a match for :cnext.
3081- When adding an item to a new quickfix list make ":cnext" jump to that
3082 item. Make a difference being at the first item and not having used
3083 :cnext at all. (Afanasiy Fet, 2017 Jan 3)
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01003084- When opening quickfix window, disable spell checking?
3085- Patch for supporting count before CR in quickfix window. (AOYAMA Shotaro,
3086 2007 Jan 1)
3087- Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
3088 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
3089- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
3090 errors. How do we get the rest?
30918 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
3092 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
3093 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
3094 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
30957 Add a command that goes back to the position from before jumping to the
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02003096 first quickfix location.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003097
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003098Vi incompatibility:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003099- Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
3100 Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031018 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
3102 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
3103 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
3104 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
3105 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
3106 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031078 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
3108 make Vim exit.
31097 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
3110 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
3111 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
31128 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
3113 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
3114 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
31156 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
3116 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
3117 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
31188 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
3119 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
3120 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
3121 names in one buffer???
3122 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
3123 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
3124 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
31257 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
3126 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
3127 command was one command.
Bram Moolenaareaa48e72005-06-08 22:07:37 +00003128 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
3129 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031307 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
3131 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
31327 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031337 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
3134 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
3135 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
3136 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
31377 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
31387 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
31397 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
3140 to the match with the tag? Option?
31417 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
31427 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
3143 (Sayre).
31447 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
3145 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031467 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
3147 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
3148 match. Nvi can do it too.
31497 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
3150 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
3151 line 1\ line 2\\
3152 line 2\ line 3\\
3153 . line4/
31546 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
3155 the way the shell is started?
31566 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
3157 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
3158
3159
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003160GTK+ GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000031619 Crash with X command server over ssh. (Ciaran McCreesh, 2006 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031628 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
3163 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
3164 creating a label?
Bram Moolenaar6e7c7f32005-08-24 22:16:11 +000031658 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters are sometimes not drawn properly.
3166 Depends on the font size, "monospace 13" has the problem. Vim seems to do
3167 everything right, must be a GTK bug. Is there a way to work around it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031689 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
3169 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
3170 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
3171 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
Bram Moolenaare580b0c2006-03-21 21:33:03 +00003172- Gnome2: When moving the toolbar out of the dock, so that it becomes
3173 floating, it can no longer be moved. Therefore making it float has been
3174 blocked for now.
3175
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003176
3177Win32 GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003178- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
3179 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031808 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
3181 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
3182 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031836 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
3184 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000031858 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
3186 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
3187 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031887 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
3189 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
3190 to use an opaque background in most places?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031917 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
3192 2004 May 9)
31938 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
3194 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
3195 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
3196 MS-Windows 98?
3197 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
3198 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
3199 file: Window moves with the cursor!
3200 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032018 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
3202 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
3203 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
3204 doesn't work properly.
32058 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
3206 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
3207 appears in the right position. (Webb)
32089 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
3209 button doesn't give popup menu.
3210 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
3211 selection.
3212 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
3213 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
3214 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
32158 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
3216 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
3217 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
3218 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
32198 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
3220 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
3221 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032227 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
3223 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
Bram Moolenaar4463f292005-09-25 22:20:24 +00003224 scroll?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032257 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
3226 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032276 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
32288 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
3229 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
3230 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
32318 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
3232 know which keyboard is being used?
32337 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
3234 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
3235 area (Koloseike).
32368 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
3237 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
3238 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
3239 the font name).
3240
3241
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01003242Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000032436 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
3244 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
3245 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
3246 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
3247 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032489 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
3249 required and it's missing?
32508 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
3251 wrong.
32529 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
3253 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +010032549 XIM doesn't work properly for Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003255 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
3256 flag.
32578 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
3258 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
3259 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
32608 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
32616 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
3262 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
3263 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
3264 the tooltips work though...
32657 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
3266 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
32678 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
3268 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
3269 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
3270
3271
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003272Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02003273- gui_mch_browsedir() is missing, browsedir() doesn't work nicely.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032747 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
3275 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032768 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
3277 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
3278 (Phillipps)
3279
3280
3281GUI:
32829 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
3283 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
32849 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +00003285 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003286 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
32879 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
3288 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032898 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
3290 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
3291 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
32928 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
3293 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
3294 of where it is processing the output.
3295 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
32968 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
3297 doesn't work.
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +010032988 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000032998 When translating menus ignore the part after the Tab, the shortcut. So
3300 that the same menu item with a different shortcut (e.g., for the Mac) are
3301 still translated.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020033028 Add menu separators for Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033038 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
3304 browse().
33058 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
3306 use that code? Or use console dialog.
33078 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
3308 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000033097 More features in the find/replace dialog:
3310 - regexp on/off
3311 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
3312 when all buffers/directory is used:
3313 - filter for file name
3314 when directory is used:
3315 - subdirectory on/off
3316 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033178 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
3318 to avoid problems.
33198 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
3320 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
3321 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
33228 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
3323 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
3324 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
33258 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
3326 up. Set erase character somehow?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033278 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
33287 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
3329 visible.
33307 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
3331 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
33327 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
3333 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
33348 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
3335 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
33368 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
3337 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
3338 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
3339 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
3340- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
33414 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
3342 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
3343 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
3344
3345
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01003346Win32 console:
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000033478 Should $USERPROFILE be preferred above $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH? No, but it's
3348 a good fallback, thus use:
3349 $HOME
3350 $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH
3351 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE);
3352 $USERPROFILE
3353 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, FALSE);
3354 $ALLUSERSPROFILE
3355 $SYSTEMDRIVE\
3356 C:\
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033578 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
3358 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
33598 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
3360 Should work like in the GUI version.
33618 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
3362 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
33638 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
3364 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
33658 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
3366 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
3367 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033688 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
3369 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
3370 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
3371
3372
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003373Win32 console:
33749 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
3375 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
3376 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
3377 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
3378 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
3379 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
3380 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
3381 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
3382 and the file is not saved.
3383 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
3384 long name.
33858 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
3386 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
33877 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
3388 besides the console.
33898 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
33909 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
3391 <C-S-i>?
33929 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
3393 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
33948 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
3395 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003396
3397
3398Amiga:
33998 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
3400 sequences.
34019 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
3402 backslashes in result.
34038 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
3404 all options, using white space separation.
3405
3406
3407Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003408- GUI: gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034097 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
3410 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
3411 (Jack)
3412 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000034138 inputdialog() doesn't resize when giving more text lines. (David Fishburn,
3414 2006 Sept 28)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034158 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
34168 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
34179 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
3418 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034199 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003420
3421
3422"Small" problems:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003423- When using e_secure in do_one_cmd() mention the command being executed,
3424 otherwise it's not clear where it comes from.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +000034259 For Turkish vim_tolower() and vim_toupper() also need to use utf_
3426 functions for characters below 0x80. (Sertacyildiz)
Bram Moolenaarc93b83a2006-04-29 22:02:36 +000034279 When the last edited file is a help file, using '0 in a new Vim doesn't
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003428 edit the file as a help file. 'filetype' is OK, but 'iskeyword' isn't,
3429 file isn't readonly, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034308 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
3431 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
3432 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +00003433 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034347 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
3435 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
34368 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
3437 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
3438 for redirection.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034397 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
3440 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003441- Could the hit-enter prompt be avoided when a message only overlaps the
3442 'showcmd' area? Clear that area when the next cmd is typed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034438 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
3444 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
3445 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
3446 using the horizontal scrollbar.
34477 VisVim can only open one file. Hard to solve: each opened file is passed
3448 with a separate invocation, would need to use timestamps to know the
3449 invocations belong together.
34508 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
3451 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
34528 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
3453 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
3454 UnxUtils.zip archive.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01003455 Is it better than what we have in src/tee?
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000034568 When doing Insert mode completion a mapping cannot recursively call
3457 edit(), because the completion information is global. Put everything in
3458 an allocated structure?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034597 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
3460 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
3461 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
3462 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034637 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
3464 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
3465 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
34667 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
3467 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
3468 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
34697 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
3470 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034717 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
3472 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034739 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
3474 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
3475 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
3476 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
3477 script can be called.
34788 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
3479 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
3480 works.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034818 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
3482 CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000034838 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003484 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
3485 configurable?
34868 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034878 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
3488 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020034898 Should allow multibyte characters for the delimiter: ":s+a+b+" where "+"
3490 is a multibyte character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034918 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
3492 always written, even when the original file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034939 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
3494 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
3495 written.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034967 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034978 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
3498 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
3499 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000035008 Also store the line number with the script ID and use it for ":verbose",
3501 so that "set nocompatible" is found when it changes other option values.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003502 When an option is set indirectly mention the command? E.g. when
3503 ":diffsplit" sets 'foldmethod'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035048 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
3505 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
35069 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
3507 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
3508 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003509 one. Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 July 14.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035107 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
3511 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035127 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
3513 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
3514 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
3515 direction, not horizontally?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035168 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003517 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
3518 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
3519 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
3520 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003521 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
3522 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +00003523 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02003524 - Should interpret CTRL-L as a page break.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003525 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
3526 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
3527 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
3528 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
3529 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035308 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
3531 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
35328 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
3533 in lines that don't extend into the block?
35348 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
3535 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
3536 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
35378 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
3538 'linebreak'.
35398 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
3540 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
3541 (Helmut Stiegler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035429 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
3543 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
3544 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
3545 'magic' in history. (Margo)
35469 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
3547 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035489 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
35499 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
3550 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
3551 cause another redraw, etc.
35528 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
3553 must escape special characters in the pattern.
35548 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
3555 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
3556 ":w!!" for that.
3557 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
3558 restore file to readonly afterwards.
Bram Moolenaar04a09c12005-08-01 22:02:32 +00003559 Overwriting a file for which a swap file exists is similar issue.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035607 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
3561 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
3562 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
3563 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
3564 clipboard)
35657 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
3566 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
3567 Waggoner)
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000035686 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
3569 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
3570 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035718 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
3572 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
35738 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
3574 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
3575 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
35768 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
3577 (e.g., ":w").
35788 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
3579 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035808 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
3581 script in do_cmdline().
35828 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
3583 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
3584 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
3585 changes.
35868 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
3587 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
35888 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
3589 check for file marks. This can be slow.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035908 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
3591 to skip catch_signals()?
35929 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
3593 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
3594 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
3595 text?
35968 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
3597 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
35988 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
3599 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
36009 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
3601 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
3602 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
3603 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
3604 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
36057 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
3606 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
3607 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
3608 in the list?
36098 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
3610 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
3611 instead of on button down.
36128 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036138 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
3614 character is typed.
36158 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
3616 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
36178 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
3618 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
36198 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
3620 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
3621 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
3622 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
3623 cygwin bash.
36247 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
3625 Remember flags for backreferences.
36267 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
3627 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
36287 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
3629 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
36308 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
3631 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
36327 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
3633 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036347 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
3635 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
3636 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
36377 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
3638 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
36398 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
3640 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02003641 that the user knows the files have to be deleted.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003642
3643
3644I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
36459 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
3646 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
3647 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003648
3649
3650Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaara93fa7e2006-04-17 22:14:47 +00003651- GTK: when using the popup menu with spelling suggestions and releasing the
3652 right mouse button before the menu appears selecting an item with the
3653 right mouse button has no effect. GTK does not produce an event for this.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003654- GTK 2: Cannot use the file selector. When using it many things become
3655 slow. This is caused by some code in GTK that writes
3656 ~/.recently-used.xbel every time an event is handled. It assumes the main
3657 loop is never quit, which is a wrong assumption. Also, it overwrites the
3658 file with different file permissions, which is a privacy issue. This
3659 needs to be fixed in GTK. A solution in Vim would be really complicated.
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02003660 (2008 Jul 31) This appears to be fixed in Vim 7.3.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003661- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
3662 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003663 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003664 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
3665 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
3666 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003667- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
3668 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
3669 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
3670 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
3671 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
3672- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
3673 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
3674 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
3675- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
3676 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003677- Win32 tcl: has("tcl") hangs when the tcl84.dll is from cygwin.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003678- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
3679 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
3680 character gets the highlighting.
3681- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
3682 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
3683- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
3684 (Jennings)
3685- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003686- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003687- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003688 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003689- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
3690 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
3691 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
3692- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
3693 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
3694 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
3695 (Benzinger).
3696- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
3697 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
3698 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
3699- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
3700 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
3701- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
3702 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
3703- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
3704 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
3705 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
3706 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
3707 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
3708 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
3709- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
3710 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
3711 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01003712- Win32, MS-Windows: expanding plugin/**/*.vim also picks up
3713 dir/ctags.vim,v. This is because the short file name is something like
3714 "ctags~1.vim" and that matches the pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003715- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
3716 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
3717 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
3718- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
3719 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
3720- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
3721 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003722- Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
3723 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
3724- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
3725 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
3726 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
3727 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
3728 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
3729- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
3730 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
3731 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
3732- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
3733 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
3734 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003735- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
3736 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 +00003737- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
3738 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
3739 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
3740 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
3741 in the vimrc file to be lost.
3742- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
3743 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
3744
3745--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
3746 *extensions-improvements*
3747
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003748Most interesting new features to be added when all bugs have been fixed:
3749- Using ":exe edit fname" has escaping problems. Use ":edit ++(fname)".
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01003750 Thus use "++=" to give arguments as expressions, comma-separated as if
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003751 calling a function.
3752 With options: ":edit ++(['!', '++enc=abc'], ['+/pat'], fname)".
3753 Alternative: Make a function for Ex commands: cmd_edit().
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003754- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
3755 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01003756 (issue #3292)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003757- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
3758 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
3759 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
3760 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
3761 Eclim does it: http://eclim.sourceforge.net/ (Eric Van Dewoestine)
3762 Plugin that uses a terminal emulator: http://vimplugin.sf.net
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003763 And another one: http://www.satokar.com/viplugin/index.php
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003764- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
3765 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
3766 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003767- Scroll commands by screen line. g CTRL-E and g CTRL-Y ? Requires the
3768 first line to be able to start halfway.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000037698 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
3770 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
3771 Also allow specifying the file and command, so that the result of
3772 taglist() can be used.
Bram Moolenaar27dc1952006-03-15 23:06:44 +00003773- X11: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
3774 This can be done with XReparentWindow(). But how exactly?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003775
3776
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003777Documentation:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000037788 List of Vim runtime directories. dotvim.txt from Charles Campbell, 2007
3779 Feb 20.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000037808 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
3781 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000037828 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
3783 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037848 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037859 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
3786 - change to cursor position and curswant
3787 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
3788 - how it works for folded lines
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003789 - how it works with multibyte characters
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037908 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
3791 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
3792 text.
37938 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
37947 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
3795 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
37967 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
3797 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003798 Patch by Balazs Kezes, 2007 Dec 30. Remark from A. Politz.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003799- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
3800
3801
3802Help:
3803- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
3804 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
3805- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
3806 to the other matches.
3807- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003808- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
3809 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02003810 user can edit it to insert favorite commands, new account can contain a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003811 default contents.
3812- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
3813 height for the help window (and other windows).
3814- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
3815- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
3816- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
3817
3818
3819User Friendlier:
38208 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
3821 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
3822 Briscoe)
38238 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
38248 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
3825 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
3826 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
38278 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
3828 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
3829- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
3830 ":mkplugin <file>"?
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +00003831- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..." #9339
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038329 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
3833 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
3834 item?).
3835 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038368 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +000038377 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
3838 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
3839 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
Bram Moolenaar33aec762006-01-22 23:30:12 +000038408 Support saving and restoring session for X windows? It should work to do
3841 ":mksession" and use "-S fname" for the restart command. The
3842 gui_x11_wm_protocol_handler() already takes care of the rest.
3843 global_event_filter() for GTK.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003844
3845
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +00003846Tab pages:
38479 GUI implementation for the tab pages line for other systems.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000038487 GUI: Control over the appearance of the text in the labels (bold, color,
3849 font, etc.)
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000038508 Make GUI menu in tab pages line configurable. Like the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaarfc1421e2006-04-20 22:17:20 +000038518 balloons for the tab page labels that are shortened to show the full path.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000038527 :tabdup duplicate the tab with all its windows.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000038537 Option to put tab line at the left or right? Need an option to specify
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00003854 its width. It's like a separate window with ":tabs" output.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000038558 Add local options for each tab page? E.g., 'diffopt' could differ between
3856 tab pages.
38577 Add local highlighting for each tab page?
3858
3859
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003860Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003861- Support more regions? Caolan McNamara argues it's needed for es_XX.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01003862 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219777
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003863- Unicode defines another quote character: 0x2019. Use it as an equivalent
3864 of a single quote, thus use it as a word character like a quote and match
3865 with words, replacing the curly quote with a single quote.
3866- Could filter &eacute; things for HTML before doing spell checking.
3867 Similarly for TeX.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003868- The Hungarian spell file uses four extra characters in the FOL/UPP/LOW
3869 items than other spell files with the ISO-8859-2 encoding, that causes
3870 problem when changing 'spelllang'. There is no obvious way to fix this.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003871- Considering Hunspell 1.1.4:
3872 What does MAXNGRAMSUGS do?
3873 Is COMPLEXPREFIXES necessary when we have flags for affixes?
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01003874- There is no Finnish spell checking file. For openoffice Voikko is now
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003875 used, which is based on Malaga: http://home.arcor.de/bjoern-beutel/malaga/
3876 (Teemu Likonen)
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +000038778 ":mkspell" still takes much too long in Hungarian dictionary from
3878 hunspell. Only solution appears to be to postpone secondary suffixes.
38798 Handle postponed prefix with COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG or COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG.
3880 WFP_COMPPERMIT and WFP_COMPFORBID
38818 implement use of <compoptions> in .spl file:
3882 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDREP: when a compound word seems to be OK apply REP
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003883 items and check if the result is a valid word.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003884 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP
3885 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE
3886 Add CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE: when compounding make leading capital lower case.
3887 How is it supposed to work?
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003888- Add a command the repeats ]s and z=, showing the misspelled word in its
3889 context. Thus to spell-check a whole file.
Bram Moolenaar261bfea2006-03-01 22:12:31 +00003890- suggestion for "KG" to "kg" when it's keepcase.
Bram Moolenaar7b89edc2006-04-06 20:21:51 +00003891- For flags on affixes: Use a "AFFCOMPSET" flag; means the compound flags of
3892 the word are not used.
Bram Moolenaardb552d602006-03-23 22:59:57 +00003893- Support breakpoint character ? 0xb7 and ignore it? Makes it possible to
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003894 use same wordlist for hyphenation.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003895- Compound word is accepted if nr of words is <= COMPOUNDWORDMAX OR nr of
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003896 syllables <= COMPOUNDSYLMAX. Specify using AND in the affix file?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003897- NEEDCOMPOUND also used for affix? Or is this called ONLYINCOMPOUND now?
3898 Or is ONLYINCOMPOUND only for inside a compound, not at start or end?
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003899- Do we need a flag for the rule that when compounding is done the following
3900 word doesn't have a capital after a word character, even for Onecap words?
3901- New hunspell home page: http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar69e0ff92005-09-30 21:23:56 +00003902 - Version 1.1.0 is out now, look into that.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003903 - Lots of code depends on LANG, that isn't right. Enable each mechanism
3904 in the affix file separately.
3905 - Example with compounding dash is bad, gets in the way of setting
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003906 COMPOUNDMIN and COMPOUNDWORDMAX to a reasonable value.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003907 - PSEUDOROOT == NEEDAFFIX
3908 - COMPOUNDROOT -> COMPOUNDED? For a word that already is a compound word
3909 Or use COMPOUNDED2, COMPOUNDED3, etc.
3910- CIRCUMFIX: when a word uses a prefix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag, then
3911 the word must also have a suffix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag. It's a
3912 bit primitive, since only one flag is used, which doesn't allow matching
3913 specific prefixes with suffixes.
3914 Alternative:
3915 PSFX {flag} {pchop} {padd} {pcond} {schop} {sadd}[/flags] {scond}
3916 We might not need this at all, you can use the NEEDAFFIX flag and the
3917 affix which is required.
3918- When a suffix has more than one syllable, it may count as a word for
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003919 COMPOUNDWORDMAX.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003920- Add flags to count extra syllables in a word. SYLLABLEADD1 SYLLABLEADD2,
3921 etc.? Or make it possible to specify the syllable count of a word
3922 directly, e.g., after another slash: /abc/3
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003923- MORPHO item in affix file: ignore TAB and morphological field after
3924 word/flags and affix.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003925- Implement multiple flags for compound words and CMP item?
3926 Await comments from other spell checking authors.
3927- Also see tklspell: http://tkltrans.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000039288 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
3929 syntax items (to add @Spell).
3930 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
3931 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003932- References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
3933 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
3934 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
3935 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000039368 It is currently not possible to mark "can not" as rare, because "can" and
3937 "not" are good words. Find a way to let "rare" overrule "good"?
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000039388 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
39398 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
3940 use of words with a dash.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000039417 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
39428 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
3943 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
3944 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
3945 in English, strings in German (po file).
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003946
3947
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003948Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +020039499 When making small changes, e.g. deleting a character, update the diff.
3950 Possibly without running diff.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +020039518 Also show difference with the file when editing started? Should show what
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00003952 can be undone. (Tom Popovich)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003953
3954Folding:
Bram Moolenaarbba577a2005-11-28 23:05:55 +00003955 (commands still available: zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zy zY;
3956 secondary: zB zS zT zZ, z=)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000039578 Vertical folds: looks like vertically split windows, but the cursor moves
3958 through the vertical separator, separator moves when scrolling.
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +020039598 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only. Or use a regexp
3960 item, so that it can be used in any pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039618 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
3962 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
3963 user aware of this?
39648 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
3965 commands skip over a closed fold.
39668 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
39678 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039687 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00003969- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
3970 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
3971 missing line goes unnoticed.
3972 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003973- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
3974 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
3975 smoother?
3976- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
3977 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003978- When currently editing the first file in the argument list the session
3979 file can contain:
3980 args version.c main.c
3981 edit version.c
3982 Can editing version.c twice be avoided?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003983- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003984- "zuf": undo change in manual fold. "zUf" redo change in manual fold. How
3985 to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003986- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
3987 cursor.
Bram Moolenaar3517bb12006-03-03 22:58:45 +00003988- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3" argument: set fold level for a region or
3989 match.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003990- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003991
3992Multi-byte characters:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003993- When editing a file with both utf-8 and latin1 text Vim always falls back
3994 to latin1. Add a command to convert the latin1 characters to utf-8?
3995 :unmix utf-8,latin1 filename
3996 Would only work when 'encoding' is utf-8.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039979 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
3998 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
3999 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
4000 byte).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020040019 'fenc' in modeline problem: add option to reload the file when 'fenc' is
4002 set to a different value in a modeline? Option can be default on. Could
4003 it be done with an autocommand?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040048 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
4005 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
4006 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
4007 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
4008 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
4009 item.
40108 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004011 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
4012 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040138 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
4014 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000040158 When filtering changes the encoding 'fileencoding' may not work. E.g.,
4016 when using xxd and 'fileencoding' is "utf-16". Add an option to set a
4017 different fileencoding for filter output?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040187 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
4019 so that the user can fix the problem.
40208 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
4021 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040229 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020040238 Should add test for using various commands with multibyte characters.
40248 'infercase' doesn't work with multibyte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040258 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000040267 Searching and composing characters:
4027 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004028 Add a special item to match with a composing character, so that composing
4029 characters can be manipulated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040308 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
40318 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020040328 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multibyte
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004033 characters.
40348 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
40358 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
4036 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
40377 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
4038 'display' option to specify this.
40397 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
4040 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
4041- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
4042 fontselector somehow.
4043- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
4044 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
4045- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
4046 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
4047- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
4048 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
4049 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
4050 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
4051 if a font exists?
4052- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004053 convert_input() for Mac GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004054- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
4055 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02004056- Make 'breakat' accept multibyte characters. Problem: can't use a lookup
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00004057 table anymore (breakat_flags[]).
4058 Simplistic solution: when 'formatoptions' contains "m" also break a line
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02004059 at a multibyte character >= 0x100.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004060- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
4061 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02004062 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":amap" command?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02004063- When breaking a line, take properties of multibyte characters into
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004064 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
4065 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
4066 But it's very complicated...
4067
4068
4069Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000040707 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004071- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
4072- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
4073 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00004074- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
4075 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004076- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
4077- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
4078 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004079- PostScript: Only works for text that can be converted to an 8-bit
4080 character set. How to support Unicode fully?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004081- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
4082 units as for the margins.
4083- Support right-to-left text?
40848 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
4085 color.
4086
4087
4088Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +00004089 Long term goal: faster, better, etc. Options:
4090 - use treesitter, NeoVim uses it
4091 - use TextMate, vscode uses it. #9087
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040928 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
4093 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
40948 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
4095 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
40968 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
4097 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +000040987 Add a "startgroup" to a region. Used like "nextgroup" inside the region,
4099 preferred item at the start of the region. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041008 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
4101 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
4102 ":wq file".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000041037 For "nextgroup" we have skipwhite, skipnl and skipempty. It would be
4104 really nice to be able to skip with a pattern. Or skip with a syntax
4105 group. (Nikolai Weibull, 2007 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041068 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
41079 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
4108 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041097 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
4110 Search highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar17be7e62006-03-12 22:13:45 +000041117 When 'number' is set highlight the number of the current line.
4112 Must be enabled with an option, because it slows down display updating.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041138 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
4114 change this for each release.
41158 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
4116 pattern, but not in the body.
41178 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
4118 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
4119 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041208 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +010041218 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword', they should use "syn iskeyword".
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02004122 Also need a separate 'iskeyword' for the command line, e.g., in a help
4123 window ":e /asdf/asdf/" CTRL-W works different.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041248 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
4125 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
41268 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
4127 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00004128 Option for the matchparen plugin?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041298 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
4130 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
4131 used.
41328 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
4133 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
41348 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
4135 re-insert the [] if possible.
41368 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
4137 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000041388 It would be useful to make the highlight group name an expression. Then
4139 when there is a match, the expression would be evaluated to find out what
4140 highlight group to use. Could be used to check if the shell used in a
4141 password file appears in /etc/shells. (Nikolai Weibull)
4142 syn match =s:checkShell(v:match) contained 'pattern'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041438 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
4144 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
41458 Support for deleting syntax items:
4146 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
4147 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
4148 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
41498 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
4150 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
4151 a '<'. (Fleiner)
41527 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
4153 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
4154 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
41557 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
4156 detected.
41578 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004158 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041598 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
4160 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041618 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
41628 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
41637 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
4164 ":mkvimrc".
41658 Improve c.vim:
4166 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
4167 "c_strict_ansi".
4168 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
41698 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
4170 current line while in Insert mode.
41718 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
4172 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
41738 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
4174 display position.
41758 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
4176 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
4177 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
41788 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
4179 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
4180 highlighting starts.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000041817 It's possible for an item to be transparent, so that the colors of an item
4182 lower on the stack is used. Also do this with highlighting, so that the
4183 user can set transparent highlighting? E.g. a number in a C comment would
4184 get the color of a comment, a number in an assignment Normal. (Nikolai
4185 Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041867 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
4187 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
4188 E.g. for this html:
4189 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041907 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
41917 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
4192 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041937 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
4194 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
4195 completion?
41968 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
4197 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
41987 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
4199 select one of the sets.
42008 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
4201 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
4202 2, etc.
42038 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
4204 highlighting (for "." command).
42058 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
4206 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
42078 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
42087 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
4209 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
42106 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
4211 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
4212- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
4213 when extending an already existing syntax file.
4214- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004215- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
4216 (for comment blocks).
4217- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
4218 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
4219 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
4220 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
4221 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
4222 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
4223 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
4224 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
4225 (Campbell)
4226 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
4227 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
42287 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
4229 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
42307 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
4231 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
4232 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
42337 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
4234 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
4235 messages. And external commands?
42368 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
4237 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
42387 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
4239 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
4240
4241
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01004242Vim script language:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000042438 Make the filename and line number available to script functions, so that
4244 they can give useful debugging info. The whole call stack would be ideal.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02004245 At least use this for error messages.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000042467 Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
4247 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
4248 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004249- range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000042507 ":include" command: just like ":source" but doesn't start a new scriptID?
4251 Will be tricky for the list of script names.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042528 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +010042538 Have a prefix for a function to make it unique. When using packages it
4254 can be the plugin name.
4255 Perhaps also have a way to remove everything that the package added?
4256 including autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042577 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode.
4258 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
4259 has('bytecode')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
4260 supports it. Update the code with a command, can be used in an
4261 autocommand.
4262 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
4263 .vim file. Problem: distribution.
4264 3. Use a cache directory for each user. How to recognize which cached
4265 file belongs to a sourced script?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042667 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
4267 signs and/or 'number'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000042686 Add ++ and -- operators? They only work on variables (lvals), how to
4269 implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042708 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004271 has(":command") Check if ":command" works. compare function
4272 with "ex_ni". E.g. for ":simalt".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004273 escape() Add argument to specify what to escape with.
4274 modestack() Instead of just the current mode return the
4275 stack of Insert / CTRL-O / :normal things.
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00004276 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
4277 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
4278 3 2002
4279 Only add this when also implemented for
4280 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
4281 be used.
4282 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00004283 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
4284 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
4285 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
4286 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
4287 File.Open..." argument.
4288 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
4289 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
4290 with properties instead.
4291 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
4292 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
4293 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004294 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004295 crypt() encrypt string
4296 decrypt() decrypt string
4297 base64enc() base 64 encoding
4298 base64dec() base 64 decoding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004299 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004300 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004301 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004302 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004303 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004304 typed() return the characters typed and consumed (to
4305 find out what happened)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004306 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
4307 Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004308 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004309 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
4310 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
4311 to allow the library to execute a command or
4312 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043137 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
4314 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
43158 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
4316 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000043178 Pass the command line arguments to Vim scripts in some way. As v:args
4318 List? Or extra parameter to argv()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043198 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043206 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000043218 For Strings add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var"
4322 just ignore.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043238 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
4324 option or environment variable.
43258 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000043268 ":let Func().foo = value" should work, also when "foo" doesn't exist.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004327 Also: ":let Func()[foo] = value" should work. Same for a List.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000043287 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the syntax stack
4329 available as a List.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043308 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
4331 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
43328 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
43338 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
4334 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
4335 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
4336 charwise({expr}).
43377 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
4338 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
4339 buffer for this?
4340 result = scratch(string, command)
4341 result = apply(string, command)
4342 result = execute(string, command)
4343 "command" would use <> notation.
4344 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
43457 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004346
4347
4348Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000043496 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
4350 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
4351 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
4352 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
4353 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
4354 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
4355 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004356
4357
4358Performance:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000043597 For string variables up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list
4360 itself as a character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020043617 Add 'lazysize' option: Above this size Vim doesn't load everything before
4362 starting to edit a file. Things like 'fileencodings' only work up to this
4363 size, modelines only work at the top. Useful for large log files where
4364 you only want to look at the first few pages. Use zero to disable it.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000043658 move_lines() copies every line into allocated memory, making reloading a
4366 buffer a lot slower than re-editing the file. Can the memline be locked
4367 so that we don't need to make a copy? Or avoid invoking ml_updatechunk(),
4368 that is taking a lot of time. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008 Jul 7)
Bram Moolenaard04b7502010-07-08 22:27:55 +02004369 With a patch, but does it work?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043708 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
43719 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
43728 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
43737 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
4374 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
43758 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
4376 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
4377 when starting up in a color terminal.
43788 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
4379 Win16.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043808 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
4381 function be improved?
43828 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
4383 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
4384 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
4385 this be improved?
43868 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
4387 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000043887 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
4389 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043907 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
4391 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
43927 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
4393 lot of abbreviations).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043947 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
4395 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
4396 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
4397 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
4398 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
4399 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
4400 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044018 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
4402 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
4403 using strcmp() too often?
44047 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
4405 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
4406 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
4407 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
4408 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
4409 the two blocks to the memfile block.
44107 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
4411 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
4412 with an argument that can be messed with.
4413 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
4414 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
44157 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
4416- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
44178 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
4418 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
4419- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
4420 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
4421- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
4422- Do profiling on:
4423 - :g/pat/normal cmd
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004424 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
4425 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
4426 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
4427 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
4428 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
4429 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004430 - editing a Vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044317 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
4432 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
4433 changed).
4434 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
4435 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
4436- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
4437- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
4438 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
4439- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
4440 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
4441 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004442- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
4443- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
4444 cursor is right of the screen.
44458 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
4446 CTRL-C (it's slow).
4447
4448
4449Code size:
44508 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
4451- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
4452 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
44538 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
44548 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
4455 it.
44567 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
4457 left out.
44588 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
4459 can be removed.
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +010044608 Can the check for libelf in configure.ac be removed?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004461
4462
4463Messages:
44648 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
4465 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
44668 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
4467 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
44688 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
4469 script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004470- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
4471 Perhaps after ten seconds?
4472- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
44739 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
4474 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
4475 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
4476 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
4477 redrawing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044788 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
4479 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
44808 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
4481 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
4482 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
4483 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
4484 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
4485 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004486- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004487 Sleep before second message?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044888 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
4489 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
4490 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
4491 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
4492 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
4493 error messages, printing text, etc.
44948 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
4495 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
4496 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
4497
4498
4499Screen updating:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004500- screen_line():
4501 - insert/delete character stuff.
4502 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
4503- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
4504 dragging the status line with the mouse).
4505- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
4506 waiting for a character.
45078 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
4508 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
4509 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004510
4511Scrolling:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +020045128 Add "zy" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045136 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
4514- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
4515 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
4516 windows.
45177 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
4518 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
4519 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
4520- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
4521 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
4522 (Goldfarb)
4523- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
4524 bound windows.
4525- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
4526 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00004527- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004528- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
4529 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
4530 of lines but not with a single line).
4531
4532
4533Autoconf:
45348 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
45358 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
4536 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
4537- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
4538 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
4539- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
4540- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
4541- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
4542
4543
4544Perl interface:
45458 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045467 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
45477 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
45486 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
4549
4550
4551Shared libraries:
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +020045528 libcall() can keep the library around instead of always calling dlclose().
4553 (Jason Felice, 2018 Mar 20)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045546 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
4555 :libload internal-name libname
4556 :libunload internal-name
4557 :liblist
4558 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4559 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4560 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
45616 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
4562
4563
4564Tags:
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +000045659 With ":set tags=./tags,../tags" and a tag appears in both tags files it is
4566 added twice. Requires figuring out the actual file name for each found
4567 match. Remove tag_fname from the match and combine it with the fname in
4568 the match (without expanding or other things that take time). When
4569 'tagrelative' is off tag_fname isn't needed at all.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000045708 For 'tags' wildcard in the file name is not supported, only in the path.
4571 This is due to it using |file-searching|. Suboptimal solution would be to
4572 make the filename or the whole option use |wildcards| globing, better
Bram Moolenaarf91787c2010-07-17 12:47:16 +02004573 would be to merge the 2 kinds of globing. originally (Erik Falor, 2008
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004574 April 18), updated (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000045757 Can CTRL-] (jump to tag) include a following "." and "->" to restrict the
4576 number of possible matches? Check tags file for an item that has members.
4577 (Flemming Madsen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045788 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
45798 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
4580 to type the tag number directly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045817 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
4582 window for each tag.
45837 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
45847 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
4585 bottom" search message.
45867 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
4587 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
4588 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00004589- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
4590- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004591- Add functions to save and restore the tag stack? Or a command to switch
4592 to another tag stack? So that you can do something else and come back to
4593 what you were working on.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045947 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
4595 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
4596 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
4597 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
45987 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
4599 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
4600 :tagargs clear
4601 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
4602 matching).
46037 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
4604 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
4605 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
4606 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
46077 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
4608 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
46097 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
4610 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
4611 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004612
4613
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004614Win32 GUI:
46158 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
4616 the message and input?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046177 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
4618 (Mike McCollister)
46198 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
4620 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
4621 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
4622 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
4623 common part of the path.
46248 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
46258 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
4626 gettext and menus work.
46278 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
4628 return in every console.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02004629 Also: Look at how Emacs does run external commands:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004630 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
46318 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
4632 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
46338 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
4634 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
46357 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
4636 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
46377 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
46387 <Esc> should close a dialog.
46397 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
4640 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
4641 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
4642 prompts.
46437 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
4644 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
4645 the file added into an already running Vim.
46467 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
4647 functions to find the window title.
4648
4649
4650GUI:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046517 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
46528 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
46536 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
46548 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
4655 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
46569 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
46577 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
46588 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
4659 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
46608 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
4661 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
4662 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
46638 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
4664 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
46658 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
4666 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
4667 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
4668 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046697 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
46708 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
4671 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000046727 Add some code to handle proportional fonts on more systems? Need to draw
4673 each character separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font
4674 is not exactly double-width. (Maeda)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046758 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
46768 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00004677 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046788 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
46798 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
46808 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
4681 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
4682 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
46837 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
4684 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
4685 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
46867 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
4687 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
46887 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
4689 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
4690 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
4691 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046927 Should support multi-column menus.
4693- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
4694 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
4695- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
46968 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
46976 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
4698 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
46997 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
47007 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
4701 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
4702 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
47037 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
47048 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
4705 name can be chosen free.
47067 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
4707 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
47086 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
4709 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
4710 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
4711 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
4712 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
4713 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
4714 things.
47157 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
4716 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047177 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004718 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004719- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
4720 where it was started from?
47217 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
4722
4723
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004724Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020047259 Rework the code from FEAT_OSFILETYPE for autocmd-osfiletypes to use
4726 'filetype'. Only for when the current buffer is known.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004727- Put autocommand event names in a hashtable for faster lookup?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010047288 When the SwapExists event is triggered, provide information about the
4729 swap file, e.g., whether the process is running, file was modified, etc.
4730 Must be possible to check the situation that it's probably OK to delete
4731 the swap file. (Marc Merlin)
47328 When all the patterns for an event are "*" there is no need to expand
4733 buffer names to a full path. This can be slow for NFS.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000047347 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
4735 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
4736 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
4737 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000047387 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000047398 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
4740 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047418 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
4742 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
4743 difficult).
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000047447 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that the
4745 user can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the
4746 kind of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047478 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
4748 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
4749 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000047508 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
4751 And anything else? Add a command to save and restore these things.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047528 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047536 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
4754 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000047557 When trying to open a directory, trigger an OpenDirectory event.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047567 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004757 <x> for executable, etc. With commas to separate alternatives. The
4758 autocommand is only executed when both the file type AND the file pattern
4759 match. (Leonard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047605 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
4761 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
4762 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
47637 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
4764 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
4765 file.
47668 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
4767 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
4768 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004769- Add events to autocommands:
4770 Error - When an error happens
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004771 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
4772 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004773 CursorHoldC - CursorHold while command-line editing
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00004774 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004775 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004776 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004777 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
4778 the char.
4779 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
4780 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
4781 file from CVS).
4782 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
4783 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
4784 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
4785 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
4786 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
4787 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004788 ViewChanged - triggered when the text scrolls and when the window size
4789 changes.
4790 WinResized - After a window has been resized
4791 WinClose - Just before closing a window
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00004792- Write the file now and then ('autosave'):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004793 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004794 'autosave' 'as' number (default 0)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004795 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
4796 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
4797 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
4798 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
4799 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
4800
4801
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004802Omni completion:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004803- Add a flag to 'complete' to be able to do omni completion with CTRL-N (and
4804 mix it with other kinds of completion).
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004805- Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
4806 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
4807 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
4808 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
4809 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004810- Ideas from others:
4811 http://www.wholetomato.com/
4812 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
4813 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
4814 or http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
4815 Java, XML, HTML, C++, JSP, SQL, C#
4816 MS-Windows only, lots of dependencies (e.g. Perl, Internet
4817 explorer), uses .dll shared libraries.
4818 For C++ uses $INCLUDE environment var.
4819 Uses Perl for C++.
4820 Uses ctags to find the info:
4821 ctags -f $allTagsFile --fields=+aiKmnsSz --language-force=C++ --C++-kinds=+cefgmnpsut-dlux -u $files
4822 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
4823 IComplete: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1265
4824 and http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0125672/icomplete/
4825 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
4826 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02004827 Emacs: http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004828 Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
4829- Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
4830
4831
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004832Insert mode completion/expansion:
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01004833- Is it possible to keep the complete menu open when calling complete()?
4834 (Prabir Shrestha, 2017 May 19, #1713)
4835- When 'completeopt' has "noselect" does not insert a newline.
4836 (Lifepillar, 2017 Apr 23, #1653)
4837- Can 'completeopt' be made buffer-local? (#5487)
4838- When complete() first argument is before where insert started and
4839 'backspace' is Vi compatible, the completion fails.
4840 (Hirohito Higashi, 2015 Feb 19)
4841- The CompleteDone autocommand needs some info passed to it:
4842 - The word that was selected (empty if abandoned complete)
4843 - Type of completion: tag, omnifunc, user func.
4844- When a:base in 'completefunc' starts with a number it's passed as a
4845 number, not a string. (Sean Ma) Need to add flag to call_func_retlist()
4846 to force a string value.
4847- When editing the text and pressing CTRL-N again goes back to originally
4848 completed text, edited text is gone. (Peng Yu, 2008 Jul 24)
4849 Suggestion by Ben Schmidt, 2008 Aug 6.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004850- GUI implementation of the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +000048517 When searching in other files the name flash by, too fast to read. Only
4852 display a name every second or so, like with ":vimgrep".
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000048537 When expanding file names with an environment variable, add the match with
4854 the unexpanded var. So $HOME/tm expands to "/home/guy/tmp" and
4855 "$HOME/tmp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048568 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
4857 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
48589 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
4859 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
4860 (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048618 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
4862 - ignore/match case
4863 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000048648 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
4865 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
4866 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
4867 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
4868 Alternative: Use a pattern so that start and end of a keyword can be
4869 defined, only allow dash in the middle, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048708 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000048717 Completion of an abbreviation: Can leave letters out, like what Instant
4872 text does: www.textware.com
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048738 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
4874 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
4875 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
4876 Should work for C++ and Java.
4877 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
48787 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
48797 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
4880 instead of words.
48818 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
48828 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
4883 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
48848 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
4885 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004886- Add a flag to 'complete' to only scan local header files, not system
4887 header files. (Andri Moell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004888- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
4889 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
4890 wildcards in the file name)?
4891- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
4892- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
4893- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
4894 be in another file).
4895- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
4896- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
4897- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
4898 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
4899- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
4900- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
4901- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004902- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
4903
4904
4905Command line editing:
49067 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
4907 line.
49088 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
4909 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
4910 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
4911- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
4912 lines wraps to start of line).
4913- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
4914 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
4915 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
4916 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
4917 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
4918 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
4919 cmdwin does now already.
4920 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
4921 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
4922 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
4923 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
4924 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
4925 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
4926 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
4927 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
4928 Problems:
4929 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
4930 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
4931 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
4932 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
4933 - Normal: no ":" commands?
4934 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
4935 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
4936 character in first column?
4937 - Implementation ideas:
4938 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
4939 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
4940 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
4941 - sync undo after entering a command line?
4942 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
4943 Mode.
4944
4945
4946Command line completion:
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01004947- Feature request: Complete members of a dictionary.
4948 (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4, #1350)
4949- Completion of ":e" is ":earlier", should be ":edit". Complete to the
4950 matching command instead of doing this alphabetically. (Mikel Jorgensen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049518 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
49528 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
4953 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
49548 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
4955 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000049568 Add an option to ignore case when doing interactive completion. So that
4957 ":e file<Tab>" also lists "Filelist" (sorted after matching case matches).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049587 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
4959 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004960- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
4961- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
4962 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049638 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
4964 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
49657 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
4966 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
4967- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
4968 identifiers (Webb).
49698 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
4970 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
49717 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
4972 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
4973- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
4974 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
4975- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
4976 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
4977 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar47c532e2022-03-19 15:18:53 +00004978- With 'wildmode' set to "longest:full,full" and pressing Tab once the first
4979 entry in wildmenu is highlighted, that shouldn't happen. (Yuki Watanabe,
4980 2011 Feb 12)
4981- After using <Tab> for command line completion after ":ta blah" and getting
4982 E33 (no tags file), further editing the command to e.g., ":echo 'blah'",
4983 the command is not executed. Fix by Ian Kelling?
4984- Command line completion: Scanning for tags doesn't check for typed key now
4985 and then? Hangs for about 5 seconds. Appears to be caused by finding
4986 include files with "foo/**" in 'path'. (Kalisiak, 2006 July 15)
4987 Additional info: When using the |wildcards| ** globing, vim hangs
4988 indefinitely on lots of directories. The |file-searching| globing, like in
4989 ":set path=/**" does not hang as often as with globing with |wildcards|,
4990 like in ":1find /**/file". This is for files that unix "find" can find
4991 very quickly. Merging the 2 kinds of globing might make this an easier
4992 fix. (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
4993- Command line completion when 'cmdheight' is maximum and 'wildmenu' is set,
4994 only one buffer line displayed, causes display errors.
4995- Completing with 'wildmenu' and using <Up> and <Down> to move through
4996 directory tree stops unexpectedly when using ":cd " and entering a
4997 directory that doesn't contain other directories.
49988 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
4999 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
50008 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
50018 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
5002- Wildmenu not deleted: "gvim -u NONE", ":set nocp wildmenu cmdheight=3
5003 laststatus=2", CTRL-D CTRL-H CTRL-H CTRL-H. (A.Politz, 2008 April 1) Works
5004 OK with Vim in an xterm.
5005- If the variable "g:x#y#z" exists completion after ":echo g:x#" doesn't
5006 work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005007
5008
5009Command line history:
5010- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
5011 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
5012 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01005013 completely result from one mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005014- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
5015 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
5016
5017
5018Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000050199 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
5020 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
5021 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050228 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
5023 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
5024 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
5025 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
5026 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000050278 When using CTRL-G CTRL-O do like CTRL-\ CTRL-O, but when returning with
5028 the cursor in the same position and the text didn't change continue the
5029 same change, so that "." repeats the whole insert.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050307 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
5031 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00005032- Make 'revins' work in Replace mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050337 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
5034 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
5035- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
5036 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
5037 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
5038 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
5039 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
5040 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
5041- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
5042 Normal mode.
5043- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
5044 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
5045 are used.
5046- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
5047- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
5048- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
5049
5050
5051'cindent', 'smartindent':
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010050529 Wrapping a variable initialization should have extra indent:
5053 char * veryLongName =
5054 "very long string"
5055 Also check if "cino=+10" is used correctly.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000050568 Lisp indenting: "\\" confuses the indenter. (Dorai Sitaram, 2006 May 17)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000050578 Why are continuation lines outside of a {} block not indented? E.g.:
5058 long_type foo =
5059 value;
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050608 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
5061 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00005062 Problem of using {} inside (), 'cindent' doesn't work then.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050638 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
5064 func(
5065 new String[] {
5066 "asdf",
5067 "asdf"
5068 }
5069 );
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010050708 In C++ a function isn't recognized inside a namespace:
5071 (Chow Loong Jin)
5072 namespace {
5073 int
5074 func(int arg) {
5075 }
5076 }
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000050776 Add 'cino' flag for this function argument layout: (Spencer Collyer)
5078 func( arg1
5079 , arg2
5080 , arg3
5081 );
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +000050827 Add separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005083 func(
5084 int x) // indent like "(4"
5085 {
5086 if (a
5087 && b) // indent like "(0"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050889 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
5089 if (a)
5090 {
5091 if (b)
5092 {
5093 // {
5094 }
5095 } <-- this is indented incorrect
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +00005096 Problem is that find_start_brace() checks for the matching brace to be in
5097 a comment, but not braces in between. Requires adding a comment check to
5098 findmatchlimit().
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005099- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005100 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
51017 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
5102- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
5103 line).
5104- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
5105- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
5106 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005107- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
5108 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
5109- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
5110 code), unless the line starts with "*".
5111- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
5112- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
5113 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
51148 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
5115 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
5116 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
5117- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
5118- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
5119 lines start with "\item".
5120- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
5121 /* here is a comment that
5122 is just autoindented, and
5123 nothing else */
5124- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
51257 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
5126 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
5127 indents.
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01005128 Patch by Lech Lorens, 2010 Mar. Update by James McCoy, 2014 Mar 15.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005129
5130
5131Java:
51328 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
5133 Odendahl?
51348 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
5135 "[i" commands and friends.
5136- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
5137 (Jason)
5138- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
5139 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
5140
5141
5142'comments':
51438 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
5144 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
5145 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
5146 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00005147 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
5148 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051497 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
5150 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
51517 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
51526 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
5153 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
5154 regexp is used.
51558 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
5156 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
5157
5158
5159Virtual edit:
51608 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051617 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
5162
5163
5164Text objects:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051658 Add text object for fold, so that it can be yanked when it's open.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051668 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000051678 Add text object for part of a CamelHumpedWord and under_scored_word.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00005168 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020051698 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multibyte
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00005170 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00005171 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
5172 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020051738 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multibyte ones.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000051748 Add a way to make an ":omap" for a user-defined text object. Requires
5175 changing the starting position in oap->start.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051768 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
5177 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
5178 the end of the line or before a ".".
51797 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
5180 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
51817 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
5182 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051836 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
51845 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
5185 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
5186 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
5187 cursor is on.
5188
5189
5190Select mode:
51918 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
5192 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
51937 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02005194 See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_Alt-Mouse_to_select_blockwise.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051957 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
5196 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
5197 contains 'C' or 'A'.
5198 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
5199 normal_cmd().
5200 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
5201 - Typing text replaces the selection.
5202
5203
5204Visual mode:
Bram Moolenaar3b1db362013-08-10 15:00:24 +020052058 Support using "." in Visual mode. Use the operator applied to the Visual
5206 selection, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005207- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
5208 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
5209 is in the top line.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00005210- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
5211 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenful, also count the
5212 characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052138 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00005214 text. Make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005215 where needed.
52167 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
5217 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
52187 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
5219 of each selected line.
52208 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
52218 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
5222 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
5223 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
52248 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
5225 Ben Godfrey)
52267 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
5227 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
52287 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
5229 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052307 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005231 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005232 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
52338 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
5234 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
52357 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
5236 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
5237 option!
52387 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
5239 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
5240 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
5241 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
5242 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
5243 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
5244 without changing the column.
52456 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052467 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
5247 current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052486 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
5249 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
52506 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052516 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005252 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005253 or other special character.
52546 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
5255
5256
5257More advanced repeating commands:
5258- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02005259- Add command to repeat last movement. Including count.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005260- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005261 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
5262 "y." will repeat last yank.
5263 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
5264 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
5265 and/or pick an older command.
5266- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
5267
5268
5269Mappings and Abbreviations:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052708 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
5271 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
5272 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
52738 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
52747 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
5275 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052768 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
5277 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
52788 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +000052797 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052808 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
5281 entering search strings.
52828 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
5283 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
5284 not the <Space>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052858 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
5286 (?) work.
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010052877 Add <0x8f> (hex), <0o33> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052887 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
5289 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052906 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
5291 abbreviations are to be used.
5292- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
5293 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
5294 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00005295- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
5296 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
5297 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
5298 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
5299 Or implicit:
5300 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005301- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
5302 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
5303 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005304- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
5305 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
5306- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
5307 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
53086 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
5309 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
5310 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
5311 hit another character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005312- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
5313 non-replace Insert mode?
5314- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005315- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
5316- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
5317 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
5318- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005319 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005320- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
5321 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
5322- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
5323- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
5324 ":freekeys".
5325- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
5326
5327
5328Incsearch:
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02005329- Wrong scrolling when using incsearch. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2014
5330 Dec 4. Is this a good solution?
5331- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
5332 folds when going to another line.
5333 Patch to open folds for 'incsearch'. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan 6)
5334- Bug with 'incsearch' going to wrong line. (Wolfram Kresse, 2009 Aug 17)
5335 Only with "vim -u NONE".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005336- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
5337 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
5338 up every time.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005339- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
5340 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
5341 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
5342 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020053439 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
5344 isn't updated).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005345
5346
5347Searching:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010053489 Should have an option for :vimgrep to find lines without a match.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000053498 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00005350 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005351 The vis.vim script has a ":S" command that does something like this.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005352 Can use "g/" in Normal mode, uses the '< to '> area.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005353 Use "&/" for searching the text in the Visual area?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010053549 Add "v" offset: "/pat/v": search for pattern and start Visual mode on the
5355 matching text.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010053568 Add a modifier to interpret a space like "\_s\+" to make it much easier to
5357 search for a phrase.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000053588 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
5359 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
5360 Perl does it this way:
5361 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
5362 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
5363 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
5364 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000053658 Show the progress every second. Could use the code that checks for CTRL-C
5366 to find out how much time has passed. Or use SIGALRM. Where to show the
5367 number?
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +000053687 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
5369 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000053708 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
5371 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000053727 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005373 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
5374 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
5375 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000053767 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005377 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for end offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053787 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
5379 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053808 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
5381 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
53828 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
5383 line.
Bram Moolenaar7db8f6f2016-03-29 23:12:46 +020053847 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use matchit.vim as an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005385 example.
53868 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
5387 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
5388- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
5389 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
5390 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
5391 Alternative: use matchit.vim
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053928 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
5393 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
5394 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
53957 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
5396 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000053977 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
5398 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053998 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
5400 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054018 When 'iskeyword' is changed the matches from 'hlsearch' may change. (Benji
5402 Fisher) redraw if some options are set while 'hlsearch' is set?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054038 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
5404 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
5405 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
5406 search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005407- Make 'hlsearch' a local/global option, so that it can be disabled in some
5408 of the windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005409- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
5410 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
5411- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
5412 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
5413 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
5414 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054158 Add a way to access the last substitute text, what is used for ":s//~/".
5416 Can't use the ~ register, it's already used for drag & drop.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005417- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
5418 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054198 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
5420 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
5421 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005422- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
5423 i ignore case
5424 I use case
5425 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
5426 v use Vi regexp syntax
5427 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
5428 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
5429 Perl uses these too:
5430 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
5431 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
5432 o compile only once (Perl only)
5433 s single line expression (we don't need it)
5434 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
5435 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
5436 following command.
5437 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
5438- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
5439 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
5440 for search string)?
54417 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
5442 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
5443- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
5444 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
5445- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
5446 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
5447- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
5448- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005449 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005450 a for the next file in the argument list
5451 f for file in the buffer list
5452 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005453 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
5454 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005455 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
5456 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
5457- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054587 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005459 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054607 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
5461 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
5462 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
5463 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
54646 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
5465 effects.
54667 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
5467 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
5468 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000054697 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005470 Also ":dselect".
5471
5472
5473Undo:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010054749 ":gundo" command: global undo. Undoes changes spread over multiple files
5475 in the order they were made. Also ":gredo". Both with a count. Useful
5476 when tests fail after making changes and you forgot in which files.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000054779 After undo/redo, in the message show whether the buffer is modified or
5478 not.
Bram Moolenaard43848c2010-07-14 14:28:26 +020054798 Search for pattern in undo tree, showing when it happened and the text
5480 state, so that you can jump to it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000054818 Undo tree: visually show the tree somehow (Damian Conway)
5482 Show only the leaves, indicating how many changed from the branch and the
5483 timestamp?
5484 Put branch with most recent change on the left, older changes get more
5485 indent?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00005486- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
5487 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005488- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
5489 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
5490 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
54918 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
5492 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
5493 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
5494 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
54958 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
5496 only remember the lines that really changed.
54977 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
5498 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
5499 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
5500 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005501- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
5502 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
5503- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
5504 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
5505- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
5506 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
5507 [-99].
5508- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
5509- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005510- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
5511 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
5512
5513
5514Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055157 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
5516 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
5517 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
5518 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +020055198 Add File.{recent-files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005520 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
55218 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
5522 inode too.
55237 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005524 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
5525 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055267 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
5527 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
5528- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
5529 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
5530- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
5531 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
55327 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
5533 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
55347 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
5535 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
55368 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055377 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
5538 internal use and for when executing an external program?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010055398 Some file systems are case-sensitive, some are not. Besides
5540 'wildignorecase' there might be more parts inside
5541 CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME that are useful on Unix.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005542
5543
5544Swap (.swp) files:
55458 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
5546 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
5547 there are short file name problems.
55488 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
5549 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
55508 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
55518 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005552 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005553 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
5554 file the same as the actual file?
5555 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055567 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
5557 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
55587 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005559 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005560 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
5561 enough room.
55627 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
5563 or /var/preserve.
5564- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
5565 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
5566- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
Bram Moolenaar7f2e9d72017-11-11 20:58:53 +01005567 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskbackup' and 'umaskswap'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005568- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
5569 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
5570 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
5571 cached list of which line is where.
5572
5573
5574Viminfo:
55757 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
5576 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
5577 else's viminfo file.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000055788 When there is no .viminfo file and someone does "su", runs Vim, a
5579 root-owned .viminfo file is created. Is there a good way to avoid this?
5580 Perhaps check the owner of the directory. Only when root?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055818 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
5582 name. (Schild)
55838 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
55848 Remember the last used register for "@@".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000055858 Remember the redo buffer, so that "." works after restarting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055868 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
5587 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
5588 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
5589 this?
55907 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
55917 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
5592 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
55936 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
5594 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
5595 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
5596- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
5597 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
5598
5599
5600Modelines:
56018 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
5602 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
5603 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005604- Add an option to whitelist options that are allowed in a modeline. This
5605 would allow careful users to use modelines, e.g., only allowing
5606 'shiftwidth'.
5607- Add an option to let modelines only set local options, not global ones
5608 such as 'encoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005609- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
5610 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
5611 modeline setting.
5612- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
5613 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
5614- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
5615 .cpp files.
5616- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
5617 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02005618- Add an option setting to ask the user if the modelines are to be executed
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005619 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
5620
5621
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005622Sessions:
56238 DOS/Windows: ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means
5624 directory "#bb" in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
56257 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
5626 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056278 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
5628 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056298 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
5630 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
5631 default value.
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000056327 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
5633 Malecki)
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +000056347 Persistent variables: "p:var"; stored in viminfo file and sessions files.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00005635
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005636
5637Options:
56387 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
5639 restore it after the command has executed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056408 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01005641 options that are a comma-separated list. The old number values should
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005642 also be supported.
56438 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
5644 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
5645 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
56467 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005647
5648
5649External commands:
56508 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
5651 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
56524 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
5653 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
5654 -f).
56554 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
56564 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
5657 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
56584 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
5659
5660
5661Multiple Windows:
56627 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
56638 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
5664 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
56657 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
5666 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
5667 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000056687 Make it possible to edit a new buffer in the preview window. A script can
5669 then fill it with something. ":popen"?
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +000056707 Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be
5671 several. Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056726 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
5673 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005674 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005675 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
56767 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
5677 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
5678 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
5679 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
5680- Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
5681 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
5682 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
5683 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
5684
5685
5686Marks:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000056878 Add ten marks for last changed files: ':0, ':1, etc. One mark per file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056888 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
5689 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000056908 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 +000056918 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
5692 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
56938 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
5694 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
5695 the mark was set.
56967 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
5697 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
5698 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
5699 ":browse marks"?
57006 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057017 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
5702 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
57037 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
5704 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
57057 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
5706 command).
57077 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
5708 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
5709 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
5710 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
57115 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
5712 mappings.
57136 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
5714 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
5715 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
5716
5717
5718Digraphs:
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020057197 Make "ga" show the keymap for a character, if it exists.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02005720 Also show the code of the character after conversion to 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005721- Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
5722 characters?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000057238 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057247 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
5725 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
5726
5727
5728Writing files:
5729- In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
5730 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
5731 shortname conversion.
57328 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
57338 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
5734 file.
57358 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
5736 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
5737 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057386 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
5739 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
57406 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
5741 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
57426 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
5743 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000057448 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005745 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
57467 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
5747 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +010057487 When editing a file, check that it has been changed outside of Vim more
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005749 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
5750 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
5751 waiting for a character to be typed).
57528 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
5753 line of the window, like "[time]".
5754 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
5755 Automatic and/or with a command.
5756
5757
5758Substitute:
Bram Moolenaar3f770472005-06-19 22:56:27 +000057598 Substitute with hex/unicode number "\%xff" and "\%uabcd". Just like
5760 "\%uabcd" in search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000057618 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005762 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
5763- :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
5764- With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
57658 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
5766 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005767- Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005768 :s///N substitutes N times.
5769- Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
5770 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
5771 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
57727 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
5773 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
5774 last line column 5.
57755 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
5776 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
5777 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
5778 (Stanislav Sitar)
5779
5780
5781Mouse support:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057828 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
57837 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
57848 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
5785 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
5786 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005787- Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
5788- Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
5789 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
5790- Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
5791- When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
5792
5793
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005794Argument list:
57956 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
5796 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
5797 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
57986 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
5799
5800
5801Registers:
58028 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058038 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
5804 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
5805 for every line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005806- When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
5807 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
5808- When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
5809 leader when line wraps?
5810- The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
5811 line in the range.
5812- Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
5813 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
58148 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
5815 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005816
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005817
5818Debug mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058198 Add breakpoints for setting an option
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000058208 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058217 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
58227 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
5823
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005824Various improvements:
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000058257 Add plugins for formatting? Should be able to make a choice depending on
5826 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
5827 Setting the 'langformat' option to "chinese" would load the
5828 "format/chinese.vim" plugin.
5829 The plugin would set 'formatexpr' and define the function being called.
5830 Edward L. Fox explains how it should be done for most Asian languages.
5831 (2005 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005832 Alternative: patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Feb 23)
Bram Moolenaar87b774d2005-07-20 22:04:36 +000058337 [t to move to previous xml/html tag (like "vatov"), ]t to move to next
5834 ("vatv").
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +000058357 [< to move to previous xml/html tag, e.g., previous <li>. ]< to move to
5836 next <li>, ]< to next </li>, [< to previous </li>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058378 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
5838 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000058397 Instead of filtering errors with a shell script it should be possible to
5840 do this with Vim script. A function that filters the raw text that comes
5841 from the 'makeprg'?
Bram Moolenaar1ef15e32006-02-01 21:56:25 +00005842- Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00005843 Govindachar)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010058447 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
5845 window as a buffer-tab selection.
58468 Allow non-active windows to have a different statusline. (Yakov Lerner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058477 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
5848 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
58498 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
5850 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058516 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058528 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
5853 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
5854 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
5855 in this Vim.
58568 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005857 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058588 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
5859 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
5860 have it apply to the following command.
58618 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
5862 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
5863 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
5864 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058657 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
5866 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058677 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
5868 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
5869 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
5870 without modifier (unless mapped).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058716 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
58728 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
58739 Support ACLs on more systems.
58747 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
5875 highlighted differently.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058767 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
5877 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
5878 (truncated to fit in the space).
58797 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
58808 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
58818 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
5882 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000058837 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005884 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
58857 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
5886 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058877 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058887 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
58897 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058908 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
58918 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
5892 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
5893 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
5894 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
58958 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058968 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058978 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
5898 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
5899 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
5900 does something like this. (Shah)
59017 Use growarray for replace stack.
59027 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
5903 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
59043 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059057 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
5906 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010059077 Make it possible to set the size of the jumplist (also to a smaller number
5908 than the default). (Nikolai Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005909- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
5910- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
5911- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
5912- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
59137 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
5914 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
5915- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
5916 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02005917- Remove using mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005918- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
5919 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
5920- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
5921 call "play newbeep.au").
5922- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
5923 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
5924 (Bhatt).
5925- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
5926 blockwise registers).
5927- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
5928 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
5929- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
5930 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
5931 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
5932 noticeable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005933- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059347 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
5935 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
5936- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
5937 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
5938 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
5939 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
5940 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000059418 The 'a' flag in 'formatoptions' is too dangerous. In some way only do
5942 auto-formatting in specific regions, e.g. defined by syntax highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059438 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
5944 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
5945 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
5946 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
5947 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
5948- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02005949- Support multibyte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059507 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
5951 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
5952- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
5953 not in column 1.
59546 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
5955 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
59567 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
5957- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005958- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00005959 :redir #> bufname
5960 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00005961- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
5962 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005963- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
5964 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
5965 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
59666 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
5967 console? (Klaus Hast)
5968- Add :delcr command:
5969 *:delcr*
5970 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
5971 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
5972 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
5973 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
5974 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02005975 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005976- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
5977- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
5978 characters from 'isprint'.
5979- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
5980- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
5981 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
5982- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
5983 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
5984 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
5985- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
5986- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
5987 Nvi).
5988- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
5989 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
59907 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
5991- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
5992 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
59936 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
5994- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
5995 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
5996 macro).
5997- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005998- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
5999 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
6000- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
60018 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006002- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
6003- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
6004- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
6005 if it is not the first or last window.
6006- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
6007 there is one) instead of the file itself.
60087 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
6009 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
6010 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
6011- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
6012- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006013 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006014 many percent down the windows).
6015- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
6016 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
6017 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02006018 Make 'showbreak' local to a window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006019- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
6020 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
6021- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
6022 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
6023- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
6024- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
6025- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
6026 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060278 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
6028 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
6029 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
6030 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
6031 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006032- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
6033 t_bs is set? (Webb)
6034- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006035 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
6036- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006037 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
6038 (Webb).
6039- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006040 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006041- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
6042 hex codes like 0xff).
6043- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
6044 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
6045 the last TYPED command.
6046- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
6047- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
6048- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
6049 should also work?
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006050- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on a URL?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060518 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
6052 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
6053 name.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006054- When finding a URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006055 trailing '.'.
6056- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
6057 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
6058 find_file_in_path().
6059- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
6060 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
6061- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
6062- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
6063 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
6064- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006065 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006066- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
6067 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
6068 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006069- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
6070- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
6071- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
6072 to the minimal size.
6073- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
6074- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
6075- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
6076- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
6077- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006078- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
6079 entered)?
6080- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
6081 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006082- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006083- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
6084- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
6085- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
6086- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
6087- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
6088 lines.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006089- Uppercase characters in Ex commands can be made lowercase?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060908 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
6091 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
6092 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
6093 or in octal.
60947 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
6095 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006096- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006097 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
6098- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
6099- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
6100 insert line command).
6101- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
6102- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
6103- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
6104- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
6105- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
6106 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006107- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006108 yet.
6109- Implement 'redraw' option.
6110- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
6111 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061127 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
6113 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00006114 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
6115 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061168 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
6117 do it.
6118- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
6119- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
6120 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
6121- Add text justification option.
6122- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
6123- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
6124 off".
6125- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
6126- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
6127- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006128 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006129- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02006130- If file does not exist, check if directory exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006131- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
6132 commands.
6133- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
6134- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
6135- :table command (Webb)
6136- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006137- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
6138- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
6139- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
6140- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
6141- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
6142 (Demirel).
6143- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
6144- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
6145 for use in macro's and the like.
6146- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006147 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006148- Add possibility to put output of Ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006149 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006150- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006151 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006152 a window to become smaller (Webb).
6153- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
6154 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006155- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006156 mkopttab to make option table?
6157- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
6158 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
6159- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
6160 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006161- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006162 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
6163- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
6164 cursor?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006165- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000061668 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
6167 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
6168 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
6169 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
6170 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061718 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
6172 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
6173 (Netherton)
61746 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
6175 space after "(", for example.
61765 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
6177 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
6178 (Servatius Brandt)
6179
6180
6181From Elvis:
6182- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
6183- Add ":alias" command.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006184- Search patterns:
6185 \@ match word under cursor.
6186 but do:
6187 \@w match the word under the cursor?
6188 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
61898 ":window" command:
6190 :win + next window (up)
6191 :win ++ idem, wrapping
6192 :win - previous window (down)
6193 :win -- idem, wrapping
6194 :win nr to window number "nr"
6195 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
61967 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
6197 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
6198
6199
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006200From xvi:
6201- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
6202- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
6203
6204
6205From vile:
6206- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
6207- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
6208 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
6209
6210
6211Far future and "big" extensions:
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006212- Instead of using a Makefile and autoconf, use a simple shell script to
6213 find the C compiler and do everything with C code. Translate something
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +01006214 like an Aap recipe and configure.ac to C. Avoids depending on Python,
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006215 thus will work everywhere. With batch file to find the C compiler it
6216 would also work on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006217- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
6218 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
6219- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
6220 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
6221 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
6222 current layout mirrored.
6223- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
6224- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
6225 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
6226- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
6227- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
6228 font in each top-level window.
6229- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
6230- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
6231- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
6232- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
6233 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006234- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
6235 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
6236- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
6237 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
62384 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
6239 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
6240 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
6241 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006242 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006243 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
6244 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
6245- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
6246 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
6247 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
6248
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02006249vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006250vim: set fo+=n :