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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 TODO list for Vim *todo*
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9This is a veeeery long list of known bugs, current work and desired
10improvements. To make it a little bit accessible, the items are grouped by
11subject. In the first column of the line a classification is used to be able
12to look for "the next thing to do":
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14Priority classification:
159 next point release
168 next release
177 as soon as possible
186 soon
195 should be included
204 nice to have
213 consider including
222 maybe not
231 probably not
24- unclassified
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26 *votes-for-changes*
27See |develop.txt| for development plans. You can vote for which items should
28be worked on, but only if you sponsor Vim development. See |sponsor|.
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30 *known-bugs*
31-------------------- Known bugs and current work -----------------------
32
Bram Moolenaar7df351e2006-01-23 22:30:28 +000033When ":silent" is used mode message is (should) not be displayed. Thus don't
34set clear_cmdline to clear it. Use separate flag to remember whether mode is
35currently displayed (and needs to be cleared).
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Bram Moolenaarcaa0fcf2005-09-07 21:21:14 +000038ccomplete:
Bram Moolenaard5cdbeb2005-10-10 20:59:28 +000039- When an option is set: In completion mode and the user types (identifier)
40 characters, advance to the first match instead of removing the popup menu.
41 If there is no match remove the selection. (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000042- Complete the longest common match instead of the first match?
Bram Moolenaarb2c2efa2005-12-13 20:09:08 +000043 For all kinds of completions? Configurable?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000044- Window resize when poup is displayed.
Bram Moolenaare3226be2005-12-18 22:10:00 +000045- When completing something that is a structure, add the "." or "->" right
46 away. How to figure out if it's a pointer or not?
47- When a typedef or struct is local to a file only use it in that file?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000048- Extra info for each entry to show in a tooltip kind of thing.
Bram Moolenaara40ceaf2006-01-13 22:35:40 +000049 Should use a dictionary for each entry. Fields could be:
50 word the completed word
51 menu menu text (use word when missing)
52 info extra info, to be displayed in balloon (e.g., function args)
53 kind single letter indicating the type of word:
54 v = variable, f = function/method, c = composite (object,
55 struct pointer).
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000056- Special mappings for when the popup menu is visible? Would allow for making
57 a specific selection (e.g, methods vs variables).
58- Provide a function to popup the menu, so that an insert mode mapping can
59 start it (with a specific selection).
Bram Moolenaar1cbe5f72005-12-29 22:51:09 +000060- !_TAG_FILE_FORMAT and it's ilk are listed in the global completions
61 Can't reproduce it right now...
Bram Moolenaarf75a9632005-09-13 21:20:47 +000062
Bram Moolenaard5cdbeb2005-10-10 20:59:28 +000063spelling:
Bram Moolenaarb71eaae2006-01-20 23:10:18 +000064- Use runtime/cleanadd script to cleanup .add files. When to invoke it?
65 After deleting a word and some timestamp difference perhaps?
66- suggestion for "KG" to "kg" when it's keepcase.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000067- Autocommand event for when a spell file is missing. Allows making a plugin
68 that fetches the file over internet. Pattern == language.
69- Using KEEPCASE flag still allows all-upper word, docs say it doesn't.
70 Don't allow it, because there is no other way to do this.
71- Implement NOSUGGEST flag (used for obscene words).
72- Implement NOSPLITSUGS.
73- Rename COMPOUNDFLAGS to COMPOUNDPATTERN or COMPOUNDRULE?
74 Hunspell now uses COMPOUND with a count.
75- Check out Hunspell 1.1.3.
76 what does MAXNGRAMSUGS do?
77 See announcement (Nemeth, 5 jan)
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000078 is COMPLEXPREFIXES necessary now that we have flags for affixes?
Bram Moolenaar784c6142005-10-11 20:34:58 +000079- Look into hungarian dictionary:
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000080 http://magyarispell.sourceforge.net/hu_HU-1.0.tar.gz
81- Support flags on a suffix. Used for second level affixes, rare and
82 nocomp. The flags may also be used for compounding. Default is an OR
83 mechanism with the flags of the word. Adding "compset" on the affixes
84 means the compound flags of the word are not used.
85 Instead of "SFX a 0 add/FLAGS ." we could use "SFX a 0 add . /FLAGS" (or
86 support both).
87- When compounding Hunspell doesn't allow affixes inside the compound word,
88 only before and after it. COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG can be used to allow it.
89 Check Myspell and Aspell if they also work this way.
90 Thus a word + suffix needs a flag that it can't be used with a following
91 compound, and word + prefix can't be after another word in a compound.
92- Implement COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG.
93- Support breakpoint character ยท 0xb7 and ignore it? Makes it possible to use
94 same wordlist for hyphenation.
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000958 Alternate Dutch word list at www.nederlandsewoorden.nl (use script to
96 obtain). But new Myspell wordlist will come (Hagen)
97- Finding suggestions with sound folding is slow. Somehow store the
98 sound-folded words and link to the words it comes from?
Bram Moolenaar943d2b52005-12-02 00:50:49 +000099- Also use the spelling dictionary for dictionary completion.
100- Have "zg" and "zw" report the file that was modified. (Marvin Renich)
101- Add a command like "zg" that selects one of the files 'spellfile'.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +0000102- Add a "zug" command that undoes "zg"? Deletes the good word instead of
103 adding a bad word like "zw" would. Use "zuw" to undo "zw"? (Antonio
104 Colombo)
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000105
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00001067 Add plugins for formatting. Should be able to make a choice depending on
107 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
108 Setting the 'langformat' option to "chinese" would load the
109 "format/chinese.vim" plugin.
110Edward L. Fox explains how it should be done for most Asian languages. (2005
111Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaard5cdbeb2005-10-10 20:59:28 +0000112
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000113Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung):
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000114- selecting proportional font breaks display
Bram Moolenaare2ac10d2005-03-07 23:26:06 +0000115- UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
Bram Moolenaar784c6142005-10-11 20:34:58 +0000116- Command-key mappings do not work. (Alan Schmitt)
Bram Moolenaaraf289d32005-10-12 21:01:44 +0000117- Add default key mappings for the command key (Alan Schmitt)
118 use http://macvim.org/OSX/files/gvimrc
Bram Moolenaar784c6142005-10-11 20:34:58 +0000119- With 'nopaste' pasting is wrong, with 'paste' Command-V doesn't work.
120 (Alan Schmitt)
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +0000121
Bram Moolenaar943d2b52005-12-02 00:50:49 +0000122Patch to add a few flags to search(). (Benji Fisher, Nov 29, doc update Dec 1)
123Also add search???() function that returns list with lnum and col.
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000124
Bram Moolenaar33aec762006-01-22 23:30:12 +0000125Win32: Use the free downloadable compiler 7.1 (2003). Figure out how to do
126debugging (with Agide?) and describe it. (George Reilly)
Bram Moolenaarcaa0fcf2005-09-07 21:21:14 +0000127Try out using the free MS compiler and debugger, using Make_mvc.mak.
Bram Moolenaarf4cd3e82005-12-22 22:47:02 +0000128Try using Visual C++ Express 2005. (Ilya Bobir Dec 20)
129 Disadvantage: Annoying warning messages, requires ..._NO_DEPRECATE, this
130 is not a standard compiler.
Bram Moolenaar6c0b44b2005-06-01 21:56:33 +0000131
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000132Win32: Check that installer puts menu items in "all users" dir when possible,
133not administrator dir.
134
Bram Moolenaar241a8aa2005-12-06 20:04:44 +0000135CTRL-X CTRL-L only completes from loaded buffers. Make it work for unloaded
136buffers too?
137
Bram Moolenaar8aff23a2005-08-19 20:40:30 +0000138Autoload:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000139- Add a Vim script in $VIMRUNTIME/tools that takes a file with a list of
140 script names and a help file and produces a script that can be sourced to
141 install the scripts in the user's directories.
142 Use findfile(), so that only file names need to be given:
143 script plugin/myscript.vim
144 script autoload/mylib.vim
145 script autoload/yourlib.vim
146 helpfile doc/myscript.txt
147 For the "helpfile" item ":helptags" is run.
Bram Moolenaarbac234e2005-01-17 22:21:07 +0000148
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000149Add ":smap", Select mode mapping? Otherwise: ":sunmap", so that Visual mode
150mappings for normal keys can be removed from Select mode.
Bram Moolenaard5cdbeb2005-10-10 20:59:28 +0000151
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +0000152When expanding on the command line, recognize shell commands, such as ":!cmd".
153Complete command names by searching in $PATH. When completing file names
154escape special characters ";&<>(){}". (Adri Verhoef)
155
Bram Moolenaar63a121b2005-12-11 21:36:39 +0000156Are there more commands where v:swapcommand can be set to something useful?
157
Bram Moolenaara9b1e742005-12-19 22:14:58 +0000158Put autocommand event names in a hashtable for faster lookup?
159
Bram Moolenaar8fc061c2004-12-29 21:03:02 +0000160Awaiting response:
Bram Moolenaar8fc061c2004-12-29 21:03:02 +0000161- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
162 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar58d98232005-07-23 22:25:46 +0000163- mblen(NULL, 0) also in Vim 6.3?
Bram Moolenaarb0158592005-07-22 21:54:43 +0000164
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000165
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000166PLANNED FOR VERSION 7.0:
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000167
Bram Moolenaarf75a9632005-09-13 21:20:47 +0000168- Omni completion: Understands the programming language and finds matches
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000169 that make sense. Esp. members of classes/structs.
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171 It's not much different from other Insert-mode completion, use the same
Bram Moolenaarf75a9632005-09-13 21:20:47 +0000172 mechanism. Use CTRL-X CTRL-O and 'omnifunc'. Set 'omnifunc' in the
Bram Moolenaare344bea2005-09-01 20:46:49 +0000173 filetype plugin, define the function in the autoload directory.
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000174
175 Separately develop the completion logic and the UI. When adding UI stuff
176 make it work for all completion methods.
177
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000178 UI:
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000179 - Complete longest common string first, like 'wildmode' "longest:full".
180 - Add an "auto" mode: after typing a character (or string) completion is
181 done for the longest common string. plugin defines the possible
182 characters/strings. (Martin Stubenschrott)
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +0000183 - GUI implementation of the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaarf75a9632005-09-13 21:20:47 +0000184 - When using tags, show match in preview window (function prototype,
185 struct member, etc.).
186 Or use one window for matches, another for context/info (Doug Kearns,
187 2005 Sep 13)
188 - Ideas on: http://www.wholetomato.com/
189
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000190
191 Completion logic:
Bram Moolenaare344bea2005-09-01 20:46:49 +0000192 Use runtime/autoload/{filetype}complete.vim files.
193
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000194 In function arguments suggest variables of expected type.
Bram Moolenaardcca87b2005-09-10 19:24:59 +0000195 Tags file has "signature" field.
Bram Moolenaare344bea2005-09-01 20:46:49 +0000196
Bram Moolenaarae5bce12005-08-15 21:41:48 +0000197 List of completions is a Dictionary with items:
198 complist[0]['text'] = completion text
199 complist[0]['type'] = type of completion (e.g. function, var, arg)
200 complist[0]['help'] = help text (e.g. function declaration)
201 complist[0]['helpfunc'] = function that shows help text
202 etc.
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000203
Bram Moolenaarf75a9632005-09-13 21:20:47 +0000204 Can CTRL-] (jump to tag) include the "." and "->" to restrict the
205 number of possible matches? (Flemming Madsen)
206
207 In general: Besides completion, figure out the type of a variable
208 and use it for information.
209
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000210 Ideas from others:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000211 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
Bram Moolenaarae5bce12005-08-15 21:41:48 +0000212 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
Bram Moolenaare344bea2005-09-01 20:46:49 +0000213 or http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
Bram Moolenaarae5bce12005-08-15 21:41:48 +0000214 Java, XML, HTML, C++, JSP, SQL, C#
215 MS-Windows only, lots of dependencies (e.g. Perl, Internet
216 explorer), uses .dll shared libraries.
Bram Moolenaare344bea2005-09-01 20:46:49 +0000217 For C++ uses $INCLUDE environment var.
218 Uses Perl for C++.
219 Uses ctags to find the info:
220 ctags -f $allTagsFile --fields=+aiKmnsSz --language-force=C++ --C++-kinds=+cefgmnpsut-dlux -u $files
221
Bram Moolenaarae5bce12005-08-15 21:41:48 +0000222 UI: popup menu with list of alternatives, icon to indicate type
223 optional popup window with info about selected alternative
224 Unrelated settings are changed (e.g. 'mousemodel').
225
Bram Moolenaarb982ca52005-03-28 21:02:15 +0000226 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
Bram Moolenaar87e25fd2005-07-27 21:13:01 +0000227 IComplete: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1265
228 and http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0125672/icomplete/
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +0000229 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000230 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000231 Emads: http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
232 Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
233 - It's not possible to have one solution for all languages. Design an
234 interface for completion plugins. The matches can be done in a
235 Vim-script list.
236 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
237 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
238 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
239 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
240 - Use ctags for other languages. Writing a file could trigger running
241 ctags, merging the tags of the changed file.
242 "Visual Assist" http://www.wholetomato.com/products:
243 Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
244
Bram Moolenaar572cb562005-08-05 21:35:02 +0000245 - Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
Bram Moolenaar4be06f92005-07-29 22:36:03 +0000246
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000247- UNDO TREE: keep all states of the text, don't delete undo info.
248 When making a change, instead of clearing any future undo (thus redo)
249 info, make a new branch.
250 To navigate through the undo tree number the states of the text
251 sequentially and make it possible to go through the tree in that order.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000252 Use "g+++" to go forward, "g---" to go backward. Can mix - and +.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000253 Could also use timestamps (to show the time and/or jump to a state five
254 minutes ago). (David Schweikert)
255 To go from one state to another: backtrack to a common state, then forward
256 again.
257 Only difficult thing: When going back in time, how to find the previous
258 text state in the tree?
259 Show the list of changes in a window to be able to select a version?
Bram Moolenaar241a8aa2005-12-06 20:04:44 +0000260 Also: See ":e" as a change operation, find the changes and add them to the
261 undo info. Needed for when an external tool changes the file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000262- PERSISTENT UNDO: store undo in a file.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000263 Use timestamps, so that a version a certain time ago can be found and info
264 before some time/date can be flushed. 'undopersist' gives maximum time to
265 keep undo: "3h", "1d", "2w", "1y", etc. For the file use dot and
266 extension: ".filename.un~" (like swapfile but "un~" instead of "swp").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002677 Support WINDOW TABS. Works like several pages, each with their own
Bram Moolenaar87e25fd2005-07-27 21:13:01 +0000268 split windows.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000269 In Emacs these are called frames. Could also call them "pages".
Bram Moolenaar87e25fd2005-07-27 21:13:01 +0000270 Use the name of the first buffer in the tab (ignoring the help window,
271 unless it's the only one). Add a number for the window count.
272 First make it work on the console. Use a line of text with highlighting.
273 Then add GUI Tabs for some systems.
274 Patch for GTK 1.2 passed on by Christian Michon, 2004 Jan 6.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000275 Simple patch for GTK by Luis M (nov 7).
Bram Moolenaar87e25fd2005-07-27 21:13:01 +0000276 Don't forget to provide an "X" to close a tab.
277 Implementation: keep the list of windows as-is. When switching to another
278 tab make the buffers in the current windows hidden, save the window
279 layout, buildup the other window layout and fill with buffers.
280 Need to be able to search the windows in inactive tabs, e.g. for the
281 quickfix window.
282 Use "1gt" - "99gt" to switch to a tab?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000283- EMBEDDING: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
284 For Xwindows this can be done with XReparentWindow().
285 For GTK Neil Bird has a patch to use Vim like a widget.
286- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
287 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000288- Add DEBUGGER INTERFACE. Implementation for gdb by Xavier de Gaye.
289 Should work like an IDE. Try to keep it generic. Now found here:
290 http://clewn.sf.net.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000291 And the idevim plugin/script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000292 To be able to start the debugger from inside Vim: For GUI run a program
293 with a netbeans connection; for console: start a program that splits the
294 terminal, runs the debugger in one window and reconnect Vim I/O to the
295 other window.
296 Wishes for NetBeans commands:
297 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
298 - send 'balloonText' events for the cursor position (using CursorHold ?)
299 in terminal mode.
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +0000300- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
301 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
302 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
303 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000304 Eclim does it: http://eclim.sourceforge.net/ (Eric Van Dewoestine)
Bram Moolenaar943d2b52005-12-02 00:50:49 +0000305 Plugin that uses a terminal emulator: http://vimplugin.sf.net
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000306- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
307 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
308 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000309- Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
310 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
311 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +00003128 Support four composing/combining characters, needed for Hebrew. (Ron Aaron)
313 Add the 'maxcombining' option to set the nr. of composing characters.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000314 At the same time support more colors (use two bytes when necessary).
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003158 "ga" should show all composing characters, also if there are more than 2.
Bram Moolenaarcafda4f2005-09-06 19:25:11 +00003168 Searching for a composing character by itself should work. Perhaps "."
317 with a composing char should work too.
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000318- Add a few more things to 'diffopt': "horizontal", "vertical",
319 "foldcolumn". (Benji Fisher, 2004 Jun 21)
320- FileChangedShellPost autocommand event: after (not) reloading a changed
321 file. Can be used to update statusline oslt.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +0000322- VimResized autocmd event: When the Vim window has been resized (SIGWINCH)
323 patch from Yakov Lerner, 2003 July 24.
324 It's not clear that this doesn't cause problems when the executed
325 commands do something like changing 'lines'. Esp. because the
326 screen has not yet been allocated with the new size.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +0000327- Running a shell command from the GUI still has limitations. Look into how
328 the Vim shell project can help: http://vimshell.wana.at
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000329- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
Bram Moolenaar943d2b52005-12-02 00:50:49 +0000330 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenful, also count the
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +0000331 characters.
Bram Moolenaar798c5a72005-01-16 22:06:30 +0000332- Mac: Unicode input and display (Eckehard Berns, 2004 June 27)
333 Other patch from Da Woon Jung, 2005 Jan 16.
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +00003348 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
335 New patch 2004 Jun 16
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +00003369 Add cursor-column highlighting. Enable it with 'cursorcolumn' option,
337 set highlighting with "CursorColumn" group. Useful for aligning text.
338 Also cursor-row highlighting. Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto for
339 underlining the cursor line: 2004 Jun 17. Should use highlight group
340 instead.
341 Alternative: when 'number' is set highlight the number of the current
342 line.
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +00003437 Make ":startinsert" command work directly for functions and scripts?
344 Also make it possible to append (it's difficult at end of line).
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +0000345- When using 'incsearch" CTRL-R CTRL-W gets the word under the cursor, but
346 the part that already matched is doubled then. Remove the part of the
347 word that would be doubled. Make it work line CTRL-N in Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000348- Add Lua interface? (Wolfgang Oertl)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000349- "onemore" flag in 'virtualedit': move cursor past end of line. Patch by
350 Mattias Flodin (2004 Jul 30)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000351- In a :s command multi-byte characters should also be upper/lower cased
352 with \u, \U, etc.
Bram Moolenaarb0158592005-07-22 21:54:43 +00003538 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
354 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
355 Also allow specifying the file and command, so that the result of
356 taglist() can be used.
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000357
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +0000358Adjust src/main.aap for installing manpages like in Makefile.
359
Bram Moolenaar78984f52005-08-01 07:19:10 +0000360When editing a file with both utf-8 and latin1 text Vim always falls back to
361latin1. Add a command to convert the latin1 characters to utf-8?
362 :unmix utf-8,latin1 filename
363Would only work when 'encoding' is utf-8.
364Also: command to search for illegal utf-8 byte sequence?
365
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +0000366Also generate the .pdb file that can be used to generate a useful crash report
367on MS-Windows. (George Reilly)
368
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000369Add strtol() to avoid the problems with leading zero causing octal conversion.
370
371Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +0000372Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +0000373
374Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be several.
375Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
376
Bram Moolenaar60c78922005-03-20 22:40:14 +0000377Win32: Patch for Korean IME. (Yusung, 2005 March 21)
378
Bram Moolenaar520470a2005-06-16 21:59:56 +0000379When "= evaluation results in a List, use it as a sequence of lines.
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +0000380
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000381Support ":set syntax=cpp.doxygen"? Suggested patch by Michael Geddes (9 Aug
3822004). Should also work for 'filetype'.
383
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000384For manipulating buffers without opening a new window, support Virtual
385windows. Example:
386 :virtwin let l = GetBufLine(4, 10)
387 :fun GetBufLine(bufnr, lnum)
388 : exe "buffer " . a:bufnr
389 : return getline(lnum)
390 :endfun
391The getline() and setline() functions could work for other buffers, using a
392Virtual window.
393A Virtual window only exists for one command. There can be several (for
394nested commands). The window works as if it comes after the last window, size
395is the Vim window size, but it's never displayed.
396
397Win32: In the generated batch files, use $VIMRUNTIME if it's set. Examples by
398Mathias Michaelis (2004 Sep 6)
399Also place vimtutor.bat in %windir%?
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000400
Bram Moolenaar241a8aa2005-12-06 20:04:44 +0000401Add gui_mch_browsedir() for Motif, Mac OS/X.
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000402
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +0000403Add extra list of file locations. A bit like the quickfix list, but there is
404one per window. Can be used with:
405 :ltag list of matching tags, like :tselect
Bram Moolenaara40ceaf2006-01-13 22:35:40 +0000406Patch from Yegappan Lakshmanan, Jan 13.
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +0000407Commands to use the location list:
408 :lnext next location
409 :lprevious :lNext previous location
410 :lnfile location in next file
411 :lNfile :lpfile location in previous file
412 :lrewind :lfirst first location
413 :llast last location
414 :ll [N] go to location N (current one if N omitted)
415 :lwindow open window with locations (separate from quickfix window)
416 :lopen open window with locations
417 :lclose close window with locations
418 :llist list locations
419 :lfile read locations from file using 'errorformat'
420 :lgetfile idem, don't jump to first one
421 :lbuffer idem, from current buffer.
422
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000423HTML indenting can be slow, find out why. Any way to do some kind of
Bram Moolenaarb2956cd2005-01-27 14:42:53 +0000424profiling for Vim script? At least add a function to get the current time in
425usec. reltime([start, [end]])
426 reltime().sec == seconds, reltime().usec = microseconds
427 reltime(start) current time relative to [start]
428 echo timestring(reltime(start), 3) (3 is nr of digits after dot)
429 reltime(start, end) difference between start and end
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +0000430Real Profiling:
431 - :profile start /tmp/somefile (append if exists)
432 - :profile pause
433 - :profile resume
434 - :profile stop
435 - per function line
436 - self, Vim and total time (incl system time)
437 - dump results in file on exit or when stopped.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000438
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +0000439Add more tests for all new functionality in Vim 7. Especially new functions.
440
Bram Moolenaarf1ab3802005-01-15 22:17:32 +0000441Updated Ruby interface. (Ryan Paul)
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +0000442
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +0000443'errorformat' docs are a bit unclear. Suggestions by Charles Campbell (2006
444Jan 6)
445Add a flag to check for a match with the next item first? Helps for
446continuation lines that may contain just about anything.
447
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000448Awaiting updated patches:
449 --- awaiting updated patch ---
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000450 8 Add ":n" to fnamemodify(): normalize path, remove "../" when possible.
451 Aric Blumer has a patch for this.
452 He will update the patch for 6.3.
453 Autocommands:
454 7 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
455 Update 2004 Sep 6.
456 How does this work? Missing comments.
457 gettext() Translate a message. (Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
458 Update 2004 Sep 10
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000459 Another patch from Edward L. Fox (2005 Nov 24)
460 Search in 'runtimepath'?
461 More docs about how to use this.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000462 How to get the messages into the .po files?
463 --- did not respond (yet) --
464 - Patch for 'breakindent' option: repeat indent for wrapped line. (Vaclav
465 Smilauer, 2004 Sep 13, fix Oct 31)
466 Asked for improvements 2004 Dec 20.
467 7 Make "5dd" on last-but-one-line not delete anything (Vi compatible).
468 Add flag in 'cpoptions' for this. When not present, "2dd" in the last
469 line should delete the last line. Patch from greenx 2002 Apr 11.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000470 8 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
471 (28 feb 2002).
472 7 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it' appears
473 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
474 - Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
475 for multi-byte characters.
476 - Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
477 - Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
478 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
479 been given values.
480 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
481 8 "fg" and "bg" don't work in an xterm. Get default colors from xterm
482 with an ESC sequence. Ideas in: ~/vim/patches/vikas.xtermcolors .
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +0000483 7 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
Bram Moolenaar6cc16192005-01-08 21:49:45 +0000484 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000485 - Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +0000486 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000487 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
488 8 Add functions:
489 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
490 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
491 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
492 (2003 May 13)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000493 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
494 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
Bram Moolenaar231334e2005-07-25 20:46:57 +0000495 7 Make globpath() also work with upwards search. (Brian Medley)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000496 7 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
497 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
498 - Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
499 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000500 7 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
501 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
502 8 Lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk (uncrypted).
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +0000503 Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23. Uses mlock.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000504 7 Support a stronger encryption. Jason Holt implemented AES (May 6 2003).
505 7 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
506 8 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
507 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
508 7 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
509 Kotchan has a patch for it)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000510 8 Include a connection to an external program through a pipe? See
511 patches from Felbinger for a mathematica interface.
512 Or use emacs server kind of thing?
513 7 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
514 - findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
515 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
516 incomplete patch Mar 18)
517 - Set user variables to the names of the actually used user vimrc file,
518 the first directory looked for user plugins/syntax files.
519 $MYVIMRC for .vimrc, $MYGVIMRC for .gvimrc, $MYRUNTIME/plugin for
520 runtime files?
521 Also: when the environment variable exists, use it. If it doesn't
522 exist, set it. Requires good names: $VIM_USER_VIMRC $VIM_USER_DIR
523 - The Replace dialog takes "\r" literal, unless "replace all" is used.
524 Need to escape backslashes.
525 Win32: the text to replace with isn't remembered.
526 - For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
527 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000528
Bram Moolenaar4ad237d2005-03-11 22:49:40 +0000529Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
530
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +0000531Check if file explorer can handle directory names and links with a single
532quote. (Nieko Maatjes, 2005 Jan 4)
533
534
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000535Vi incompatibility:
5368 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
537 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
538 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
539 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
540 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
541 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005428 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
543 make Vim exit.
5447 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
545 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
546 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
5478 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
548 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
549 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
5506 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
551 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
552 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
5538 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
554 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
555 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
556 names in one buffer???
557 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
558 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
559 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
5607 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
561 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
562 command was one command.
Bram Moolenaareaa48e72005-06-08 22:07:37 +0000563 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
564 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005657 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
566 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
5677 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
5687 Implement 'prompt' option. Init to off when stdin is not a tty.
5697 CTRL-T in Insert mode inserts 'shiftwidth' of spaces at the cursor. Add a
570 flag in 'cpoptions' for this.
5717 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
572 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
573 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
574 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
5757 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
5767 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
5777 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
578 to the match with the tag? Option?
5797 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
5807 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
581 (Sayre).
5827 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
583 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005847 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
585 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
586 match. Nvi can do it too.
5877 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
588 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
589 line 1\ line 2\\
590 line 2\ line 3\\
591 . line4/
5926 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
593 the way the shell is started?
5946 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
595 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
596
597
598GTK+ 1 (OK in GTK 2):
5998 When menus are disabled, 'm' removed from 'guioptions', Alt-F still pops
600 up the File menu. Cannot reproduce this: gives a warning for a NULL
601 pointer if the menu was never displayed.
6028 When using "gvim -geom 40x30" or setting 'columns' in .gvimrc or with a
603 GUIEnter autocommand, the width is still set to fit the toolbar. Also
604 happens when changing the font. How to avoid that the toolbar specifies
605 the minimal window width?
6068 When using a theme with different scrollbars (gtkstep), the scrollbars can
607 be too narrow. (Drazen Kacar)
6088 Font "7x14" has a bold version "7x14bold". Try to find the bold font by
609 appending "bold" when there are not 14 dashes.
610
611GTK+ GUI known bugs:
6128 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
613 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
614 creating a label?
Bram Moolenaar6e7c7f32005-08-24 22:16:11 +00006158 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters are sometimes not drawn properly.
616 Depends on the font size, "monospace 13" has the problem. Vim seems to do
617 everything right, must be a GTK bug. Is there a way to work around it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006189 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
619 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
620 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
621 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000622
623Win32 GUI known bugs:
6248 On Windows 98 the unicows library is needed to support functions with UCS2
625 file names. Can we load unicows.dll dynamically?
6268 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
627 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
628 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
6298 In eval.c, io.h is included when MSWIN32 is defined. Shouldn't this be
630 WIN32? Or can including io.h be moved to vim.h? (Dan Sharp)
6317 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
632 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
633 "lucida_console:h8").
6346 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
635 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +00006368 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
637 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
638 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006397 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
640 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
641 to use an opaque background in most places?
6428 Use another default for 'termencoding': the active codepage. Means that
643 when 'encoding' is changed typing characters still works properly.
644 Alternative: use the Unicode functions to obtain typed characters.
6458 Win32: Multi-byte characters are not displayed, even though the same font
646 in Notepad can display them. (Srinath Avadhanula) Try with the
647 UTF-8-demo.txt page with Andale Mono.
6487 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
649 2004 May 9)
6508 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
651 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
652 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
653 MS-Windows 98?
654 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
655 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
656 file: Window moves with the cursor!
657 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
6588 When activating the Vim window with mouse click, don't move cursor to
659 mouse position. Catch WM_MOUSEACTIVATE. (Luevelsmeyer)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006608 Win32: When mouse is hidden and in the toolbar, moving it won't make it
661 appear. (Sami Salonen)
6628 Windows NT: writing to aux.* makes Vim hang. (Acevedo)
6638 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
664 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
665 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
666 doesn't work properly.
6678 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
668 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
669 appears in the right position. (Webb)
6709 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
671 button doesn't give popup menu.
672 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
673 selection.
674 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
675 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
676 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
6778 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
678 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
679 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
680 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
6818 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
682 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
683 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006847 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
685 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
686 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
6877 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
688 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
Bram Moolenaar4463f292005-09-25 22:20:24 +0000689 scroll?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006907 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
691 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
6927 "!start /min cmd" should run in a minimized window, instead of using
693 "/min" as the command name. (Rogall)
6946 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
6958 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
696 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
697 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
6988 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
699 know which keyboard is being used?
7007 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
701 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
702 area (Koloseike).
7038 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
704 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
705 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
706 the font name).
707
708
709Athena and Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00007106 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
711 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
712 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
713 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
714 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007159 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
716 required and it's missing?
7178 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
718 wrong.
7199 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
720 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00007219 XIM doesn't work properly for Athena/Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000722 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
723 flag.
7248 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
725 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
726 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
7278 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
7286 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
729 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
730 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
731 the tooltips work though...
7327 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
733 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
7348 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
735 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
736 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
737
738
739Athena GUI:
7409 When dragging the scrollbar thumb very fast, focus is only obtained in
741 the scrollbar itself. And the thumb is no longer updated when moving
742 through files.
7437 The file selector is not resizable. With a big font it is difficult to
744 read long file names. (Schroeder)
7454 Re-write the widget attachments and code so that we will not have to go
746 through and calculate the absolute position of every widget every time the
747 window is refreshed/changes size. This will help the "flashing-widgets"
748 problem during a refresh.
7495 When starting gvim with all the default colors and then typing
750 ":hi Menu guibg=cyan", the menus change color but the background of the
751 pullright pixmap doesn't change colors.
752 If you type ":hi Menu guibg=cyan font=anyfont", then the pixmap changes
753 colors as it should.
754 Allocating a new pixmap and setting the resource doesn't change the
755 pullright pixmap's colors. Why? Possible Athena bug?
756
757
758Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007597 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
760 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007618 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
762 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
763 (Phillipps)
764
765
766GUI:
7679 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
768 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
7699 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +0000770 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000771 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
7729 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
773 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
7748 X11 GUI: When menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', ALT key
775 should not be used to trigger a menu (like the Win32 version).
7768 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
777 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
778 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
7798 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
780 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
781 of where it is processing the output.
782 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
7838 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
784 doesn't work.
7858 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga, BeOS.
7868 Add menu separators for Amiga, RISCOS.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00007878 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
788 browse().
7898 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
790 use that code? Or use console dialog.
7918 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
792 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00007937 More features in the find/replace dialog:
794 - regexp on/off
795 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
796 when all buffers/directory is used:
797 - filter for file name
798 when directory is used:
799 - subdirectory on/off
800 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00008018 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
802 to avoid problems.
8038 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
804 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
805 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
8068 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
807 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
808 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
8098 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
810 up. Set erase character somehow?
8118 A dead circumflex followed by a space should give the '^' character
812 (Rommel). Look how xterm does this.
813 Also: Bednar has some code for dead key handling.
814 Also: Nedit 5.0.2 with USE_XMIM does it right. (Gaya)
8158 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
8167 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
817 visible.
8187 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
819 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
8207 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
821 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
8228 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
823 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
8248 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
825 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
826 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
827 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
828- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
8294 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
830 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
831 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
832
833
834MSDOS/DJGPP:
8359 Pressing CTRL-C often crashes the console Vim runs in. (Ken Liao)
836 When 'bioskey' isn't set it doesn't happen. Could be a problem with the
837 BIOS emulation of the console. Version 5.6 already had this problem.
8388 DJGPP: "cd c:" can take us to a directory that no longer exists.
839 change_drive() doesn't check this. How to check for this error?
8409 The 16 bit version runs out of memory very quickly. Should find unused
841 code and reduce static data.
8429 Crash when running on Windows 98 in a console window and pressing CTRL-C.
843 Happens now and then. When debugging Vim in gdb this also happens. Since
844 the console crashes, might be a bug in the DOS console. Resetting
845 'bioskey' avoids it, but then CTRL-C doesn't work.
8469 DOS: Make CTRL-Fx and ALT-Fx work.
847 CTRL-F1 = CE-5E, CTRL-F2 = CE-5F, .., CTRL-F10 = CE-67
848 ALT-F1 = CE-68, ALT-F2 = CE-69, .., ALT-F10 = CE-71
849 Shifted cursor keys produce same codes as unshifted keys. Use bioskey(2)
850 to get modifier mask for <S-C-M-Fx>.
851 Use K_SPECIAL/KS_MODIFIER codes to insert modifier mask in input stream?
852 Make this work like in Win32 console.
853 Mapping things like <M-A> doesn't work, because it generates an extended
854 key code. Use a translation table?
8559 Can't read an opened swap file when the "share" command has not been used.
856 At least ignore the swap files that Vim has opened itself.
8578 Use DJGPP 2.03.
8588 The Dos32 version (DJGPP) can't use long file names on Windows NT.
859 Check if new package can be used (v2misc/ntlfn08[bs].zip).
8608 setlocale() is bogus.
8618 Vim busy waits for new characters or mouse clicks. Should put in some
862 sort of sleep, to avoid eating 50% of the CPU time. Test on an unpatched
863 Windows 95 system!
8648 DJGPP: when shell is bash, make fails. (Donahoe)
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +00008657 Hitting CTRL-P twice quickly (e.g., in keyword completion) on a 8088
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000866 machine, starts printer echo! (John Mullin).
8677 MSDOS 16 bit version can't work with COMSPEC that has an argument, e.g.:
868 COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 (Bradley)
869 Caused by BCC system() function (Borland "make" has the same problem).
8708 Mouse: handle left&right button pressed as middle button pressed. Add
871 modifier keys shift, ctrl and alt.
8727 When too many files are open (depends on FILES), strange things happen.
873 The Dos16 version runs out of memory, in the Dos32 version "!ls" causes a
874 crash. Another symptom: .swp files are not deleted, existing files are
875 "[New file]".
8767 DJGPP version doesn't work with graphics display mode. Switch to a mode
877 that is supported?
8788 DJGPP: ":mode" doesn't work for many modes. Disable them.
8798 DJGPP: When starting in Ex mode, shouldn't clear the screen. (Walter
880 Briscoe)
881
882
883MSDOS, OS/2 and Win32:
8848 OS/2: Add backtick expansion. Undefine NO_EXPANDPATH and use
885 gen_expand_wildcards().
8868 OS/2: Add clipboard support? See example clipbrd.exe from Alexander
887 Wagner.
8888 OS/2: Add Extended Attributes support and define HAVE_ACL.
8898 OS/2: When editing a file name "foo.txt" that is actually called FOO.txt,
890 writing uses "foo.txt". Should obtain the real file name.
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00008918 Should $USERPROFILE be preferred above $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH? No, but it's
892 a good fallback, thus use:
893 $HOME
894 $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH
895 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE);
896 $USERPROFILE
897 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, FALSE);
898 $ALLUSERSPROFILE
899 $SYSTEMDRIVE\
900 C:\
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009018 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
902 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
9038 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
904 Should work like in the GUI version.
9058 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
906 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
9078 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
908 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
9098 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
910 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
911 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009128 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
913 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
914 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
915
916
917Windows 95:
9188 Editing a file by it's short file name and writing it, makes the long file
919 name disappear. Setting 'backupcopy' helps.
920 Use FindFirstFile()->cAlternateFileName in fname_case() (George Reilly).
9218 Doing wildcard expansion, will match the short filename, but result in the
922 long filename (both DJGPP and Win32).
923
924
925Win32 console:
9269 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
927 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
928 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
929 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
930 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
931 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
932 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
933 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
934 and the file is not saved.
935 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
936 long name.
9378 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
938 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
9397 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
940 besides the console.
9418 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
9429 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
943 <C-S-i>?
9449 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
945 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
9468 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
947 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009487 Use SetConsoleCP() and SetConsoleOutputCP() to implement 'termencoding'?
949 Avoids that input and output work differently. Need to be restored when
950 exiting.
951
952
953Amiga:
9548 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
955 sequences.
9569 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
957 backslashes in result.
9588 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
959 all options, using white space separation.
960
961
962Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00009637 Patch to add 'transparency' option. Disadvantage: it's slow. (Eckehard
964 Berns, 2004 May 9) http://ecki.to/vim/TransBack-2004-05-09.diff
965 Needs more work. Add when someone really wants it.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009667 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
967 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
968 (Jack)
969 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
9708 Inputting Unicode characters does not work in the terminal. They appear
971 to arrive as upper and lower bytes. (David Brown, 2004 April 17)
9728 Typing Unicode characters doesn't work at all in the GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009739 Problems in Carbon version for OS X: (Benji Fisher)
974 - keyboard shortcuts in the menus get lost.
9758 The Vim/About menu doesn't work.
9768 ":gui" doesn't fork. Enabling the code in gui.c to fork causes a SEGV.
9778 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
9788 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
9799 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
980 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
9819 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, control strip causes characters messed up when
982 scrolling (CTRL-L cleans it up). (Benji Fisher)
9839 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, variable-speed scrolling doesn't work, after two
984 seconds of scrolling the screen freezes. (Benji Fisher)
9859 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
9868 Standard Mac shortcuts are missing. (Amerige)
9878 Handling of non-fixed width fonts is wrong. (Amerige)
988
989
990"Small" problems:
9918 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
992 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
993 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +0000994 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00009959 When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
996 'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though
997 the fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to
998 check for the buffer to be unmodified.
9998 ":g//" gives "Pattern not found error" with E486. Should not use the
1000 error number, it's not a regular error message.
10017 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
1002 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
10038 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
1004 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
1005 for redirection.
10067 There is no way to change directory and go back without changing the local
1007 and/or global directory. Add a way to find out if the current window uses
1008 a local directory. Add cdcmd() that returns ":cd" or ":lcd"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010097 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
1010 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010118 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
1012 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
1013 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
1014 using the horizontal scrollbar.
10157 VisVim can only open one file. Hard to solve: each opened file is passed
1016 with a separate invocation, would need to use timestamps to know the
1017 invocations belong together.
10188 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
1019 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
10208 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
1021 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
1022 UnxUtils.zip archive.
1023 Alternate one: http://www.pramodx.20m.com/tee_for_win32.htm, but Walter
1024 Briscoe says it's not as good.
10258 'fillchars' doesn't work for multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010268 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
1027 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
10287 Output for ":scriptnames" and ":breaklist" should shorten the file names:
1029 use "~/" when possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010307 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
1031 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
1032 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
1033 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
10348 'backupdir' and 'directory' should use $TMPDIR, $TMP and/or $TEMP when
1035 defined.
10367 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
1037 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
1038 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
10397 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
1040 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
1041 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
10427 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
1043 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
10447 "[p" doesn't work in Visual mode. (David Brown)
10457 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
1046 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
10479 The argument <f-args> of a user command doesn't handle backslashes
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001048 properly. "Cmd \ e" is one argument, "Cmd \\ e" still is one argument.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001049 "Cmd \ e" is two arguments, first one ending in space. (Kontra Gergely)
10509 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
1051 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
1052 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
1053 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
1054 script can be called.
10558 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
1056 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
1057 works.
10589 When a syntax region does not use "keepend" and a contained item does use
1059 "extend", this makes the outer region stop at the end of the contained
1060 region. (Lutz Eymers) Another example Nov 14 2002.
10618 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
1062 CTRL-C.
10637 clip_x11_own_selection() uses CurrentTime, that is not allowed. VNC X
1064 server has a problem with this. (Mark Waggoner) Remembering the timestamp
1065 of events isn't always possible. We don't get them in an xterm. GTK
1066 doesn't obtain the selection again when the timestamp differs, thus it
1067 won't work for GTK anyway.
10688 When the clipboard isn't supported: ":yank*" gives a confusing error
1069 message. Specifically mention that the register name is invalid.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000010708 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001071 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
1072 configurable?
10738 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
10749 When "$" is in 'cpoptions' and folding is active, a "C" command changes
1075 the folds and resets w_lines_valid. The display updating doesn't work
1076 then. (Pritesh Mistry)
10778 ":s!from!to!" works, but ":smagic!from!to!" doesn't. It sees the "!" as a
1078 flag to to the command. Same for ":snomagic". (Johan Spetz)
10798 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
1080 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
10818 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
1082 always written, even when the original file already exists.
10837 When using "daw" on the last word in a file and this is a single letter,
1084 nothing is deleted. Should delete the letter and preceding white space.
10859 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
1086 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
1087 written.
10889 The "Error detected while processing modelines" message should have an
1089 error number.
10907 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000010918 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
1092 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
1093 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
10948 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
1095 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
10969 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
1097 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
1098 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
1099 one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011007 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
1101 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011027 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
1103 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
1104 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
1105 direction, not horizontally?
11068 When using CTRL-D after ":help", restrict the number of matches to a
1107 thousand, otherwise using CTRL-D without an argument takes too long.
11088 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001109 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
1110 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
1111 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
1112 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001113 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
1114 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +00001115 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001116 - Should interpreted CTRL-L as a page break.
1117 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
1118 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
1119 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
1120 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
1121 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
11228 In Visual block mode with 'lbr' set, a change command doesn't insert the
1123 text in following lines where the linebreak changes.
11249 dosinst.c: The DJGPP version can't uninstall the Uninstall registry key on
1125 Windows NT. How to install a .inf file on Windows NT and how to detect
1126 that Windows NT is being used?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011278 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
1128 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
11298 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
1130 in lines that don't extend into the block?
11318 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
1132 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
1133 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
11348 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
1135 'linebreak'.
11368 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
1137 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
1138 (Helmut Stiegler)
11398 With 'virtualedit' set, a blockwise Visual selection that starts and ends
1140 in a tab, "<" shifts too much. (Helmut Stiegler)
11419 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
1142 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
1143 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
1144 'magic' in history. (Margo)
11459 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
1146 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
11479 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
1148 isn't updated).
11499 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
11509 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
1151 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
1152 cause another redraw, etc.
11538 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
1154 must escape special characters in the pattern.
11558 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
1156 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
1157 ":w!!" for that.
1158 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
1159 restore file to readonly afterwards.
Bram Moolenaar04a09c12005-08-01 22:02:32 +00001160 Overwriting a file for which a swap file exists is similar issue.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011617 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
1162 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
1163 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
1164 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
1165 clipboard)
11667 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
1167 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
1168 Waggoner)
11698 For xterm need to open a connection to the X server to get the window
1170 title, which can be slow. Can also get the title with "<Esc>[21t", no
1171 need to use X11 calls. This returns "<Esc>]l{title}<Esc>\".
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000011726 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
1173 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
1174 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011758 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
1176 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
11778 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
1178 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
1179 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
11808 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
1181 (e.g., ":w").
11828 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
1183 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
11848 Make it possible to disable the special meaning of "#" in the first column
1185 for ">>".
11868 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
1187 script in do_cmdline().
11888 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
1189 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
1190 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
1191 changes.
11928 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
1193 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
11948 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
1195 check for file marks. This can be slow.
11967 In xterm, recognize both vt100 and vt220 cursor keys. Change
1197 add_termcode() to not remove an existing entry for a name, when it's
1198 needed.
1199 Need a generic solution to recognize different codes for the same key.
12008 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
1201 to skip catch_signals()?
12029 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
1203 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
1204 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
1205 text?
12068 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
1207 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
12088 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
1209 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
12109 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
1211 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
1212 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
1213 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
1214 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
12157 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
1216 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
1217 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
1218 in the list?
12198 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
1220 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
1221 instead of on button down.
12228 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
12239 Evaluating 'statusline' in build_stl_str_hl() does not properly check for
1224 reaching the end of the available buffer.
12258 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
1226 character is typed.
12278 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
1228 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
12298 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
1230 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
12318 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
1232 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
1233 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
1234 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
1235 cygwin bash.
12367 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
1237 Remember flags for backreferences.
12387 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
1239 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
12407 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
1241 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
12428 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
1243 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
12447 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
1245 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000012467 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
1247 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
1248 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
12497 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
1250 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
12518 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
1252 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
1253 that the user knows he has to delete the files.
12547 It's possible to redefine a script-local function with ":func
1255 <SNR>123_Test()". (Krishna) Disallow this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001256
1257
1258I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
12599 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
1260 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
1261 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001262
1263
1264Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00001265- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
1266 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00001267 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00001268 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
1269 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
1270 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001271- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
1272 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
1273 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
1274 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
1275 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
1276- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
1277 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
1278 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
1279- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
1280 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
1281- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
1282 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
1283 character gets the highlighting.
1284- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
1285 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
1286- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
1287 (Jennings)
1288- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
1289- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
1290 errors. How do we get the rest?
1291- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001292- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001293 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
1294- MSDOS: When using smartdrive with write-back buffering, writing to a
1295 readonly floppy will cause problems. How to test for a writable floppy
1296 first?
1297- MSDOS: Both 16 and 32 bit versions: File name expansion doesn't work for
1298 names that start with a dot. These used to be illegal file names.
1299- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
1300 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
1301 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
1302- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
1303 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
1304 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
1305 (Benzinger).
1306- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
1307 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
1308 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
1309- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
1310 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
1311- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
1312 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
1313- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
1314 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
1315 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
1316 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
1317 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
1318 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
1319- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
1320 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
1321 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
1322- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
1323 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
1324 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
1325- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
1326 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
1327- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
1328 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
1329- VMS v7.1 and older: Tests 21 and 32 fail. From VMS v7.1-2 and newer Vim
1330 does not have this behavior. (Zoltan Arpadffy)
1331- Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
1332 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
1333- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
1334 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
1335 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
1336 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
1337 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
1338- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
1339 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
1340 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
1341- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
1342 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
1343 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00001344- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
1345 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 +00001346- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
1347 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
1348 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
1349 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
1350 in the vimrc file to be lost.
1351- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
1352 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
1353
1354--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
1355 *extensions-improvements*
1356
1357Documentation:
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000013588 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
1359 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000013608 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
1361 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013628 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013637 Add a section on debugging scripts in the user manual.
13649 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
1365 - change to cursor position and curswant
1366 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
1367 - how it works for folded lines
1368 - how it works with multi-byte characters
13699 In change.txt, remark about Javadoc isn't right. Right alignment would
1370 work too.
13718 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
1372 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
1373 text.
13748 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
13757 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
1376 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
13777 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
1378 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
1379- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
1380
1381
1382Help:
1383- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
1384 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
1385- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
1386 to the other matches.
1387- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
1388- Default mapping for help files: <Tab> to position cursor on next |:tag|.
1389- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
1390 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
1391 user can edit it to insert his favorite commands, new account can contain a
1392 default contents.
1393- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
1394 height for the help window (and other windows).
1395- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
1396- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
1397- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
1398
1399
1400User Friendlier:
Bram Moolenaarce0842a2005-07-18 21:58:11 +000014018 Windows install with NSIS: make it possible to do a silent install, see
1402 http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.12
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014038 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
1404 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
1405 Briscoe)
14068 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
14078 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
1408 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
1409 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
14108 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
1411 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
1412- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
1413 ":mkplugin <file>"?
14148 Add ":plugininstall" command. Can be used to install a plugin file that
1415 includes documentation. Let the user select a directory from
1416 'runtimepath'.
1417 " Vim plugin
1418 <main plugin code>
1419 " >>> plugin help start <<<
1420 <plugin docs>
1421- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..."?
14229 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
1423 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
1424 item?).
1425 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014268 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
14277 Add the arguments for configure to the ":version" output?
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +000014287 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
1429 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
1430 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
Bram Moolenaar33aec762006-01-22 23:30:12 +000014318 Support saving and restoring session for X windows? It should work to do
1432 ":mksession" and use "-S fname" for the restart command. The
1433 gui_x11_wm_protocol_handler() already takes care of the rest.
1434 global_event_filter() for GTK.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001435
1436
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00001437Spell checking:
14389 Work together with OpenOffice.org to update the wordlists. (Adri Verhoef,
1439 Aad Nales) Setup vim-spell maillist?
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00001440- Compound word is accepted if nr of words is <= COMPOUNDMAX OR nr of
1441 syllables <= COMPOUNDSYLMAX. Specify using AND in the affix file?
1442- COMPOUNDMAX -> COMPOUNDWORDMAX?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00001443- NEEDCOMPOUND also used for affix? Or is this called ONLYINCOMPOUND now?
1444 Or is ONLYINCOMPOUND only for inside a compound, not at start or end?
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00001445- Do we need a flag for the rule that when compounding is done the following
1446 word doesn't have a capital after a word character, even for Onecap words?
1447- New hunspell home page: http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar69e0ff92005-09-30 21:23:56 +00001448 - Version 1.1.0 is out now, look into that.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00001449 - Lots of code depends on LANG, that isn't right. Enable each mechanism
1450 in the affix file separately.
1451 - Example with compounding dash is bad, gets in the way of setting
1452 COMPOUNDMIN and COMPOUNDMAX to a reasonable value.
1453 - PSEUDOROOT == NEEDAFFIX
1454 - COMPOUNDROOT -> COMPOUNDED? For a word that already is a compound word
1455 Or use COMPOUNDED2, COMPOUNDED3, etc.
1456- CIRCUMFIX: when a word uses a prefix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag, then
1457 the word must also have a suffix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag. It's a
1458 bit primitive, since only one flag is used, which doesn't allow matching
1459 specific prefixes with suffixes.
1460 Alternative:
1461 PSFX {flag} {pchop} {padd} {pcond} {schop} {sadd}[/flags] {scond}
1462 We might not need this at all, you can use the NEEDAFFIX flag and the
1463 affix which is required.
1464- When a suffix has more than one syllable, it may count as a word for
1465 COMPOUNDMAX.
1466- Add flags to count extra syllables in a word. SYLLABLEADD1 SYLLABLEADD2,
1467 etc.? Or make it possible to specify the syllable count of a word
1468 directly, e.g., after another slash: /abc/3
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00001469- MORPHO item in affix file: ignore TAB and morphological field after
1470 word/flags and affix.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00001471- Implement multiple flags for compound words and CMP item?
1472 Await comments from other spell checking authors.
1473- Also see tklspell: http://tkltrans.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000014748 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
1475 syntax items (to add @Spell).
1476 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
1477 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
14788 Install spell files with src/main.aap.
1479- References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
1480 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
1481 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
1482 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
14838 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
14848 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
1485 use of words with a dash.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000014867 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
14878 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
1488 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
1489 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
1490 in English, strings in German (po file).
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00001491
1492
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001493Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014948 Use diff mode to show the changes made in a buffer (compared to the file).
1495 Use an unnamed buffer, like doing:
1496 new | set bt=nofile | r # | 0d_ | diffthis | wincmd p | diffthis
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00001497 Also show difference with the file when editing started? Should show what
1498 can be undone. (Tom Popovich)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000014997 Add cursor-binding: when moving the cursor in one diff'ed buffer, also
1500 move it in other diff'ed buffers, so that CTRL-W commands go to the same
1501 location.
1502
1503
1504Folding:
Bram Moolenaarbba577a2005-11-28 23:05:55 +00001505 (commands still available: zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zy zY;
1506 secondary: zB zS zT zZ, z=)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000015078 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015088 Add different highlighting for a fold line depending on the fold level.
1509 (Noel Henson)
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000015107 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015118 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
1512 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
1513 user aware of this?
15148 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
1515 commands skip over a closed fold.
15168 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
15178 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015187 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001519- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
1520 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
1521 missing line goes unnoticed.
1522 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001523- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
1524 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
1525 smoother?
1526- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
1527 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
1528- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
1529- Add 'hidecomment' option: don't display comments in /* */ and after //.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001530 Or is the conceal patch from Vince Negri a more generic solution?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00001531- "zuf": undo change in manual fold. "zUf" redo change in manual fold. How
1532 to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001533- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
1534 cursor.
1535- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3": set fold level for a region.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001536- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000015378 Have some way to restrict commands to not folded text. Also commands like
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001538 searches.
1539
1540
1541Multi-byte characters:
15429 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
1543 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
1544 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
1545 byte).
15468 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
1547 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
1548 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
1549 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
1550 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
1551 item.
15528 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001553 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
1554 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015558 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
1556 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00001557 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
Bram Moolenaar46c9c732004-12-12 11:37:09 +00001558 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015598 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
1560 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
15617 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
1562 so that the user can fix the problem.
15638 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
1564 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015659 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
15668 Should add test for using various commands with multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015678 'infercase' doesn't work with multi-byte characters.
15688 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000015697 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
15708 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
15718 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
15728 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multi-byte
1573 characters.
15748 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
15758 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
1576 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
15777 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
1578 'display' option to specify this.
15797 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
1580 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
1581- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
1582 fontselector somehow.
1583- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
1584 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
1585- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
1586 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
1587- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
1588 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
1589 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
1590 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
1591 if a font exists?
1592- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar6cc16192005-01-08 21:49:45 +00001593 convert_input() for Mac GUI and RiscOS GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001594- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
1595 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
15967 In "-- INSERT (lang) --" show the name of the keymap used instead of
1597 "lang". (Ilya Dogolazky)
1598- Make 'langmap' accept multi-byte characters.
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00001599- Make 'breakat' accept multi-byte characters. Problem: can't use a lookup
1600 table anymore (breakat_flags[]).
1601 Simplistic solution: when 'formatoptions' contains "m" also break a line
1602 at a multi-byte character >= 0x100.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001603- Do we need the reverse of 'keymap', like 'langmap' but with files and
1604 multi-byte characters? E.g., when using a Russian keyboard.
1605- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
1606 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
1607 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":tmap" command?
1608- When breaking a line, take properties of multi-byte characters into
1609 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
1610 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
1611 But it's very complicated...
1612
1613
1614Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000016157 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001616- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
1617- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
1618 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00001619- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
1620 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001621- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
1622- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
1623 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001624- PostScript: only works for 7-bit ASCII and EBCDIC. Should support
1625 different 'encoding' values somehow.
1626- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
1627 units as for the margins.
1628- Support right-to-left text?
16298 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
1630 color.
1631
1632
1633Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016348 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
1635 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
16368 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
1637 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
16388 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
1639 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
16408 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
1641 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
1642 ":wq file".
16438 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
16449 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
1645 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016467 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
1647 Search highlighting.
16488 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
1649 change this for each release.
16508 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
1651 pattern, but not in the body.
16528 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
1653 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
1654 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016558 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
16568 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword'. When switching to another filetype
1657 this isn't reset. Add a special keyword definition for the syntax rules?
1658 When this is done, use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples,
1659 but without ":" in 'iskeyword' for syntax.
16608 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
1661 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
16628 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
1663 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
1664 Or highlight the matching paren when the cursor is on one.
16658 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
16668 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
1667 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
1668 used.
16698 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
1670 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
16718 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
1672 re-insert the [] if possible.
16738 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
1674 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000016758 It would be useful to make the highlight group name an expression. Then
1676 when there is a match, the expression would be evaluated to find out what
1677 highlight group to use. Could be used to check if the shell used in a
1678 password file appears in /etc/shells. (Nikolai Weibull)
1679 syn match =s:checkShell(v:match) contained 'pattern'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016808 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
1681 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
16828 Support for deleting syntax items:
1683 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
1684 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
1685 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
16868 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
1687 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
1688 a '<'. (Fleiner)
16897 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
1690 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
1691 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
16927 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
1693 detected.
16948 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00001695 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016968 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
1697 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000016988 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
16998 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
17007 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
1701 ":mkvimrc".
17028 Improve c.vim:
1703 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
1704 "c_strict_ansi".
1705 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
17068 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
1707 current line while in Insert mode.
17088 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
1709 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
17108 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
1711 display position.
17128 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
1713 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
1714 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
17158 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
1716 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
1717 highlighting starts.
17187 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
1719 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
1720 E.g. for this html:
1721 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
17227 Wild idea: Not only set highlighting, but also change what is displayed
1723 (e.g., remove characters, so that "<B>bold</B>" can be shown as "bold"):
1724 :syn region boldstuff start="<B>" display="" end="</B>" display=""
17257 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
17267 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
1727 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000017287 Command line completion for ":find" should search in 'path'.
17298 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
17308 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
17318 Add more command line completion for :sign.
17327 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
1733 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
1734 completion?
17358 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
1736 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
17377 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
1738 select one of the sets.
17398 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
1740 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
1741 2, etc.
17428 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
1743 highlighting (for "." command).
17448 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
1745 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
17468 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
17477 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
1748 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
17496 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
1750 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
1751- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
1752 when extending an already existing syntax file.
1753- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001754- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
1755 (for comment blocks).
1756- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
1757 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
1758 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
1759 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
1760 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
1761 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
1762 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
1763 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
1764 (Campbell)
1765 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
1766 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
17677 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
1768 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
17697 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
1770 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
1771 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
17727 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
1773 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
1774 messages. And external commands?
17758 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
1776 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
17777 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
1778 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
1779
1780
1781Built-in script language:
17828 Add referring to key options with "&t_xx". Both for "echo &t_xx" and
1783 ":let &t_xx =". Useful for making portable mappings.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000017848 exists("&&option") tests if 'option' is actually implemented. Useful for
1785 'shellslash', for example.
Bram Moolenaar1c2fda22005-01-02 11:43:19 +00001786- Add "{range}source": execute lines from a buffer.
1787 Alternative: Allow range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command.
1788 (Webb)
1789 You can already yank lines and use :@" to execute them.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000017908 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
17918 Add ":fungroup" command, to group function definitions together. When
1792 encountered, all functions in the group are removed. Suggest using an
1793 obscure name to avoid name clashes. Require a ":fungroup END" in the same
1794 sourced file? Assume the group ends at the end of the file. Handle
1795 nested packages?
1796 Alternative: Support packages. {package-name}:{function-name}().
1797 Packages are loaded automatically when first used, from
1798 $VIMRUNTIME/packages (or use a search path).
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000017997 Add the markclear() function to delete a mark in another buffer. Charles
1800 Campbell (2004 Jan 9)
1801 http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#Patch
1802 Implement setmark(markname, lnum [, col [, filename]]) instead?
1803 When "lnum" is zero delete the mark.
1804 When "filename" has no wildcards and there is no matching buffer, add
1805 the buffer (unlisted).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000018067 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode.
1807 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
1808 has('bytecode')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
1809 supports it. Update the code with a command, can be used in an
1810 autocommand.
1811 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
1812 .vim file. Problem: distribution.
1813 3. Use a cache directory for each user. How to recognize which cached
1814 file belongs to a sourced script?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000018157 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
1816 signs and/or 'number'.
18178 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00001818 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
1819 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
1820 3 2002
1821 Only add this when also implemented for
1822 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
1823 be used.
1824 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00001825 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
1826 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
1827 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
1828 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
1829 File.Open..." argument.
1830 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
1831 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
1832 with properties instead.
1833 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
1834 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
1835 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001836 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001837 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001838 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001839 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00001840 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001841 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
1842 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
1843 Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001844 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001845 deletebufline() delete line in any buffer
1846 appendbufline() append line in any buffer
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001847 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
1848 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
1849 to allow the library to execute a command or
1850 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000018517 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
1852 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
18538 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
1854 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
18558 Pass the executable name to the Vim scripts in some way. As v:argv0?
18568 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
18578 When starting to source a vim script, delete all functions that it has
1858 previously defined? Avoids using ":fun!" all the time.
18597 Add optional arguments to user functions:
1860 :func myFunc(arg1, arg2, arg3 = "blah", arg4 = 17)
18616 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
18628 Add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var" just ignore.
18638 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
1864 option or environment variable.
18658 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
18667 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the
1867 stack available (separated with '\n').
18688 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
1869 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
18708 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
18718 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
1872 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
1873 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
1874 charwise({expr}).
18757 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
1876 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
1877 buffer for this?
1878 result = scratch(string, command)
1879 result = apply(string, command)
1880 result = execute(string, command)
1881 "command" would use <> notation.
1882 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
18837 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
18847 Automatically load a function from a file when it is called. Need an
1885 option for the search path. (Sekera)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001886
1887
1888Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000018896 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
1890 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
1891 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
1892 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
1893 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
1894 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
1895 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00001896
1897
1898Performance:
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +000018997 For strings up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list itself as a
1900 character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000019018 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
19029 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
19038 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
19047 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
1905 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
19068 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
1907 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
1908 when starting up in a color terminal.
19098 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
1910 Win16.
19119 Setting GUI options in the console (e.g., 'guifont') should not cause a
1912 redraw.
19138 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
1914 function be improved?
19158 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
1916 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
1917 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
1918 this be improved?
19198 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
1920 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000019217 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
1922 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000019237 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
1924 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
19257 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
1926 lot of abbreviations).
19277 DOS console: Add t_DL support, to make scrolling faster.
19287 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
1929 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
1930 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
1931 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
1932 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
1933 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
1934 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
19358 When editing a file with extremely long lines (e.g., an executable), the
1936 "linerest" in readfile() is allocated twice to be able to copy what was
1937 read so far. Use realloc() instead? Or split the line when allocating
1938 memory fails and "linerest" is big (> 100000)?
19398 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
1940 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
1941 using strcmp() too often?
19427 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
1943 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
1944 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
1945 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
1946 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
1947 the two blocks to the memfile block.
19487 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
1949 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
1950 with an argument that can be messed with.
1951 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
1952 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
19537 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
1954- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
19558 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
1956 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
1957- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
1958 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
1959- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
1960- Do profiling on:
1961 - :g/pat/normal cmd
1962 - 1000ii<Esc>
1963 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
1964 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
1965 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
1966 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
1967 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
1968 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00001969 - editing a Vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000019707 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
1971 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
1972 changed).
1973 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
1974 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
1975- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
1976- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
1977 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
1978- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
1979 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
1980 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
1981- Repeating insert "1000i-<Esc>" displays --INSERT-- all the time, because of
1982 the <Esc> at the end. Make this work faster (disable redrawing).
1983- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
1984- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
1985 cursor is right of the screen.
19868 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
1987 CTRL-C (it's slow).
1988
1989
1990Code size:
19918 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
1992- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
1993 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
19948 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
19958 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
1996 it.
19977 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
1998 left out.
19998 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
2000 can be removed.
20018 Can the check for libelf in configure.in be removed?
2002
2003
2004Messages:
20058 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
2006 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
20078 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
2008 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
20098 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
2010 script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002011- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
2012 Perhaps after ten seconds?
2013- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
20149 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
2015 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
2016 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
2017 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
2018 redrawing.
20197 Add an option, which is a regexp, that disables warning messages which
2020 match that regexp (Tsirkin).
20218 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
2022 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
20238 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
2024 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
2025 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
2026 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
2027 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
2028 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002029- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00002030 Sleep before second message?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020318 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
2032 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
2033 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
2034 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
2035 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
2036 error messages, printing text, etc.
20378 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
2038 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
2039 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
2040
2041
2042Screen updating:
20437 Add a string to the 'display' option to make CTRL-E and CTRL-Y scroll one
2044 screen line, also if this means the first line doesn't start with the
2045 first character (like what happens with a single line that doesn't fit).
2046- screen_line():
2047 - insert/delete character stuff.
2048 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
2049- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
2050 dragging the status line with the mouse).
2051- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
2052 waiting for a character.
20538 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
2054 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
2055 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
20567 Make 'list' and 'linebreak' work together.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002057
2058
2059Scrolling:
20608 Add "zm" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
20616 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
2062- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
2063 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
2064 windows.
20657 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
2066 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
2067 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
2068- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
2069 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
2070 (Goldfarb)
2071- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
2072 bound windows.
2073- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
2074 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00002075- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002076- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
2077 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
2078 of lines but not with a single line).
2079
2080
2081Autoconf:
20828 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
20838 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
2084 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
2085- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
2086 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
2087- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
2088- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
2089- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
2090
2091
2092Perl interface:
20938 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000020947 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
20957 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
20966 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
2097
2098
2099Shared libraries:
21006 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
2101 :libload internal-name libname
2102 :libunload internal-name
2103 :liblist
2104 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
2105 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
2106 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
21076 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
2108
2109
2110Tags:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000021118 Add a function that returns the line in the tags file for a matching tag.
2112 Can be used to extract more info (class name, inheritance, etc.) (Rico
2113 Hendriks)
21147 Count before CTRL-]: jump to N'th match
21158 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
21168 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
2117 to type the tag number directly.
21187 Add a tag-select window. Works like ":cwindow". (Michal Malecki)
21197 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
2120 window for each tag.
21217 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
21227 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
2123 bottom" search message.
21247 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
2125 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
2126 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00002127- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
2128- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000021297 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
2130 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
2131 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
2132 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
21337 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
2134 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
2135 :tagargs clear
2136 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
2137 matching).
21387 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
2139 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
2140 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
2141 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
21427 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
2143 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
21447 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
2145 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
2146 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002147
2148
2149Security:
2150- nothing at the moment
2151
2152
2153Win32 GUI:
21548 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
2155 the message and input?
21567 The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
2157 compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2
2158 dynamically?
21597 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
2160 (Mike McCollister)
21618 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
2162 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
2163 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
2164 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
2165 common part of the path.
21668 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
21678 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
2168 gettext and menus work.
21698 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
2170 return in every console.
2171 Also: Look at how Emacs does runs external commands:
2172 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
21738 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
2174 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
21758 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
2176 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
21777 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
2178 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
21797 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
21807 <Esc> should close a dialog.
21817 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
2182 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
2183 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
2184 prompts.
21857 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
2186 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
2187 the file added into an already running Vim.
21887 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
2189 functions to find the window title.
2190
2191
2192GUI:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000021938 Make inputdialog() work for Photon, Amiga, RiscOS.
2194- <C--> cannot be mapped. Should be possible to recognize this as a
2195 normal "-" with the Ctrl modifier.
21967 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
21978 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
21986 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
21998 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
2200 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
22019 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
22027 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
22038 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
2204 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
22058 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
2206 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
2207 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
22088 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
2209 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
22108 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
2211 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
2212 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
2213 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022147 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
22158 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
2216 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000022177 Add some code to handle proportional fonts on more systems? Need to draw
2218 each character separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font
2219 is not exactly double-width. (Maeda)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022208 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
22218 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00002222 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022238 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
22248 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
22258 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
2226 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
2227 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
22287 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
2229 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
2230 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
22317 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
2232 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
22337 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
2234 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
2235 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
2236 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
22377 Add command line argument for "gvim" not to start the GUI. Sort of the
2238 inverse of "vim -g". (Vikas)
22397 Should support multi-column menus.
2240- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
2241 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
2242- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
22438 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
22446 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
2245 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
22467 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
22477 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
2248 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
2249 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
22507 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
22518 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
2252 name can be chosen free.
22537 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
2254 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
22556 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
2256 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
2257 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
2258 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
2259 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
2260 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
2261 things.
22627 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
2263 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022647 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002265 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002266- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
2267 where it was started from?
22687 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
2269
2270
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002271Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000022727 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
2273 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
2274 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
2275 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022768 Add ScriptReadCmd event: used to load remote Vim scripts, e.g.
2277 "vim -u http://mach/path/vimrc".
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000022787 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022798 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
2280 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
2281 difficult).
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +000022828 Add an event like CursorHold that is triggered repeatedly, not just once.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000022838 Also trigger CursorHold in Insert mode?
22847 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that user
2285 can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the kind
2286 of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
22878 Can't use ":normal" in CursorHold autocommands. Make the CursorHold event
2288 insert a special key code, and call the autocommand functions from a
2289 higher level, so that vgetc() isn't used recursively.
22908 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
2291 And anything else?
22928 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
2293 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
2294 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
22958 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
22968 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
2297 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
22986 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
2299 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
23007 Add a way to skip an autocommand if going from one *.c file to another *.c
2301 file.
23027 When trying to open a directory, don't load the file but trigger an
2303 autocommand event OpenDirectory.
23047 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
2305 <x> for executable, etc. <&xxx> for Risc OS. With commas to separate
2306 alternatives. The autocommand is only executed when both the file type
2307 AND the file pattern match. (Leonard)
23085 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
2309 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
2310 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
23117 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
2312 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
2313 file.
23148 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
2315 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
2316 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002317- Add events to autocommands:
2318 Error - When an error happens
2319 NormalEnter - Entering Normal mode
2320 InsertEnter - Entering Insert mode
2321 ReplaceEnter - Entering Replace mode
2322 CmdEnter - Entering Cmdline mode
2323 VisualEnter - Entering Visual mode
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +00002324 *Leave - Leaving a mode (in pair with the above *Enter)
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00002325 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
2326 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00002327 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002328 CmdUndefined - Like FuncUndefined but for user commands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002329 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
2330 PreDirChanged/PostDirChanged
2331 - Before/after ":cd" has been used (for changing the
2332 window title)
2333 BufReadAction - replaces reading a file
2334 BufWriteAction - replaces writing a file
2335 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
2336 InsertCharPre - user typed character Insert mode, before inserting the
2337 char. Pattern is matched with text before the cursor.
2338 Set v:char to the character, can be changed.
2339 (not triggered when 'paste' is set).
2340 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
2341 the char.
2342 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
2343 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
2344 file from CVS).
2345 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
2346 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
2347 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
2348 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
2349 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
2350 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
2351 WinResized - When a window has been resized
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00002352- Write the file now and then ('autosave'):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002353 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
2354 'autosave' 'aw' number (default 0)
2355 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
2356 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
2357 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
2358 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
2359 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
2360
2361
2362Insert mode completion/expansion:
23638 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
2364 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
23659 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
2366 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
2367 (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023688 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
2369 - ignore/match case
2370 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023718 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000023727 Completion of an abbreviation: Can leave letters out, like what Instant
2373 text does: www.textware.com
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000023748 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
2375 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
2376 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
2377 Should work for C++ and Java.
2378 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
23797 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
23807 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
2381 instead of words.
23828 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
23838 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
2384 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
23858 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
2386 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
2387- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
2388 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
2389 wildcards in the file name)?
2390- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
2391- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
2392- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
2393 be in another file).
2394- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
2395- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
2396- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
2397 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
2398- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
2399- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
2400- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
24018 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
2402 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
2403 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
2404 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
2405- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
2406
2407
2408Command line editing:
24097 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
2410 line.
24118 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
2412 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
2413 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
2414- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
2415 lines wraps to start of line).
2416- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
2417 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
2418 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
2419 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
2420 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
2421 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
2422 cmdwin does now already.
2423 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
2424 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
2425 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
2426 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
2427 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
2428 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
2429 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
2430 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
2431 Problems:
2432 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
2433 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
2434 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
2435 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
2436 - Normal: no ":" commands?
2437 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
2438 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
2439 character in first column?
2440 - Implementation ideas:
2441 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
2442 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
2443 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
2444 - sync undo after entering a command line?
2445 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
2446 Mode.
2447
2448
2449Command line completion:
24508 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
24518 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
2452 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
24538 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
2454 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024557 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
2456 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002457- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
2458- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
2459 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
24608 For ":find" and ":sfind" expand files found in 'path'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024618 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
2462 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
24637 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
2464 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
2465- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
2466 identifiers (Webb).
24678 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
2468 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
24697 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
2470 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
2471- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
2472 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
2473- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
2474 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
2475 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002476
2477
2478Command line history:
Bram Moolenaar60c78922005-03-20 22:40:14 +000024799 Remember which command lines were actually typed and were not loaded from
2480 viminfo. When writing viminfo append only these lines, so that lines from
2481 other Vim's are not overwritten.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002482- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
2483 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
2484 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
2485 completely resulted from one mapping.
2486- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
2487 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
2488
2489
2490Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000024919 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
2492 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
2493 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000024948 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
2495 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
2496 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
2497 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
2498 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
24997 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
2500 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000025017 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
2502 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
2503- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
2504 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
2505 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
2506 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
2507 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
2508 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
2509- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
2510 Normal mode.
2511- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
2512 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
2513 are used.
2514- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
2515- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
2516- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
2517
2518
2519'cindent', 'smartindent':
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000025208 Wrong indent below ? : with ():
2521 if ((a ? (b) : c) != 0)
2522 aligns with ":".
Bram Moolenaard8e9bb22005-07-09 21:14:46 +000025238 Using "+" part of 'cinoptions' where it's not expected (Alexei Alexandrov):
2524 if (a)
2525 {
2526 } else
2527 asdf;
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000025288 Wrong indent for ":" after a method with line break in arguments:
2529 Foo::Foo (int one,
2530 int two)
2531 : something(4)
2532 {}
25338 Wrong indent for ":" after a method with multiple lines:
2534 Foo::Foo (int one, int two)
2535 : something(4),
2536 somethingelse(3)
2537 {}
25389 Too much indent for "lulu": (Uwe Zeisberger)
2539 int main ()
2540 {
2541 if (lala)
2542 do
2543 ++(*lolo);
2544 while (lili
2545 && lele);
2546 lulu;
2547 }
25489 Function gets extra indent: (Jamax)
2549 void function(int param) {
2550 if (false)
2551 return;
2552 }
25539 brace not indented correctly:
2554 case 'c': if (cond)
2555 {
2556 Should align with "if" in case statement.
25577 Allow aligning a closing ")" with the line above, instead of the matching
2558 "(": (Riehm) if (asdfasdf &&
2559 asdf
2560 )
25618 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
2562 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
25638 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
2564 func(
2565 new String[] {
2566 "asdf",
2567 "asdf"
2568 }
2569 );
25707 Separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
2571 func(
2572 int x) // indent like "(4"
2573 {
2574 if (a
2575 && b) // indent like "(0"
25768 Strange problem with this code, "hello" is indented wrong: (Gary Holloway)
2577 main() { char foo[] = "/*";
2578 /* This is a comment; the indentation of C
2579 * source below this comment gets messed up due to the string above.
2580 */
2581 hello
25829 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
2583 if (a)
2584 {
2585 if (b)
2586 {
2587 // {
2588 }
2589 } <-- this is indented incorrect
25909 Wrong indent for cino=(4, removing the (void) fixes it: (Zellner)
2591 (void) MyFancyFunction(
2592 argument);
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002593- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002594 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
25957 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
2596- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
2597 line).
2598- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
2599- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
2600 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
26017 Add 'j' flag to 'formatoptions': Remove comment leader when joining lines.
2602- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
2603 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
2604- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
2605 code), unless the line starts with "*".
2606- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
2607- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
2608 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
26098 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
2610 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
2611 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
2612- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
2613- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
2614 lines start with "\item".
2615- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
2616 /* here is a comment that
2617 is just autoindented, and
2618 nothing else */
2619- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
26207 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
2621 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
2622 indents.
2623 And/or: Add option to copy indent as-is, without changing spaces to tabs.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00002624 Also for 'autoindent'. 'keeptabs': when set don't change the tabs and
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002625 spaces used for indent, when the indent remains the same or increases.
2626
2627
2628Java:
26298 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
2630 Odendahl?
26318 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
2632 "[i" commands and friends.
2633- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
2634 (Jason)
2635- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
2636 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
2637
2638
2639'comments':
26408 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
2641 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
2642 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
2643 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00002644 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
2645 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000026467 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
2647 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
26487 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
26496 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
2650 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
2651 regexp is used.
26528 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
2653 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
2654
2655
2656Virtual edit:
26578 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
26587 Add a mode where the cursor is only allowed to go one character after the
2659 end of the line?
26607 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
2661
2662
2663Text objects:
26648 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +000026658 Add text object for part of a CamelHumedWord and under_scored_word.
2666 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000026678 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multi-byte
2668 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00002669 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
2670 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000026718 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multi-byte ones.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000026727 Add text object for current search pattern: "a/" and "i/". Makes it
2673 possible to turn text highlighted for 'hlsearch' into a Visual area.
26748 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
2675 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
2676 the end of the line or before a ".".
26777 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
2678 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
26797 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
2680 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000026816 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
26825 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
2683 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
2684 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
2685 cursor is on.
2686
2687
2688Select mode:
26898 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
2690 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
26917 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
2692 See http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=743
26937 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
2694 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
2695 contains 'C' or 'A'.
2696 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
2697 normal_cmd().
2698 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
2699 - Typing text replaces the selection.
2700
2701
2702Visual mode:
2703- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
2704 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
2705 is in the top line.
27068 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00002707 text. Make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002708 where needed.
27097 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
2710 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
27117 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
2712 of each selected line.
27138 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
27148 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
2715 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
2716 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
27178 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
2718 Ben Godfrey)
27197 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
2720 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
27217 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
2722 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
27237 CTRL-V :s should substitute only in the block, not to whole lines. (David
2724 Young is working on this)
27257 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00002726 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002727 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
27288 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
2729 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
27307 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
2731 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
2732 option!
27337 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
2734 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
2735 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
2736 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
2737 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
2738 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
2739 without changing the column.
27406 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027417 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
2742 current buffer.
27437 CTRL-A and CTRL-X should increase/decrease all numbers in the Visual area.
27446 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
2745 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
27466 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
27476 ":'<,'>source" should read the selected lines and ":source" them.
27486 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002749 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002750 or other special character.
27516 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
2752
2753
2754More advanced repeating commands:
2755- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000027567 Repeating "d:{cmd}" with "." doesn't work. (Benji Fisher) Somehow remember
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002757 the command line so that it can be repeated?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002758- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002759 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
2760 "y." will repeat last yank.
2761 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
2762 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
2763 and/or pick an older command.
2764- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
2765
2766
2767Mappings and Abbreviations:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027688 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
2769 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
2770 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
27718 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
27727 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
2773 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027748 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
2775 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
27768 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
27778 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
2778 entering search strings.
27798 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
2780 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
2781 not the <Space>.
27828 Allow mapping of CTRL-@ (anywhere in the LHS).
27838 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
2784 (?) work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027858 Add a way to save a current mapping and restore it later. Use a function
2786 that returns the mapping command to restore it: mapcmd()? mapcheck() is
2787 not fool proof. How to handle ambiguous mappings?
27887 Add <0x8f> (hex), <033> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
27897 Allow mapping "Q" and "Q}" at the same time. Need to put a flag with "Q",
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002790 that it needs an extra character before it can match. See Vile 'maplonger'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002791 option.
27927 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
2793 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
27947 Make it possible to map 'wildchar', but only when it's a special character
2795 (like CTRL-E). Currently it's only recognized when typed. Useful for
2796 mapping a key to do something and then completion.
27977 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
27986 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
2799 abbreviations are to be used.
2800- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
2801 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
2802 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
2803- Make it possible to include a <Nul> in the lhs and rhs of a mapping.
2804- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
2805 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
2806 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002807- Add an option to ":map" that makes it display the special keys in
2808 <> notation (e.g. <CR> instead of ^M). Or just always do this?
2809- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
2810 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
2811- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
2812 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
28136 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
2814 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
2815 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
2816 hit another character.
2817- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
2818 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
2819 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
2820 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
2821 Or implicit:
2822 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
2823- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
2824 non-replace Insert mode?
2825- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
28266 Alias for Normal mode commands, works like :substitute? Would allow
2827 mappings with arguments.
2828- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
2829- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
2830 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
2831- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002832 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002833- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
2834 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
2835- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
2836- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
2837 ":freekeys".
2838- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
2839
2840
2841Incsearch:
2842- Add a limit to the number of lines that are searched for 'incsearch'?
2843- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
2844 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
2845 up every time.
2846- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
2847 folds when going to another line.
2848- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
2849 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
2850 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
2851 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
2852- With incsearch, use CTRL-N/CTRL-P to go to next/previous match, some other
2853 key to copy matched word to search pattern (Alexander Schmid).
2854
2855
2856Searching:
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000028578 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00002858 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00002859 Can use "g/" in Normal mode, uses the '< to '> area.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000028608 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
2861 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
2862 Perl does it this way:
2863 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
2864 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
2865 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
2866 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +000028677 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
2868 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000028698 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
2870 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000028717 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002872 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
2873 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
2874 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
28757 Add an option to accept a match at the cursor position. Also for
2876 search(). (Brett)
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000028777 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
2878 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for an offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028797 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
2880 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000028818 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
2882 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
28838 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
2884 line.
28857 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use ~/vim/macros/matchit.vim as an
2886 example.
28878 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
2888 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
2889- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
2890 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
2891 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
2892 Alternative: use matchit.vim
28938 "/:/e+1" gets stuck on a match at the end of the line. Do we care?
28948 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
2895 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
2896 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
28977 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
2898 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000028997 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
2900 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029018 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
2902 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
2903 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
29048 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
2905 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
29068 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
2907 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
2908 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
2909 search pattern.
2910- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
2911 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
2912- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
2913 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
2914 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
2915 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
29167 Add POSIX regexp, like Nvi, with 'extended' option? It's like very-magic.
2917- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
2918 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
2919- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
2920 i ignore case
2921 I use case
2922 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
2923 v use Vi regexp syntax
2924 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
2925 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
2926 Perl uses these too:
2927 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
2928 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
2929 o compile only once (Perl only)
2930 s single line expression (we don't need it)
2931 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
2932 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
2933 following command.
2934 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
2935- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
2936 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
2937 for search string)?
29387 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
2939 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
2940- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
2941 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
2942- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
2943 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
2944- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
2945- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002946 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002947 a for the next file in the argument list
2948 f for file in the buffer list
2949 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002950 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
2951 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002952 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
2953 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
2954- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029557 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00002956 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029577 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
2958 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
2959 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
2960 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
29616 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
2962 effects.
29637 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
2964 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
2965 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000029667 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002967 Also ":dselect".
2968
2969
2970Undo:
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00002971- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
2972 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002973- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
2974 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
2975 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
29768 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
2977 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
2978 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
2979 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
29808 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
2981 only remember the lines that really changed.
29827 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
2983 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
2984 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
2985 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002986- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
2987 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
2988- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
2989 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
2990- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
2991 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
2992 [-99].
2993- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
2994- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
2995- Store undo info in a file that survives until the next edit. Then it's
2996 possible to undo to before the current editing session. Combined with
2997 viminfo?
2998- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
2999 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
3000
3001
3002Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030037 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
3004 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
3005 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
3006 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
30078 Add File.{recent_files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
3008 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
30098 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
3010 inode too.
30117 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003012 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
3013 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030147 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
3015 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
3016- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
3017 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
3018- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
3019 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
30207 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
3021 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
30227 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
3023 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
30248 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000030258 Some commands don't use line numbers, but buffer numbers. '$'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003026 should then mean the number of the last buffer. E.g.: "4,$bdel".
30277 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
3028 internal use and for when executing an external program?
3029
3030
3031Swap (.swp) files:
30328 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
3033 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
3034 there are short file name problems.
30358 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
3036 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
30378 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
30388 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003039 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003040 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
3041 file the same as the actual file?
3042 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030437 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
3044 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
30457 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003046 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003047 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
3048 enough room.
30497 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
3050 or /var/preserve.
3051- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
3052 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
3053- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
3054 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskback' and 'umaskswap'?
3055- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
3056 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
3057 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
3058 cached list of which line is where.
3059
3060
3061Viminfo:
30627 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
3063 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
3064 else's viminfo file.
30658 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
3066 name. (Schild)
30678 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
30688 Remember the last used register for "@@".
30698 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
3070 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
3071 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
3072 this?
30737 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
30747 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
3075 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
30766 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
3077 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
3078 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
3079- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
3080 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
3081
3082
3083Modelines:
30848 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
3085 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
3086 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
3087- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
3088 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
3089 modeline setting.
3090- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
3091 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
3092- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
3093 .cpp files.
3094- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
3095 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
3096- Add option setting to ask user if he wants to have the modelines executed
3097 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
3098
3099
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00003100Sessions:
31018 DOS/Windows: ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means
3102 directory "#bb" in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
31037 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
3104 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031058 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
3106 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031078 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
3108 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
3109 default value.
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000031107 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
3111 Malecki)
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +000031127 Persistent variables: "p:var"; stored in viminfo file and sessions files.
3113
3114
3115Options:
31167 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
3117 restore it after the command has executed.
31187 Setting an option always sets "w_set_curswant", while this is only
3119 required for a few options. Only do it for those options to avoid the
3120 side effect.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031218 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
3122 options that are a comma separated list. The old number values should
3123 also be supported.
31248 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
3125 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
3126 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
31277 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
31287 Make 'scrolloff' a global-local option, so that it can be different in the
3129 quickfix window, for example. (Gary Holloway)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003130
3131
3132External commands:
31338 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
3134 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
31354 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
3136 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
3137 -f).
31384 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
31394 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
3140 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
31414 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
3142
3143
3144Multiple Windows:
31457 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
31468 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
3147 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
31487 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
3149 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
3150 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
31517 Add a 'winfixwidth' option, similar to 'winfixheight'.
31526 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
3153 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003154 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003155 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
31567 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
3157 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
3158 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
3159 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
3160- Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
3161 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
3162 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
3163 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
3164
3165
3166Marks:
31678 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
3168 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000031698 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 +000031708 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
3171 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
31728 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
3173 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
3174 the mark was set.
31757 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
3176 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
3177 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
3178 ":browse marks"?
31796 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031807 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
3181 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
31827 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
3183 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
31847 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
3185 command).
31867 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
3187 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
3188 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
3189 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
31905 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
3191 mappings.
31926 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
3193 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
3194 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
3195
3196
3197Digraphs:
31987 Make "ga" show the digraph for a character, if it exists.
3199 Also the keymap?
3200- Make it possible to enter "r<C-E>" and "r<C-Y>" (get character from line
3201 below/above).
3202- Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
3203 characters?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000032048 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032057 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
3206 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
3207
3208
3209Writing files:
3210- In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
3211 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
3212 shortname conversion.
32138 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
32148 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
3215 file.
32168 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
3217 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
3218 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
32197 The 'directory' option supports changing path separators to "%" to make
3220 file names unique, also support this for 'backupdir'. (Mikolaj Machowski)
32216 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
3222 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
32236 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
3224 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
32256 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
3226 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000032278 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003228 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
32297 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
3230 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
32317 When editing a file, check that it has been change outside of Vim more
3232 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
3233 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
3234 waiting for a character to be typed).
32358 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
3236 line of the window, like "[time]".
3237 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
3238 Automatic and/or with a command.
3239
3240
3241Substitute:
Bram Moolenaar3f770472005-06-19 22:56:27 +000032428 Substitute with hex/unicode number "\%xff" and "\%uabcd". Just like
3243 "\%uabcd" in search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000032448 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003245 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
3246- :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
3247- With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
32488 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
3249 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003250- Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003251 :s///N substitutes N times.
3252- Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
3253 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
3254 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
32557 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
3256 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
3257 last line column 5.
32585 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
3259 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
3260 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
3261 (Stanislav Sitar)
3262
3263
3264Mouse support:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032658 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
32667 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
32678 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
3268 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
3269 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
32707 Checkout sysmouse() for FreeBSD console mouse support.
3271- Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
3272- Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
3273 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
3274- Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
3275- When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
3276
3277
3278Crypt and security:
32798 Also crypt the swapfile, each block separately. Change mf_write() and
3280 mf_read(). How to get b_p_key to these functions?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003281
3282
3283Argument list:
32846 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
3285 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
3286 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
32876 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
3288
3289
3290Registers:
32918 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
32928 Make the # register writable, so that it can be restored after jumping
3293 around in windows.
32948 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
3295 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
3296 for every line.
32976 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
3298 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
3299 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
3300- When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
3301 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
3302- When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
3303 leader when line wraps?
3304- The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
3305 line in the range.
3306- Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
3307 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
33088 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
3309 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00003310
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003311
3312Debug mode:
33137 Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
33148 Add breakpoints for setting an option
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000033158 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033167 Add a watchpoint in the debug mode: An expression that breaks execution
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +00003317 when evaluating to non-zero. Add the "watchadd expr" command, stop when
3318 the value of the expression changes. ":watchdel" deletes an item,
3319 ":watchlist" lists the items. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033207 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
33217 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
3322
3323
3324Various improvements:
Bram Moolenaar87b774d2005-07-20 22:04:36 +000033257 [t to move to previous xml/html tag (like "vatov"), ]t to move to next
3326 ("vatv").
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +000033277 [< to move to previous xml/html tag, e.g., previous <li>. ]< to move to
3328 next <li>, ]< to next </li>, [< to previous </li>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033298 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
3330 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +00003331- Perhaps ":cexpr" could read errors from a list?
3332 Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
3333 Govindachar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033346 In the quickfix window statusline add the command used to get the list of
3335 errors, e.g. ":make foo", ":grep something *.c".
33366 Python interface: add vim.message() function. (Michal Vitecek, 2002 Nov 5)
33377 Support using ":vert" with User commands. Add expandable items <vert>.
3338 Do the same for ":browse" and ":confirm"?
3339 For ":silent" and ":debug" apply to the whole user command.
33407 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
3341 window as a buffer-tab selection.
33427 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
3343 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
33448 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
3345 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033467 Add a ":cpfile", go in the other direction as ":cnfile".
33476 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033488 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
3349 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
3350 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
3351 in this Vim.
33528 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003353 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033548 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
3355 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
3356 have it apply to the following command.
33578 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
3358 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
3359 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
3360 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033617 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
3362 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033637 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
3364 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
3365 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
3366 without modifier (unless mapped).
33678 Add ":breakdel *": delete all breakpoints.
33687 Support ":browse edit" in console, using explorer.vim?
33696 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
33708 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
33719 Support ACLs on more systems.
33727 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
3373 highlighted differently.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033747 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
3375 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
3376 (truncated to fit in the space).
33777 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
33788 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
33798 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
3380 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000033817 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003382 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
33837 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
3384 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033857 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033867 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
33877 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033888 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
33898 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
3390 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
3391 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
3392 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
33938 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
33946 Add ":timer" command, to set a command to be executed at a certain
3395 interval, or once after some time has elapsed. (Aaron)
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00003396 Perhaps an autocommand event like CursorHold is better?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033978 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033988 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
3399 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
3400 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
3401 does something like this. (Shah)
34027 Use growarray for replace stack.
34037 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
3404 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
34053 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
34068 Make "more" prompt accept command characters, like "hit-enter" prompt?
3407 Or extend it with more commands, like "less": 'b' for back, 'j' for one
3408 line down, etc.
34098 For the "--more--" prompt, support the 'b'ack command for more commands.
3410 Possible implementation: Do it at a very low level, caching the lines that
3411 are on the screen (with highlight attributes). Avoids that changes have
3412 to be made for all functions that list something.
34137 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
3414 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
3415- Keep a list of most recently used files for each window, use "[o" to go
3416 back (older file) and "]n" to go forward (newer file) (like ^O and ^I for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003417 jumps). (Webb) Use ":files" and ":ls" to list the files in history order.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034187 Add a history of recently accessed buffer. Maybe make "2 CTRL-^" jump to
3419 the 2nd previously visited buffer, "3 CTRL-^" to the third, etc. Or use
3420 "3 g CTRL-^" for this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003421- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
3422- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
3423- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
3424- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
34257 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
3426 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
3427- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
3428 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
3429- Remove mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
3430- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
3431 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
3432- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
3433 call "play newbeep.au").
3434- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
3435 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
3436 (Bhatt).
3437- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
3438 blockwise registers).
3439- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
3440 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
3441- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
3442 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
3443 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
3444 noticeable.
34459 When using ":w <fname>" it's possible that this file is loaded in another
3446 buffer. Give a warning right away, don't wait for a shell command.
3447- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034487 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
3449 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
3450- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
3451 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
3452 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
3453 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
3454 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaar269ec652004-07-29 08:43:53 +000034557 Add a way to define an item list with a pattern in 'formatoptions'. The
3456 'n' flag doesn't work for "6.3" or "6a.".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034578 Add 'formatexpr' option: Used for formatting operator "gq" instead of the
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00003458 builtin formatting or 'formatprg'. Or use a string that starts with "="
3459 in 'formatprg': "=MyFormat()".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034608 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
3461 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
3462 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
3463 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
3464 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
3465- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00003466- Support multi-byte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034677 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
3468 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
3469- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
3470 not in column 1.
34716 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
3472 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
34737 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
3474- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
34758 findmatchlimit() should be able to skip comments. Solves problem of
3476 matching the '{' in /* if (foo) { */ (Fiveash)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003477- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00003478 :redir #> bufname
3479 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003480- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
3481 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003482- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
3483 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
3484 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
34856 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
3486 console? (Klaus Hast)
3487- Add :delcr command:
3488 *:delcr*
3489 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
3490 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
3491 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
3492 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
3493 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
3494 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set. {not in Vi}
3495- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
3496- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
3497 characters from 'isprint'.
3498- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
3499- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
3500 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
3501- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
3502 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
3503 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
3504- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
3505- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
3506 Nvi).
3507- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
3508 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
35097 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
3510- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
3511 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
35126 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
3513- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
3514 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
3515 macro).
3516- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003517- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
3518 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
3519- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
35208 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
3521- Should be possible to write to a device, e.g. ":w! /dev/null".
3522- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
3523- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
3524- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
3525 if it is not the first or last window.
3526- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
3527 there is one) instead of the file itself.
35287 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
3529 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
3530 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
3531- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
3532- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003533 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003534 many percent down the windows).
3535- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
3536 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
3537 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
3538- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
3539 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
3540- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
3541 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
3542- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
3543- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
3544- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
3545 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000035468 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
3547 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
3548 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
3549 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
3550 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003551- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
3552 t_bs is set? (Webb)
3553- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003554 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
3555- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003556 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
3557 (Webb).
3558- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003559 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003560- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
3561 hex codes like 0xff).
3562- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
3563 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
3564 the last TYPED command.
3565- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
3566- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
3567- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
3568 should also work?
3569- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on an URL?
35708 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
3571 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
3572 name.
3573- When finding an URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
3574 trailing '.'.
3575- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
3576 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
3577 find_file_in_path().
3578- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
3579 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
3580- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
3581- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
3582 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
3583- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003584 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003585- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
3586 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
3587 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003588- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003589 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
3590- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
3591- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
3592- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
3593 to the minimal size.
3594- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
3595- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
3596- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
3597- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
3598- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
3599- Allow autowrite when doing ":e file" (with an option 'eaw').
3600- Allow a "+command" argument before each file name in the Vim command line:
3601 "vim +123 file1 +234 file2 +345 file3". ???
3602- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
3603 entered)?
3604- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
3605 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003606- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003607- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
3608- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
3609- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
3610- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
3611- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
3612 lines.
3613- Uppercase characters in ex commands can be made lowercase?
36148 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
3615 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
3616 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
3617 or in octal.
36187 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
3619 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003620- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003621 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
3622- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
3623- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
3624 insert line command).
3625- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
3626- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
3627- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
3628- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
3629- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
3630 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003631- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003632 yet.
3633- Implement 'redraw' option.
3634- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
3635 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036367 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
3637 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00003638 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
3639 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036408 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
3641 do it.
3642- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
3643- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
3644 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
3645- Add text justification option.
3646- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
3647- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
3648 off".
3649- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
3650- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
3651- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003652 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003653- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
3654- If file does not exists, check if directory exists.
3655- MSDOS: although t_cv and t_ci are not set, do invert char under cursor.
3656- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
3657 commands.
3658- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
3659- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
3660- :table command (Webb)
3661- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
3662- Make it possible for a user to define a new operator. Implementation with
3663 internal scripting language or Perl?
3664- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
3665- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
3666- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
3667- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
3668- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
3669 (Demirel).
3670- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
3671- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
3672 for use in macro's and the like.
3673- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003674 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003675- Add possibility to put output of ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
3676 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
3677- 'edit' option: When off changing the buffer is not possible (Really
3678 read-only mode).
3679- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003680 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003681 a window to become smaller (Webb).
3682- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
3683 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003684- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003685 mkopttab to make option table?
3686- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
3687 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
3688- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
3689 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003690- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003691 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
3692- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
3693 cursor?
3694- Option to make a .swp file only when a change is made (Templeton).
3695- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
36965 Add 'ignorefilecase' option: Ignore case when expanding file names.
3697 ":e ma<Tab>" would also find "Makefile" on Unix.
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000036988 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
3699 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
3700 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
3701 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
3702 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000037038 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
3704 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
3705 (Netherton)
37066 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
3707 space after "(", for example.
37085 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
3709 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
3710 (Servatius Brandt)
3711
3712
3713From Elvis:
3714- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
3715- Add ":alias" command.
3716- fontchanges recognized "\\fB" etc.
3717- Search patterns:
3718 \@ match word under cursor.
3719 but do:
3720 \@w match the word under the cursor?
3721 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
37228 ":window" command:
3723 :win + next window (up)
3724 :win ++ idem, wrapping
3725 :win - previous window (down)
3726 :win -- idem, wrapping
3727 :win nr to window number "nr"
3728 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
37297 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
3730 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
3731
3732
3733From Nvi:
3734- 'searchincr' option, alias for 'incsearch'?
3735- 'leftright' option, alias for 'nowrap'?
3736- Have a look at "vi/doc/vi.chart", for Nvi specialties.
37378 Add 'keytime', time in 1/10 sec for mapping timeout?
3738- Add 'filec' option as an alternative for 'wildchar'.
37396 Support Nvi command names as an alias:
3740 :bg :hide
3741 :fg fname :buf fname (with 'hidden' set?)
3742 :dis b :ls
3743 :Edit fname :split fname
3744 :Fg fname :sbuf fname (with 'hidden' set?)
3745 :Next :snext (can't do this, already use :Next)
3746 :Previous :sprevious
3747 :Tag :stag
3748
3749
3750From xvi:
3751- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
3752- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
3753
3754
3755From vile:
3756- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
3757- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
3758 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
3759
3760
3761Far future and "big" extensions:
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00003762- Instead of using a Makefile and autoconf, use a simple shell script to
3763 find the C compiler and do everything with C code. Translate something
3764 like an Aap recipe and configure.in to C. Avoids depending on Python,
3765 thus will work everywhere. With batch file to find the C compiler it
3766 would also work on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003767- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
3768 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
3769- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
3770 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
3771 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
3772 current layout mirrored.
3773- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
3774- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
3775 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
3776- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
3777- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
3778 font in each top-level window.
3779- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
3780- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
3781- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
3782- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
3783 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
3784- Implement ":Bset", set option in all buffers. Also ":Wset", set in all
3785 windows, ":Aset, set in all arguments and ":Tset", set in all files
3786 mentioned in the tags file.
3787 Add buffer/arg range, like in ":2,5B%s/..." (do we really need this???)
3788 Add search string: "B/*.c/%s/.."? Or ":F/*.c/%s/.."?
3789- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
3790 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
3791- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
3792 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
37934 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
3794 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
3795 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
3796 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003797 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003798 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
3799 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
3800- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
3801 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
3802 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
3803
3804
3805vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
3806vim: set fo+=n :