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Bram Moolenaar4ad237d2005-03-11 22:49:40 +00001*version7.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2005 Mar 11
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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6
7Welcome to Vim 7! A large number of features has been added. This file
8mentions all the new items, changes to existing features and bug fixes
Bram Moolenaarb2956cd2005-01-27 14:42:53 +00009compared to Vim 6.x. Use this command to see the version you are using: >
10 :version
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000011
12See |vi_diff.txt| for an overview of differences between Vi and Vim 7.0.
13See |version4.txt| for differences between Vim 3.x and Vim 4.x.
14See |version5.txt| for differences between Vim 4.x and Vim 5.x.
15See |version6.txt| for differences between Vim 5.x and Vim 6.x.
16
17INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES |incompatible-7|
18
19NEW FEATURES |new-7|
20
Bram Moolenaarbac234e2005-01-17 22:21:07 +000021Vim script enhancements |new-vim-script|
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +000022KDE support |new-KDE|
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000023Translated manual pages |new-manpage-trans|
Bram Moolenaar8fc061c2004-12-29 21:03:02 +000024Internal grep |new-vimgrep|
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +000025POSIX compatibility |new-posix|
Bram Moolenaare2ac10d2005-03-07 23:26:06 +000026Debugger support |new-debug-support|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000027Various new items |new-items-7|
28
29IMPROVEMENTS |improvements-7|
30
31COMPILE TIME CHANGES |compile-changes-7|
32
33BUG FIXES |bug-fixes-7|
34
35==============================================================================
36INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES *incompatible-7*
37
38These changes are incompatible with previous releases. Check this list if you
Bram Moolenaarb2956cd2005-01-27 14:42:53 +000039run into a problem when upgrading from Vim 6.x to 7.0.
40
41A ":write file" command no longer resets the 'modified' flag of the buffer,
42unless the '+' flag is in 'cpoptions' |cpo-+|. This was illogical, since the
43buffer is still modified compared to the original file. And when undoing
44all changes the file would actually be marked modified. It does mean that
45":quit" fails now.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000047":helpgrep" now uses a help window to display a match.
48
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000049In an argument list double quotes could be used to include spaces in a file
50name. This caused a difference between ":edit" and ":next" for escaping
51double quotes and it is incompatible with some versions of Vi.
52 Command Vim 6.x file name Vim 7.x file name ~
53 :edit foo\"888 'foo"888' 'foo"888'
54 :next foo\"888 'foo888' 'foo"888'
55 :next a\"b c\"d 'ab cd' 'a"b' and 'c"d'
56
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +000057In a |literal-string| a single quote can be doubled to get one.
58":echo 'a''b'" would result in "a b", but now that two quotes stand for one it
59results in "a'b".
60
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000061
62Minor incompatibilities:
63
64For filetype detection: For many types, instead of ~/.dir/filename use
65*/.dir/filename, so that it also works for other user's files.
66
67":0verbose" now sets 'verbose' to zero instead of one.
68
69Removed the old and incomplete "VimBuddy" code.
70
71Buffers without a name report "No Name" instead of "No File". It was
72confusing for buffers with a name and 'buftype' set to "nofile".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000073
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +000074When ":file xxx" is used in a buffer without a name, the alternate file name
75isn't set. This avoids creating buffers without a name that are not useful.
76
77The "2html.vim" script now converts closed folds to HTML. This means the HTML
78looks like its displayed, with the same folds open and closed. Use "zR" if no
79folds should appear in the HTML. (partly by Carl Osterwisch)
Bram Moolenaar47136d72004-10-12 20:02:24 +000080Diff mode now is also converted as it is displayed.
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +000081
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000082Win32: The effect of the <F10> key depended on 'winaltkeys'. Now it depends
83on whether <F10> has been mapped or not. This allows mapping <F10> without
84changing 'winaltkeys'.
85
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +000086When 'octal' is in 'nrformats' and using CTRL-A on "08" it became "018", which
87is illogical. Now it becomes "9". The leading zero(s) is(are) removed to
88avoid the number becoming octal after incrementing "009" to "010".
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000089
90When 'encoding' is set to a Unicode encoding, the value for 'fileencodings'
91now includes "default" before "latin1". This means that for files with 8-bit
92encodings the default is to use the encoding specified by the environment, if
93possible. Previously latin1 would always be used, which is wrong in a
94non-latin1 environment, such as Russian.
95
Bram Moolenaard438e912005-01-31 19:21:46 +000096Previously Vim would exit when there are two windows, both of them displaying
97a help file, and using ":quit". Now only the window is closed.
98
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +000099"-w {scriptout}" only works when {scriptout} doesn't start with a digit.
100Otherwise it's used to set the 'window' option.
101
Bram Moolenaar8bf59b92005-03-06 23:40:56 +0000102Previously <Home> and <xHome> could be mapped separately. This had the
103disadvantage that all mappings (with modifiers) had to be duplicated, since
104you can't be sure what the keyboard generates. Now all <xHome> are internally
105translated to <Home>, both for the keys and for mappings. Also for <xEnd>,
106<xF1>, etc.
107
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000108==============================================================================
109NEW FEATURES *new-7*
110
Bram Moolenaarbac234e2005-01-17 22:21:07 +0000111Vim script enhancements *new-vim-script*
112-----------------------
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000113
114In Vim scripts the following types have been added:
115
Bram Moolenaar31c67ef2005-01-11 21:34:41 +0000116 List ordered list of items |List|
117 Dictionary associative array of items |Dictionary|
118 Funcref reference to a function |Funcref|
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000119
120Many functions and commands have been added to support the new types.
121
Bram Moolenaar31c67ef2005-01-11 21:34:41 +0000122The |string()| function can be used to get a string representation of a
123variable. Works for Numbers, Strings and composites of them. Then |eval()|
124can be used to turn the string back into the variable value.
125
Bram Moolenaarbac234e2005-01-17 22:21:07 +0000126The |:let| command can now use ":let var += expr" like using ":let var = var +
127expr". "-=" and ".=" works in a similar way.
128
Bram Moolenaar038eb0e2005-02-27 22:43:26 +0000129With the |:profile| command you can find out where your function or script
130wastes its time.
131
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +0000132
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +0000133KDE support *new-KDE*
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +0000134-----------
135
136Kvim is the KDE version of Vim. It uses the Qt toolkit. See |KVim|.
137(Thomas Capricelli, Philippe Fremy, Mickael Marchand, Mark Westcott, et al.)
138
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000139
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +0000140MzScheme interface *new-MzScheme*
141------------------
142
143The MzScheme interpreter is supported. |MzScheme|
144The |:mzscheme| command can be used to execute MzScheme commands.
145The |:mzfile| command can be used to execute an MzScheme script file.
146
Bram Moolenaar31c67ef2005-01-11 21:34:41 +0000147
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +0000148Printing multi-byte text *new-print-multi-byte*
149------------------
150
151The |:hardcopy| command now supports printing multi-byte characters.
152The 'printmbcharset' and 'printmbfont' options are used for this.
153Also see |postscript-cjk-printing|. (Mike Williams)
154
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +0000155
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000156Translated manual pages *new-manpage-trans*
157-----------------------
158
159The manual page of Vim and associated programs is now also available in
Bram Moolenaar4ad237d2005-03-11 22:49:40 +0000160several other languages.
161
162Italian - translated by Antonio Colombo
163Russian - translated by Vassily Ragosin
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000164
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000165The Unix Makefile installs the Italian manual pages in .../man/it/man1/.
Bram Moolenaar4ad237d2005-03-11 22:49:40 +0000166Other languages in similar places.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000167
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000168
Bram Moolenaar8fc061c2004-12-29 21:03:02 +0000169Internal grep *new-vimgrep*
170-------------
171
172The ":vimgrep" command can be used to search for a pattern in a list of files.
173This is like the ":grep" command, but no external program is used. Besides
174better portability, handling of different file encodings and using multi-line
175patterns, this also allows grepping in compressed and remote files.
176|:vimgrep|.
177
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000178If you want to use the search results in a script you can use the
179|errorlist()| function.
180
Bram Moolenaar8fc061c2004-12-29 21:03:02 +0000181
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +0000182POSIX compatibility *new-posix*
183-------------------
184
185The POSIX test suite was used to verify POSIX compatibility. A number of
186problems have been fixed to make Vim more POSIX compatible. Some of them
187conflict with traditional Vi or expected behavior. The $VIM_POSIX environment
188variable can be set to get POSIX compatibility. See |posix|.
189
190Items that were fixed for both Vi and POSIX compatibilty:
191- repeating "R" with a count only overwrites text once; added the 'X' flag to
192 'cpoptions' |cpo-X|
193- a vertical movement command that moves to a non-existing line fails; added
194 the '-' flag to 'cpoptions' |cpo--|
195- when preserving a file and doing ":q!" the file can be recovered; added the
196 '&' flag to 'cpoptions' |cpo-&|
197- The 'window' option is partly implemented. It specifies how much CTRL-F and
198 CTRL-B scroll when there is one window. The "-w {number}" argument is now
199 accepted. "-w {scriptout}" only works when {scriptout} doesn't start with a
200 digit.
201- Allow "-c{command}" argument, no space between "-c" and {command}.
202- When writing a file with ":w!" don't reset 'readonly' when 'Z' is present in
203 'cpoptions'.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000204- Allow 'l' and '#' flags for ":list", ":print" and ":number".
205- Added the '.' flag to 'cpoptions': ":cd" fails when the buffer is modified.
206- In Ex mode with an empty buffer ":read file" doesn't keep an empty line
207 above or below the new lines.
208- Remove a backslash before a NL for the ":global" command.
209- When ":append", ":insert" or ":change" is used with ":global", get the
210 inserted lines from the command. Can use backslash-NL to separate lines.
211- Can use ":global /pat/ visual" to execute Normal mode commands at each
212 matched line. Use "Q" to continue and go to the next line.
213- The |:open| command has been partially implemented. It stops Ex mode, but
214 redraws the whole screen, not just one line as open mode is supposed to do.
215- Support using a pipe to read the output from and write input to an external
216 command. Added the 'shelltemp' option and has("filterpipe").
217- In ex silent mode the ":set" command output is displayed.
218- The ":@@" and ":**" give an error message when no register was used before.
219- The search pattern "[]-`]" matches ']', '^', '_' and '`'.
220- Autoindent for ":insert" is using the line below the insert.
221- Autoindent for ":change" is using the first changed line.
222- Editing Ex command lines is not done in cooked mode, because CTRL-D and
223 CTRL-T cannot be handled then.
224- In Ex mode, "1,3" prints three lines.
225- Implemented the 'prompt' option.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +0000226
227
Bram Moolenaare2ac10d2005-03-07 23:26:06 +0000228Debugger support *new-debug-support*
229----------------
230
231The 'balloonexpr' option has been added. This is a generic way to implement
232balloon functionality. You can use it to show info for the word under the
233mouse pointer.
234
235
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000236Various new items *new-items-7*
237-----------------
238
239Normal mode commands: ~
240
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +0000241a", a' and a` New text objects to select quoted strings. |a'|
242i", i' and i' (Taro Muraoka)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000243
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000244CTRL-W <Enter> In the quickfix window: opens a new window to show the
245 location of the error under the cursor.
246
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000247Options: ~
248
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +0000249'completefunc' The name of a function used for user-specified Insert
250 mode completion. CTRL-X CTRL-U can be used in Insert
251 mode to do any kind of completion. (Taro Muraoka)
252'quoteescape' Characters used to escape quotes inside a string.
253 Used for the a", a' and a` text objects. |a'|
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +0000254'numberwidth' Minimal width of the space used for the 'number'
255 option. (Emmanuel Renieris)
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +0000256'mzquantum' Time in msec to schedule MzScheme threads.
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +0000257'printmbcharset' CJK character set to be used for :hardcopy
258'printmbfont' font names to be used for CJK output of :hardcopy
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000259'fsync' Whether fsync() is called after writing a file.
260 (Ciaran McCreesh)
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000261'wildoptions' "tagfile" value enables listing the file name of
262 matching tags for CTRL-D command line completion.
263 (based on an idea from Yegappan Lakshmanan)
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +0000264'formatlistpat' pattern to recognize a numbered list for formatting.
265 (idea by Hugo Haas)
266
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000267
268Ex commands: ~
269
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +0000270Win32: The ":winpos" command now also works in the console. (Vipin Aravind)
271
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +0000272|:startreplace| Start Replace mode. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +0000273
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +0000274|:0file| Removes the name of the buffer. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +0000275
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +0000276|:diffoff| Switch off diff mode in the current window or in all
277 windows.
278
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000279|:keepalt| Do not change the alternate file.
280
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000281|:delmarks| Delete marks.
282
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000283|:sandbox| Command modifier: execute the argument in the sandbox.
284
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000285|:exusage| Help for Ex commands (Nvi command).
286
287|:viusage| Help for Vi commands (Nvi command).
288
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +0000289|:cbuffer| Read error lines from a buffer. (partly by Yegappan
290 Lakshmanan)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000291
292New functions: ~
293
Bram Moolenaarbac234e2005-01-17 22:21:07 +0000294|add()| append an item to a List
295|append()| append List of lines to the buffer
296|browsedir()| Dialog to select a directory.
297|byteidx()| Index of a character. (Ilya Sher)
298|call()| call a function with List as arguments
299|copy()| make a shallow copy of a List or Dictionary
300|count()| count nr of times a value is in a List or Dictionary
301|deepcopy()| make a full copy of a List or Dictionary
302|empty()| check if List or Dictionary is empty
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000303|errorlist()| list of quickfix errors
Bram Moolenaarbac234e2005-01-17 22:21:07 +0000304|extend()| append one List to another or add items from one
305 Dictionary to another
306|filter()| remove selected items from a List or Dictionary
307|finddir()| Find a directory in 'path'.
308|findfile()| Find a file in 'path'. (Johannes Zellner)
309|foldtextresult()| The text displayed for a closed fold at line "lnum".
310|function()| make a Funcref out of a function name
311|get()| get an item from a List or Dictionary
312|getfontname()| Get actual font name being used.
313|getfperm()| Get file permission string. (Nikolai Weibull)
314|getftype()| Get type of file. (Nikolai Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000315|getline()| With second argument: get List with buffer lines
Bram Moolenaarbac234e2005-01-17 22:21:07 +0000316|has_key()| check whether a key appears in a Dictionary
317|insert()| insert an item somewhere in a List
318|items()| get List of Dictionary key-value pairs
319|join()| join List items into a String
320|keys()| get List of Dictionary keys
321|len()| number of items in a List or Dictionary
322|map()| change each List or Dictionary item
Bram Moolenaar2a8d1f82005-02-05 21:43:56 +0000323|matchlist()| list with match and submatches of a pattern in a string
Bram Moolenaarbac234e2005-01-17 22:21:07 +0000324|max()| maximum value in a List or Dictionary
325|min()| minimum value in a List or Dictionary
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000326|mkdir()| create a directory
Bram Moolenaar2a8d1f82005-02-05 21:43:56 +0000327|readfile()| read a file into a list of lines
Bram Moolenaarbac234e2005-01-17 22:21:07 +0000328|remove()| remove one or more items from a List or Dictionary
329|repeat()| Repeat "expr" "count" times. (Christophe Poucet)
330|reverse()| reverse the order of a List
331|sort()| sort a List
332|split()| split a String into a List
333|string()| String representation of a List or Dictionary
334|system()| Filters {input} through a shell command.
335|tr()| Translate characters. (Ron Aaron)
336|values()| get List of Dictionary values
Bram Moolenaar2a8d1f82005-02-05 21:43:56 +0000337|writefile()| write a list of lines into a file
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +0000338
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +0000339User defined functions can now be loaded automatically from the "autoload"
340directory in 'runtimepath'. See |autoload-functions|.
341
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000342
343New autocommand events: ~
344
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +0000345|InsertEnter| starting Insert or Replace mode
346|InsertChange| going from Insert to Replace mode or back
347|InsertLeave| leaving Insert or Replace mode
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +0000348
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +0000349|ColorScheme| after loading a color scheme
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +0000350|QuickFixCmdPre| before :make, :grep et al. (Ciaran McCreesh)
351|QuickFixCmdPost| after :make, :grep et al. (Ciaran McCreesh)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000352
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +0000353
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000354New items in search patterns: ~
355|/\%d| \%d123 search for character with decimal number
356|/\]| [\d123] idem, in a colletion
357|/\%o| \%o103 search for character with octal number
358|/\]| [\o1o3] idem, in a colletion
359|/\%x| \%x1a search for character with 2 pos. hex number
360|/\]| [\x1a] idem, in a colletion
361|/\%u| \%u12ab search for character with 4 pos. hex number
362|/\]| [\u12ab] idem, in a colletion
363|/\%U| \%U1234abcd search for character with 8 pos. hex number
364|/\]| [\U1234abcd] idem, in a colletion
365 (The above partly by Ciaran McCreesh)
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000366|/[=| [[=a=]] an equivalence class (only for latin1 characters)
367|/[.| [[.a.]] a collation element (only works with single char)
368
369Nesting |/multi| items no longer is an error when an empty match is possible.
370
371It is now possible to use \{0}, it matches the preceding atom zero times. Not
372useful, just for compatibility.
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000373
374
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +0000375New Syntax/Indent/FTplugin files: ~
376
377MuPAD source syntax, indent and ftplugin. (Dave Silvia)
378
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000379ABAB/4 syntax file. (Marius van Wyk)
380
381SQL-Informix syntax file. (Dean L Hill)
382
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +0000383PHP compiler plugin. (Doug Kearns)
384
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000385Sive syntax file. (Nikolai Weibull)
386
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +0000387
Bram Moolenaar47136d72004-10-12 20:02:24 +0000388New Keymaps: ~
389
390Sinhala (Sri Lanka) (Harshula Jayasuriya)
391
392
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +0000393New message translations: ~
394
395The Ukranian messages are now also available in cp1251.
396
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000397Irish message translations. (Kevin Patrick Scannell)
398
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000399Vietnamese message translations and menu. (Phan Vinh Thinh)
400
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000401
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000402Others: ~
403
404Mac: Add the selection type to the clipboard, so that Block, line and
405character selections can be used between two Vims. (Eckehard Berns)
406Also fixes the problem that setting 'clipboard' to "unnamed" breaks using
407"yyp".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000408
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +0000409Mac: GUI font selector. (Peter "Rain Dog" Cucka)
410
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000411Mac: support for multi-byte characters. (Da Woon Jung)
412
Bram Moolenaar2079a602005-01-04 21:43:22 +0000413GUI font selector for Motif. (Marcin Dalecki)
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +0000414
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +0000415Nicer toolbar buttons for Motif. (Marcin Dalecki)
416
Bram Moolenaar2079a602005-01-04 21:43:22 +0000417Mnemonics for the Motif find/replace dialog. (Marcin Dalecki)
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +0000418
Bram Moolenaar46c9c732004-12-12 11:37:09 +0000419Mac: better integration with Xcode. Post a fake mouse-up event after the odoc
420event and the drag receive handler to work around a stall after Vim loads a
421file. Fixed an off-by-one line number error. (Da Woon Jung)
422
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +0000423The netrw plugin now also supports viewing a directory, when "scp://" is used.
424Deleting and renaming files is possible. (Charles Campbell)
425
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000426Added the t_SI and t_EI escape sequences for starting and ending Insert mode.
427To be used to set the cursor shape to a bar or a block. No default values,
428they are not supported by termcap/terminfo.
429
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000430Autocommands can be defined local to a buffer. This means they will also work
431when the buffer does not have a name or no specific name. See
432|autocmd-buflocal|. (Yakov Lerner)
433
Bram Moolenaar19a09a12005-03-04 23:39:37 +0000434For xterm most combinations of modifiers with function keys are recognized.
435|xterm-modifier-keys|
436
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000437==============================================================================
438IMPROVEMENTS *improvements-7*
439
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000440":helpgrep" accepts a language specifier after the pattern: "pat@it".
441
Bram Moolenaar8299df92004-07-10 09:47:34 +0000442Move the help for printing to a separate help file. It's quite a lot now.
443
Bram Moolenaar8bf59b92005-03-06 23:40:56 +0000444The pattern matching code was changed from a recursive function to an
445iterative mechanism. This avoids out-of-stack errors. State is stored in
446allocated memory, running out of memory can always be detected. Allows
447matching more complex things, but Vim may seem to hang while doing that.
448
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000449":breakadd here" and ":breakdel here" can be used to set or delete a
450breakpoint at the cursor.
451
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +0000452The tutor was updated to make it simpler to use and added text to explain a
453few more important commands. Used ideas from Gabriel Zachmann.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000454
Bram Moolenaarcfbc5ee2004-07-02 15:38:35 +0000455Unix: When libcall() fails obtain an error message with dlerror() and display
456it. (Johannes Zellner)
457
Bram Moolenaar592e0a22004-07-03 16:05:59 +0000458Added "nbsp" in 'listchars'. (David Blanchet)
459
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +0000460Added the "acwrite" value for the 'buftype' option. This is for a buffer that
461doesn not have a name that refers to a file and is written with BufWriteCmd
462autocommands.
463
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +0000464For lisp indenting and matching parenthesis: (Sergey Khorev)
465- square brackets are recognized properly
466- #\(, #\), #\[ and #\] are recognized as character literals
467- Lisp line comments (delimited by semicolon) are recognized
468
Bram Moolenaar89cb5e02004-07-19 20:55:54 +0000469Added the "count" argument to match(), matchend() and matchstr(). (Ilya Sher)
470
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +0000471winnr() takes an optional "$" and "#" arguments. (Nikolai Weibull, Yegappan
472Lakshmanan)
473
474Added 'n' flag to search(): don't move the cursor. (Nikolai Weibull)
475
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000476When uncompressing fails in the gzip plugin, give an error message but don't
477delete the raw text. Helps if the file has a .gz extension but is not
478actually compressed. (Andrew Pimlott)
479
480When C, C++ or IDL syntax is used, may additionally load doxygen syntax.
481Also support setting the filetype to "cdoxygen" for C plus doxygen syntax.
482(Michael Geddes)
483
484The ":registers" command now displays multi-byte characters properly.
485
486VMS: In the usage message mention that a slash can be used to make a flag
487upper case. Add color support to the builtin vt320 terminal codes.
488(Zoltan Arpadffy)
489
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +0000490For the '%' item in 'viminfo', allow a number to set a maximum for the number
491of buffers.
492
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000493The 'statusline' option can be local to the window, so that each window can
494have a different value. (partly by Yegappan Lakshmanan)
495
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000496When a file looks like a shell script, check for an "exec" command that starts
497the tcl interpreter. (suggested by Alexios Zavras)
498
499Support conversion between utf-8 and latin9 (iso-8859-15) internally, so that
500digraphs still work when iconv is not available.
501
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000502When a session file is loaded while editing an unnamed, empty buffer that
503buffer is wiped out. Avoids that there is an unused buffer in the buffer
504list.
505
506Win32: When libintl.dll supports bind_textdomain_codeset(), use it.
507(NAKADAIRA Yukihiro)
508
509When foldtext() finds no text after removing the comment leader, use the
510second line of the fold. Helps for C-style /* */ comments where the first
511line is just "/*".
512
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +0000513When editing the same file from two systems (e.g., Unix and MS-Windows) there
514mostly was no warning for an existing swap file, because the name of the
515edited file differs (e.g., y:\dir\file vs /home/me/dir/file). Added a flag to
516the swap file to indicate it is in the same directory as the edited file. The
517used path then doesn't matter and the check for editing the same file is much
518more reliable.
519
520Client-server communication now supports 'encoding'. When setting 'encoding'
521in a Vim server to "utf-8", and using "vim --remote fname" in a console,
522"fname" is converted from the console encoding to utf-8. Also allows Vims
523with different 'encoding' settings to exchange messages.
524
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +0000525Internal: Changed ga_room into ga_maxlen, so that it doesn't need to be
526incremented/decremented each time.
527
Bram Moolenaar2079a602005-01-04 21:43:22 +0000528Included a few improvements for Motif from Marcin Dalecki. Draw label
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +0000529contents ourselves to make them handle fonts in a way configurable by Vim and
530a bit less dependent on the X11 font management.
531
Bram Moolenaar49cd9572005-01-03 21:06:01 +0000532When a register is empty it is not stored in the viminfo file.
533
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +0000534Removed the tcltags script, it's obsolete.
535
Bram Moolenaardcaf10e2005-01-21 11:55:25 +0000536":redir @*>" and ":redir @+>" append to the clipboard. Better check for
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000537invalid characters after the register name. |:redir|
538
539":redir => variable" and ":redir =>> variable" write or append to a variable.
540(Yegappan Lakshmanan) |:redir|
Bram Moolenaardcaf10e2005-01-21 11:55:25 +0000541
542":let g:" lists global variables.
543":let b:" lists buffer-local variables.
544":let w:" lists window-local variables.
545":let v:" lists Vim variables.
546
Bram Moolenaard438e912005-01-31 19:21:46 +0000547The stridx() and strridx() functions take a third argument, where to start
548searching. (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
Bram Moolenaarb71ec9f2005-01-25 22:22:02 +0000549
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +0000550g CTRL-G also shows the number of characters if it differs from the number of
551bytes.
552
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000553Completion for ":debug" and entering an expression for the '=' register. Skip
554":" between range and command name. (Peter winters)
555
556CTRL-Q in Insert mode now works like CTRL-V by default. Previously it was
557ignored.
558
559When "beep" is included in 'debug' a function or script that causes a beep
560will result in a message with the source of the error.
561
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000562When completing buffer names, match with "\(^\|[\/]\)" instead of "^", so that
563":buf stor<Tab>" finds both "include/storage.h" and "storage/main.c".
564
565To count items (pattern matches) without changing the buffer the 'n' flag has
566been added to |:substitute|. See |count-items|.
567
Bram Moolenaar038eb0e2005-02-27 22:43:26 +0000568The "screen.linux" $TERM name is recognized to set the default for
Bram Moolenaar19a09a12005-03-04 23:39:37 +0000569'background' to "dark". (Ciaran McCreesh) Also for "cygwin".
570
571The |FileChangedShell| autocommand event can now use the |v:fcs_reason|
572variable that specifies what triggered the event. |v:fcs_choice| can be used
573to reload the buffer or ask the user what to do.
Bram Moolenaar038eb0e2005-02-27 22:43:26 +0000574
Bram Moolenaar8bf59b92005-03-06 23:40:56 +0000575Not all modifiers were recognized for xterm function keys. Added the
576possibility in term codes to end in ";*X" or "O*X", where X is any character
577and the * stands for the modifier code.
578Added the <xUp>, <xDown>, <xLeft> and <xRight> keys, to be able to recognize
579the two forms that xterm can send their codes in and still handle all possible
580modifiers.
581
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000582==============================================================================
583COMPILE TIME CHANGES *compile-changes-7*
584
Bram Moolenaar2079a602005-01-04 21:43:22 +0000585Dropped the support for the BeOS and Amiga GUI. They were not maintained and
586probably didn't work. If you want to work on this: get the Vim 6.x version
587and merge it back in.
588
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000589Mac: "make" now creates the Vim.app directory and "make install" copies it to
590its final destination. (Raf)
591
592Mac: Made it possible to compile with Motif, Athena or GTK without tricks and
593still being able to use the MacRoman conversion. Added the os_mac_conv.c
594file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000595
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000596When running the tests and one of them fails to produce "test.out" the
597following tests are still executed. This helps when running out of memory.
598
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000599==============================================================================
600BUG FIXES *bug-fixes-7*
601
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000602When using PostScript printing on MS-DOS the default 'printexpr' used "lpr"
603instead of "copy". When 'printdevice' was empty the copy command did not
604work. Use "LPT1" then.
605
606The GTK font dialog uses a font size zero when the font name doesn't include a
607size. Use a default size of 10.
608
609This example in the documentation didn't work:
610 :e `=foo . ".c" `
611Skip over the expression in `=expr` when looking for comments, |, % and #.
612
613When ":helpgrep" doesn't find anything there is no error message.
614
615"L" and "H" did not take closed folds into account.
616
617Win32: The "-P title" argument stopped at the first title that matched, even
618when it doesn't support MDI.
619
620Mac GUI: CTRL-^ and CTRL-@ did not work.
621
622"2daw" on "word." at the end of a line didn't include the preceding white
623space.
624
625Win32: Using FindExecutable() doesn't work to find a program. Use
626SearchPath() instead. For executable() use $PATHEXT when the program searched
627for doesn't have an extension.
628
629When 'virtualedit' is set, moving the cursor up after appending a character
630may move it to a different column. Was caused by auto-formatting moving the
631cursor and not putting it back where it was.
632
633When indent was added automatically and then moving the cursor, the indent was
634not deleted (like when pressing ESC). The "I" flag in 'cpoptions' can be used
635to make it work the old way.
636
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +0000637When opening a command-line window, 'textwidth' gets set to 78 by the Vim
638filetype plugin. Reset 'textwidth' to 0 to avoid lines are broken.
639
640After using cursor(line, col) moving up/down doesn't keep the same column.
641
642Win32: Borland C before 5.5 requires using ".u." for LowPart and HighPart
643fields. (Walter Briscoe)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000644
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +0000645On Sinix SYS_NMLN isn't always defined. Define it ourselves. (Cristiano De
646Michele)
647
Bram Moolenaar325b7a22004-07-05 15:58:32 +0000648Printing with PostScript may keep the printer waiting for more. Append a
649CTRL-D to the printer output. (Mike Williams)
650
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +0000651When converting a string with a hex or octal number the leading '-' was
652ignored. ":echo '-05' + 0" resulted in 5 instead of -5.
653
654Using "@:" to repeat a command line didn't work when it contains control
655characters.
656
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +0000657When using file completion for a user command, it would not expand environment
658variables like for a regular command with a file argument.
659
660'cindent': When the argument of a #define looks like a C++ class the next line
661is indented too much.
662
663When 'comments' includes multi-byte characters inserting the middle part and
664alignment may go wrong. 'cindent' also suffers from this for right-aligned
665items.
666
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000667Win32: when 'encoding' is set to "utf-8" getenv() still returns strings in the
668active codepage. Convert to utf-8. Also for $HOME.
669
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +0000670The default for 'helplang' was "zh" for both "zh_cn" and "zh_tw". Now use
671"cn" or "tw" as intended.
672
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +0000673When 'bin' is set and 'eol' is not set then line2byte() added the line break
674after the last line while it's not there.
675
676Using foldlevel() in a WinEnter autocommand may not work. Noticed when
677resizing the GUI shell upon startup.
678
679Python: Using buffer.append(f.readlines()) didn't work. Allow appending a
680string with a trailing newline. The newline is ignored.
681
Bram Moolenaar269ec652004-07-29 08:43:53 +0000682When using the ":saveas f2" command for buffer "f1", the Buffers menu would
683contain "f2" twice, one of them leading to "f1". Also trigger the BufFilePre
684and BufFilePost events for the alternate buffer that gets the old name.
685
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +0000686strridx() did not work well when the needle is empty. (Ciaran McCreesh)
687
688GTK: Avoid a potential hang in gui_mch_wait_for_chars() when input arrives
689just before it is invoked
690
691VMS: Occasionally CR characters were inserted in the file. Expansion of
692environment variables was not correct. (Zoltan Arpadffy)
693
694UTF-8: When 'delcombine' is set "dw" only deleted the last combining character
695from the first character of the word.
696
697When using ":sball" in an autocommand only the filetype in one buffer was
698detected. Reset did_filetype in enter_buffer().
699
700When using ":argdo" and the window already was at the first argument index,
701but not actually editing it, the current buffer would be used instead.
702
Bram Moolenaar15d0a8c2004-09-06 17:44:46 +0000703When ":next dir/*" includes many matches, adding the names to the argument
704list may take an awful lot of time and can't be interrupted. Allow
705interrupting this.
706
707When editing a file that was already loaded in a buffer, modelines were not
708used. Now window-local options in the modeline are set. Buffer-local options
709and global options remain unmodified.
710
711Win32: When 'encoding' is set to "utf-8" in the vimrc file, files from the
712command line with non-ASCII characters are not used correctly. Recode the
713file names when 'encoding' is set, using the Unicode command line.
714
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +0000715Win32 console: When the default for 'encoding' ends up to be "latin1", the
716default value of 'isprint' was wrong.
717
718When an error message is given while waiting for a character (e.g., when an
719xterm reports the number of colors), the hit-enter prompt overwrote the last
720line. Don't reset msg_didout in normal_cmd() for K_IGNORE.
721
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +0000722Mac GUI: Shift-Tab didn't work.
723
724When defining tooltip text, don't translate terminal codes, since it's not
725going to be used like a command.
726
727GTK 2: Check the tooltip text for valid utf-8 characters to avoid getting a
728GTK error. Invalid characters may appear when 'encoding' is changed.
729
730GTK 2: Add a safety check for invalid utf-8 sequences, they can crash pango.
731
732Win32: When 'encoding' is changed while starting up, use the Unicode command
733line to convert the file arguments to 'encoding'. Both for the GUI and the
734console version.
735
736Win32 GUI: latin9 text (iso-8859-15) was not displayed correctly, because
737there is no codepage for latin9. Do our own conversion from latin9 to UCS2.
738
Bram Moolenaar7b0294c2004-10-11 10:16:09 +0000739When two versions of GTK+ 2 are installed it was possible to use the header
740files from one and the library from the other. Use GTK_LIBDIR to put the
741directory for the library early in the link flags.
742
743With the GUI find/replace dialog a replace only worked if the pattern was
744literal text. Now it works for any pattern.
745
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000746When 'equalalways' is set and 'eadirection' is "hor", ":quit" would still
747cause equalizing window heights in the vertical direction.
748
749When ":emenu" is used in a startup script the command was put in the typeahead
750buffer, causing a prompt for the crypt key to be messed up.
751
752Mac OS/X: The default for 'isprint' included characters 128-160, causes
753problems for Terminal.app.
754
755When a syntax item with "containedin" is used, it may match in the start or
756end of a region with a matchgroup, while this doesn't happen for a "contains"
757argument.
758
759When a transparent syntax items matches in another item where the highlighting
760has already stopped (because of a he= argument), the highlighting would come
761back.
762
763When cscope is used to set the quickfix error list, it didn't get set if there
764was only one match. (Sergey Khorev)
765
766When 'confirm' is set and using ":bdel" in a modified buffer, then selecting
767"cancel", would still give an error message.
768
769The PopUp menu items that started Visual mode didn't work when not in Normal
770mode. Switching between selecting a word and a line was not possible.
771
772Win32: The keypad decimal point always resulted in a '.', while on some
773keyboards it's a ','. Use MapVirtualKey(VK_DECIMAL, 2).
774
775Removed unused function DisplayCompStringOpaque() from gui_w32.c
776
777In Visual mode there is not always an indication whether the line break is
778selected or not. Highlight the character after the line when the line break
779is included, e.g., after "v$o".
780
781GTK: The <F10> key can't be mapped, it selects the menu. Disable that with a
782GTK setting and do select the menu when <F10> isn't mapped. (David Necas)
783
784After "Y" '[ and '] were not at start/end of the yanked text.
785
786When a telnet connection is dropped Vim preserves files and exits. While
787doing that a SIGHUP may arrive and disturbe us, thus ignore it. (Scott
Bram Moolenaar46c9c732004-12-12 11:37:09 +0000788Anderson) Also postpone SIGHUP, SIGQUIT and SIGTERM until it's safe to
789handle. Added handle_signal().
790
791When using "set laststatus=2 cmdheight=2" in the .gvimrc you may only get one
792line for the cmdline. (Christian Robinson) Invoke command_height() after the
793GUI has started up.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +0000794
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +0000795When completing a file name on the command line backslashes are required for
796white space. Was only done for a space, not for a Tab.
797
798When configure could not find a terminal library, compiling continued for a
799long time before reporting the problem. Added a configure check for tgetent()
800being found in a library.
801
802When the cursor is on the first char of the last line a ":g/pat/s///" command
803may cause the cursor to be displayed below the text.
804
805Win32: Editing a file with non-ASCII characters doesn't work when 'encoding'
806is "utf-8". use _wfullpath() instead of _fullpath(). (Yu-sung Moon)
807
808When recovering the 'fileformat' and 'fileencoding' were taken from the
809original file instead of from the swapfile. When the file didn't exist, was
810empty or the option was changed (e.g., with ":e ++fenc=cp123 file") it could
811be wrong. Now store 'fileformat' and 'fileencoding' in the swapfile and use
812the values when recovering.
813
814":bufdo g/something/p" overwrites each last printed text line with the file
815message for the next buffer. Temporarily clear 'shortmess' to avoid that.
816
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +0000817Win32: Cannot edit a file starting with # with --remote. Do escape % and #
818when building the ":drop" command.
819
Bram Moolenaar86b68352004-12-27 21:59:20 +0000820A comment or | just after a expresion-backtick argument was not recognized.
821E.g. in :e `="foo"`"comment.
822
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +0000823"(" does not stop at an empty sentence (single dot and white space) while ")"
824does. Also breaks "das" on that dot.
825
826When doing "yy" with the cursor on a TAB the ruler could be wrong and "k"
827moved the cursor to another column.
828
829When 'commentstring' is '"%s' and there is a double quote in the line a double
830quote before the fold marker isn't removed in the text displayed for a closed
831fold.
832
833In Visual mode, when 'bin' and 'eol' set, g CTRL-G counted the last line
834break, resulting in "selected 202 of 201 bytes".
835
Bram Moolenaar2079a602005-01-04 21:43:22 +0000836Motif: fonts were not used for dialog components. (Marcin Dalecki)
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +0000837
Bram Moolenaar49cd9572005-01-03 21:06:01 +0000838Motif: After using a toolbar button the keyboard focus would be on the toolbar
Bram Moolenaar2079a602005-01-04 21:43:22 +0000839(Lesstif problem). (Marcin Dalecki)
Bram Moolenaar49cd9572005-01-03 21:06:01 +0000840
Bram Moolenaar1c2fda22005-01-02 11:43:19 +0000841When using "y<C-V>`x" where mark x is in the first column, the last line was
842not included.
843
844Not all test scripts work properly on MS-Windows when checked out from CVS.
845Use a Vim command to fix all fileformats to dos before executing the tests.
846
847When using ":new" and the file fits in the window, lines could still be above
848the window. Now remove empty lines instead of keeping the relative position.
849
Bram Moolenaar3d60ec22005-01-05 22:19:46 +0000850Cmdline completion didn't work after ":let var1 var<Tab>".
851
Bram Moolenaarb7d6e722005-01-09 21:22:45 +0000852When using ":startinsert" or ":startreplace" when already in Insert mode
853(possible when using CTRL-R =), pressing Esc would directly restart Insert
854mode. (Peter Winters)
855
Bram Moolenaar31c67ef2005-01-11 21:34:41 +0000856"2daw" didn't work at end of file if the last word is a single character.
857
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +0000858Completion for ":next a'<Tab>" put a backslash before single quote, but it was
859not removed when editing a file. Now halve backslashes in save_patterns().
Bram Moolenaar798c5a72005-01-16 22:06:30 +0000860Also fix expanding a file name with the shell that contains "\'".
Bram Moolenaar8c711452005-01-14 21:53:12 +0000861
Bram Moolenaarb71ec9f2005-01-25 22:22:02 +0000862When doing "1,6d|put" only "fewer lines" was reported. Now a following "more
863lines" overwrites the message.
864
865Configure could not handle "-Dfoo=long\ long" in the TCL config output.
866
Bram Moolenaarb2956cd2005-01-27 14:42:53 +0000867When searching backwards, using a pattern that matches a newline and uses \zs
868after that, didn't find a match. Could also get a hang or end up in the right
869column in the wrong line.
870
Bram Moolenaard438e912005-01-31 19:21:46 +0000871When $LANG is "sl" for slovenian, the slovak menu was used, since "slovak"
872starts with "sl".
873
874When 'paste' is set in the GUI the Paste toolbar button doesn't work. Clear
875'paste' when starting the GUI.
876
Bram Moolenaarf5836682005-02-02 23:09:45 +0000877A message about a wrong viminfo line included the trailing NL.
878
Bram Moolenaar2a8d1f82005-02-05 21:43:56 +0000879When 'paste' is set in the GUI the toolbar button doesn't work in Insert mode.
880Use ":exe" in menu.vim to avoid duplicating the commands, instead of using a
881mapping.
882
883Treat "mlterm" as an xterm-like terminal. (Seiichi Sato)
884
885":z.4" and ":z=4" didn't work Vi compatible.
886
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +0000887When sourcing a file, editing it and sourcing it again, it could appear twice
888in ":scriptnames" and get a new <SID>, because the inode has changed.
889
890When $SHELL is set but empty the 'shell' option would be empty. Don't use an
891empty $SHELL value.
892
893A command "w! file" in .vimrc or $EXINIT didn't work. Now it writes an empty
894file.
895
896When a CTRL-F command at the end of the file failed, the cursor was still
897moved to the start of the line. Now it remains where it is.
898
899When using ":s" or "&" to repeat the last substitute and "$" was used to put
900the cursor in the last column, put the cursor in the last column again. This
901is Vi compatible.
902
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +0000903Vim is not fully POSIX compliant but sticks with traditional Vi behavior.
904Added a few flags in 'cpoptions' to behave the POSIX way when wanted. The
905$VIM_POSIX environment variable is checked to set the default.
906
907Appending to a register didn't insert a line break like Vi. Added the '>'
908flag to 'cpoptions' for this.
909
910Using "I" in a line with only blanks appended to the line. This is not Vi
911compatible. Added the 'H' flag in 'coptions' for this.
912
913When joining multiple lines the cursor would be at the last joint, but Vi
914leaves it at the position where "J" would put it. Added the 'q' flag in
915'cpoptions' for this.
916
917Autoindent didn't work for ":insert" and ":append".
918
919Using ":append" in an empty buffer kept the dummy line. Now it's deleted to
920be Vi compatible.
921
922When reading commands from a file and stdout goes to a terminal, would still
923request the xterm version. Vim can't read it, thus the output went to the
924shell and caused trouble there.
925
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +0000926When redirecting to a register with an invalid name the redirection would
927still be done (after an error message). Now reset "redir_reg". (Yegappan
928Lakshmanan)
929
930It was not possible to use a NL after a backslash in Ex mode. This is
931sometimes used to feed multiple lines to a shell command.
932
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +0000933When 'cmdheight' is set to 2 in .vimrc and the GUI uses the number of lines
934from the terminal we actually get 3 lines for the cmdline in gvim.
935
936When setting $HOME allocated memory would leak.
937
Bram Moolenaar19a09a12005-03-04 23:39:37 +0000938Win32: bold characters may sometimes write in another character cell. Use
939unicodepdy[] as for UTF-8. (Taro Muraoka)
940
941":w fname" didn't work for files with 'buftype' set to "nofile".
942
Bram Moolenaare2ac10d2005-03-07 23:26:06 +0000943The method used to locate user commands for completion differed from when they
944are executed. Abiguous command names were not completed properly.
945
Bram Moolenaar9062a9d2005-03-08 22:46:26 +0000946Incremental search may cause a crash when there is a custom statusline that
947indirectly invokes ":normal".
948
949Diff mode failed when $DIFF_OPTIONS was set in the environment. Unset it
950before invoking "diff".
951
Bram Moolenaar4ad237d2005-03-11 22:49:40 +0000952When renaming a file is done by making a copy (accross file systems), set the
953permissions and ACL of the copy to those of the original file.
954
955Completion didn't work after ":argdo", ":windo" and ":bufdo". Also for ":set
956&l:opt" and ":set &g:opt". (Peter Winters)
957
958When setting 'ttymouse' to "dec" in an xterm that supports the DEC mouse
959locator it doesn't work. Now switch off the mouse before selecting another
960mouse model.
961
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +0000962 vim:tw=78:ts=8:ft=help:norl: