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Gary Johnson16e9b472025-06-12 21:15:07 +02001*todo.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Jun 12
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 TODO list for Vim *todo*
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9This is a veeeery long list of known bugs, current work and desired
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +010010improvements. To make it a little bit accessible, the older items are grouped
11by subject. In the first column of the line a classification is used to be
12able to look for "the next thing to do":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000013
14Priority classification:
159 next point release
168 next release
177 as soon as possible
186 soon
195 should be included
204 nice to have
213 consider including
222 maybe not
231 probably not
24- unclassified
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26 *votes-for-changes*
27See |develop.txt| for development plans. You can vote for which items should
28be worked on, but only if you sponsor Vim development. See |sponsor|.
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Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +020030Issues can also be entered online: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +010031Only use this for bug reports, not for questions! Those belong on the
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +010032maillist. Updates will be forwarded to the |vim_dev| maillist. Issues
33entered there will not be repeated below, unless there is extra information.
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020034
Bram Moolenaarb1c91982018-05-17 17:04:55 +020035The #1234 numbers refer to an issue or pull request on github. To see it in a
36browser use: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/1234
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020037(replace 1234 with the issue/pull number)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038 *known-bugs*
39-------------------- Known bugs and current work -----------------------
40
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +010041Mapping with modifier is not recognized after a partial mapping. Probably
42because the typeahead was simplified when looking for a matching mapping.
43Need to somehow undo the simplification. #12002
Bram Moolenaardd60c362023-02-27 15:49:53 +000044
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +010045Windows scroll when using the autocmd window. #12085
46in restore_snapshot_rec() restore more values from the snapshot, instead of
47calling frame_new_height() and frame_new_width(), especially w_topline and
48w_skipcol.
49
Bram Moolenaarb7398fe2023-05-14 18:50:25 +010050Check places that source "path/*.vim" to not match other extensions, e.g.
51.vim9, on MS-Windows (short file name match, gets expanded to long file name).
52E.g. for startup files, plugins, packs, etc.
53
54When a help item can't be found, then open 'helpfile'. Search for the tag in
55that file and gtive E149 only when not found. Helps for a tiny Vim installed
56without all the help files.
57
58Virtual text problems:
Bram Moolenaarb7398fe2023-05-14 18:50:25 +010059- Virtual text aligned "above": Wrong indentation when using tabs (Issue
60 #12232)
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +010061- truncated Virtual text below an empty line causes display error #12493
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Bram Moolenaarb7398fe2023-05-14 18:50:25 +010063When 'virtualedit' is "all" and 'cursorcolumn' is set, the wrong column may be
64highlighted. (van-de-bugger, 2018 Jan 23, #2576)
65
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +010066With 'smoothscroll' set and "lastline" in 'display', moving the cursor to a
67wrapping line that makes the display scroll up may scroll much more than
68needed, thus jump-scrolling. (part of issue 12411)
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +000069Errors when running tests with valgrind:
70- test_codestyle.vim: e.g.:
mikoto2000166f89e2024-09-26 15:52:22 +020071 command line..script /home/mool/vim/vim91/src/testdir/runtest.vim[569]..function RunTheTest[52]..Test_test_files line 6: keycode_check.vim: space before tab: Expected 0 but got 7
72 command line..script /home/mool/vim/vim91/src/testdir/runtest.vim[569]..function RunTheTest[52]..Test_test_files line 10: setup.vim: trailing white space: Expected 0 but got 23
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +000073- test_gui.vim:
74 Found errors in Test_gui_mouse_event():
75
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +010076When every block in if/elseif ends in "throw" or "return" code following after
77"endif" should give an "unreachable code" error.
78
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +000079Upcoming larger works:
80- Make spell checking work with recent .dic/.aff files, e.g. French. #4916
81 Make Vim understand the format somehow? Search for "spell" below.
82 Make sure suggestions are speedy, also with composed words (German).
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +010083- Make syntax highlighting faster and better.
84 Add a generic mechanism to test a syntax plugin: An input file for the
85 filetype and a screendump of expected result. With a way to specify the
86 setup (global variables) and another dump file from that.
87 Discuss alternatives for using other grammars (treesitter, TextMate).
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +000088 - Possibly conversion to Vim syntax rules.
89 - Other mechanism than group and cluster to nest syntax items, to be used
90 for grammars.
91 - Possibly keeping the parsed syntax tree and incremental updates.
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +000092 - tree-sitter doesn't handle incorrect syntax (while typing) properly.
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +010093 - NeoVim uses treesitter, what can we learn from that?
94 - Vscode is asked to switch to treesitter:
95 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/50140
96 - Vscode uses TextMate. #9087 - Other people don't like it.
97 https://github.com/icedman/vim-textmate
98 - sublime grammar? Hugo mentions it's a moving target #9087
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +000099 - Make clear how it relates to LSP.
100 - example plugin: https://github.com/uga-rosa/dps-vsctm.vim
Bram Moolenaarf269eab2022-10-03 18:04:35 +0100101
Bram Moolenaar9b03d3e2022-08-30 20:26:34 +0100102
Yegappan Lakshmananceffca62023-09-24 14:36:56 -0700103Further Vim9 improvements:
Yegappan Lakshmanane750f8c2023-08-24 07:07:05 -0700104- Classes and Interfaces. See |vim9-classes|
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100105 - Getting member of variable with "any" type should be handled at runtime.
106 Remove temporary solution from #12096 / patch 9.0.1375.
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100107 - "obj.Method()" does not always work in a compiled function, assumes "obj"
Bram Moolenaarb7398fe2023-05-14 18:50:25 +0100108 is a dictionary. #12196 Issue #12024 might be the same problem.
109 Issue #11822: any.Func() can be a dict or an object call, need to handle
110 this at runtime. Also see #12198 for an example.
111 Possibly issue #11981 can be fixed at the same time (has two examples).
Yegappan Lakshmananceffca62023-09-24 14:36:56 -0700112 - Forward declaration of a class? E.g. for Clone() function.
113 Email lifepillar 2023 Mar 26
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +0000114 - how about lock/unlock?
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +0000115 - For chaining, allow using the class name as type for function return
116 value.
Yegappan Lakshmananceffca62023-09-24 14:36:56 -0700117 - Implement "specifies" interface
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +0000118 - Implement generics
Yegappan Lakshmanane750f8c2023-08-24 07:07:05 -0700119 - Add "assignable" (class or child)?
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +0000120 - More efficient way for interface member index than iterating over list?
121 - a variant of type() that returns a different type for each class?
122 list<number> and list<string> should also differ.
Bram Moolenaardd60c362023-02-27 15:49:53 +0000123- Promise class, could be used to wait on a popup close callback?
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +0000124- class local to a function
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +0000125- Use Vim9 for more runtime files.
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200126- Inline call to map() and filter(), better type checking.
Bram Moolenaar4c295022021-05-02 17:19:11 +0200127- When evaluating constants for script variables, some functions could work:
128 has(featureName), len(someString)
129- Implement as part of an expression: ++expr, --expr, expr++, expr--.
Yegappan Lakshmanan563e6442023-12-05 08:19:06 -0800130- The use of the literal value "null" and the type specific "null_xxx"
Yegappan Lakshmanan912fbaf2024-10-27 20:46:42 +0100131 values is confusing (#13433, #11770).
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +0100132
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +0000133Information missing in terminfo:
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +0100134- Codes used for focus gained and lost termcodes are hard-coded in
135 set_termname(), not named.
136- t_fe enable focus-event tracking
137- t_fd disable focus-event tracking
Bram Moolenaar938ae282023-02-20 20:44:55 +0000138- Accept "hyper" and "meta" modifiers (16 and 32) from Kitty like Meta?
139 8 is actually "super".
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +0000140- t_RV request terminal version string; xterm: "\033[>c"
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +0000141 change in terminfo for "RV" uses the wrong escape sequence 7 - 14 Jan only
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100142- Codes for <PasteStart> t_PS and <PasteEnd> t_PE; with bracketed paste:
143 t_BE and t_BD.
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +0000144Modifiers for various keys
Bram Moolenaarbe4e0162023-02-02 13:59:48 +0000145- flag to indicate "xterm compatible modifiers" ?
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +0000146Underline and similar:
147- t_AU - Set underline color: like "AF" and "AB" entries.
148- t_Ce undercurl and underline end
149- t_Cs undercurl (curly underline) mode
150- t_Us double underline mode
151- t_ds dotted underline mode
152- t_Ds dashed underline mode
153- t_Te strikethrough end
154- t_Ts strikethrough mode
155Cursor codes: |termcap-cursor-shape|
156- t_RC request terminal cursor blinking
157- t_RS request terminal cursor style
158- t_VS cursor normally visible (no blink)
159- t_SI start insert mode (bar cursor shape)
160- t_SR start replace mode (underline cursor shape)
161- t_EI end insert or replace mode (block cursor shape)
162- t_SC set cursor color start
163- t_EC set cursor color end
164- t_SH set cursor shape
165State requests:
166- t_RF request terminal foreground color
167- t_RB request terminal background color
168Less important (not needed for regular editing):
169- t_IS set icon text start
170- t_IE set icon text end
171- t_ST save window title to stack
172- t_RT restore window title from stack
173- t_Si save icon text to stack
174- t_Ri restore icon text from stack
175- t_WP set window position (Y, X) in pixels
176- t_GP get window position (Y, X) in pixels
177- t_WS set window size (height, width in cells)
178Vim internal, but there should be a terminfo entry for these:
179- t_8f set foreground color (R, G, B) in printf() format
180- t_8b set background color (R, G, B) in printf() format
181- t_8u set underline color (R, G, B) in printf() format
182Probably Vim internal, not in terminfo:
183- t_TE end of "raw" mode
184- t_TI put terminal into "raw" mode
185- t_RK request terminal keyboard protocol state; sent after |t_TI|
186Already working, not properly documented:
187- t_u7 request cursor position
188
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200189Popup windows:
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +0100190- Add a function to redraw a specific popup window. Esp. to be used when
191 editing the command line, when screen updating doesn't happen. (Shougo)
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +0100192 #10210 Example that shows the need on the issue.
193 Probably need to update all popup windows (they may overlap)
Bram Moolenaarf269eab2022-10-03 18:04:35 +0100194 If the display is scrolled need to redraw everything later.
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200195- Add a flag to make a popup window focusable?
196 CTRL-W P cycle over any preview window or focusable popup, end up back in
197 current window.
198 ? - switch between current window and all popup windows
199 Esc in popup window goes back to previous current window
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200200- Add a termcap entry for changing the cursor when it goes under the popup and
201 back. like t_SI and t_EI (t_SU and t_EU, where "U" means under?)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100202- With terminal in popup, allow for popup_hide() to temporarily hide it.?
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +0200203- Make it possible to scroll horizontally when 'wrap' is off. Does this
204 require an ascii scrollbar, like with the vertical one?
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100205- Fire some autocommand event after a new popup window was created and
206 positioned? PopupNew? Could be used to set some options or move it out of
207 the way. (#5737)
208 However, it may also cause trouble, changing the popup of another plugin.
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +0100209- Should popup_getoptions() also return the mask? #7774
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200210- Add a way to use popup_menu() synchronously: instead of invoking the
211 callback, return the choice. (Ben Jackson, #6534)
Bram Moolenaard7df2792020-01-02 21:34:42 +0100212- When using a popup for the info of a completion menu, and there is not
213 enough space, let the popup overlap with the menu. (#4544)
214- Implement flip option.
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200215- Make redrawing more efficient and avoid flicker:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200216 - put popup menu also in popup_mask?
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100217- Match does not have right BG color if line length equals popup width.
218 (#5658)
Bram Moolenaar91359012019-11-30 17:57:03 +0100219- Figure out the size and position better if wrapping inserts indent
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +0200220
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100221'incsearch' with :s:
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200222- :s/foo using CTRL-G moves to another line, should not happen, or use the
223 correct line (it uses the last but one line) (Lifepillar, Aug 18, #3345)
224- Also support range: :/foo/,/bar/delete
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200225- Also support for user command, e.g. Cfilter
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200226- :%s/foo should take the first match below the cursor line, unless there
227 isn't one?
228 Then :%s?foo should take the first match above the cursor line.
229
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200230Prompt buffer:
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100231- Add a command line history, using up/down keys. issue #5010
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200232- delay next prompt until plugin gives OK?
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100233- add prompt_addtext({buf}, {expr}) none add text to a prompt buffer
Bram Moolenaarf2732452018-06-03 14:47:35 +0200234
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200235Terminal debugger:
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +0100236- Add a mechanism for configuration. Instead of several global variables use
237 a dictionary. Use callbacks for some things, e.g. opening a debug window in
238 a certain position.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200239- Make prompt-buffer variant work better.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100240- Add option to not open the program window. It's not used when attaching to
241 an already running program. (M. Kelly)
Bram Moolenaard899e512022-05-07 21:54:03 +0100242- Use the optional token on requests, match the result with it. #10300
Bram Moolenaar675e8d62018-06-24 20:42:01 +0200243- When only gdb window exists, on "quit" edit another buffer.
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200244- Termdebug does not work when Vim was built with mzscheme: gdb hangs just
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200245 after "run". Everything else works, including communication channel. Not
246 initializing mzscheme avoid the problem, thus it's not some #ifdef.
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +0100247- Add support for lldb? issue #3565
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100248- Could we do something similar for debugging Vim scripts? At least see the
249 script while stepping through it. Simple version would use an extra window.
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100250 More complete solution would actually run Vim in a Terminal and control it
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100251 with another Vim instance.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200252
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +0200253Terminal emulator window:
Bram Moolenaar7e6a5152021-01-02 16:39:53 +0100254- Can escape a terminal popup with win_gotoid(), should be an error
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200255- No support for underline color, t_8u.
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200256- When in terminal-Normal mode when the job finishes, the cursor jumps to the
257 end but the window is not updated. This only happens when typing "a".
258 :term bash -c "for V in {0..5}; do echo $V; sleep 1; done"
Bram Moolenaarb7398fe2023-05-14 18:50:25 +0100259- GUI: cursor color is not updated when going to Terminal-Job mode. #12328
260- GUI: cursor color is not updated when switching between tabs with a key.
261 #12329
262- GUI: cursor color is not updated when switching between tabs with a mouse
263 click. #12330
Bram Moolenaar2c7f8c52020-04-20 19:52:53 +0200264- When started with ":terminal ++close" and the shell exits but there is a
265 background process, the window remains open, because the channel still
266 exists (and output still shows). Perhaps close the window when an explicit
267 ++close was used? (#5931)
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200268- Using "CTRL-W :confirm quite" and selecting "yes" should work like ":quit!".
269 (Harm te Hennepe, #6129)
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100270- When the job in the terminal doesn't use mouse events, let the scroll wheel
271 scroll the scrollback, like a terminal does at the shell prompt. #2490
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200272 A bit like using CTRL-W N first.
273 Jump back like with "a" when any key is typed.
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100274 And use modeless selection. #2962
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100275- Use CTRL-W CTRL-K to enter a digraph? #5371
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100276- When Vim runs in the terminal and changes the title, the statusline needs to
277 be redrawn.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200278- Allow for specifying the directory, with ++cwd={dir}.
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +0200279- When pasting should call vterm_keyboard_start_paste(), e.g. when using
280 K_MIDDLEMOUSE, calling insert_reg().
281- Users expect parsing the :term argument like a shell does, also support
282 single quotes. E.g. with: :term grep 'alice says "hello"' (#1999)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200283- Win32: Redirecting input does not work, half of Test_terminal_redir_file()
284 is disabled.
285- Win32: Redirecting output works but includes escape sequences.
286- Win32: Make terminal used for :!cmd in the GUI work better. Allow for
287 redirection.
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200288- When the job only outputs lines, we could handle resizing the terminal
289 better: store lines separated by line breaks, instead of screen lines,
290 then when the window is resized redraw those lines.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100291- Redrawing is slow with Motif. (Ramel Eshed)
Bram Moolenaar03998f62018-05-17 13:20:45 +0200292- For the GUI fill termios with default values, perhaps like pangoterm:
293 http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~leonerd/pangoterm/trunk/view/head:/main.c#L134
294- When 'encoding' is not utf-8, or the job is using another encoding, setup
295 conversions.
Bram Moolenaar7c63fbc2018-05-17 13:15:23 +0200296
Bram Moolenaar1b5f03e2023-01-09 20:12:45 +0000297Patch adds showcmd() function #11708
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +0000298
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100299Cursor is after the end of the line: #12137.
300
Bram Moolenaar6ebe4f92022-10-28 20:47:54 +0100301Crash when a variable is removed while listing variables (Issue #11435)
302
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +0100303Problem with Visual highlight when 'linebreak' and 'showbreak' are set.
304#11272
Bram Moolenaar016188f2022-06-06 20:52:59 +0100305
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +0100306'cindent': compound literal indented wrong. Check for " = " before "{"?
307#12491
308
309GUI Scroll test fails on FreeBSD when using Motif. See FIXME in
310Test_scrollbars in src/test_gui.vim
311
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100312Support dark mode for MS-Windows: #12282
313
314Remote command escapes single quote with backslash, should be doubling the
315single quote in vim_strsave_escaped_ext() #12202.
316
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +0100317Can deref_func_name() and deref_function_name() be merged?
318
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100319Using :global with a pattern containing \zs doesn't use the line where \zs
320matches but the start of the pattern. #3695 If there is a useful application
321for this, it can be made to work by changing the call to ml_setmarked():
322 ml_setmarked(lnum + regmatch.startpos[0].lnum);
323
Bram Moolenaar921bde82022-05-09 19:50:35 +0100324After patch 8.2.4915 w_botline is computed much more often. Can this be
325reduced?
Bram Moolenaarfd31be22022-01-16 14:46:06 +0000326
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100327When 'delcombine' is set a put after "x" includes the base character and all
328combining characters. (Ron Aaron, 2023 Apr 10)
329
Bram Moolenaar0daafaa2022-09-04 17:45:43 +0100330Add BufDeletePost. #11041
331
Bram Moolenaar76db9e02022-11-09 21:21:04 +0000332Add winid arg to col() and charcol() #11466 (request #11461)
333
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +0100334'switchbuf' set to "newtab" does not work for ":cfirst" when in the quickfix
335window. #12436
336
Bram Moolenaarb7398fe2023-05-14 18:50:25 +0100337When :argument has a non-number argument, use it like :buffer to find the
338argument by name. #12272
339
340Fold unexpectedly closed when inserting fold marker with CTRL-V (Issue #12320)
341
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +0000342Can we make 'noendofline' and 'endoffile' visible? Should show by default,
343since it's an unusual situation.
344- Show 'noendofline' when it would be used for writing ('fileformat' "dos")
345 with an upside down exclamation mark? NonText highlighting.
346- Show 'endoffile' when it would be used for writing ('fileformat' "dos") with
347 "CTRL-Z", NonText highlighting.
348- Add 'fillchars' items to change this, default behavior like:
349 noeol:¡
350 eof:CTRL-Z
351
Bram Moolenaar9fbdbb82022-09-27 17:30:34 +0100352Test property disappears when using CR twice in a row. OK when some text was
353entered. (#11151)
354
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +0000355Add 'keywordprg' to various ftplugin files:
356https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/5566
357
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +0000358PR #11579 to add visualtext(), return Visually selected text.
359
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +0100360PR #11860: Add more info to 'colorcolumn': display a character and highlight
361for each separate entry. Disadvantage: option value gets very complicated
362with multiple entries, e.g. every 8 columns.
363
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +0000364Stray characters in the shell #11719, caused by requesting a response for:
365- XT key sequences
366- Whether modifyOtherKeys is active
367- Whether kitty keyboard protocol is active
368Can we not request XT key sequences, or reduce them drastically?
369
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +0000370Issue #10512: Dynamic loading broken with Perl 5.36
371Damien has a patch (2022 Dec 4)
372
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100373Request #11965: Allow several "%=" items in 'statusline', makes it possible
Bram Moolenaar938ae282023-02-20 20:44:55 +0000374to have text in the center.
375
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +0000376Add some kind of ":whathappend" command and functions to make visible what the
377last few typed keys and executed commands are. To be used when the user
Bram Moolenaardd60c362023-02-27 15:49:53 +0000378wonders what went wrong. Could also be used for statistics #12046.
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +0000379- typed keys - Normal mode command - like what is recorded in a register and
380 displayed by 'showcmd'.
Bram Moolenaardd60c362023-02-27 15:49:53 +0000381- register used - #12063
Bram Moolenaard13166e2022-11-18 21:49:57 +0000382- executed command lines
383- with more verbosity: what scripts/functions/autocommands were executed
384
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +0100385NFA regexp does not handle composing characters well: #10286
386 [ɔ̃] matches both ɔ and ɔ̃
387 \(ɔ\|ɔ̃\) matches ɔ and not ɔ̃
388
Bram Moolenaar76db9e02022-11-09 21:21:04 +0000389Is there a way to make 'autowriteall' make a clean exit when the xterm is
390closed? (Dennis Nazic says files are preserved, okt 28). Perhaps handle TERM
391like HUP?
392
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +0000393Better terminal emulator support:
394 > Somehow request the terminfo entry from the terminal itself. The $TERM
395 value then is only relevant for whether this feature is supported or not.
396 Replaces the xterm mechanism to request each entry separately. #6609
397 Multiplexers (screen, tmux) can request it to the underlying terminal, and
398 pass it on with modifications.
399 How to get all the text quickly (also over ssh)? Can we use a side channel?
400 > When xterm supports sending an Escape sequence for the Esc key, should
401 have a way to request this state. That could be an XTGETTCAP entry, e.g.
402 "k!". Add "esc_sends_sequence" flag.
403 If we know this state, then do not pretend going out of Insert mode in
404 vgetorpeek(), where kitty_protocol_state is checked.
405 > If a response ends up in a shell command, one way to avoid this is by
406 sending t_RV last and delay starting a shell command until the response
407 has been seen.
408 > Can we use the req_more_codes_from_term() mechanism with more terminals?
409 Should we repeat it after executing a shell command?
410 Can also add this to the 'keyprotocol' option: "mok2+tcap"
411 > In the table of terminal names pointing to the list of termcap entries,
412 add an optional additional one. So that "xterm-kitty" can first load
413 "xterm" and then add "kitty" entries.
Bram Moolenaar76db9e02022-11-09 21:21:04 +0000414
Bram Moolenaar2ecbe532022-07-29 21:36:21 +0100415Using "A" and "o" in manually created fold (in empty buffer) does not behave
Bram Moolenaar938ae282023-02-20 20:44:55 +0000416consistently (James McCoy, #10698)
Bram Moolenaar2ecbe532022-07-29 21:36:21 +0100417
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +0100418In a timer callback, when using ":echo" and then input() the message is
419overwritten. Could use ":echowin" and call redraw_cmd() in get_user_input().
420#11299
421
422Syntax include problem: #11277. Related to Patch 8.2.2761
423
Bram Moolenaar05a80612022-08-01 15:09:53 +0100424To avoid flicker: add an option that when a screen clear is requested, instead
425of clearing it draws everything and uses "clear to end of line" for every line.
Bram Moolenaar48c3f4e2022-08-08 15:42:38 +0100426Resetting 't_ut' already causes this?
Bram Moolenaar05a80612022-08-01 15:09:53 +0100427
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +0100428Instead of prefixing "INTERNAL" to internal messages, add a message in iemsg()
429and siemsg() and translate it. Messages only given to them don't need
430translation.
431
Bram Moolenaarb529cfb2022-07-25 15:42:07 +0100432When scheme can't be found by configure there is no clear "not found" message:
433 configure:5769: checking MzScheme install prefix
Bram Moolenaarb59ae592022-11-23 23:46:31 +0000434 configure:5781: result:
Bram Moolenaarb529cfb2022-07-25 15:42:07 +0100435
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100436Can "CSI nr X" be used instead of outputting spaces? Is it faster? #8002
437
Bram Moolenaar0d878b92022-07-01 18:45:04 +0100438Typed keys invisible after calling interrupt() from a timer. #10631
439
Bram Moolenaar63f32602022-06-09 20:45:54 +0100440With a window height of 6 and 'scrolloff' set to 3, using "j" does not scroll
Bram Moolenaard799daa2022-06-20 11:17:32 +0100441evenly. (#10545) Need to handle this in scroll_cursor_bot().
Bram Moolenaar63f32602022-06-09 20:45:54 +0100442
Bram Moolenaar89a9c152021-08-29 21:55:35 +0200443Idea: when typing ":e /some/dir/" and "dir" does not exist, highlight in red.
444
Bram Moolenaard799daa2022-06-20 11:17:32 +0100445":set shellpipe&" and ":set shellredir&" should use the logic from
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200446initialization to figure out the default value from 'shell'. Add a test for
447this.
448
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +0100449Add a diff() function to use the built-in diff support in a script.
450#12321 Is the returned value in the right form now?
451
452Support translations for plugins: #11637 PR: #12447
Bram Moolenaar86b48162022-12-06 18:20:10 +0000453- Need a tool like xgettext for Vim script, generates a .pot file.
454 Need the equivalent of _() and N_(), perhaps TR() and TRN().
455- Instructions for how to create .po files and translate.
456- Script or Makefile to generate .mo files.
457- Instructions and perhaps a script to install the .mo files in the right
458 place.
459- Add variant of gettext() that takes a package name.
460
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +0100461With concealed text mouse click doesn't put the cursor in the right position.
462(Herb Sitz) Fix by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 16. Doesn't work properly,
463need to make the change in where RET_WIN_BUF_CHARTABSIZE() is called.
464IDEA: when drawing the text, store the text byte index in ScreenLinesIdx[].
465When converting screen column to text position use this.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +0100466The line number can be obtained from win->w_lines[].
Bram Moolenaar75ab5902022-04-18 15:36:40 +0100467
Bram Moolenaar85388672021-01-31 17:03:52 +0100468test_arglist func Test_all_not_allowed_from_cmdwin() hangs on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200469
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +0100470Can we add highlighting to ":echowindow"?
471
Bram Moolenaar47003982021-12-05 21:54:04 +0000472Information for a specific terminal (e.g. gnome, tmux, konsole, alacritty) is
473spread out. Make a section with copy/paste examples of script and pointers to
474more information.
475
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200476Request to use "." for the cursor column in search pattern \%<.c and \%<.v.
477(#8179)
478
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +0000479":filter set termcap" only filters terminal codes, not keys. (#9297)
480
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +0100481Add an option to restrict 'incsearch' to not scroll the view. (Tavis Ormandy)
482
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +0000483Remove SPACE_IN_FILENAME ? It is only used for completion.
484
Bram Moolenaar519cc552021-11-16 19:18:26 +0000485When 'term' starts with "foot" then default t_TI and t_TE to the values used
486for the builtin xterm termcap.
487
Bram Moolenaar98a29d02021-01-18 19:55:44 +0100488Adding "10" to 'spellsuggest' causes spell suggestions to become very slow.
Bram Moolenaare0e39172021-01-25 21:14:57 +0100489(#4087) Did patch 8.2.2379 help?
Bram Moolenaarc8cdf0f2021-03-13 13:28:13 +0100490Also, z= in German on a long word can take a very long time, but CTRL-C to
491interrupt does not work. Where to add ui_breakcheck()?
Bram Moolenaar113cb512021-11-07 20:27:04 +0000492New English spell files also have very slow suggestions.
Bram Moolenaar9fbdbb82022-09-27 17:30:34 +0100493
Bram Moolenaar6ebe4f92022-10-28 20:47:54 +0100494When 'spelloptions' is "camel" then zG doesn't work on some words.
495(Gary Johnson, 17 Oct 2022)
496
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +0100497SpellCap doesn't show below a closed fold. #12420
498
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100499'cdpath' problems:
500- Adding "~" to 'cdpath' doesn't work for completion? (Davido, 2013 Aug 19)
501- Problem with 'cdpath' on MS-Windows when a directory is equal to $HOME.
502 (2006 Jul 26, Gary Johnson)
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100503
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200504Make "g>" and "g<" in Visual mode move the text right or left.
505Also for a block selection. #8558
506
Bram Moolenaar1588bc82022-03-08 21:35:07 +0000507When using dictionary insert completion with 'ignorecase', the leading capital
508in a word should be preserved.
509
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +0200510Add optional argument to virtcol() that specifies "start", "cursor" or "end"
511to tell which value from getvvcol() should be used. (#7964)
512Value returned by virtcol() changes depending on how lines wrap. This is
513inconsistent with the documentation.
514
Bram Moolenaar10e8ff92023-06-10 21:40:39 +0100515When 'wildignore' has an entry ending in "/*" this means nothing matching the
516path before it will be added. When encountering a directory check this and if
517there is a match do not scan the directory (possibly speeds up :find a lot).
518#12482
519
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +0100520globpath() does not use 'wildignorecase' at all? (related to #8350)
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200521
Bram Moolenaar0d878b92022-07-01 18:45:04 +0100522mksession uses :buffer instead of :edit in one place but not another. #10629
523
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +0200524Add 'termguiattr' option, use "gui=" attributes in the terminal? Would work
525with 'termguicolors'. #1740
526
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +0200527Patch for blockwise paste reporting changes: #6660. Asked for a PR.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200528
Bram Moolenaarcb80aa22020-10-26 21:12:46 +0100529Missing filetype test for bashrc, PKGBUILD, etc.
530
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200531Add an option to not fetch terminal codes in xterm, to avoid flicker when t_Co
532changes.
533
Bram Moolenaard899e512022-05-07 21:54:03 +0100534Add ??= operator, "a ??= b" works like "a = a ?? b". #10343
535
Bram Moolenaare1dc76f2022-06-25 18:01:32 +0100536When ":redir" is used while already active, the previous one is ended. But
537when redirecting to a local variable (function or script) storing the value
538won't work. At least give an error. Is there a way to make it work?
539#10616
540
Bram Moolenaar76db9e02022-11-09 21:21:04 +0000541Completion for ":runtime" should show valid values, not what's in the current
542directory. (#11447)
543
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +0100544Add a "description" property to mappings. #12205
545
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200546Add an option to start_timer() to return from the input loop with K_IGNORE.
547This is useful e.g. when a popup was created that disables mappings, we need
548to return from vgetc() to make this happen. #7011
549
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200550Expanding <mods> should put the tab number from cmdmod.tab before "tab".
551Any way to convert "$" back by using a special value? (#6901)
552
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200553Can we detect true color support? https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728
554Try setting a color then request the current color, like using t_u7.
555
Bram Moolenaar938ae282023-02-20 20:44:55 +0000556Add a v:register_used variable, which has the name of the register used for
557the last command, e.g. put. #12003
558
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +0200559Make the jumplist behave like a tag stack. (#7738) Should there be a more
560time bound navigation, like with undo?
561
Bram Moolenaard799daa2022-06-20 11:17:32 +0100562For testing, make a copy of ml_line_ptr instead of pointing it into the data
563block, so that valgrind can do out of bounds check. Set ML_LINE_DIRTY flag or
564add ML_LINE_ALLOCED.
565
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +0100566Changing a capturing group to non-capturing changes the result: #7607
567 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '\(.\{-1,}\>\)\|.*')
568 aaa
569 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '\%(.\{-1,}\>\)\|.*')
570 aaa bbb
571Should also work without any group:
572 :echo matchstr('aaa bbb', '.\{-1,}\>\|.*')
573 aaa bbb (should be aaa)
574
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200575Should add a match/str/list/pos method that also returns the test and position
576of submatches. #8355
577
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200578Check out PR #543 (Roland Puntaier).
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +0200579Patch for multibyte characters in langmap and applying a mapping on them.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200580(Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jun 12, update July 25)
581Is this the right solution? Need to cleanup langmap behavior:
582- in vgetorpeek() apply langmap to the typeahead buffer and put the result in
583 a copy-buffer, only when langmap is appropriate for the current mode. Then
584 check for mapping and let gotchars() work on the copy-buffer.
585- Remove LANGMAP_ADJUST() in other parts of the code. Make sure the mode is
586 covered by the above change.
587So that replaying the register doesn't use keymap/langmap and still does the
588same thing.
589Also see #737: langmap not applied to replaying recording.
Bram Moolenaar6ebe4f92022-10-28 20:47:54 +0100590Perhaps also related: #5147
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200591
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200592Matchparen doesn't remove highlight after undo. (#7054)
593Is OK when syntax HL is active.
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200594
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200595Currently Del can be used to delete the last character of a typed count.
596Can it also be used to delete an incomplete Normal mode command? (#7096)
597After an operator: should work. After "a" or "i" for text objects: should
598work.
599
600Using "au!" after "filetype on" is a bit slow. Can the matching of
601autocommands be made faster? (#7056)
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200602
Bram Moolenaarf1dcd142022-12-31 15:30:45 +0000603Using a search pattern containing "\%V" and 'hlsearch' set keeps old matches
604when the Visual area changes. #11694. Do a redraw when starting a Visual
605selection?
606
Bram Moolenaar2346a632021-06-13 19:02:49 +0200607Append in Visual block mode inserts the wrong character.
608Test_visual_block_mode() already has the proper check, which is commented out.
609(#8288)
610
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +0200611Add the <=> (spaceship) operator and "cond ?< expr ?= expr ?> expr"
612 replace this:
613 let left = GetLeftFunc()
614 let right = GetRightFunc()
615 let res = left < right ? lower : left == right ? equal : upper
616 by:
617 let res = GetLeftFunc() <=> GetRightFunc() ?< lower ?= equal ?> upper
Bram Moolenaar73fef332020-06-21 22:12:03 +0200618Patch to make :q work with local arglist. (Christian Brabandt, #6286)
619
Bram Moolenaard58a3bf2020-09-28 21:48:16 +0200620Why does Test_invalid_sid() not work in the GUI?
621
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +0100622":pedit" ignores the local working directory when 'pvp' is set (#7267)
623
Bram Moolenaar2547aa92020-07-26 17:00:44 +0200624Lua: updating wrong buffer when using newly created, unloaded buffer.
625(#6539)
626
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100627File marks merging has duplicates since 7.4.1925. (Ingo Karkat, #5733)
628
Bram Moolenaar8cc5b552022-06-23 13:04:20 +0100629A syntax plugin cannot use autocommands, it could be sourced from setting
Bram Moolenaare1dc76f2022-06-25 18:01:32 +0100630'syntax' in a modeline. Add a function that indicates whether "secure"
Bram Moolenaar8cc5b552022-06-23 13:04:20 +0100631and/or "sandbox" are set.
632
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200633Problem with auto-formatting - inserting space and putting cursor before added
634character. (#6154)
Bram Moolenaar6ebe4f92022-10-28 20:47:54 +0100635Auto-formatting comments joins a following non-comment line when the comment
636ends in a space. (Adam Levy, 18 Oct 2022)
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200637
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100638When 'lazyredraw' is set sometimes the title is not updated.
639(Jason Franklin, 2020 Feb 3) Looks like a race condition.
640
Bram Moolenaar7ceefb32020-05-01 16:07:38 +0200641With bash ":make" does not set v:shell_error. Possible solution: set
642'shellpipe' to "2>&1| tee %s; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]}" #5994
Bram Moolenaar191acfd2020-03-27 20:42:43 +0100643
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200644Using mode() when "/pat" is used in Visual mode returns "v" instead of "c",
645which is not useful. Return "c/v" instead. And "c/o" when using "d/pat".
646#6127
647
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +0200648Add a cterm attribute for "dimmed" or "faint" text. (#8269)
649
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200650When 'fileignorecase' is set ":e testfile.c" works to edit TestFile.c, but
651":find testfile.c" does not ignore case.
652Might be related to #6088.
653
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200654Error for reverse range when using :vimgrep in file "[id-01] file.txt".
655(#6919)
656
Bram Moolenaar47e13952020-05-12 22:49:12 +0200657When changing the crypt key the buffer should be considered modified.
658Like when changing 'fileformat'. Save the old key in save_file_ff().
659(Ninu-Ciprian Marginean)
660
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100661Strange sequence of BufWipeout and BufNew events while doing omni-complete.
662(Paul Jolly, #5656)
663Get BufDelete without preceding BufNew. (Paul Jolly, #5694)
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100664 Later more requests for what to track.
665 Should we add new events that don't allow any buffer manipulation?
666 Really only for dealing with appearing and disappearing buffers, load and
667 unload.
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100668BufWinenter event not fired when saving unnamed buffer. (Paul Jolly, #5655)
Bram Moolenaareab6dff2020-03-01 19:06:45 +0100669Another spurious BufDelete. (Dani Dickstein, #5701)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100670
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +0200671Wrong error when using local arglist. (Harm te Hennepe, #6133)
672
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200673Test loose_clipboard() by selecting text before suspending.
674
Bram Moolenaar95a9dd12019-12-19 22:12:03 +0100675:unmap <c-n> gives error but does remove the mapping. (Antony Scriven, 2019
676Dec 19)
677
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200678Patch to add an option to enable/disable VTP. (Nobuhiro Takasaki, #5344)
679Should have three values: empty, "off", "on". Name it 'winterm'?
680
Bram Moolenaar0c0734d2019-11-26 21:44:46 +0100681Patch to fix session file when using multiple tab pages. (Jason Franklin, 2019
682May 20)
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200683Also put :argadd commands at the start for all buffers, so that their order
684remains equal? Then %argdel to clean it up. Do try this with 'hidden' set.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100685Also #5326: netrw buffers are not restored.
Bram Moolenaar54775062019-07-31 21:07:14 +0200686
Bram Moolenaarff781552020-03-19 20:37:11 +0100687When 'backupdir' has a path ending in double slash (meaning: use full path of
688the file) combined with 'patchmode' the file name is wrong. (#5791)
689
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200690Completion mixes results from the current buffer with tags and other files.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +0100691Happens when typing CTRL-N while still searching for results. E.g., type "b_"
692in terminal.c and then CTRL-N twice.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200693Should do current file first and not split it up when more results are found.
694(Also #1890)
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200695
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200696Help for ":argadd fname" says that if "fname" is already in the argument list
697that entry is used. But instead it's always added. (#6210)
698Add flag AL_FIND_ADD, if there is one argument find it in the list.
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100699
Bram Moolenaarebdf3c92020-02-15 21:41:42 +0100700Statusline highlighting error, off by one. (#5599)
Bram Moolenaar8024f932020-01-14 19:29:13 +0100701
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200702":find" with 'path' set to "data*" does not find files, while completion does
703find them. (Max Kukartsev, #6218)
704
Bram Moolenaar2e693a82019-10-16 22:35:02 +0200705Enable 'termbidi' if $VTE_VERSION >= 5703 ?
706
Bram Moolenaar560979e2020-02-04 22:53:05 +0100707"--cleanFOO" does not result in an error. (#5537)
708
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200709Output from assert_equalfile() doesn't give a hint about what's different.
710Assuming the files are text, print the line with the difference.
711
Bram Moolenaar403f3eb2019-11-20 22:31:13 +0100712Result of synID() sometimes wrong in help files. (#5252)
713
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +0200714When a help file is opened that doesn't have "ft=help" in the modeline then
715the FileType is first set to "text" before it is set to "help". (#8099)
716
Bram Moolenaar61da1bf2019-06-06 12:14:49 +0200717Problem showing a line if the number column width changes when using "o".
718(Mateusz Morusiewicz, #4245)
719
Bram Moolenaar85850f32019-07-19 22:05:51 +0200720When using :packadd for a replacement language plugin, it is loaded after the
721default one. #4698
722
723When using :packadd files under "later" are not used, which is inconsistent
724with packages under "start". (xtal8, #1994)
725
Bram Moolenaarc08ee742019-12-05 22:47:25 +0100726Patch to add new motion ]( and ]{. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #5320)
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200727Better: use the "z" prefix. or ]t) and [t(.
Bram Moolenaarc08ee742019-12-05 22:47:25 +0100728
Bram Moolenaar1d59aa12020-09-19 18:50:13 +0200729Visual highlight not removed when 'display' is "lastline" and line doesn't
Bram Moolenaar7dd64a32019-05-31 21:41:05 +0200730fit. (Kevin Lawler, #4457)
731
Bram Moolenaaracc22402020-06-07 21:07:18 +0200732Current position in the changelist should be local to the buffer. (#2173)
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200733
Bram Moolenaar0b0f0992018-05-22 21:41:30 +0200734Does not build with MinGW out of the box:
735- _stat64 is not defined, need to use "struct stat" in vim.h
736- WINVER conflict, should use 0x0600 by default?
Bram Moolenaarb17893a2020-03-14 08:19:51 +0100737- INT_MAX not defined: need to include <limits.h> in vim.h
Bram Moolenaareb3dc872018-05-13 22:34:24 +0200738
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100739Display messed up with matchparen, wrapping and scrolling. (#5638)
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +0200740Screen update bug related to matchparen. (Chris Heath, 2017 Mar 4, #1532)
Bram Moolenaarbc93ceb2020-02-26 13:36:21 +0100741
Bram Moolenaar4ceaa3a2019-12-03 22:49:09 +0100742When getting a focus event halfway a mapping this aborts the mapping. E.g.
743when "qq" is mapped and after the first "q" the mouse is moved outside of the
744gvim window (with focus follows mouse), then the K_FOCUSLOST key is put in the
745input buffer. (#5302)
746
Bram Moolenaar56c860c2019-08-17 20:09:31 +0200747Check_external_diff() is used too often. (Daniel Hahler, #4800)
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200748
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100749Win32: after "[I" showing matches, scroll wheel messes up screen. (Tsakiridis,
7502007 Feb 18)
751Patch by Alex Dobrynin, 2007 Jun 3. Also fixes other scroll wheel problems.
752
753Add a WindowScrolled event. Trigger around the same time as CursorMoved.
754Can be used to update highlighting. #3127 #5181
755
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200756Incorrect formatting with autoindent. (Sebastian Gniazdowski, #4909)
757
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200758Patch to add the :bvimgrep command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Nov 12)
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200759Updated 2016 Jun 10, #858 Update 2017 Mar 28: use <buffer>.
760Better use ":bufgrep" ?
Bram Moolenaar8fe10002019-09-11 22:56:44 +0200761
Bram Moolenaar91f84f62018-07-29 15:07:52 +0200762Improve fallback for menu translations, to avoid having to create lots of
763files that source the actual file. E.g. menu_da_de -> menu_da
764Include part of #3242?
765
Bram Moolenaarb7398fe2023-05-14 18:50:25 +0100766Patch for different behavior of text objects with quotes: #11976
767Is this actually better?
768
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200769Patch to have text objects defined by arbitrary single characters. (Daniel
770Thau, 2013 Nov 20, 2014 Jan 29, 2014 Jan 31)
771Added tests (James McCoy, 2016 Aug 3, #958). Still needs more work.
772
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200773Would be nice to set tab-local values for 'diffexpr' and 'diffopt'. Use
774t:diffexpr_option t:diffopt_option? (#4782)
Bram Moolenaardd60c362023-02-27 15:49:53 +0000775Also make 'scrollopt' tab-local, remove "hor" only for the current tab page.
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200776
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100777Internal diff doesn't handle binary file like external diff does. (Mike
778Williams, 2018 Oct 30)
779
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200780'[ mark in wrong column after put. (#4776)
781
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100782Problem with :tlmenu: Detach item added with all modes? Issue #3563.
783
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200784Add an argument to expandcmd() to expand like ":next" does.
785
Bram Moolenaar5ef1c6a2019-11-10 22:09:11 +0100786When both "a" and "l" is in 'formatoptions' then auto-formatting also happens
787in a long line. #5189
788
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200789The quoting of the [command] argument of :terminal is not clearly documented.
790Give a few examples. (#4288)
791
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200792Opening a file with --remote-tab-silent that matches 'wildignore' does not
Bram Moolenaardad44732021-03-31 20:07:33 +0200793work, results in "E479: No match". (#4610)
Bram Moolenaar790c18b2019-07-04 17:22:06 +0200794
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +02007957 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
796 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
797 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
Bram Moolenaar65e0d772020-06-14 17:29:55 +0200798Patch for this (Tristan Konolige, #1011, only added the option, no implem.)
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200799
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100800Bug: script written with "-W scriptout" contains Key codes, while the script
801read with "-s scriptin" expects escape codes. Probably "scriptout" needs to
802be adjusted. (Daniel Steinberg, 2019 Feb 24, #4041)
803
Bram Moolenaar088e8e32019-08-08 22:15:18 +0200804Window size changes after closing a tab. (#4741)
805
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200806Problem with colors in terminal window. (Jason Franklin, 2019 May 12)
807
Bram Moolenaar22863042021-10-16 15:23:36 +0100808Color schemes:
809NOTE: modernizing the default colorschemes _AND_ introducing new ones is now
810a project in its own right: https://github.com/vim/colorschemes. Feel free to
811reach out if you want to lend a hand.
812- Lifepillar: Updated/cleaned up color schemes:
813 https://github.com/lifepillar/vim8-colorschemes.
814- Include a few color schemes, based on popularity:
815 - http://www.vim.org/scripts/script_search_results.php?keywords=&script_type=color+scheme&order_by=rating&direction=descending&search=search
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200816http://vimawesome.com/?q=tag:color-scheme
Bram Moolenaar22863042021-10-16 15:23:36 +0100817- Use names that indicate their appearance (Christian Brabandt, 2017 Aug 3)
818 - monokai - Xia Crusoe (2017 Aug 4)
819 - seoul256 - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3)
820 - gruvbox - Christian Brabandt (2017 Aug 3) (simplified version from
821 Lifepillar, 2018 Jan 22, #2573)
822 - janah - Marco Hinz (2017 Aug 4)
823 - apprentice - Romain Lafourcade (2017 Aug 6) remarks about help file #1964
824- Suggested by Hiroki Kokubun:
825 - [Iceberg](https://github.com/cocopon/iceberg.vim) (my one)
826 - [hybrid](https://github.com/w0ng/vim-hybrid)
827- Include solarized color scheme?, it does not support termguicolors.
828 - Sanitized version of pablo (Lifepillar, 2017 Nov 21)
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200829
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +0100830Bug: "vipgw" does not put cursor back where it belongs. (Jason Franklin, 2019
831Mar 5)
832
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200833Some composing characters actually add a cell width to the character they are
834on top off, making the whole thing two characters wide. (#4526)
835
Bram Moolenaar12ee7ff2019-06-10 22:47:40 +0200836Should we include some part of pull request #4505, not increment changedtick
837in some cases? E.g. for ":write" when the changed flag was already off, the
838buffer didn't change at all.
839
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100840When using a timer callback vgetc_busy is reset, allowing for using input().
841But in a channel callback this does not happen. We need to do something
842similar to check_due_timer(). Also see #3809.
843
Bram Moolenaar2c64ca12018-10-19 16:22:31 +0200844C syntax: {} inside () causes following {} to be highlighted as error.
845(Michalis Giannakidis, 2006 Jun 1)
846
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +0100847Check: __attribute__((format(printf, on semsg() and siemsg(). Where was this
848added?
849
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200850Add test for urxvt mouse codes. Also test that mouse coordinates can be
851negative. (see #4326)
852
853'cmdheight' has a tab-local value, but it cannot be obtained with
854`:echo gettabwinvar(2, 1, '&cmdheight')` returns the value for the _current_
855tab page. (Ingo Karkat, #4324)
856:call settabwinvar(1, 1, '&cmdheight', 2) also doesn't work well.
857
Bram Moolenaar3c053a12022-10-16 13:11:12 +0100858When opening a file, allow for specifying the initial column position:
859 vim +12:5 file.txt line 12 column 5
860 :edit +12:5 file.txt
861Should probably use the column as the character index.
862
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200863This modeline throws unexpected errors: (#4165)
864 vim: syn=nosyntax
865
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100866Make balloon_show() work outside of 'balloonexpr'? Users expect it to work:
867#2948. (related to #1512?)
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100868Also see #2352, want better control over balloon, perhaps set the position.
869Should also be possible to add highlighting, like in the status line?
870balloonexpr() on MS-Windows GUI doesn't handle accented chars? (nivaemail,
8712018 Sep 14)
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100872
Bram Moolenaar15142e22018-04-30 22:19:58 +0200873More warnings from static analysis:
874https://lgtm.com/projects/g/vim/vim/alerts/?mode=list
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +0200875
Bram Moolenaar6c1e1572019-06-22 02:13:00 +0200876Not existing directory in CDPATH leads to two shell calls. (#4525)
877
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200878Use dict_iterate_start() / dict_iterate_next() instead of relying on the
879internals of the dict structure.
880
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100881nvo-mode mapping works on Windows, not on Linux. (#3678)
882
Bram Moolenaar396e8292019-07-13 23:04:31 +0200883Redo only remembers the last change. Could use "{count}g." to redo an older
884change. How does the user know which change? At least have a way to list
885them: ":repeats". Add to history, like search history and command line history.
886
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100887When 'confirm' is set a "silent q" doesn't show the prompt. It should in this
888case. (Nate Peterson, 2019 Jan 31, #3892)
889For "silent! q" it should not prompt and just fail.
890
Bram Moolenaar911ead12019-04-21 00:03:35 +0200891Add <aevent>, which expands to the currently triggered autocommand event name.
892(Daniel Hahler, #4232) Or add it to v:event (easier to use but slightly more
893expensive).
Bram Moolenaar62e1bb42019-04-08 16:25:07 +0200894
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +0200895Some xterm responses are not properly handled: (Markus Gömmel, 2019 Apr 1)
896 DCS 0 $ r Pt ST should be ignored.
897 DCS 0 + r/Pt/ ST already ignored?
898
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100899Using CTRL-L to add a character to the search string that contains \v,
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100900punctuation is repeated. (Smylers, 2018 Nov 17, #3621)
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100901
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200902Using single wide base character with double wide composing character gives
903drawing errors. Fill up the base character? (Dominique, #4328)
904
Bram Moolenaarc8c88492018-12-27 23:59:26 +0100905When 'sidescrolloff' is set, using "zl" to go to the end of the line, suddenly
906scrolls back. Should allow for this scrolling, like 'scrolloff' does when
907using CTRL-E. (Yee Cheng Chin, #3721)
908
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100909When splitting a window with few text lines, the relative cursor position is
910kept, which means part of the text isn't displayed. Better show all the text
911when possible. (Dylan Lloyd, #3973)
912
Bram Moolenaar9d87a372018-12-18 21:41:50 +0100913Make ":interactive !cmd" stop termcap mode, also when used in an autocommand.
914(#3692)
Bram Moolenaard47d5222018-12-09 20:43:55 +0100915
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100916Add something like 'fillchars' local to window, but allow for specifying a
917highlight name. Esp. for the statusline.
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200918And "extends" and "precedes" are also useful without 'list' set. Also in
919'fillchars' or another option?
Bram Moolenaar314dd792019-02-03 15:27:20 +0100920
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +0100921Sourceforge Vim pages still have content, make them empty, keep redirect.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100922Check for PHP errors. (Wayne Davison, 2018 Oct 26)
923
Bram Moolenaar68e65602019-05-26 21:33:31 +0200924Problem with Visual yank when 'linebreak' and 'showbreak' are set.
925Patch with tests, but it's not clear how it is supposed to work. (tommm, 2018
926Nov 17) Asked about this, Dec 22. Christian will have a look.
927
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +0100928Update for xim-input-style help (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 Jan 10).
929Feedback from someone who uses this?
930
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200931Only output t_Cs when t_Ce is also set. do not use Cs and Ce termcap entries. (Daniel Hahler, 2018 Sep 25)
932Add t_cS and t_cR for cursor color select and reset. Use Cs and Cr terminfo
933values.
934
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100935Further xdiff changes:
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200936- More options, e.g. different kind of whitespace diff.
937- when editing text, update the surrounding diff blocks.
938- omit diff.exe from distribution
939- Can we make this show differences within a line?
940- add option to use external diff above a certain size.
Bram Moolenaar20aac6c2018-09-02 21:07:30 +0200941
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200942Difference between two regexp engines: #3373
943
944When the last line wraps, selecting with the mouse below that line only
945includes the first screen line. (2018 Aug 23, #3368)
946
947Refactored HTML indent file. (Michael Lee, #1821)
Bram Moolenaar5be4cee2019-09-27 19:34:08 +0200948Asked to write a test.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +0200949
Bram Moolenaar4c92e752019-02-17 21:18:32 +0100950Merge checking for 'cursorline' and 'concealcursor', see neovim #9492.
951
Bram Moolenaar96f45c02019-10-26 19:53:45 +0200952Add a windowID argument to placing a sign, so that it only shows up in one
953window for the buffer.
954
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +0000955Compiler warning (geeknik, 2017 Oct 26):
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +0100956- undefined left shift in eval_string(), before hex2nr() (#2250)
957 Use unsigned for "nr".
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +0100958
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +0100959Add Native language protocol server (LSP) support. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2018
960Oct 28)
961
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200962Patch to be able to use hex numbers with :digraph. (Lcd, 2015 Sep 6)
963Update Sep 7. Update by Christian Brabandt, 2015 Sep 8, 2016 Feb 1.
Bram Moolenaarb730f0c2018-11-25 03:56:26 +0100964Patch to be able to disable default digraphs (incomplete) (Eric Pruitt, 2018
965Nov 22).
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200966
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +0200967Patch to list user digraphs. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Apr 14)
968
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200969Setting 'columns' in a BufEnter autocommand causes a second tab width to
970behave strangely, as if there is a gap and a vertical window separator.
971(Michael Soyka, 2018 Sep 23, #3477)
972
Bram Moolenaar25a6e8a2018-03-30 12:27:32 +0200973Add an option similar to 'lazyredraw' to skip redrawing while executing a
974script or function.
975
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +0100976Using a menu item while the "more" prompt is displayed doesn't work well.
Bram Moolenaar6dc819b2018-07-03 16:42:19 +0200977E.g. after using help->version. Have a key that ends the "more" prompt and
978does nothing otherwise?
979
Bram Moolenaar85eee132018-05-06 17:57:30 +0200980MS-Windows: write may fail if another program is reading the file.
981If 'readonly' is not set but the file appears to be readonly later, try again
982(wait a little while).
983CreateFile() returns ERROR_SHARING_VIOLATION (Linwei, 2018 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100984
Bram Moolenaar95bafa22018-10-02 13:26:25 +0200985Using --remote to open a file in which a # appears does not work on
986MS-Windows. Perhaps in \# the \ is seen as a path separator. (Axel Bender,
9872017 Feb 9) Can we expand wildcards first and send the path literally to the
988receiving Vim? Or make an exception for #, it's not useful remotely.
989
Bram Moolenaarb5b75622018-03-09 22:22:21 +0100990Column number is wrong when using 'linebreak' and 'wrap'. (Keith Smiley, 2018
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100991Jan 15, #2555)
992
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +0100993Add Makefiles to the runtime/spell directory tree, since nobody uses Aap.
994Will have to explain the manual steps (downloading the .aff and .dic files,
995applying the diff, etc.
996
Bram Moolenaar72540672018-02-09 22:00:53 +0100997User dictionary ~/.vim/spell/lang.utf-8.add not used for spell checking until a
998word is re-added to it. (Matej Cepl, 2018 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +0100999
Bram Moolenaarb0d45e72017-11-05 18:19:24 +01001000Fold at end of the buffer behaves inconsistently. (James McCoy, 2017 Oct 9)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001001
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02001002Implement option_save() and option_restore():
1003option_restore({list}) *option_restore()*
1004 Restore options previously saved by option_save().
1005 When buffer-local options have been saved, this function must
1006 be called when the same buffer is the current buffer.
1007 When window-local options have been saved, this function must
1008 be called when the same window is the current window.
1009 When in the wrong buffer and/or window an error is given and
1010 the local options won't be restored.
1011
1012option_save({list}) *option_save()*
1013 Saves the options named in {list}. The returned value can be
1014 passed to option_restore(). Example: >
1015 let s:saved_options = option_save([
1016 \ 'ignorecase',
1017 \ 'iskeyword',
1018 \ ])
1019 au <buffer> BufLeave *
1020 \ call option_restore(s:saved_options)
1021< The advantage over using `:let` is that global and local
1022 values are handled and the script ID is restored, so that
1023 `:verbose set` will show where the option was originally set,
1024 not where it was restored.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01001025 Alternatively: save and restore ALL options. Implementation needs to use
1026 copy-on-write. Return an ID from option_save(), when
1027 option_restore(ID) is called give an error if another option_save()
Bram Moolenaard09091d2019-01-17 16:07:22 +01001028 was called in the meantime, they must be balanced.
Bram Moolenaar7dda86f2018-04-20 22:36:41 +02001029
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001030"gvim --remote" from a directory with non-word characters changes the current
1031directory (Paulo Marcel Coelho Arabic, 2017 Oct 30, #2266)
1032Also see #1689.
1033
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +01001034No profile information for function that executes ":quit". (Daniel Hahler,
10352017 Dec 26, #2501)
1036
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02001037A function on a dictionary is not profiled. (ZyX, 2010 Dec 25)
1038
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +02001039Add script number to profile? (#3330 breaks tests).
1040
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02001041A function defined locally and lambda's are not easily recognized.
1042Mention where they were defined somewhere.
1043
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001044ml_get errors with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
1045
1046Error in emsg with buggy script. (Dominique, 2017 Apr 30)
1047
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +01001048Join truncates xml comment. (Dmitrii Tcyganok, 2017 Dec 24, #2494)
1049Requires 'formatoptions' to include "j". (Gary Johnson, 2017 Dec 24)
1050
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001051Patch to support hunspell. (Matej Cepl, Jan 2018, #2500) Based on older patch
1052in #846)
1053Doesn't work on Windows yet. Not ready to included, hard coded paths.
1054
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001055When a timer is running and typing CTRL-R on the command line, it is not
1056redrawn properly. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 23, #2241)
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001057
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001058In an optional package the "after" directory is not scanned?
1059(Renato Fabbri, 2018 Feb 22)
1060
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +01001061Patch for Neovim concerning restoring when closing help window. (glacambre
1062neovim #7431)
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001063
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001064Patch for improving detecting Ruby on Mac in configure. (Ilya Mikhaltsou, 2017
1065Nov 21)
1066
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +01001067When t_Co is changed from termresponse, the OptionSet autocommand event isn't
Bram Moolenaar7db25fe2018-05-13 00:02:36 +02001068triggered. Use the code from the end of set_num_option() in
1069set_color_count().
1070
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001071When using command line window, CmdlineLeave is triggered without
1072CmdlineEnter. (xtal8, 2017 Oct 30, #2263)
1073Add some way to get the nested state. Although CmdwinEnter is obviously
1074always nested.
1075
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001076matchit hasn't been maintained for a long time. #955.
1077
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001078Problem with 'delcombine'. (agguser, 2017 Nov 10, #2313)
1079
Bram Moolenaar6c391a72021-09-09 21:55:11 +02001080'delcombine' does not work for the command line. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jul
108120)
1082
Bram Moolenaarf0b03c42017-12-17 17:17:07 +01001083MS-Windows: buffer completion doesn't work when using backslash (or slash)
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001084for a path separator. (xtal8, #2201)
1085
Bram Moolenaar56994d22021-04-17 16:31:09 +02001086Test more runtime files.
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001087
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001088Window not closed when deleting buffer. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Aug 27, #2029)
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +02001089
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001090Add options_default() / options_restore() to set several options to Vim
1091defaults for a plugin. Comments from Zyx, 2017 May 10.
1092Perhaps use a vimcontext / endvimcontext command block.
1093
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001094After using :noautocmd CursorMoved may still trigger. (Andy Stewart, 2017 Sep
109513, #2084). Set old position after the command.
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +02001096
Bram Moolenaarc572da52017-08-27 16:52:01 +02001097When bracketed paste is used, pasting at the ":append" prompt does not get the
1098line breaks. (Ken Takata, 2017 Aug 22)
1099
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001100Cannot copy modeless selection when cursor is inside it. (lkintact, #2300)
1101
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02001102Test_writefile_fails_conversion failure on Solaris because if different iconv
1103behavior. Skip when "uname" returns "SunOS"? (Pavel Heimlich, #1872)
1104
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001105'tagrelative' is broken in specific situation. (xaizek, 2017 Oct 19, #2221)
1106
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001107The ++ options for the :edit command are also useful on the Vim command line.
1108
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001109Overlong utf-8 sequence is displayed wrong. (Harm te Hennepe, 2017 Sep 14,
1110#2089) Patch with possible solution by Björn Linse.
1111
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001112X11: Putting more than about 262040 characters of text on the clipboard and
1113pasting it in another Vim doesn't work. (Dominique Pelle, 2008 Aug 21-23)
1114clip_x11_request_selection_cb() is called with zero value and length.
1115Also: Get an error message from free() in the process that owns the selection.
1116Seems to happen when the selection is requested the second time, but before
1117clip_x11_convert_selection_cb() is invoked, thus in X library code.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02001118Kazunobu Kuriyama is working on a proper fix. (2017 Jul 25)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001119
1120Problem with three-piece comment. (Michael Lee, 2017 May 11, #1696)
1121
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001122Creating a partial with an autoload function is confused about the "self"
1123attribute of the function. For an unknown function assume "self" and make
Bram Moolenaar7ff78462020-07-10 22:00:53 +02001124that optional? (Bjorn Linse, 2017 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001125
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001126Cindent: returning a structure has more indent for the second item.
1127(Sam Pagenkopf, 2017 Sep 14, #2090)
1128
Bram Moolenaar01164a62017-11-02 22:58:42 +01001129Patch from Christian Brabandt to preserve upper case marks when wiping out a
1130buffer. (2013 Dec 9)
1131Also fixes #2166?
1132
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01001133Profile of a dict function is lost when the dict is deleted. Would it be
1134possible to collect this? (Daniel Hahler, #2350)
1135
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001136When checking if a bufref is valid, also check the buffer number, to catch the
1137case of :bwipe followed by :new.
1138
Bram Moolenaarb6e0ec62017-07-23 22:12:20 +02001139Patch to skip writing a temp file for diffing if the buffer is equal to the
1140existing file. (Akria Sheng, 2017 Jul 22)
1141Could also skip writing lines that are the same.
1142
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001143MS-Windows: Opening same file in a second gvim hangs. (Sven Bruggemann, 2017
1144Jul 4)
1145
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001146Setting 'clipboard' to "unnamed" makes a global command very slow (Daniel
1147Drucker, 2017 May 8).
1148This was supposed to be fixed, did it break again somehow?
1149Christian cannot reproduce it.
1150
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001151Using composing char in mapping does not work properly. maparg() shows the
1152wrong thing. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Jul 8, #1827)
1153Or is this not an actual problem?
1154
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001155Better TeX indent file. (Christian Brabandt, 2017 May 3)
1156
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001157Use gvimext.dll from the nightly build? (Issue #249)
1158
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001159'synmaxcol' works with bytes instead of screen cells. (Llandon, 2017 May 31,
1160#1736)
1161
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001162Problem with using :cd when remotely editing a file. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2017 May
11638, #1690)
1164
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001165Memory leak in test97? The string is actually freed. Weird.
1166
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001167assert_fails() can only check for the first error. Make it possible to have
1168it catch multiple errors and check all of them.
1169
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001170Add a toolbar in the terminal. Can be global, above all windows, or specific
1171for one window.
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001172
1173Make maparg() also return the raw rhs, so that it doesn't depend on 'cpo'.
1174(Brett Stahlman, 2017 May 23)
1175Even better: add a way to disable a mapping temporarily and re-enable it
1176later. This is for a sub-mode that is active for a short while (one buffer).
1177Still need maplist() to find the mappings. What can we use to identify a
1178mapping? Something unique would be better than the LHS.
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001179Perhaps simpler: actually delete the mappings. Use maplist() to list matching
1180mappings (with a lhs prefix, like maparg()), mapdelete() to delete,
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001181maprestore() to restore (using the output of maplist()).
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001182
Bram Moolenaar40962ec2018-01-28 22:47:25 +01001183Add an argument to :mkvimrc (or add another command) to skip mappings from
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001184plugins (source is a Vim script). No need to put these in a .vimrc, they will
1185be defined when the plugin is loaded.
1186
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001187Use tb_set(winid, [{'text': 'stop', 'cb': callback, 'hi': 'Green'}])
1188 tb_highlight(winid, 'ToolBar')
1189 tb_get(winid)
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001190
Bram Moolenaara02a5512016-06-17 12:48:11 +02001191json_encode(): should convert to utf-8. (Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Jan 23)
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001192What if there is an invalid character?
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001193
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001194Json string with trailing \u should be an error. (Lcd)
1195
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001196import can't be used in define option when include matches too.
1197(Romain Lafourcade, 2017 Jun 18, #1519)
1198
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001199Wrong diff highlighting with three files. (2016 Oct 20, #1186)
1200Also get E749 on exit.
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001201Another example in #1309
1202
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001203Suggestion to improve pt-br spell checking. (Marcelo D Montu, 2016 Dec 15,
1204#1330)
1205
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001206Error in test_startup_utf8 on Solaris. (Danek Duvall, 2016 Aug 17)
1207
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001208Rule to use "^" for statusline does not work if a space is defined with
1209highlighting for both stl and stlnc. Patch by Ken Hamada (itchyny, 2016 Dec 11)
1210
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001211Using CTRL-G_U in InsertCharPre causes trouble for redo. (Israel Chauca
1212Fuentes, 2017 Feb 12, #1470)
1213
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001214Add a "keytrans()" function, which turns the internal byte representation of a
1215key into a form that can be used for :map. E.g.
1216 let xx = "\<C-Home>"
1217 echo keytrans(xx)
1218 <C-Home>
1219
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001220Check for errors E704 and E705 only does VAR_FUNC, should also do VAR_PARTIAL.
1221(Nikolai Pavlov, 2017 Mar 13, #1557)
1222Make a function to check for function-like type?
1223
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001224Implement named arguments for functions with optional arguments:
1225 func Foo(start, count = 1, all = 1)
Bram Moolenaar036986f2017-03-16 17:41:02 +01001226 call Foo(12, all = 0)
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001227
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001228Add a command to take a range of lines, filter them and put the output
1229somewhere else. :{range}copy {dest} !cmd
1230
Bram Moolenaar690afe12017-01-28 18:34:47 +01001231The TermResponse event is not triggered when a plugin has set 'eventignore' to
1232"all". Netrw does this. (Gary Johnson, 2017 Jan 24)
1233Postpone the event until 'eventignore' is reset.
1234
Bram Moolenaar94237492017-04-23 18:40:21 +02001235Expanding /**/ is slow. Idea by Luc Hermitte, 2017 Apr 14.
1236
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001237Once .exe with updated installer is available: Add remark to download page
1238about /S and /D options (Ken Takata, 2016 Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar6f1d9a02016-07-24 14:12:38 +02001239Or point to nightly builds: https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases
1240
Bram Moolenaar1ccd8ff2017-08-11 19:50:37 +02001241":sbr" docs state it respects 'switchbuf', but "vsplit" does not cause a
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001242vertical split. (Haldean Brown, 2017 Mar 1)
1243
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001244Use ADDR_OTHER instead of ADDR_LINES for many more commands.
Bram Moolenaarfc65cab2018-08-28 22:58:02 +02001245E.g. all the location list commands use a count.
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001246Add tests for using number larger than number of lines in buffer.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001247
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001248Might be useful to have isreadonly(), like we have islocked().
1249Avoids exceptions, e.g. when using the b: namespace as a dict.
1250
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001251Patch to make v:shell_error writable. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Sep 27)
Bram Moolenaarbc2eada2017-01-02 21:27:47 +01001252Useful to restore it. Is there another solution?
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001253
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001254Patch for wrong cursor position on wrapped line, involving breakindent.
1255(Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 25)
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001256
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001257Patch for 'cursorlinenr' option. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2016 Nov 30)
1258
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001259Window resizing with 'winfixheight': With a vertical split the height changes
1260anyway. (Tommy allen, 2017 Feb 21, #1502)
1261
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001262Invalid behavior with NULL list. (Nikolai Pavlov, #768)
Bram Moolenaar50ba5262016-09-22 22:33:02 +02001263E.g. deepcopy(test_null_list())
Bram Moolenaar91c49372016-05-08 09:50:29 +02001264
Bram Moolenaar3e496b02016-09-25 22:11:48 +02001265Patch to make it possible to extend a list with itself.
1266(Nikolai Pavlov, 2016 Sep 23)
1267
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001268Patch to add Zstandard compressed file support. (Nick Terrell, 2016 Oct 24)
1269
Bram Moolenaar51628222016-12-01 23:03:28 +01001270On Windows buffer completion sees backslash as escape char instead of path
1271separator. (Toffanim, 2016 Nov 24, #1274)
1272
Bram Moolenaardc083282016-10-11 08:57:33 +02001273Should :vmap in matchit.vim be :xmap? (Tony Mechelynck)
1274
Bram Moolenaar26852122016-05-24 20:02:38 +02001275Problem with whitespace in errorformat. (Gerd Wachsmuth, 2016 May 15, #807)
1276
Bram Moolenaar3ec32172021-05-16 12:39:47 +02001277Support sort(l, 'F'), convert strings to float. (#7857)
Bram Moolenaar9faec4e2021-02-27 16:38:07 +01001278
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001279sort() is not stable when using numeric/float sort (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Sep
12804#1038)
1281
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +01001282sort() does not use 'smartcase' for the skip pattern, even though 'ignorecase'
1283is used. (Filipe Brandenburger, #7322)
1284
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001285+channel:
Bram Moolenaar06fe74a2019-08-31 16:20:32 +02001286- Add a in_cb, invoked when the write buffer has become empty. (Matteo Landi)
Bram Moolenaar1ff14ba2019-11-02 14:09:23 +01001287- Add ch_readlines(): for a channel in NL mode, reads as many lines as are
1288 available. Should be more efficient than looping over ch_read() with
1289 ch_status() to check for more.
Bram Moolenaar388a5d42020-05-26 21:20:45 +02001290- If buffer contents is changed in a callback, set w_redr_status so that it
1291 gets redrawn in redraw_after_callback(). #6120
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001292- Add a separate timeout for opening a socket. Currently it's fixed at 50
1293 msec, which is too small for a remote connection. (tverniquet, #2130)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001294- Writing raw mode to a buffer should still handle NL characters as line
1295 breaks. (Dmitry Zotikov, 2017 Aug 16)
1296- When out_cb executes :sleep, the close_cb may be invoked. (Daniel Hahler,
1297 2016 Dec 11, #1320)
1298- Implement |job-term| ?
Bram Moolenaar2a953fc2019-01-26 17:41:47 +01001299- Calling a function when receiving a "call" on a channel, using feedkeys()
1300 does not work. It does work from a timer. (Qiming Zhao, #3852)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001301- Channel test fails with Motif. Sometimes kills the X11 server.
1302- When a message in the queue but there is no callback, drop it after a while?
1303 Add timestamp to queued messages and callbacks with ID, remove after a
1304 minute. Option to set the droptime.
1305- Add an option to drop text of very long lines? Default to 1 Mbyte.
1306- Add remark about undo sync, is there a way to force it?
1307- When starting a job, have an option to open the server socket, so we know
1308 the port, and pass it to the command with --socket-fd {nr}. (Olaf Dabrunz,
1309 Feb 9) How to do this on MS-Windows?
1310- For connection to server, a "keep open" flag would be useful. Retry
1311 connecting in the main loop with zero timeout.
1312- job_start(): run job in a newly opened terminal (not a terminal window).
1313 With xterm could use -S{pty}.
1314 Although user could use "xterm -e 'cmd arg'".
1315
1316Regexp problems:
Bram Moolenaarf6b40102019-02-22 15:24:03 +01001317- NFA engine can be slow for some patterns. Dominique found out that most
1318 time is spent in addstate_here() copying the threads. Instead of copying,
1319 let each thread point to the next one (by offset, the list is reallocated).
1320 (Dominique Pelle, 2019 Feb 18)
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02001321- Old engine: using 'incsearch' /\Zabc does not highlight the "c" if it has a
1322 composing character. New engine is OK. (Tony Mechelynck, 2019 May 5)
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001323- When search pattern has the base character both with and without combining
1324 character, search fails. E.g. "รรีบ" in "การรีบรักใคร". (agguser, #2312)
1325- [:space:] only matches ASCII spaces. Add [:white:] for all space-like
1326 characters, esp. including 0xa0. Use character class zero.
1327- Since 7.4.704 the old regex engine fails to match [[:print:]] in 0xf6.
1328 (Manuel Ortega, 2016 Apr 24)
1329 Test fails on Mac. Avoid using isalpha(), isalnum(), etc? Depends on
1330 LC_CTYPE
1331- The old engine does not find a match for "/\%#=1\(\)\{80}", the new engine
1332 matches everywhere.
1333- Using win_linetabsize() can still be slow. Cache the result, store col and
1334 vcol. Reset them when moving to another line.
1335- Very slow with a long line and Ruby highlighting. (John Whitley, 2014 Dec 4)
1336- Bug with pattern: '\vblock (\d+)\.\n.*\d+%(\1)@<!\.$'
1337 (Lech Lorens, 2014 Feb 3)
1338- Issue 164: freeze on regexp search.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02001339- Ignorecase not handled properly for multibyte characters. (Axel Bender,
Bram Moolenaar22f1d0e2018-02-27 14:53:30 +01001340 2013 Dec 11)
1341- Using \@> and \?. (Brett Stahlman, 2013 Dec 21) Remark from Marcin
1342 Szamotulski; Remark from Brett 2014 Jan 6 and 7.
1343- NFA regexp doesn't handle \%<v correctly. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 May 12)
1344- Does not work with NFA regexp engine:
1345 \%u, \%x, \%o, \%d followed by a composing character
1346- Search for \%d0\+ may fail with E363. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Oct 4)
1347- \%'[ does not work. '%'] does work. (Masaaki Nakamura, 2016 Apr 4)
1348- Bug relating to back references. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Jul 24)
1349- New RE does not give an error for empty group: "\(\)\{2}" (Dominique Pelle,
1350 2015 Feb 7)
1351- Using back reference before the capturing group sometimes works with the old
1352 engine, can we do this with the new engine? E.g. with
1353 "/\%(<\1>\)\@<=.*\%(<\/\(\w\+\)>\)\@=" matching text inside HTML tags.
1354 This problem is probably the same: "\%(^\1.*$\n\)\@<=\(\d\+\).*$".
1355 (guotuofeng, 2015 Jun 22)
1356- Strange matching with "\(Hello\n\)\@<=A". (Anas Syed, 2015 Feb 12)
1357- Problem with \v(A)@<=b+\1c. (Issue 334)
1358- Diff highlighting can be very slow. (Issue 309)
1359- Using %> for a virtual column has a check based on 'tabsize'. Better would
1360 be to cache the result of win_linetabsize(col), storing both col and vcol,
1361 and use them to decide whether win_linetabsize() needs to be called. Reset
1362 col and vcol when moving to another line.
1363- this doesn't work: "syntax match ErrorMsg /.\%9l\%>20c\&\%<28c/". Leaving
1364 out the \& works. Seems any column check after \& fails.
1365- Difference between two engines: ".*\zs\/\@>\/" on text "///"
1366 (Chris Paul, 2016 Nov 13) New engine not greedy enough?
1367 Another one: echom matchstr(" sdfsfsf\n sfdsdfsdf",'[^\n]*')
1368 (2017 May 15, #1252)
1369
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001370Idea from Sven: record sequence of keys. Useful to show others what they are
1371doing (look over the shoulder), and also to see what happened.
1372Probably list of keystrokes, with some annotations for mode changes.
Bram Moolenaar3df01732017-02-17 22:47:16 +01001373Could store in logfile to be able to analyse it with an external command.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +02001374E.g. to see when's the last time a plugin command was used.
1375
Bram Moolenaar7571d552016-08-18 22:54:46 +02001376cmap using execute() has side effects. (Killthemule, 2016 Aug 17, #983)
1377
Bram Moolenaar74675a62017-07-15 13:53:23 +02001378:map X may print invalid data. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2017 Jul 3, #1816)
1379
Bram Moolenaar6d5ad4c2016-10-27 17:00:16 +02001380Patch to order results from taglist(). (Duncan McDougall, 2016 Oct 25)
1381
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001382ml_get errors when reloading file. (Chris Desjardins, 2016 Apr 19)
1383Also with latest version.
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001384
Bram Moolenaarbc8801c2016-08-02 21:04:33 +02001385Completion for input() does not expand environment variables. (chdiza, 2016
1386Jul 25, #948)
1387
Bram Moolenaar68563932017-01-10 13:31:15 +01001388Patch to add 'systemencoding', convert between 'encoding' and this for file
1389names, shell commands and the like. (Kikuchan, 2010 Oct 14)
1390Assume the system converts between the actual encoding of the filesystem to
1391the system encoding (usually utf-8).
1392
Bram Moolenaar269f5952016-07-15 22:54:41 +02001393MS-Windows: use WS_HIDE instead of SW_SHOWMINNOACTIVE in os_win32.c?
1394Otherwise task flickers in taskbar.
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001395
Bram Moolenaar09521312016-08-12 22:54:35 +02001396Second problem in #966: ins_compl_add_tv() uses get_dict_string() multiple
1397times, overwrites the one buffer. (Nikolay Pavlov, 2016 Aug 5)
1398
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001399Patch to improve map documentation. Issue #799.
1400
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01001401We can use '. to go to the last change in the current buffer, but how about
1402the last change in any buffer? Can we use ', (, is next to .)?
1403
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001404Ramel Eshed: system() is much slower than job_start(), why? (Aug 26)
1405
Bram Moolenaare18dbe82016-07-02 21:42:23 +02001406When generating the Unicode tables with runtime/tools/unicode.vim the
1407emoji_width table has only one entry.
1408
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001409It's possible to add ",," to 'wildignore', an empty entry. Causes problems.
1410Reject the value? #710.
1411
Bram Moolenaar06d2d382016-05-20 17:24:11 +02001412When doing "vi buf.md" a BufNew autocommand for *.md is not triggered.
1413Because of using the initial buffer? (Dun Peal, 2016 May 12)
1414
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001415Neovim patch for utfc_ptr2char_len() https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/4574
1416No test, needs some work to include.
Bram Moolenaar64d8e252016-09-06 22:12:34 +02001417
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001418Patch to improve indenting for C++ constructor with initializer list.
1419(Hirohito Higashi, 2016 Mar 31)
Bram Moolenaarf3913272016-02-25 00:00:01 +01001420
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +01001421Zero-out crypt key information when no longer in use. (Ben Fritz, 2017 May 15)
Bram Moolenaarb4d6c3e2017-05-27 16:45:17 +02001422
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001423Add stronger encryption. Could use libsodium (NaCl).
1424https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium/
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +02001425Possibly include the needed code so that it can be built everywhere.
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01001426
Bram Moolenaar214641f2017-03-05 17:04:09 +01001427Add a way to restart a timer. It's similar to timer_stop() and timer_start(),
1428but the reference remains valid.
1429
Bram Moolenaard2f3a8b2018-06-19 14:35:59 +02001430Need to try out instructions in INSTALLpc.txt about how to install all
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01001431interfaces and how to build Vim with them.
1432Appveyor build with self-installing executable, includes getting most
1433interfaces: https://github.com/k-takata/vim/tree/chrisbra-appveyor-build
1434result: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/k-takata/vim/history
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001435
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001436Problem using ":try" inside ":execute". (ZyX, 2013 Sep 15)
1437
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001438Patch to make tests pass with EBCDIC. (Owen Leibman, 2016 Apr 10)
1439
Bram Moolenaare4a3bcf2016-08-26 19:52:37 +02001440Add ":read :command", to insert the output of an Ex command?
1441Can already do it with ":$put =execute('command')".
1442
Bram Moolenaard0796902016-09-16 20:02:31 +02001443exists(":tearoff") does not tell you if the command is implemented. (Tony
1444Mechelynck) Perhaps use exists("::tearoff") to check?
1445
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001446Use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples, but without ":" in
1447'iskeyword' for syntax.
1448
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001449Installation of .desktop files does not work everywhere.
1450It's now fixed, but the target directory probably isn't right.
1451Add configure check?
1452Should use /usr/local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications.
1453Or use $XDG_DATA_DIRS.
1454Also need to run update-desktop-database (Kuriyama Kazunobu, 2015 Nov 4)
1455
Bram Moolenaar369b6f52017-01-17 12:22:32 +01001456Test object i{ and it do not behave the same. #1379
1457Do not include the linebreak at the start?
1458
Bram Moolenaar46fceaa2016-10-23 21:21:08 +02001459Feature request: add the "al" text object, to manipulate a screen line.
1460Especially useful when using 'linebreak'
1461
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001462Patch to avoid redrawing tabline when the popup menu is visible.
1463(Christian Brabandt, 2016 Jan 28)
1464
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001465When the CursorMovedI event triggers, and CTRL-X was typed, a script cannot
1466restore the mode properly. (Andrew Stewart, 2016 Apr 20)
1467Do not trigger the event?
1468
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001469Patch to make the behavior of "w" more straightforward, but not Vi compatible.
1470With a 'cpo' flag. (Christian Brabandt, 2016 Feb 8)
1471
Bram Moolenaaraa3b15d2016-04-21 08:53:19 +02001472Patch to add optionproperties(). (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Mar 27, update Apr 13)
Bram Moolenaar4f3f6682016-03-26 23:01:59 +01001473
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +01001474Patch to add TagNotFound autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 3)
1475
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001476Patch to add Error autocommand. (Anton Lindqvist, 2016 Feb 17)
Bram Moolenaar38a55632016-02-15 22:07:32 +01001477Only remembers one error.
1478
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02001479GVim: when both Tab and CTRL-I are mapped, use CTRL-I not for Tab.
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001480
Bram Moolenaar12969c02015-09-08 23:36:10 +02001481Unexpected delay when using CTRL-O u. It's not timeoutlen.
1482(Gary Johnson, 2015 Aug 28)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001483
Bram Moolenaar345efa02016-01-15 20:57:49 +01001484Instead of separately uploading patches to the ftp site, we can get them from
1485github with a URL like this:
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001486 https://github.com/vim/vim/compare/v7.4.920%5E...v7.4.920.diff
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001487Diff for version.c contains more context, can't skip a patch.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001488
Bram Moolenaar77cdfd12016-03-12 12:57:59 +01001489Comparing nested structures with "==" uses a different comparator than when
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001490comparing individual items.
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001491
Bram Moolenaarb4ff5182015-11-10 21:15:48 +01001492Using uninitialized memory. (Dominique Pelle, 2015 Nov 4)
1493
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001494MS-Windows: When editing a file with a leading space, writing it uses the
1495wrong name. (Aram, 2014 Nov 7) Vim 7.4.
1496
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001497Can't recognize the $ProgramFiles(x86) environment variable. Recognize it
1498specifically? First try with the parens, then without.
1499
Bram Moolenaare0fa3742016-02-20 15:47:01 +01001500Patch to add :mapgroup, put mappings in a group like augroup.
1501(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2016 Feb 19)
1502
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001503Can we cache the syntax attributes, so that updates for 'relativenumber' and
Bram Moolenaar6aa8cea2017-06-05 14:44:35 +02001504'cursorline'/'cursorcolumn' are a lot faster? Thus store the attributes
1505before combining them.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001506
Bram Moolenaar818078d2016-08-27 21:58:42 +02001507C highlighting: modern C allows: /* comment */ #ifdef
1508and also line continuation after #include.
1509I can't recommend it though.
1510
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001511To support Thai (and other languages) word boundaries, include the ICU
1512library: http://userguide.icu-project.org/boundaryanalysis
1513
Bram Moolenaar5e9b2fa2016-02-01 22:37:05 +01001514Patch to use two highlight groups for relative numbers. (Shaun Brady, 2016 Jan
151530)
1516
Bram Moolenaar75b81562014-04-06 14:09:13 +02001517MS-Windows: Crash opening very long file name starting with "\\".
1518(Christian Brock, 2012 Jun 29)
1519
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001520The OptionSet autocommand event is not always triggered. (Rick Howe, 2015 Sep
152124): :diffthis, :diffoff.
Bram Moolenaar2b8388b2015-02-28 13:11:45 +01001522
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001523":set all&" still does not handle all side effects. Centralize handling side
1524effects for when set by the user, on init and when reset to default.
1525
Bram Moolenaar60cce2f2015-10-13 23:21:27 +02001526":tag" does not jump to the right entry of a :tselect. (James Speros, 2015 Oct
15279)
1528
1529The argument for "-S" is not taken literally, the ":so" command expands
1530wildcards. Add a ":nowild" command modifier? (ZyX, 2015 March 4)
1531
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001532Proposal to make options.txt easier to read. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Aug 5)
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001533Update Aug 14.
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001534
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01001535When using --remote-tab on MS-Windows 'encoding' hasn't been initialized yet,
1536the file name ends up encoded wrong. (Raul Coronado, 2015 Dec 21)
1537
Bram Moolenaar03413f42016-04-12 21:07:15 +02001538Example in editing.txt uses $HOME with the expectation that it ends in a
Bram Moolenaar88774fd2015-08-25 19:52:04 +02001539slash. For me it does, but perhaps not for everybody. Add a function that
1540inserts a slash when needed? pathconcat(dir, path) (Thilo Six, 2015 Aug 12)
1541
Bram Moolenaar91e15e12014-09-19 22:38:48 +02001542ml_updatechunk() is slow when retrying for another encoding. (John Little,
15432014 Sep 11)
1544
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001545Patch to fix checking global option value when not using it.
1546(Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 23)
1547
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001548When 'showbreak' is set repeating a Visual operation counts the size of the
1549'showbreak' text as part of the operation. (Axel Bender, 2015 Jul 20)
1550
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001551Patch to add grepfile(). (Scott Prager, 2015 May 26)
1552Work in progress.
1553
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01001554Would be useful to have a treemap() or deepmap() function. Like map() but
1555when an item is a list or dict would recurse into it.
1556
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001557Patch for global-local options consistency. (Arnaud Decara, 2015 Jul 22)
1558Is this right?
1559
Bram Moolenaarf9132812015-07-21 19:19:13 +02001560Patch to make getregtype() return the right size for non-linux systems.
1561(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Jul 8)
1562Breaks test_eval. Inefficient, can we only compute y_width when needed?
1563
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001564Patch to use different terminal mode settings for system(). (Hayaki Saito)
1565Does this work for everybody?
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001566
Bram Moolenaare2db6c92015-06-19 18:48:41 +02001567Patch for man.vim. (SungHyun Nam, 2015 May 20)
1568Doesn't work completely (Dominique Orban)
1569
Bram Moolenaarfc39ecf2015-08-11 20:34:49 +02001570Patch to add a "literal" argument to bufnr(). (Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 Aug 4)
1571
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001572Extended file attributes lost on write (backupcopy=no). Issue 306.
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +01001573Would require reading attributes from the original file with listxattr() and
1574getxattr() and adding them to the new file.
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001575
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001576Patch to add :lockjumps. (Carlo Baldassi, 2015 May 25)
1577OK to not block marks?
1578
Bram Moolenaare2719092015-01-10 15:09:25 +01001579Patch on Issue 72: 'autochdir' causes problems for :vimgrep.
1580
Bram Moolenaarca635012015-09-25 20:34:21 +02001581When two SIGWINCH arrive very quickly, the second one may be lost.
1582(Josh Triplett, 2015 Sep 17)
1583
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001584Make comments in the test Makefile silent. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 24)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001585
Bram Moolenaared32d942014-12-06 23:33:00 +01001586Result of systemlist() does not show whether text ended in line break.
1587(Bjorn Linse, 2014 Nov 27)
1588
Bram Moolenaar3a991dd2014-10-02 01:41:41 +02001589When in 'comments' "n:x" follows after three-part comment directly it repeats
1590any one-character from the previous line. (Kartik Agaram, 2014 Sep 19)
1591
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001592Patch: Let rare word highlighting overrule good word highlighting.
1593(Jakson A. Aquino, 2010 Jul 30, again 2011 Jul 2)
1594
1595Patch to add digits argument to round(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2015 Apr 26)
1596
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001597Can assign to s:type when a function s:type has been defined.
1598Also the other way around: define a function while a variable with that name
1599was already defined.
1600(Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2014 Nov 3)
1601
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001602Patch for ordered dict. (Ozaki Kiichi, 2015 May 7)
1603
Bram Moolenaar7d76c802014-10-15 22:51:52 +02001604Patch for building a 32bit Vim with 64bit MingW compiler.
1605(Michael Soyka, 2014 Oct 15)
1606
Bram Moolenaar8a94d872015-01-25 13:02:57 +01001607Patch: On MS-Windows shellescape() may have to triple double quotes.
1608(Ingo Karkat, 2015 Jan 16)
1609
Bram Moolenaar8feef4f2015-01-07 16:57:10 +01001610Patch for glob(), adding slash to normal files. (Ingo Karkat, 2014 Dec 22)
1611
Bram Moolenaara0f849e2015-10-30 14:37:44 +01001612When entering and leaving the preview window autocommands are triggered, but
1613these may not work well. Perhaps set a flag to indicate that the preview
1614window is involved? (John Otter, 2015 Oct 27)
1615
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001616Using "." to repeat an Ex command puts that command in history. Probably
1617should not happen. If the command is the result of a mapping it's not put in
1618history either. (Jacob Niehus, 2014 Nov 2)
1619Patch from Jacob, Nov 2.
1620
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001621"hi link" does not respect groups with GUI settings only. (Mark Lodato, 2014
1622Jun 8)
1623
Bram Moolenaarc2299672014-11-13 14:25:38 +01001624Bug: Autocompleting ":tag/pat" replaces "/pat" with a match but does not
1625insert a space. (Micha Mos, 2014 Nov 7)
1626
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001627No error for missing endwhile. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 20)
1628
Bram Moolenaarf2571c62015-06-09 19:44:55 +02001629Patch to make extend() fail early when it might fail at some point.
1630(Olaf Dabrunz, 2015 May 2) Makes extend() slower, do we still want it?
1631Perhaps only the checks that can be done without looping over the dict or
1632arguments.
1633
Bram Moolenaare392eb42015-11-19 20:38:09 +01001634Problem with transparent and matchgroup. Issue #475
1635
Bram Moolenaar13600302014-05-22 18:26:40 +02001636Idea: For a window in the middle (has window above and below it), use
1637right-mouse-drag on the status line to move a window up/down without changing
Bram Moolenaar34401cc2014-08-29 15:12:19 +02001638its height? It's like dragging the status bar above it at the same time.
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02001639
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001640Patch to add a :domodeline command. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Oct 21)
1641
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01001642This does not give an error: (Andre Sihera, 2014 Mar 21)
1643 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo if 1 | echo 1'
1644This neither: (ZyX)
1645 vim -u NONE 1 2 3 -c 'bufdo while 1 | echo 1'
1646
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001647'viewdir' default on MS-Windows is not a good choice, it's a system directory.
1648Change 'viewdir' to "$HOME/vimfiles/view" and use 'viewdiralt' to also read
1649from?
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001650
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001651Include a plugin manager with Vim? vim-plug seems to be the best currently:
1652https://github.com/junegunn/vim-plug.
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001653Also Vundle: https://github.com/gmarik/vundle
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001654Or minpac: https://github.com/k-takata/minpac, since it leverages the builtin
1655package feature.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001656Long message about this from ZyX, 2014 Mar 23. And following replies.
Christian Brabandt1c5728e2024-05-11 11:12:40 +02001657Also see (link seems dead):
1658http://vim-wiki.mawercer.de/wiki/topic/vim%20plugin%20managment.html
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001659User view:
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01001660- Support multiple sources, basically any http:// URL. Or a central place that
1661 will work for everybody (github? redirects from vim.org?).
1662 Be able to look into the files before deciding to install.
Bram Moolenaar76f3b1a2014-03-27 22:30:07 +01001663- Be able to try out a plugin and remove it again with (almost) no traces.
1664- Each plugin needs a "manifest" file that has the version, dependencies
1665 (including Vim version and features), conflicts, list of files, etc.
1666 Updater uses that to decide what/how to update.
1667 Dependencies can use a URL for specific versions, or short name for scripts
1668 on vim.org.
1669- Once a plugin is installed it remembers where it came from, updater checks
1670 there. Can manually update when really needed.
1671- Must be possible to install for one user. Also system wide?
1672- Can edit plugin config with Vim. Can temporarily disable a plugin.
1673- Run the update manually, find latest version and install.
1674- Be able to download without special tools, must work for 95% of users.
1675Implementation:
1676- Avoid the 'runtimepath' getting long. Need some other way to keep each
1677 plugin separate.
1678- When installing or updating, first figure out what needs to be done. This
1679 may involve recursively fetching manifest files for dependencies. Then show
1680 the user what's going to change and ask for OK.
1681- Scripts on Vim.org must be able to consist of several files. Is zip format
1682 sufficient? Upload the manifest? Or refer to a site that has the manifest?
1683- Best is to fetch individual files or use a Vimball. Reduces dependency on
1684 tools that might be missing and allows inspection of the files before
1685 installing.
1686Out of scope:
1687- Overview of plugins, ratings, comments, etc. That's another world.
1688- Development work on plugins (although diff with distributed version would be
1689 useful).
1690
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02001691When typing the first character of a command, e.g. "f", then using a menu, the
1692menu item doesn't work. Clear typeahead when using a menu?
1693
Bram Moolenaar7e38ea22014-04-05 22:55:53 +02001694Editing an ascii file as ucs-2 or ucs-4 causes display errors.
1695(ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
1696
1697":Next 1 some-arg" does not complain about trailing argument. Also for
1698various other commands. (ZyX, 2014 Mar 30)
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001699
Bram Moolenaar0a63ded2015-04-15 13:31:24 +02001700Patch to skip sort if no line matches the expression.
Bram Moolenaar8bb1c3e2014-07-04 16:43:17 +02001701(Christian Brabandt, 2014 Jun 25)
1702
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001703VMS: Select() doesn't work properly, typing ESC may hang Vim. Use sys$qiow
1704instead. (Samuel Ferencik, 2013 Sep 28)
1705
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001706Patch for XDG base directory support. (Jean François Bignolles, 2014 Mar 4)
Bram Moolenaar822ff862014-06-12 21:46:14 +02001707Remark on the docs. Should not be a compile time feature. But then what?
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001708Also see #2034.
Bram Moolenaar08589172014-03-08 18:38:28 +01001709
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001710Patch to define macros for hardcoded values. (Elias Diem, 2013 Dec 14)
1711
Bram Moolenaard5d015d2013-11-03 21:14:31 +01001712Updated spec ftplugin. (Matěj Cepl, 2013 Oct 16)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02001713
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001714Patch to handle integer overflow. (Aaron Burrow, 2013 Dec 12)
1715
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +010017167 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
1717 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
1718 "lucida_console:h8").
1719Patch by Thomas Tuegel, also for GTK, 2013 Nov 24
1720
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001721:help gives example for z?, but it does not work. m? and t? do work.
1722
Bram Moolenaar8e5af3e2011-04-28 19:02:44 +02001723Discussion about canonicalization of Hebrew. (Ron Aaron, 2011 April 10)
1724
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001725Checking runtime scripts: Thilo Six, 2012 Jun 6.
1726
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001727When evaluating expression in backticks, autoload doesn't work.
1728(Andy Wokula, 2013 Dec 14)
1729
1730Using <nr>ifoobar<esc> can slow down Vim. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013
Bram Moolenaar259f26a2018-05-15 22:25:40 +02001731Dec 13. Only helps a bit, 10000ii<Esc> is still too slow.
Bram Moolenaar4b550b42013-12-15 10:02:33 +01001732
Bram Moolenaar1aeaf8c2012-05-18 13:46:39 +02001733Javascript file where indent gets stuck on: GalaxyMaster, 2012 May 3.
1734
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001735The BufUnload event is triggered when re-using the empty buffer.
1736(Pokey Rule, 2013 Jul 22)
1737Patch by Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Jul 22.
1738
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01001739Patch to allow more types in remote_expr(). (Lech Lorens, 2014 Jan 5)
1740Doesn't work for string in list. Other way to pass all types of variables
1741reliably?
1742
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001743Patch to add {lhs} to :mapclear: clear all maps starting with {lhs}.
1744(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Dec 9)
1745
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001746Exception caused by argument of return is not caught by try/catch.
1747(David Barnett, 2013 Nov 19)
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02001748Bug in try/catch: return with invalid compare throws error that isn't caught.
1749(ZyX, 2011 Jan 26)
1750try/catch not working for argument of return. (Matt Wozniski, 2008 Sep 15)
1751try/catch not working when inside a for loop. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 25)
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001752
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001753Patch to fix that 'cedit' is recognized after :normal. (Christian Brabandt,
17542013 Mar 19, later message)
Bram Moolenaar26402cb2013-02-20 21:26:00 +01001755
1756Patch to view coverage of the tests. (Nazri Ramliy, 2013 Feb 15)
1757
Bram Moolenaar56b45b92013-06-24 22:22:18 +02001758Patch to add "Q" and "A" responses to interactive :substitute. They are
1759carried over when using :global. (Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jun 19)
1760
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02001761Bug with 'cursorline' in diff mode. Line being scrolled into view gets
1762highlighted as the cursor line. (Alessandro Ivaldi, 2013 Jun 4)
1763
Bram Moolenaar4b60a6c2013-11-14 05:48:46 +01001764Two highlighting bugs. (ZyX, 2013 Aug 18)
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001765
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001766Patch to support 'u' in interactive substitute. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Sep
Bram Moolenaar3a0d8092012-10-21 03:02:54 +0200176728) With tests: Oct 9.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001768
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001769Dialog is too big on Linux too. (David Fishburn, 2013 Sep 2)
1770
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001771- Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
1772 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
1773Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2013 Apr 20, unfinished.
Bram Moolenaar97cc2382012-10-03 21:46:54 +02001774
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001775Bug: findfile("any", "file:///tmp;") does not work.
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001776
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001777Patch to add getsid(). (Tyru, 2011 Oct 2) Do we want this? Update Oct 4.
1778Or use expand('<sid>')?
1779
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001780Patch to make confirm() display colors. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Nov 9)
1781
Bram Moolenaarac7bd632013-03-19 11:35:58 +01001782Problem with refresh:always in completion. (Tyler Wade, 2013 Mar 17)
1783
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001784b:undo_ftplugin cannot call a script-local function. (Boris Danilov, 2013 Jan
17857)
1786
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001787Patch for :tabcloseleft, after closing a tab go to left tab. (William Bowers,
17882012 Aug 4)
1789
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001790Patch to improve equivalence classes in regexp patterns.
1791(Christian Brabandt, 2013 Jan 16, update Jan 17)
1792
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001793Patch with suggestions for starting.txt. (Tony Mechelynck, 2012 Oct 24)
1794But use Gnome instead of GTK?
1795
1796Should be possible to enable/disable matchparen per window or buffer.
1797Add a check for b:no_match_paren in Highlight_matching_Pair() (Marcin
1798Szamotulski, 2012 Nov 8)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02001799
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001800'iminsert' global value set when using ":setlocal iminsert"? (Wu, 2012 Jun 23)
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001801
Bram Moolenaarad3b3662013-05-17 18:14:19 +02001802Patch to append regexp to tag commands to make it possible to select one out
Bram Moolenaarbf884932013-04-05 22:26:15 +02001803of many matches. (Cody Cutler, 2013 Mar 28)
1804
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001805The input map for CTRL-O in mswin.vim causes problems after CTRL-X CTRL-O.
1806Suggestion for another map. (Philip Mat, 2012 Jun 18)
1807But use "gi" instead of "a". Or use CTRL-\ CTRL-O.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001808
Bram Moolenaar97d62492012-11-15 21:28:22 +01001809When there are no command line arguments ":next" and ":argu" give E163, which
1810is confusing. Should say "the argument list is empty".
1811
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001812URXVT:
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01001813- will get stuck if byte sequence does not contain the expected semicolon.
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001814- Use urxvt mouse support also in xterm. Explanations:
1815 http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/2662
1816
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001817Patch to add tests for if_xcmdsrv.c., Jul 8, need some more work. (Brian Burns)
Bram Moolenaar6c35bea2012-07-25 17:49:10 +02001818New tests Jul 13. Update Jul 17. Discussion Jul 18.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001819
Bram Moolenaard38b0552012-04-25 19:07:41 +02001820Patch for input method status. (Hirohito Higashi, 2012 Apr 18)
1821
Bram Moolenaardfb18412013-12-11 18:53:29 +01001822Update Vim app icon (for Gnome). (Jakub Steiner, 2013 Dec 6)
1823
Bram Moolenaarff034192013-04-24 18:51:19 +02001824Patch to use .png icons for the toolbar on MS-Windows. (Martin Gieseking, 2013
1825Apr 18)
1826
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001827Patch for has('unnamedplus') docs. (Tony Mechelynck, 2011 Sep 27)
1828And one for gui_x11.txt.
1829
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001830":cd" doesn't work when current directory path contains "**".
1831finddir() has the same problem. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2012 Jan 10)
1832Requires a rewrite of the file_file_in_path code.
1833
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001834Should use has("browsefilter") in ftplugins. Requires patch 7.3.593.
1835
Bram Moolenaar34700a62013-03-07 13:20:54 +01001836Update for vim2html.pl. (Tyru, 2013 Feb 22)
1837
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02001838Patch to sort functions starting with '<' after others. Omit dict functions,
1839they can't be called. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2011 Oct 11)
1840
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01001841Patch to pass list to or(), and() and xor(). (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2012 Feb 8)
1842
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001843Patch to improve "it" and "at" text object matching. (Christian Brabandt, 2011
1844Nov 20)
1845
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001846Patch to improve GUI find/replace dialog. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 May 26)
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001847Update Jun 2.
Bram Moolenaarc8734422012-06-01 22:38:45 +02001848
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01001849`] moves to character after insert, instead of the last inserted character.
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001850(Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Dec 9)
1851
1852Plugin for Modeleasy. (Massimiliano Tripoli, 2011 Nov 29)
1853
Bram Moolenaardb7207e2012-02-22 17:30:19 +01001854BufWinLeave triggers too late when quitting last window in a tab page. (Lech
1855Lorens, 2012 Feb 21)
1856
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001857Patch for 'transparency' option. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1858Only for MS-Windows. No documentation. Do we want this?
1859
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01001860Patch to support cursor shape in Cygwin console. (Ben bgold, 2011 Dec 27)
1861
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02001862On MS-Windows a temp dir with a & init causes system() to fail. (Ben Fritz,
18632012 Jun 19)
1864
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001865'cursorline' is displayed too short when there are concealed characters and
1866'list' is set. (Dennis Preiser)
1867Patch 7.3.116 was the wrong solution.
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001868Christian Brabandt has another incomplete patch. (2011 Jul 13)
Bram Moolenaar5b435d62012-04-05 17:33:26 +02001869
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001870Win32: Patch to use task dialogs when available. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011 Sep 17)
1871New feature, requires testing. Made some remarks.
1872
1873Win32: Patch for alpha-blended icons and toolbar height. (Sergiu Dotenco, 2011
1874Sep 17) Asked for feedback from others.
1875
Bram Moolenaar6be7f872012-01-20 21:08:56 +01001876Win32: Cannot cd into a directory that starts with a space. (Andy Wokula, 2012
1877Jan 19)
1878
Bram Moolenaarfa735342016-01-03 22:14:44 +01001879Need to escape $HOME on Windows for fnameescape()? (ZyX, 2011 Jul 21,
1880discussion 2013 Jul 4) Can't simply use a backslash, \$HOME has a different
1881meaning already. Would be possible to use $$HOME where $HOME is to be used.
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001882
Bram Moolenaarbc488a72013-07-05 21:01:22 +02001883"2" in 'formatoptions' not working in comments. (Christian Corneliussen, 2011
Bram Moolenaarf1568ec2011-12-14 21:17:39 +01001884Oct 26)
1885
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001886Bug in repeating Visual "u". (Lawrence Kesteloot, 2010 Dec 20)
1887
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001888Windows keys not set properly on Windows 7? (cncyber, 2010 Aug 26)
1889
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001890When using a Vim server, a # in the path causes an error message.
1891(Jeff Lanzarotta, 2011 Feb 17)
1892
Bram Moolenaar84f72352012-03-11 15:57:40 +01001893When there is a ">" in a line that "gq" wraps to the start of the next line,
1894then the following line will pick it up as a leader. Should get the leader
1895from the first line, not a wrapped line. (Matt Ackeret, 2012 Feb 27)
1896
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001897Using ":break" or something else that stops executing commands inside a
1898":finally" does not rethrow a previously uncaught exception. (ZyX, 2010 Oct
189915)
1900
1901Vim using lots of memory when joining lines. (John Little, 2010 Dec 3)
1902
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02001903BT regexp engine: After trying a \@> match and failing, submatches are not
1904cleared. See test64.
1905
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001906On 64 bit MS-Windows "long" is only 32 bits, but we sometimes need to store a
190764 bits value. Change all number options to use nropt_T and define it to the
1908right type.
1909
1910string() can't parse back "inf" and "nan". Fix documentation or fix code?
1911(ZyX, 2010 Aug 23)
1912
1913When doing "redir => s:foo" in a script and then "redir END" somewhere else
1914(e.g. in a function) it can't find s:foo.
Bram Moolenaar9ba7e172013-07-17 22:37:26 +02001915When a script contains "redir => s:foo" but doesn't end redirection, a
1916following "redir" command gives an error for not being able to access s:foo.
1917(ZyX, 2011 Mar 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001918
Bram Moolenaard960d762011-09-21 19:22:10 +02001919When setqflist() uses a filename that triggers a BufReadCmd autocommand Vim
1920doesn't jump to the correct line with :cfirst. (ZyX, 2011 Sep 18)
1921
Bram Moolenaar36782082013-11-28 13:53:34 +01001922Behavior of i" and a" text objects isn't logical. (Ben Fritz, 2013 Nov 19)
1923
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02001924When setting a local option value from the global value, add a script ID that
1925indicates this, so that ":verbose set" can give a hint. Check with options in
1926the help file.
1927
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001928After patch 7.3.097 still get E15. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2011 Jan 18)
1929Also for another example (ZyX, 2011 Jan 24)
1930
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02001931"0g@$" puts '] on last byte of multibyte. (ZyX, 2011 Jan 22)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001932
Bram Moolenaarb8ff1fb2012-02-04 21:59:01 +01001933Patch for :tabrecently. (Hirokazu Yoshida, 2012 Jan 30)
1934
Bram Moolenaare2db6952013-07-24 19:53:36 +02001935Problem with "syn sync grouphere". (Gustavo Niemeyer, 2011 Jan 27)
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001936
1937Loading autoload script even when usage is inside "if 0". (Christian Brabandt,
19382010 Dec 18)
1939
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02001940With a filler line in diff mode, it isn't displayed in the column with line
1941number, but it is in the sign column. Doesn't look right. (ZyX 2011 Jun 5)
1942Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jun 5. Introduces new problems.
1943
Bram Moolenaar7cba6c02013-09-05 22:13:31 +02001944Add jump() function. (Marcin Szamotulski, 2013 Aug 29)
1945Is this needed? CTRL-O and CTRL-I do the same, just more difficult to use.
1946
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020019478 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
1948Patch by Christian Brabandt, uses ]e [e ]t and [t. 2011 Aug 9.
1949
Bram Moolenaar32efaf62014-11-05 17:02:17 +01001950Add event for when the text scrolls. A bit like CursorMoved. Also a similar
1951one for insert mode. Use the event in matchparen to update the highlight if
1952the match scrolls into view.
1953
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020019547 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
1955Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
1956Update by Ben Fritz, with fix for TOhtml. (2011 Jul 30)
1957
19589 Add %F to 'errorformat': file name without spaces. Useful on Unix to
1959 avoid matching something up to a time 11:22:33.
1960Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2011 Jul 27.
1961
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02001962Patch to add up to 99 match groups. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 Dec 22)
1963Also add named groups: \%{name}(re) and \%{name}g
1964
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001965In the sandbox it's not allowed to do many things, but it's possible to change
1966or set variables. Add a way to prevent variables from being changed in the
1967sandbox? E.g.: ":protect g:restore_settings".
1968
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +02001969Win32: tear-off menu does not work when menu language is German. (Markus
1970Bossler, 2011 Mar 2) Fixed by 7.3.095?
1971
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02001972Wish for NetBeans commands:
1973 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
1974
Bram Moolenaaradc21822011-04-01 18:03:16 +020019757.3.014 changed how backslash at end of line works, but still get a NUL when
1976there is one backslash. (Ray Frush, 2010 Nov 18) What does the original ex
1977do?
1978
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001979New esperanto spell file can't be processed. (Dominique Pelle, 2011 Jan 30)
1980- move compflags to separate growarray?
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02001981- instead of a regexp use a hashtable. Expand '?', '*', '+'. What would be
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001982 the maximum repeat for * and +?
1983
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01001984"L'Italie" noted as a spell error at start of the sentence. (Dominique Pelle,
19852011 Feb 27)
1986
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02001987Editing a file with a ^M with 'ff' set to "mac", opening a help file, then the
1988^M is displayed as ^J sometimes. Getting 'ff' value from wrong window/buffer?
1989
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01001990When Vim is put in the background (SIGTSTP) and then gets a SIGHUP it doesn't
1991exit. It exists as soon as back in the foreground. (Stephen Liang, 2011 Jan
19929) Caused by vim_handle_signal(SIGNAL_BLOCK); in ui.c.
1993
1994g` not working correctly when using :edit. It works OK when editing a file on
1995the command line. (Ingo Karkat, 2011 Jan 25)
1996
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01001997Since patch 7.2.46 Yankring plugin has become very slow, eventually make Vim
1998crash? (Raiwil, 2010 Nov 17)
1999
Bram Moolenaarec7944a2013-06-12 21:29:15 +02002000Regexp engine performance:
2001- Profiling:
2002 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/ruby.vim
2003 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/loop.vim
2004 ./vim -u NONE -s ~/vim/test/alsa.vim
2005 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/todo.vim
2006 ./vim -s ~/vim/test/xml.vim
2007 Dominique Pelle: xmlSyncDT is particularly slow (Jun 7)
2008- More test files from the src/pkg/regexp/testdata directory in the Go repo.
2009- Performance tests:
2010 - Using asciidoc syntax. (Marek Schimara, 2013 Jun 6)
2011 - ~/vim/text/FeiqCfg.xml (file from Netjune)
2012 - ~/vim/text/edl.svg (also XML)
2013 - glts has five tests. (May 25)
2014 - ~/vim/test/slowsearch
2015 - ~/vim/test/rgb.vim
2016 - search for a.*e*exn in the vim executable. Go to last line to use
2017 'hlsearch'.
2018 - Slow combination of folding and PHP syntax highlighting. Script to
2019 reproduce it. Caused by "syntax sync fromstart" in combination with patch
2020 7.2.274. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 May 27) Generally, folding with
2021 'foldmethod' set to "syntax" is slow. Do profiling to find out why.
2022
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002023Problem producing tags file when hebrew.frx is present. It has a BOM.
2024Results in E670. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 May 2)
2025
Bram Moolenaar15146672011-10-20 22:22:38 +02002026'beval' option should be global-local.
2027
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002028Ruby: ":ruby print $buffer.number" returns zero.
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02002029
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002030setpos() does not restore cursor position after :normal. (Tyru, 2010 Aug 11)
Bram Moolenaar2a988a12010-08-13 15:24:39 +02002031
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02002032With "tw=55 fo+=a" typing space before ) doesn't work well. (Scott Mcdermott,
20332010 Oct 24)
2034
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002035Messages in message.txt are highlighted as examples.
2036
Bram Moolenaar05365702010-10-27 18:34:44 +02002037When using cp850 the NBSP (0xff) is not drawn correctly. (Brett Stahlman, 2010
2038Oct 22) 'isprint' is set to "@,161-255".
2039
Bram Moolenaar483c5d82010-10-20 18:45:33 +02002040":echo "\x85" =~# '[\u0085]'" returns 1 instead of 0. (ZyX, 2010 Oct 3)
2041
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002042'cindent' not correct when 'list' is set. (Zdravi Korusef, 2010 Apr 15)
2043
Bram Moolenaar6ee8d892012-01-10 14:55:01 +01002044C-indenting: A matching { in a comment is ignored, but intermediate { are not
2045checked to be in a comment. Implement FM_SKIPCOMM flag of findmatchlimit().
2046Issue 46.
2047
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002048Using CompilerSet doesn't record where an option was set from. E.g., in the
2049gcc compiler plugin. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Dec 13)
2050
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002051":helpgrep" does not put the cursor in the correct column when preceded by
2052accented character. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 Apr 15)
2053
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002054Don't call check_restricted() for histadd(), setbufvar(), settabvar(),
2055setwinvar().
2056
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002057Patch for gVimExt to show an icon. (Dominik Riebeling, 2010 Nov 7)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002058
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002059When 'lines' is 25 and 'scrolloff' is 12, "j" scrolls zero or two lines
2060instead of one. (Constantin Pan, 2010 Sep 10)
2061
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +02002062Gui menu edit/paste in block mode insert only inserts in one line (Bjorn
2063Winckler, 2011 May 11)
2064Requires a map mode for Insert mode started from blockwise Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002065
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002066Problem with cursor in the wrong column. (SungHyun Nam, 2010 Mar 11)
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002067Additional info by Dominique Pelle. (also on 2010 Apr 10)
2068
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002069CreateFile and CreateFileW are used without sharing, filewritable() fails when
2070the file was already open (e.g. script is being sourced). Add FILE_SHARE_READ|
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +01002071FILE_SHARE_WRITE in mch_access()? (Philippe Vaucher, 2010 Nov 2)
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002072
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002073Is ~/bin (literally) in $PATH supposed to work? (Paul, 2010 March 29)
2074Looks like only bash can do it. (Yakov Lerner)
2075
Bram Moolenaarb2c03502010-07-02 20:20:09 +02002076Cscope "cs add" stopped working somewhat before 7.2.438. (Gary Johnson, 2010
2077Jun 29) Caused by 7.2.433?
2078
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002079Jumplist doesn't work properly in Insert mode? (Jean Johner, 2010 Mar 20)
2080
Bram Moolenaarb52073a2010-03-17 20:02:06 +01002081Problem with transparent cmdline. Also: Terminal title is wrong with
2082non-ASCII character. (Lily White, 2010 Mar 7)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002083
2084iconv() doesn't fail on an illegal character, as documented. (Yongwei Wu, 2009
2085Nov 15, example Nov 26) Add argument to specify whether iconv() should fail
2086or replace with a character and continue?
2087
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002088Add local time at start of --startuptime output.
2089Requires configure check for localtime().
2090Use format year-month-day hr:min:sec.
2091
Bram Moolenaar34feacb2012-12-05 19:01:43 +01002092Patch to make ":hi link" also take arguments. (Nate Soares, 2012 Dec 4)
2093
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002094Shell not recognized properly if it ends in "csh -f". (James Vega, 2009 Nov 3)
2095Find tail? Might have a / in argument. Find space? Might have space in
2096path.
2097
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002098Test 51 fails when language set to German. (Marco, 2011 Jan 9)
Bram Moolenaar9b451252012-08-15 17:43:31 +02002099Dominique can't reproduce it.
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002100
Bram Moolenaar61d35bd2012-03-28 20:51:51 +02002101'ambiwidth' should be global-local.
2102
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002103":function f(x) keepjumps" creates a function where every command is executed
2104like it has ":keepjumps" before it.
2105
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002106Coverity: Check if there are new reported defects:
2107https://scan.coverity.com/projects/241
Bram Moolenaar755bd262010-08-14 17:46:20 +02002108
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002109Problem with editing file in binary mode. (Ingo Krabbe, 2009 Oct 8)
2110
Bram Moolenaar4421d6a2010-08-14 13:33:56 +02002111Display error when 'tabline' that includes a file name with double-width
2112characters. (2010 Aug 14, bootleq)
2113
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002114Problem with stop directory in findfile(). (Adam Simpkins, 2009 Aug 26)
2115
Bram Moolenaar97293012011-07-18 19:40:27 +02002116Using ']' as the end of a range in a pattern requires double escaping:
2117 /[@-\\]] (Andy Wokula, 2011 Jun 28)
2118
Bram Moolenaar86ae7202015-07-10 19:31:35 +02002119For running gvim on a USB stick: avoid the OLE registration. Use a command
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002120line argument -noregister.
2121
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002122When using an expression in 'statusline' leading white space sometimes goes
2123missing (but not always). (ZyX, 2010 Nov 1)
2124
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002125When a mapping exists both for insert mode and lang-insert mode, the last one
2126doesn't work. (Tyru, 2010 May 6) Or is this intended?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002127
2128Still a problem with ":make" in the wrong directory. Caused by ":bufdo".
2129(Ajit Thakkar, 2009 Jul 1) More information Jul 9, Jul 15.
2130Caused by "doautoall syntaxset BufEnter *" in syntax/nosyntax.vim ?
2131There also is a BufLeave/BufEnter aucmd to save/restore view.
2132Does the patch to save/restore globaldir work?
2133
2134":bufdo normal gg" while 'hidden' is set leaves buffers without syntax
2135highlighting. Don't disable Syntax autocommands then? Or add a flag/modifier
2136to avoid changing 'eventignore'?
2137
2138Patch for displaying 0x200c and 0x200d. (Ali Gholami Rudi, 2009 May 6)
2139Probably needs a bit of work.
2140
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002141List of encoding aliases. (Takao Fujiwara, 2009 Jul 18)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002142Are they all OK? Update Jul 22.
2143
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002144Win32: Improved Makefile for MSVC. (Leonardo Valeri Manera, 2010 Aug 18)
2145
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002146Win32: Expanding 'path' runs into a maximum size limit. (bgold12, 2009 Nov 15)
2147
Bram Moolenaar5dc62522012-02-13 00:05:22 +01002148Win32: Patch for using .png files for icons. (Charles Peacech, 2012 Feb 5)
2149
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02002150Putting a Visual block while 'visualedit' is "all" does not leave the cursor
2151on the first character. (John Beckett, 2010 Aug 7)
2152
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002153Setting 'tags' to "tagsdir/*" does not find "tagsdir/tags". (Steven K. Wong,
21542009 Jul 18)
2155
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002156Patch to add "focusonly" to 'scrollopt', so that scrollbind also applies in
2157window that doesn't have focus. (Jonathon Mah, 2009 Jan 12)
2158Needs more work.
2159
2160Problem with <script> mappings (Andy Wokula, 2009 Mar 8)
2161
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002162When starting Vim with "gvim -f -u non_existent_file > foo.txt" there are a
2163few control characters in the output. (Dale Wiles, 2009 May 28)
2164
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +01002165'cmdwinheight' is only used in last window when 'winheight' is a large value.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002166(Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Apr 15)
2167
2168Status line containing winnr() isn't updated when splitting the window (Clark
2169J. Wang, 2009 Mar 31)
2170
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002171When $VIMRUNTIME is set in .vimrc, need to reload lang files. Already done
2172for GTK, how about others? (Ron Aaron, 2010 Apr 10)
2173
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002174":tab split fname" doesn't set the alternate file in the original window,
2175because win_valid() always returns FALSE. Below win_new_tabpage() in
2176ex_docmd.c.
2177
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002178Space before comma in function definition not allowed: "function x(a , b)"
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002179Give a more appropriate error message. Add a remark to the docs.
2180
2181string_convert() should be able to convert between utf-8 and utf-16le. Used
2182for GTK clipboard. Avoid requirement for iconv.
2183
2184Now that colnr_T is int instead of unsigned, more type casts can be removed.
2185
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002186Don't load macmap.vim on startup, turn it into a plugin. (Ron Aaron,
21872009 Apr 7) Reminder Apr 14.
2188
2189Add "no_hlsearch" to winsaveview().
2190
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002191Bug: When reloading a buffer changed outside of Vim, BufRead autocommands
2192are applied to the wrong buffer/window. (Ben Fritz, 2009 Apr 2, May 11)
2193Ignore window options when not in the right window?
2194Perhaps we need to use a hidden window for applying autocommands to a buffer
2195that doesn't have a window.
2196
2197When using "ab foo bar" and mapping <Tab> to <Esc>, pressing <Tab> after foo
2198doesn't trigger the abbreviation like <Esc> would. (Ramana Kumar, 2009 Sep 6)
2199
2200getbufvar() to get a window-local option value for a buffer that's not
2201displayed in a window should return the value that's stored for that buffer.
2202
2203":he ctrl_u" can be auto-corrected to ":he ctrl-u".
2204
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002205Win32: completion of file name ":e c:\!test" results in ":e c:\\!test", which
2206does not work. (Nieko Maatjes, 2009 Jan 8, Ingo Karkat, 2009 Jan 22)
2207
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002208Using ~ works OK on 'a' with composing char, but not on 0x0418 with composing
2209char 0x0301. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Mar 4)
2210
Bram Moolenaare968e362014-05-13 20:23:24 +02002211This does not work yet: "a\(%C\)" (get composing characters into a submatch).
2212
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002213Inconsistent: starting with $LANG set to es_ES.utf-8 gives Spanish
2214messages, even though locale is not supported. But ":lang messages
2215es_ES.utf-8" gives an error and doesn't switch messages. (Dominique Pelle,
22162009 Jan 26)
2217
Bram Moolenaar2a8a3ec2011-01-08 16:06:37 +01002218When $HOME contains special characters, such as a comma, escape them when used
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002219in an option. (Michael Hordijk, 2009 May 5)
2220Turn "esc" argument of expand_env_esc() into string of chars to be escaped.
2221
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002222Should make 'ignorecase' global-local, so that it makes sense setting it from
2223a modeline.
2224
2225Add cscope target to Makefile. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jun 18, replies by
2226Sergey Khorev)
2227
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002228Completion for ":buf" doesn't work properly on Win32 when 'shellslash' is off.
2229(Henrik Ohman, 2009, Jan 29)
2230
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002231shellescape() depends on 'shellslash' for quoting. That doesn't work when
Bram Moolenaar166af9b2010-11-16 20:34:40 +01002232'shellslash' is set but using cmd.exe. (Ben Fritz)
2233Use a different option or let it depend on whether 'shell' looks like a
2234unix-like shell?
2235
Bram Moolenaar00a927d2010-05-14 23:24:24 +02002236Bug: in Ex mode (after "Q") backslash before line break, when yanked into a
2237register and executed, results in <Nul>: instead of line break.
2238(Konrad Schwarz, 2010 Apr 16)
2239
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002240Have a look at patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Mar 1, Mar 23)
2241Now at: http://vimgadgets.sourceforge.net/liblinebreak/
2242
2243Greek sigma character should be lower cased depending on the context. Can we
2244make this work? (Dominique Pelle, 2009 Sep 24)
2245
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002246When changing 'encoding' convert all the swap file names, so that we can
2247still delete them. Also convert all buffer file names?
2248
2249"gqip" in Insert mode has an off-by-one error, causing it to reflow text.
2250(Raul Coronado, 2009 Nov 2)
2251
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002252MS-Windows: editing the first, empty buffer, 'ffs' set to "unix,dos", ":enew"
2253doesn't set 'ff' to "unix". (Ben Fritz, 2008 Dec 5) Reusing the old buffer
2254probably causes this.
2255
2256'scrollbind' is not respected when deleting lines or undo. (Milan Vancura,
Bram Moolenaar927edbd2010-05-17 22:07:47 +020022572009 Jan 16)
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002258
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002259Having "Syntax" in 'eventignore' for :bufdo may cause problems, e.g. for
2260":bufdo e" when buffers are open in windows. ex_listdo(eap) could set the
2261option only for when jumping to another buffer, not when the command argument
2262is executed.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002263
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002264":pedit %" with a BufReadPre autocommand causes the cursor to move to the
2265first line. (Ingo Karkat, 2008 Jul 1) Ian Kelling is working on this.
Bram Moolenaarbcb98982014-05-01 14:08:19 +02002266Similar problem with ":e". (Marc Montu, 2014 Apr 22)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002267
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002268Cursor line moves in other window when using CTRL-W J that doesn't change
2269anything. (Dasn, 2009 Apr 7)
2270
2271On Unix "glob('does not exist~')" returns the string. Without the "~" it
2272doesn't. (John Little, 2008 Nov 9)
2273Shell expansion returns unexpanded string?
2274Don't use shell when "~" is not at the start?
2275
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002276When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
2277'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though the
2278fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to check for
2279the buffer to be unmodified.
2280Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 11. Followup Jul 14, need to have
2281another look at it.
2282
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002283c.vim: XXX in a comment is colored yellow, but not when it's after "#if 0".
2284(Ilya Dogolazky, 2009 Aug 7)
2285
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002286You can type ":w ++bad=x fname", but the ++bad argument is ignored. Give an
2287error message? Or is this easy to implement? (Nathan Stratton Treadway, 2008
2288Aug 20) This is in ucs2bytes(), search for 0xBF. Using the ++bad argument is
2289at the other match for 0xBF.
2290
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002291When adding "-complete=file" to a user command this also changes how the
2292argument is processed for <f-args>. (Ivan Tishchenko, 2008 Aug 19)
2293
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002294Win32: associating a type with Vim doesn't take care of space after a
2295backslash? (Robert Vibrant, 2008 Jun 5)
2296
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002297When 'rightleft' is set, cursorcolumn isn't highlighted after the end of a
2298line. It's also wrong in folds. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 21)
2299
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002300":help s/~" jumps to *s/\~*, while ":help s/\~" doesn't find anything. (Tim
2301Chase) Fix by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 14.
2302
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002303When mapping : to ; and ; to :, @; doesn't work like @: and @: doesn't work
2304either. Matt Wozniski: nv_at() calls do_execreg() which uses
2305put_in_typebuf(). Char mapped twice?
2306
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002307Despite adding save_subexpr() this still doesn't work properly:
2308Regexp: matchlist('12a4aaa', '^\(.\{-}\)\(\%5c\@<=a\+\)\(.\+\)\?')
2309Returns ['12a4', 'aaa', '4aaa'], should be ['12a4', 'aaa', '']
2310Backreference not cleared when retrying after \@<= fails?
2311(Brett Stahlman, 2008 March 8)
2312
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002313Problem with remote_send(). (Charles Campbell, 2008 Aug 12)
2314
2315ftplugin for help file should set 'isk' to help file value.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002316
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002317Win32: remote editing fails when the current directory name contains "[".
2318(Ivan Tishchenko, Liu Yubao) Suggested patch by Chris Lubinski: Avoid
2319escaping characters where the backslash is not removed later. Asked Chris for
2320an alternate solution, also for src/ex_getln.c.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002321This also fails when the file or directory name contains "%". (Thoml, 2008
2322July 7)
Bram Moolenaard09acef2012-09-21 14:54:30 +02002323Using --remote-silent while the current directory has a # in the name does not
2324work, the # needs to be escaped. (Tramblay Bruno, 2012 Sep 15)
2325
2326When using remote-silent the -R flag is not passed on. (Axel Bender, 2012 May
232731)
2328
2329Win32: A --remote command that has a directory name starting with a ( doesn't
2330work, the backslash is removed, assuming that it escapes the (. (Valery
2331Kondakoff, 2009 May 13)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002332
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002333Win32: Using "gvim --remote-tab-silent elŝuti.txt" doesn't work, the
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02002334multibyte character isn't passed and edits elsuti.txt.
Bram Moolenaar256972a2015-12-29 19:10:25 +01002335(Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado, 2015 Dec 18)
2336
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002337Problem with CTRL-F. (Charles Campbell, 2008 March 21)
2338Only happens with "gvim -geometry "160x26+4+27" -u NONE -U NONE prop.c".
2339'lines' is 54. (2008 March 27)
2340
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002341Problem with pointer wrapping around in getvcol(). (Wolfgang Kroworsch, 2008
2342Oct 19) Check for "col" being "MAXCOL" separately?
2343
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002344Unexpectedly inserting a double quote. (Anton Woellert, 2008 Mar 23)
2345Works OK when 'cmdheight' is 2.
2346
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +020023478 Use a mechanism similar to omni completion to figure out the kind of tab
2348 for CTRL-] and jump to the appropriate matching tag (if there are
2349 several).
Bram Moolenaar543b7ef2013-06-01 14:50:56 +02002350
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002351The utf class table is missing some entries:
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01002352 0x2212, minus sign
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002353 0x2217, star
2354 0x2500, bar
2355 0x26ab, circle
2356
2357Visual line mode doesn't highlight properly when 'showbreak' is used and the
2358line doesn't fit. (Dasn, 2008 May 1)
2359
2360GUI: In Normal mode can't yank the modeless selection. Make "gy" do this?
2361Works like CTRL-Y in Command line mode.
2362
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002363C't: On utf-8 system, editing file with umlaut through Gnome results in URL
2364with %nn%nn, which is taken as two characters instead of one.
2365Try to reproduce at work.
2366
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002367Patch for default choice in file changed dialog. (Bjorn Winckler, 2008 Oct 19)
2368Is there a way to list all the files first?
2369
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002370Fail to edit file after failed register access. Error flag remains set?
2371(Lech Lorens, 2010 Aug 30)
2372
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002373Problem with 'ts' set to 9 and 'showbreak' to ">>>". (Matthew Winn, 2007 Oct
23741)
2375
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002376":tab help" always opens a new tab, while ":help" re-uses an existing window.
2377Would be more consistent when an existing tab is re-used. (Tony Mechelynck)
2378
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002379Using Aap to build Vim: add remarks about how to set personal preferences.
Christian Brabandt1c5728e2024-05-11 11:12:40 +02002380Example on http://www.calmar.ws/tmp/aap.html (link seems dead)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002381
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002382When 'diffopt' has "context:0" a single deleted line causes two folds to merge
2383and mess up syncing. (Austin Jennings, 2008 Jan 31)
2384
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002385Gnome improvements: Edward Catmur, 2007 Jan 7
2386 Also use Save/Discard for other GUIs
2387
2388New PHP syntax file, use it? (Peter Hodge)
2389
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +02002390":echoe" in catch block stops processing, while this doesn't happen outside of
2391a catch block. (ZyX, 2011 Jun 2)
2392
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002393Test 54 uses shell commands, that doesn't work on non-Unix systems. Use some
2394other way to test buffer-local autocommands.
2395
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002396The documentation mentions the priority for ":2match" and ":3match", but it
2397appears the last one wins. (John Beckett, 2008 Jul 22) Caused by adding
2398matchadd()? Suggested patch by John, 2008 Jul 24.
2399
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002400When 'encoding' is utf-8 the command line is redrawn as a whole on every
2401character typed. (Tyler Spivey, 2008 Sep 3) Only redraw cmdline for
2402'arabicshape' when there is a character on the command line for which
2403(ARABIC_CHAR(u8c)) is TRUE.
2404
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002405Cheng Fang made javacomplete. (2007 Aug 11)
2406Asked about latest version: 0.77.1 is on www.vim.org.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002407
2408More AmigaOS4 patches. (Peter Bengtsson, Nov 9)
2409
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002410Amiga patches with vbcc. (Adrien Destugues, 2010 Aug 30)
Christian Brabandt1c5728e2024-05-11 11:12:40 +02002411(link seems dead): http://pulkomandy.ath.cx/drop/vim73_vbcc_amiga.diff
Bram Moolenaar24ea3ba2010-09-19 19:01:21 +02002412
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002413Problem with compound words? (Bert, 2008 May 6)
2414No warning for when flags are defined after they are used in an affix.
2415
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002416Screen redrawing when continuously updating the buffer and resizing the
2417terminal. (Yakov Lerner, 2006 Sept 7)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002418
2419Add option settings to help ftplugin. (David Eggum, 2006 Dec 18)
2420
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002421Autoconf problem: when checking for iconv library we may add -L/usr/local/lib,
2422but when compiling further tests -liconv is added without the -L argument,
2423that may fail (e.g., sizeof(int)). (Blaine, 2007 Aug 21)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002424
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002425Problem with ".add" files when using two languages and restarting Vim. (Raul
2426Coronado, 2008 Oct 30)
2427
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002428Popup menu redraw: Instead of first redrawing the text and then drawing the
2429popup menu over it, first draw the new popup menu, remember its position and
2430size and then redraw the text, skipping the characters under the popup menu.
2431This should avoid flicker. Other solution by A.Politz, 2007 Aug 22.
2432
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002433When the file name has parenthesis, e.g., "foo (bar).txt", ":!ls '%'" has the
2434parenthesis escaped but not the space. That's inconsistent. Either escape
2435neither or both. No escaping might be best, because it doesn't depend on
2436particularities of the shell. (Zvi Har'El, 2007 Nov 10) (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2437Jun 3)
2438However, for backwards compatibility escaping might be necessary. Check if
2439the user put quotes around the expanded item?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002440
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002441A throw in a function causes missing an endif below the call. (Spiros
2442Bousbouras, 2011 May 16)
2443
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002444Error E324 can be given when a cron script has wiped out our temp directory.
2445Give a clear error message about this (and tell them not to wipe out /tmp).
2446
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002447Color for cUserLabel should differ from case label, so that a mistake in a
2448switch list is noticed:
2449 switch (i)
2450 {
2451 case 1:
2452 foobar:
2453 }
2454
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002455Look at http://www.gtk-server.org/ . It has a Vim script implementation.
2456
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002457Netbeans problem. Use "nc -l 127.0.0.1 55555" for the server, then run gvim
2458with "gvim -nb:localhost:55555:foo". From nc do: '1:editFile!0 "foo"'. Then
2459go to Insert mode and add a few lines. Then backspacing every other time
2460moves the cursor instead of deleting. (Chris Kaiser, 2007 Sep 25)
2461
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002462Windows installer could add a "open in new tab of existing Vim" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002463GvimExt: patch to add "Edit with single Vim &tabbed" menu entry.
Bram Moolenaarb6b046b2011-12-30 13:11:27 +01002464Just have two choices, always using one Vim and selecting between using an
2465argument list or opening each file in a separate tab.
2466(Erik Falor, 2008 May 21, 2008 Jun 26)
2467
Bram Moolenaar20f90cf2011-05-19 12:22:51 +02002468Windows installer: licence text should not use indent, causes bad word wrap.
2469(Benjamin Fritz, 2010 Aug 16)
2470
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002471Changes for Win32 makefile. (Mike Williams, 2007 Jan 22, Alexei Alexandrov,
24722007 Feb 8)
2473
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002474Win32: Can't complete shell command names. Why is setting xp_context in
2475set_one_cmd_context() inside #ifndef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002476
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002477Win32: Patch for cscope external command. (Mike Williams, 2007 Aug 7)
2478
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002479Win32: XPM support only works with path without spaces. Patch by Mathias
2480Michaelis, 2006 Jun 9. Another patch for more path names, 2006 May 31.
Christian Brabandt1c5728e2024-05-11 11:12:40 +02002481New version (link seems dead):
2482http://members.tcnet.ch/michaelis/vim/patches.zip
2483(also for other patches by Mathias, see mail Feb 22)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002484
2485Win32: compiling with normal features and OLE fails. Patch by Mathias
2486Michaelis, 2006 Jun 4.
2487
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002488Win32: using CTRL-S in Insert mode doesn't remove the "+" from the tab pages
Bram Moolenaared39e1d2008-08-09 17:55:22 +00002489label. (Tsakiridis, 2007 Feb 18) Patch from Ian Kelling, 2008 Aug 6.
2490
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002491Win32: using "gvim --remote-tab-silent fname" sometimes gives an empty screen
2492with the more prompt. Caused by setting the guitablabel? (Thomas Michael
2493Engelke, 2007 Dec 20 - 2008 Jan 17)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002494
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002495Win32: patch for fullscreen mode. (Liushaolin, 2008 April 17)
2496
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002497Win32: When 'shell' is bash shellescape() doesn't always do the right thing.
2498Depends on 'shellslash', 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote', but shellescape()
2499only takes 'shellslash' into account.
2500
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002501Menu item that does "xxd -r" doesn't work when 'fileencoding' is utf-16.
2502Check for this and use iconv? (Edward L. Fox, 2007 Sep 12)
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02002503Does the conversion in the other direction work when 'fileencodings' is set
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002504properly?
2505
2506Cursor displayed in the wrong position when using 'numberwidth'. (James Vega,
25072007 Jun 21)
2508
2509When $VAR contains a backslash expand('$VAR') removes it. (Teemu Likonen, 2008
2510Jun 18)
2511
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002512C++ indenting wrong with "=". (James Kanze, 2007 Jan 26)
2513
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002514":lockvar" should use copyID to avoid endless loop.
2515
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002516When using --remote-silent and the file name matches 'wildignore' get an E479
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00002517error. without --remote-silent it works fine. (Ben Fritz, 2008 Jun 20)
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00002518
Bram Moolenaarb477af22018-07-15 20:20:18 +02002519GVim: dialog for closing Vim should check if Vim is busy writing a file. Then
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002520use a different dialog: "busy saving, really quit? yes / no".
2521
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002522Check other interfaces for changing curbuf in a wrong way. Patch like for
2523if_ruby.c.
2524
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002525":helpgrep" should use the directory from 'helpfile'.
2526
2527The need_fileinfo flag is messy. Instead make the message right away and put
2528it in keep_msg?
2529
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002530Editing a file remotely that matches 'wildignore' results in a "no match"
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002531error. Should only happen when there are wildcards, not when giving the file
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002532name literally, and esp. if there is only one name.
2533
Bram Moolenaar1423b9d2006-05-07 15:16:06 +00002534Test 61 fails sometimes. This is a timing problem: "sleep 2" sometimes takes
2535longer than 2 seconds.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002536
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002537Using ":au CursorMoved * cmd" invokes mch_FullName(), which can be slow.
2538Can this be avoided? (Thomas Waba, 2008 Aug 24)
2539Also for ":w" without a file name.
2540The buffer has the full path in ffname, should pass this to the autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002541
2542"vim -C" often has 'nocompatible', because it's set in some startup script.
2543Set 'compatible' after startup is done? Patch by James Vega, 2008 Feb 7.
2544
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002545VMS: while editing a file found in complex, Vim will save file into the first
2546directory of the path and not to the original location of the file.
2547(Zoltan Arpadffy)
2548
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002549VMS: VFC files are in some cases truncated during reading (Zoltan Arpadffy)
2550
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002551input() completion should not insert a backslash to escape a space in a file
2552name?
2553
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002554Ruby completion is insecure. Can this be fixed?
2555
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002556When 'backupskip' is set from $TEMP special characters need to be escaped.
2557(patch by Grembowietz, 2007 Feb 26, not quite right)
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01002558Another problem is that file_pat_to_reg_pat() doesn't recognize "\\", so "\\("
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002559will be seen as a path separator plus "\(".
2560
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002561gvim d:\path\path\(FILE).xml should not remove the \ before the (.
2562This also fails with --remote.
2563
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002564When doing ":quit" the Netbeans "killed" event isn't sent. (Xavier de Gaye,
25652008 Nov 10) call netbeans_file_closed() at the end of buf_freeall(), or in
2566all places where buf_freeall() is called?
2567
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002568aucmd_prepbuf() should also use a window in another tab page.
2569
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002570When unloading a buffer in a BufHidden autocommand the hidden flag is reset?
2571(Bob Hiestand, 2008 Aug 26, Aug 27)
2572
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002573Substituting an area with a line break with almost the same area does change
2574the Visual area. Can this be fixed? (James Vega, 2006 Sept 15)
2575
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002576GUI: When combining fg en bg make sure they are not equal.
2577
2578Use different pt_br dictionary for spell checking. (Jackson A. Aquino, 2006
2579Jun 5)
2580
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002581Use different romanian dictionary for spell checking. (Andrei Popescu, Nov
25822008) Use http://downloads.sourceforge.net/rospell/ro_RO.3.2.zip
2583Or the hunspell-ro.3.2.tar.gz file, it also has a iso-8859-2 list.
2584
2585In a C file with spell checking, in "% integer" "nteger" is seen as an error,
2586but "]s" doesn't find it. "nteger" by itself is found. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008
2587Jul 22)
2588
2589There should be something about spell checking in the user manual.
2590
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002591Add an option to specify the character to use when a double-width character is
2592moved to the next line. Default '>', set to a space to blank it out. Check
2593that char is single width when it's set (compare with 'listchars').
2594
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002595The generated vim.bat can avoid the loop for NT. (Carl Zmola, 2006 Sep 3)
2596
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01002597When showing a diff between a non-existent file and an existing one, with the
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002598cursor in the empty buffer, the other buffer only shows the last line. Change
2599the "insert" into a change from one line to many? (Yakov Lerner, 2008 May 27)
2600
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002601These two abbreviations don't give the same result:
2602 let asdfasdf = "xyz\<Left>"
2603 cabbr XXX <C-R>=asdfasdf<CR>
2604 cabbr YYY xyz<Left>
2605
2606Michael Dietrich: maximized gvim sometimes displays output of external command
2607partly. (2006 Dec 7)
2608
2609In FileChangedShell command it's no longer allowed to switch to another
2610buffer. But the changed buffer may differ from the current buffer, how to
2611reload it then?
2612
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002613For Aap: include a config.arg.example file with hints how to use config.arg.
2614
Bram Moolenaar8d043172014-01-23 14:24:41 +01002615Default for 'background' is wrong when using xterm with 256 colors.
2616Table with estimates from Matteo Cavalleri, 2014 Jan 10.
2617
Bram Moolenaard58e9292011-02-09 17:07:58 +01002618Setting 'background' resets the Normal background color:
2619 highlight Normal ctermbg=DarkGray
2620 set background=dark
2621This is undesired, 'background' is supposed to tell Vim what the background
2622color is, not reset it.
2623
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002624Completion menu: For a wrapping line, completing a long file name, only the
2625start of the path is shown in the menu. Should move the menu to the right to
2626show more text of the completions. Shorten the items that don't fit in the
2627middle?
2628
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002629Accessing file#var in a function should not need the g: prepended.
2630
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002631When exiting detects a modified buffer, instead of opening the buffer in the
2632current tab, use an existing tab, if possible. Like finding a window where
2633the buffer is displayed. (Antonios Tsakiridis)
2634
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002635When ":cn" moves to an error in the same line the message isn't shortened.
2636Only skip shortening for ":cc"?
2637
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002638Problem with ":call" and dictionary function. Hari Krishna Dara, Charles
2639Campbell 2006 Jul 06.
2640
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002641A custom completion function in a ":command" cannot be a Funcref. (Andy
2642Wokula, 2007 Aug 25)
2643
2644Problem with using :redir in user command completion function? (Hari Krishna
2645Dara, 2006 June 21)
2646
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002647Another resizing problem when setting 'columns' and 'lines' to a very large
2648number. (Tony Mechelynck, 2007 Feb 6)
2649
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002650After starting Vim, using '0 to jump somewhere in a file, ":sp" doesn't center
2651the cursor line. It works OK after some other commands.
2652
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002653Win32: Is it possible to have both postscript and Win32 printing?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002654
Bram Moolenaarff312a42010-05-16 15:14:25 +02002655Using UTF-8 character with ":command" does not work properly. (Matt Wozniski,
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010026562008 Sep 29)
2657
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002658In the Netbeans interface add a "vimeval" function, so that the other side can
2659check the result of has("patch13").
2660
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002661Cursor line at bottom of window instead of halfway after saving view and
2662restoring. Only with 'nowrap'. (Robert Webb, 2008 Aug 25)
2663
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002664Netrw has trouble executing autocommands only for a directory. Add <isdir>
2665and <notisdir> to autocommand patterns? Also <isfile>?
2666
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002667Add command modifier that skips wildcard expansion, so that you don't need to
2668put backslashes before special chars, only for white space.
2669
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002670In mswin.vim: Instead of mapping <C-V> for Insert mode in a complicated way,
2671can it be done like ":imap <C-V> <MiddleMouse>" without negative side effects?
2672
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +01002673When right after "vim file", "M" then CTRL-W v the windows are scrolled
2674differently and unexpectedly. Caused by patch 7.2.398?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002675
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002676The magic clipboard format "VimClipboard2" appears in several places. Should
2677be only one.
2678
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02002679Win32, NTFS: When editing a specific infostream directly and 'backupcopy' is
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002680"auto" should detect this situation and work like 'backupcopy' is "yes". File
2681name is something like "c:\path\foo.txt:bar", includes a colon. (Alex
2682Jakushev, 2008 Feb 1)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002683
2684Small problem displaying diff filler line when opening windows with a script.
2685(David Luyer, 2007 Mar 1 ~/Mail/oldmail/mool/in.15872 )
2686
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002687Is it allowed that 'backupext' is empty? Problems when backup is in same dir
2688as original file? If it's OK don't compare with 'patchmode'. (Thierry Closen)
2689
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002690Patch for adding ":lscscope". (Navdeep Parhar, 2007 Apr 26; update 2008 Apr
269123)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002692
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002693":mkview" isn't called with the right buffer argument. Happens when using
2694tabs and the autocommand "autocmd BufWinLeave * mkview". (James Vega, 2007
2695Jun 18)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002696
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002697When completing from another file that uses a different encoding completion
2698text has the wrong encoding. E.g., when 'encoding' is utf-8 and file is
2699latin1. Example from Gombault Damien, 2007 Mar 24.
2700
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002701In gvim the backspace key produces a backspace character, but on Linux the
2702VERASE key is Delete. Set VERASE to Backspace? (patch by Stephane Chazelas,
27032007 Oct 16)
2704
2705TermResponse autocommand isn't always triggered when using vimdiff. (Aron
2706Griffis, 2007 Sep 19)
2707
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002708Create a gvimtutor.1 file and change Makefiles to install it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002709
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002710When 'encoding' is utf-8 typing text at the end of the line causes previously
2711typed characters to be redrawn. Caused by patch 7.1.329. (Tyler Spivey, 2008
2712Sep 3, 11)
2713
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002714":vimgrep" does not recognize a recursive symlink. Is it possible to detect
2715this, at least for Unix (using device/inode)?
2716
2717When switching between windows the cursor is often put in the middle.
2718Remember the relative position and restore that, just like lnum and col are
2719restored. (Luc St-Louis)
2720
Bram Moolenaar6e932462014-09-09 18:48:09 +02002721Add an option for a minimal text length before inserting a line break for
2722'textwidth'. Avoids very short lines when a very long word follows.
2723(Kartik Agaram)
2724
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002725
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002726Better plugin support (not plugin manager, see elsewhere for that):
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +01002727- Avoid use of feedkeys, add eval functions where needed:
2728 - manipulating the Visual selection?
2729- Add createmark(): add a mark like mM, but return a unique ID. Need some way
2730 to clean them up again... Use a name + the script ID.
2731 Add createmark( , 'c') to track inserts/deletes before the column.
2732- Plugins need to make a lot of effort, lots of mappings, to know what
2733 happened before pressing the key that triggers a plugin action. How about
2734 keeping the last N pressed keys, so that they do not need to be mapped?
Bram Moolenaar298b4402016-01-28 22:38:53 +01002735- equivalent of netbeans_beval_cb(). With an autocommand?
2736- Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
Bram Moolenaar00654022011-02-25 14:42:19 +01002737
2738
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002739More patches:
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02002740- Another patch for Javascript indenting. (Hari Kumar, 2010 Jul 11)
2741 Needs a few tests.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002742- Add 'cscopeignorecase' option. (Liang Wenzhi, 2006 Sept 3)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002743- Extra argument to strtrans() to translate special keys to their name (Eric
2744 Arnold, 2006 May 22)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002745- Mac: indicate whether a buffer was modified. (Nicolas Weber, 2006 Jun 30)
2746- Allow negative 'nrwidth' for left aligning. (Nathan Laredo, 2006 Aug 16)
2747- ml_append_string(): efficiently append to an existing line. (Brad
2748 Beveridge, 2006 Aug 26) Use in some situations, e.g., when pasting a
2749 character at a time?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002750- recognize hex numbers better. (Mark Manning, 2006 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00002751- Add <AbbrExpand> key, to expand an abbreviation in a mapping. (Kana
2752 Natsuno, 2008 Jul 17)
2753- Add 'wspara' option, also accept blank lines like empty lines for "{" and
2754 "}". (Mark Lundquist, 2008 Jul 18)
2755- Patch to add CTRL-T to delete part of a path on cmdline. (Adek, 2008 Jul
2756 21)
2757- Instead of creating a copy of the tutor in all the shell scripts, do it in
2758 vimtutor.vim. (Jan Minar, 2008 Jul 20)
2759- When fsync() fails there is no hint about what went wrong. Patch by Ben
2760 Schmidt, 2008 Jul 22.
Bram Moolenaard2ea7cf2021-05-30 20:54:13 +02002761- testdir/Make_dos_sh.mak for running tests with MingW. (Bill McCarthy, 2008
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01002762 Sep 13)
Bram Moolenaar26dcc7e2010-07-14 22:35:55 +02002763- Replace ccomplete.vim by cppcomplete.vim from www.vim.org? script 1520 by
2764 Vissale Neang. (Martin Stubenschrott) Asked Vissale to make the scripts
2765 more friendly for the Vim distribution.
2766 New version received 2008 Jan 6.
2767 No maintenance in two years...
Bram Moolenaar5aae4192010-08-03 23:00:38 +02002768- Patch to open dropped files in new tabs. (Michael Trim, 2010 Aug 3)
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +00002769
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002770Awaiting updated patches:
Bram Moolenaarf9393ef2006-04-24 19:47:27 +000027719 Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung, Eckehard Berns):
2772 8 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
2773 New patch 2004 Jun 16
2774 - selecting proportional font breaks display
2775 - UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
2776 - Command-key mappings do not work. (Alan Schmitt)
2777 - With 'nopaste' pasting is wrong, with 'paste' Command-V doesn't work.
2778 (Alan Schmitt)
2779 - remove 'macatsui' option when this has been fixed.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002780 - when 'macatsui' is off should we always convert to "macroman" and ignore
2781 'termencoding'?
Bram Moolenaar76b92b22006-03-24 22:46:53 +000027829 HTML indenting can be slow. Caused by using searchpair(). Can search()
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002783 be used instead? A.Politz is looking into a solution.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000027848 Win32: Add minidump generation. (George Reilly, 2006 Apr 24)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000027857 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
2786 Update 2004 Sep 6.
2787 How does this work? Missing comments.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000027888 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00002789 (28 feb 2002). Will mess the translations...
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +020027907 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it" appears
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002791 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
2792- Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02002793 for multibyte characters.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002794- Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
2795- Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
2796 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
2797 been given values.
2798 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000027997 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
2800 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
2801- Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
2802 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
2803 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002804 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
2805 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
2806 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
2807 (2003 May 13)
2808 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
2809 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00002810 taglist() add argument to specify maximum number of matches.
2811 useful for interactive things or completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00002812 col('^') column of first non-white character.
2813 Can use "len(substitute(getline('.'), '\S.*', '', ''))
2814 + 1", but that's ugly.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000028157 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
2816 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000028177 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
2818 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +000028198 Option to lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk
Bram Moolenaar53f7fcc2021-07-28 20:10:16 +02002820 (unencrypted). Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23. Uses mlock.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000028217 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
28228 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
2823 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
28247 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
2825 Kotchan has a patch for it)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000028267 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
2827- findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
2828 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
2829 incomplete patch Mar 18)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002830- For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
2831 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
2832- Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01002833- Patch for redo register. (Ben Schmidt, 2007 Oct 19)
2834 Await response to question to make the register writable.
2835
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002836
Bram Moolenaar723dd942019-04-04 13:11:03 +02002837Better 'rightleft' or BIDI support:
2838- Minimal Vi with bidi support: https://github.com/aligrudi/neatvi
2839 By Ali Gholami Rudi, also worked on arabic.c
2840
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +02002841
2842Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaar71b6d332022-09-10 13:13:14 +01002843- List of common misspellings in English:
2844 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lists_of_common_misspellings/For_machines
2845 German:
2846 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Liste_von_Tippfehlern/F%C3%BCr_Maschinen
2847 There are other languages.
Bram Moolenaar48c3f4e2022-08-08 15:42:38 +01002848- [s does not find missing capital at start of the line. #10838
2849 Probably because the dot at the end of the previous line isn't seen.
Bram Moolenaar4f4d51a2020-10-11 13:57:40 +02002850- When 'cursorline' is set and the first word should have SpellCap
2851 highlighting, redrawing the line removes it when moving the cursor away
2852 from the line. (#7085) Would need to inspect the end of the previous line
2853 and update "capcol_lnum" and "cap_col".
2854- Mixup of highlighting when there is a match and SpellBad. (ZyX, 2015 Jan 1)
2855- Spell files use a latin single quote. Unicode also has another single
2856 quote: 0x2019. (Ron Aaron, 2014 Apr 4)
2857 New OpenOffice spell files support this with ICONV. But they are not
2858 compatible with Vim spell files. The old files can no longer be
2859 downloaded.
2860- Add a feature to only consider two spaces after a dot to start a new
2861 sentence. Don't give the capitalization error when there is one space.
2862- Add a way to specify punctuation characters. Add the superscript numbers
2863 by default: 0x2070, 0xb9, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0x2074 - 0x2079.
2864- In popup menu: If the only problem is the case of the first character,
2865 don't offer "ignore" and "add to word list".
2866- Spell menu: When using the Popup menu to select a replacement word,
2867 ":spellrepeat" doesn't work. SpellReplace() uses setline(). Can it use
2868 "z=" somehow? Or use a new function.
2869
2870
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01002871Quickfix/Location List:
2872- Window size is wrong when using quickfix window. (Lifepillar, 2018 Aug 24,
2873 #2999)
2874- When using CTRL-W CR in the quickfix window, the jumplist in the opened
2875 window is cleared, to avoid going back to the list of errors buffer (would
2876 have two windows with it). Can we just remove the jump list entries for
2877 the quickfix buffer?
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01002878- When an item in the quickfix list has a file name that does not exist,
2879 behave like the item was not a match for :cnext.
2880- When adding an item to a new quickfix list make ":cnext" jump to that
2881 item. Make a difference being at the first item and not having used
2882 :cnext at all. (Afanasiy Fet, 2017 Jan 3)
Bram Moolenaar26967612019-03-17 17:13:16 +01002883- When opening quickfix window, disable spell checking?
2884- Patch for supporting count before CR in quickfix window. (AOYAMA Shotaro,
2885 2007 Jan 1)
2886- Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
2887 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
2888- Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
2889 errors. How do we get the rest?
28908 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
2891 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
2892 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
2893 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
28947 Add a command that goes back to the position from before jumping to the
Bram Moolenaare46a4402020-06-30 20:38:27 +02002895 first quickfix location.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002896
Yegappan Lakshmanan29d11a82025-03-27 18:19:30 +01002897
2898Python Interface:
2899- Python 3.8 doesn't work. (Antonios Hadjigeorgalis, #5509)
2900- Python: ":py raw_input('prompt')" doesn't work. (Manu Hack)
2901- Build with Python on Mac does not always use the right library.
2902 (Kazunobu Kuriyama, 2015 Mar 28)
2903- Win32: The Python interface only works with one version of Python,
2904 selected at compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and
2905 2.2 dynamically?
2906- Be able to define a Python function that can be called directly from Vim
2907 script. Requires converting the arguments and return value, like with
2908 vim.bindeval().
2909
2910
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00002911Vi incompatibility:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00002912- Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
2913 Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029148 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
2915 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
2916 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
2917 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
2918 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
2919 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029208 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
2921 make Vim exit.
29227 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
2923 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
2924 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
29258 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
2926 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
2927 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
29286 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
2929 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
2930 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
29318 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
2932 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
2933 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
2934 names in one buffer???
2935 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
2936 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
2937 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
29387 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
2939 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
2940 command was one command.
Bram Moolenaareaa48e72005-06-08 22:07:37 +00002941 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
2942 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029437 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
2944 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
29457 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029467 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
2947 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
2948 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
2949 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
29507 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
29517 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
29527 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
2953 to the match with the tag? Option?
29547 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
29557 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
2956 (Sayre).
29577 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
2958 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029597 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
2960 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
2961 match. Nvi can do it too.
29627 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
2963 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
2964 line 1\ line 2\\
2965 line 2\ line 3\\
2966 . line4/
29676 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
2968 the way the shell is started?
29696 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
2970 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
2971
2972
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01002973GTK+ GUI:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000029749 Crash with X command server over ssh. (Ciaran McCreesh, 2006 Feb 6)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029758 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
2976 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
2977 creating a label?
Bram Moolenaar6e7c7f32005-08-24 22:16:11 +000029788 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters are sometimes not drawn properly.
2979 Depends on the font size, "monospace 13" has the problem. Vim seems to do
2980 everything right, must be a GTK bug. Is there a way to work around it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000029819 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
2982 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
2983 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
2984 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
Bram Moolenaare580b0c2006-03-21 21:33:03 +00002985- Gnome2: When moving the toolbar out of the dock, so that it becomes
2986 floating, it can no longer be moved. Therefore making it float has been
2987 blocked for now.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01002988- Mapping with partial match not executed properly in GTK. (Ingo Karkat,
2989 #7082)
2990- Add more testing of the GTK GUI.
2991 - gtk_test_widget_click() can be used to simulate a click in a widget.
2992- Tests failing for "make testgui" with GTK:
2993 - Test_setbufvar_options()
2994 - Test_exit_callback_interval()
2995- When adding a timer from 'balloonexpr' it won't fire, because
2996 g_main_context_iteration() doesn't return. Need to trigger an event when
2997 the timer expires.
2998- problem with 'L' in 'guioptions' changing the window width. (Aaron
2999 Cornelius, 2012 Feb 6)
3000- Patch to invert characters differently in GTK. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2013
3001 May 5)
3002- drawing a double-width combining character over single-width characters
3003 doesn't look right. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 8)
3004- tear-off menu does not work. (Kurt Sonnenmoser, 2010 Oct 25)
3005- Patch for GTK buttons X1Mouse and X2Mouse. (Christian J. Robinson, 2010
3006 Aug 9)
3007- When setting 'columns' in a startup script and doing ":vertical diffsplit"
3008 the window isn't redrawn properly, see two vertical bars.
3009- when the Tab pages bar appears or disappears while the window is maximized
3010 the window is no longer maximized. Patch that has some idea but doesn't
3011 work from Geoffrey Antos, 2008 May 5. Also: the window may no longer fit
3012 on the screen, thus the command line is not visible.
3013- Patch to support horizontal scroll wheel in GTK. Untested. (Bjorn
3014 Winckler, 2010 Jun 30)
Bram Moolenaare580b0c2006-03-21 21:33:03 +00003015
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003016
3017Win32 GUI known bugs:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003018- Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
3019 the screen.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030208 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
3021 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
Christian Brabandt1c5728e2024-05-11 11:12:40 +02003022 Tutorial (link seems dead): http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030236 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
3024 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000030258 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
3026 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
3027 type of characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030287 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
3029 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
3030 to use an opaque background in most places?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030317 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
3032 2004 May 9)
30338 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
3034 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
3035 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
3036 MS-Windows 98?
3037 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
3038 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
3039 file: Window moves with the cursor!
3040 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030418 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
3042 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
3043 appears in the right position. (Webb)
30449 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
3045 button doesn't give popup menu.
3046 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
3047 selection.
3048 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
3049 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
3050 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
30518 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
3052 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
3053 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
3054 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
30558 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
3056 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
3057 be read.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030587 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
3059 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
Bram Moolenaar4463f292005-09-25 22:20:24 +00003060 scroll?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030617 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
3062 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030636 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
30648 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
3065 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
3066 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
30678 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
3068 know which keyboard is being used?
30697 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
3070 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
3071 area (Koloseike).
30728 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
3073 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
3074 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
3075 the font name).
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003076- When running a fast timer, the cursor no longer blinks. Was reported:
3077 cursor blinks in terminal on widows with a timer. (xtal8, #2142)
3078- Last message from startup doesn't show up when there is an echoerr
3079 command. (Cyril Slobin, 2009 Mar 13)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003080
3081
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01003082Motif:
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000030836 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
3084 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
3085 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
3086 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
3087 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000030889 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
3089 required and it's missing?
30908 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
3091 wrong.
30929 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
3093 be off by default.
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +010030949 XIM doesn't work properly for Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003095 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
3096 flag.
30978 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
3098 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
3099 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
31008 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
31016 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
3102 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
3103 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
3104 the tooltips work though...
31057 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
3106 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
31078 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
3108 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
3109 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
3110
3111
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003112Motif GUI:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02003113- gui_mch_browsedir() is missing, browsedir() doesn't work nicely.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031147 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
3115 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031168 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
3117 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
3118 (Phillipps)
3119
3120
3121GUI:
31229 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
3123 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
31249 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +00003125 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003126 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
31279 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
3128 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031298 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
3130 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
3131 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
31328 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
3133 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
3134 of where it is processing the output.
3135 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
31368 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
3137 doesn't work.
Bram Moolenaarcbebd482016-02-07 23:02:56 +010031388 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000031398 When translating menus ignore the part after the Tab, the shortcut. So
3140 that the same menu item with a different shortcut (e.g., for the Mac) are
3141 still translated.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +020031428 Add menu separators for Amiga.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031438 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
3144 browse().
31458 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
3146 use that code? Or use console dialog.
31478 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
3148 error message disappears too quick.
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +000031497 More features in the find/replace dialog:
3150 - regexp on/off
3151 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
3152 when all buffers/directory is used:
3153 - filter for file name
3154 when directory is used:
3155 - subdirectory on/off
3156 - top directory browser
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031578 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
3158 to avoid problems.
31598 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
3160 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
3161 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
31628 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
3163 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
3164 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
31658 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
3166 up. Set erase character somehow?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031678 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
31687 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
3169 visible.
31707 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
3171 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
31727 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
3173 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
31748 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
3175 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
31768 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
3177 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
3178 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
3179 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
3180- Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
31814 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
3182 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
3183 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
3184
3185
Bram Moolenaar5f148ec2016-03-07 22:59:26 +01003186Win32 console:
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000031878 Should $USERPROFILE be preferred above $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH? No, but it's
3188 a good fallback, thus use:
3189 $HOME
3190 $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH
3191 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE);
3192 $USERPROFILE
3193 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, FALSE);
3194 $ALLUSERSPROFILE
3195 $SYSTEMDRIVE\
3196 C:\
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000031978 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
3198 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
31998 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
3200 Should work like in the GUI version.
32018 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
3202 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
32038 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
3204 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
32058 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
3206 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
3207 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032088 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
3209 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
3210 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
3211
3212
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003213Win32 console:
32149 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
3215 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
3216 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
3217 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
3218 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
3219 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
3220 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
3221 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
3222 and the file is not saved.
3223 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
3224 long name.
32258 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
3226 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
32277 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
3228 besides the console.
32298 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
32309 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
3231 <C-S-i>?
32329 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
3233 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
32348 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
3235 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003236
3237
3238Amiga:
32398 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
3240 sequences.
32419 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
3242 backslashes in result.
32438 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
3244 all options, using white space separation.
3245
3246
3247Macintosh:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003248- GUI: gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032497 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
3250 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
3251 (Jack)
3252 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000032538 inputdialog() doesn't resize when giving more text lines. (David Fishburn,
3254 2006 Sept 28)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032558 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
32568 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
32579 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
3258 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032599 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003260- Build problem with small features on Mac OS X 10.6. (Rainer, 2011 Jan 24)
3261- Version of netbeans.c for use with MacVim. (Kazuki Sakamoto, 2010 Nov 18)
3262- Mac with X11: clipboard doesn't work properly. (Raf, 2010 Aug 16)
3263- Move Carbon todo items to os_mac.txt. Note that this version is frozen,
3264 try the Cocoa version.
3265- After a ":vsplit" the left scrollbar doesn't appear until 'columns' is
3266 changed or the window is resized.
3267- Patch for configure: remove arch from ruby link args. (Knezevic, 2008 Mar
3268 5) Alternative: Kazuki Sakamoto, Mar 7.
3269- trouble compiling with Motif, requires --disable-darwin. (Raf, 2008 Aug 1)
3270 Reply by Ben Schmidt.
3271- Using gvim: netrw window disappears. (Nick Lo, 2006 Jun 21)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003272
3273
3274"Small" problems:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003275- When using e_secure in do_one_cmd() mention the command being executed,
3276 otherwise it's not clear where it comes from.
Bram Moolenaard68071d2006-05-02 22:08:30 +000032779 For Turkish vim_tolower() and vim_toupper() also need to use utf_
3278 functions for characters below 0x80. (Sertacyildiz)
Bram Moolenaarc93b83a2006-04-29 22:02:36 +000032799 When the last edited file is a help file, using '0 in a new Vim doesn't
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003280 edit the file as a help file. 'filetype' is OK, but 'iskeyword' isn't,
3281 file isn't readonly, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032828 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
3283 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
3284 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
Bram Moolenaar2df6dcc2004-07-12 15:53:54 +00003285 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032867 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
3287 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
32888 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
3289 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
3290 for redirection.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032917 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
3292 'termencoding'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003293- Could the hit-enter prompt be avoided when a message only overlaps the
3294 'showcmd' area? Clear that area when the next cmd is typed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032958 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
3296 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
3297 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
3298 using the horizontal scrollbar.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000032998 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
3300 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
33018 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
3302 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
3303 UnxUtils.zip archive.
Bram Moolenaaracb4f222016-01-10 15:59:26 +01003304 Is it better than what we have in src/tee?
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000033058 When doing Insert mode completion a mapping cannot recursively call
3306 edit(), because the completion information is global. Put everything in
3307 an allocated structure?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033087 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
3309 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
3310 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
3311 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033127 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
3313 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
3314 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
33157 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
3316 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
3317 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
33187 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
3319 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033207 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
3321 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033229 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
3323 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
3324 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
3325 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
3326 script can be called.
33278 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
3328 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
3329 works.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033308 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
3331 CTRL-C.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000033328 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003333 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
3334 configurable?
33358 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033368 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
3337 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020033388 Should allow multibyte characters for the delimiter: ":s+a+b+" where "+"
3339 is a multibyte character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033408 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
3341 always written, even when the original file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033429 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
3343 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
3344 written.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033457 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033468 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
3347 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
3348 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +000033498 Also store the line number with the script ID and use it for ":verbose",
3350 so that "set nocompatible" is found when it changes other option values.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003351 When an option is set indirectly mention the command? E.g. when
3352 ":diffsplit" sets 'foldmethod'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033538 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
3354 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
33559 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
3356 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
3357 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003358 one. Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 July 14.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033597 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
3360 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033617 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
3362 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
3363 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
3364 direction, not horizontally?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033658 ":hardcopy":
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003366 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
3367 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
3368 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
3369 dithering to make grey text?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003370 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
3371 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +00003372 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
Bram Moolenaar996343d2010-07-04 22:20:21 +02003373 - Should interpret CTRL-L as a page break.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003374 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
3375 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
3376 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
3377 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
3378 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033798 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
3380 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
33818 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
3382 in lines that don't extend into the block?
33838 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
3384 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
3385 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
33868 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
3387 'linebreak'.
33888 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
3389 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
3390 (Helmut Stiegler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033919 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
3392 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
3393 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
3394 'magic' in history. (Margo)
33959 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
3396 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000033979 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
33989 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
3399 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
3400 cause another redraw, etc.
34018 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
3402 must escape special characters in the pattern.
34038 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
3404 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
3405 ":w!!" for that.
3406 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
3407 restore file to readonly afterwards.
Bram Moolenaar04a09c12005-08-01 22:02:32 +00003408 Overwriting a file for which a swap file exists is similar issue.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034097 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
3410 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
3411 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
3412 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
3413 clipboard)
34147 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
3415 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
3416 Waggoner)
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +000034176 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
3418 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
3419 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034208 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
3421 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
34228 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
3423 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
Christian Brabandt1c5728e2024-05-11 11:12:40 +02003424 See https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034258 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
3426 (e.g., ":w").
34278 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
3428 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034298 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
3430 script in do_cmdline().
34318 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
3432 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
3433 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
3434 changes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034358 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
3436 to skip catch_signals()?
34379 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
3438 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
3439 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
3440 text?
34418 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
3442 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
34438 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
3444 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
34459 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
3446 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
3447 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
3448 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
3449 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
34507 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
3451 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
3452 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
3453 in the list?
34548 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
3455 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
3456 instead of on button down.
34578 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034588 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
3459 character is typed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034608 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
3461 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
34628 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
3463 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
3464 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
3465 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
3466 cygwin bash.
34677 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
3468 Remember flags for backreferences.
34697 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
3470 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
34717 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
3472 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
34738 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
3474 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
34757 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
3476 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000034777 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
3478 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
3479 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
34807 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
3481 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003482
3483
3484I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
34859 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
3486 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
3487 files. (McCollister)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003488
3489
3490Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
Bram Moolenaara93fa7e2006-04-17 22:14:47 +00003491- GTK: when using the popup menu with spelling suggestions and releasing the
3492 right mouse button before the menu appears selecting an item with the
3493 right mouse button has no effect. GTK does not produce an event for this.
Bram Moolenaare37d50a2008-08-06 17:06:04 +00003494- GTK 2: Cannot use the file selector. When using it many things become
3495 slow. This is caused by some code in GTK that writes
3496 ~/.recently-used.xbel every time an event is handled. It assumes the main
3497 loop is never quit, which is a wrong assumption. Also, it overwrites the
3498 file with different file permissions, which is a privacy issue. This
3499 needs to be fixed in GTK. A solution in Vim would be really complicated.
Bram Moolenaar33aea182010-08-07 13:19:27 +02003500 (2008 Jul 31) This appears to be fixed in Vim 7.3.
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003501- xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
3502 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00003503 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
Bram Moolenaar35a9aaa2004-10-24 19:23:07 +00003504 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
3505 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
3506 worked around with a delay.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003507- In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
3508 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
3509 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
3510 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
3511 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
3512- X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
3513 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
3514 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
3515- X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
3516 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003517- Win32 tcl: has("tcl") hangs when the tcl84.dll is from cygwin.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003518- Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
3519 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
3520 character gets the highlighting.
3521- Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
3522 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
3523- In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
3524 (Jennings)
3525- Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003526- Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003527- Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003528 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003529- When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
3530 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
3531 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
3532- An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
3533 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
3534 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
3535 (Benzinger).
3536- When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
3537 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
3538 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
3539- Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
3540 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
3541- Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
3542 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
3543- Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
3544 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
3545 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
3546 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
3547 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
3548 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
3549- Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
3550 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
3551 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +01003552- Win32, MS-Windows: expanding plugin/**/*.vim also picks up
3553 dir/ctags.vim,v. This is because the short file name is something like
3554 "ctags~1.vim" and that matches the pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003555- SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
3556 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
3557 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
3558- Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
3559 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
3560- VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
3561 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003562- GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
3563 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
3564 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
3565 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
3566 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
3567- GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
3568 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
3569 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
3570- GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
3571 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
3572 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +00003573- GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
3574 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 +00003575- When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
3576 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
3577 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
3578 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
3579 in the vimrc file to be lost.
3580- On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
3581 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
3582
3583--------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
3584 *extensions-improvements*
3585
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003586Most interesting new features to be added when all bugs have been fixed:
3587- Using ":exe edit fname" has escaping problems. Use ":edit ++(fname)".
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01003588 Thus use "++=" to give arguments as expressions, comma-separated as if
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003589 calling a function.
3590 With options: ":edit ++(['!', '++enc=abc'], ['+/pat'], fname)".
3591 Alternative: Make a function for Ex commands: cmd_edit().
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003592- Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
3593 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
Bram Moolenaarba3ff532018-11-04 14:45:49 +01003594 (issue #3292)
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003595- ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
3596 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
3597 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
3598 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
3599 Eclim does it: http://eclim.sourceforge.net/ (Eric Van Dewoestine)
3600 Plugin that uses a terminal emulator: http://vimplugin.sf.net
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003601 And another one: http://www.satokar.com/viplugin/index.php
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003602- STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
3603 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
3604 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01003605- Scroll commands by screen line. g CTRL-E and g CTRL-Y ? Requires the
3606 first line to be able to start halfway.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000036078 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
3608 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
3609 Also allow specifying the file and command, so that the result of
3610 taglist() can be used.
Bram Moolenaar27dc1952006-03-15 23:06:44 +00003611- X11: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
3612 This can be done with XReparentWindow(). But how exactly?
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003613
3614
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003615Documentation:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000036168 List of Vim runtime directories. dotvim.txt from Charles Campbell, 2007
3617 Feb 20.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000036188 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
3619 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
Bram Moolenaard4755bb2004-09-02 19:12:26 +000036208 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
3621 or not.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036228 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036239 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
3624 - change to cursor position and curswant
3625 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
3626 - how it works for folded lines
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003627 - how it works with multibyte characters
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036288 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
3629 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
3630 text.
36318 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
36327 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
3633 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
36347 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
3635 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003636 Patch by Balazs Kezes, 2007 Dec 30. Remark from A. Politz.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003637- Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
3638
3639
3640Help:
3641- First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
3642 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
3643- When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
3644 to the other matches.
3645- Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003646- Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
3647 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02003648 user can edit it to insert favorite commands, new account can contain a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003649 default contents.
3650- Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
3651 height for the help window (and other windows).
3652- ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
3653- Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
3654- Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
3655
3656
3657User Friendlier:
36588 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
3659 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
3660 Briscoe)
36618 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
36628 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
3663 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
3664 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
36658 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
3666 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
3667- Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
3668 ":mkplugin <file>"?
Bram Moolenaar0e6adf82021-12-16 14:41:10 +00003669- Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..." #9339
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036709 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
3671 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
3672 item?).
3673 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000036748 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
Bram Moolenaar51ac12f2005-07-02 23:21:11 +000036757 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
3676 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
3677 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
Bram Moolenaar33aec762006-01-22 23:30:12 +000036788 Support saving and restoring session for X windows? It should work to do
3679 ":mksession" and use "-S fname" for the restart command. The
3680 gui_x11_wm_protocol_handler() already takes care of the rest.
3681 global_event_filter() for GTK.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003682
3683
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +00003684Tab pages:
36859 GUI implementation for the tab pages line for other systems.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000036867 GUI: Control over the appearance of the text in the labels (bold, color,
3687 font, etc.)
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000036888 Make GUI menu in tab pages line configurable. Like the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaarfc1421e2006-04-20 22:17:20 +000036898 balloons for the tab page labels that are shortened to show the full path.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000036907 :tabdup duplicate the tab with all its windows.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000036917 Option to put tab line at the left or right? Need an option to specify
Bram Moolenaar49325942007-05-10 19:19:59 +00003692 its width. It's like a separate window with ":tabs" output.
Bram Moolenaareddf53b2006-02-27 00:11:10 +000036938 Add local options for each tab page? E.g., 'diffopt' could differ between
3694 tab pages.
36957 Add local highlighting for each tab page?
3696
3697
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003698Spell checking:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003699- Support more regions? Caolan McNamara argues it's needed for es_XX.
Bram Moolenaar664f3cf2019-12-07 16:03:51 +01003700 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219777
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003701- Unicode defines another quote character: 0x2019. Use it as an equivalent
3702 of a single quote, thus use it as a word character like a quote and match
3703 with words, replacing the curly quote with a single quote.
3704- Could filter &eacute; things for HTML before doing spell checking.
3705 Similarly for TeX.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003706- The Hungarian spell file uses four extra characters in the FOL/UPP/LOW
3707 items than other spell files with the ISO-8859-2 encoding, that causes
3708 problem when changing 'spelllang'. There is no obvious way to fix this.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003709- Considering Hunspell 1.1.4:
3710 What does MAXNGRAMSUGS do?
3711 Is COMPLEXPREFIXES necessary when we have flags for affixes?
Bram Moolenaar6dfc28b2010-02-11 14:19:15 +01003712- There is no Finnish spell checking file. For openoffice Voikko is now
Christian Brabandt1c5728e2024-05-11 11:12:40 +02003713 used, which is based on Malaga (link seems dead):
3714 http://home.arcor.de/bjoern-beutel/malaga/ (Teemu Likonen)
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +000037158 ":mkspell" still takes much too long in Hungarian dictionary from
3716 hunspell. Only solution appears to be to postpone secondary suffixes.
37178 Handle postponed prefix with COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG or COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG.
3718 WFP_COMPPERMIT and WFP_COMPFORBID
37198 implement use of <compoptions> in .spl file:
3720 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDREP: when a compound word seems to be OK apply REP
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00003721 items and check if the result is a valid word.
Bram Moolenaar18144c82006-04-12 21:52:12 +00003722 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP
3723 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE
3724 Add CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE: when compounding make leading capital lower case.
3725 How is it supposed to work?
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +00003726- Add a command the repeats ]s and z=, showing the misspelled word in its
3727 context. Thus to spell-check a whole file.
Bram Moolenaar261bfea2006-03-01 22:12:31 +00003728- suggestion for "KG" to "kg" when it's keepcase.
Bram Moolenaar7b89edc2006-04-06 20:21:51 +00003729- For flags on affixes: Use a "AFFCOMPSET" flag; means the compound flags of
3730 the word are not used.
Bram Moolenaardb552d602006-03-23 22:59:57 +00003731- Support breakpoint character ? 0xb7 and ignore it? Makes it possible to
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003732 use same wordlist for hyphenation.
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003733- Compound word is accepted if nr of words is <= COMPOUNDWORDMAX OR nr of
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003734 syllables <= COMPOUNDSYLMAX. Specify using AND in the affix file?
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003735- NEEDCOMPOUND also used for affix? Or is this called ONLYINCOMPOUND now?
3736 Or is ONLYINCOMPOUND only for inside a compound, not at start or end?
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003737- Do we need a flag for the rule that when compounding is done the following
3738 word doesn't have a capital after a word character, even for Onecap words?
3739- New hunspell home page: http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar69e0ff92005-09-30 21:23:56 +00003740 - Version 1.1.0 is out now, look into that.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003741 - Lots of code depends on LANG, that isn't right. Enable each mechanism
3742 in the affix file separately.
3743 - Example with compounding dash is bad, gets in the way of setting
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003744 COMPOUNDMIN and COMPOUNDWORDMAX to a reasonable value.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003745 - PSEUDOROOT == NEEDAFFIX
3746 - COMPOUNDROOT -> COMPOUNDED? For a word that already is a compound word
3747 Or use COMPOUNDED2, COMPOUNDED3, etc.
3748- CIRCUMFIX: when a word uses a prefix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag, then
3749 the word must also have a suffix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag. It's a
3750 bit primitive, since only one flag is used, which doesn't allow matching
3751 specific prefixes with suffixes.
3752 Alternative:
3753 PSFX {flag} {pchop} {padd} {pcond} {schop} {sadd}[/flags] {scond}
3754 We might not need this at all, you can use the NEEDAFFIX flag and the
3755 affix which is required.
3756- When a suffix has more than one syllable, it may count as a word for
Bram Moolenaar899dddf2006-03-26 21:06:50 +00003757 COMPOUNDWORDMAX.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003758- Add flags to count extra syllables in a word. SYLLABLEADD1 SYLLABLEADD2,
3759 etc.? Or make it possible to specify the syllable count of a word
3760 directly, e.g., after another slash: /abc/3
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003761- MORPHO item in affix file: ignore TAB and morphological field after
3762 word/flags and affix.
Bram Moolenaarda2303d2005-08-30 21:55:26 +00003763- Implement multiple flags for compound words and CMP item?
3764 Await comments from other spell checking authors.
3765- Also see tklspell: http://tkltrans.sourceforge.net/
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000037668 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
3767 syntax items (to add @Spell).
3768 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
3769 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
Christian Brabandt1c5728e2024-05-11 11:12:40 +02003770- References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org), (links seem dead):
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003771 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
3772 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
3773 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000037748 It is currently not possible to mark "can not" as rare, because "can" and
3775 "not" are good words. Find a way to let "rare" overrule "good"?
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000037768 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
37778 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
3778 use of words with a dash.
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +000037797 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
37808 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
3781 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
3782 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
3783 in English, strings in German (po file).
Bram Moolenaar7d1f5db2005-07-03 21:39:27 +00003784
3785
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003786Diff mode:
Bram Moolenaarfb539272014-08-22 19:21:47 +020037879 When making small changes, e.g. deleting a character, update the diff.
3788 Possibly without running diff.
Bram Moolenaar2ec618c2016-10-01 14:47:05 +020037898 Also show difference with the file when editing started? Should show what
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +00003790 can be undone. (Tom Popovich)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003791
3792Folding:
Bram Moolenaarbba577a2005-11-28 23:05:55 +00003793 (commands still available: zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zy zY;
3794 secondary: zB zS zT zZ, z=)
Bram Moolenaar2d8ed022022-05-21 13:08:16 +01003795- Patch to make closed folds line up. (Charles Campbell, 2014 Sep 12)
3796 Remark from Roland Eggner: does it cause crashes? (2014 Dec 12)
3797 Updated patch by Roland Eggner, Dec 16
3798 Updated patch from Charles, 2016 Jul 2
3799- Patch to make fold updates much faster. (Christian Brabandt, 2012 Dec)
3800- Patch to have the fold and sign column and at the last line of the buffer.
3801 (Marco Hinz, 2014 Sep 25)
3802 Alternate suggestion: let all columns continue, also the number column.
3803- Patch to add FoldedLineNr highlighting: different highlighting for the
3804 line number of a closed fold. (eXerigumo Clanjor, 2013 Jul 15)
3805- Patch to use 'foldnestmax' also for "marker" foldmethod. (Arnaud Lacombe,
3806 2011 Jan 7)
3807- 'foldcolumn' in modeline applied to wrong window when using a session.
3808 (Teemu Likonen, March 19)
3809- With foldmethod=syntax and nofoldenable comment highlighting isn't
3810 removed. (Marcin Szewczyk, 2017 Apr 26)
3811- The ":move" command does not honor closed folds. (Ryan Lue, #2351)
3812- When completion inserts the first match, it may trigger the line to be
3813 folded. Disable updating folds while completion is active? (Peter Odding,
3814 2010 Jun 9)
3815- When 'foldmethod' is "indent", adding an empty line below a fold and then
3816 indented text, creates a new fold instead of joining it with the previous
3817 one. (Evan Laforge, 2009 Oct 17)
3818- Add ":nofold". Range will apply without expanding to closed fold.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000038198 Vertical folds: looks like vertically split windows, but the cursor moves
3820 through the vertical separator, separator moves when scrolling.
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +020038218 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only. Or use a regexp
3822 item, so that it can be used in any pattern.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038238 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
3824 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
3825 user aware of this?
38268 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
3827 commands skip over a closed fold.
38288 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
38298 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038307 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +00003831- Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
3832 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
3833 missing line goes unnoticed.
3834 How to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003835- When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
3836 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
3837 smoother?
3838- When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
3839 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +00003840- When currently editing the first file in the argument list the session
3841 file can contain:
3842 args version.c main.c
3843 edit version.c
3844 Can editing version.c twice be avoided?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003845- 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00003846- "zuf": undo change in manual fold. "zUf" redo change in manual fold. How
3847 to implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003848- "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
3849 cursor.
Bram Moolenaar3517bb12006-03-03 22:58:45 +00003850- 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3" argument: set fold level for a region or
3851 match.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003852- Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003853
3854Multi-byte characters:
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00003855- When editing a file with both utf-8 and latin1 text Vim always falls back
3856 to latin1. Add a command to convert the latin1 characters to utf-8?
3857 :unmix utf-8,latin1 filename
3858 Would only work when 'encoding' is utf-8.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038599 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
3860 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
3861 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
3862 byte).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020038639 'fenc' in modeline problem: add option to reload the file when 'fenc' is
3864 set to a different value in a modeline? Option can be default on. Could
3865 it be done with an autocommand?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038668 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
3867 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
3868 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
3869 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
3870 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
3871 item.
38728 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00003873 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
3874 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038758 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
3876 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000038778 When filtering changes the encoding 'fileencoding' may not work. E.g.,
3878 when using xxd and 'fileencoding' is "utf-16". Add an option to set a
3879 different fileencoding for filter output?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038807 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
3881 so that the user can fix the problem.
38828 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
3883 Schweigert)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038849 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020038858 Should add test for using various commands with multibyte characters.
38868 'infercase' doesn't work with multibyte characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038878 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000038887 Searching and composing characters:
3889 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00003890 Add a special item to match with a composing character, so that composing
3891 characters can be manipulated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000038928 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
38938 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020038948 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multibyte
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003895 characters.
38968 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
38978 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
3898 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
38997 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
3900 'display' option to specify this.
39017 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
3902 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
3903- GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
3904 fontselector somehow.
3905- GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
3906 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
3907- dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
3908 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
3909- Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
3910 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
3911 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
3912 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
3913 if a font exists?
3914- Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02003915 convert_input() for Mac GUI.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003916- Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
3917 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003918- Make 'breakat' accept multibyte characters. Problem: can't use a lookup
Bram Moolenaarac6e65f2005-08-29 22:25:38 +00003919 table anymore (breakat_flags[]).
3920 Simplistic solution: when 'formatoptions' contains "m" also break a line
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003921 at a multibyte character >= 0x100.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003922 Making breakat support multibyte characters (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, #6598)
3923 Scroll doesn't work correctly, why?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003924- Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
3925 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
Bram Moolenaar37c64c72017-09-19 22:06:03 +02003926 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":amap" command?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02003927- When breaking a line, take properties of multibyte characters into
Christian Brabandt1c5728e2024-05-11 11:12:40 +02003928 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it, this
3929 is now part of gnulib module unilbrk:
3930 https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/MODULES.html
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003931 But it's very complicated...
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01003932- Problem with 'langmap' being used on the rhs of a mapping. (Nikolai
3933 Weibull, 2008 May 14).
3934 Possibly related problem: Alexey Muranov, 2015 Apr 2
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003935
3936
3937Printing:
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000039387 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003939- Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
3940- Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
3941 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
Bram Moolenaar567e4de2004-12-31 21:01:02 +00003942- Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
3943 Reilly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003944- Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
3945- Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
3946 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00003947- PostScript: Only works for text that can be converted to an 8-bit
3948 character set. How to support Unicode fully?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00003949- Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
3950 units as for the margins.
3951- Support right-to-left text?
39528 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
3953 color.
3954
3955
3956Syntax highlighting:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039578 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
3958 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
39598 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
3960 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
39618 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
3962 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
Bram Moolenaar910f66f2006-04-05 20:41:53 +000039637 Add a "startgroup" to a region. Used like "nextgroup" inside the region,
3964 preferred item at the start of the region. (Charles Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039658 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
3966 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
3967 ":wq file".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000039687 For "nextgroup" we have skipwhite, skipnl and skipempty. It would be
3969 really nice to be able to skip with a pattern. Or skip with a syntax
3970 group. (Nikolai Weibull, 2007 Feb 27)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039718 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
39729 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
3973 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039747 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
3975 Search highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar17be7e62006-03-12 22:13:45 +000039767 When 'number' is set highlight the number of the current line.
3977 Must be enabled with an option, because it slows down display updating.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039788 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
3979 change this for each release.
39808 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
3981 pattern, but not in the body.
39828 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
3983 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
3984 instead of the containing item.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039858 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
Bram Moolenaar13d5aee2016-01-21 23:36:05 +010039868 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword', they should use "syn iskeyword".
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02003987 Also need a separate 'iskeyword' for the command line, e.g., in a help
3988 window ":e /asdf/asdf/" CTRL-W works different.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039898 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
3990 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
39918 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
3992 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +00003993 Option for the matchparen plugin?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000039948 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
3995 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
3996 used.
39978 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
3998 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
39998 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
4000 re-insert the [] if possible.
40018 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
4002 the Cursor).
Bram Moolenaara5792f52005-11-23 21:25:05 +000040038 It would be useful to make the highlight group name an expression. Then
4004 when there is a match, the expression would be evaluated to find out what
4005 highlight group to use. Could be used to check if the shell used in a
4006 password file appears in /etc/shells. (Nikolai Weibull)
4007 syn match =s:checkShell(v:match) contained 'pattern'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040088 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
4009 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
40108 Support for deleting syntax items:
4011 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
4012 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
4013 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
40148 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
4015 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
4016 a '<'. (Fleiner)
40177 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
4018 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
4019 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
40207 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
4021 detected.
40228 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004023 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040248 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
4025 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040268 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
40278 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
40287 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
4029 ":mkvimrc".
40308 Improve c.vim:
4031 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
4032 "c_strict_ansi".
4033 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
40348 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
4035 current line while in Insert mode.
40368 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
4037 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
40388 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
4039 display position.
40408 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
4041 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
4042 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
40438 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
4044 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
4045 highlighting starts.
Bram Moolenaarf193fff2006-04-27 00:02:13 +000040467 It's possible for an item to be transparent, so that the colors of an item
4047 lower on the stack is used. Also do this with highlighting, so that the
4048 user can set transparent highlighting? E.g. a number in a C comment would
4049 get the color of a comment, a number in an assignment Normal. (Nikolai
4050 Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040517 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
4052 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
4053 E.g. for this html:
4054 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040557 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
40567 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
4057 words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000040587 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
4059 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
4060 completion?
40618 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
4062 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
40637 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
4064 select one of the sets.
40658 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
4066 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
4067 2, etc.
40688 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
4069 highlighting (for "." command).
40708 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
4071 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
40728 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
40737 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
4074 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
40756 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
4076 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
4077- Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
4078 when extending an already existing syntax file.
4079- Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004080- Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
4081 (for comment blocks).
4082- Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
4083 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
4084 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
4085 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
4086 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
4087 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
4088 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
4089 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
4090 (Campbell)
4091 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
4092 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
40937 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
4094 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
40957 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
4096 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
4097 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
40987 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
4099 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
4100 messages. And external commands?
41018 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
4102 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
41037 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
4104 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
Bram Moolenaarcfa8f9a2022-06-03 21:59:47 +01004105- Syntax highlight for a region does not work with a "nextgroup" if the
4106 start match is empty. #8449
4107- The :syntax cchar value can only be a single character. It would be
4108 useful to support combining characters. (Charles Campbell) Also #4687
4109- Syntax highlighting slow (hangs) in SASS file. (Niek Bosch, 2013 Aug 21)
4110- Several syntax file match "^\s*" which may get underlined if that's in the
4111 highlight group. Add a "\zs" after it?
4112- patch to add "combine" flag to syntax commands. (so8res, 2012 Dec 6)
4113 Patch to add "combine" to :syntax, combines highlight attributes. (Nate
4114 Soares, 2012 Dec 3)
4115- Syntax update problem in one buffer opened in two windows, bottom window
4116 is not correctly updated. (Paul Harris, 2012 Feb 27)
4117- Syntax region with 'concealends' and a 'cchar' value, 'conceallevel' set
4118 to 2, only one of the two ends gets the cchar displayed. (Brett Stahlman,
4119 2010 Aug 21, Ben Fritz, 2010 Sep 14)
4120- Using "syn sync breaklines=2" works for when text is changed, but not when
4121 scrolling or redrawing. Should start search for syntax patterns above the
4122 first drawn line. (#8103)
4123- Syntax priority problem. (Charles Campbell, 2011 Sep 15)
4124- Syntax highlighting wrong for transparent region. (Doug Kearns, 2007 Feb
4125 26)
4126- Bug in using a transparent syntax region. (Hanlen in vim-dev maillist,
4127 2007 Jul 31)
4128- Syntax HL error caused by "containedin". (Peter Hodge, 2006 Oct 6)
4129- Open two windows on the same C code, delete a ")" in one window, resulting
4130 in highlighted "{" in that window, not in the other.
4131- When using "nextgroup" and the group has an empty match, there is no
4132 search at that position for another match. (Lukas Mai, 2008 April 11)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004133
4134
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +01004135Vim script language:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000041368 Make the filename and line number available to script functions, so that
4137 they can give useful debugging info. The whole call stack would be ideal.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02004138 At least use this for error messages.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +000041397 Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
4140 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
4141 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004142- range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar1056d982006-03-09 22:37:52 +000041437 ":include" command: just like ":source" but doesn't start a new scriptID?
4144 Will be tricky for the list of script names.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041458 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
Bram Moolenaare18c0b32016-03-20 21:08:34 +010041468 Have a prefix for a function to make it unique. When using packages it
4147 can be the plugin name.
4148 Perhaps also have a way to remove everything that the package added?
4149 including autocommands.
Bram Moolenaare1f3fd12022-08-15 18:51:32 +010041507 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode, like :def functions.
4151 Possibilities:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004152 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
Bram Moolenaare1f3fd12022-08-15 18:51:32 +01004153 has('bytecode-1234')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
4154 supports the version. Update the code with a command, can be used in
4155 an autocommand.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004156 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
Bram Moolenaare1f3fd12022-08-15 18:51:32 +01004157 .vim file. Problem: distribution, non-writable directory, etc.
4158 3. Use a cache directory for each user. Disadvantage: cache lookup may
4159 cost more time than bytecode wins.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041607 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
4161 signs and/or 'number'.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000041626 Add ++ and -- operators? They only work on variables (lvals), how to
4163 implement this?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000041648 Add functions:
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004165 has(":command") Check if ":command" works. compare function
4166 with "ex_ni". E.g. for ":simalt".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004167 escape() Add argument to specify what to escape with.
4168 modestack() Instead of just the current mode return the
4169 stack of Insert / CTRL-O / :normal things.
Bram Moolenaar5eb86f92004-07-26 12:53:41 +00004170 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
4171 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
4172 3 2002
4173 Only add this when also implemented for
4174 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
4175 be used.
4176 get_user_name() gets login name.
Bram Moolenaarab79bcb2004-07-18 21:34:53 +00004177 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
4178 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
4179 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
4180 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
4181 File.Open..." argument.
4182 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
4183 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
4184 with properties instead.
4185 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
4186 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
4187 Return a list instead.
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004188 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004189 crypt() encrypt string
4190 decrypt() decrypt string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004191 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004192 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00004193 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004194 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004195 typed() return the characters typed and consumed (to
4196 find out what happened)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004197 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
4198 Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004199 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004200 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
4201 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
4202 to allow the library to execute a command or
4203 evaluate an expression.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042047 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
4205 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
42068 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
4207 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000042088 Pass the command line arguments to Vim scripts in some way. As v:args
4209 List? Or extra parameter to argv()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042108 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042116 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000042128 For Strings add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var"
4213 just ignore.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042148 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
4215 option or environment variable.
42168 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000042178 ":let Func().foo = value" should work, also when "foo" doesn't exist.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004218 Also: ":let Func()[foo] = value" should work. Same for a List.
Bram Moolenaar5e3cb7e2006-02-27 23:58:35 +000042197 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the syntax stack
4220 available as a List.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042218 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
4222 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
42238 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
42248 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
4225 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
4226 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
4227 charwise({expr}).
42287 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
4229 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
4230 buffer for this?
4231 result = scratch(string, command)
4232 result = apply(string, command)
4233 result = execute(string, command)
4234 "command" would use <> notation.
4235 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
42367 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004237
4238
4239Robustness:
Bram Moolenaar843ee412004-06-30 16:16:41 +000042406 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
4241 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
4242 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
4243 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
4244 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
4245 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
4246 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004247
4248
4249Performance:
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000042507 For string variables up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list
4251 itself as a character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
Bram Moolenaare6dc5732010-07-24 23:52:26 +020042527 Add 'lazysize' option: Above this size Vim doesn't load everything before
4253 starting to edit a file. Things like 'fileencodings' only work up to this
4254 size, modelines only work at the top. Useful for large log files where
4255 you only want to look at the first few pages. Use zero to disable it.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000042568 move_lines() copies every line into allocated memory, making reloading a
4257 buffer a lot slower than re-editing the file. Can the memline be locked
4258 so that we don't need to make a copy? Or avoid invoking ml_updatechunk(),
4259 that is taking a lot of time. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008 Jul 7)
Bram Moolenaard04b7502010-07-08 22:27:55 +02004260 With a patch, but does it work?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042618 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
42629 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
42638 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
42647 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
4265 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
42668 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
4267 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
4268 when starting up in a color terminal.
42698 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
4270 Win16.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042718 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
4272 function be improved?
42738 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
4274 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
4275 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
4276 this be improved?
42778 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
4278 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
Bram Moolenaar293ee4d2004-12-09 21:34:53 +000042797 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
4280 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042817 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
4282 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
42837 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
4284 lot of abbreviations).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042857 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
4286 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
4287 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
4288 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
4289 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
4290 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
4291 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000042928 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
4293 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
4294 using strcmp() too often?
42957 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
4296 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
4297 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
4298 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
4299 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
4300 the two blocks to the memfile block.
43017 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
4302 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
4303 with an argument that can be messed with.
4304 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
4305 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
43067 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
4307- Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
43088 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
4309 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
4310- "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
4311 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
4312- Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
4313- Do profiling on:
4314 - :g/pat/normal cmd
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004315 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
4316 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
4317 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
4318 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
4319 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
4320 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004321 - editing a Vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043227 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
4323 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
4324 changed).
4325 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
4326 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
4327- Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
4328- When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
4329 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
4330- Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
4331 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
4332 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004333- Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
4334- After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
4335 cursor is right of the screen.
43368 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
4337 CTRL-C (it's slow).
4338
4339
4340Code size:
43418 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
4342- Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
4343 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
43448 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
43458 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
4346 it.
43477 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
4348 left out.
43498 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
4350 can be removed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004351
4352
4353Messages:
43548 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
4355 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
43568 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
4357 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
43588 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
4359 script.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004360- Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
4361 Perhaps after ten seconds?
4362- Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
43639 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
4364 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
4365 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
4366 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
4367 redrawing.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043688 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
4369 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
43708 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
4371 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
4372 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
4373 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
4374 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
4375 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004376- Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00004377 Sleep before second message?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000043788 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
4379 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
4380 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
4381 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
4382 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
4383 error messages, printing text, etc.
43848 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
4385 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
4386 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
4387
4388
4389Screen updating:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004390- screen_line():
4391 - insert/delete character stuff.
4392 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
4393- When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
4394 dragging the status line with the mouse).
4395- When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
4396 waiting for a character.
43978 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
4398 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
4399 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004400
4401Scrolling:
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +020044028 Add "zy" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044036 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
4404- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
4405 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
4406 windows.
44077 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
4408 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
4409 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
4410- Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
4411 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
4412 (Goldfarb)
4413- Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
4414 bound windows.
4415- Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
4416 be bound by regexp searches
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +00004417- Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004418- Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
4419 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
4420 of lines but not with a single line).
4421
4422
4423Autoconf:
44248 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
44258 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
4426 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
4427- Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
4428 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
4429- Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
4430- Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
4431- Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
4432
4433
4434Perl interface:
44358 Rename typemap file to something else?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044367 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
44377 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
44386 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
4439
4440
4441Shared libraries:
Bram Moolenaarab943432018-03-29 18:27:07 +020044428 libcall() can keep the library around instead of always calling dlclose().
4443 (Jason Felice, 2018 Mar 20)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044446 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
4445 :libload internal-name libname
4446 :libunload internal-name
4447 :liblist
4448 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4449 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
4450 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
44516 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
4452
4453
4454Tags:
Bram Moolenaarc6fe9192006-04-09 21:54:49 +000044559 With ":set tags=./tags,../tags" and a tag appears in both tags files it is
4456 added twice. Requires figuring out the actual file name for each found
4457 match. Remove tag_fname from the match and combine it with the fname in
4458 the match (without expanding or other things that take time). When
4459 'tagrelative' is off tag_fname isn't needed at all.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000044608 For 'tags' wildcard in the file name is not supported, only in the path.
4461 This is due to it using |file-searching|. Suboptimal solution would be to
4462 make the filename or the whole option use |wildcards| globing, better
Bram Moolenaarf91787c2010-07-17 12:47:16 +02004463 would be to merge the 2 kinds of globing. originally (Erik Falor, 2008
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004464 April 18), updated (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000044657 Can CTRL-] (jump to tag) include a following "." and "->" to restrict the
4466 number of possible matches? Check tags file for an item that has members.
4467 (Flemming Madsen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044688 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
44698 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
4470 to type the tag number directly.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044717 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
4472 window for each tag.
44737 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
44747 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
4475 bottom" search message.
44767 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
4477 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
4478 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
Bram Moolenaar485db9b2005-01-31 19:23:41 +00004479- When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
4480- Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004481- Add functions to save and restore the tag stack? Or a command to switch
4482 to another tag stack? So that you can do something else and come back to
4483 what you were working on.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000044847 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
4485 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
4486 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
4487 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
44887 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
4489 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
4490 :tagargs clear
4491 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
4492 matching).
44937 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
4494 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
4495 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
4496 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
44977 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
4498 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
44997 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
4500 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
4501 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004502
4503
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004504Win32 GUI:
45058 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
4506 the message and input?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045078 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
4508 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
4509 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
4510 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
4511 common part of the path.
45128 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
45138 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
4514 gettext and menus work.
45158 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
4516 return in every console.
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02004517 Also: Look at how Emacs does run external commands:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004518 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
45198 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
4520 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
45218 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
4522 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
45237 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
4524 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
45257 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
45267 <Esc> should close a dialog.
45277 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
4528 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
4529 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
4530 prompts.
45317 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
4532 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
4533 the file added into an already running Vim.
45347 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
4535 functions to find the window title.
4536
4537
4538GUI:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045397 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
45408 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
45416 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
45428 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
4543 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
45449 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
45457 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
45468 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
4547 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
45488 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
4549 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
4550 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
45518 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
4552 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
45538 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
4554 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
4555 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
4556 running them in separate processes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045577 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
45588 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
4559 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000045607 Add some code to handle proportional fonts on more systems? Need to draw
4561 each character separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font
4562 is not exactly double-width. (Maeda)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045638 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
45648 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
Bram Moolenaar0a56cb82005-01-04 21:45:14 +00004565 select one.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045668 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
45678 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
45688 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
4569 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
4570 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
45717 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
4572 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
4573 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
45747 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
4575 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
45767 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
4577 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
4578 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
4579 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000045807 Should support multi-column menus.
4581- Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
4582 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
4583- Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
45848 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
45856 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
4586 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
45877 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
45887 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
4589 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
4590 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
45917 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
45928 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
4593 name can be chosen free.
45947 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
4595 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
45966 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
4597 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
4598 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
4599 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
4600 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
4601 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
4602 things.
46037 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
4604 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046057 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004606 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004607- Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
4608 where it was started from?
46097 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
4610
4611
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004612Autocommands:
Bram Moolenaar0d878b92022-07-01 18:45:04 +010046139 When triggering WinNew provide the window ID somehow. #10633
Bram Moolenaar251e1912011-06-19 05:09:16 +020046149 Rework the code from FEAT_OSFILETYPE for autocmd-osfiletypes to use
4615 'filetype'. Only for when the current buffer is known.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004616- Put autocommand event names in a hashtable for faster lookup?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010046178 When the SwapExists event is triggered, provide information about the
4618 swap file, e.g., whether the process is running, file was modified, etc.
4619 Must be possible to check the situation that it's probably OK to delete
4620 the swap file. (Marc Merlin)
46218 When all the patterns for an event are "*" there is no need to expand
4622 buffer names to a full path. This can be slow for NFS.
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +000046237 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
4624 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
4625 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
4626 changing the buffer name.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000046277 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000046288 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
4629 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046308 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
4631 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
4632 difficult).
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000046337 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that the
4634 user can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the
4635 kind of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046368 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
4637 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
4638 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000046398 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
4640 And anything else? Add a command to save and restore these things.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046418 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046426 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
4643 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
Bram Moolenaar3d0a6032006-02-09 23:54:54 +000046447 When trying to open a directory, trigger an OpenDirectory event.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046457 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
Bram Moolenaar446beb42011-05-10 17:18:44 +02004646 <x> for executable, etc. With commas to separate alternatives. The
4647 autocommand is only executed when both the file type AND the file pattern
4648 match. (Leonard)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000046495 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
4650 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
4651 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
46527 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
4653 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
4654 file.
46558 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
4656 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
4657 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004658- Add events to autocommands:
4659 Error - When an error happens
Bram Moolenaar21cf8232004-07-16 20:18:37 +00004660 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
4661 when exiting isn't a good idea.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004662 CursorHoldC - CursorHold while command-line editing
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00004663 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004664 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004665 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004666 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
4667 the char.
4668 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
4669 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
4670 file from CVS).
4671 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
4672 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
4673 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
4674 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
4675 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
4676 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00004677 ViewChanged - triggered when the text scrolls and when the window size
4678 changes.
Bram Moolenaarb59ae592022-11-23 23:46:31 +00004679 QuickfixList - when any entry in the current list changes or another
4680 list is selected
4681 QuickfixPosition - when selecting another entry in the current quickfix
4682 list
4683
Bram Moolenaarebefac62005-12-28 22:39:57 +00004684- Write the file now and then ('autosave'):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004685 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01004686 'autosave' 'as' number (default 0)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004687 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
4688 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
4689 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
4690 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
4691 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01004692- Buffer autocommands are a bit inconsistent. Add a separate set of
4693 autocommands for the buffer lifecycle:
4694 BufIsCreated (after buffer ID exists)
4695 BufIsLoaded (after buffer ID has content)
4696 BufIsUnloaded (after buffer ID no longer has)
4697 BufIsWiped (after buffer ID was wiped)
4698 BufIsRenamed (after buffer ID gets another name)
4699 The buffer list and windows are locked, no changes possible
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004700
4701
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004702Omni completion:
4703- Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
4704 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
4705 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
4706 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
4707 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004708- Ideas from others:
4709 http://www.wholetomato.com/
4710 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
4711 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
4712 or http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
4713 Java, XML, HTML, C++, JSP, SQL, C#
4714 MS-Windows only, lots of dependencies (e.g. Perl, Internet
4715 explorer), uses .dll shared libraries.
4716 For C++ uses $INCLUDE environment var.
4717 Uses Perl for C++.
4718 Uses ctags to find the info:
4719 ctags -f $allTagsFile --fields=+aiKmnsSz --language-force=C++ --C++-kinds=+cefgmnpsut-dlux -u $files
4720 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
4721 IComplete: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1265
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004722 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
4723 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
Christian Brabandt1c5728e2024-05-11 11:12:40 +02004724 Emacs (link seems dead):
4725 http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00004726 Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
4727- Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
4728
4729
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004730Insert mode completion/expansion:
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01004731- Is it possible to keep the complete menu open when calling complete()?
4732 (Prabir Shrestha, 2017 May 19, #1713)
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01004733- When complete() first argument is before where insert started and
4734 'backspace' is Vi compatible, the completion fails.
4735 (Hirohito Higashi, 2015 Feb 19)
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01004736- When a:base in 'completefunc' starts with a number it's passed as a
4737 number, not a string. (Sean Ma) Need to add flag to call_func_retlist()
4738 to force a string value.
4739- When editing the text and pressing CTRL-N again goes back to originally
4740 completed text, edited text is gone. (Peng Yu, 2008 Jul 24)
4741 Suggestion by Ben Schmidt, 2008 Aug 6.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00004742- GUI implementation of the popup menu.
Bram Moolenaar8b2d9c42006-05-03 21:28:47 +000047437 When searching in other files the name flash by, too fast to read. Only
4744 display a name every second or so, like with ":vimgrep".
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000047457 When expanding file names with an environment variable, add the match with
4746 the unexpanded var. So $HOME/tm expands to "/home/guy/tmp" and
4747 "$HOME/tmp"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047489 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
4749 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
4750 (Webb)
glepnirbcd59952025-04-24 21:48:35 +020047518 Add option 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-]. like 'isexpand'
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047528 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
Bram Moolenaaraba2f482005-08-10 07:57:38 +000047537 Completion of an abbreviation: Can leave letters out, like what Instant
4754 text does: www.textware.com
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047558 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
4756 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
4757 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
4758 Should work for C++ and Java.
4759 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
47607 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
47617 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
4762 instead of words.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000047638 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
4764 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
47658 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
4766 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00004767- Add a flag to 'complete' to only scan local header files, not system
4768 header files. (Andri Moell)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004769- Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
4770 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
4771 wildcards in the file name)?
4772- Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
4773- Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
4774- Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
4775 be in another file).
4776- Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
4777- Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
4778- Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
4779 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
4780- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
4781- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
4782- CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004783- Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
4784
4785
4786Command line editing:
47877 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
4788 line.
47898 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
4790 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
4791 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
4792- Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
4793 lines wraps to start of line).
4794- Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
4795 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
4796 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
4797 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
4798 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
4799 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
4800 cmdwin does now already.
4801 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
4802 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
4803 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
4804 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
4805 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
4806 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
4807 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
4808 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
4809 Problems:
4810 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
4811 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
4812 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
4813 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
4814 - Normal: no ":" commands?
4815 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
4816 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
4817 character in first column?
4818 - Implementation ideas:
4819 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
4820 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
4821 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
4822 - sync undo after entering a command line?
4823 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
4824 Mode.
4825
4826
4827Command line completion:
Bram Moolenaar942db232021-02-13 18:14:48 +01004828- Feature request: Complete members of a dictionary.
4829 (Luc Hermitte, 2017 Jan 4, #1350)
4830- Completion of ":e" is ":earlier", should be ":edit". Complete to the
4831 matching command instead of doing this alphabetically. (Mikel Jorgensen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048328 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
48338 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
4834 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
48358 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
4836 them with the optional part inside [].
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000048378 Add an option to ignore case when doing interactive completion. So that
4838 ":e file<Tab>" also lists "Filelist" (sorted after matching case matches).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048397 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
4840 edited. (Sven Guckes)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004841- For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
4842- When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
4843 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000048448 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
4845 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
48467 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
4847 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
4848- Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
4849 identifiers (Webb).
48508 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
4851 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
48527 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
4853 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
4854- Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
4855 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
4856- Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
4857 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
4858 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
Bram Moolenaar47c532e2022-03-19 15:18:53 +00004859- With 'wildmode' set to "longest:full,full" and pressing Tab once the first
4860 entry in wildmenu is highlighted, that shouldn't happen. (Yuki Watanabe,
4861 2011 Feb 12)
4862- After using <Tab> for command line completion after ":ta blah" and getting
4863 E33 (no tags file), further editing the command to e.g., ":echo 'blah'",
4864 the command is not executed. Fix by Ian Kelling?
4865- Command line completion: Scanning for tags doesn't check for typed key now
4866 and then? Hangs for about 5 seconds. Appears to be caused by finding
4867 include files with "foo/**" in 'path'. (Kalisiak, 2006 July 15)
4868 Additional info: When using the |wildcards| ** globing, vim hangs
4869 indefinitely on lots of directories. The |file-searching| globing, like in
4870 ":set path=/**" does not hang as often as with globing with |wildcards|,
4871 like in ":1find /**/file". This is for files that unix "find" can find
4872 very quickly. Merging the 2 kinds of globing might make this an easier
4873 fix. (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
4874- Command line completion when 'cmdheight' is maximum and 'wildmenu' is set,
4875 only one buffer line displayed, causes display errors.
4876- Completing with 'wildmenu' and using <Up> and <Down> to move through
4877 directory tree stops unexpectedly when using ":cd " and entering a
4878 directory that doesn't contain other directories.
48798 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
4880 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
48818 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
48828 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
4883- Wildmenu not deleted: "gvim -u NONE", ":set nocp wildmenu cmdheight=3
4884 laststatus=2", CTRL-D CTRL-H CTRL-H CTRL-H. (A.Politz, 2008 April 1) Works
4885 OK with Vim in an xterm.
4886- If the variable "g:x#y#z" exists completion after ":echo g:x#" doesn't
4887 work.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004888
4889
4890Command line history:
4891- Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
4892 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
4893 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
Bram Moolenaara2a80162017-11-21 23:09:50 +01004894 completely result from one mapping.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004895- When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
4896 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
4897
4898
4899Insert mode:
Bram Moolenaarf4b8e572004-06-24 15:53:16 +000049009 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
4901 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
4902 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049038 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
4904 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
4905 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
4906 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
4907 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000049088 When using CTRL-G CTRL-O do like CTRL-\ CTRL-O, but when returning with
4909 the cursor in the same position and the text didn't change continue the
4910 same change, so that "." repeats the whole insert.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049117 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
4912 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +00004913- Make 'revins' work in Replace mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049147 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
4915 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
4916- In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
4917 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
4918 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
4919 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
4920 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
4921 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
4922- Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
4923 Normal mode.
4924- Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
4925 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
4926 are used.
4927- When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
4928- Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
4929- Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
4930
4931
4932'cindent', 'smartindent':
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010049339 Wrapping a variable initialization should have extra indent:
4934 char * veryLongName =
4935 "very long string"
4936 Also check if "cino=+10" is used correctly.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000049378 Lisp indenting: "\\" confuses the indenter. (Dorai Sitaram, 2006 May 17)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000049388 Why are continuation lines outside of a {} block not indented? E.g.:
4939 long_type foo =
4940 value;
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049418 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
4942 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
Bram Moolenaar8cacf352006-04-15 20:27:24 +00004943 Problem of using {} inside (), 'cindent' doesn't work then.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049448 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
4945 func(
4946 new String[] {
4947 "asdf",
4948 "asdf"
4949 }
4950 );
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010049518 In C++ a function isn't recognized inside a namespace:
4952 (Chow Loong Jin)
4953 namespace {
4954 int
4955 func(int arg) {
4956 }
4957 }
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000049586 Add 'cino' flag for this function argument layout: (Spencer Collyer)
4959 func( arg1
4960 , arg2
4961 , arg3
4962 );
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +000049637 Add separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004964 func(
4965 int x) // indent like "(4"
4966 {
4967 if (a
4968 && b) // indent like "(0"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000049699 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
4970 if (a)
4971 {
4972 if (b)
4973 {
4974 // {
4975 }
4976 } <-- this is indented incorrect
Bram Moolenaar9e54a0e2006-04-14 20:42:25 +00004977 Problem is that find_start_brace() checks for the matching brace to be in
4978 a comment, but not braces in between. Requires adding a comment check to
4979 findmatchlimit().
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00004980- Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004981 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
49827 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
4983- "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
4984 line).
4985- Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
4986- Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
4987 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00004988- When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
4989 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
4990- Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
4991 code), unless the line starts with "*".
4992- Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
4993- When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
4994 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
49958 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
4996 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
4997 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
4998- For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
4999- 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
5000 lines start with "\item".
5001- Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
5002 /* here is a comment that
5003 is just autoindented, and
5004 nothing else */
5005- Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
50067 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
5007 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
5008 indents.
Bram Moolenaara6878372014-03-22 21:02:50 +01005009 Patch by Lech Lorens, 2010 Mar. Update by James McCoy, 2014 Mar 15.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005010
5011
5012Java:
50138 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
5014 Odendahl?
50158 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
5016 "[i" commands and friends.
5017- For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
5018 (Jason)
5019- How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
5020 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
5021
5022
5023'comments':
50248 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
5025 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
5026 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
5027 when it's "#" or "//".
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00005028 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
5029 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050307 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
5031 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
50327 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
50336 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
5034 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
5035 regexp is used.
50368 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
5037 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
5038
5039
5040Virtual edit:
50418 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050427 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
5043
5044
5045Text objects:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000050468 Add text object for fold, so that it can be yanked when it's open.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050478 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000050488 Add text object for part of a CamelHumpedWord and under_scored_word.
Bram Moolenaar4399ef42005-02-12 14:29:27 +00005049 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020050508 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multibyte
Bram Moolenaar5313dcb2005-02-22 08:56:13 +00005051 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
Bram Moolenaar05159a02005-02-26 23:04:13 +00005052 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
5053 'matchpairs'?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +020050548 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multibyte ones.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000050558 Add a way to make an ":omap" for a user-defined text object. Requires
5056 changing the starting position in oap->start.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050578 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
5058 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
5059 the end of the line or before a ".".
50607 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
5061 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
50627 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
5063 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050646 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
50655 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
5066 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
5067 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
5068 cursor is on.
5069
5070
5071Select mode:
50728 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
5073 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
50747 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
Bram Moolenaar531da592013-05-06 05:58:55 +02005075 See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Use_Alt-Mouse_to_select_blockwise.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050767 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
5077 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
5078 contains 'C' or 'A'.
5079 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
5080 normal_cmd().
5081 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
5082 - Typing text replaces the selection.
5083
5084
5085Visual mode:
Bram Moolenaar3b1db362013-08-10 15:00:24 +020050868 Support using "." in Visual mode. Use the operator applied to the Visual
5087 selection, if possible.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005088- When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
5089 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
5090 is in the top line.
Bram Moolenaar768b8c42006-03-04 21:58:33 +00005091- Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
5092 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenful, also count the
5093 characters.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000050948 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
Bram Moolenaarcc016f52005-12-10 20:23:46 +00005095 text. Make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005096 where needed.
50977 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
5098 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
50997 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
5100 of each selected line.
51018 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
51028 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
5103 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
5104 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
51058 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
5106 Ben Godfrey)
51077 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
5108 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
51097 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
5110 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051117 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005112 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005113 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
51148 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
5115 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
51167 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
5117 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
5118 option!
51197 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
5120 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
5121 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
5122 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
5123 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
5124 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
5125 without changing the column.
51266 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051277 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
5128 current buffer.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051296 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
5130 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
51316 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051326 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005133 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005134 or other special character.
51356 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
5136
5137
5138More advanced repeating commands:
5139- Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
Bram Moolenaar203d04d2013-06-06 21:36:40 +02005140- Add command to repeat last movement. Including count.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005141- Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005142 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
5143 "y." will repeat last yank.
5144 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
5145 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
5146 and/or pick an older command.
5147- History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
5148
5149
5150Mappings and Abbreviations:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051518 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
5152 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
5153 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
51548 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
51557 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
5156 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051578 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
5158 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
51598 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +000051607 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051618 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
5162 entering search strings.
51638 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
5164 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
5165 not the <Space>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051668 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
5167 (?) work.
Bram Moolenaar82be4842021-01-11 19:40:15 +010051687 Add <0x8f> (hex), <0o33> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051697 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
5170 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000051716 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
5172 abbreviations are to be used.
5173- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
5174 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
5175 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
Bram Moolenaarade00832006-03-10 21:46:58 +00005176- Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
5177 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
5178 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
5179 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
5180 Or implicit:
5181 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005182- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
5183 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
5184 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005185- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
5186 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
5187- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
5188 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
51896 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
5190 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
5191 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
5192 hit another character.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005193- Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
5194 non-replace Insert mode?
5195- Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005196- Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
5197- List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
5198 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
5199- List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005200 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005201- When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
5202 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
5203- Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
5204- Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
5205 ":freekeys".
5206- Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
5207
5208
5209Incsearch:
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +02005210- Wrong scrolling when using incsearch. Patch by Christian Brabandt, 2014
5211 Dec 4. Is this a good solution?
5212- Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
5213 folds when going to another line.
5214 Patch to open folds for 'incsearch'. (Christian Brabandt, 2015 Jan 6)
5215- Bug with 'incsearch' going to wrong line. (Wolfram Kresse, 2009 Aug 17)
5216 Only with "vim -u NONE".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005217- When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
5218 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
5219 up every time.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005220- When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
5221 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
5222 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
5223 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
Bram Moolenaard473c8c2018-08-11 18:00:22 +020052249 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
5225 isn't updated).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005226
5227
5228Searching:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010052299 Should have an option for :vimgrep to find lines without a match.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +000052308 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
Bram Moolenaarb5bf5b82004-12-24 14:35:23 +00005231 "g?" is already used for rot13.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005232 The vis.vim script has a ":S" command that does something like this.
Bram Moolenaar4770d092006-01-12 23:22:24 +00005233 Can use "g/" in Normal mode, uses the '< to '> area.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +00005234 Use "&/" for searching the text in the Visual area?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010052359 Add "v" offset: "/pat/v": search for pattern and start Visual mode on the
5236 matching text.
Bram Moolenaar662db672011-03-22 14:05:35 +010052378 Add a modifier to interpret a space like "\_s\+" to make it much easier to
5238 search for a phrase.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +000052398 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
5240 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
5241 Perl does it this way:
5242 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
5243 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
5244 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
5245 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000052468 Show the progress every second. Could use the code that checks for CTRL-C
5247 to find out how much time has passed. Or use SIGALRM. Where to show the
5248 number?
Bram Moolenaarc998e3c2005-06-14 22:13:23 +000052497 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
5250 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
Bram Moolenaarc0761132005-03-18 20:30:32 +000052518 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
5252 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000052537 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005254 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
5255 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
5256 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
Bram Moolenaar1cd871b2004-12-19 22:46:22 +000052577 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01005258 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for end offset).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052597 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
5260 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052618 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
5262 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
52638 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
5264 line.
Bram Moolenaar7db8f6f2016-03-29 23:12:46 +020052657 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use matchit.vim as an
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005266 example.
52678 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
5268 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
5269- For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
5270 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
5271 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
5272 Alternative: use matchit.vim
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052738 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
5274 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
5275 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
52767 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
5277 "\d".
Bram Moolenaarc0197e22004-09-13 20:26:32 +000052787 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
5279 \%<C-M>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052808 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
5281 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000052828 When 'iskeyword' is changed the matches from 'hlsearch' may change. (Benji
5283 Fisher) redraw if some options are set while 'hlsearch' is set?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000052848 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
5285 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
5286 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
5287 search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005288- Make 'hlsearch' a local/global option, so that it can be disabled in some
5289 of the windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005290- Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
5291 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
5292- Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
5293 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
5294 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
5295 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000052968 Add a way to access the last substitute text, what is used for ":s//~/".
5297 Can't use the ~ register, it's already used for drag & drop.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005298- Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
5299 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000053008 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
5301 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
5302 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005303- Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
5304 i ignore case
5305 I use case
5306 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
5307 v use Vi regexp syntax
5308 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
5309 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
5310 Perl uses these too:
5311 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
5312 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
5313 o compile only once (Perl only)
5314 s single line expression (we don't need it)
5315 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
5316 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
5317 following command.
5318 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
5319- Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
5320 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
5321 for search string)?
53227 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
5323 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
5324- Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
5325 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
5326- Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
5327 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
5328- Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
5329- Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005330 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005331 a for the next file in the argument list
5332 f for file in the buffer list
5333 w for file edited in a window.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005334 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
5335 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005336 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
5337 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
5338- ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053397 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005340 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000053417 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
5342 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
5343 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
5344 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
53456 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
5346 effects.
53477 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
5348 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
5349 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
Bram Moolenaar34cdc3e2005-05-18 22:24:46 +000053507 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005351 Also ":dselect".
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005352- Searching for \%'> does not find anything when using line Visual
5353 selection. Probably because it's using MAXCOL. #8238
5354- Regexp to search for duplicate lines does not work correctly:
5355 /\(^.*\n\)\1 (Chris Morgan, #6239)
5356- Problem with upwards search on Windows (works OK on Linux). (Brett
5357 Stahlman, 2014 Jun 8)
5358- Searching mixed with Visual mode doesn't redraw properly. (James Vega,
5359 2010 Nov 22)
5360- Searching for composing char works, but not when inside []. (ZyX, Benjamin
5361 R. Haskell, 2010 Aug 24)
5362- When 'smartcase' is set and using CTRL-L to add to the search pattern it
5363 may result in no matches. Convert chars to lower case? (Erik Wognsen,
5364 2009 Apr 16)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005365
5366
5367Undo:
Bram Moolenaara3e6bc92013-01-30 14:18:00 +010053689 ":gundo" command: global undo. Undoes changes spread over multiple files
5369 in the order they were made. Also ":gredo". Both with a count. Useful
5370 when tests fail after making changes and you forgot in which files.
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000053719 After undo/redo, in the message show whether the buffer is modified or
5372 not.
Bram Moolenaard43848c2010-07-14 14:28:26 +020053738 Search for pattern in undo tree, showing when it happened and the text
5374 state, so that you can jump to it.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000053758 Undo tree: visually show the tree somehow (Damian Conway)
5376 Show only the leaves, indicating how many changed from the branch and the
5377 timestamp?
5378 Put branch with most recent change on the left, older changes get more
5379 indent?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +00005380- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
5381 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005382- When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
5383 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
5384 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
53858 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
5386 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
5387 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
5388 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
53898 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
5390 only remember the lines that really changed.
53917 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
5392 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
5393 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
5394 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005395- For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
5396 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
5397- In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
5398 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
5399- Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
5400 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
5401 [-99].
5402- With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
5403- When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005404- When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
5405 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005406- MS-Windows: when writing undo file the infostreams are copied in
5407 mch_copy_file_attribute(), that seems unnecessary. (#7925) Add a flag to
5408 only copy attributes?
5409- undo result wrong: Masato Nishihata, #4798
5410- After recovering from a swap file the undofile should not be used, it
5411 causes corruption. (#6631)
5412- When the computer crashes while writing the undofile, the contents may be
5413 lost. Write to a temp file, fsync and rename. (#8879)
5414- Undo puts cursor in wrong line after "cG<Esc>" undo.
5415- Undo history wrong when ":next file" re-uses a buffer. (#5426) ex_next()
5416 should pass flag to do_argfile(), then to do_ecmd(). Is there a test for
5417 this?
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005418- Undo problem: "g-" doesn't go back, gets stuck. (Björn Linse, 2016 Jul 18)
5419- Undo message is not always properly displayed. Patch by Ken Takata, 2013
5420 oct 3. Doesn't work properly according to Yukihiro Nakadaira.
5421 Also see #1635.
5422- When using ":diffput" through a mapping, undo in the target buffer isn't
5423 synced. (Ryan Carney, 2016 Sep 14)
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +01005424- The undo file name can get too long. (Issue #346)
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005425 For the path use a hash instead of dir%dir%dir%name hash%name.
Bram Moolenaar71badf92023-04-22 22:40:14 +01005426 Check both for some time for backwards compatibility.
5427 Alternatively: create the directory structure under 'undodir'.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005428- Patch to add ":undorecover", get as much text out of the undo file as
5429 possible. (Christian Brabandt, 2014 Mar 12, update Aug 22)
5430- Patch to support :undo absolute jump to file save number. (Christian
5431 Brabandt, 2010 Nov 5)
5432- There should be a way after an abbreviation has expanded to go back to
5433 what was typed. CTRL-G h ? Would also undo last word or line break
5434 inserted perhaps. And undo CTRL-W. CTRL-G l would redo.
5435- When using 'cryptmethod' xchaha20 the undo file is not encrypted.
5436 Need to handle extra bytes.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005437
5438
5439Buffer list:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054407 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
5441 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
5442 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
5443 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
Bram Moolenaare7b1ea02020-08-07 19:54:59 +020054448 Add File.{recent-files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005445 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
54468 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
5447 inode too.
54487 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005449 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
5450 number in use plus one?).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054517 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
5452 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
5453- When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
5454 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
5455- Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
5456 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
54577 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
5458 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
54597 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
5460 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
54618 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054627 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
5463 internal use and for when executing an external program?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010054648 Some file systems are case-sensitive, some are not. Besides
5465 'wildignorecase' there might be more parts inside
5466 CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME that are useful on Unix.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005467- When using ":bwipe!" also get rid of references to be buffer, e.g. in the
5468 jumplist and alternate file.
5469- ":bnext" in a help buffer is supposed to go to the next help buffer, but
5470 it goes to any buffer, and then :bnext skips help buffers, since they are
5471 unlisted. (#4478)
5472- :buffer completion does not escape "+" properly and results in a regexp
5473 error. (#5467)
5474- Problem with two buffers with the same name a/b, if it didn't exist before
5475 and is created outside of Vim. (dskloetg, 2018 Jul 16, #3219)
5476- Add an option with file patterns, to be used when unloading a buffer: If
5477 there is a match, remove entries for the buffer from marks, jumplist, etc.
5478 To be used for git temp files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005479
5480
5481Swap (.swp) files:
54828 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
5483 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
5484 there are short file name problems.
54858 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
5486 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
54878 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
54888 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005489 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005490 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
5491 file the same as the actual file?
5492 Use the code for resolve()?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000054937 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
5494 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
54957 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005496 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005497 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
5498 enough room.
54997 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
5500 or /var/preserve.
5501- Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
5502 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
5503- Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
Bram Moolenaar7f2e9d72017-11-11 20:58:53 +01005504 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskbackup' and 'umaskswap'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005505- When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
5506 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
5507 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
5508 cached list of which line is where.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005509- When editing a file with ":edit" the output of :swapname is relative,
5510 while editing it with "vim file" it is absolute. (#355) Which one should
5511 it be?
5512- When recovering a file, put the swap file name in b:recovered_swapfile.
5513 Then a command can delete it.
5514- In the ATTENTION message about an existing swap file, mention the name of
5515 the process that is running. It might actually be some other program,
5516 e.g. after a reboot.
5517- When running Vim in silent ex mode, an existing swapfile causes Vim to
5518 wait for a user action without a prompt. (Maarten Billemont, 2012 Feb 3)
5519 Do give the prompt? Quit with an error?
5520- After doing "su" $HOME can be the old user's home, thus ~root/file is not
5521 correct. Don't use it in the swap file.
5522- In the swapfile dialog, add a H(elp) option that gives more info about
5523 what each choice does. Similar to ":help swap-exists-choices"
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005524
5525
5526Viminfo:
55277 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
5528 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
5529 else's viminfo file.
Bram Moolenaar994cd122007-05-12 15:19:41 +000055308 When there is no .viminfo file and someone does "su", runs Vim, a
5531 root-owned .viminfo file is created. Is there a good way to avoid this?
5532 Perhaps check the owner of the directory. Only when root?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055338 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
5534 name. (Schild)
55358 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
55368 Remember the last used register for "@@".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000055378 Remember the redo buffer, so that "." works after restarting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000055388 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
5539 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
5540 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
5541 this?
55427 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
55437 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
5544 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
55456 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
5546 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
5547 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
5548- Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
5549 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005550- Add the debug command line history to viminfo.
5551- Using "wviminfo /tmp/viminfo" does not store file marks that Vim knows
5552 about, it only works when merging with an existing file. (Shougo, 2017
5553 Jun 19, #1781)
5554- Writing nested List and Dict in viminfo gives error message and can't be
5555 read back. (Yukihiro Nakadaira, 2010 Nov 13)
5556- When a register contains illegal bytes, writing viminfo in utf-8 and
5557 reading it back doesn't result in utf-8. (Devin Bayer)
55588 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
5559 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
55608 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
5561 check for file marks. This can be slow.
55628 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
5563 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
5564 that the user knows the files have to be deleted.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005565
5566
5567Modelines:
55688 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
5569 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
5570 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005571- Add an option to whitelist options that are allowed in a modeline. This
5572 would allow careful users to use modelines, e.g., only allowing
5573 'shiftwidth'.
5574- Add an option to let modelines only set local options, not global ones
5575 such as 'encoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005576- When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
5577 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
5578 modeline setting.
5579- Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
5580 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
5581- Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
5582 .cpp files.
5583- Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
5584 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
Bram Moolenaar3d1cde82020-08-15 18:55:18 +02005585- Add an option setting to ask the user if the modelines are to be executed
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005586 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
5587
5588
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005589Sessions:
Bram Moolenaar069a7d52022-06-27 22:16:08 +01005590- Session file contains absolute paths when "curdir" is removed form
5591 'sessionoptions', making it impossible to have a session with a relative
5592 path. (#4450)
5593- Session file only contains local option values for buffers that are in a
5594 window, not other buffers. (#7532)
5595- Script generated by :mksession does not work well if there are windows
5596 with modified buffers:
5597 change "silent only" into "silent only!"
5598 change "edit fname" of first buffer to "hide edit fname"
5599 skip "badd fname" if "fname" is already in the buffer list
5600 remove remark about unloading buffers from documentation
5601- When session file has name in argument list but the buffer was deleted,
5602 the buffer is not deleted when using the session file. (#1393) Should add
5603 the buffer in hidden state.
5604- When a session file is created and there are "nofile" buffers, these are
5605 not filled. Need to trigger BufReadCmd autocommands. Also handle
5606 deleting the initial empty buffer better. (ZyX, 2015 March 8)
5607- Setting the spell file in a session only reads the local additions, not
5608 the normal spell file. (Enno Nagel, 2014 Mar 29)
5609- Directory wrong in session file, caused by ":lcd" in BufEnter autocommand.
5610 (Felix Kater, 2009 Mar 3)
5611- Something wrong with session that has "cd" commands and "badd", in such a
5612 way that Vim doesn't find the edited file in the buffer list, causing the
5613 ATTENTION message? (Tony Mechelynck, 2008 Dec 1) Also: swap files are in
5614 ~/tmp/ One has relative file name ".mozilla/...".
5615- Session file creation: 'autochdir' causes trouble. Keep it off until
5616 after loading all files.
5617- Session file generates error upon loading, cause by --remote-silent-tab.
5618 (7tommm (ytommm) 2010 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +000056198 DOS/Windows: ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means
5620 directory "#bb" in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
56217 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
5622 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056238 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
5624 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056258 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
5626 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
5627 default value.
Bram Moolenaar9ba0eb82005-06-13 22:28:56 +000056287 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
5629 Malecki)
Bram Moolenaarc9b4b052006-04-30 18:54:39 +00005630
Bram Moolenaard5bc83f2005-12-07 21:07:59 +00005631
5632Options:
56337 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
5634 restore it after the command has executed.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056358 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
Bram Moolenaarcbaff5e2022-04-08 17:45:08 +01005636 options that are a comma-separated list. The old number values should
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005637 also be supported.
56388 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
5639 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
5640 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
56417 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005642
5643
5644External commands:
56458 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
5646 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
56474 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
5648 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
5649 -f).
56504 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
56514 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
5652 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
56534 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
5654
5655
5656Multiple Windows:
56577 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
56588 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
5659 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
56607 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
5661 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
5662 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
Bram Moolenaarc236c162008-07-13 17:41:49 +000056637 Make it possible to edit a new buffer in the preview window. A script can
5664 then fill it with something. ":popen"?
Bram Moolenaar97b2ad32006-03-18 21:40:56 +000056657 Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be
5666 several. Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056676 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
5668 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005669 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005670 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
56717 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
5672 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
5673 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
5674 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
5675- Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
5676 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
5677 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
5678 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
5679
5680
5681Marks:
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +000056828 Add ten marks for last changed files: ':0, ':1, etc. One mark per file.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056838 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
5684 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000056858 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 +000056868 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
5687 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
56888 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
5689 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
5690 the mark was set.
56917 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
5692 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
5693 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
5694 ":browse marks"?
56956 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000056967 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
5697 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
56987 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
5699 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
57007 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
5701 command).
57027 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
5703 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
5704 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
5705 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
57065 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
5707 mappings.
57086 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
5709 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
5710 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
5711
5712
5713Digraphs:
Bram Moolenaar5302d9e2011-09-14 17:55:08 +020057147 Make "ga" show the keymap for a character, if it exists.
Bram Moolenaarb1332082013-10-06 14:22:40 +02005715 Also show the code of the character after conversion to 'fileencoding'.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005716- Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
5717 characters?
Bram Moolenaar3fdfa4a2004-10-07 21:02:47 +000057188 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057197 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
5720 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
5721
5722
5723Writing files:
5724- In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
5725 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
5726 shortname conversion.
57278 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
57288 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
5729 file.
57308 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
5731 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
5732 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057336 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
5734 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
57356 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
5736 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
57376 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
5738 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000057398 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005740 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
57417 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
5742 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
Bram Moolenaar4466ad62020-11-21 13:16:30 +010057437 When editing a file, check that it has been changed outside of Vim more
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005744 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
5745 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
5746 waiting for a character to be typed).
57478 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
5748 line of the window, like "[time]".
5749 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
5750 Automatic and/or with a command.
5751
5752
5753Substitute:
Bram Moolenaar3f770472005-06-19 22:56:27 +000057548 Substitute with hex/unicode number "\%xff" and "\%uabcd". Just like
5755 "\%uabcd" in search pattern.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +000057568 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005757 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
5758- :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
5759- With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
57608 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
5761 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005762- Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005763 :s///N substitutes N times.
5764- Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
5765 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
5766 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
57677 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
5768 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
5769 last line column 5.
57705 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
5771 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
5772 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
5773 (Stanislav Sitar)
5774
5775
5776Mouse support:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057778 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
57787 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
57798 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
5780 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
5781 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005782- Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
5783- Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
5784 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
5785- Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
5786- When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
5787
5788
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005789Argument list:
57906 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
5791 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
5792 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
57936 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
5794
5795
5796Registers:
57978 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000057988 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
5799 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
5800 for every line.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005801- When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
5802 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
5803- When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
5804 leader when line wraps?
5805- The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
5806 line in the range.
5807- Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
5808 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
58098 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
5810 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005811- In Select mode the deleted text always goes into the unnamed register.
5812 Use CTRL-R to specify the register to use. (#9531)
5813- When "+ register is set then "" points to it. If another Vim grabs the "+
5814 register, then "" doesn't contain anything. Make it still follow "+.
5815 (#6435)
5816- Pasting a register in Visual mode cannot be repeated. (Mahmoud Al-Qudsi,
5817 2018 Apr 26, #2849)
5818- Patch to add option that tells whether small deletes go into the numbered
5819 registers. (Aryeh Leib Taurog, 2013 Nov 18)
5820- With "unamedplus" in 'clipboard' pasting in Visual mode causes error for
5821 empty register. (Michael Seiwald, 2011 Jun 28) I can't reproduce it.
5822- Consider making YankRing or something else that keeps a list of yanked
5823 text part of standard Vim. The "1 to "9 registers are not sufficient.
58246 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
5825 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
5826 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
5827 Also do this for the small delete register "-.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +00005828
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005829
5830Debug mode:
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058318 Add breakpoints for setting an option
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000058328 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058337 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
58347 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
Bram Moolenaarce001a32022-04-27 15:25:03 +01005835- In debug mode, using CTRL-R = to evaluate a function causes stepping
5836 through the function. (Hari Krishna Dara, 2006 Jun 28)
5837
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005838
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005839Various improvements:
Bram Moolenaar1d2ba7f2006-02-14 22:29:30 +000058407 Add plugins for formatting? Should be able to make a choice depending on
5841 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
5842 Setting the 'langformat' option to "chinese" would load the
5843 "format/chinese.vim" plugin.
5844 The plugin would set 'formatexpr' and define the function being called.
5845 Edward L. Fox explains how it should be done for most Asian languages.
5846 (2005 Nov 24)
Bram Moolenaar8c8de832008-06-24 22:58:06 +00005847 Alternative: patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Feb 23)
Bram Moolenaar87b774d2005-07-20 22:04:36 +000058487 [t to move to previous xml/html tag (like "vatov"), ]t to move to next
5849 ("vatv").
Bram Moolenaar342337a2005-07-21 21:11:17 +000058507 [< to move to previous xml/html tag, e.g., previous <li>. ]< to move to
5851 next <li>, ]< to next </li>, [< to previous </li>.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058528 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
5853 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000058547 Instead of filtering errors with a shell script it should be possible to
5855 do this with Vim script. A function that filters the raw text that comes
5856 from the 'makeprg'?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +010058577 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
5858 window as a buffer-tab selection.
58598 Allow non-active windows to have a different statusline. (Yakov Lerner)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058607 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
5861 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
58628 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
5863 all changes are gone.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058646 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058658 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
5866 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
5867 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
5868 in this Vim.
58698 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00005870 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058718 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
5872 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
5873 have it apply to the following command.
58748 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
5875 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
5876 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
5877 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058787 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
5879 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058807 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
5881 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
5882 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
5883 without modifier (unless mapped).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058846 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
58858 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
58869 Support ACLs on more systems.
58877 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
5888 highlighted differently.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000058897 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
5890 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
5891 (truncated to fit in the space).
58927 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
58938 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
58948 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
5895 Visual mode.
Bram Moolenaared203462004-06-16 11:19:22 +000058967 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005897 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
58987 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
5899 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059007 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059017 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
59027 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059038 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
59048 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
5905 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
5906 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
5907 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
59088 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059098 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059108 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
5911 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
5912 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
5913 does something like this. (Shah)
59147 Use growarray for replace stack.
59157 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
5916 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
59173 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059187 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
5919 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
Bram Moolenaar81af9252010-12-10 20:35:50 +010059207 Make it possible to set the size of the jumplist (also to a smaller number
5921 than the default). (Nikolai Weibull)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005922- Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
5923- Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
5924- Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
5925- Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
59267 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
5927 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
5928- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
5929 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
Bram Moolenaar00659062010-09-21 22:34:02 +02005930- Remove using mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005931- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
5932 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
5933- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
5934 call "play newbeep.au").
5935- Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
5936 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
5937 (Bhatt).
5938- "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
5939 blockwise registers).
5940- Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
5941 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
5942- Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
5943 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
5944 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
5945 noticeable.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005946- Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059477 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
5948 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
5949- Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
5950 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
5951 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
5952 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
5953 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
Bram Moolenaarc81e5e72007-05-05 18:24:42 +000059548 The 'a' flag in 'formatoptions' is too dangerous. In some way only do
5955 auto-formatting in specific regions, e.g. defined by syntax highlighting.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059568 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
5957 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
5958 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
5959 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
5960 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
5961- Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
Bram Moolenaar207f0092020-08-30 17:20:20 +02005962- Support multibyte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000059637 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
5964 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
5965- Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
5966 not in column 1.
59676 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
5968 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
59697 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
5970- Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005971- Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
Bram Moolenaarce5e58e2005-01-19 22:24:34 +00005972 :redir #> bufname
5973 :redir #>> bufname (append)
Bram Moolenaarbee0c5b2005-02-07 22:03:36 +00005974- Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
5975 redirection was active.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005976- Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
5977 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
5978 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
59796 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
5980 console? (Klaus Hast)
5981- Add :delcr command:
5982 *:delcr*
5983 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
5984 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
5985 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
5986 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
5987 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
Bram Moolenaar25c9c682019-05-05 18:13:34 +02005988 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00005989- Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
5990- When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
5991 characters from 'isprint'.
5992- Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
5993- In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
5994 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
5995- That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
5996 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
5997 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
5998- Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
5999- Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
6000 Nvi).
6001- Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
6002 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
60037 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
6004- Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
6005 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
60066 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
6007- For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
6008 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
6009 macro).
6010- Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006011- ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
6012 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
6013- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
60148 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006015- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
6016- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
6017- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
6018 if it is not the first or last window.
6019- Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
6020 there is one) instead of the file itself.
60217 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
6022 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
6023 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
6024- 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
6025- When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006026 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006027 many percent down the windows).
6028- Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
6029 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
Bram Moolenaar938ae282023-02-20 20:44:55 +00006030 line? #754 Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
Bram Moolenaar30b65812012-07-12 22:01:11 +02006031 Make 'showbreak' local to a window.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006032- Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
6033 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
6034- Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
6035 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
6036- Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
6037- Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
6038- Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
6039 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060408 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
6041 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
6042 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
6043 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
6044 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006045- Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
6046 t_bs is set? (Webb)
6047- "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006048 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
6049- When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006050 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
6051 (Webb).
6052- Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006053 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006054- Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
6055 hex codes like 0xff).
6056- Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
6057 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
6058 the last TYPED command.
6059- Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
6060- Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
6061- Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
6062 should also work?
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006063- Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on a URL?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000060648 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
6065 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
6066 name.
Bram Moolenaarf55e4c82017-08-01 20:44:53 +02006067- When finding a URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006068 trailing '.'.
6069- Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
6070 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
6071 find_file_in_path().
6072- Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
6073 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
6074- Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
6075- Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
6076 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
6077- Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006078 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006079- Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
6080 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
6081 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006082- Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
6083- Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
6084- When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
6085 to the minimal size.
6086- Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
6087- Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
6088- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
6089- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
6090- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006091- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
6092 entered)?
6093- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
6094 as an output filter.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006095- In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006096- Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
6097- Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
6098- V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
6099- Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
6100- Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
6101 lines.
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006102- Uppercase characters in Ex commands can be made lowercase?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061038 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
6104 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
6105 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
6106 or in octal.
61077 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
6108 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006109- How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006110 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
6111- Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
6112- With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
6113 insert line command).
6114- Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
6115- Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
6116- Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
6117- Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
6118- In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
6119 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006120- Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006121 yet.
6122- Implement 'redraw' option.
6123- Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
6124 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061257 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
6126 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
Bram Moolenaar2641f772005-03-25 21:58:17 +00006127 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
6128 I/O.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061298 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
6130 do it.
6131- Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
6132- When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
6133 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
6134- Add text justification option.
6135- Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
6136- After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
6137 off".
6138- Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
6139- When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
6140- Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006141 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006142- When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
Bram Moolenaar06b5d512010-05-22 15:37:44 +02006143- If file does not exist, check if directory exists.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006144- Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
6145 commands.
6146- ":set -w all": list one option per line.
6147- Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
6148- :table command (Webb)
6149- Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006150- Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
6151- Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
6152- Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
6153- Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
6154- Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
6155 (Demirel).
6156- Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
6157- Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
6158 for use in macro's and the like.
6159- Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006160 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
Bram Moolenaar8f3f58f2010-01-06 20:52:26 +01006161- Add possibility to put output of Ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006162 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006163- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006164 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006165 a window to become smaller (Webb).
6166- When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
6167 proportionally (Webb).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006168- Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006169 mkopttab to make option table?
6170- When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
6171 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
6172- Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
6173 (Haritsis).
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006174- Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006175 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
6176- Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
6177 cursor?
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006178- Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
Bram Moolenaar69a7cb42004-06-20 12:51:53 +000061798 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
6180 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
6181 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
6182 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
6183 option name.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +000061848 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
6185 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
6186 (Netherton)
61876 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
6188 space after "(", for example.
61895 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
6190 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
6191 (Servatius Brandt)
6192
6193
6194From Elvis:
6195- Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
6196- Add ":alias" command.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006197- Search patterns:
6198 \@ match word under cursor.
6199 but do:
6200 \@w match the word under the cursor?
6201 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
62028 ":window" command:
6203 :win + next window (up)
6204 :win ++ idem, wrapping
6205 :win - previous window (down)
6206 :win -- idem, wrapping
6207 :win nr to window number "nr"
6208 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
62097 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
6210 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
6211
6212
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006213From xvi:
6214- CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
6215- Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
6216
6217
6218From vile:
6219- When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
6220- Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
6221 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
6222
6223
6224Far future and "big" extensions:
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006225- Instead of using a Makefile and autoconf, use a simple shell script to
6226 find the C compiler and do everything with C code. Translate something
Bram Moolenaarc0514bf2016-11-17 14:50:09 +01006227 like an Aap recipe and configure.ac to C. Avoids depending on Python,
Bram Moolenaar07d4d732005-10-03 22:04:08 +00006228 thus will work everywhere. With batch file to find the C compiler it
6229 would also work on MS-Windows.
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006230- Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
6231 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
6232- Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
6233 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
6234 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
6235 current layout mirrored.
6236- Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
6237- Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
6238 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
6239- Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
6240- Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
6241 font in each top-level window.
6242- Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
6243- Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
6244- Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
6245- Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
6246 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006247- Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
6248 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
6249- Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
6250 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
62514 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
6252 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
6253 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
6254 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
Bram Moolenaar13fcaaf2005-04-15 21:13:42 +00006255 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
Bram Moolenaar071d4272004-06-13 20:20:40 +00006256 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
6257 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
6258- Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
6259 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
6260 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
6261
David Mandelberg16d6fff2025-03-08 17:21:16 +01006262vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:fo+=n: