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feat(api): broadcast events to ALL channels #28487
Problem: `vim.rpcnotify(0)` and `rpcnotify(0)` are documented as follows: If {channel} is 0, the event is broadcast to all channels. But that's not actually true. Channels must call `nvim_subscribe` to receive "broadcast" events, so it's actually "multicast". - Assuming there is a use-case for "broadcast", the current model adds an extra step for broadcasting: all channels need to "subscribe". - The presence of `nvim_subscribe` is a source of confusion for users, because its name implies something more generally useful than what it does. Presumably the use-case of `nvim_subscribe` is to avoid "noise" on RPC channels not expected a broadcast notification, and potentially an error if the channel client reports an unknown event. Solution: - Deprecate `nvim_subscribe`/`nvim_unsubscribe`. - If applications want to multicast, they can keep their own multicast list. Or they can use `nvim_list_chans()` and `nvim_get_chan_info()` to enumerate and filter the clients they want to target. - Always send "broadcast" events to ALL channels. Don't require channels to "subscribe" to receive broadcasts. This matches the documented behavior of `rpcnotify()`.
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@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ describe('eval-API', function()
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eq('Vim(call):E117: Unknown function: buffer_get_line', err)
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-- some api functions are only useful from a msgpack-rpc channel
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err = exc_exec('call nvim_subscribe("fancyevent")')
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eq('Vim(call):E117: Unknown function: nvim_subscribe', err)
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err = exc_exec('call nvim_set_client_info()')
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eq('Vim(call):E117: Unknown function: nvim_set_client_info', err)
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end)
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it('have metadata accessible with api_info()', function()
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