This is in preparation of zig 0.17 where b.install_path is no
longer known inside `pub fn build()`.
Builds which should hardcode a runtime path into the binary has to specify it.
We could use a nlua0 helper to encode the install path at build time but
I think this is cleaner anyway. (like currently the appimage still
encodes a temporary build path which is nonsensical, it is better to
just include none)
Similarily b.args will not be available anymore (there will just
be an opaque pass-through)
The new lua based runner replaces Makefile, runnvim.sh and runnvim.vim
As it happens, we run a `--headless` nvim inside a `:terminal` layer,
this is pointless.
Also there is still a lot remnants for oldesttests, but we don't
have any except for test1.in which just checks the environment
for following, nonexistant oldesttests. so just skip that.
For now, the actual vimscript code which runs in vim-under-test is
completely unchanged.
On macos, luajit is finally working with the latest ziglua master.
Also fix some minor bugs regarding locales, such as incorrect
HAVE_WORKING_LIBINTL checks
Problem:
The Lua test harness still ran through standalone -ll mode, so tests
depended on the low-level Lua path instead of the regular Nvim Lua
environment. That also meant os.exit() coverage had to carry an ASAN
workaround because Lua's raw process exit skipped Nvim teardown and let
LeakSanitizer interfere with the observed exit code.
Solution:
Run the harness and related fixtures with nvim -l. Patch os.exit() in
the main Lua state to exit through getout(), so scripts observe normal
Nvim shutdown while standalone -ll remains available for generator-style
scripts. As a consequence, the startup test can assert os.exit() without
disabling leak detection.
AI-assisted: Codex
Replace the busted-based Lua test runner with a repo-local harness.
The new harness runs spec files directly under `nvim -ll`, ships its own
reporter and lightweight `luassert` shim, and keeps the helper/preload
flow used by the functional and unit test suites.
Keep the file boundary model shallow and busted-like by restoring `_G`,
`package.loaded`, `package.preload`, `arg`, and the process environment
between files, without carrying extra reset APIs or custom assertion
machinery.
Update the build and test entrypoints to use the new runner, add
black-box coverage for the harness itself, and drop the bundled
busted/luacheck dependency path.
AI-assisted: Codex
NEW BUILD SYSTEM!
This is a MVP implementation which supports building the "nvim" binary,
including cross-compilation for some targets.
As an example, you can build a aarch64-macos binary from
an x86-64-linux-gnu host, or vice versa
Add CI target for build.zig currently for functionaltests on linux
x86_64 only
Follow up items:
- praxis for version and dependency bumping
- windows 💀
- full integration of libintl and gettext (or a desicion not to)
- update help and API metadata files
- installation into a $PREFIX
- more tests and linters
