Problem: tests: no test that 'incsearch' is updated after accepting
search completion.
Solution: Add a test case (zeertzjq).
closes: vim/vim#1768208e5b128b8
Problem: 'wildchar' does not work in search contexts
Solution: implement search completion when 'wildchar' is typed
(Girish Palya).
This change enhances Vim's command-line completion by extending
'wildmode' behavior to search pattern contexts, including:
- '/' and '?' search commands
- ':s', ':g', ':v', and ':vim' commands
Completions preserve the exact regex pattern typed by the user,
appending the completed word directly to the original input. This
ensures that all regex elements — such as '<', '^', grouping brackets
'()', wildcards '\*', '.', and other special characters — remain intact
and in their original positions.
---
**Use Case**
While searching (using `/` or `?`) for lines containing a pattern like
`"foobar"`, you can now type a partial pattern (e.g., `/f`) followed by
a trigger key (`wildchar`) to open a **popup completion menu** showing
all matching words.
This offers two key benefits:
1. **Precision**: Select the exact word you're looking for without
typing it fully.
2. **Memory aid**: When you can’t recall a full function or variable
name, typing a few letters helps you visually identify and complete the
correct symbol.
---
**What’s New**
Completion is now supported in the following contexts:
- `/` and `?` search commands
- `:s`, `:g`, `:v`, and `:vimgrep` ex-commands
---
**Design Notes**
- While `'wildchar'` (usually `<Tab>`) triggers completion, you'll have
to use `<CTRL-V><Tab>` or "\t" to search for a literal tab.
- **Responsiveness**: Search remains responsive because it checks for
user input frequently.
---
**Try It Out**
Basic setup using the default `<Tab>` as the completion trigger:
```vim
set wim=noselect,full wop=pum wmnu
```
Now type:
```
/foo<Tab>
```
This opens a completion popup for matches containing "foo".
For matches beginning with "foo" type `/\<foo<Tab>`.
---
**Optional: Autocompletion**
For automatic popup menu completion as you type in search or `:`
commands, include this in your `.vimrc`:
```vim
vim9script
set wim=noselect:lastused,full wop=pum wcm=<C-@> wmnu
autocmd CmdlineChanged [:/?] CmdComplete()
def CmdComplete()
var [cmdline, curpos, cmdmode] = [getcmdline(), getcmdpos(),
expand('<afile>') == ':']
var trigger_char = '\%(\w\|[*/:.-]\)$'
var not_trigger_char = '^\%(\d\|,\|+\|-\)\+$' # Exclude numeric range
if getchar(1, {number: true}) == 0 # Typehead is empty, no more
pasted input
&& !wildmenumode() && curpos == cmdline->len() + 1
&& (!cmdmode || (cmdline =~ trigger_char && cmdline !~
not_trigger_char))
SkipCmdlineChanged()
feedkeys("\<C-@>", "t")
timer_start(0, (_) => getcmdline()->substitute('\%x00', '',
'ge')->setcmdline()) # Remove <C-@>
endif
enddef
def SkipCmdlineChanged(key = ''): string
set ei+=CmdlineChanged
timer_start(0, (_) => execute('set ei-=CmdlineChanged'))
return key == '' ? '' : ((wildmenumode() ? "\<C-E>" : '') .. key)
enddef
**Optional: Preserve history recall behavior**
cnoremap <expr> <Up> SkipCmdlineChanged("\<Up>")
cnoremap <expr> <Down> SkipCmdlineChanged("\<Down>")
**Optional: Customize popup height**
autocmd CmdlineEnter : set bo+=error | exec $'set ph={max([10,
winheight(0) - 4])}'
autocmd CmdlineEnter [/?] set bo+=error | set ph=8
autocmd CmdlineLeave [:/?] set bo-=error ph&
```
closes: vim/vim#175706b49fba8c8
Co-authored-by: Girish Palya <girishji@gmail.com>
Problem: Topline is preemptively updated by line() in WinResized
autocmd with 'splitkeep' != "cursor".
Solution: Set `skip_update_topline` when 'splitkeep' != "cursor".
(Luuk van Baal)
fe803c8c04
Problem:
Not easy to get user-input in prompt-buffer before the user submits the
input. Under the current system user/plugin needs to read the buffer
contents, figure out where the prompt is, then extract the text.
Solution:
- Add prompt_getinput().
- Extract prompt text extraction logic to a separate function
Problem:
With `formatoptions+=r`, the prompt prefix "%" is treated as
comment-start (because of global default 'comments' option contains
"%"), so it gets added to the start of the line when a new line
is input in a prompt.
Solution:
Unset the 'comments' option in prompt buffers by default.
Problem:
Cannot enter multiline prompts in a buftype=prompt buffer.
Solution:
- Support shift+enter (`<s-enter>`) to start a new line in the prompt.
- Pasting multiline text via OS paste, clipboard, "xp, etc.
- A/I in editable region works as usual.
- i/a/A/I outside of editable region moves cursor to end of current
prompt.
- Support undo/redo in prompt buffer.
- Support o/O in prompt buffer.
- Expose prompt location as `':` mark.
Problem: Can't use getpos('v') in OptionSet when using setbufvar().
Solution: Don't reset Visual selection when switching to the same
buffer (zeertzjq).
closes: vim/vim#173735717ee33db
Problem: search_stat not reset when pattern differs in case
(tahzibijafar)
Solution: use STRNCMP instead of MB_STRNICMP macro
There was a long standing todo comment, that using MB_STRNICMP is wrong.
So let's change it to STRNCMP() instead. Even if it not handle
multi-byte characters correctly, then Vim will rather recompute the
search stat, instead of re-using the old (and possibly wrong) value.
fixes: vim/vim#17312closes: vim/vim#17314670d0c1468
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: CmdlineLeavePre may trigger twice
(after v9.1.1329)
Solution: check that the key was typed, trigger it when it wasn't before
(Girish Palya)
There are two problems:
- CmdlineLeavePre may be triggered twice when a cabbr is present.
- CmdlineLeavePre fails to trigger when exiting the command-line via
<Backspace>.
Check if the Carriage Return (Enter) key was actually typed.
Trigger the event when the command-line is exited using Backspace and
other keys.
closes: vim/vim#1721446755e6b52
Co-authored-by: Girish Palya <girishji@gmail.com>
Problem:
Default 'statusline' is implemented in C and not representable as
a statusline expression. This makes it hard for user configs/plugins to
extend it.
Solution:
- Change the default 'statusline' slightly to a statusline expression.
- Remove the C implementation.
Problem: tests: missing cleanup in test_filetype.vim, wrong name in
test_plugin_matchparen
Solution: Add :bwipe corresponding to :split, rename test case
closes: vim/vim#17088b0e19f9e1b
Problem: tests: no test for matchparen plugin with WinScrolled event
Solution: add missing test
closes: vim/vim#1094296a0b2a6d5
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: matchparen keeps cursor on case label in sh filetype
(@categorical, after 9.1.1187).
Solution: Use :defer so that cursor is always restored, remove checks
for older Vims, finish early if Vim does not support :defer
fixes: vim/vim#16887closes: vim/vim#1688847071c6076
Problem: Cmdline pum not cleared for input() completion.
Solution: Temporary reset RedrawingDisabled in cmdline_pum_cleanup(),
like what is done in wildmenu_cleanup() (zeertzjq).
fixes: vim/vim#16874closes: vim/vim#168761830e787f6
No code change is needed in Nvim, as RedrawingDisabled does not prevent
the compositor from removing a grid.
Problem: matchparen plugin wrong highlights shell case statement
(Swudu Susuwu)
Solution: return early, if we are in a shSnglCase syntax element
The shell syntax element "case $var in foobar)" uses closing parenthesis
but there is no corresponding opening parenthesis for that syntax
element. However matchparen is not aware of such things and will happily
try to match just the next opening parenthesis.
So let's just add a way to opt out for such cases. In this case, use the
syntax state to check if the closing parenthesis belongs to the syntax
item "shSnglCase" and if it is, do not try to find a corresponding
opening parenthesis.
Since inspecting the syntax state might be expensive, put the whole
check behind a filetype test, so that matchparen will only perform this
particular check, when it knows the current buffer is a "sh" filetype.
fixes: vim/vim#16801closes: vim/vim#168319102ac11ab
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: Sourcing buffer lines is too complicated.
Solution: Simplify the code. Make it possible to source Vim9 script lines.
(Yegappan Lakshmanan, closesvim/vim#9974)
85b43c6cb7
This commit changes the behavior of sourcing buffer lines to always have
a script ID, although sourcing the same buffer always produces the same
script ID.
vim-patch:9.1.0372: Calling CLEAR_FIELD() on the same struct twice
Problem: Calling CLEAR_FIELD() on the same struct twice.
Solution: Remove the second CLEAR_FIELD(). Move the assignment of
cookie.sourceing_lnum (zeertzjq).
closes: vim/vim#14627f68517c167
Co-authored-by: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com>
Problem: Mode message not cleared after :silent message
(after 9.0.1634).
Solution: Don't reset mode_displayed when the message is empty.
(zeertzjq)
fixes: neovim/neovim#32641closes: vim/vim#16744fce1fa5b61
Problem:
Indenting text is a common task in plugins/scripts for
presentation/formatting, yet vim has no way of doing it (especially
"dedent", and especially non-buffer text).
Solution:
Introduce `vim.text.indent()`. It sets the *exact* indentation because
that's a more difficult (and thus more useful) task than merely
"increasing the current indent" (which is somewhat easy with a `gsub()`
one-liner).
Problem: illegal memory access when putting a register
Solution: make sure cursor column doesn't become negative
e0029daa35
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: Enter does not insert newline with "noselect" when the pum is
visible (lifepillar)
Solution: When Enter is pressed and no complete-item is selected,
ins_compl_prep returns false, and the edit function continues
processing Enter to insert a new line. (glepnir)
fixes: vim/vim#1653closes: vim/vim#1665307f0dbe3aa
Co-authored-by: glepnir <glephunter@gmail.com>
vim-patch:partial:9.1.1084: Unable to persistently ignore events in a window and its buffers
Problem: Unable to persistently ignore events in a window and its buffers.
Solution: Add 'eventignorewin' option to ignore events in a window and buffer
(Luuk van Baal)
Add the window-local 'eventignorewin' option that is analogous to
'eventignore', but applies to a certain window and its buffers. Identify
events that should be allowed in 'eventignorewin', adapt "auto_event"
and "event_tab" to encode this information. Window context is not passed
onto apply_autocmds_group(), and when to ignore an event is a bit
ambiguous when "buf" is not "curbuf", rather than a large refactor, only
ignore an event when all windows into "buf" are ignoring the event.
b7147f8236
vim-patch:9.1.1102: tests: Test_WinScrolled_Resized_eiw() uses wrong filename
Problem: tests: Test_WinScrolled_Resized_eiw() uses wrong filename
(Luuk van Baal, after v9.1.1084)
Solution: Rename the filename to something more unique
bfc7719e48
Problem: Although patch 9.1.0990 fixed a real problem/inconsistency,
it also introduced new behavior that may break BWC and/or be
unexpected. Before 9.1.0990, window commands could make the
topframe smaller (without changing 'cmdheight'; quirk that is
now fixed), but did not allow extending the topframe beyond
the 'cmdheight' set by the user. After 9.1.0990, the user can
reduce the 'cmdheight' below the value they set explicitly,
through window commands, which may lead to confusion.
(aftere v9.1.0990)
Solution: Store the value explicitly set by the user and clamp the
'cmdheight' when resizing the topframe. This also applies to
dragging laststatus, which in contrast to window commands
_did_ allow reducing the 'cmdheight' to values below the one
set by the user. So with this patch there is still new
behavior, but I think in a way that is less surprising.
While at it, also fix a Coverity warning, introduced in
v9.1.0990 (Luuk van Baal)
c97e869535
Problem: Inconsistent behavior when changing cmdheight by resizing the
topframe through wincmds and dragging laststatus. Changing
cmdheight by resizing the topframe does not trigger OptionSet.
Solution: Consolidate logic for changing the cmdheight, set the option
value to handle side-effects (Luuk van Baal)
e15cbc1af4
vim-patch:9.0.0187: command line height changes when maximizing window height
Problem: Command line height changes when maximizing window height.
Solution: Do not change the command line height. (closesvim/vim#10885)
96bde99bf8
Problem:
`termopen` has long been a superficial wrapper around `jobstart`, and
has no real purpose. Also, `vim.system` and `nvim_open_term` presumably
will replace all features of `jobstart` and `termopen`, so centralizing
the logic will help with that.
Solution:
- Introduce `eval/deprecated.c`, where all deprecated eval funcs will live.
- Introduce "term" flag of `jobstart`.
- Deprecate `termopen`.
When a terminal application running inside the terminal emulator sets
the cursor shape or blink status of the cursor, update the cursor in the
parent terminal to match.
This removes the "virtual cursor" that has been in use by the terminal
emulator since the beginning. The original rationale for using the
virtual cursor was to avoid having to support additional UI methods to
change the cursor color for other (non-TUI) UIs, instead relying on the
TermCursor and TermCursorNC highlight groups.
The TermCursor highlight group is now used in the default 'guicursor'
value, which has a new entry for Terminal mode. However, the
TermCursorNC highlight group is no longer supported: since terminal
windows now use the real cursor, when the window is not focused there is
no cursor displayed in the window at all, so there is nothing to
highlight. Users can still use the StatusLineTermNC highlight group to
differentiate non-focused terminal windows.
BREAKING CHANGE: The TermCursorNC highlight group is no longer supported.
Problem:
Since e049c6e4c0, most statusline-like UI elements can combine
highlight attrs, except for sign/statuscolumn.
Solution:
Implement for sign/statuscolumn.
Problem: %! item not allowed for 'rulerformat'
(yatinlala)
Solution: also allow to use %! for rulerformat option
(Yegappan Lakshmanan)
fixes: vim/vim#16091closes: vim/vim#16118ac023e8baa
Co-authored-by: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com>
Problem: setting 'cmdheight' may cause hit-enter-prompt and echo output
to be missing
Solution: Before cleaning the cmdline, check the need_wait_return flag
(nwounkn)
closes: vim/vim#134322e48567007
Co-authored-by: nwounkn <nwounkn@gmail.com>
Before calling "attach" a screen object is just a dummy container for
(row, col) values whose purpose is to be sent as part of the "attach"
function call anyway.
Just create the screen in an attached state directly. Keep the complete
(row, col, options) config together. It is still completely valid to
later detach and re-attach as needed, including to another session.
