text-object-define is a pattern I found in tpope's plugins (e.g.
https://github.com/tpope/vim-jdaddy) which shows an elegant way to
define a text-object. (Any mistakes in the example are my fault.)
Problem: `nvim_exec_autocmds({ buf = ... })` matches the target buffer, but callbacks and modelines run with the caller buffer current rather than the target buffer.
Solution: Execute the buffered path in prepared target-buffer context and restore the caller afterward.
This fixes all clang 22 warnings of the form: "warning: diagnostic behavior
may be improved by adding the 'format(printf, 3, 4)' attribute to the
declaration of 'some_function'"
dialog_msg() was essentially a NULL-handling wrapper. but some callsites
already use their own NULL handling or NULL:s are impossible as the
value has already been assumed non-NULL. Non-locally assuming
a buffer size is also a code smell, especially if we can
just use "sizeof buff" without a wrapper.
append_redir() is... whatever it is.
Problem:
When mouse=n is set
- Dragging the mouse enters visual mode, and then stops listening for
mouse events.
- Double/Triple/Quad clicking performs selections.
- Clicking in visual mode moves the cursor (though not through the TUI).
Solution:
Explicitly gate mouse actions that affect visual mode with a check for
MOUSE_VISUAL. This matches the behavior described in :help mouse.
> If enabled for "v" (Visual mode) then double-click selects word-wise,
> triple-click makes it line-wise, and quadruple-click makes it
> rectangular block-wise.
Problem:
`aucmd_restbuf` must be guarded in case `aucmd_prepbuf` wasn't called.
Solution:
Update `aucmd_restbuf` to be a no-op if `aucmd_prepbuf` wasn't called.
This requires `aco` to be zero-initialized.
Problem:
Visual selection could end up in the wrong place after
nvim_buf_set_text or nvim_buf_set_lines. In some delete cases,
Visual.lnum was already clamped before the line shift happened, so the
adjustment got skipped.
Solution:
Split fix_cursor_cols into reusable fix_pos_col logic and reuse it
for Visual updates. Also adjust Visual.lnum before changed_lines so
the shift uses the original position before final clamping.
Problem:
Various "unused function" warnings when building `map_defs.h`.
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/26452
Solution:
Removed unused `MAP_DECLS(T, U)` specializations, their generated symbols, and
2 obsolete constants.
Problem: User commands cannot handle single args with spaces
Solution: Add the -nargs=_ attribute (Maxim Kim)
-nargs=_ allow user commands to have a single argument with spaces.
For example given the following Test command and TestComplete function:
```
vim9script
def TestComplete(A: string, _: string, _: number): list<string>
var all = ["qqqq", "aaaa", "qq aa"]
return all->matchfuzzy(A)
enddef
command! -nargs=_ -complete=customlist,TestComplete Test echo <q-args>
```
`:Test q a<tab>` should successfully complete `qq aa`
fixes: vim/vim#20102closes: vim/vim#20189f0e874a129
Co-authored-by: Maxim Kim <habamax@gmail.com>
Problem:
- Windows users can't use terminfo to configure their terminal
capabilities. #37274
- Terminfo definitions sometimes get out of date or are simply
inaccurate.
- Eventually, we may want to drop terminfo, relying primarily on
built-in definitions. Users will still need some flexibility.
Solution:
Support $NVIM_TERMDEFS environment variable, which is JSON data that
defines "terminfo" definitions that override our builtin terminfo.
Problem:
During startup, we manually trigger a useless and misleading `OptionSet`
event, which doesn't set `v:option_*` values (this is a limitation of
`nvim_exec_autocmds`).
ad4bc2d90c/runtime/lua/vim/_core/defaults.lua (L939).
Solution:
The `nvim_exec_autocmds('OptionSet',…)` call does not serve any purpose
since 5cbb9d613b, so just drop it.
Problem: `fnamemodify(..., ':h')` mishandles POSIX leading slash runs longer than `//`.
Solution: Collapse those slash runs to `/` before computing the head.
Problem:
2d795face6 added support for tab-local options ('cmdheight')
to `nvim_get_option_value`, but not to:
nvim_get_option_info2()
nvim_set_option_value(…, { tab = … })
gettabwinvar()
Solution:
- Update `options.lua` to model tab-local options. Introduce `kOptScopeTab`.
- Handle tab scope in the options layer so it works for all options APIs.
Note:
- No change to `gettabvar()`. Not sure if needed/wanted.
fix https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/31140
Problem:
No way to handle a "tab moved" event.
Use-case: tabline plugins may cache tab labels, and need to know when to
invalidate their cache.
Solution:
Add a `TabMoved` event that triggers whenever tabs are reordered via `:tabmove`
or via mouse click-and-drag.
Problem:
After closing and reopening Neovim, ]' and [' fail with E92: Buffer 0
not found for marks restored from ShaDa. Direct jumps like 'a work
because mark_get_local() rewrites fnum before returning, but ]' uses
getnextmark() which does not, leaving fnum = 0.
Solution:
Set .fnum = buf->b_fnum when restoring local marks from ShaDa.
Problem: with a float focused and the target buf only shown in the
last non-float window, do_buffer_ext goes down the buf != curbuf
path. close_windows can't touch the last non-float, b_nwindows stays
> 0, close_buffer is skipped, returns OK silently.
Solution: if a non-float still holds buf after close_windows, jump
into it and recurse. Then buf == curbuf and the existing replacement
path takes over.
Problem:
There is a lot of overlap between terminal and prompt buffer, but no
easy way to limit the number of lines kept above the prompt to prevent
performance and other issues. This is desirable for both example
use cases in current documentation, chat UI and repl/shell plugins.
Solution:
Use existing 'scrollback' option to limit prompt-buffer lines
as well.
Signed-off-by: Tomas Slusny <slusnucky@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Problem:
API clients cannot query the tab-local value of 'cmdheight'.
Solution:
Allow nvim_get_option_value() to accept { tab = <tab-ID> } for 'cmdheight'.
Problem: matchfuzzy() can crash on long multi-word patterns.
Solution: Clamp pat_chars to maxMatches and stop before calling
match_positions() when the buffer is full (glepnir).
closes: vim/vim#2020988b00d1c57
Co-authored-by: glepnir <glephunter@gmail.com>
Define `:packupdate` and `:packdel` as separate commands instead of a
unified `:pack {subcommand}` because the semantics between the two
commands vary differently enough that it doesn't make sense to combine
them. Additionally, `:pack! update/del` looks bad.
Problem: out-of-bound read when recovering corrupted swap files
(Rahul Hoysala)
Solution: Validate the db_txt_start field when recovering a swap
file.
Supported by AI
de7a5b5425
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem:
Many color schemes assume the Comment hl group is dim text and use it
for secondary text, decorations, or parts of UI. This is true for many
color schemes but not all.
Solution:
Introducing a new highlight group with a more specific meaning, similar
to Underlined or Ignore.
The new group links to Comment by default so the behavior is unchanged
for color schemes that don't define it.
vim-patch:fbec828c7 CI: Bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates
vim-patch:852f4f43c runtime(doc): Fix manpage typo in description of '--ttyfail'
vim-patch:9.2.0472: popup: column jitters when scrolled outside viewport
vim-patch:9.2.0474: MS-Windows: hard to tell which Visual Studio version was selected with MSVC
vim-patch:78302b7b4 translation(it): Update Italian manpage
vim-patch:9.2.0477: popup: leftover content after popup_free under layout change
vim-patch:9.2.0478: channel: redundant str/length assignments in channel_part_info()
vim-patch:9.2.0460: did_set_shellpipe_redir() in wrong file
vim-patch:9.0.2153: no support to build on OpenVMS
vim-patch:9.2.0290: Amiga: no support for AmigaOS 3.x
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
Problem: Pasting ". register without TextPut* autocommands breaks
subsequent TextPut* autocommands (after 9.2.0470).
Solution: Only decrement add_last_insert if it has been incremented
(zeertzjq).
closes: vim/vim#20192a70b7a85af
Problem: No way to hook into put commands
(yochem)
Solution: Introduce TextPutPre and TextPutPost autocommands
(Foxe Chen).
fixes: vim/vim#18701closes: vim/vim#20144e0781bd5bf
Co-authored-by: Foxe Chen <chen.foxe@gmail.com>
Problem: vim.ui_attach() callback for nvim_echo() call that spoofs an
internal message kind is executed in fast context.
Solution: Set msg_show callback |api-fast| context dynamically at
external message callsites, and for internal list_cmd",
"progress" and "shell*" messages.
Problem:
When using prompt_appendbuf with multi-element list,
the first item is concated and rest replace the prompt instead of
inserting the lines before the prompt.
Solution:
Concat first element with replace_buf and insert the rest of the list
with set_buffer_lines.
Signed-off-by: Tomas Slusny <slusnucky@gmail.com>
Problem: evalvars_init() copies each vimvar's name into di_key at
startup and runtime-checks that the name fits in
DICTITEM16_KEY_LEN, even though all names are known at
compile time.
Solution: Embed the name in di_key via the VV_NAME macro so the
initialization happens at compile time. Drop the
runtime length check and the STRCPY loop (John Marriott).
closes: vim/vim#201851b65cfbac5
Co-authored-by: John Marriott <basilisk@internode.on.net>
Problem: 'title' is updated when changing the name of a non-current
buffer with nvim_buf_set_name().
Solution: Set RedrawingDisabled when renaming the buffer.
Problem: Message redirection column for captured output is not reset
after :echon since (4260f73, e63346df).
Solution: Ensure msg_ext_append is set before the kind with :echon.
CI currently uses clang-tidy 20, but this affects local builds
and CI is going to be upgraded sooner or later.
Some remaining systematic issues:
- clang-tidy warns agains any atoi() or atol() usage (because of no
error handling)
- functions which takes (char *fmt, char *only_string_arg) and expect
fmt to contain exactly one "%s" usage.
- error: initializing non-local variable with non-const expression depending on
uninitialized non-local variable (cppcoreguidelines-interfaces-global-init)
This is a much worse problem in C++ (hence C++ core guidelines) where
initialization is intermingled with arbitrary code execution. I
"think" in plain C, the linker will either resolve all these
deterministically or barf an error. But with some restructuring
we could make all static initialization actually static..
Problem: some functions can be run from the sandbox
Solution: Block them, so they are not accessible from a modeline
(q1uf3ng)
closes: vim/vim#19975fcc4276db3
Co-authored-by: q1uf3ng <q1uf3ng@protone.me>
