Problem:
The 'autoread' option only checks for file changes reactively — on
FocusGained, :checktime, CmdlineEnter, etc. — by polling timestamps.
External changes are not detected until the user interacts with Neovim.
Solution:
Add a core module (runtime/lua/nvim/autoread.lua) enabled from
runtime/plugin/autoread.lua that watches each buffer's file using
vim._watch.watch() (libuv fs_event). On change detection it calls
:checktime, which invokes the existing buf_check_timestamp() logic
for reload/prompt handling. Watchers are managed via autocmds tied
to buffer lifecycle events and respect the 'autoread' option (global
and buffer-local).
Problem:
* 'shellcmdflag' states that its default value is set according to the
value of 'shell', but this behavior is not yet implemented on Windows.
The same applies to 'shellpipe', 'shellredir', and 'shellxquote'.
* On Windows, Git is often installed in paths containing spaces, and we
still do not correctly resolve the sh executable name as described in
'shell'.
* On Windows, the default value of 'shellslash' is always `false`,
which causes Unix-like shells to interpret `\` in paths returned by
some functions as escape charaters.
Solution:
Use a simple rule table to detect common shells (e.g. `cmd`,
`powershell`, shells whose names contain `csh` or `sh`) and apply
best-effort defaults, while leaving more complex scenarios to user
configuration.
Problem: In command-line completion with a popup menu ('wildoptions'
contains "pum"), the info popup shown next to the menu could
not be scrolled, unlike the Insert mode completion info popup
which scrolls with the mouse wheel.
Solution: When the mouse pointer is on top of the info popup, scroll it
with the mouse wheel in command-line mode as well, without
closing the completion popup menu.
closes: vim/vim#20146closes: vim/vim#2041896dbab257a
Co-authored-by: Hirohito Higashi <h.east.727@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Problem:
The comma form of 'winborder' is split with copy_option_part(),
whose skip_to_option_part() eats spaces after a comma, and empty
fields are rejected.
Solution:
Split the comma form literally on ',', keeping empty fields and
single-space fields.
Problem: A leading space in the result of a %{} item is sometimes
stripped, and an all-digit result is converted to a number.
Solution: Add %0{} atom which inserts the expression result verbatim
(glepnir)
fixes: vim/vim#3898closes: vim/vim#20315e8d7a40b98
Co-authored-by: glepnir <glephunter@gmail.com>
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:
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:
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: Crash with invalid shellredir/shellpipe value
(bfredl)
Solution: Validate the option and allow only a single "%s".
fixes: vim/vim#20157closes: vim/vim#2015984ae09dd79
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: 'findfunc' only allows extra info for cmdline completion, not
for actually finding files (Maxim Kim, after 9.2.0451).
Solution: Handle returning a list of dicts when actually finding files.
Also fix crash on NULL string (zeertzjq).
fixes: vim/vim#20163closes: vim/vim#201649694ff58fe
Problem: 'findfunc' can't return extra info for cmdline completion
(Maxim Kim).
Solution: Handle 'findfunc' return value in cmdline completion like that
of "customlist" functions (zeertzjq).
fixes: vim/vim#20155closes: vim/vim#2015858124789aa
Problem: completion: no support for "noinsert" with 'wildmode' and
commandline completion
Solution: Add "noinsert" value to the 'wildmode' option, mirroring
'completeopt' "noinsert" behaviour (glepnir).
fixes: vim/vim#16551closes: vim/vim#20080af494af5ff
Problem:
When running nvim on a remote machine over SSH, if there is high ping,
then bg detection may not complete in time. This results in a warning
every time nvim is started. #38648
Solution:
Restore 'ttyfast' option and allow it to control whether or not bg
detection is performed. Because this is during startup and before any
user config or commands, we use the environment variable
`NVIM_NOTTYFAST` to allow disabling `ttyfast` during initialization.
Problem: Cannot apply 'scrolloff' context lines at end of file
Solution: Add the 'scrolloffpad' option to keep 'scrolloff' context even
when at the end of the file (McAuley Penney).
closes: vim/vim#19040a414630393
Co-authored-by: McAuley Penney <jacobmpenney@gmail.com>
Problem:
- Unable to "pin" a window to prevent closing without specifically
being targeted.
- :fclose closes hidden windows (even before visible windows).
Solution:
- Add 'winpinned' window-local option. When set, window is skipped by
:fclose and :only. Pin the ui2 cmdline window (which should always be
visible), so that it is not closed by :only/fclose.
- Skip over hidden (and pinned) windows with :fclose.
Co-authored-by: glepnir <glephunter@gmail.com>
Problem:
- Not obvious which _meta/ are generated and which should be edited
manually.
- The require guard (`error('Cannot require a meta file')`) is not
consistently present in all meta files.
Solution:
- Update headers.
- Add require() guard to all meta files.
- Rename generated meta files with `.gen.lua`.
