Problem: Handling new value of an option has a long "else if" chain.
Solution: Use a function pointer. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, closesvim/vim#12015)
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existing behavior of
:=
and
:[range]=
are unchanged. `|` is still allowed with this usage.
However,
:=p
and similar are changed in a way which could be construed as a breaking
change. Allowing |ex-flags| for := in the first place was a mistake as
any form of := DOES NOT MOVE THE CURSOR. So it would print one line number
and then print a completely different line contents after that.
Problem:
The function name `vim.pretty_print`:
1. is verbose, which partially defeats its purpose as sugar
2. does not draw from existing precedent or any sort of convention
(except external projects like penlight or python?), which reduces
discoverability, and degrades signaling about best practices.
Solution:
- Rename to `vim.print`.
- Change the behavior so that
1. strings are printed without quotes
2. each arg is printed on its own line
3. tables are indented with 2 instead of 4 spaces
- Example:
:lua ='a', 'b', 42, {a=3}
a
b
42
{
a = 3
}
Comparison of alternatives:
- `vim.print`:
- pro: consistent with Lua's `print()`
- pro: aligns with potential `nvim_print` API function which will
replace nvim_echo, nvim_notify, etc.
- con: behaves differently than Lua's `print()`, slightly misleading?
- `vim.echo`:
- pro: `:echo` has similar "pretty print" behavior.
- con: inconsistent with Lua idioms.
- `vim.p`:
- pro: very short, fits with `vim.o`, etc.
- con: not as discoverable as "echo"
- con: less opportunity for `local p = vim.p` because of potential shadowing.
Problem: Autoload script sourced twice if sourced directly.
Solution: Do not source an autoload script again. (issue vim/vim#6644)
daa2f36573
Cherry-pick ret_sid changes from patch 8.2.0149.
Use do_in_runtimepath() as that's what source_runtime() calls in Nvim.
Co-authored-by: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
also make implicit submodules "uri" and "_inspector" work with completion
this is needed for `:lua=vim.uri_<tab>` wildmenu completion
to work even before uri or _inspector functions are used.
Problem: Some complex queries may not return all matches.
Solution: Raise `ts_match_limit` from current 64 (twice the original
default) to 256 (which Helix uses, and seems to be enough for the reported
problematic cases).
If this leads performance regressions in other queries, we should add a
generic querying timeout instead of relying on a low value here.
Problem:
1. Some calls to preserve_exit() don't put a message in IObuff, so the
IObuff printed by preserve_exit() contains unrelated information.
2. If a TUI client runs out of memory or receives a deadly signal, the
error message is shown on alternate screen and cannot be easily seen
because the TUI exits alternate screen soon afterwards.
Solution:
Pass error message to preserve_exit() and exit alternate screen before
printing it.
Note that this doesn't fix the problem that server error messages cannot
be easily seen on exit. This is tracked in #21608 and #21843.
Problem:
When "-l" is followed by "--", we stop sending args to the Lua script
and treat "--" in the usual way. This was for flexibility but didn't
have a strong use-case, and has these problems:
- prevents Lua "-l" scripts from handling "--" in their own way.
- complicates the startup logic (must call nlua_init before command_line_scan)
Solution:
Don't treat "--" specially if it follows "-l".
