Problem:
`:help dev-name-common` states that "buf" should be used instead of
"buffer" but there are cases where buffer is mentioned in the lua API.
Solution:
- Rename occurrences of "buffer" to "buf" for consistency with the
documentation.
- Support (but deprecate) "buffer" for backwards compatibility.
Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
Problem: nvim_clear_autocmds() does not type check "event" correctly, and also
treats an empty array "event" like nil.
Solution: fix type checking. Treat empty array "event" as a no-op, like
nvim_exec_autocmds(). Add some extra tests.
Likewise the nil handling change may be considered breaking if anyone
(unintentionally) relied on that. It was also true that integer, function, etc.
"event"s would also be treated like nil!
Note that an empty string "event" is still an error, as that's must be an exact
match on an event name.
Problem: nvim_exec_autocmds() documentation incorrectly describes the default
for "pattern" as *, when it's actually the current file name (like :doautocmd).
Solution: correct it. Add a test.
Problem: in autocmd APIs, a non-nil "pattern" containing only empty
'sub'-patterns is silently treated as nil, causing the fallback value to be
unexpectedly used instead.
Solution: for nvim_create_autocmd(), raise a validation error (as no autocmds
would be created). For nvim_{exec,clear}_autocmds(), make it a no-op (as
matching no autocmds is not an error).
Problem:
The current LSP diagnostic implementation can't differ between a pull
diagnostic with no identifier and a set of diagnostics provided via push
diagnostics.
"Anonymous pull providers" are expected by the protocol https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/specifications/lsp/3.17/specification/#diagnosticOptions
, depending on how the capability was registered:
- Dynamic registrations have an identifier.
- Static registrations will not.
Solution:
Restore the `is_pull` argument removed in
https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/37938, keeping the identifier of
pull diagnostic collections.
Problem: vim.VersionRange had no __eq metamethod, so comparing 2 distinct
but same value instances always returned false. In vim.pack.add this caused
redundant lockfile rewrites, even when the resulting lockfile content was
unchanged.
Solution: Add __eq metamethod on vim.VersionRange
Problem:
`vim.Range` and `vim.Pos` have signature mismatches on the docs of some functions.
Solution:
Split the "module" functions from the "class" functions (just like it's done in other modules like `vim.version`) and regenerate the docs.
Problem: No way of inspecting the (user-added) filetype detection rules.
Solution: Add `vim.filetype.inspect()` returning copies of the internal
`extension`, `filename`, `pattern` tables. Due to the dynamic nature of
filetype detection, this will in general not allow getting the list of
known filetypes, but at least one can see if a given extension is known.
Problem:
We normally get the background color via continuous reporting. However,
if we were backgrounded while the light/dark mode changed, we won't have
received the report, and we'll have the wrong background color.
Without this change, if you background nvim, toggle the light/dark mode,
resume, and check `:set bg`, it will not match the current state.
Solution:
Query it on resume as well. (This requires separating the query from the
flush, to just do the query along with all the others, while waiting to
flush until we've set up uv.)
With this change, if you background nvim, toggle the light/dark mode,
resume, and check `:set bg`, it will have updated.
Problem: `buf` is optional even though its needed to perform conversions
and the ordering of `(buf, row, col)` is not consistent.
Solution: make `buf` mandatory on `vim.range` and `vim.pos` and enforce
the `buf, row, col` ordering
Problem: runtime(zip): may write using absolute paths
(syndicate)
Solution: Detect this case and abort on Unix, warn in the documentation
about possible issues
46f530e517
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem:
Running `:Open` on an open buffer does not run `vim.ui.open()` on that file, requiring the user to type `:Open %`. This is inconsistent with most other vim commands which accept files, which default to the current buffer's file.
Solution:
Default to the current file when `:Open` is used without arguments.
- Don't go over 78 columns.
- Change the first "and" to "or", as "or" is used below.
- Change "takes one" to "switches", as "one" may be mistaken as
referring to the command instead of the user.
- Use backticks in :h 'autowriteall' like in :h 'autowrite'.
closes: vim/vim#19859af58a9f5e9
Problem:
LSP error responses implicitly rely on a custom `__tostring` function
(`vim.lsp.rpc.format_rpc_error`) for formatting. This causes errors that are not
created via `vim.lsp.rpc.error` to behave inconsistently with those that are.
Furthermore, we usually use `log.error` to print these errors, which uses
`vim.inspect` under the hood, so the custom `__tostring` provides little
benefit.
This increases the difficulty of refactoring the code, as it tightly couples RPC
error handling with the LSP.
Solution:
Convert every potential `__tostring` call to an explicit one. Since we don't
describe this behavior in the documentation, this should not be a breaking
change.
Problem: tests: test_modeline.vim fails (after v9.2.0276)
Solution: Rewrite the tests to use the existing s:modeline_fails()
function, update documentation (zeertzjq).
8c8772c6b3
Problem:
LSP jump operations such as `buf.definition`/`buf.type_definition` do
not follow the 'switchbuf' option. Instead their behavior is controlled
by `vim.lsp.LocationOpts.reuse_win`. When `reuse_win=true`, the effect
is very similar to `set switchbuf=useopen`.
Note that functions like `buf.definition` open the quickfix
window when there are multiple results, and jumping between quickfix
entries already follows 'switchbuf', so unifying the behavior is more
intuitive.
Solution:
Follow the 'switchbuf' option and drop `reuse_win`.
We can achieve this behavior by using :cfirst when the quickfix list has
only one item, rather than customizing the jump logic as before.
Problem:
Using nested `vim.Pos` objects to represent each `vim.Range` object
requires 3 tables for each `vim.Range`, which may be undesirable in
performance critical code. Using key-value tables performs worse than
using array-like tables (lists).
Solution:
Use array-like indices for the internal fields of both `vim.Pos` and
`vim.Range` objects. Use a metatable to allow users to access them like
if they were key-value tables.
---
Problem:
The `vim.Pos` conversion interface for `extmark` indexing does not take
into account the difference in how a position on top of a newline is
represented in `vim.Pos` and `extmark`.
- `vim.Pos`: for a newline at the end of row `n`, `row` takes the value
`n + 1` and `col` takes the value `0`.
- `extmark`: for a newline at the end of for `n`, `row` takes the value
`n` and `col` takes the value `#row_text`.
Solution:
Handle this in the `extmark` interface.
---
Problem:
Not all `to_xxx` interfaces have wrapping objects like `to_lsp`.
Solution:
Return unwrapped values in `to_xxx` interfaces where it makes sense.
Accept unwrapped values in "from" interfaces where it makes sense.
---
Problem:
`start` and `end` positions have different semantics, so they can't be
compared. `vim.Range` relies on comparing the `end` and `start` of two
ranges to decide which one is greater, which doesn't work as expected
because this of the different semantics.
For example, for the ranges:
local a = {
start = { row = 0, col = 22, },
end_ = { row = 0, col = 24, },
}
local b = {
start = { row = 0, col = 17, },
end_ = { row = 0, col = 22, },
}
in this code:
local foo, bar = "foo", "bar"
-- |---||-|
-- b a
The range `b` is smaller than the range `a`, but the current
implementation compares `b._end` (`col = 22`) and `a.start` (`col = 22`)
and concludes that, since `b.col` is not smaller than `a.col`, `b`
should be greater than `a`.
Solution:
- Use a `to_inclusive_pos` to normalize end positions inside of
`vim.Range` whenever a comparison between a start and an end position
is necessary.
Problem:
The "restart" event has some problems:
- all UI clients must implement a somewhat complex set of setups
- UI must be on the same machine as the server
- only works for the "current" UI
- race/edge case: If the user config has errors / waiting for input, are
all UIs able to attach while Nvim is waiting for input?
Solution:
- Perform the restart on the server, not the client.
- Pass listen address (instead of CLI args) in the UI event.
- Simplifies UI logic: they only need to attach to new address.
- Opens the door for more enhancements in the future, such as allowing
all UIs to reattach instead of only the "current" UI.
Co-authored-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
Problem:
- Progress-events are filtered by "source". But "source" is not required by nvim_echo.
- Without "++nested" (force=false), nvim_echo in an event-handler does not trigger Progress events.
- vim.health does not declare a "source".
Solution:
- Make source mandatory for progress-messages
- Enable ++nested (force=true) by default when firing Progress event.
- Set "source" in vim.health module.
Problem:
When following this example from our docs the Copilot LSP won't attach.
Solution:
Add `init_options` as done by [`nvim-lspconfig`](1a6d692067/lsp/copilot.lua (L112-L121)).
Problem:
Currently, we recommend always inserting text above prompt-line in
prompt-buffer. This can be done using the `:` mark. However, although
we recommend it this way it can sometimes get confusing how to do it
best.
Solution:
Provide an api to append text to prompt buffer. This is a common
use-case for things using prompt-buffer.
Problem:
Currently, there's no way to distinguish progress messages coming from
different sources. Nor can Progress event be easily filtered based on
source.
Solution:
- Add "source" field to nvim_echo-opts.
- The Progress event pattern is now defined by the "source" field.
- Include the "title" as ev.data.
- Unrelated change: set force=false to disable nesting.
fix(ui2): prevent <CR> from focusing pager in insert/terminal mode
Problem: <CR> in insert/terminal mode can focus pager unexpectedly.
Solution: Don't enter the pager when <CR> is pressed during expanded
cmdline in insert/terminal mode.
Problem: nvim_set_hl always replaces all attributes.
Solution: Add update field. When true, merge with existing
attributes instead of replacing. Unspecified attributes are preserved.
If highlight group doesn't exist, falls back to reset mode.
Problem:
Non-trivial to write output of vim.net.request to buffer. Requires extra
code in plugin/net.lua which can't be reused by other plugin authors.
```
vim.net.request('https://neovim.io', {}, function(err, res)
if not err then
local buf = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(true, false)
if res then
local lines = vim.split(res.body, '\n', { plain = true })
vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(buf, 0, -1, true, lines)
end
end
end)
```
Solution:
Accept an optional `outbuf` argument to indicate the buffer to write output
to, similar to `outpath`.
vim.net.request('https://neovim.io', { outbuf = buf })
Other fixes / followups:
- Make plugin/net.lua smaller
- Return objection with close() method
- vim.net.request.Opts class
- vim.validate single calls
- Use (''):format(...) instead of `..`
Problem:
Flow layout looks better on neovim.io. Nvim-owned help files should
switch to the new layout. Also lua-bit.txt doesn't use the same format
for function documentation as the other docs (such as api.txt).
Solution:
Switch to new layout. Tweak the function documentation to be in line
with the other docs style.
