Problem:
- buf-local CWD scope is lower priority than :lcd, which is weird.
```
win > buf > tab > global
```
- No way to clear current CWD at a given scope.
Solution:
- Rerrange scope precedence to:
```
buf > win > tab > global
```
- Introduce "bang" variants (`:bcd!`/`:lcd!`/`:tcd!`) which clears the
local CWD for the given scope.
Problem:
Buffer-local CWD (:bcd) is "sticky", similar to window-local CWD (:lcd).
But this contradicts one of its main benefits: per-buffer "project root"
for LSP, OSC7.
Other problems:
- A buffer created with :edit/:enew/:new silently inherits b_localdir
(and b_prevdir) from the previous buffer.
- curbuf_reusable() refuses to recycle a scratch buffer that has
`b_localdir`.
- After :new/:vnew/:tabnew the CWD sticks to previous buffer's
`b_localdir` even though the new curbuf has none, so :new is not
equivalent to ":split | enew", and getcwd() disagrees with
haslocaldir().
- Requires "which buffer spawned this buffer" semantics that no other
buffer-local state has.
Solution:
Drop sticky/inherit behavior of buffer-local CWD (:bcd).
- do_ecmd: always apply the new curbuf's dir (`fix_current_dir`), like
`do_autochdir` already does. :tabnew from a :bcd buffer now reverts to
global CWD (and fires DirChanged), same as :tabnew from a :lcd window.
- curbuf_reusable(): recycling a scratch buffer frees its b_localdir.
To get sticky/inherit behavior of CWD, use `:lcd`.
Problem:
No way to set a buffer-local directory.
Use-cases:
- "Root dir" for LSP (and the "project" concept).
- `:terminal` OSC 7
Solution:
Add `:bcd` command.
- Extend `getcwd()` to take a third arg; `getcwd(-1, -1, bunfr)` returns
the buffer-local working directory.
- Buffer-local directories have less priority than window-local
ones, and more priority than tab-local ones.
Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
Problem:
POSIX-compatible Ex-mode requires special-cases all over the codebase to
match various quirks that don't actually matter to users.
- The main utility of *interactive* Ex-mode is its REPL behavior, and
that can be achieved with `cmdwin`, which also gains extra UX
benefits.
- The main utility of *non-interactive* `nvim -es` is for shell
scripting, where Ex-mode quirks are mostly unhelpful (e.g. the
"Entering Ex mode" message).
Solution:
- Reimplement *interactive* Ex-mode as a "persistent, insert-mode
cmdwin" in Lua.
- "nvim -e/-E" is simply an alias to "gQ".
- Reframe *non-interactive* Ex-mode (`nvim -es`) as "script mode".
- Drop POSIX Ex-mode quirks.
Improvements:
- "nvim -V1 -es" output ends with a final newline!
- "nvim -V1 -es" no longer shows the "Entering Ex mode" msg. (This was
pointless noise, unwanted for scripting purposes.)
- stdin is no longer typeahead. Scripts (":lua io.read()") can read
stdin as data.
- Empty line is a no-op: a stray blank line no longer moves the cursor
(deviates from POSIX ex "+1"), no longer exits 1 at EOF (E501).
Preserved behavior:
- cursor starts at "$"
- mode()=="cv" (for non-interactive)
- multiline commands (:append/:function/heredoc pull continuation lines)
- bare-range print
- :print=>stdout
- -V1=>stderr
- CRLF input
- continue-after-error and exit codes
Dropped (regressed) POSIX behavior (non-interactive):
- Event loop only ticks while/between commands, not while blocked
waiting for a stdin line.
- ":g/pat/visual...Q"
- input()/getchar()/":s/x/y/c" no longer consume stdin lines as
answers: Nvim stops at end-of-input, skipping the rest of the script,
exit 0. Use ":lua io.read()" instead.
- If users care about this they should use interactive Ex-mode (`gQ`).
- ":@r" stops at end of the register instead of continuing to read
cmdline input from stdin.
Problem:
- No UI for listing extmarks.
- `:marks` doesn't support cmdline-completion.
Solution:
- Add completion and extmarks support to `:marks`.
- Update `get_buf_local_marks` to include the ":" (prompt-buffer) mark.
Problem:
This functions are most likely never used in the wild.
- They are redundant with `nvim_get_context` + `nvim_load_context`.
- The "context" concept was never fully developed and hasn't gained
traction.
Solution:
Drop these vimscript aliases, they are just extra cruft.
Problem:
Continue separators normalization, and try to keep it at the
nvim <-> external boundary, e.g., `fn.xxx`, `api.xxx`, `:xxx`
Solution:
some key changes
- normalize `$HOME-windows`
- normalize entry points of changing directory
- `nvim_set_current_dir()`, `chdir()`
- normalize the named pipe
- `--listen` arg, `--server` arg, `:restart`
- `serverstart()`, `sockconnect()`, `serverstop()`
- make `expand()` respect 'shellslash' again
- clean up `did_set_shellslash`
- replace `forward_slash` with `TO_SLASH`
- remove obsolete `TMP_PATHSEPSTR`
- remove `slash_adjust` in `do_autocmd_dirchanged`?
- make `fnamemodify()` always return `/` (except when substituting
separators via `:s`, `:gs` ?)
Note:
- these funcs still apply `slash_adjust` on return, as before:
`:pwd`, `chdir()`, `exepath()`, `getcwd()`
- these funcs alwarys return `/`, unlike before the normalization PRs
- `getcompletion()`, `finddir()`, `findfile()`
Also
- clean up code, comments, formatting and tests
- move `TO_SLASH` from `f_chdir` to `changedir_func`
- move `TO_SLASH` from `f_bufadd` to `buflist_new`
Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
Problem:
`vim.filetype.match()` needs a cheap way to recognize directory buffers
without doing filesystem stat work.
Solution:
Ensure full buffer names for directories end in a trailing slash. Now
directory buffers can proceed through the normal 'filetype' path.
Note side-effects: session and ShaDa buffer-list restore behavior must
be compatible, so those + corresponding tests must be updated.
Problem:
`vim.fs` does not provide a directory creation helper matching its
filesystem API shape.
Solution:
Add `vim.fs.mkdir()` as a thin wrapper around `vim.fn.mkdir()`, with
`parents` and `mode` options.
Problem: Keys valid in CTRL-X mode are never mapped while insert
completion is active, so <C-N> and <C-P> cannot be remapped
for completion started by complete().
Solution: Do not disable mappings in CTRL_X_EVAL mode. In this mode a
mapping cannot interfere with selecting the completion
method, which is what the no-mapping rule exists for.
related: vim/vim#6440
related: vim/vim#16880
closes: vim/vim#20489076585e6ad
Co-authored-by: Thomas M Kehrenberg <tmke8@posteo.net>
Problem: docs say {str} is capped at 256 and longer returns an empty list.
Solution: it's 1024, and {str} plus each candidate are just truncated to
that, not rejected; fix the text.
closes: vim/vim#20453595d0a77e4
Co-authored-by: glepnir <glephunter@gmail.com>
Problem:
This doc on `vim.lsp.completion.get()`:
--- Used by the default LSP |omnicompletion| provider |vim.lsp.omnifunc()|, thus |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O|
--- invokes this in LSP-enabled buffers. Use CTRL-Y to select an item from the completion menu.
--- |complete_CTRL-Y|
...makes two wrong claims:
1. "Used by the default LSP omnicompletion provider vim.lsp.omnifunc()"
- `_omnifunc` does not call `M.get()`, it calls the internal `trigger()` directly.
2. "thus |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O| invokes this in LSP-enabled buffers"
- The two paths use different client sets:
- `M.get()` reads `buf_handles[bufnr].clients` (clients
explicitly registered via `vim.lsp.completion.enable(true, ...)`).
- `_omnifunc` reads `lsp.get_clients({method='textDocument/completion'})` (every
completion client, regardless of `enable()`).
Solution:
Update docs.
Co-authored-by: Koichi Shiraishi <zchee.io@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: y9san9 / Alex Sokol <y9san9@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: adv0r <>
Problem: Several Vim9 keywords lack EX_WHOLE and can be shortened in
Vim9 script, inconsistent with endif/enddef/endfor/endwhile/
endtry which already have it. The error from :endd in a
nested function also hardcodes "enddef" instead of reporting
what the user typed. fullcommand("ho") returns "horizontal"
even though :ho is below the documented 3-char minimum.
Solution: Add EX_WHOLE to :class, :def, :endclass, :endinterface,
:endenum, :public and :static. In get_function_body() pass
the user-typed command to the error message. Force :ho to
CMD_SIZE in find_ex_command() so fullcommand() reflects the
modifier minimum. Extend tests and documentation accordingly
(Peter Kenny).
fixes: vim/vim#20032closes: vim/vim#2019138d9a16eba
Co-authored-by: Peter Kenny <github.com@k1w1.cyou>
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:
When showing the :connect menu, it is useful to know which servers
are most-recently active. But we don't have a good way to detect that.
Solution:
- Introduce `v:useractive`.
- Include this timestamp in `serverlist({info=true})`.
Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Szymon Wilczek <swilczek.lx@gmail.com>
Problem:
UI tools and orchestration engines need more context than just raw
socket addresses from serverlist(). Without knowing if a server belongs
to the current instance or knowing its PID, UIs cannot display
meaningful options to users.
Solution:
- Added the `info=v:true` option to `serverlist()`.
- When `info` is requested, it implies `peer=true` and returns a list of
dictionaries (defined as `vim.ServerInfo`) with `addr`, `pid` and
`own`.
- Uses an RPC request to `getpid()` across the socket to fetch the
peer's actual process ID.
Signed-off-by: Szymon Wilczek <swilczek.lx@gmail.com>
Problem:
- Builtin "Vimscript" functions (f_xx) are mostly implemented in C.
Partly that's because there is some boilerplate required to call out
to Lua.
- Calls to `vim.fn.foo()` always marshall over the Lua <=> Vimscript
("typval") bridge, even if `fn.foo()` is implemented entirely in Lua:
```
Lua => typval => Object => Lua => Object => typval => Lua.
```
Solution:
Functions declared in eval.lua with `func_lua` are implemented in
entirely in Lua (`_core/vimfn.lua`).
- `gen_eval.lua` wires `func_lua` entries to `lua_wrapper`, which handles
the typval conversion for Vimscript callers (slow path).
- `nlua_call()` detects `func_lua` functions and calls the Lua
implementation directly. This eliminates all conversion overhead for
Lua callers (fast path).
- Validate at build-time that `func`, `func_float`, and `func_lua` are
mutually exclusive.
- Migrate `hostname()` as a toy example, to show the idea.
Problem: Documentation based on patches is outdated.
Solution: Add changes to documentation in a patch.
853886722c
Trailing space was removed in later patches.
Also fix a few more misplaced error numbers from #8155.
Co-authored-by: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
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:
The 'android' and 'termux' feature flags have been shipped in the
downstream neovim/neovim-nightly package for 5+ years but were never
properly documented in the downstream patch.
Solution:
Upstream the 'android' and 'termux' feature flags into Neovim as
decoupled feature flags, this enables the 'android' feature in
particular to be available independently of the 'termux' feature
for builds of Neovim against the Android NDK, but not including
the Termux NDK patchset.
Co-authored-by: Lethal Lisa <43791059+lethal-lisa@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: shadmansaleh <13149513+shadmansaleh@users.noreply.github.com>
Problem:
TUI does not support several standard SGR text attributes:
- dim/faint (SGR 2)
- blink (SGR 5)
- conceal (SGR 8)
- overline (SGR 53)
This means that when a program running in the embedded terminal emits
one of these escape codes, we drop it and don't surface it to the
outer terminal.
Solution:
- Add support for those attributes.
- Also add corresponding flags to `nvim_set_hl` opts, so users can set
these attributes in highlight groups.
- refactor(highlight): widen `HlAttrFlags` from `int16_t` to `int32_t`
Widen the `rgb_ae_attr` and `cterm_ae_attr` fields in HlAttrs from
int16_t to int32_t to make room for new highlight attribute flags,
since there was only one spare bit left.
- The C flag is named HL_CONCEALED to avoid colliding with the
existing HL_CONCEAL in syntax.h (which is a syntax group flag, not
an SGR attribute).
- Also note that libvterm doesn't currently support the dim and overline
attributes, so e.g. `printf '\e[2mThis should be dim\n'` and `printf
'\e[53mThis should have an overline\n'` are still not rendered
correctly when run from the embedded terminal.
Problem: items() does not work for Blobs
Solution: Extend items() to support Blob
(Yegappan Lakshmanan).
closes: vim/vim#18080da34f84847
Co-authored-by: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com>
Problem: The following strchar functions have incorrect types:
strcharlen() - Currently any. Always returns an integer, including on
error
strcharpart() - The skipcc annotation does not specify that 0 and 1 are
valid. These inputs are required for vimscript usage. The current
return type is any, even though the function returns an empty string
on error
strchars() - The skipcc annotation does not specify that 0 and 1 are
valid
Solution: Update the problem types.
Problem: In eval.lua, setcharsearch() has an incorrect param type,
causing Lua_Ls to display an error when a valid table is passed.
While getcharsearch correctly states that it returns a table, the type
is non-specific about the contents.
Solution: Update eval.lua with the correct types.
Add documentation notes explaining that visual marks '< and '> have
different behaviors in getpos() and setpos().
Also fix a small typo.
closes: vim/vim#1907093eb081eee
Co-authored-by: Larson, Eric <numeric.larson@gmail.com>
- Add leading "$" to match other environment variable tags.
- Clarify :help $NoDefaultCurrentDirectoryInExePath.
closes: vim/vim#18895bfb9f5c40e
Co-authored-by: Doug Kearns <dougkearns@gmail.com>
