Before now, Nvim always degrades UI capabilities to the lowest-common
denominator. For example, if any connected UI has `ext_messages=false`
then `ext_messages=true` requested by any other connected UI is ignored.
Now `nvim_ui_attach()` supports `override=true`, which flips the
behavior: if any UI requests an `ext_*` UI capability then the
capability is enabled (and the legacy behavior is disabled).
Legacy UIs will be broken while a `override=true` UI is connected, but
it's useful for debugging: you can type into the TUI and observe the UI
events from another connected (UI) client. And the legacy UI will
"recover" after the `override=true` UI disconnects.
Example using pynvim:
>>> n.ui_attach(2048, 2048, rgb=True, override=True, ext_multigrid=True, ext_messages=True, ext_popupmenu=True)
>>> while True: n.next_message();
CA_COMMAND_BUSY in nv_event() was carried over from Vim nv_cursorhold()
(ref: e5165bae11). It prevents :startinsert from working during a RPC
call, so remove it.
Helped-by: glacambre <me@r4>
closes#7254
bisected to f5d5da3917
Other test steps:
nvim -u NORC
:terminal tree / " Produces lots of output
:edit somefile.txt
:vsplit
:vsplit
<c-w>l
<c-w>l
<c-w>h
<c-w>p
Loading existing files into a buffer is non-trivial and requires a window.
Creating an unnamed emtpy buffer is trivial and safe though, thus worth a
special case.
Change nvim_buf_set_option to use aucmd_prepbuf. This is necessary
to allow some options to be set on a not yet displayed buffer, such
as 'buftype' option.
vim-patch:7.4.1858: Add BLN_NEW to enforce buflist_new creating new buffer
Namespaces is a lightweight concept that should be used to group
objects for purposes of bulk operations and introspection. This is
initially used for highlights and virtual text in buffers, and is
planned to also be used for extended marks. There is no plan use them
for privileges or isolation, neither to introduce nanespace-level
options.
msgpack_rpc_to_object (called by handle_request .. msgpack_rpc_to_array)
always NUL-terminates API Strings.
But handle_request .. msgpack_rpc_get_handler_for operates on a raw
msgpack_object, before preparation.
Add ext_newgrid and ext_hlstate extensions. These use predefined
highlights and line-segment based updates, for efficiency and
simplicity.. The ext_hlstate extension in addition allows semantic
identification of builtin and syntax highlights.
Reimplement the old char-based updates in the remote UI layer, for
compatibility. For the moment, this is still the default. The bulitin
TUI uses the new line-based protocol.
cmdline uses curwin cursor position when ext_cmdline is active.
