Problem:
cmdwin (the `:q` cmdline buffer) has various limitations which require
special-casing all over the codebase.
Besides complicating the code, it also breaks async plugins if they try
to create buffers/windows after some work is done, if the user happens
to open cmdwin at the wrong the moment:
Lua callback: …/guh.nvim/lua/guh/util.lua:531:
E11: Invalid in command-line window; <CR> executes, CTRL-C quits
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'nvim_buf_delete'
…/guh.nvim/lua/guh/util.lua:531: in function <…/guh.nvim/lua/guh/util.lua:526>
Solution:
Just say no to "inception". Reimplement cmdwin as a normal buffer+window.
All of the cmdwin contortions (in both core, and innocent plugins) exist
literally only to support "inception": recursive
cmdwin-in-cmdline-things, like `<c-r>=`, `/`, search-during-substitute,
`:input()`, etc. So we just won't support that (though I have
a potential plan for that later, which I call "modal parking lot").
The benefit is that plugins, and core, no longer have to care about
cmdwin.
BONUS:
- mouse-drag on vertical separators works (it only worked for
horizontal/statusline before)
- inccommand-in-cmdwin now works correctly, for free (thus don't need
#40077).
POTENTIAL FOLLOWUPS
- Drop `CHECK_CMDWIN` ("E11: Invalid in command-line window"), allow chaos.
- Unify `BUFLOCK_OK` / `LOCK_OK` ?
DESIGN:
- Eliminate lots of C globals, `EX_CMDWIN`, etc.
- `text_locked()` no longer reports true for cmdwin.
- cmdwin = a normal window with 'winfixbuf', 'bufhidden=wipe',
'buftype=nofile'. Invariants come from those options rather than
special cases throughout the codebase.
- `nv_record` for q:/q//q? calls Lua
`nlua_call_vimfn("vim._core.cmdwin", …)`. No `K_CMDWIN`
/ cmdline-reader detour.
- `cedit_key` (`c_CTRL-F`) schedules a deferred event that calls
`vim._core.cmdwin.open(type, content, pos)` and returns `Ctrl_C` so
the in-flight cmdline cancels. Reader state is not serialized; instead
the captured `(type, line, col)` is replayed via
`nvim_feedkeys(type..line.."<CR>", "nt", …)` after user confirms.
- On confirm/cancel: `<CR>` / `<C-C>` calls into Lua which closes the
window and re-feeds the cmdline.
BREAKING CHANGES:
- Expression-register cmdline (`<C-R>=` from insert-mode) no longer
supports cmdwin. Same applies to `input()` / `inputlist()` (already
covered by `text_locked`).
- Usage of cmdwin in macros/mappings will probably break (assuming they
ever worked).
Problem: The "%" command can be very slow on a long line that contains
many slashes, for example a line of base64 data.
Solution: When looking for a line comment, scan the line only once while
skipping over strings, instead of rescanning from the start for
every slash. Move check_linecomment() to cindent.c so it can
reuse the file-local skip_string().
related: vim/vim#20491
fixes: vim/vim#20557
closes: vim/vim#205759f9af034ad
Co-authored-by: Hirohito Higashi <h.east.727@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Problem: The "%" command jumps to parens and braces inside comments,
unlike the "=" operator (cindent), which ignores them.
Solution: When 'comments' defines C-style comments and "%" is not in
'cpoptions', skip matching parens inside such comments, except
when the cursor is inside a comment so a match there can still
be found.
fixes: vim/vim#20329
related: vim/vim#20111
closes: vim/vim#20491b8a109dcfb
Co-authored-by: Hirohito Higashi <h.east.727@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Problem:
After 55ceb31, z= and tselect don't work if `vim.ui.select` is an async
provider (especially terminal buffers).
Solution:
Drop the `vim.wait()` approach, use an async approach.
fix#39506
Problem:
BufModifiedSet autocmd only triggered for current buffer during
redraw, causing delayed events when :wa writes non-current buffers.
Solution:
- Use the aucmd_defer approach to implement `Optionset modified`.
- Drop BufModifiedSet.
Problem: There is no way to do something on CTRL-Z.
Solution: Add VimSuspend and VimResume autocommand events. (closesvim/vim#7450)
100118c73a
----
Nvim implemented these events first and has enough tests.
test_suspend.vim relies on Vim 'terminal' feature.
Treat it as N/A even if all tests could be ported as Lua functional
screen/terminal tests.
----
Co-authored-by: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Problem: Integer overflow with "ze" and large 'sidescrolloff'.
Solution: Check for overflow to avoid negative w_leftcol (zeertzjq).
closes: vim/vim#2002633f3965087
Problem:
If `'keywordprg'` begins with `:`, `3K` turns the count into an Ex
range. Commands that don't support that then fail. Vim passes the count
as the first arg (see #19436, vim/vim#10745).
Solution:
Pass `[count]` as the first arg for `'keywordprg'`.
Problem: 'showcmd' shows wrong Visual block size with 'linebreak' after
end char (after 7.4.467).
Solution: Exclude 'linebreak' from end position. Also fix confusing test
function names.
closes: vim/vim#1990808bd9114c1
Problem: 'linebreak' may lead to wrong Visual block highlighting when
end char occupies multiple cells (after 7.4.467).
Solution: Exclude 'linebreak' from the ending column instead of setting
'virtualedit' temporarily (zeertzjq).
fixes: vim/vim#19898closes: vim/vim#1990023be1889d1
Problem:
`K` in help files may fail in some noisy text. Example:
(`fun(config: vim.lsp.ClientConfig): boolean`)
^cursor
Solution:
- `:help!` (bang, no args) activates DWIM behavior: tries `<cWORD>`,
then trims punctuation until a valid tag is found.
- Set `keywordprg=:help!` by default.
- Does not affect `CTRL-]`, that is still fully "tags" based.
Problem: 'showcmd' buffer is being populated for :norm commands, which
can result in a recursive uv_run() when called from a msg_show
vim.ui_attach callback for a shell message.
Solution: The 'showcmd' buffer is never displayed while executing a
:normal command so prevent unnecessary work, avoiding the crash.
Problem: String handling can be improved
Solution: Pass string length where it is known to avoid strlen() calls,
do a few minor refactors (John Marriott).
This commit changes some calls to function `set_vim_var_string()` to pass
the string length where it is known or can be easily calculated.
In addition:
In `evalvars.c`:
* In function `set_reg_var()` turn variable `regname` into a C string
because that is how it used.
* Small cosmetics.
In `option.c`:
* Slightly refactor function `apply_optionset_autocmd()` to move some
variables closer to where they are used.
In `getchar.c`:
* Slightly refactor function `do_key_input_pre()`:
-> change call to `dict_add_string()` to `dict_add_string_len()` and
pass it the length of `buf`.
-> only call `get_vim_var_string()` once.
In `message.c`:
* Use a `string_T` to store local variable `p`.
In `normal.c`:
* Move some variables closer to where they are used.
closes: vim/vim#19618727f6e2686
Co-authored-by: John Marriott <basilisk@internode.on.net>
Problem: Unable to tell whether a msg_show event is emitted as a result
a command typed on the cmdline (UI may want to represent these
differently from other messages).
Solution: Add trigger parameter that is set to "typed_cmd" for
a message emitted due to an interactively typed command.
Possible extensions are mapping/timer/event but it's hard to
imagine a UI distinguishing those so not added here.
Problem:
- Editing a 'readonly' file forces a 3-second delay.
- nvim_get_mode waits 3 secs with 'showmode' enabled or when there are error messages.
Solution:
Remove the delay for "ui2", by using `msg_delay`.
Problem: Terminal buffers are not refreshed when processing keys that
trigger partial mappings.
Solution: Process due terminal refreshes before redrawing.
Problem:
Currently, : mark is set in start of prompt-line. But more relevant
location is where the user text starts.
Solution:
Store and update column info on ': just like the line info
When width1 and width2 are negative the assertion may fail. It seems
that adding a negative value to w_curswant won't cause any problems, so
just change the assertion.
Problem:
Tests that trigger `os_delay` messages may take 1-3 seconds, wasting
build/CI time, since this serves no purpose in tests.
Solution:
- Introduce `msg_delay` for cases where `os_delay` is being used as
a "UI feature".
- Skip `msg_delay` in tests.
Technically the current behavior does match documentation. However, the
keys following <Cmd>/K_LUA aren't normally received by vim.on_key()
callbacks either, so it does makes sense to discard them along with the
preceding key.
One may also argue that vim.on_key() callbacks should instead receive
the following keys together with the <Cmd>/K_LUA, but doing that may
cause some performance problems, and even in that case the keys should
still be discarded together.
Problem: In visual mode, g<End> does not move to the last non-blank
character when the end of a line is on the same line as the
cursor (after v9.0.1753)
Solution: Move the cursor back by one position if it lands after the
line (varsidry)
fixes: vim/vim#18657closes: vim/vim#18658adc85151f3
Problem: v:register is wrong in v_: command (after 9.1.1858).
Solution: Don't reset v:register for OP_COLON (zeertzjq)
related: https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/18583#issuecomment-3418030021closes: vim/vim#185970124320c97
While at it, also fix using stale set_prevcount value. That only matters
when readbuf1 ends with an operator or a register, which never happens,
but it's still good to avoid using a stale value.
Problem: v:register not reset after Visual mode command.
(laktak)
Solution: Reset v:register if Visual mode was active before
do_pending_operator() (zeertzjq)
fixes: vim/vim#18579
related: vim/vim#5305closes: vim/vim#18583b3b47e540d
Problem: The ops.c file is too big.
Solution: Move code for dealing with registers to a new file. (Yegappan
Lakshmanan, closesvim/vim#4982)
4aea03eb87
Co-authored-by: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
Problem: ml_delete() often called with FALSE argument.
Solution: Use ml_delete_flags(x, ML_DEL_MESSAGE) when argument is TRUE.
ca70c07b72
Co-authored-by: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
These are not needed after #35129 but making uncrustify still play nice
with them was a bit tricky.
Unfortunately `uncrustify --update-config-with-doc` breaks strings
with backslashes. This issue has been reported upstream,
and in the meanwhile auto-update on every single run has been disabled.
Problem: Autocompletion slow with include- and tag-completion
Solution: Refactor ins_compl_interrupted() to also check for timeout,
further refactor code to skip outputting message when
performing autocompletion (Girish Palya).
Running `vim *` in `vim/src` was slower than expected when
'autocomplete' was enabled. Include-file and tag-file completion
sources were not subject to the timeout check, causing unnecessary
delays.
So apply the timeout check to these sources as well, improving
autocompletion responsiveness, refactor find_pattern_in_path() to take
an additional "silent" argument, to suppress any messages.
closes: vim/vim#1796659e1d7f353
Co-authored-by: Girish Palya <girishji@gmail.com>
Problem: ext_messages is implemented to mimic the message grid
implementation w.r.t. scrolling messages, clearing scrolled
messages, hit-enter-prompts and replacing a previous message.
Meanwhile, an ext_messages UI may not be implemented in a way
where these events are wanted. Moreover, correctness of these
events even assuming a "scrolled message" implementation
depends on fragile "currently visible messages" global state,
which already isn't correct after a previous message was
supposed to have been overwritten (because that should not only
happen when `msg_scroll == false`).
Solution: - No longer attempt to keep track of the currently visible
messages: remove the `msg_ext(_history)_visible` variables.
UIs may remove messages pre-emptively (timer based), or never
show messages that don't fit a certain area in the first place.
- No longer emit the `msg(_history)_clear` events to clear
"scrolled" messages. This opens up the `msg_clear` event to
be emitted when messages should actually be cleared (e.g.
when the screen is cleared). May also be useful to emit before
the first message in an event loop cycle as a hint to the UI
that it is a new batch of messages (vim._extui currently
schedules an event to determine that).
- Set `replace_last` explicitly at the few callsites that want
this to be set to true to replace an incomplete status message.
- Don't store a "keep" message to be re-emitted.
Problem:
Not easy to get user-input in prompt-buffer before the user submits the
input. Under the current system user/plugin needs to read the buffer
contents, figure out where the prompt is, then extract the text.
Solution:
- Add prompt_getinput().
- Extract prompt text extraction logic to a separate function
Problem:
Cannot enter multiline prompts in a buftype=prompt buffer.
Solution:
- Support shift+enter (`<s-enter>`) to start a new line in the prompt.
- Pasting multiline text via OS paste, clipboard, "xp, etc.
- A/I in editable region works as usual.
- i/a/A/I outside of editable region moves cursor to end of current
prompt.
- Support undo/redo in prompt buffer.
- Support o/O in prompt buffer.
- Expose prompt location as `':` mark.
Problem: Vim incorrectly escapes tags containing "[" in a help buffer
Solution: check if the buffer has the "help" filetype set, instead of
already being a help buffer (Phạm Bình An)
fixes: vim/vim#17224closes: vim/vim#172326af20a9be3
Co-authored-by: Phạm Bình An <phambinhanctb2004@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Co-authored-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Problem: Delay for reading a message may be unwanted for ext_messages,
and can be done by the implementation. Empty completion source
error message is not distinguishable as such.
Solution: Only delay without ext_messages enabled. Emit empty completion
source message as an error.
Problem: Various typos in the code, redundant and strange use of
:execute in test_ins_complete.vim (after 9.1.1315).
Solution: Fix typos in the code and in the documentation, use the
executed command directly (zeertzjq).
closes: vim/vim#1714398800979dc
Co-authored-by: Christ van Willegen <cvwillegen@gmail.com>
Problem: 'smoothscroll' gets stuck with 'listchars' "eol".
Solution: Count size of 'listchars' "eol" in line size when scrolling.
(zeertzjq)
related: neovim/neovim#32405closes: vim/vim#166272c47ab8fcd
