Problem:
`nvim_set_option_value` cannot "update" options similar to `:set opt=`,
`:set opt+=`, etc. The Lua impls of "vim.opt" / "vim.o" have incomplete,
bespoke reimplementations of those operations.
ref #38420
Solution:
- Add `operation` param to `nvim_set_option_value`, which may be "set",
"append", "prepend", or "remove".
- Use this feature to implement `vim.opt` / `vim.o`.
Problem: due to totally async install/update/checkout there is no
guaranteed order of `PackChanged{Pre,}` events across different
plugins. This might lead to conflicts when callback for some "main"
plugin relies on features from "dependency" plugin: i.e. callback for
"main" plugin can trigger before installing/updating "dependency"
plugin. The installation order can be enforced by separate
vim.pack.add() calls, but update/checkout can not.
Solution: Trigger events in bulk independently of async execution:
- `PackChangedPre` before any action for all input plugins in order
they are supplied. It will also trigger even if an action will fail.
- `PackChanged` after all actions finished for all sucessfully
affected plugins in order they are supplied.
This also comes with a couple of side effect changes:
- `PackChangedPre kind=delete` is now also triggered even if the
delete won't be done. This makes it more aligned with `kind=install`
and `kind=update`.
- Force update (`:packupdate!`) and "udpate LSP action" now do two
async steps: download/compute updates and apply them. This also
results in two progress reports.
This is mostly a by-product of the implementation (there has to be
a pre-computation of target revision for all plugins before doing
`PackChangedPre` in bulk before possibly applying an update), but I
kind of like it more this way as it is more explicit of what's going
on. If absolutely not acceptable, there might be some hacks to
mitigate it at least in code action, but I'd keep it like this.
Problem:
dir.lua leaves previously-navigated directory buffers around.
This is fine by default, but users need a simple way to opt out.
Solution:
1. Respect `set hidden` (via `'bufhidden'`) as one way to make
previously-navigated dir buffers from showing up.
2. Document a one-liner to hide these buffers
Problem: Separation markers (%=) are ignored within item groups. This
lead to a regression when the C implementation of the statusline was
replaced with a default expression. When the user configured a custom
ruler expression with a %= and used the overloaded item group syntax to
set the ruler width, the separation marker worked in the ruler, but not
when the ruler was incorporated into the statusline where the item group
syntax was interpreted in the usual way.
Solution: Analogously to top-level behaviour, expand separation markers
evenly within item groups until `minwid` is reached (if set).
ref https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/33036
fix https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/39984
ref https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/40247
Problem: The recursion offset into the static `stl_items` was not taken
into account when adjusting the item count after truncation.
Steps to reproduce: first prepare `stl_items`:
set stl=%{%repeat('%#Error#',10)%}
then watch how the Error highlight leaks into the recursive call:
set stl=%l%l%l%{%nvim_eval_statusline('test%l%<',{'maxwidth':3,'highlights':1}).highlights%}
ref https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/32259
* fix(statusline): consistent truncation at multicell character
Problem 1: truncation of item groups at multicell character didn't take
into account that minwid can be specified as a negative number.
Problem 2: after truncation at top-level from the right at multicell
character, the returned width was always `maxwidth`, even though the
actual width was reduced. In vim, this can be observed as a statusline
that is not fully drawn until the edge of the screen:
vim --clean +"set ls=2 stl=%{%repeat('x',&columns-2)%}🙂x%<"
Problem 3: after truncation at top-level from the left at multicell
character, the resulting gap to reach `maxwidth` again was filled with
fillchars, but then the final NUL was not set correctly.
This can be seen in the following example, where the statuscolumn spills
into the editing area starting from line 10:
nvim --clean +"set number stc=%<x🙂%{repeat('x',43)}%l" +"norm yy10p"
Solution: fix the small errors and, at top-level, consistently reduce
the size instead of compensating with fillchars. In the case of the
statusline and the winbar, the remaining place is filled with the
configured fillchars in `win_redr_custom`, after `build_stl_str_hl` has
returned. In all other cases (title, icon, statuscol, tabline, ruler),
there seems to be no point in adding additional spaces at the end.
* feat(statusline)!: scope %< to item groups
Problem:
Previously, item groups were only truncated at the beginning, which is
often not desired. In the example
%.15(path: %f%)
the group's title/label is truncated away:
<th/to/file.txt
Truncation markers (%<) in item groups were processed at the top-level
in the end, which can be confusing. Only the first %< is used for the
whole string, and it is used even if the containing item group is
hidden. Additionally, in the case of hidden item groups, the marker's
position was not adapted. For example,
%(hidden%<%)%f
had the effect of truncating the path somewhere in the middle:
/path/<file.txt
Solution:
Make truncation consistent with top-level behaviour, which has a better
default of truncating at the first `Normal` item, i.e.
path: <file.txt
and allows for fine-grained control with truncation markers (%<). E.g.
%.15(path: %f%<%)
now yields
path: /path/to>
The original behaviour can be restored like so:
%.15(%<path: %f%)
BREAKING CHANGE: %< is no longer processed at top-level
- the default truncation behaviour has changed: now at first item
- truncation markers inside item groups don't affect truncation outside
of the item group anymore
- several truncation markers can now have an effect when separated with
item groups, whereas previously only the first one globally had
ref https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/39984
Problem:
cmd given as string[] always starts using Nvim's CWD, which is arbitrary.
Solution:
If cmd_cwd is not given, use root_dir as CWD.
BREAKING CHANGE: LSP commands given as string arrays now use `root_dir` as
the process working directory when `cmd_cwd` is unset.
Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
Problem:
`:edit <dir>` and `nvim <dir>` currently rely on netrw to show local directory
contents.
Solution:
- Provide `filetype=directory`.
- Introduce dir.lua, a small plugin that provides directory listing, opening
items, parent navigation, and refresh.
- `netrw` remains available for `:Explore`, remote paths, archives, and file
operations. To continue
Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
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: Attach-time terminal probes cannot distinguish responses from
different attached UIs.
Solution: Identify the UI by RPC channel id in `TermResponse` and make
`vim.tty.request()` filter responses by channel.
Problem: ':delete #' silently fails to update "# and clobbers "0.
Solution: Treat "# like "/, writable only with :let and setreg().
closes: vim/vim#205927aeab74687
Co-authored-by: Doug Kearns <dougkearns@gmail.com>
Add a guarded "C++ 26 extensions" block (cpp_no_cpp26) covering new
lexical surface introduced since C++23:
- [[ ... ]] attributes as a region, so P3394 annotations carrying a
value expression (eg [[=foo{1}]]) no longer trip cErrInBracket on
their braces/parens. A \w\@1<! look-behind keeps it from matching a
subscripted immediately-invoked lambda (arr[[]{...}()]).
- ^^ reflection operator (P2996).
- [: :] splice brackets (P2996).
- contract_assert keyword (P2900).
Add input/cpp_cpp26.cpp exercising these constructs with screendumps,
and update dumps/cpp_noreturn_00.dump for the new [[ ]] attribute
delimiter highlighting.
closes: vim/vim#2057777099ed6b3
Co-authored-by: Gareth Lloyd <gareth@ignition-web.co.uk>
Problem: [security]: potential powershell code execution in zip.vim
(DDugs)
Solution: Cleanup zip.vim, introduce PSEscape() to escape() potential powershell code,
use consistent s:Escape() in the various PowerShell functions
Github Security Advisory:
https://github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-x5fg-h5w9-9frfb2cc9be119
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: Terminal background and truecolor detection runs only at startup,
gated on a UI being attached. A headless server has no UI then, so
`'background'` and `'termguicolors'` are never detected and remote
UIs ignore the terminal's theme.
Solution: Also (re)detect on UIEnter. The most recently attached terminal
wins; an explicit user value is preserved.
Problem: LspNotify never passed a buffer when executing the autocmds, so
buffer-local LspNotify autocmd subscriptions didn't have the correct buf
in the event metadata. It was also wrapped in a schedule() so the actual
autocmd was delayed until after the event loop.
This could result in the wrong buffer receiving the notification if
multiple LspNotify autocmds with buffer filters were added. Only the
"latest" one would actually receive non-buffer-filtered autocmds, not
the matching one. It also caused listeners to receive the notification
"out of sync" with when the notification is actually sent. If a buffer
is being deleted (which fires a textDocument/didClose notification), the
notification is scheduled and fired after the buffer is already gone.
Solution: For LSP notifications that pertain to a particular buffer, set
it when executing the LspNotify autocmds so the callback functions that
are filtered on that buffer will get the correct notifications and the
metadata buf field will be correct. Additionally, there is no need to
wrap the LspNotify callback in vim.schedule when it can be called inline
when the notification to the rpc server is fired.
This is tested by removing now-unnecessary autocmds from semantic tokens
(InsertEnter and BufWinEnter should no longer be necessary now that
requests are fired by LspNotify). Without this fix, simply modifying a
buffer doesn't actually trigger LspNotify correctly, and the test for
that fails.
Problem:
- Current 'statuscolumn' click label caveat is restrictive.
- v:virtnum is not unique to a line if it has both above and
below virtual lines.
- 'statuscolumn' click handler may expect v:virt/lnum to be set.
Solution:
- Store per-row click definitions for the statuscolumn in a
(nested line/virt number) map.
- Implement strategy that gives each 'statuscolumn' row a unique
v:virtnum.
- Set v:virt/lnum when determining which line is clicked.
Problem: linked_editing_range was still doing most of the capability
boilerplate itself.
Solution: refactor it to make use of the common Capability framework for
handling enabling, disabling, etc.
Problem: vim.diagnostic.Opts.VirtualLines.current_line and
vim.diagnostic.Opts.VirtualText.current_line cause redraw
on every CursorMoved event that makes the text jump
uncomfortably with rapid cursor movement.
Solution: `current_line` state is applied only on CursorHold,
while still being cleared on CursorMoved making it so that
until the cursor has stopped on a line, its diagnostic
looks like cursor is not on the line preventing flicker.
Problem:
On some non-US keyboards, like Estonian/Swedish/etc, widely used []
characters in vim are hard to type. One way to overcome this is to use langmap
option to map accented characters, that are in the same place as [] on US
keyboards to []. Unfortunately this does not work currently in neovim, it
cannot map multibyte characters via langmap.
Solution:
The fix iterates over characters in typeahead and key buffers, instead of bytes,
in getchar.c handle_mapping(). It does not handle macros though, these tests are
still failing when turned on.
Closes#2420Closes#27776
Co-authored-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
Problem: filetype: tf files sometimes incorrectly recognized
(Christian Robinson)
Solution: Add support for g;filetype_tf variable to override detection,
re-write the filetype detection loop
closes: vim/vim#20510
Supported by AI
522a39a489
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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: 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: Diagnostic virtual lines are hardcoded with "scroll" for
virt_lines_overflow option.
Solution: Add a `overflow` option to `virtual_lines` config
to support "wrap", "scroll", "trunc", and "auto".
Problem:
The 'autoread' option only checks for file changes reactively — on
FocusGained, :checktime, CmdlineEnter, etc. — by polling timestamps.
External changes are not detected until the user interacts with Neovim.
Solution:
Add a core module (runtime/lua/nvim/autoread.lua) enabled from
runtime/plugin/autoread.lua that watches each buffer's file using
vim._watch.watch() (libuv fs_event). On change detection it calls
:checktime, which invokes the existing buf_check_timestamp() logic
for reload/prompt handling. Watchers are managed via autocmds tied
to buffer lifecycle events and respect the 'autoread' option (global
and buffer-local).
Problem:
* 'shellcmdflag' states that its default value is set according to the
value of 'shell', but this behavior is not yet implemented on Windows.
The same applies to 'shellpipe', 'shellredir', and 'shellxquote'.
* On Windows, Git is often installed in paths containing spaces, and we
still do not correctly resolve the sh executable name as described in
'shell'.
* On Windows, the default value of 'shellslash' is always `false`,
which causes Unix-like shells to interpret `\` in paths returned by
some functions as escape charaters.
Solution:
Use a simple rule table to detect common shells (e.g. `cmd`,
`powershell`, shells whose names contain `csh` or `sh`) and apply
best-effort defaults, while leaving more complex scenarios to user
configuration.
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: Extmark has support for horizontal scrolling and truncating, but not wrapping.
Solution: Extend virt_lines_overflow flags to support "wrap" and "auto" based on proposed changes in #18282.
Problem: In command-line completion with a popup menu ('wildoptions'
contains "pum"), the info popup shown next to the menu could
not be scrolled, unlike the Insert mode completion info popup
which scrolls with the mouse wheel.
Solution: When the mouse pointer is on top of the info popup, scroll it
with the mouse wheel in command-line mode as well, without
closing the completion popup menu.
closes: vim/vim#20146closes: vim/vim#2041896dbab257a
Co-authored-by: Hirohito Higashi <h.east.727@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Problem:
- `pos.cursor()` receives a table contains `row` and `col` as arguments,
but `pos:to_cursor` returns `row` and `col` directly
without wrapping them in a table.
- `pos.mark()`/`pos:to_mark` can already handle unpacked `row` `col`.
Solution:
Make `pos:to_cursor()` return a `row` and `col` in a table.
Problem:
`vim.pos.cursor(vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf(win), vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(win))`
is too verbose to create a cursor position of a window,
but it is a common use case.
Solution:
Overload `vim.pos.cursor()`, so that it accepts `win` as an argument when `pos` is omitted.
Problem:
The comma form of 'winborder' is split with copy_option_part(),
whose skip_to_option_part() eats spaces after a comma, and empty
fields are rejected.
Solution:
Split the comma form literally on ',', keeping empty fields and
single-space fields.
This was originally used because we needed a lua interpreter to run the
standalone _busted_ lua application (except we used fuckery behind the
scenes to fake its binary dependencies with our own binary
dependencies). Now we longer do that, we instead run `test.harness` as a
standard nvim -l script. as this mode is no longer used in tests it
risks going to bitrot anyway.
NB: -ll mode still had some theoretical benefits like quicker
initialization and more "native" printing behavior, etc.
But we can incrementally work on "nvim -l" mode instead
of maintaining a separate special thing.
