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Problem: It is desirable for the default statusline to contain colored
diagnostics information. However, current `StatusLine` group is
purposefully defined as almost inverted `Normal` to "make current
window obvious". This makes diagnostic information from
`vim.diagnostic.status()` barely visible: it uses established
`DiagnosticSignXxx` groups which have colored foreground with
lightness close to `StatusLine` background.
Also the `StatusLineNC` group is fairly different from `Normal` in
order to both "makes window separators clear" and "be different from
`CursorLine`". But not as mush different as `StatusLine` because
"`StatusLine` and `StatusLineNC` should be clearly different".
Solution: Make both `StatusLine` and `StatusLineNC` be slightly closer
in lightness to `Normal`. This makes `StatusLine` and `StatusLineNC`
groups satisfy their conditions in the following way:
- `vim.diagnostic.count()` is readable on `StatusLine` - yes.
- `vim.diagnostic.count()` is readable on `StatusLineNC` - yes.
- `StatusLine` makes current window obvious - I'd say yes.
- `StatusLine` and `StatusLineNC` are clearly different - it depends
on the eyes and monitor. The current is clearly better, but the new
ones I'd say are still visibly different.
- `StatusLineNC` makes window separators clear - I'd say yes, but
depends on the eyes and monitor.
- `StatuslineNC` is different from `CursorLine` - NO, they are same.
Another approach to solve this would be to introduce dedicated
`DiagnosticStatuslineXxx` groups to use in `vim.diagnostics.status()`.
They can be defined using foreground colors from the same lightness as
`Normal`. This would make them readable in `StatusLine`. But not
`StatusLineNC`, though.
Neovim is a project that seeks to aggressively refactor Vim in order to:
- Simplify maintenance and encourage contributions
- Split the work between multiple developers
- Enable advanced UIs without modifications to the core
- Maximize extensibility
See the Introduction wiki page and Roadmap for more information.
Features
- Modern GUIs
- API access from any language including C/C++, C#, Clojure, D, Elixir, Go, Haskell, Java/Kotlin, JavaScript/Node.js, Julia, Lisp, Lua, Perl, Python, Racket, Ruby, Rust
- Embedded, scriptable terminal emulator
- Asynchronous job control
- Shared data (shada) among multiple editor instances
- XDG base directories support
- Compatible with most Vim plugins, including Ruby and Python plugins
See :help nvim-features for the full list, and :help news for noteworthy changes in the latest version!
Install from package
Pre-built packages for Windows, macOS, and Linux are found on the Releases page.
Managed packages are in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Void Linux, Gentoo, and more!
Install from source
See BUILD.md and supported platforms for details.
The build is CMake-based, but a Makefile is provided as a convenience. After installing the dependencies, run the following command.
make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
sudo make install
To install to a non-default location:
make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/full/path/
make install
CMake hints for inspecting the build:
cmake --build build --target helplists all build targets.build/CMakeCache.txt(orcmake -LAH build/) contains the resolved values of all CMake variables.build/compile_commands.jsonshows the full compiler invocations for each translation unit.
Transitioning from Vim
See :help nvim-from-vim for instructions.
Project layout
├─ cmake/ CMake utils
├─ cmake.config/ CMake defines
├─ cmake.deps/ subproject to fetch and build dependencies (optional)
├─ runtime/ plugins and docs
├─ src/nvim/ application source code (see src/nvim/README.md)
│ ├─ api/ API subsystem
│ ├─ eval/ Vimscript subsystem
│ ├─ event/ event-loop subsystem
│ ├─ generators/ code generation (pre-compilation)
│ ├─ lib/ generic data structures
│ ├─ lua/ Lua subsystem
│ ├─ msgpack_rpc/ RPC subsystem
│ ├─ os/ low-level platform code
│ └─ tui/ built-in UI
└─ test/ tests (see test/README.md)
License
Neovim contributions since b17d96 are licensed under the
Apache 2.0 license, except for contributions copied from Vim (identified by the
vim-patch token). See LICENSE for details.
Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are
encouraged to make a donation for needy children in Uganda. Please see the
kcc section of the vim docs or visit the ICCF web site, available at these URLs:
https://iccf-holland.org/
https://www.vim.org/iccf/
https://www.iccf.nl/
You can also sponsor the development of Vim. Vim sponsors can vote for
features. The money goes to Uganda anyway.