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Treat stdin as text by default (so the "-" file is not needed):
echo foo | nvim
It works with file args (implemented in next commit), too:
echo foo | nvim file1.txt file2.txt
Why? Because:
- Execution of input is (1) almost always unintentional/confusing,
and (2) potentially destructive.
- Avoids the need for time-delayed warning. #7659
- The _common_ case is to open text in a buffer, not send commands.
Note:
- Not for Ex-mode (-es) because it is used by scripts. But maybe `-Es`?
- Not for --headless, because stdio may be a protocol stream and may be
used for any purpose by stdioopen().
To treat stdin as Normal-mode commands, use `-s -` instead:
echo ifoo | nvim -s -
Other alternatives:
- Replay a register. E.g. the following mostly works, except @q aborts
on any "beep" (e.g. if the cursor can't move).
nvim -c '%d q|norm @q' -
- Future: Let `:%source` work with unsaved buffer contents?
closes #2087
closes #7659
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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 wiki and Roadmap for more information.
Install from source
make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
sudo make install
To install to a non-default location, set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:
make CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/full/path/"
make install
To list all targets:
cmake --build build --target help
See the wiki for details.
Install from package
Pre-built packages for Windows, macOS, and Linux are found at the Releases page.
Managed packages are in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Gentoo, and more!
Project layout
├─ ci/ build automation
├─ cmake/ build scripts
├─ runtime/ user plugins/docs
├─ src/ application source code (see src/nvim/README.md)
│ ├─ api/ API subsystem
│ ├─ eval/ VimL 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
├─ third-party/ cmake subproject to build dependencies
└─ test/ tests (see test/README.md)
- To disable
third-party/specifyUSE_BUNDLED_DEPS=NOorUSE_BUNDLED=NO(CMake option).
Features
- Modern GUIs
- API access from any language including clojure, lisp, go, haskell, lua, javascript, perl, python, 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!
License
Neovim is licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license, except for parts that were contributed under the Vim license.
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Contributions committed before b17d96 remain under the Vim license.
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Contributions committed after b17d96 are licensed under Apache 2.0 unless those contributions were copied from Vim (identified in the commit logs by the
vim-patchtoken).
See LICENSE for details.
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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:
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http://www.vim.org/iccf/
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