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Kyle 5cbb9d613b fix(startup): wait for bg detection before user config #37075
Problem:
Automatic background detection sets the background option too late,
which loads colorschemes twice and causes problems when the user's
terminal background doesn't match the default (#32109, #36211, #36416).

Solution:
Use a DA1 query to determine whether the TTY supports OSC 11. Wait for
background detection and setting to complete before processing user
config.

Note: To preserve the existing behavior as much as possible, this triggers
OptionSet manually on VimEnter (since it won't trigger automatically if
we set bg during startup). However, I'm unsure if this behavior is
truly desired given that the documentation says OptionSet is triggered
"After setting an option (except during |startup|)."

Also fixes flickering issue #28667. To check for flickering:

    nvim --clean --cmd "set termguicolors" --cmd "echo \"foo\"" --cmd "sleep 10"

On master, this gives me a black screen for 10 seconds, but on this
branch, the background is dark or light depending on the terminal
background (since the option is now set during startup rather than after
VimEnter).
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Neovim

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Neovim is a project that seeks to aggressively refactor Vim in order to:

See the Introduction wiki page and Roadmap for more information.

Features

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 help lists all build targets.
  • build/CMakeCache.txt (or cmake -LAH build/) contains the resolved values of all CMake variables.
  • build/compile_commands.json shows 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.txt for details.

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