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Justin M. Keyes 7037e1effe fix(write): :write can target a garbage filename #41432
Problem:
`buf_write()` captures the buffer's `fname`/`sfname`/`ffname`, then emits its
progress-message before opening the file. This may run user code
synchronously: the `Progress` autocmd, and the `msg_show` handler of an
in-process UI (ui2). Either can change the CWD, and `shorten_fnames()`
then frees/reallocs every buffer's short name. The rest of `buf_write()`
reads the freed name...

    "foldtext()" [New] 41L, 997B written
    E212: Can't open file for writing: illegal byte sequence

ASAN, with ui2 enabled and a `BufEnter` handler that runs `:lcd`:

    READ  path_skip_sep <- path_tail <- match_file_list <- buf_write
    FREE  shorten_buf_fname <- shorten_fnames <- update_cwd <- set_curbuf
          <- win_set_buf <- nvim_open_win <- ui2 msg_show handler
          <- ui_call_msg_show <- msg_ext_ui_flush <- buf_write

Solution:
Copy the names after the `*Pre` autocmds.

Note: `readfile()` has the same shape, but its messages pass no
progress-id, so they skip `msg_progress()`. Safe, for now...
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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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