loop_schedule_deferred may leak its allocated Event if the Event does
not get processed (when Nvim exits).
It only happens on exit, so we tried to ignore it in .asan-blacklist,
but for that isn't working for unknown reasons.
= ==22007==ERROR: LeakSanitizer: detected memory leaks
= Direct leak of 88 byte(s) in 1 object(s) allocated from:
= 0 0x4ef7a3 in malloc /local/mnt/workspace/tmp/ubuntu_rel/llvm/utils/release/final/llvm.src/projects/compiler-rt/lib/asan/asan_malloc_linux.cc:67:3
= 1 0xfcafc1 in try_malloc /home/travis/build/neovim/neovim/build/../src/nvim/memory.c:88:15
= 2 0xfcb1e9 in xmalloc /home/travis/build/neovim/neovim/build/../src/nvim/memory.c:122:15
= 3 0xa6e75f in loop_schedule_deferred /home/travis/build/neovim/neovim/build/../src/nvim/event/loop.c:91:19
= 4 0x18ab048 in tui_main /home/travis/build/neovim/neovim/build/../src/nvim/tui/tui.c:377:5
= 5 0x18fe120 in ui_thread_run /home/travis/build/neovim/neovim/build/../src/nvim/ui_bridge.c:102:3
= 6 0x7f09e5e58183 in start_thread /build/eglibc-ripdx6/eglibc-2.19/nptl/pthread_create.c:312
= SUMMARY: AddressSanitizer: 88 byte(s) leaked in 1 allocation(s).
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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.
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!
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
To skip "bundled" dependencies define USE_BUNDLED_DEPS=NO (CMake option: USE_BUNDLED=NO).
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!
Transitioning from Vim
See :help nvim-from-vim for instructions.
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)
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.
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:
http://iccf-holland.org/
http://www.vim.org/iccf/
http://www.iccf.nl/
You can also sponsor the development of Vim. Vim sponsors can vote for
features. The money goes to Uganda anyway.
