annotate runtime/doc/todo.txt @ 2561:1851bce339fc vim73

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1 *todo.txt* For Vim version 7.3g. Last change: 2010 Aug 14
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4 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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7 TODO list for Vim *todo*
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9 This is a veeeery long list of known bugs, current work and desired
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10 improvements. To make it a little bit accessible, the items are grouped by
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11 subject. In the first column of the line a classification is used to be able
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12 to look for "the next thing to do":
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14 Priority classification:
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15 9 next point release
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16 8 next release
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17 7 as soon as possible
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18 6 soon
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19 5 should be included
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20 4 nice to have
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21 3 consider including
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22 2 maybe not
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23 1 probably not
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24 - unclassified
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26 *votes-for-changes*
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27 See |develop.txt| for development plans. You can vote for which items should
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28 be worked on, but only if you sponsor Vim development. See |sponsor|.
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30 *known-bugs*
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31 -------------------- Known bugs and current work -----------------------
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33 Before release 7.3:
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34 - Rename vim73 branch to default (hints: Xavier de Gaye, 2010 May 23)
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36 Problem with \NL in Ex script. (Ray Frish, 2010 Aug 10)
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38 Bug: E685 error for func_unref(). (ZyX, 2010 Aug 5)
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40 CTRL-] on help tag |/[\n]| doesn't jump to the right place. (Tony Mechelynck,
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46 GTK: drawing a double-width combining character over single-width characters
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47 doesn't look right. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 8)
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49 Editing a file with a ^M with 'ff' set to "mac", opening a help file, then the
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50 ^M is displayed as ^J sometimes. Getting 'ff' value from wrong window/buffer?
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52 Problem producing tags file when hebrew.frx is present. It has a BOM.
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53 Results in E670. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 May 2)
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55 setpos() does not resture cursor position after :normal. (Tyru, 2010 Aug 11)
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57 Test 73 fails on MS-Windows when compiled with DJGPP and run twice. How to
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59 mkdir().
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61 'cindent' not correct when 'list' is set. (Zdravi Korusef, 2010 Apr 15)
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64 accented character. (Tony Mechelynck, 2010 Apr 15)
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67 while 1 | let s = input('A') | echo 'R' | endw
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70 Patch: Let rare word highlighting overrule good word highlighting.
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73 Patch to make more characters work in dialogs. (Yankwei Jia, 2010 Aug 4)
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75 ":drop" does not respect 'autochdir'. (Peter Odding, 2010 Jul 24)
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80 Is ~/bin (literally) in $PATH supposed to work? (Paul, 2010 March 29)
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88 Cscope "cs add" stopped working somewhat before 7.2.438. (Gary Johnson, 2010
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95 Jumplist doesn't work properly in Insert mode? (Jean Johner, 2010 Mar 20)
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98 non-ASCII character. (Lily White, 2010 Mar 7)
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100 iconv() doesn't fail on an illegal character, as documented. (Yongwei Wu, 2009
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104 Add local time at start of --startuptime output.
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105 Requires configure check for localtime().
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106 Use format year-month-day hr:min:sec.
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108 Shell not recognized properly if it ends in "csh -f". (James Vega, 2009 Nov 3)
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109 Find tail? Might have a / in argument. Find space? Might have space in
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110 path.
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112 ":function f(x) keepjumps" creates a function where every command is executed
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113 like it has ":keepjumps" before it.
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115 Coverity: ask someone to create new user: Dominique.
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116 look into reported defects: http://scan.coverity.com/rung2.html
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118 Bug with 'incsearch' going to wrong line. (Wolfram Kresse, 2009 Aug 17)
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119 Only with "vim -u NONE".
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121 Problem with editing file in binary mode. (Ingo Krabbe, 2009 Oct 8)
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123 Display error when 'tabline' that includes a file name with double-width
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124 characters. (2010 Aug 14, bootleq)
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126 Problem with stop directory in findfile(). (Adam Simpkins, 2009 Aug 26)
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128 Undo problem: line not removed as expected when using setline() from Insert
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129 mode. (Israel Chauca, 2010 May 13, more in second msg)
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130 Break undo when CTRL-R = changes the text? Or save more lines?
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132 Change to C syntax folding to make it work much faster, but a bit less
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133 reliable. (Lech Lorens, 2009 Nov 9) Enable with an option?
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134 Most time is spent in in_id_list().
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136 Slow combination of folding and PHP syntax highlighting. Script to reproduce
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137 it. Caused by "syntax sync fromstart" in combination with patch 7.2.274.
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138 (Christian Brabandt, 2010 May 27)
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140 When completion inserts the first match, it may trigger the line to be folded.
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141 Disable updating folds while completion is active? (Peter Odding, 2010 Jun 9)
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143 In command line window ":close" doesn't work properly. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009
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146 When a:base in 'completefunc' starts with a number it's passed as a number,
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152 Invalid read error in Farsi mode. (Dominique Pelle, 2009 Aug 2)
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154 For running gvim on an USB stick: avoid the OLE registration. Use a command
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161 (Ajit Thakkar, 2009 Jul 1) More information Jul 9, Jul 15.
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164 Does the patch to save/restore globaldir work?
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166 ":bufdo normal gg" while 'hidden' is set leaves buffers without syntax
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170 Patch for displaying 0x200c and 0x200d. (Ali Gholami Rudi, 2009 May 6)
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173 List of encoding aliases. (Takao Fujiware, 2009 Jul 18)
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174 Are they all OK? Update Jul 22.
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176 Win32: Expanding 'path' runs into a maximum size limit. (bgold12, 2009 Nov 15)
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178 Putting a Visual block while 'visualedit' is "all" does not leave the cursor
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179 on the first character. (John Beckett, 2010 Aug 7)
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181 Setting 'tags' to "tagsdir/*" does not find "tagsdir/tags". (Steven K. Wong,
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182 2009 Jul 18)
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183
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184 Patch to add farsi handling to arabic.c (Ali Gholami Rudi, 2009 May 2)
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185 Added test, updates, June 23.
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188 window that doesn't have focus. (Jonathon Mah, 2009 Jan 12)
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189 Needs more work.
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190
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191 Problem with <script> mappings (Andy Wokula, 2009 Mar 8)
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193 When starting Vim with "gvim -f -u non_existent_file > foo.txt" there are a
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194 few control characters in the output. (Dale Wiles, 2009 May 28)
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195
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196 'cmdwinheight is only used in last window when 'winheight' is a large value.
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197 (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Apr 15)
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199 Status line containing winnr() isn't updated when splitting the window (Clark
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200 J. Wang, 2009 Mar 31)
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202 When $VIMRUNTIME is set in .vimrc, need to reload lang files. Already done
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203 for GTK, how about others? (Ron Aaron, 2010 Apr 10)
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205 Patch for GTK buttons X1Mouse and X2Mouse. (Christian J. Robinson, 2010 Aug 9)
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207 Motif: Build on Ubuntu can't enter any text in dialog text fields.
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209 When 'ft' changes redraw custom status line.
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210
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211 ":tab split fname" doesn't set the alternate file in the original window,
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212 because win_valid() always returns FALSE. Below win_new_tabpage() in
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213 ex_docmd.c.
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215 Space before comma in function definition not allowed: "function x(a , b)"
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216 Give a more appropriate error message. Add a remark to the docs.
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218 string_convert() should be able to convert between utf-8 and utf-16le. Used
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219 for GTK clipboard. Avoid requirement for iconv.
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221 Now that colnr_T is int instead of unsigned, more type casts can be removed.
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223 'delcombine' does not work for the command line. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jul
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224 20)
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226 Unwanted file name escaping: ":echo input('file:' , '', 'file')"
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227 And use file name completion on a file with spaces. (Frederic Hardy, 2009 Mar
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228 23)
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230 Don't load macmap.vim on startup, turn it into a plugin. (Ron Aaron,
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231 2009 Apr 7) Reminder Apr 14.
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233 Add "no_hlsearch" to winsaveview().
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236 SpellBad. (Jim Karsten, 2009 Mar 18)
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238 When 'foldmethod' is "indent", using >> on a line just above a fold makes the
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239 cursor line folded. (Evan Laforge, 2009 Oct 17)
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241 When 'foldmethod' is "indent", adding an empty line below a fold and then
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242 indented text, creates a new fold instead of joining it with the previous one.
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243 (Evan Laforge, 2009 Oct 17)
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245 Bug: When reloading a buffer changed outside of Vim, BufRead autocommands
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246 are applied to the wrong buffer/window. (Ben Fritz, 2009 Apr 2, May 11)
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247 Ignore window options when not in the right window?
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248 Perhaps we need to use a hidden window for applying autocommands to a buffer
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249 that doesn't have a window.
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251 When using "ab foo bar" and mapping <Tab> to <Esc>, pressing <Tab> after foo
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252 doesn't trigger the abbreviation like <Esc> would. (Ramana Kumar, 2009 Sep 6)
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254 getbufvar() to get a window-local option value for a buffer that's not
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255 displayed in a window should return the value that's stored for that buffer.
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256
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257 ":he ctrl_u" can be auto-corrected to ":he ctrl-u".
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259 There should be a way after an abbreviation has expanded to go back to what
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260 was typed. CTRL-G h ? Would also undo last word or line break inserted
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261 perhaps. And undo CTRL-W. CTRL-G l would redo.
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262
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263 Diff mode out of sync. (Gary Johnson, 2010 Aug 4)
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265 Win32: A --remote command that has a directory name starting with a ( doesn't
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266 work, the backslash is removed, assuming that it escapes the (. (Valery
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267 Kondakoff, 2009 May 13)
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269 Win32 GUI: Changing manifest helps for dpi changes (Joe Castro, 2009 Mar 27)
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271 Win32 GUI: last message from startup doesn't show up when there is an echoerr
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272 command. (Cyril Slobin, 2009 Mar 13)
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274 Win32: use different args for SearchPath()? (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, 2009 Jan 30)
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276 Win32: completion of file name ":e c:\!test" results in ":e c:\\!test", which
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277 does not work. (Nieko Maatjes, 2009 Jan 8, Ingo Karkat, 2009 Jan 22)
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279 opening/closing window causes other window with 'winfixheight' to change
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280 height. Also happens when there is another window in the frame, if it's not
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281 very high. (Yegappan Lakshmanan, 2010 Jul 22, Michael Peeters, 2010 Jul 22)
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283 Directory wrong in session file, caused by ":lcd" in BufEnter autocommand.
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284 (Felix Kater, 2009 Mar 3)
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286 maparg() doesn't return the flags, such as <buffer>, <script>, <silent>.
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287 These are needed to save and restore a mapping.
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288 Also: the rhs string is not always correct. (Hari Krishna Dara, 2009 Sept 29)
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290 Using ~ works OK on 'a' with composing char, but not on 0x0418 with composing
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291 char 0x0301. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Mar 4)
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292
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293 Inconsistent: starting with $LANG set to es_ES.utf-8 gives Spanish
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294 messages, even though locale is not supported. But ":lang messages
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295 es_ES.utf-8" gives an error and doesn't switch messages. (Dominique Pelle,
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296 2009 Jan 26)
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297
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298 When $HOME contains special characters, sich as a comma, escape them when used
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299 in an option. (Michael Hordijk, 2009 May 5)
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300 Turn "esc" argument of expand_env_esc() into string of chars to be escaped.
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301
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302 Can 'undolevels' be a buffer-local option? Helps for making big changes in
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303 one file only, set 'ul' to -1 only for that buffer.
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304
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305 Should make 'ignorecase' global-local, so that it makes sense setting it from
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306 a modeline.
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307
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308 Add cscope target to Makefile. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Jun 18, replies by
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309 Sergey Khorev)
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310
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311 Consider making YankRing or something else that keeps a list of yanked text
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312 part of standard Vim. The "1 to "9 registers are not sufficient.
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314 netrw: dragging status line causes selection of entry. Should check row
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315 number to be below last visible line.
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317 After doing "su" $HOME can be the old user's home, thus ~root/file is not
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318 correct. Don't use it in the swap file.
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319
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320 Completion for ":buf" doesn't work properly on Win32 when 'shellslash' is off.
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321 (Henrik Ohman, 2009, Jan 29)
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322
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323 Allow patches to add something to version.c, like with an official patch, so
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324 that :version output shows which patches have been applied.
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325
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326 Bug: in Ex mode (after "Q") backslash before line break, when yanked into a
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327 register and executed, results in <Nul>: instead of line break.
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328 (Konrad Schwarz, 2010 Apr 16)
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329
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330 Have a look at patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Mar 1, Mar 23)
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331 Now at: http://vimgadgets.sourceforge.net/liblinebreak/
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332
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333 Greek sigma character should be lower cased depending on the context. Can we
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334 make this work? (Dominique Pelle, 2009 Sep 24)
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335
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336 When changing 'encoding' convert all the swap file names, so that we can
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337 still delete them. Also convert all buffer file names?
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338
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339 "gqip" in Insert mode has an off-by-one error, causing it to reflow text.
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340 (Raul Coronado, 2009 Nov 2)
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341
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342 Update src/testdir/main.aap.
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343
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344 "vim -c 'sniff connect'" hangs Vim. (Dominique Pelle, 2008 Dec 7)
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345
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346 Something wrong with session that has "cd" commands and "badd", in such a way
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347 that Vim doesn't find the edited file in the buffer list, causing the
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348 ATTENTION message? (Tony Mechelynck, 2008 Dec 1)
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349 Also: swap files are in ~/tmp/ One has relative file name ".mozilla/...".
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350
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351 Add v:motion_force. (Kana Natsuno, 2008 Dec 6)
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352
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353 Runtime files for Clojure. (Toralf Wittner, 2008 Jun 25)
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355 MS-Windows: editing the first, empty buffer, 'ffs' set to "unix,dos", ":enew"
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356 doesn't set 'ff' to "unix". (Ben Fritz, 2008 Dec 5) Reusing the old buffer
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357 probably causes this.
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358
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359 'scrollbind' is not respected when deleting lines or undo. (Milan Vancura,
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360 2009 Jan 16)
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361
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362 Document that default font in Athena can be set with resources:
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363 XtDefaultFont: "9x15"
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364 XtDefaultFontSet: "9x15"
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365 (Richard Sherman, 2009 Apr 12)
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366
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367 Having "Syntax" in 'eventignore' for :bufdo may cause problems, e.g. for
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368 ":bufdo e" when buffers are open in windows. ex_listdo(eap) could set the
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369 option only for when jumping to another buffer, not when the command argument
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370 is executed.
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371
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372 Crash with dragn-n-drop of file combined with netrw (Marius Gedminas, 2008 Jun
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373 11) I can't reproduce it. It's probably caused by a handle_drop() call
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374 in combination with autocommands that invoke a ":redraw" command.
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375 Another valgrind output Jun 30.
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376
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377 ":pedit %" with a BufReadPre autocommand causes the cursor to move to the
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378 first line. (Ingo Karkat, 2008 Jul 1) Ian Kelling is working on this.
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379
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380 Wildmenu not deleted: "gvim -u NONE", ":set nocp wildmenu cmdheight=3
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381 laststatus=2", CTRL-D CTRL-H CTRL-H CTRL-H. (A.Politz, 2008 April 1)
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382 Works OK with Vim in an xterm.
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383
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384 Cursor line moves in other window when using CTRL-W J that doesn't change
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385 anything. (Dasn, 2009 Apr 7)
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386
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387 On Unix "glob('does not exist~')" returns the string. Without the "~" it
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388 doesn't. (John Little, 2008 Nov 9)
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389 Shell expansion returns unexpanded string?
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390 Don't use shell when "~" is not at the start?
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391
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392 ":unlet $VAR" doesn't work.
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393
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394 When using ":e ++enc=foo file" and the file is already loaded with
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395 'fileencoding' set to "bar", then do_ecmd() uses that buffer, even though the
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396 fileencoding differs. Reload the buffer in this situation? Need to check for
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397 the buffer to be unmodified.
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398 Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 11. Followup Jul 14, need to have
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399 another look at it.
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400
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401 Patch for c.vim and cpp.vim syntax files. (Chung-chieh Shan, 2008 Nov 26)
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402
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403 c.vim: XXX in a comment is colored yellow, but not when it's after "#if 0".
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404 (Ilya Dogolazky, 2009 Aug 7)
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405
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406 Win32: ":dis +" shows nothing, but "+p does insert text. Problem with "* and
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407 "+ being the same thing?
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408
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409 You can type ":w ++bad=x fname", but the ++bad argument is ignored. Give an
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410 error message? Or is this easy to implement? (Nathan Stratton Treadway, 2008
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411 Aug 20) This is in ucs2bytes(), search for 0xBF. Using the ++bad argument is
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412 at the other match for 0xBF.
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413
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414 Fix for matchparen HL doesn't work. beep.
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415
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416 When adding "-complete=file" to a user command this also changes how the
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417 argument is processed for <f-args>. (Ivan Tishchenko, 2008 Aug 19)
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418
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419 Win32: associating a type with Vim doesn't take care of space after a
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420 backslash? (Robert Vibrant, 2008 Jun 5)
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421
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422 After using <Tab> for command line completion after ":ta blah" and getting E33
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423 (no tags file), further editing the command to e.g., ":echo 'blah'", the
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424 command is not executed. Fix by Ian Kelling?
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425
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426 ":help s/~" jumps to *s/\~*, while ":help s/\~" doesn't find anything. (Tim
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427 Chase) Fix by Ian Kelling, 2008 Jul 14.
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428
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429 Use "\U12345678" for 32 bit Unicode characters? (Tony Mechelynck, 2009
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430 Apr 6) Or use "\u(123456)", similar to Perl.
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431
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432 When mapping : to ; and ; to :, @; doesn't work like @: and @: doesn't work
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433 either. Matt Wozniski: nv_at() calls do_execreg() which uses
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434 put_in_typebuf(). Char mapped twice?
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435
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436 8 Some file systems are case-sensitive, some are not. Turn
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437 CASE_INSENSITIVE_FILENAME into an option, at least for completion.
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438
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439 Despite adding save_subexpr() this still doesn't work properly:
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440 Regexp: matchlist('12a4aaa', '^\(.\{-}\)\(\%5c\@<=a\+\)\(.\+\)\?')
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441 Returns ['12a4', 'aaa', '4aaa'], should be ['12a4', 'aaa', '']
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442 Backreference not cleared when retrying after \@<= fails?
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443 (Brett Stahlman, 2008 March 8)
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444
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445 Problem with remote_send(). (Charles Campbell, 2008 Aug 12)
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446
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447 ftplugin for help file should set 'isk' to help file value.
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448
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449 Win32: remote editing fails when the current directory name contains "[".
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450 (Ivan Tishchenko, Liu Yubao) Suggested patch by Chris Lubinski: Avoid
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451 escaping characters where the backslash is not removed later. Asked Chris for
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452 an alternate solution, also for src/ex_getln.c.
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453 This also fails when the file or directory name contains "%". (Thoml, 2008
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454 July 7)
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455
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456 The str2special() function doesn't handle multi-byte characters properly.
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457 Patch from Vladimir Vichniakov, 2007 Apr 24.
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458 Should clean up the whole function. Also allow modifiers like <S-Char-32>?
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459 find_special_key() also has this problem.
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460
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461 Problem with 'langmap' being used on the rhs of a mapping. (Nikolai Weibull,
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462 2008 May 14)
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463
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464 Problem with CTRL-F. (Charles Campbell, 2008 March 21)
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465 Only happens with "gvim -geometry "160x26+4+27" -u NONE -U NONE prop.c".
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466 'lines' is 54. (2008 March 27)
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467
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468 Problem with pointer wrapping around in getvcol(). (Wolfgang Kroworsch, 2008
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469 Oct 19) Check for "col" being "MAXCOL" separately?
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470
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471 Unexpectedly inserting a double quote. (Anton Woellert, 2008 Mar 23)
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472 Works OK when 'cmdheight' is 2.
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473
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474 Test54 should not use shell commands. Make it portable.
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475
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476 The utf class table is missing some entries:
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477 0x2212, minus sign
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478 0x2217, star
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479 0x2500, bar
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480 0x26ab, circle
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481
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482 Visual line mode doesn't highlight properly when 'showbreak' is used and the
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483 line doesn't fit. (Dasn, 2008 May 1)
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484
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485 GUI: In Normal mode can't yank the modeless selection. Make "gy" do this?
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486 Works like CTRL-Y in Command line mode.
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487
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488 Mac: Move Carbon todo items to os_mac.txt. Note that this version is frozen,
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489 try the Cocoa version.
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490
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491 Mac: After a ":vsplit" the left scrollbar doesn't appear until 'columns' is
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492 changed or the window is resized.
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493
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494 Mac: Patch for configure: remove arch from ruby link args. (Knezevic, 2008
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495 Mar 5) Alternative: Kazuki Sakamoto, Mar 7.
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496
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497 Mac: trouble compiling with Motif, requires --disable-darwin. (Raf, 2008 Aug
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498 1) Reply by Ben Schmidt.
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499
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500 C't: On utf-8 system, editing file with umlaut through Gnome results in URL
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501 with %nn%nn, which is taken as two characters instead of one.
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502 Try to reproduce at work.
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503
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504 Patch for default choice in file changed dialog. (Bjorn Winckler, 2008 Oct 19)
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505 Is there a way to list all the files first?
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506
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507 When 'smartcase' is set and using CTRL-L to add to the search pattern it may
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508 result in no matches. Convert chars to lower case? (Erik Wognsen, 2009 Apr
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509 16)
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510
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511 Patch for redo register. (Ben Schmidt, 2007 Oct 19)
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512 Await response to question to make the register writable.
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513
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514 src/testdir/Make_dos.mak: not all tests are included, e.g., test49, without a
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515 remark why.
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516
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517 Problem with 'ts' set to 9 and 'showbreak' to ">>>". (Matthew Winn, 2007 Oct
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518 1)
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519
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520 In the swapfile dialog, add a H(elp) option that gives more info about what
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521 each choice does. Similar to ":help swap-exists-choices"
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522
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523 try/catch not working for argument of return. (Matt Wozniski, 2008 Sep 15)
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524
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525 Recognize and ignore BOM in error file. (Aleksey Baibarin)
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526
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527 ":tab help" always opens a new tab, while ":help" re-uses an existing window.
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528 Would be more consistent when an existing tab is re-used. (Tony Mechelynck)
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529
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530 ":tab drop filename" doesn't work nicely when "filename" is open in a window
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531 in another tab. (Tony Mechelynck, 2009 Feb 13)
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532
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533 Add ":nofold". Range will apply without expanding to closed fold.
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534
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535 Including NFA regexp code:
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536 Use "\%#= to set the engine: 0 = automatic, 1 = backtracking, 2 = new.
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537 Useful in tests.
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538 Performance tests:
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539 - ~/vim/test/veryslow.js (file from Daniel Fetchinson)
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540 - ~/vim/test/slowsearch
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541 - ~/vim/test/rgb.vim
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542 - ~/vim/text/FeiqCfg.xml (file from Netjune)
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543 - search for a.*e*exn in the vim executable. Go to last line to use
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544 'hlsearch'.
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545
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546 Using Aap to build Vim: add remarks about how to set personal preferences.
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547 Example on http://www.calmar.ws/tmp/aap.html
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548
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549 Syntax highlighting wrong for transparent region. (Doug Kearns, 2007 Feb 26)
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550 Bug in using a transparent syntax region. (Hanlen in vim-dev maillist, 2007
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551 Jul 31)
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552
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553 C syntax: {} inside () causes following {} to be highlighted as error.
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554 (Michalis Giannakidis, 2006 Jun 1)
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555
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556 Can't easily close the help window, like ":pc" closes the preview window and
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557 ":ccl" closes the quickfix window. Add ":hclose". (Chris Gaal)
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558
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559 When 'diffopt' has "context:0" a single deleted line causes two folds to merge
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560 and mess up syncing. (Austin Jennings, 2008 Jan 31)
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561
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562 Gnome improvements: Edward Catmur, 2007 Jan 7
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563 Also use Save/Discard for other GUIs
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564
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565 New PHP syntax file, use it? (Peter Hodge)
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566
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567 'foldcolumn' in modeline applied to wrong window when using a session. (Teemu
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568 Likonen, March 19)
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569
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570 Test 54 uses shell commands, that doesn't work on non-Unix systems. Use some
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571 other way to test buffer-local autocommands.
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572
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573 The documentation mentions the priority for ":2match" and ":3match", but it
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574 appears the last one wins. (John Beckett, 2008 Jul 22) Caused by adding
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575 matchadd()? Suggested patch by John, 2008 Jul 24.
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576
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577 When 'encoding' is utf-8 the command line is redrawn as a whole on every
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578 character typed. (Tyler Spivey, 2008 Sep 3) Only redraw cmdline for
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579 'arabicshape' when there is a character on the command line for which
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580 (ARABIC_CHAR(u8c)) is TRUE.
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581
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582 Cheng Fang made javacomplete. (2007 Aug 11)
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583 Asked about latest version: 0.77.1 is on www.vim.org.
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584
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585 More AmigaOS4 patches. (Peter Bengtsson, Nov 9)
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586
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587 Insert mode completion: When editing the text and pressing CTRL-N again goes
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588 back to originally completed text, edited text is gone. (Peng Yu, 2008 Jul 24)
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589 Suggestion by Ben Schmidt, 2008 Aug 6.
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590
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591 Problem with compound words? (Bert, 2008 May 6)
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592 No warning for when flags are defined after they are used in an affix.
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593
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594 Screen redrawing when continuously updating the buffer and resizing the
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595 terminal. (Yakov Lerner, 2006 Sept 7)
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596
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597 Add option settings to help ftplugin. (David Eggum, 2006 Dec 18)
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598
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599 Autoconf problem: when checking for iconv library we may add -L/usr/local/lib,
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600 but when compiling further tests -liconv is added without the -L argument,
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601 that may fail (e.g., sizeof(int)). (Blaine, 2007 Aug 21)
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602
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603 When opening quickfix window, disable spell checking?
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604
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605 Problem with ".add" files when using two languages and restarting Vim. (Raul
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606 Coronado, 2008 Oct 30)
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607
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608 Popup menu redraw: Instead of first redrawing the text and then drawing the
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609 popup menu over it, first draw the new popup menu, remember its position and
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610 size and then redraw the text, skipping the characters under the popup menu.
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611 This should avoid flicker. Other solution by A.Politz, 2007 Aug 22.
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612
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613 When the popup menu is close to the edge of the window it is truncated. Patch
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614 to anchor the popup menu in a different way. (James Vega, 2008 Jul 30)
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615
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616 Windows 98: pasting from the clipboard with text from another application has
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617 a trailing NUL. (Joachim Hofmann) Perhaps the length specified for CF_TEXT
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618 isn't right?
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619
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620 When a register contains illegal bytes, writing viminfo in utf-8 and reading
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621 it back doesn't result in utf-8. (Devin Bayer)
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622
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623 Command line completion: Scanning for tags doesn't check for typed key now and
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624 then? Hangs for about 5 seconds. Appears to be caused by finding include
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625 files with "foo/**" in 'path'. (Kalisiak, 2006 July 15)
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626 Additional info: When using the |wildcards| ** globing, vim hangs
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627 indefinitely on lots of directories. The |file-searching| globing, like in
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628 ":set path=/**" does not hang as often as with globing with |wildcards|, like
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629 in ":1find /**/file". This is for a files that unix "find" can find very
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630 quick. Merging the 2 kinds of globing might make this an easier fix. (Ian
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631 Kelling, 2008 July 4)
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632
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633 When the file name has parenthesis, e.g., "foo (bar).txt", ":!ls '%'" has the
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634 parenthesis escaped but not the space. That's inconsistent. Either escape
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635 neither or both. No escaping might be best, because it doesn't depend on
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636 particularities of the shell. (Zvi Har'El, 2007 Nov 10) (Teemu Likonen, 2008
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637 Jun 3)
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638 However, for backwards compatibility escaping might be necessary. Check if
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639 the user put quotes around the expanded item?
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640
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641 Error E324 can be given when a cron script has wiped out our temp directory.
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642 Give a clear error message about this (and tell them not to wipe out /tmp).
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643
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644 Color for cUserLabel should differ from case label, so that a mistake in a
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645 switch list is noticed:
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646 switch (i)
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647 {
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648 case 1:
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649 foobar:
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650 }
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651
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652 Look at http://www.gtk-server.org/ . It has a Vim script implementation.
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653
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654 Netbeans problem. Use "nc -l 127.0.0.1 55555" for the server, then run gvim
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655 with "gvim -nb:localhost:55555:foo". From nc do: '1:editFile!0 "foo"'. Then
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656 go to Insert mode and add a few lines. Then backspacing every other time
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657 moves the cursor instead of deleting. (Chris Kaiser, 2007 Sep 25)
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658
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659 Patch to use Modern UI 2.0 for the Nsis installer. (Guopeng Wen, 2010 Jul 30)
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660
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661 Changes for Win32 makefile. (Mike Williams, 2007 Jan 22, Alexei Alexandrov,
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662 2007 Feb 8)
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663
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664 Patch for Win32 clipboard under Cygwin. (Frodak Baksik, Feb 15)
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665 Sutcliffe says it works well.
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666 Update 2007 May 22 for Vim 7.1
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667 Update 2008 Dec 2008 for Vim 7.2.xx (Sharonov)
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668
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669 Win32: Can't complete shell command names. Why is setting xp_context in
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670 set_one_cmd_context() inside #ifndef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME?
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671
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672 Win32: Patch for convert_filterW(). (Taro Muraoka, 2007 Mar 2)
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673
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674 Win32: Patch for cscope external command. (Mike Williams, 2007 Aug 7)
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675
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676 Win32: XPM support only works with path without spaces. Patch by Mathias
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677 Michaelis, 2006 Jun 9. Another patch for more path names, 2006 May 31.
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678 New version: http://members.tcnet.ch/michaelis/vim/patches.zip (also for other
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679 patches by Mathias, see mail Feb 22)
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680
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681 Win32: compiling with normal features and OLE fails. Patch by Mathias
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682 Michaelis, 2006 Jun 4.
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683
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684 Win32: echo doesn't work for gvim.exe.mnf. Use inline file. Patch by Mathias
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685 Michaelis. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/43765
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686 Patch that includes this and does more by George Reilly, 2007 Feb 12
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687
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688 Win16: include patches to make Win16 version work. (Vince Negri, 2006 May 22)
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689
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690 Win32: after "[I" showing matches, scroll wheel messes up screen. (Tsakiridis,
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691 2007 Feb 18)
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692 Patch by Alex Dobrynin, 2007 Jun 3. Also fixes other scroll wheel problems.
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693
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694 Win32: using CTRL-S in Insert mode doesn't remove the "+" from the tab pages
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695 label. (Tsakiridis, 2007 Feb 18) Patch from Ian Kelling, 2008 Aug 6.
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696
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697 Win32: using "gvim --remote-tab-silent fname" sometimes gives an empty screen
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698 with the more prompt. Caused by setting the guitablabel? (Thomas Michael
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699 Engelke, 2007 Dec 20 - 2008 Jan 17)
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700
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701 Win64: Seek error in swap file for a very big file (3 Gbyte). Check storing
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702 pointer in long and seek offset in 64 bit var.
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703
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704 Win32: patch for fullscreen mode. (Liushaolin, 2008 April 17)
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705
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706 Win32: When 'shell' is cmd.exe this command fails:
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707 echo system('"c:/path/echo.exe" "foo bar"')
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708 Should we set the default for 'shellxquote' to a double quote, when 'shell'
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709 contains "cmd" in the tail? (Benjamin Fritz, 2008 Oct 13)
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710 Also set 'shellcmdflag' to include /s.
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711
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712 Win32: When there is 4 Gbyte of memory mch_avail_mem() doesn't work properly.
2174
755eb92c5961 Move items around in the todo list.
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713 Unfinished patch by Jelle Geerts, 2008 Aug 24.
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714 Let mch_avail_mem() return Kbyte instead?
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715
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716 Win32: With two monitors, gvim partly on both, and adding/removing a scrollbar
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717 Vim resizes and moves to one of the monitors. (Chris Monkiewicz, 2008 Oct)
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718
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719 Win32: When 'shell' is bash shellescape() doesn't always do the right thing.
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720 Depends on 'shellslash', 'shellquote' and 'shellxquote', but shellescape()
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721 only takes 'shellslash' into account.
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722
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723 Pressing the 'pastetoggle' key doesn't update the statusline. (Jan Christoph
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724 Ebersbach, 2008 Feb 1)
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725
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726 Menu item that does "xxd -r" doesn't work when 'fileencoding' is utf-16.
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727 Check for this and use iconv? (Edward L. Fox, 2007 Sep 12)
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728 Does the conversion in the other direction work when 'filenecodings' is set
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729 properly?
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730
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731 Cursor displayed in the wrong position when using 'numberwidth'. (James Vega,
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732 2007 Jun 21)
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733
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734 When $VAR contains a backslash expand('$VAR') removes it. (Teemu Likonen, 2008
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735 Jun 18)
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736
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737 If the variable "g:x#y#z" exists completion after ":echo g:x#" doesn't work.
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738
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739 Feature request: Command to go to previous tab, like what CTRL-W p does for
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740 windows. (Adam George)
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741
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742 When using input() in a loop and then ":echo" the display column isn't right.
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743 (Benjamin Fritz, 2008 Aug 28) Patch by Ben Schmidt, 2008 Sep 2.
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744
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745 F1 - F4 in an xterm produce a different escape sequence when used with a
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746 modifier key. Need to catch three different sequences. Use K_ZF1, like
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747 K_ZHOME? (Dickey, 2007 Dec 2)
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748
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749 UTF-8: mapping a multi-byte key where the second byte is 0x80 doesn't appear
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750 to work. (Tony Mechelynck, 2007 March 2)
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751
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752 In debug mode, using CTRL-R = to evaluate a function causes stepping through
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753 the function. (Hari Krishna Dara, 2006 Jun 28)
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754
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755 C++ indenting wrong with "=". (James Kanze, 2007 Jan 26)
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756
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757 ":lockvar" should use copyID to avoid endless loop.
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758
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759 When using --remote-silent and the file name matches 'wildignore' get an E479
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760 error. without --remote-silent it works fine. (Ben Fritz, 2008 Jun 20)
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761
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762 Gvim: dialog for closing Vim should check if Vim is busy writing a file. Then
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763 use a different dialog: "busy saving, really quit? yes / no".
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764
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765 Check other interfaces for changing curbuf in a wrong way. Patch like for
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766 if_ruby.c.
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767
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768 ":helpgrep" should use the directory from 'helpfile'.
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769
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770 Patch to dynamically load Python on Solaris. (Danek Duvall, 2009 Feb 16)
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771 Needs more work.
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772
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773 The need_fileinfo flag is messy. Instead make the message right away and put
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774 it in keep_msg?
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775
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776 Editing a file remotely that matches 'wildignore' results in a "no match"
2174
755eb92c5961 Move items around in the todo list.
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777 error. Should only happen when there are wildcards, not when giving the file
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778 name literally, and esp. if there is only one name.
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779
874
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780 Test 61 fails sometimes. This is a timing problem: "sleep 2" sometimes takes
4bac29d27e2f updated for version 7.0
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781 longer than 2 seconds.
857
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782
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783 Using ":au CursorMoved * cmd" invokes mch_FullName(), which can be slow.
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784 Can this be avoided? (Thomas Waba, 2008 Aug 24)
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785 Also for ":w" without a file name.
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786 The buffer has the full path in ffname, should pass this to the autocommand.
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787
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788 "vim -C" often has 'nocompatible', because it's set in some startup script.
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789 Set 'compatible' after startup is done? Patch by James Vega, 2008 Feb 7.
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790
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791 VMS: while editing a file found in complex, Vim will save file into the first
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792 directory of the path and not to the original location of the file.
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793 (Zoltan Arpadffy)
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794
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795 VMS: VFC files are in some cases truncated during reading (Zoltan Arpadffy)
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796
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797 input() completion should not insert a backslash to escape a space in a file
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798 name?
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799
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800 getpos()/setpos() don't include curswant. getpos() could return a fifth
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801 element. setpos() could accept an optional fifth element.
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802
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803 Ruby completion is insecure. Can this be fixed?
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804
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805 When 'backupskip' is set from $TEMP special characters need to be escaped.
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806 (patch by Grembowietz, 2007 Feb 26, not quite right)
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807 Another problem is that file_pat_to_reg_pat() doesn't recognize "\\", so "\\("
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808 will be seen as a path separator plus "\(".
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809
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810 gvim d:\path\path\(FILE).xml should not remove the \ before the (.
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811 This also fails with --remote.
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812
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813 When doing ":quit" the Netbeans "killed" event isn't sent. (Xavier de Gaye,
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814 2008 Nov 10) call netbeans_file_closed() at the end of buf_freeall(), or in
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parents: 1702
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815 all places where buf_freeall() is called?
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816
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817 ":python os.chdir('/tmp')" makes short buffer names invalid. (Xavier de Gaye)
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818 Check directory and call shorten_fnames()?
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819
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820 aucmd_prepbuf() should also use a window in another tab page.
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821
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822 When unloading a buffer in a BufHidden autocommand the hidden flag is reset?
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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823 (Bob Hiestand, 2008 Aug 26, Aug 27)
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824
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825 Substituting an area with a line break with almost the same area does change
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826 the Visual area. Can this be fixed? (James Vega, 2006 Sept 15)
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827
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828 Windows installer could add a "open in new tab of existing Vim" menu entry.
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829 Gvimext: patch to add "Edit with single Vim &tabbed" menu entry.
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830 Just have two choices, always using one Vim and selecting between using an
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
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831 argument list or opening each file in a separate tab.
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832 (Erik Falor, 2008 May 21, 2008 Jun 26)
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833
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834 GUI: When combining fg en bg make sure they are not equal.
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835
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836 Spell checking: Add a way to specify punctuation characters. Add the
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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837 superscript numbers by default: 0x2070, 0xb9, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0x2074 - 0x2079.
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838
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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839 Spell checking in popup menu: If the only problem is the case of the first
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parents: 1702
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840 character, don't offer "ignore" and "add to word list".
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841
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842 Use different pt_br dictionary for spell checking. (Jackson A. Aquino, 2006
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843 Jun 5)
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844
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845 Use different romanian dictionary for spell checking. (Andrei Popescu, Nov
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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846 2008) Use http://downloads.sourceforge.net/rospell/ro_RO.3.2.zip
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
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847 Or the hunspell-ro.3.2.tar.gz file, it also has a iso-8859-2 list.
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848
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849 In a C file with spell checking, in "% integer" "nteger" is seen as an error,
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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850 but "]s" doesn't find it. "nteger" by itself is found. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008
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851 Jul 22)
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852
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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853 There should be something about spell checking in the user manual.
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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854
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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855 Spell menu: When using the Popup menu to select a replacement word,
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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856 ":spellrepeat" doesn't work. SpellReplace() uses setline(). Can it use "z="
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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857 somehow? Or use a new function.
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858
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859 Mac: Using gvim: netrw window disappears. (Nick Lo, 2006 Jun 21)
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860
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861 Mac: OS/X 10.4 with Python 2.5 installed: configure finds an extra argument
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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862 that breaks the build. (Brian Victor, 2008 Sep 1)
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863
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864 Add an option to specify the character to use when a double-width character is
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
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865 moved to the next line. Default '>', set to a space to blank it out. Check
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866 that char is single width when it's set (compare with 'listchars').
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867
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868 The generated vim.bat can avoid the loop for NT. (Carl Zmola, 2006 Sep 3)
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
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869
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870 Session file creation: 'autochdir' causes trouble. Keep it off until after
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
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871 loading all files.
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872
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873 Win32: When 'autochdir' is on and 'encoding' is changed, files on the command
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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874 line are opened again, but from the wrong directory. Apply 'autochdir' only
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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875 after starting up?
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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876
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parents: 2043
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877 When showing a diff between a non-existent file and an existing one, with the
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878 cursor in the empty buffer, the other buffer only shows the last line. Change
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879 the "insert" into a change from one line to many? (Yakov Lerner, 2008 May 27)
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880
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881 Add autocommand for when a tabpage is being closed. Also for when a tab page
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
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882 has been created.
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883
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884 Using ":make" blocks Vim. Allow running one make in the background (if the
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885 shell supports it), catch errors in a file and update the error list on the
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
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886 fly. A bit like "!make > file&" and repeating ":cf file". ":bgmake",
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887 background make. ":bgcancel" interrupts it.
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888 A.Politz may work on this.
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889
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890 These two abbreviations don't give the same result:
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891 let asdfasdf = "xyz\<Left>"
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892 cabbr XXX <C-R>=asdfasdf<CR>
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893 cabbr YYY xyz<Left>
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894
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895 Michael Dietrich: maximized gvim sometimes displays output of external command
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896 partly. (2006 Dec 7)
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897
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898 In FileChangedShell command it's no longer allowed to switch to another
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899 buffer. But the changed buffer may differ from the current buffer, how to
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900 reload it then?
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901
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902 New syntax files for fstab and resolv from Radu Dineiu, David Necas did
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903 previous version.
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904
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905 For Aap: include a config.arg.example file with hints how to use config.arg.
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906
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907 Command line completion when 'cmdheight' is maximum and 'wildmenu' is set,
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908 only one buffer line displayed, causes display errors.
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909
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910 Completing with 'wildmenu' and using <Up> and <Down> to move through directory
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911 tree stops unexpectedly when using ":cd " and entering a directory that
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912 doesn't contain other directories.
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913
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914 Linux distributions:
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915 - Suggest compiling xterm with --enable-tcap-query, so that nr of colors is
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916 known to Vim. 88 colors instead of 16 works better. See ":help
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917 xfree-xterm".
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918 - Suggest including bare "vi" and "vim" with X11, syntax, etc.
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919
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920 Completion menu: For a wrapping line, completing a long file name, only the
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921 start of the path is shown in the menu. Should move the menu to the right to
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922 show more text of the completions. Shorten the items that don't fit in the
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923 middle?
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924
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925 When running inside screen it's possible to kill the X server and restart it
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926 (using pty's the program can keep on running). Vim dies because it loses the
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927 connection to the X server. Can Vim simply quit using the X server instead of
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928 dying? Also relevant when running in a console.
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
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929
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930 Accessing file#var in a function should not need the g: prepended.
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931
2033
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parents: 1702
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932 When exiting detects a modified buffer, instead of opening the buffer in the
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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933 current tab, use an existing tab, if possible. Like finding a window where
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
934 the buffer is displayed. (Antonios Tsakiridis)
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parents: 1702
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935
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936 When ":cn" moves to an error in the same line the message isn't shortened.
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937 Only skip shortening for ":cc"?
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
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938
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939 Write "making vim work better" for the docs (mostly pointers): *nice*
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parents: 874
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940 - sourcing $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim
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vimboss
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941 - setting 'mouse' to "a"
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vimboss
parents: 874
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942 - getting colors in xterm
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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943 - compiling Vim with X11, GUI, etc.
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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944
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vimboss
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945 Problem with ":call" and dictionary function. Hari Krishna Dara, Charles
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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946 Campbell 2006 Jul 06.
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947
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948 Syntax HL error caused by "containedin". (Peter Hodge, 2006 Oct 6)
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949
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950 A custom completion function in a ":command" cannot be a Funcref. (Andy
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951 Wokula, 2007 Aug 25)
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952
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953 Problem with using :redir in user command completion function? (Hari Krishna
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954 Dara, 2006 June 21)
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955
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956 Another resizing problem when setting 'columns' and 'lines' to a very large
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957 number. (Tony Mechelynck, 2007 Feb 6)
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958
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959 After starting Vim, using '0 to jump somewhere in a file, ":sp" doesn't center
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vimboss
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960 the cursor line. It works OK after some other commands.
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961
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962 Win32: Is it possible to have both postscript and Win32 printing?
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963 Does multi-byte printing with ":hardcopy" work? Add remark in documentation
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vimboss
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964 about this.
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965
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966 Check: Running Vim in a console and still having connect to the X server for
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
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967 copy/paste: is stopping the X server handled gracefully? Should catch the X
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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968 error and stop using the connection to the server.
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969
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970 Problem with 'cdpath' on MS-Windows when a directory is equal to $HOME. (2006
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vimboss
parents: 874
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971 Jul 26, Gary Johnson)
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972
2174
755eb92c5961 Move items around in the todo list.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2162
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973 Using UTF-8 character with ":command" does not work properly. (Matt Wozniski,
2033
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parents: 1702
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974 2008 Sep 29)
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975
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976 In the Netbeans interface add a "vimeval" function, so that the other side can
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vimboss
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977 check the result of has("patch13").
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978
2033
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parents: 1702
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979 Cursor line at bottom of window instead of halfway after saving view and
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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980 restoring. Only with 'nowrap'. (Robert Webb, 2008 Aug 25)
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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981
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982 Add command modifier that skips wildcard expansion, so that you don't need to
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vimboss
parents: 874
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983 put backslashes before special chars, only for white space.
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parents: 874
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984
2033
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parents: 1702
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985 Syntax HL: open two windows on the same C code, delete a ")" in one window,
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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986 resulting in highlighted "{" in that window, not in the other.
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
987
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parents: 1702
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988 In mswin.vim: Instead of mapping <C-V> for Insert mode in a complicated way,
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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989 can it be done like ":imap <C-V> <MiddleMouse>" without negative side effects?
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parents: 1702
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990
1125
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991 Win32: When the GUI tab pages line is displayed Vim jumps from the secondary
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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992 to the primary monitor. (Afton Lewis, 2007 Mar 9) Old resizing problem?
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993
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994 GTK: when the Tab pages bar appears or disappears while the window is
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
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995 maximized the window is no longer maximized. Patch that has some idea but
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
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996 doesn't work from Geoffrey Antos, 2008 May 5.
2033
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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997 Also: the window may no longer fit on the screen, thus the command line is not
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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998 visible.
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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999
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parents: 1702
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1000 GTK: when setting 'columns' in a startup script and doing ":vertical diffsplit"
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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1001 the window isn't redrawn properly, see two vertical bars.
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parents: 1702
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1002
1125
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1003 The magic clipboard format "VimClipboard2" appears in several places. Should
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1004 be only one.
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1005
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1006 "vim -C" often has 'nocompatible', because it's set somewhere in a startup
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vimboss
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1007 script. Do "set compatible" after startup?
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1008
1125
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1009 It's difficult to debug numbered functions (function in a Dictionary). Print
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vimboss
parents: 874
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1010 the function name before resolving it to a number?
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vimboss
parents: 874
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1011 let d = {}
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vimboss
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1012 fun! d.foo()
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vimboss
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1013 echo "here"
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1014 endfun
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1015 call d.foo(9)
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vimboss
parents: 874
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1016
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1017 Add a mark for the other end of the Visual area (VIsual pos). '< and '> are
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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1018 only set after Visual moded is ended.
1624
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1019 Also add a variable for the Visual mode. So that this mode and '< '> can be
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1020 used to set what "gv" selects. (Ben Schmidt)
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
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1021
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1022 Win32: When running ":make" and 'encoding' differs from the system locale, the
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1023 output should be converted. Esp. when 'encoding' is "utf-8". (Yongwei Wu)
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vimboss
parents: 1280
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1024 Should we use 'termencoding' for this?
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vimboss
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1025
2283
7e1bd501306d Mainly documentation updates.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2282
diff changeset
1026 Win32, NTFS: When editing a specific infostream directly and 'backupcopy' is
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
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1027 "auto" should detect this situation and work like 'backupcopy' is "yes". File
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1028 name is something like "c:\path\foo.txt:bar", includes a colon. (Alex
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1029 Jakushev, 2008 Feb 1)
1125
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1030
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1031 Small problem displaying diff filler line when opening windows with a script.
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vimboss
parents: 874
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1032 (David Luyer, 2007 Mar 1 ~/Mail/oldmail/mool/in.15872 )
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1033
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1034 Is it allowed that 'backupext' is empty? Problems when backup is in same dir
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1035 as original file? If it's OK don't compare with 'patchmode'. (Thierry Closen)
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vimboss
parents: 874
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1036
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1037 Patch for supporting count before CR in quickfix window. (AOYAMA Shotaro, 2007
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1038 Jan 1)
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1039
1624
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1040 Patch for adding ":lscscope". (Navdeep Parhar, 2007 Apr 26; update 2008 Apr
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vimboss
parents: 1280
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1041 23)
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diff changeset
1042
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1043 ":mkview" isn't called with the right buffer argument. Happens when using
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1044 tabs and the autocommand "autocmd BufWinLeave * mkview". (James Vega, 2007
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1045 Jun 18)
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1046
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1047 xterm should be able to pass focus changes to Vim, so that Vim can check for
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vimboss
parents: 874
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1048 buffers that changed. Perhaps in misc.c, function selectwindow().
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vimboss
parents: 874
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1049 Xterm 224 supports it!
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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1050
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1051 When completing from another file that uses a different encoding completion
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vimboss
parents: 874
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1052 text has the wrong encoding. E.g., when 'encoding' is utf-8 and file is
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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1053 latin1. Example from Gombault Damien, 2007 Mar 24.
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vimboss
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1054
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1055 Is it possible to use "foo#var" instead of "g:foo#var" inside a function?
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vimboss
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1056
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1057 Syntax HL: When using "nextgroup" and the group has an empty match, there is
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vimboss
parents: 1280
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1058 no search at that position for another match. (Lukas Mai, 2008 April 11)
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vimboss
parents: 1280
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1059
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vimboss
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1060 In gvim the backspace key produces a backspace character, but on Linux the
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vimboss
parents: 1280
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1061 VERASE key is Delete. Set VERASE to Backspace? (patch by Stephane Chazelas,
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vimboss
parents: 1280
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1062 2007 Oct 16)
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1063
1668
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1064 When entering a C /* comment, after typing <Enter> for 70 times the indent
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vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
1065 disappears. (Vincent Beffara, 2008 Jul 3)
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vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
1066
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1067 TermResponse autocommand isn't always triggered when using vimdiff. (Aron
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1068 Griffis, 2007 Sep 19)
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vimboss
parents: 1280
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1069
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1070 Create a gvimtutor.1 file and change Makefiles to install it.
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vimboss
parents: 1280
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1071
2033
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parents: 1702
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1072 When 'encoding' is utf-8 typing text at the end of the line causes previously
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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1073 typed characters to be redrawn. Caused by patch 7.1.329. (Tyler Spivey, 2008
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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1074 Sep 3, 11)
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1075
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parents: 1702
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1076 When Vim in an xterm owns the selection and the user does ":shell" Vim doesn't
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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1077 respond to selection requests. Invoking XtDisownSelection() before executing
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1078 the shell doesn't help. Would require forking and doing a message loop, like
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1079 what happens for the GUI.
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1080
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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1081 X11: Putting more than about 262040 characters of text on the clipboard and
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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1082 pasting it in another Vim doesn't work. (Dominique Pelle, 2008 Aug 21-23)
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parents: 1702
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1083 clip_x11_request_selection_cb() is called with zero value and length.
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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1084 Also: Get an error message from free() in the process that owns the selection.
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1085 Seems to happen when the selection is requested the second time, but before
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1086 clip_x11_convert_selection_cb() is invoked, thus in X library code.
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1087
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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1088 ":vimgrep" does not recognize a recursive symlink. Is it possible to detect
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1089 this, at least for Unix (using device/inode)?
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1090
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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1091 When switching between windows the cursor is often put in the middle.
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1092 Remember the relative position and restore that, just like lnum and col are
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1093 restored. (Luc St-Louis)
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1094
2282
a888ed7ba375 Make updating text for conceal mode simpler. A few compiler warning fixes.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2280
diff changeset
1095 Patch to support horizontal scroll wheel in GTK. Untested. (Bjorn Winckler,
a888ed7ba375 Make updating text for conceal mode simpler. A few compiler warning fixes.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2280
diff changeset
1096 2010 Jun 30)
a888ed7ba375 Make updating text for conceal mode simpler. A few compiler warning fixes.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2280
diff changeset
1097
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1098
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1099 More patches:
2319
c79ccf947487 Fix: When entering a digraph or special character after a line that fits the
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2318
diff changeset
1100 - Another patch for Javascript indenting. (Hari Kumar, 2010 Jul 11)
c79ccf947487 Fix: When entering a digraph or special character after a line that fits the
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2318
diff changeset
1101 Needs a few tests.
1125
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1102 - Add 'cscopeignorecase' option. (Liang Wenzhi, 2006 Sept 3)
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1103 - Argument for feedkeys() to prepend to typeahead (Yakov Lerner, 2006 Oct
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1104 21)
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1105 - Load intl.dll too, not only libintl.dll. (Mike Williams, 2006 May 9, docs
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1106 patch May 10)
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1107 - Extra argument to strtrans() to translate special keys to their name (Eric
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1108 Arnold, 2006 May 22)
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1109 - 'threglookexp' option: only match with first word in thesaurus file.
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1110 (Jakson A. Aquino, 2006 Jun 14)
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1111 - Mac: indicate whether a buffer was modified. (Nicolas Weber, 2006 Jun 30)
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1112 - Allow negative 'nrwidth' for left aligning. (Nathan Laredo, 2006 Aug 16)
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1113 - ml_append_string(): efficiently append to an existing line. (Brad
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1114 Beveridge, 2006 Aug 26) Use in some situations, e.g., when pasting a
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1115 character at a time?
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1116 - recognize hex numbers better. (Mark Manning, 2006 Sep 13)
1698
f4f8014d516e updated for version 7.2c-000
vimboss
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1117 - Add <AbbrExpand> key, to expand an abbreviation in a mapping. (Kana
f4f8014d516e updated for version 7.2c-000
vimboss
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1118 Natsuno, 2008 Jul 17)
f4f8014d516e updated for version 7.2c-000
vimboss
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1119 - Add 'wspara' option, also accept blank lines like empty lines for "{" and
f4f8014d516e updated for version 7.2c-000
vimboss
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1120 "}". (Mark Lundquist, 2008 Jul 18)
f4f8014d516e updated for version 7.2c-000
vimboss
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1121 - Patch to add CTRL-T to delete part of a path on cmdline. (Adek, 2008 Jul
f4f8014d516e updated for version 7.2c-000
vimboss
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1122 21)
f4f8014d516e updated for version 7.2c-000
vimboss
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1123 - Instead of creating a copy of the tutor in all the shell scripts, do it in
f4f8014d516e updated for version 7.2c-000
vimboss
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1124 vimtutor.vim. (Jan Minar, 2008 Jul 20)
f4f8014d516e updated for version 7.2c-000
vimboss
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1125 - When fsync() fails there is no hint about what went wrong. Patch by Ben
f4f8014d516e updated for version 7.2c-000
vimboss
parents: 1668
diff changeset
1126 Schmidt, 2008 Jul 22.
2033
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1127 - testdir/Make_dos_sh.mak for running tests with MingW. (Bill Mccarthy, 2008
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1128 Sep 13)
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1129 - Patch for adding "space" item in 'listchars'. (Jérémie Roquet, 2009 Oct 29,
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1130 Docs patch Oct 30)
2319
c79ccf947487 Fix: When entering a digraph or special character after a line that fits the
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2318
diff changeset
1131 - Replace ccomplete.vim by cppcomplete.vim from www.vim.org? script 1520 by
c79ccf947487 Fix: When entering a digraph or special character after a line that fits the
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2318
diff changeset
1132 Vissale Neang. (Martin Stubenschrott) Asked Vissale to make the scripts
c79ccf947487 Fix: When entering a digraph or special character after a line that fits the
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2318
diff changeset
1133 more friendly for the Vim distribution.
c79ccf947487 Fix: When entering a digraph or special character after a line that fits the
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2318
diff changeset
1134 New version received 2008 Jan 6.
c79ccf947487 Fix: When entering a digraph or special character after a line that fits the
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2318
diff changeset
1135 No maintenance in two years...
2343
0703d2fd5749 Last few changes for the 7.3a BETA release.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2342
diff changeset
1136 - Patch to access screen under Python. (Marko Mahni, 2010 Jul 18)
2479
f8f81a88a047 Runtime file updates.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2475
diff changeset
1137 - Patch to open dropped files in new tabs. (Michael Trim, 2010 Aug 3)
857
b933657f7c9d updated for version 7.0g01
vimboss
parents: 856
diff changeset
1138
40
f1d2a58883b9 updated for version 7.0024
vimboss
parents: 39
diff changeset
1139 Awaiting updated patches:
842
a209672376fd updated for version 7.0f
vimboss
parents: 841
diff changeset
1140 9 Mac unicode patch (Da Woon Jung, Eckehard Berns):
a209672376fd updated for version 7.0f
vimboss
parents: 841
diff changeset
1141 8 Add patch from Muraoka Taro (Mar 16) to support input method on Mac?
a209672376fd updated for version 7.0f
vimboss
parents: 841
diff changeset
1142 New patch 2004 Jun 16
a209672376fd updated for version 7.0f
vimboss
parents: 841
diff changeset
1143 - selecting proportional font breaks display
a209672376fd updated for version 7.0f
vimboss
parents: 841
diff changeset
1144 - UTF-8 text causes display problems. Font replacement causes this.
a209672376fd updated for version 7.0f
vimboss
parents: 841
diff changeset
1145 - Command-key mappings do not work. (Alan Schmitt)
a209672376fd updated for version 7.0f
vimboss
parents: 841
diff changeset
1146 - With 'nopaste' pasting is wrong, with 'paste' Command-V doesn't work.
a209672376fd updated for version 7.0f
vimboss
parents: 841
diff changeset
1147 (Alan Schmitt)
a209672376fd updated for version 7.0f
vimboss
parents: 841
diff changeset
1148 - remove 'macatsui' option when this has been fixed.
1125
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1149 - when 'macatsui' is off should we always convert to "macroman" and ignore
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1150 'termencoding'?
800
d8f905020502 updated for version 7.0b
vimboss
parents: 798
diff changeset
1151 9 HTML indenting can be slow. Caused by using searchpair(). Can search()
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1152 be used instead? A.Politz is looking into a solution.
844
d3bbb5dd3913 updated for version 7.0f02
vimboss
parents: 843
diff changeset
1153 8 Win32: Add minidump generation. (George Reilly, 2006 Apr 24)
713
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1154 8 Add ":n" to fnamemodify(): normalize path, remove "../" when possible.
856
8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g
vimboss
parents: 854
diff changeset
1155 Aric Blumer has a patch for this. He will update the patch for 6.3.
713
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1156 7 Completion of network shares, patch by Yasuhiro Matsumoto.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1157 Update 2004 Sep 6.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1158 How does this work? Missing comments.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1159 - Patch for 'breakindent' option: repeat indent for wrapped line. (Vaclav
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1160 Smilauer, 2004 Sep 13, fix Oct 31, update 2007 May 30)
2033
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1161 Version for latest MacVim: Tobia Conforto, 2009 Nov 23
713
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1162 8 Add a few more command names to the menus. Patch from Jiri Brezina
832
c76f780d4e05 updated for version 7.0d05
vimboss
parents: 829
diff changeset
1163 (28 feb 2002). Will mess the translations...
713
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1164 7 ATTENTION dialog choices are more logical when "Delete it' appears
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1165 before "Quit". Patch by Robert Webb, 2004 May 3.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1166 - Include flipcase patch: ~/vim/patches/wall.flipcase2 ? Make it work
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1167 for multi-byte characters.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1168 - Win32: add options to print dialog. Patch from Vipin Aravind.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1169 - Patch to add highlighting for whitespace. (Tom Schumm, 2003 Jul 5)
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1170 use the patch that keeps using HLF_8 if HLF_WS has not
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1171 been given values.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1172 Add section in help files for these highlight groups?
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1173 8 "fg" and "bg" don't work in an xterm. Get default colors from xterm
827
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
1174 with an ESC sequence.
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
1175 xterm can send colors for many things. E.g. for the cursor:
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
1176 <Esc>]12;?<Bel>
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
1177 Can use this to get the background color and restore the colors on exit.
713
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1178 7 Add "DefaultFG" and "DefaultBG" for the colors of the menu. (Marcin
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1179 Dalecki has a patch for Motif and Carbon)
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1180 - Add possibility to highlight specific columns (for Fortran). Or put a
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1181 line in between columns (e.g., for 'textwidth').
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1182 Patch to add 'hlcolumn' from Vit Stradal, 2004 May 20.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1183 8 Add functions:
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1184 gettext() Translate a message. (Patch from Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
40
f1d2a58883b9 updated for version 7.0024
vimboss
parents: 39
diff changeset
1185 Update 2004 Sep 10
557
862863033fdd updated for version 7.0158
vimboss
parents: 556
diff changeset
1186 Another patch from Edward L. Fox (2005 Nov 24)
862863033fdd updated for version 7.0158
vimboss
parents: 556
diff changeset
1187 Search in 'runtimepath'?
832
c76f780d4e05 updated for version 7.0d05
vimboss
parents: 829
diff changeset
1188 More docs needed about how to use this.
40
f1d2a58883b9 updated for version 7.0024
vimboss
parents: 39
diff changeset
1189 How to get the messages into the .po files?
2338
da6ec32d8d8f Added strwidth() and strchars() functions.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2330
diff changeset
1190 strchars() Like strlen() and strwidth() but counting characters
da6ec32d8d8f Added strwidth() and strchars() functions.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2330
diff changeset
1191 instead of bytes.
713
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1192 confirm() add "flags" argument, with 'v' for vertical
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1193 layout and 'c' for console dialog. (Haegg)
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1194 Flemming Madsen has a patch for the 'c' flag
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1195 (2003 May 13)
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1196 raisewin() raise gvim window (see HierAssist patch for
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1197 Tcl implementation ~/vim/HierAssist/ )
1125
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1198 taglist() add argument to specify maximum number of matches.
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1199 useful for interactive things or completion.
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1200 col('^') column of first non-white character.
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1201 Can use "len(substitute(getline('.'), '\S.*', '', ''))
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1202 + 1", but that's ugly.
713
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1203 7 Add patch from Benoit Cerrina to integrate Vim and Perl functions
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1204 better. Now also works for Ruby (2001 Nov 10)
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1205 - Patch from Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto for better formatting of the
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1206 quickfix window (2004 dec 2)
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1207 7 When 'rightleft' is set, the search pattern should be displayed right
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1208 to left as well? See patch of Dec 26. (Nadim Shaikli)
832
c76f780d4e05 updated for version 7.0d05
vimboss
parents: 829
diff changeset
1209 8 Option to lock all used memory so that it doesn't get swapped to disk
c76f780d4e05 updated for version 7.0d05
vimboss
parents: 829
diff changeset
1210 (uncrypted). Patch by Jason Holt, 2003 May 23. Uses mlock.
713
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1211 7 Add ! register, for shell commands. (patch from Grenie)
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1212 8 In the gzip plugin, also recognize *.gz.orig, *.gz.bak, etc. Like it's
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1213 done for filetype detection. Patch from Walter Briscoe, 2003 Jul 1.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1214 7 Add a "-@ filelist" argument: read file names from a file. (David
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1215 Kotchan has a patch for it)
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1216 8 Include a connection to an external program through a pipe? See
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1217 patches from Felbinger for a mathematica interface.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1218 Or use emacs server kind of thing?
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1219 7 Add ":justify" command. Patch from Vit Stradal 2002 Nov 25.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1220 - findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1221 get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram,
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1222 incomplete patch Mar 18)
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1223 - For GUI Find/Replace dialog support using a regexp. Patch for Motif
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1224 and GTK by degreneir (nov 10 and nov 18).
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1225 - Patch for "paranoid mode" by Kevin Collins, March 7. Needs much more work.
70
088a834ca0aa updated for version 7.0030
vimboss
parents: 56
diff changeset
1226
088a834ca0aa updated for version 7.0030
vimboss
parents: 56
diff changeset
1227
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1228 Vi incompatibility:
713
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1229 - Try new POSIX tests, made after my comments. (Geoff Clare, 2005 April 7)
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
1230 Version 1.5 is in ~/src/posix/1.5. (Lynne Canal)
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1231 8 With undo/redo only marks in the changed lines should be changed. Other
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1232 marks should be kept. Vi keeps each mark at the same text, even when it
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1233 is deleted or restored. (Webb)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1234 Also: A mark is lost after: make change, undo, redo and undo.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1235 Example: "{d''" then "u" then "d''": deletes an extra line, because the ''
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1236 position is one line down. (Veselinovic)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1237 8 When stdin is not a tty, and Vim reads commands from it, an error should
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1238 make Vim exit.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1239 7 Unix Vim (not gvim): Typing CTRL-C in Ex mode should finish the line
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1240 (currently you can continue typing, but it's truncated later anyway).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1241 Requires a way to make CTRL-C interrupt select() when in cooked input.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1242 8 When loading a file in the .exrc, Vi loads the argument anyway. Vim skips
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1243 loading the argument if there is a file already. When no file argument
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1244 given, Vi starts with an empty buffer, Vim keeps the loaded file. (Bearded)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1245 6 In Insert mode, when using <BS> or <Del>, don't wipe out the text, but
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1246 only move back the cursor. Behaves like '$' in 'cpoptions'. Use a flag
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1247 in 'cpoptions' to switch this on/off.
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1248 8 When editing a file which is a symbolic link, and then opening another
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1249 symbolic link on the same file, Vim uses the name of the first one.
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1250 Adjust the file name in the buffer to the last one used? Use several file
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1251 names in one buffer???
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1252 Also: When first editing file "test", which is symlink to "test2", and
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1253 then editing "test2", you end up editing buffer "test" again. It's not
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1254 logical that the name that was first used sticks with the buffer.
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1255 7 The ":undo" command works differently in Ex mode. Edit a file, make some
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1256 changes, "Q", "undo" and _all_ changes are undone, like the ":visual"
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1257 command was one command.
321
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1258 On the other hand, an ":undo" command in an Ex script only undoes the last
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1259 change (e.g., use two :append commands, then :undo).
7
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1260 7 The ":map" command output overwrites the command. Perhaps it should keep
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1261 the ":map" when it's used without arguments?
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1262 7 CTRL-L is not the end of a section? It is for Posix! Make it an option.
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1263 7 Implement 'prompt' option. Init to off when stdin is not a tty.
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1264 7 CTRL-T in Insert mode inserts 'shiftwidth' of spaces at the cursor. Add a
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1265 flag in 'cpoptions' for this.
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1266 7 Add a way to send an email for a crashed edit session. Create a file when
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1267 making changes (containing name of the swap file), delete it when writing
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1268 the file. Supply a program that can check for crashed sessions (either
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1269 all, for a system startup, or for one user, for in a .login file).
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1270 7 Vi doesn't do autoindenting when input is not from a tty (in Ex mode).
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1271 7 "z3<CR>" should still use the whole window, but only redisplay 3 lines.
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1272 7 ":tag xx" should move the cursor to the first non-blank. Or should it go
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1273 to the match with the tag? Option?
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1274 7 Implement 'autoprint'/'ap' option.
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1275 7 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes <BS> after a count work like <Del>
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1276 (Sayre).
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1277 7 Add flag in 'cpoptions' that makes operator (yank, filter) not move the
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1278 cursor, at least when cancelled. (default Vi compatible).
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1279 7 This Vi-trick doesn't work: "Q" to go to Ex mode, then "g/pattern/visual".
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1280 In Vi you can edit in visual mode, and when doing "Q" you jump to the next
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1281 match. Nvi can do it too.
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1282 7 Support '\' for line continuation in Ex mode for these commands: (Luebking)
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1283 g/./a\ g/pattern1/ s/pattern2/rep1\\
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1284 line 1\ line 2\\
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1285 line 2\ line 3\\
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1286 . line4/
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1287 6 ":e /tmp/$tty" doesn't work. ":e $uid" does. Is $tty not set because of
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1288 the way the shell is started?
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1289 6 Vi compatibility (optional): make "ia<CR><ESC>10." do the same strange
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1290 thing. (only repeat insert for the first line).
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1291
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1292
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1293 GTK+ GUI known bugs:
713
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1294 9 Crash with X command server over ssh. (Ciaran McCreesh, 2006 Feb 6)
7
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1295 8 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters not displayed properly in menus (Mikolaj
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1296 Machowski) They are displayed as separate characters. Problem in
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1297 creating a label?
497
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1298 8 GTK 2: Combining UTF-8 characters are sometimes not drawn properly.
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1299 Depends on the font size, "monospace 13" has the problem. Vim seems to do
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1300 everything right, must be a GTK bug. Is there a way to work around it?
7
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1301 9 Can't paste a Visual selection from GTK-gvim to vim in xterm or Motif gvim
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1302 when it is longer than 4000 characters. Works OK from gvim to gvim and
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1303 vim to vim. Pasting through xterm (using the shift key) also works.
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1304 It starts working after GTK gvim loses the selection and gains it again.
795
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1305 - Gnome2: When moving the toolbar out of the dock, so that it becomes
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1306 floating, it can no longer be moved. Therefore making it float has been
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1307 blocked for now.
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1308
7
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1309
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1310 Win32 GUI known bugs:
713
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1311 - Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
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diff changeset
1312 the screen.
1125
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1313 8 non-ASCII font names don't work. Need to convert from 'encoding' and use
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1314 the wide functions.
7
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1315 8 On Windows 98 the unicows library is needed to support functions with UCS2
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1316 file names. Can we load unicows.dll dynamically?
874
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1317 8 When the primary monitor is below or right of the secondary monitor and
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diff changeset
1318 Vim is on the secondary monitor it will often move to the primary monitor.
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1319 Window position coordinates can be negative. (James Harvey)
7
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1320 8 The -P argument doesn't work very well with many MDI applications.
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1321 The last argument of CreateWindowEx() should be used, see MSDN docs.
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1322 Tutorial: http://win32assembly.online.fr/tut32.html
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1323 8 In eval.c, io.h is included when MSWIN32 is defined. Shouldn't this be
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1324 WIN32? Or can including io.h be moved to vim.h? (Dan Sharp)
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1325 7 Windows XP: When using "ClearType" for text smoothing, a column of yellow
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1326 pixels remains when typing spaces in front of a "D" ('guifont' set to
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1327 "lucida_console:h8").
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1328 6 Win32 GUI: With "-u NONE -U NONE" and doing "CTRL-W v" "CTRL-W o", the ":"
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1329 of ":only" is highlighted like the cursor. (Lipelis)
22
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1330 8 When 'encoding' is "utf-8", should use 'guifont' for both normal and wide
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1331 characters to make Asian languages work. Win32 fonts contain both
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1332 type of characters.
7
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1333 7 When font smoothing is enabled, redrawing can become very slow. The reason
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1334 appears to be drawing with a transparent background. Would it be possible
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1335 to use an opaque background in most places?
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1336 8 Use another default for 'termencoding': the active codepage. Means that
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1337 when 'encoding' is changed typing characters still works properly.
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1338 Alternative: use the Unicode functions to obtain typed characters.
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1339 8 Win32: Multi-byte characters are not displayed, even though the same font
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1340 in Notepad can display them. (Srinath Avadhanula) Try with the
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1341 UTF-8-demo.txt page with Andale Mono.
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1342 7 The cursor color indicating IME mode doesn't work properly. (Shizhu Pan,
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1343 2004 May 9)
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1344 8 Win32: When clicking on the gvim title bar, which gives it focus, produces
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1345 a file-changed dialog, after clicking on a button in that dialog the gvim
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1346 window follows the mouse. The button-up event is lost. Only with
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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1347 MS-Windows 98?
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1348 Try this: ":set sw ts", get enter-prompt, then change the file in a
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1349 console, go back to Vim and click "reload" in the dialog for the changed
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1350 file: Window moves with the cursor!
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1351 Put focus event in input buffer and let generic Vim code handle it?
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1352 8 Win32: When mouse is hidden and in the toolbar, moving it won't make it
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1353 appear. (Sami Salonen)
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1354 8 Win32 GUI: With maximized window, ":set go-=r" doesn't use the space that
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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1355 comes available. (Poucet) It works OK on Win 98 but doesn't work on Win
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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1356 NT 4.0. Leaves a grey area where the scrollbar was. ":set go+=r" also
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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1357 doesn't work properly.
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1358 8 When Vim is minimized and when maximizing it a file-changed dialog pops
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1359 up, Vim isn't maximized. It should be done before the dialog, so that it
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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1360 appears in the right position. (Webb)
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1361 9 When selecting at the more-prompt or hit-enter-prompt, the right mouse
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1362 button doesn't give popup menu.
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1363 At the hit-enter prompt CTRL-Y doesn't work to copy the modeless
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1364 selection.
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1365 On the command line, don't get a popup menu for the right mouse button.
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1366 Let the middle button paste selected text (not the clipboard but the
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1367 non-Visual selection)? Otherwise CTRL-Y has to be used to copy the text.
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1368 8 When 'grepprg' doesn't execute, the error only flashes by, the
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1369 user can hardly see what is wrong. (Moore)
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1370 Could use vimrun with an "-nowait" argument to only wait when an error
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1371 occurs, but "command.com" doesn't return an error code.
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1372 8 When the 'shell' cannot be executed, should give an appropriate error msg.
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1373 Esp. for a filter command, currently it only complains the file could not
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1374 be read.
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1375 7 Add an option to add one pixel column to the character width? Lucida
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1376 Console italic is wider than the normal font ("d" overlaps with next char).
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1377 Opposite of 'linespace': 'columnspace'.
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1378 7 At the hit-enter prompt scrolling now no longer works. Need to use the
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1379 keyboard to get around this. Pretend <CR> was hit when the user tries to
533
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1380 scroll?
7
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1381 7 Scrollbar width doesn't change when selecting other windows appearance.
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1382 Also background color of Toolbar and rectangle below vert. scrollbar.
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1383 7 "!start /min cmd" should run in a minimized window, instead of using
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1384 "/min" as the command name. (Rogall)
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1385 6 Drawing text transparently doesn't seem to work (when drawing part cursor).
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1386 8 CTRL key doesn't always work in combination with ALT key. It does work
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1387 for function keys, not for alphabetic characters. Perhaps this is because
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1388 CTRL-ALT is used by Windows as AltGr?
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1389 8 CTRL-- doesn't work for AZERTY, because it's CTRL-[ for QWERTY. How do we
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1390 know which keyboard is being used?
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1391 7 When scrolling, and a background color is dithered, the dither pattern
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1392 doesn't always join correctly between the scrolled area and the new drawn
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1393 area (Koloseike).
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1394 8 When gui_init_font() is called with "*", p_guifont is freed while it might
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1395 still be used somewhere. This is too tricky, do the font selection first,
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1396 then set the new font by name (requires putting all logfont parameters in
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1397 the font name).
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1398
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1399
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1400 Athena and Motif:
169
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1401 6 New Motif toolbar button from Marcin Dalecki:
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1402 - When the mouse pointer is over an Agide button the red becomes black.
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1403 Something with the way colors are specified in the .xpm file.
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1404 - The pixmap is two pixels smaller than it should be. The gap is filled
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1405 with grey instead of the current toolbar background color.
7
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1406 9 Can configure be changed to disable netbeans if the Xpm library is
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1407 required and it's missing?
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1408 8 When using the resource "Vim*borderwidth 2" the widgets are positioned
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1409 wrong.
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1410 9 XIM is disabled by default for SGI/IRIX. Fix XIM so that 'imdisable' can
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1411 be off by default.
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1412 9 XIM doesn't work properly for Athena/Motif. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) For now,
7
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1413 keep XIM active at all times when the input method has the preediting
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1414 flag.
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1415 8 X11: A menu that contains an umlaut is truncated at that character.
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1416 Happens when the locale is "C", which uses ASCII instead of IS0-8859-1.
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1417 Is there a way to use latin1 by default? Gnome_init() seems to do this.
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1418 8 Perhaps use fontsets for everything?
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1419 6 When starting in English and switching the language to Japanese, setting
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1420 the locale with ":lang", 'guifontset' and "hi menu font=", deleting all
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1421 menus and setting them again, the menus don't use the new font. Most of
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1422 the tooltips work though...
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1423 7 Motif: when using a file selection dialog, the specified file name is not
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1424 always used (when specifying a filter or another directory).
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1425 8 When 'encoding' is different from the current locale (e.g., utf-8) the
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1426 menu strings don't work. Requires conversion from 'encoding' to the
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1427 current locale. Workaround: set 'langmenu'.
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1428
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1429
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1430 Athena GUI:
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1431 9 When dragging the scrollbar thumb very fast, focus is only obtained in
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1432 the scrollbar itself. And the thumb is no longer updated when moving
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1433 through files.
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1434 7 The file selector is not resizable. With a big font it is difficult to
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1435 read long file names. (Schroeder)
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1436 4 Re-write the widget attachments and code so that we will not have to go
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1437 through and calculate the absolute position of every widget every time the
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1438 window is refreshed/changes size. This will help the "flashing-widgets"
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1439 problem during a refresh.
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1440 5 When starting gvim with all the default colors and then typing
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1441 ":hi Menu guibg=cyan", the menus change color but the background of the
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1442 pullright pixmap doesn't change colors.
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1443 If you type ":hi Menu guibg=cyan font=anyfont", then the pixmap changes
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1444 colors as it should.
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1445 Allocating a new pixmap and setting the resource doesn't change the
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1446 pullright pixmap's colors. Why? Possible Athena bug?
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1447
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1448
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1449 Motif GUI:
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1450 - gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
7
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1451 7 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
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1452 David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
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1453 8 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
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1454 very small instead of disappearing. When closing it, Vim crashes.
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1455 (Phillipps)
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1456
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1457
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1458 GUI:
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1459 9 On Solaris, creating the popup menu causes the right mouse button no
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1460 longer to work for extending the selection. (Halevy)
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1461 9 When running an external program, it can't always be killed with CTRL-C.
387
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1462 e.g., on Solaris 5.5, when using "K" (Keech). Other 'guipty' problems on
7
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1463 Solaris 2.6. (Marley)
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1464 9 On Solaris: Using a "-geometry" argument, bigger than the window where Vim
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1465 is started from, causes empty lines below the cmdline. (raf)
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1466 8 X11 GUI: When menu is disabled by excluding 'm' from 'guioptions', ALT key
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1467 should not be used to trigger a menu (like the Win32 version).
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1468 8 When setting 'langmenu', it should be effective immediately. Store both
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1469 the English and the translated text in the menu structure. Re-generate
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1470 the translation when 'langmenu' has changed.
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1471 8 Basic flaw in the GUI code: NextScreen is updated before calling
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1472 gui_write(), but the GUI code relies on NextScreen to represent the state
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1473 of where it is processing the output.
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1474 Need better separation of Vim core and GUI code.
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1475 8 When fontset support is enabled, setting 'guifont' to a single font
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1476 doesn't work.
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1477 8 Menu priority for sub-menus for: Amiga, BeOS.
720
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1478 8 When translating menus ignore the part after the Tab, the shortcut. So
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vimboss
parents: 717
diff changeset
1479 that the same menu item with a different shortcut (e.g., for the Mac) are
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parents: 717
diff changeset
1480 still translated.
7
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1481 8 Add menu separators for Amiga, RISCOS.
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1482 8 Add way to specify the file filter for the browse dialog. At least for
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1483 browse().
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1484 8 Add dialog for search/replace to other GUIs? Tk has something for this,
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1485 use that code? Or use console dialog.
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1486 8 When selecting a font with the font dialog and the font is invalid, the
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1487 error message disappears too quick.
169
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1488 7 More features in the find/replace dialog:
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parents: 164
diff changeset
1489 - regexp on/off
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parents: 164
diff changeset
1490 - search in selection/buffer/all buffers/directory
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parents: 164
diff changeset
1491 when all buffers/directory is used:
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parents: 164
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1492 - filter for file name
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diff changeset
1493 when directory is used:
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parents: 164
diff changeset
1494 - subdirectory on/off
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diff changeset
1495 - top directory browser
7
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1496 8 gui_check_colors() is not called at the right moment. Do it much later,
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1497 to avoid problems.
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1498 8 gui_update_cursor() is called for a cursor shape change, even when there
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1499 are mappings to be processed. Only do something when going to wait for
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1500 input. Or maybe every 100 ms?
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1501 8 X11: When the window size is reduced to fit on screen, there are blank
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1502 lines below the text and bottom scrollbar. "gvim -geometry 80x78+0+0".
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1503 When the "+0+0" is omitted it works.
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1504 8 When starting an external command, and 'guipty' set, BS and DEL are mixed
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1505 up. Set erase character somehow?
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1506 8 A dead circumflex followed by a space should give the '^' character
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1507 (Rommel). Look how xterm does this.
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1508 Also: Bednar has some code for dead key handling.
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1509 Also: Nedit 5.0.2 with USE_XMIM does it right. (Gaya)
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1510 8 The compose key doesn't work properly (Cepas). Both for Win32 and X11.
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1511 7 The cursor in an inactive window should be hollow. Currently it's not
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1512 visible.
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1513 7 GUI on Solaris 2.5.1, using /usr/dt/..: When gvim starts, cursor is
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1514 hollow, after window lowered/raised it's OK. (Godfrey)
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1515 7 When starting GUI with ":gui", and window is made smaller because it
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1516 doesn't fit on the screen, there is an extra redraw.
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1517 8 When setting font with .Xdefaults, there is an extra empty line at the
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1518 bottom, which disappears when using ":set guifont=<Tab>". (Chadzelek)
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diff changeset
1519 8 When font shape changes, but not the size, doing ":set font=" does not
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1520 redraw the screen with the new font. Also for Win32.
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1521 When the size changes, on Solaris 2.5 there isn't a redraw for the
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vimboss
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1522 remaining part of the window (Phillipps).
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1523 - Flashes really badly in certain cases when running remotely from a Sun.
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1524 4 Re-write the code so that the highlighting isn't changed multiple times
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1525 when doing a ":hi clear". The color changes happen three or more times
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1526 currently. This is very obvious on a 66Mhz 486.
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diff changeset
1527
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1528
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1529 MSDOS/DJGPP:
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1530 9 Pressing CTRL-C often crashes the console Vim runs in. (Ken Liao)
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1531 When 'bioskey' isn't set it doesn't happen. Could be a problem with the
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1532 BIOS emulation of the console. Version 5.6 already had this problem.
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1533 8 DJGPP: "cd c:" can take us to a directory that no longer exists.
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1534 change_drive() doesn't check this. How to check for this error?
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diff changeset
1535 9 The 16 bit version runs out of memory very quickly. Should find unused
818
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1536 code and reduce static data. Resetting 'writebackup' helps to be able to
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vimboss
parents: 816
diff changeset
1537 write a file.
7
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1538 9 Crash when running on Windows 98 in a console window and pressing CTRL-C.
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1539 Happens now and then. When debugging Vim in gdb this also happens. Since
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parents:
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1540 the console crashes, might be a bug in the DOS console. Resetting
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1541 'bioskey' avoids it, but then CTRL-C doesn't work.
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1542 9 DOS: Make CTRL-Fx and ALT-Fx work.
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1543 CTRL-F1 = CE-5E, CTRL-F2 = CE-5F, .., CTRL-F10 = CE-67
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1544 ALT-F1 = CE-68, ALT-F2 = CE-69, .., ALT-F10 = CE-71
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1545 Shifted cursor keys produce same codes as unshifted keys. Use bioskey(2)
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diff changeset
1546 to get modifier mask for <S-C-M-Fx>.
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diff changeset
1547 Use K_SPECIAL/KS_MODIFIER codes to insert modifier mask in input stream?
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1548 Make this work like in Win32 console.
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diff changeset
1549 Mapping things like <M-A> doesn't work, because it generates an extended
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1550 key code. Use a translation table?
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1551 9 Can't read an opened swap file when the "share" command has not been used.
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1552 At least ignore the swap files that Vim has opened itself.
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1553 8 Use DJGPP 2.03.
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1554 8 The Dos32 version (DJGPP) can't use long file names on Windows NT.
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parents:
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1555 Check if new package can be used (v2misc/ntlfn08[bs].zip).
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1556 8 setlocale() is bogus.
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1557 8 Vim busy waits for new characters or mouse clicks. Should put in some
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1558 sort of sleep, to avoid eating 50% of the CPU time. Test on an unpatched
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parents:
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1559 Windows 95 system!
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1560 8 DJGPP: when shell is bash, make fails. (Donahoe)
387
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1561 7 Hitting CTRL-P twice quickly (e.g., in keyword completion) on a 8088
7
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1562 machine, starts printer echo! (John Mullin).
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1563 7 MSDOS 16 bit version can't work with COMSPEC that has an argument, e.g.:
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1564 COMSPEC=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 (Bradley)
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1565 Caused by BCC system() function (Borland "make" has the same problem).
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1566 8 Mouse: handle left&right button pressed as middle button pressed. Add
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1567 modifier keys shift, ctrl and alt.
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1568 7 When too many files are open (depends on FILES), strange things happen.
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1569 The Dos16 version runs out of memory, in the Dos32 version "!ls" causes a
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1570 crash. Another symptom: .swp files are not deleted, existing files are
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1571 "[New file]".
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1572 7 DJGPP version doesn't work with graphics display mode. Switch to a mode
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1573 that is supported?
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1574 8 DJGPP: ":mode" doesn't work for many modes. Disable them.
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1575 8 DJGPP: When starting in Ex mode, shouldn't clear the screen. (Walter
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1576 Briscoe)
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diff changeset
1577
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1578
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1579 MSDOS, OS/2 and Win32:
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1580 8 OS/2: Add backtick expansion. Undefine NO_EXPANDPATH and use
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1581 gen_expand_wildcards().
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1582 8 OS/2: Add clipboard support? See example clipbrd.exe from Alexander
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1583 Wagner.
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1584 8 OS/2: Add Extended Attributes support and define HAVE_ACL.
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1585 8 OS/2: When editing a file name "foo.txt" that is actually called FOO.txt,
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1586 writing uses "foo.txt". Should obtain the real file name.
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1587 8 Should $USERPROFILE be preferred above $HOMEDRIVE/$HOMEPATH? No, but it's
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1588 a good fallback, thus use:
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1589 $HOME
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1590 $HOMEDRIVE$HOMEPATH
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1591 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_APPDATA, FALSE);
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1592 $USERPROFILE
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1593 SHGetSpecialFolderPath(NULL, lpzsPath, CSIDL_COMMON_APPDATA, FALSE);
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1594 $ALLUSERSPROFILE
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1595 $SYSTEMDRIVE\
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1596 C:\
7
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1597 8 Win32 console: <M-Up> and <M-Down> don't work. (Geddes) We don't have
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1598 special keys for these. Should use modifier + key.
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1599 8 Win32 console: caps-lock makes non-alpha keys work like with shift.
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1600 Should work like in the GUI version.
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1601 8 Environment variables in DOS are not case sensitive. Make a define for
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1602 STRCMP_ENV(), and use it when comparing environment var names.
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1603 8 Setting 'shellslash' has no immediate effect. Change all file names when
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1604 it is set/reset? Or only use it when actually executing a shell command?
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1605 8 When editing a file on a Samba server, case might matter. ":e file"
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1606 followed by ":e FILE" will edit "file" again, even though "FILE" might be
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1607 another one. Set last used name in buflist_new()? Fix do_ecmd(), etc.
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1608 8 When a buffer is editing a file like "ftp://mach/file", which is not going
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1609 to be used like a normal file name, don't change the slashes to
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1610 backslashes. (Ronald Hoellwarth)
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1611
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1612
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1613 Windows 95:
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1614 8 Editing a file by its short file name and writing it, makes the long file
7
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1615 name disappear. Setting 'backupcopy' helps.
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1616 Use FindFirstFile()->cAlternateFileName in fname_case() (George Reilly).
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1617 8 Doing wildcard expansion, will match the short filename, but result in the
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1618 long filename (both DJGPP and Win32).
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1619
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1620
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1621 Win32 console:
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1622 9 When editing a file by its short file name, it should be expanded into its
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1623 long file name, to avoid problems like these: (Mccollister)
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1624 1) Create a file called ".bashrc" using some other editor.
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1625 2) Drag that file onto a shortcut or the actual executable.
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1626 3) Note that the file name is something like BASHRC~1
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1627 4) Go to File->Save As menu item and type ".bashrc" as the file name.
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1628 5) Press "Yes" to indicate that I want to overwrite the file.
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1629 6) Note that the message "File exists (add ! to override)" is displayed
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1630 and the file is not saved.
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1631 Use FindFirstFile() to expand a file name and directory in the path to its
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1632 long name.
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1633 8 Also implement 'conskey' option for the Win32 console version? Look at
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1634 how Xvi does console I/O under Windows NT.
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1635 7 Re-install the use of $TERM and support the use of different terminals,
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1636 besides the console.
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1637 8 Use of <altgr> modifier doesn't work? 5.3 was OK. (Garcia-Suarez/Guckes)
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1638 9 Mapping <C-S-Tab> doesn't work correctly. How to see the difference with
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1639 <C-S-i>?
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1640 9 tmpnam() uses file in root of file system: "\asdf". That doesn't work on
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1641 a Netware network drive. Use same function as for Win32 GUI?
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1642 8 In os_win32.h, HAVE_STRICMP and HAVE_STRNICMP are defined only if __GNUC__
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1643 is not defined. Shouldn't that be the other way around?
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1644 7 Use SetConsoleCP() and SetConsoleOutputCP() to implement 'termencoding'?
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1645 Avoids that input and output work differently. Need to be restored when
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1646 exiting.
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1647
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1648
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1649 Amiga:
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1650 8 In mch_inchar() should use convert_input_safe() to handle incomplete byte
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1651 sequences.
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1652 9 In mch_expandpath() a "*" is to be expanded, but "\*" isn't. Remove
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diff changeset
1653 backslashes in result.
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diff changeset
1654 8 Executing a shell, only one option for 'shell' is separated. Should do
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1655 all options, using white space separation.
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1656
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1657
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1658 Macintosh:
713
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parents: 708
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1659 - GUI: gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
9
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1660 7 Patch to add 'transparency' option. Disadvantage: it's slow. (Eckehard
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1661 Berns, 2004 May 9) http://ecki.to/vim/TransBack-2004-05-09.diff
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1662 Needs more work. Add when someone really wants it.
7
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1663 7 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
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1664 Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
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1665 (Jack)
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1666 dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
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1667 8 Inputting Unicode characters does not work in the terminal. They appear
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1668 to arrive as upper and lower bytes. (David Brown, 2004 April 17)
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1669 8 Typing Unicode characters doesn't work at all in the GUI.
1125
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vimboss
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1670 8 inputdialog() doesn't resize when giving more text lines. (David Fishburn,
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parents: 874
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1671 2006 Sept 28)
7
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1672 9 Problems in Carbon version for OS X: (Benji Fisher)
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1673 - keyboard shortcuts in the menus get lost.
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1674 8 The Vim/About menu doesn't work.
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1675 8 ":gui" doesn't fork. Enabling the code in gui.c to fork causes a SEGV.
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diff changeset
1676 8 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
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1677 8 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
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1678 9 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
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diff changeset
1679 a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
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1680 9 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, control strip causes characters messed up when
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1681 scrolling (CTRL-L cleans it up). (Benji Fisher)
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1682 9 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, variable-speed scrolling doesn't work, after two
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diff changeset
1683 seconds of scrolling the screen freezes. (Benji Fisher)
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1684 9 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
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1685 8 Standard Mac shortcuts are missing. (Amerige)
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1686 8 Handling of non-fixed width fonts is wrong. (Amerige)
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1687
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1688
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1689 "Small" problems:
1624
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1690 - Can't disable terminal flow control, to enable the use of CTRL-S and
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
1691 CTRL-Q. Add an option for it?
1125
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1692 - When using e_secure in do_one_cmd() mention the command being executed,
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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1693 otherwise it's not clear where it comes from.
2033
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
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diff changeset
1694 - When the quickfix window is open and executing ":echo 'hello'" using the
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1695 Command-line window, the text is immediately removed by the redrawing.
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1696 (Michael Henry, 2008 Nov 1)
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1697 Generic solution: When redrawing while there is a message on the
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1698 cmdline, don't erase the display but draw over the existing text.
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1699 Other solution, redraw after closing the cmdline window, before executing
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
1700 the command.
857
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vimboss
parents: 856
diff changeset
1701 9 For Turkish vim_tolower() and vim_toupper() also need to use utf_
b933657f7c9d updated for version 7.0g01
vimboss
parents: 856
diff changeset
1702 functions for characters below 0x80. (Sertacyildiz)
854
24b17b7badb1 updated for version 7.0f05
vimboss
parents: 851
diff changeset
1703 9 When the last edited file is a help file, using '0 in a new Vim doesn't
1668
0b796e045c42 updated for version 7.2b-000
vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
1704 edit the file as a help file. 'filetype' is OK, but 'iskeyword' isn't,
0b796e045c42 updated for version 7.2b-000
vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
1705 file isn't readonly, etc.
7
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1706 8 When an ":edit" is inside a try command and the ATTENTION prompt is used,
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1707 the :catch commands are always executed, also when the file is edited
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1708 normally. Should reset did_emsg and undo side effects. Also make sure
16
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vimboss
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1709 the ATTENTION message shows up. Servatius Brandt works on this.
7
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1710 8 ":g//" gives "Pattern not found error" with E486. Should not use the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1711 error number, it's not a regular error message.
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1712 7 Vimtutor leaves escape sequence in terminal. This is the xterm response to
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vimboss
parents:
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1713 requesting the version number. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)
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1714 8 When redirecting and using ":silent" the current column for displaying and
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vimboss
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1715 redirection can be different. Use a separate variable to hold the column
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1716 for redirection.
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1717 7 The messages for "vim --help" and "vim --version" don't use
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vimboss
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1718 'termencoding'.
1125
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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1719 - Could the hit-enter prompt be avoided when a message only overlaps the
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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1720 'showcmd' area? Clear that area when the next cmd is typed.
7
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1721 8 When 'scrollbind' is set, a window won't scroll horizontally if the cursor
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1722 line is too short. Add a word in 'scrollopt' to allow moving the cursor
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1723 to longer line that is visible. A similar thing is done for the GUI when
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1724 using the horizontal scrollbar.
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1725 7 VisVim can only open one file. Hard to solve: each opened file is passed
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1726 with a separate invocation, would need to use timestamps to know the
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1727 invocations belong together.
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1728 8 When giving a ":bwipeout" command a file-changed dialog may popup for this
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parents:
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1729 buffer, which is pointless. (Mike Williams)
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1730 8 On MS-Windows ":make" doesn't show output while it is working. Use the
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1731 tee.exe from http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ? About 16 Kbyte in the
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1732 UnxUtils.zip archive.
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1733 Alternate one: http://www.pramodx.20m.com/tee_for_win32.htm, but Walter
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1734 Briscoe says it's not as good.
819
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vimboss
parents: 818
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1735 8 "stl" and "stlnc" in 'fillchars' don't work for multi-byte characters.
844
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parents: 843
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1736 8 When doing Insert mode completion a mapping cannot recursively call
d3bbb5dd3913 updated for version 7.0f02
vimboss
parents: 843
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1737 edit(), because the completion information is global. Put everything in
d3bbb5dd3913 updated for version 7.0f02
vimboss
parents: 843
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1738 an allocated structure?
1125
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
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1739 6 Python: ":py raw_input('prompt')" doesn't work. (Manu Hack)
7
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1740 8 Command line completion: buffers "foo.txt" and "../b/foo.txt", completing
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vimboss
parents:
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1741 ":buf foo<Tab>" doesn't find the second one. (George V. Reilly)
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parents:
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1742 7 Output for ":scriptnames" and ":breaklist" should shorten the file names:
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1743 use "~/" when possible.
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1744 7 mb_off2cells() doesn't work correctly on the tail byte of a double-byte
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vimboss
parents:
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1745 character. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) It should return 1 when used on a tail
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vimboss
parents:
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1746 byte, like for utf-8. Store second byte of double-byte in ScreenLines2[]
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vimboss
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1747 (like for DBCS_JPNU) and put a zero in the second byte (like for UTF-8).
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1748 8 'backupdir' and 'directory' should use $TMPDIR, $TMP and/or $TEMP when
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1749 defined.
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1750 7 Inside a function with "perl <<EOF" a line with "$i++" is recognized as an
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1751 ":insert" command, causing the following "endfunction" not to be found.
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1752 Add skipping this perl construction inside function definitions.
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1753 7 When 'ttimeoutlen' is 10 and 'timeoutlen' is 1000, there is a keycode
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1754 "<Esc>a" and a mapping <Esc>x", when typing "<Esc>a" with half a second
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1755 delay should not be interpreted as a keycode. (Hans Ginzel)
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1756 7 ":botright 1 new" twice causes all window heights to be changed. Make the
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1757 bottom window only bigger as much as needed.
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1758 7 The Cygwin and MingW makefiles define "PC", but it's not used anywhere.
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vimboss
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1759 Remove? (Dan Sharp)
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vimboss
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1760 9 User commands use the context of the script they were defined in. This
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vimboss
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1761 causes a "s:var" argument to unexpectedly use a variable in the defining
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vimboss
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1762 script, not the calling script. Add an argument to ":command":
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1763 "-keepcontext". Do replace <SID>, so that a function in the defining
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vimboss
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1764 script can be called.
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1765 8 The Japanese message translations for MS-Windows are called ja.sjis.po,
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vimboss
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1766 but they use encoding cp932. Rename the file and check that it still
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vimboss
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1767 works.
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1768 8 A very long message in confirm() can't be quit. Make this possible with
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vimboss
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1769 CTRL-C.
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1770 7 clip_x11_own_selection() uses CurrentTime, that is not allowed. VNC X
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vimboss
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1771 server has a problem with this. (Mark Waggoner) Remembering the timestamp
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1772 of events isn't always possible. We don't get them in an xterm. GTK
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vimboss
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1773 doesn't obtain the selection again when the timestamp differs, thus it
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1774 won't work for GTK anyway.
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1775 8 When the clipboard isn't supported: ":yank*" gives a confusing error
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1776 message. Specifically mention that the register name is invalid.
237
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1777 8 "gf" always excludes trailing punctuation characters. file_name_in_line()
7
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1778 is currently fixed to use ".,:;!". Add an option to make this
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1779 configurable?
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1780 8 'hkmap' should probably be global-local.
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1781 9 When "$" is in 'cpoptions' and folding is active, a "C" command changes
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1782 the folds and resets w_lines_valid. The display updating doesn't work
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1783 then. (Pritesh Mistry)
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1784 8 Using ":s" in a function changes the previous replacement string. Save
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1785 "old_sub" in save_search_patterns()?
1125
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vimboss
parents: 874
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1786 8 Should allow multi-byte characters for the delimiter: ":s+a+b+" where "+"
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vimboss
parents: 874
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1787 is a multi-byte character.
7
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1788 8 When appending to a file and 'patchmode' isn't empty, a backup file is
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1789 always written, even when the original file already exists.
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1790 7 When using "daw" on the last word in a file and this is a single letter,
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1791 nothing is deleted. Should delete the letter and preceding white space.
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1792 9 When getting focus while writing a large file, could warn for this file
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vimboss
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1793 being changed outside of Vim. Avoid checking this while the file is being
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vimboss
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1794 written.
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1795 7 The message in bt_dontwrite_msg() could be clearer.
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1796 8 The script ID that is stored with an option and displayed with ":verbose
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1797 set" isn't reset when the option is set internally. For example when
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1798 'foldlevel' is set from 'foldlevelstart'.
856
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vimboss
parents: 854
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1799 8 Also store the line number with the script ID and use it for ":verbose",
8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g
vimboss
parents: 854
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1800 so that "set nocompatible" is found when it changes other option values.
1125
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
1801 When an option is set indirectly mention the command? E.g. when
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vimboss
parents: 874
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1802 ":diffsplit" sets 'foldmethod'.
7
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1803 8 In the fileformat dialog, "Cancel" isn't translated. Add a global
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vimboss
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1804 variable for this. (Eduardo Fernandez)
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1805 9 When editing a file with 'readonly' set, there is no check for an existing
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vimboss
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1806 swap file. Then using ":write" (without making any changes) doesn't give
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vimboss
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1807 a warning either. Should check for an existing swap file without creating
1698
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vimboss
parents: 1668
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1808 one. Unfinished patch by Ian Kelling, 2008 July 14.
7
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1809 7 When 'showbreak' is set, the amount of space a Tab occupies changes.
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vimboss
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1810 Should work like 'showbreak' is inserted without changing the Tabs.
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vimboss
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1811 7 When 'mousefocus' is set and switching to another window with a typed
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vimboss
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1812 command, the mouse pointer may be moved to a part of the window that's
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vimboss
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1813 covered by another window and we lose focus. Only move in the y
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vimboss
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1814 direction, not horizontally?
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1815 8 ":hardcopy":
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vimboss
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1816 - Using the cterm_color[] table is wrong when t_colors is > 16.
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vimboss
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1817 - Need to handle unprintable characters.
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1818 - Win32: On a B&W printer syntax highlighting isn't visible. Perform
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1819 dithering to make grey text?
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1820 - Add a flag in 'printoptions' to add an empty page to make the total
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vimboss
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1821 number even. "addempty"? (Mike Williams)
24
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1822 - Respect 'linebreak'. Perhaps also 'showbreak'?
2283
7e1bd501306d Mainly documentation updates.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2282
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1823 - Should interpret CTRL-L as a page break.
7
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1824 - Grey line numbers are not always readable. Add field in 'printoptions'.
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1825 Default to black when no syntax highlighting.
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1826 - Be able to print a window in diff mode.
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1827 - Be able to specify a colorscheme to use for printing. And a separate
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vimboss
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1828 one for B&W printing (if that can be detected).
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1829 8 In Visual block mode with 'lbr' set, a change command doesn't insert the
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vimboss
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1830 text in following lines where the linebreak changes.
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1831 9 dosinst.c: The DJGPP version can't uninstall the Uninstall registry key on
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1832 Windows NT. How to install a .inf file on Windows NT and how to detect
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1833 that Windows NT is being used?
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1834 8 When 'virtualedit' is "block,insert" and encoding is "utf-8", selecting a
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vimboss
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1835 block of one double-wide character, then "d" deletes only half of it.
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vimboss
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1836 8 When 'virtualedit' is set, should "I" in blockwise visual mode also insert
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1837 in lines that don't extend into the block?
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vimboss
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1838 8 With 'virtualedit' set, in Insert mode just after the end of line, CTRL-O
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vimboss
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1839 yh does not yank the last character of the line. (Pavel Papushev)
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1840 Doing "hl" first appears to make it work.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1841 8 With 'virtualedit' set it's possible to move into the blank area from
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1842 'linebreak'.
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diff changeset
1843 8 With 'virtualedit' set and 'selection' "exclusive", a Visual selection
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vimboss
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1844 that ends in or after a tab, "d" doesn't delete (part of) the tab.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1845 (Helmut Stiegler)
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vimboss
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1846 9 When jumping to a tag, the search pattern is put in the history. When
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vimboss
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1847 'magic' is on, the pattern may not work. Translate the pattern depending
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1848 on p_magic when putting it in the history? Alternative: Store value of
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
1849 'magic' in history. (Margo)
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1850 9 optwin.vim: Restoring a mapping for <Space> or <CR> is not correct for
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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1851 ":noremap". Add "mapcmd({string}, {mode})? Use code from ":mkexrc".
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vimboss
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1852 9 incsearch is incorrect for "/that/<Return>/this/;//" (last search pattern
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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1853 isn't updated).
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1854 9 term_console is used before it is set (msdos, Amiga).
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1855 9 Get out-of-memory for ":g/^/,$s//@/" on 1000 lines, this is not handled
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vimboss
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1856 correctly. Get many error messages while redrawing the screen, which
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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1857 cause another redraw, etc.
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1858 8 [<C-I> doesn't work when '*' is in 'iskeyword'. find_pattern_in_path()
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vimboss
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1859 must escape special characters in the pattern.
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vimboss
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1860 8 Vim can overwrite a read-only file with ":w!". ":w" can't overwrite an
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1861 existing file, "w!" can, but perhaps not a read-only file? Then use
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vimboss
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diff changeset
1862 ":w!!" for that.
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vimboss
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1863 Or ask for permission to overwrite it (if file can be made writable) and
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vimboss
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1864 restore file to readonly afterwards.
460
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vimboss
parents: 456
diff changeset
1865 Overwriting a file for which a swap file exists is similar issue.
7
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1866 7 When compiled with "xterm_clipboard", startup can be slower and might get
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vimboss
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1867 error message for invalid $DISPLAY. Try connecting to the X server in the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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1868 background (forked), so that Vim starts up quicker? Connect as soon as
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
1869 the clipboard is to be used (Visual select mode starts, paste from
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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1870 clipboard)
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1871 7 X11: Some people prefer to use CLIPBOARD instead of PRIMARY for the normal
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vimboss
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1872 selection. Add an "xclipboard" argument to the 'clipboard' option? (Mark
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1873 Waggoner)
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1874 8 For xterm need to open a connection to the X server to get the window
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vimboss
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1875 title, which can be slow. Can also get the title with "<Esc>[21t", no
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vimboss
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1876 need to use X11 calls. This returns "<Esc>]l{title}<Esc>\".
34
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1877 6 When the xterm reports the number of colors, a redraw occurs. This is
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vimboss
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1878 annoying on a slow connection. Wait for the xterm to report the number of
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vimboss
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1879 colors before drawing the screen. With a timeout.
7
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1880 8 When the builtin xterm termcap contains codes that are not wanted, need a
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1881 way to avoid using the builtin termcap.
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1882 8 Xterm sends ^[[H for <Home> and ^[[F for <End> in some mode. Also
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1883 recognize these keys? Mostly useful for xterm simulators, like gnometerm.
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1884 See http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_pc_style.
837
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vimboss
parents: 836
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1885 8 For xterm also recognize keypad up/down/left/right and insert.
7
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1886 8 '[ and '] should be set to start/end of line when using a linewise operator
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1887 (e.g., ":w").
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1888 8 CTRL-A can't handle big "long" numbers, they become negative. Check for
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1889 "-" character, if not present, use unsigned long.
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1890 8 Make it possible to disable the special meaning of "#" in the first column
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1891 for ">>".
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1892 8 Add suspending with CTRL-Z at the "more" prompt, and when executing a long
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1893 script in do_cmdline().
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1894 8 When using 'hidden', many swap files will be open. When Vim runs into the
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1895 maximum number of open files, error messages will appear. Detect that
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vimboss
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1896 this problem is present, and close any hidden files that don't have
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1897 changes.
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1898 8 With 'viminfo' set such that the ".viminfo" file is written on a FAT
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1899 filesystem, an illegal file name may be created: ".vim".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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1900 8 For each buffer that is opened, the viminfo file is opened and read to
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1901 check for file marks. This can be slow.
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1902 7 In xterm, recognize both vt100 and vt220 cursor keys. Change
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1903 add_termcode() to not remove an existing entry for a name, when it's
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1904 needed.
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1905 Need a generic solution to recognize different codes for the same key.
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1906 8 Core dump within signal function: gdb doesn't show stack backtrace! Option
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1907 to skip catch_signals()?
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1908 9 Repeating a "cw" with "." doesn't work if the text was pasted from the
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1909 clipboard. (Thomas Jones) It's because the menu/toolbar item exits Insert
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1910 mode and uses "gP". How to fix this without breaking inserting a block of
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1911 text?
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1912 8 In Replace mode pasting from the clipboard (using menu or toolbar) inserts
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1913 all the text. Add ":rmenu"?
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1914 8 Pasting with the mouse in Replace mode inserts the text, instead of
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1915 overwriting, when it is more than one line. Same for using <C-R>.
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1916 9 CTRL-E and CTRL-Y don't work in small window when 'so' is 4 and lines are
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1917 wrapping (Acevedo/in.226). E.g., when using CTRL-E, window height 7,
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1918 window might actually scroll down when last line of buffer is displayed.
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1919 --> Remember if the previous command was "cursor follows screen" or
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1920 "screen follow cursor" and use this in cursupdate().
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1921 7 tilde_replace() can only handle "~/", should also do "~user/".
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1922 Get the list of home directories (from /etc/passwd? Use getpwent()) and
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1923 use some clever algorithm to match a path with that. Find common strings
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1924 in the list?
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1925 8 When dragging status line with mouse, sometimes a jump when first clicking
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1926 on the status line (caused by 'winheight'). Select window on button up,
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1927 instead of on button down.
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1928 8 Dragging the status line doesn't scroll but redraw.
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1929 9 Evaluating 'statusline' in build_stl_str_hl() does not properly check for
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1930 reaching the end of the available buffer.
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1931 Patch to dynamically allocate the buffer for % items. (Eric Arnold, 2006
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1932 May 14)
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1933 8 When performing incremental search, should abort searching as soon as a
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1934 character is typed.
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1935 8 When the value of $MAKE contains a path, configure can't handle this.
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1936 It's an autoconf bug. Remove the path from $MAKE to work around it.
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1937 8 How to set VIMRC_FILE to \"something\" for configure? Why does this not
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1938 work: CFLAGS='-DVIMRC_FILE=\"/mydir/myfile\"' ./configure
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1939 8 The temporary file is sometimes not writable. Check for this, and use an
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1940 alternate name when it isn't. Or add the 'temptemplate' option: template
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1941 for the temp file name ":set temptemplate=/usr/tmp/?????.tmp".
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1942 Also: Win32 version uses Windows temp directory, which might not work for
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1943 cygwin bash.
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1944 7 Get error "*, \+ or \( operand could be empty" for pattern "\(.\)\1\{3}".
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1945 Remember flags for backreferences.
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1946 7 When switching to Daylight Saving Time, Vim complains that a file has been
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1947 changed since last read. Can we use a function that uses GMT?
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1948 7 When completing an environment variable after a '$', check for file names
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1949 that contain a '$' after all have been found.
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1950 8 When "cm" termcap entry is missing, starting gvim shouldn't complain about
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1951 it. (Lohner) Try out with "vt100" entry, cm replaced with cX.
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1952 7 When an include file starts with "../", the check for already visiting
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1953 this file doesn't work. Need to simplify the file name.
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1954 7 The names and comments for the arguments of do_browse() are confusing.
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1955 "dflt" isn't the default file name when "initdir" is not NULL and
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1956 "initdir" is the default path to be used.
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1957 7 When 'scrolloff' is exactly half the window height, "j" causes a scroll of
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1958 two lines at a time. "k" doesn't do this. (Cory T. Echols)
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1959 8 When write_viminfo() is used while there are many orphaned viminfo
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1960 tempfiles writing the viminfo file fails. Give a clear error message so
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1961 that the user knows he has to delete the files.
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1962 7 It's possible to redefine a script-local function with ":func
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1963 <SNR>123_Test()". (Krishna) Disallow this.
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1964
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1965
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1966 I can't reproduce these (if you can, let me know how!):
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1967 9 NT 4.0 on NTFS file system: Editing ".bashrc" (drag and drop), file
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1968 disappears. Editing ".xyz" is OK. Also, drag&drop only works for three
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1969 files. (McCollister)
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1970
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1971
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1972 Problems that will (probably) not be solved:
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1973 - GTK: when using the popup menu with spelling suggestions and releasing the
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1974 right mouse button before the menu appears selecting an item with the
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1975 right mouse button has no effect. GTK does not produce an event for this.
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1976 - GTK 2: Cannot use the file selector. When using it many things become
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1977 slow. This is caused by some code in GTK that writes
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1978 ~/.recently-used.xbel every time an event is handled. It assumes the main
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1979 loop is never quit, which is a wrong assumption. Also, it overwrites the
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1980 file with different file permissions, which is a privacy issue. This
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1981 needs to be fixed in GTK. A solution in Vim would be really complicated.
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1982 (2008 Jul 31) This appears to be fixed in Vim 7.3.
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1983 - xterm title: The following scenario may occur (esp. when running the Vim
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1984 test script): Vim 1 sets the title to "file1", then restores the title to
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1985 "xterm" with an ESC sequence when exiting. Vim 2 obtains the old title
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1986 with an X library call, this may result in "file1", because the window
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1987 manager hasn't processed the "xterm" title yet. Can apparently only be
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1988 worked around with a delay.
7
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1989 - In a terminal with 'mouse' set such that the mouse is active when entering
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1990 a command line, after executing a shell command that scrolls up the
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1991 display and then pressing ":": Selecting text with the mouse works like
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1992 the display wasn't scrolled. Vim doesn't know how much the external
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1993 command scrolled up the display. Use Shift to select text.
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1994 - X windows: When $DISPLAY points to a X server where there is no access
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1995 permission, trying to connect to the X server causes an error message.
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1996 XtOpenDisplay() prints this directly, there is no way to avoid it.
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1997 - X windows: Setting 'guifontset' to an illegal value sometimes crashes Vim.
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1998 This is caused by a fault in a X library function, can't be solved in Vim.
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1999 - Win32 tcl: has("tcl") hangs when the tcl84.dll is from cygwin.
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2000 - Motif: When adding a menu item "Find this &Symbol", the "s" in "this" will
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2001 be underlined, instead of in "Symbol". Motif doesn't let us specify which
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2002 character gets the highlighting.
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2003 - Moving the cursor removes color in color-xterm. This is a color-xterm
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2004 problem! color-xterm ver. 6.1 beta 3 and later work properly.
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2005 - In zsh, "gvim&" changes the terminal settings. This is a zsh problem.
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2006 (Jennings)
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2007 - Problem with HPterm under X: old contents of window is lost (Cosentino).
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2008 - Amiga: When using quickfix with the Manx compiler we only get the first 25
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2009 errors. How do we get the rest?
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2010 - Amiga: The ":cq" command does not always abort the Manx compiler. Why?
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2011 - Linux: A file with protection r--rw-rw- is seen readonly for others. The
7
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2012 access() function in GNU libc is probably wrong.
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2013 - MSDOS: When using smartdrive with write-back buffering, writing to a
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2014 readonly floppy will cause problems. How to test for a writable floppy
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2015 first?
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2016 - MSDOS: Both 16 and 32 bit versions: File name expansion doesn't work for
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2017 names that start with a dot. These used to be illegal file names.
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2018 - When doing a CTRL-Z and typing a command for the shell, while Vim is busy
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2019 (e.g. writing a file), the command for the shell is sometimes eaten by Vim,
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2020 because the terminal mode is changed from RAW to CBREAK.
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2021 - An old version of GNU tgoto can't handle the terminfo code for "AF". The
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2022 "%p1" is interpreted as "%p" and "1", causing color not to be working.
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2023 Fix: Change the "%p1" in the "AF" and "AB" terminfo entries to "%p".
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2024 (Benzinger).
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2025 - When running an external command from the GUI, typeahead is going to that
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2026 program, not to Vim. It looks like the shell eats the characters, Vim
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2027 can't get back what the external command didn't use.
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2028 - Win32 GUI: Error code from external command not returned in shell_error.
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2029 It appears that cmd.exe and command.com don't return an error code.
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2030 - Win32 GUI: The Toolbar is a bit too high when the flat style is being
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2031 used. We don't have control over the height of the Toolbar.
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2032 - Win32: All files created on the day of switching from winter to summer
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2033 time cause "changed since editing started" messages. It goes away when
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2034 the file is written again the next day, or the timezone is adjusted.
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2035 DJGPP version is OK. (Zaimi) Looks like a problem with the Win32 library.
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2036 Rebooting doesn't help. Time stamps look OK in directory. (Penn)
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2037 Is this on FAT (stores wall clock time) or NTFS (stores UTS)?
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2038 - Win32, MS-Windows XP: $HOME uses the wrong drive when the user profiles
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2039 are not on the boot disk. This is caused by a wrong value of $HOMEDRIVE.
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2040 This is a bug in XP, see MSKB article 818134.
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2041 - SunOS 5.5.1 with Motif: The file open dialog does not have a horizontal
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2042 scroll bar for the "files" selection. This is a problem in the Motif
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2043 libraries, get a patch from Sun.
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2044 - Solaris 2.6 with GTK and Perl: gvim crashes when started. Problem with X
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2045 input method called from GDK code. Without Perl it doesn't crash.
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2046 - VMS: Vimdiff doesn't work with the VMS diff, because the output looks
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2047 different. This makes test 47 fail. Install a Unix-compatible diff.
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2048 - VMS v7.1 and older: Tests 21 and 32 fail. From VMS v7.1-2 and newer Vim
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2049 does not have this behavior. (Zoltan Arpadffy)
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2050 - Win32 GUI: mouse wheel always scrolls rightmost window. The events arrive
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2051 in Vim as if the rightmost scrollbar was used.
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2052 - GTK with Gnome: Produces an error message when starting up:
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2053 Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library
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2054 This is caused by the gnome library gnome_init() setting $LC_CTYPE to
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2055 "en_US". Not all systems support this locale name, thus causing the
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2056 error. Hopefully a newer version of GTK/Gnome fixes this problem.
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2057 - GTK 2: With this mapping the hit-enter prompt is _sometimes_ below the
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2058 screen, at other times there is a grey area below the command line:
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2059 :nmap <F11> :if &guioptions=~'m' \| set guioptions-=m \| else \| set guioptions+=m \| endif<cr>
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2060 - GTK: When pasting a selection from Vim to xclipboard gvim crashes with a
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2061 ABRT signal. Probably an error in the file gdkselection.c, the assert
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2062 always fails when XmbTextListToTextProperty() fails. (Tom Allard)
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2063 - GTK 2: gives an assertion error for every non-builtin icon in the toolbar.
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2064 This is a GTK 2.4.x bug, fixed in GTK 2.4.2. (Thomas de Grenier de Latour)
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2065 - When using an xterm that supports the termresponse feature, and the 't_Co'
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2066 termcap option was wrong when Vim started, it will be corrected when the
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2067 termresponse is received. Since the number of colors changes, the
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2068 highlighting needs to be initialized again. This may cause colors defined
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2069 in the vimrc file to be lost.
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2070 - On Windows NT 4.0 the number of files passed to Vim with drag&drop and
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2071 "Edit with Vim" is limited. The maximum command line length is 255 chars.
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2072
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2073 --------------------- extensions and improvements ----------------------
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2074 *extensions-improvements*
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2075
2033
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2076 Most interesting new features to be added when all bugs have been fixed:
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2077 - Using ":exe edit fname" has escaping problems. Use ":edit ++(fname)".
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2078 Thus use "++=" to give arguments as expressions, comma separated as if
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2079 calling a function.
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2080 With options: ":edit ++(['!', '++enc=abc'], ['+/pat'], fname)".
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2081 Alternative: Make a function for Ex commands: cmd_edit().
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2082 - Add COLUMN NUMBERS to ":" commands ":line1,line2[col1,col2]cmd". Block
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2083 can be selected with CTRL-V. Allow '$' (end of line) for col2.
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2084 - Add DEBUGGER INTERFACE. Implementation for gdb by Xavier de Gaye.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
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2085 Should work like an IDE. Try to keep it generic. Now found here:
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2086 http://clewn.sf.net.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2087 And the idevim plugin/script.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2088 To be able to start the debugger from inside Vim: For GUI run a program
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2089 with a netbeans connection; for console: start a program that splits the
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2090 terminal, runs the debugger in one window and reconnect Vim I/O to the
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
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2091 other window.
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vimboss
parents: 708
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2092 Wishes for NetBeans commands:
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2093 - make it possible to have 'defineAnnoType' also handle terminal colors.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2094 - send 'balloonText' events for the cursor position (using CursorHold ?)
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
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2095 in terminal mode.
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2096 - ECLIPSE plugin. Problem is: the interface is very complicated. Need to
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2097 implement part in Java and then connect to Vim. Some hints from Alexandru
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2098 Roman, 2004 Dec 15. Should then also work with Oracle Jdeveloper, see JSR
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2099 198 standard http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=198.
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2100 Eclim does it: http://eclim.sourceforge.net/ (Eric Van Dewoestine)
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2101 Plugin that uses a terminal emulator: http://vimplugin.sf.net
1125
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2102 And another one: http://www.satokar.com/viplugin/index.php
713
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2103 - STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is.
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parents: 708
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2104 Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command
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vimboss
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2105 scrolls back to where the cursor is.
2033
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2106 - Scroll commands by screen line. g CTRL-E and g CTRL-Y ? Requires the
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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2107 first line to be able to start halfway.
713
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2108 - Running a shell command from the GUI still has limitations. Look into how
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2109 the terminal emulator of the Vim shell project can help:
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2110 http://vimshell.wana.at
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
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2111 8 Add a command to jump to a certain kind of tag. Allow the user to specify
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
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2112 values for the optional fields. E.g., ":tag size type=m".
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
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2113 Also allow specifying the file and command, so that the result of
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
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2114 taglist() can be used.
769
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2115 - X11: Make it possible to run Vim inside a window of another program.
2f006d0864c1 updated for version 7.0225
vimboss
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2116 This can be done with XReparentWindow(). But how exactly?
713
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2117
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2118
7
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2119 Documentation:
1125
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2120 8 List of Vim runtime directories. dotvim.txt from Charles Campbell, 2007
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
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2121 Feb 20.
36
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2122 8 The GUI help should explain the Find and Find/Replace dialogs. Add a link
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2123 to it from ":promptrepl" and ":promptfind".
22
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2124 8 List of options should mention whether environment variables are expanded
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2125 or not.
7
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2126 8 Extend usr_27.txt a bit. (Adam Seyfarth)
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vimboss
parents:
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2127 7 Add a section on debugging scripts in the user manual.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2128 9 Make the Reference Manual more precise. For each command mention:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2129 - change to cursor position and curswant
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2130 - if it can be undone (u/CTRL-R) and redone (.)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2131 - how it works for folded lines
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2132 - how it works with multi-byte characters
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2133 9 In change.txt, remark about Javadoc isn't right. Right alignment would
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2134 work too.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
2135 8 Spread the windows commands over the other files. For example, ":stag"
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2136 should be with ":tag". Cross-link with tags to avoid too much double
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2137 text.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
2138 8 Add tags for all features, e.g. "gui_running".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
2139 7 MS-Windows: When a wrong command is typed with an ALT key, give a hint to
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2140 look at the help for 'winaltkeys'.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2141 7 Add a help.vim plugin that maps <Tab> to jump to the next tag in || and
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
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2142 <C-Tab> (and <S-Tab>) to the previous tag.
1624
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2143 Patch by Balazs Kezes, 2007 Dec 30. Remark from A. Politz.
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2144 - Check text editor compendium for vi and Vim remarks.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2145
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2146
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2147 Help:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
2148 - First try using the ":help" argument literally, before using it as a
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2149 pattern. And then match it as part of a tag.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2150 - When a help item has multiple matches make it possible to use ":tn" to go
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2151 to the other matches.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2152 - Support a way to view (and edit) .info files.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2153 - Default mapping for help files: <Tab> to position cursor on next |:tag|.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2154 - Implement a "sticky" help window, some help text lines that are always
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2155 displayed in a window with fixed height. (Guckes) Use "~/.vimhelp" file,
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2156 user can edit it to insert his favorite commands, new account can contain a
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2157 default contents.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2158 - Make 'winminheight' a local option, so that the user can set a minimal
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2159 height for the help window (and other windows).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2160 - ":help :s^I" should expand to ":help :substitute".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2161 - Make the help key (<F1>) context sensitive?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2162 - Learn mode: show short help while typing commands.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2163
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parents:
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2164
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2165 User Friendlier:
419
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2166 8 Windows install with NSIS: make it possible to do a silent install, see
f713fc55bf7b updated for version 7.0109
vimboss
parents: 415
diff changeset
2167 http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.12
7
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parents:
diff changeset
2168 8 Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2169 links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2170 Briscoe)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2171 8 Windows install: Be able to associate Vim with a selection of file types?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2172 8 Windows uninstall: Have uninstal.c delete the vimfiles directories that
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2173 dosinst.c creates. List the contents of the directory (recursively) if
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2174 the user asks for it. Requires an implementation of "rm -rf".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2175 8 Remember the name of the vimrc file that was used (~/.vimrc, $VIM/_vimrc,
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2176 $HOME/_vimrc, etc.) and add "edit vimrc" to the File menu.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2177 - Add a way to save local settings and mappings into a new plugin file.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2178 ":mkplugin <file>"?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2179 8 Add ":plugininstall" command. Can be used to install a plugin file that
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2180 includes documentation. Let the user select a directory from
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2181 'runtimepath'.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2182 " Vim plugin
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2183 <main plugin code>
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2184 " >>> plugin help start <<<
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2185 <plugin docs>
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2186 - Add mappings local to a window: ":map <window> ..."?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2187 9 Add buffer-local menu. Should offer a choice between removing the menu or
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2188 disabling it. Be careful that tear-offs don't disappear (keep one empty
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2189 item?).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2190 Alternative: use BufEnter and BufLeave autocommands.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2191 8 make a vimtutor script for Amiga and other systems.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2192 7 Add the arguments for configure to the ":version" output?
387
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vimboss
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2193 7 When Vim detects a file is being edited elsewhere and it's a gvim session
a509e3ba61f6 updated for version 7.0100
vimboss
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diff changeset
2194 of the same user it should offer a "Raise" button, so that the other gvim
a509e3ba61f6 updated for version 7.0100
vimboss
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diff changeset
2195 window can be displayed. (Eduard)
640
8a5a95f7ef2a updated for version 7.0185
vimboss
parents: 634
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2196 8 Support saving and restoring session for X windows? It should work to do
8a5a95f7ef2a updated for version 7.0185
vimboss
parents: 634
diff changeset
2197 ":mksession" and use "-S fname" for the restart command. The
8a5a95f7ef2a updated for version 7.0185
vimboss
parents: 634
diff changeset
2198 gui_x11_wm_protocol_handler() already takes care of the rest.
8a5a95f7ef2a updated for version 7.0185
vimboss
parents: 634
diff changeset
2199 global_event_filter() for GTK.
7
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parents:
diff changeset
2200
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parents:
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2201
693
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vimboss
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2202 Tab pages:
05dc93b9c61f updated for version 7.0208
vimboss
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2203 9 GUI implementation for the tab pages line for other systems.
1125
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2204 7 GUI: Control over the appearance of the text in the labels (bold, color,
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
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2205 font, etc.)
693
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2206 8 Make GUI menu in tab pages line configurable. Like the popup menu.
838
8e5830943bff updated for version 7.0e04
vimboss
parents: 837
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2207 8 balloons for the tab page labels that are shortened to show the full path.
693
05dc93b9c61f updated for version 7.0208
vimboss
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diff changeset
2208 8 :tabmove +N move tab page N pages forward
05dc93b9c61f updated for version 7.0208
vimboss
parents: 689
diff changeset
2209 8 :tabmove -N move tab page N pages backward
05dc93b9c61f updated for version 7.0208
vimboss
parents: 689
diff changeset
2210 7 :tabdup duplicate the tab with all its windows.
05dc93b9c61f updated for version 7.0208
vimboss
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diff changeset
2211 7 Option to put tab line at the left or right? Need an option to specify
1226
a49d06539452 updated for version 7.1b
vimboss
parents: 1125
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2212 its width. It's like a separate window with ":tabs" output.
693
05dc93b9c61f updated for version 7.0208
vimboss
parents: 689
diff changeset
2213 7 Add local variables for each tab page?
05dc93b9c61f updated for version 7.0208
vimboss
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diff changeset
2214 8 Add local options for each tab page? E.g., 'diffopt' could differ between
05dc93b9c61f updated for version 7.0208
vimboss
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diff changeset
2215 tab pages.
05dc93b9c61f updated for version 7.0208
vimboss
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diff changeset
2216 7 Add local highlighting for each tab page?
1125
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vimboss
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2217 7 Add local directory for tab pages? How would this interfere with
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
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diff changeset
2218 window-local directories?
693
05dc93b9c61f updated for version 7.0208
vimboss
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diff changeset
2219
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2220
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2221 Spell checking:
1668
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parents: 1624
diff changeset
2222 - have some way not to give spelling errors for a range of characters.
0b796e045c42 updated for version 7.2b-000
vimboss
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diff changeset
2223 E.g. for Chinese and other languages with specific characters for which we
0b796e045c42 updated for version 7.2b-000
vimboss
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diff changeset
2224 don't have a spell file. Useful when there is also text in other
0b796e045c42 updated for version 7.2b-000
vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
2225 languages in the file.
1125
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2226 - Support more regions? Caolan McNamara argues it's needed for es_XX.
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
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diff changeset
2227 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219777
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2228 - Unicode defines another quote character: 0x2019. Use it as an equivalent
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
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diff changeset
2229 of a single quote, thus use it as a word character like a quote and match
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
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diff changeset
2230 with words, replacing the curly quote with a single quote.
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2231 - Could filter &eacute; things for HTML before doing spell checking.
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
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diff changeset
2232 Similarly for TeX.
860
2fe516aa3710 updated for version 7.0g02
vimboss
parents: 857
diff changeset
2233 - The Hungarian spell file uses four extra characters in the FOL/UPP/LOW
2fe516aa3710 updated for version 7.0g02
vimboss
parents: 857
diff changeset
2234 items than other spell files with the ISO-8859-2 encoding, that causes
2fe516aa3710 updated for version 7.0g02
vimboss
parents: 857
diff changeset
2235 problem when changing 'spelllang'. There is no obvious way to fix this.
827
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vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2236 - Considering Hunspell 1.1.4:
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2237 What does MAXNGRAMSUGS do?
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
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diff changeset
2238 Is COMPLEXPREFIXES necessary when we have flags for affixes?
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
2239 - Support spelling words in CamelCase as if they were two separate words.
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
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diff changeset
2240 Requires some option to enable it. (Timothy Knox)
2072
4a1bcdd9ea55 Updated runtime files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 2043
diff changeset
2241 - There is no Finnish spell checking file. For openoffice Voikko is now
1125
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2242 used, which is based on Malaga: http://home.arcor.de/bjoern-beutel/malaga/
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vimboss
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2243 (Teemu Likonen)
827
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vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2244 8 ":mkspell" still takes much too long in Hungarian dictionary from
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2245 hunspell. Only solution appears to be to postpone secondary suffixes.
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2246 8 Handle postponed prefix with COMPOUNDPERMITFLAG or COMPOUNDFORBIDFLAG.
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2247 WFP_COMPPERMIT and WFP_COMPFORBID
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2248 8 implement use of <compoptions> in .spl file:
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2249 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDREP: when a compound word seems to be OK apply REP
1668
0b796e045c42 updated for version 7.2b-000
vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
2250 items and check if the result is a valid word.
827
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2251 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDDUP
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2252 implement CHECKCOMPOUNDTRIPLE
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2253 Add CHECKCOMPOUNDCASE: when compounding make leading capital lower case.
fd1b3406fd1c updated for version 7.0d02
vimboss
parents: 826
diff changeset
2254 How is it supposed to work?
819
23f82b5d2814 updated for version 7.0c10
vimboss
parents: 818
diff changeset
2255 - Add a command the repeats ]s and z=, showing the misspelled word in its
23f82b5d2814 updated for version 7.0c10
vimboss
parents: 818
diff changeset
2256 context. Thus to spell-check a whole file.
700
c78d973dce9e updated for version 7.0211
vimboss
parents: 697
diff changeset
2257 - suggestion for "KG" to "kg" when it's keepcase.
821
a2b128f7d705 updated for version 7.0c11
vimboss
parents: 819
diff changeset
2258 - For flags on affixes: Use a "AFFCOMPSET" flag; means the compound flags of
a2b128f7d705 updated for version 7.0c11
vimboss
parents: 819
diff changeset
2259 the word are not used.
798
95dac6af3b3a updated for version 7.0232
vimboss
parents: 795
diff changeset
2260 - Support breakpoint character ? 0xb7 and ignore it? Makes it possible to
713
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
2261 use same wordlist for hyphenation.
809
4f1b94b51e99 updated for version 7.0b02
vimboss
parents: 807
diff changeset
2262 - Compound word is accepted if nr of words is <= COMPOUNDWORDMAX OR nr of
501
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2263 syllables <= COMPOUNDSYLMAX. Specify using AND in the affix file?
625
81fe2ccc1207 updated for version 7.0179
vimboss
parents: 624
diff changeset
2264 - NEEDCOMPOUND also used for affix? Or is this called ONLYINCOMPOUND now?
81fe2ccc1207 updated for version 7.0179
vimboss
parents: 624
diff changeset
2265 Or is ONLYINCOMPOUND only for inside a compound, not at start or end?
501
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2266 - Do we need a flag for the rule that when compounding is done the following
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2267 word doesn't have a capital after a word character, even for Onecap words?
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2268 - New hunspell home page: http://hunspell.sourceforge.net/
538
aa6caa23a4b8 updated for version 7.0152
vimboss
parents: 534
diff changeset
2269 - Version 1.1.0 is out now, look into that.
501
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2270 - Lots of code depends on LANG, that isn't right. Enable each mechanism
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2271 in the affix file separately.
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2272 - Example with compounding dash is bad, gets in the way of setting
809
4f1b94b51e99 updated for version 7.0b02
vimboss
parents: 807
diff changeset
2273 COMPOUNDMIN and COMPOUNDWORDMAX to a reasonable value.
501
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2274 - PSEUDOROOT == NEEDAFFIX
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2275 - COMPOUNDROOT -> COMPOUNDED? For a word that already is a compound word
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2276 Or use COMPOUNDED2, COMPOUNDED3, etc.
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2277 - CIRCUMFIX: when a word uses a prefix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag, then
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2278 the word must also have a suffix marked with the CIRCUMFIX flag. It's a
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2279 bit primitive, since only one flag is used, which doesn't allow matching
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2280 specific prefixes with suffixes.
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2281 Alternative:
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2282 PSFX {flag} {pchop} {padd} {pcond} {schop} {sadd}[/flags] {scond}
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2283 We might not need this at all, you can use the NEEDAFFIX flag and the
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2284 affix which is required.
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2285 - When a suffix has more than one syllable, it may count as a word for
809
4f1b94b51e99 updated for version 7.0b02
vimboss
parents: 807
diff changeset
2286 COMPOUNDWORDMAX.
501
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2287 - Add flags to count extra syllables in a word. SYLLABLEADD1 SYLLABLEADD2,
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2288 etc.? Or make it possible to specify the syllable count of a word
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2289 directly, e.g., after another slash: /abc/3
625
81fe2ccc1207 updated for version 7.0179
vimboss
parents: 624
diff changeset
2290 - MORPHO item in affix file: ignore TAB and morphological field after
81fe2ccc1207 updated for version 7.0179
vimboss
parents: 624
diff changeset
2291 word/flags and affix.
501
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2292 - Implement multiple flags for compound words and CMP item?
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2293 Await comments from other spell checking authors.
ce2181d14aa0 updated for version 7.0139
vimboss
parents: 500
diff changeset
2294 - Also see tklspell: http://tkltrans.sourceforge.net/
388
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2295 8 Charles Campbell asks for method to add "contained" groups to existing
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2296 syntax items (to add @Spell).
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2297 Add ":syntax contains {pattern} add=@Spell" command? A bit like ":syn
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2298 cluster" but change the contains list directly for matching syntax items.
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2299 - References: MySpell library (in OpenOffice.org).
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2300 http://spellchecker.mozdev.org/source.html
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2301 http://whiteboard.openoffice.org/source/browse/whiteboard/lingucomponent/source/spellcheck/myspell/
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2302 author: Kevin Hendricks <kevin.hendricks@sympatico.ca>
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
2303 8 It is currently not possible to mark "can not" as rare, because "can" and
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
2304 "not" are good words. Find a way to let "rare" overrule "good"?
388
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2305 8 Make "en-rare" spell file? Ask Charles Campbell.
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2306 8 The English dictionaries for different regions are not consistent in their
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2307 use of words with a dash.
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2308 7 Insert mode completion mechanism that uses the spell word lists.
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2309 8 Add hl groups to 'spelllang'?
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2310 :set spelllang=en_us,en-rare/SpellRare,en-math/SpellMath
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2311 More complicated: Regions with different languages? E.g., comments
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2312 in English, strings in German (po file).
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2313
f92bb1845823 updated for version 7.0101
vimboss
parents: 387
diff changeset
2314
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2315 Diff mode:
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
2316 9 Instead invoking an external diff program, use builtin code. One can be
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
2317 found here: http://www.ioplex.com/~miallen/libmba/dl/src/diff.c
2348
8878a9f8db87 Rename w_p_conceal to w_p_conc for consistency.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2345
diff changeset
2318 It's quite big and badly documented though.
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2319 8 Use diff mode to show the changes made in a buffer (compared to the file).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2320 Use an unnamed buffer, like doing:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2321 new | set bt=nofile | r # | 0d_ | diffthis | wincmd p | diffthis
557
862863033fdd updated for version 7.0158
vimboss
parents: 556
diff changeset
2322 Also show difference with the file when editing started? Should show what
862863033fdd updated for version 7.0158
vimboss
parents: 556
diff changeset
2323 can be undone. (Tom Popovich)
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2324 7 Add cursor-binding: when moving the cursor in one diff'ed buffer, also
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2325 move it in other diff'ed buffers, so that CTRL-W commands go to the same
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2326 location.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2327
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2328
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2329 Folding:
569
bdbdec22a225 updated for version 7.0161
vimboss
parents: 565
diff changeset
2330 (commands still available: zI zJ zK zp zP zq zQ zV zy zY;
bdbdec22a225 updated for version 7.0161
vimboss
parents: 565
diff changeset
2331 secondary: zB zS zT zZ, z=)
1125
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2332 8 Vertical folds: looks like vertically split windows, but the cursor moves
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2333 through the vertical separator, separator moves when scrolling.
40
f1d2a58883b9 updated for version 7.0024
vimboss
parents: 39
diff changeset
2334 8 Add "z/" and "z?" for searching in not folded text only.
1125
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2335 9 Add search pattern item to only match in closed or open fold and/or fold
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2336 with certain level. Allows doing ":g/pat/cmd" to work on closed folds.
237
73354c21f1e4 updated for version 7.0066
vimboss
parents: 234
diff changeset
2337 7 Use "++--", "+++--" for different levels instead of "+---" "+----".
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2338 8 When a closed fold is displayed open because of 'foldminlines', the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2339 behavior of commands is still like the fold is closed. How to make the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2340 user aware of this?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2341 8 Add an option 'foldskip' with values like 'foldopen' that specifies which
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2342 commands skip over a closed fold.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2343 8 "H" and "L" count buffer lines instead of window lines. (Servatius Brandt)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2344 8 Add a way to add fold-plugins. Johannes Zellner has one for VB.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2345 7 When using manual folding, the undo command should also restore folds.
36
125e80798a85 updated for version 7.0021
vimboss
parents: 34
diff changeset
2346 - Allow completely hiding a closed fold. E.g., by setting 'foldtext' to an
125e80798a85 updated for version 7.0021
vimboss
parents: 34
diff changeset
2347 empty string. Require showing a character in 'foldcolumn' to avoid the
125e80798a85 updated for version 7.0021
vimboss
parents: 34
diff changeset
2348 missing line goes unnoticed.
125e80798a85 updated for version 7.0021
vimboss
parents: 34
diff changeset
2349 How to implement this?
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2350 - When pressing the down arrow of a scrollbar, a closed fold doesn't scroll
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2351 until after a long time. How to make scrolling with closed folds
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2352 smoother?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2353 - When creating a session, also store folds for buffers in the buffer list,
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2354 using the wininfo in wi_folds.
860
2fe516aa3710 updated for version 7.0g02
vimboss
parents: 857
diff changeset
2355 - When currently editing the first file in the argument list the session
2fe516aa3710 updated for version 7.0g02
vimboss
parents: 857
diff changeset
2356 file can contain:
2fe516aa3710 updated for version 7.0g02
vimboss
parents: 857
diff changeset
2357 args version.c main.c
2fe516aa3710 updated for version 7.0g02
vimboss
parents: 857
diff changeset
2358 edit version.c
2fe516aa3710 updated for version 7.0g02
vimboss
parents: 857
diff changeset
2359 Can editing version.c twice be avoided?
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2360 - 'foldmethod' "textobject": fold on sections and paragraph text objects.
625
81fe2ccc1207 updated for version 7.0179
vimboss
parents: 624
diff changeset
2361 - "zuf": undo change in manual fold. "zUf" redo change in manual fold. How
81fe2ccc1207 updated for version 7.0179
vimboss
parents: 624
diff changeset
2362 to implement this?
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2363 - "zJ" command: add the line or fold below the fold in the fold under the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2364 cursor.
708
7cf327ccb632 updated for version 7.0213
vimboss
parents: 704
diff changeset
2365 - 'foldmethod' "syntax": "fold=3" argument: set fold level for a region or
7cf327ccb632 updated for version 7.0213
vimboss
parents: 704
diff changeset
2366 match.
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2367 - Apply a new foldlevel to a range of lines. (Steve Litt)
36
125e80798a85 updated for version 7.0021
vimboss
parents: 34
diff changeset
2368 8 Have some way to restrict commands to not folded text. Also commands like
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2369 searches.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2370
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2371
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2372 Multi-byte characters:
713
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
2373 - When editing a file with both utf-8 and latin1 text Vim always falls back
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
2374 to latin1. Add a command to convert the latin1 characters to utf-8?
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
2375 :unmix utf-8,latin1 filename
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
vimboss
parents: 708
diff changeset
2376 Would only work when 'encoding' is utf-8.
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2377 9 When the tail byte of a double-byte character is illegal (e.g., a CR), the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2378 display is messed up (Yasuhiro Matsumoto). Should check for illegal
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2379 double-byte characters and display them differently (display each single
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2380 byte).
2400
e6f1424dd66a Let 'v' flag in 'concealcursor' apply to all lines in the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2398
diff changeset
2381 9 'fenc' in modeline problem: add option to reload the file when 'fenc' is
e6f1424dd66a Let 'v' flag in 'concealcursor' apply to all lines in the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2398
diff changeset
2382 set to a different value in a modeline? Option can be default on. Could
e6f1424dd66a Let 'v' flag in 'concealcursor' apply to all lines in the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2398
diff changeset
2383 it be done with an autocommand?
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2384 8 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first lines of a file for
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2385 the encoding. See Python PEP: http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2386 To avoid getting a wrong encoding only accept something Emacs-like:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2387 "-*- coding: enc-na_me.foo -*-" and "-*- coding= enc-na_me.foo -*-"
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2388 Match with "-\*-\s*coding[:=]\s*\([::word::-_.]\+\)\s*-\*-" and use first
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2389 item.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2390 8 Add an item in 'fileencodings' to check the first line of an XML file for
237
73354c21f1e4 updated for version 7.0066
vimboss
parents: 234
diff changeset
2391 the encoding. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Or "charset=UTF-8"?
73354c21f1e4 updated for version 7.0066
vimboss
parents: 234
diff changeset
2392 For HTML look for "charset=utf-8".
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2393 8 The quickfix file is read without conversion, thus in 'encoding'. Add an
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2394 option to specify the encoding of the errorfile and convert it. Also for
36
125e80798a85 updated for version 7.0021
vimboss
parents: 34
diff changeset
2395 ":grep" and ":helpgrep".
38
c524f99c7925 updated for version 7.0022
vimboss
parents: 36
diff changeset
2396 More generic solution: support a filter (e.g., by calling a function).
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2397 8 When a file was converted from 'fileencoding' to 'encoding', a tag search
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2398 should also do this on the search pattern. (Andrzej M. Ostruszka)
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
2399 8 When filtering changes the encoding 'fileencoding' may not work. E.g.,
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
2400 when using xxd and 'fileencoding' is "utf-16". Add an option to set a
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
2401 different fileencoding for filter output?
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2402 7 When converting a file fails, mention which byte could not be converted,
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2403 so that the user can fix the problem.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2404 8 Add configure option to be able to disable using the iconv library. (Udo
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2405 Schweigert)
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2406 9 'aleph' should be set to 1488 for Unicode. (Zvi Har'El)
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2407 8 Should add test for using various commands with multi-byte characters.
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2408 8 'infercase' doesn't work with multi-byte characters.
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2409 8 toupper() function doesn't handle byte count changes.
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2410 7 Searching and composing characters:
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2411 When searching, should order of composing characters be ignored?
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2412 Add special item to match with a composing character, zero-width, so that
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2413 one can replace a base character and keep the composing characters.
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2414 Add a special item to match with a composing character, so that composing
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2415 characters can be manipulated.
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2416 Add a modifier to ignore composing characters, only compare base
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2417 characters. Useful for Hebrew (Ron Aaron)
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2418 8 Should implement 'delcombine' for command line editing.
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2419 8 Detect overlong UTF-8 sequences and handle them like illegal bytes.
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2420 8 ":s/x/\u\1/" doesn't work, making uppercase isn't done for multi-byte
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2421 characters.
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2422 8 UTF-8: "r" in Visual mode doesn't take composing characters.
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2423 8 UTF-8: When there is a precomposed character in the font, use it instead
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2424 of a character and a composing character. See xterm for an example.
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2425 7 When a character can't be displayed, display its digraph instead.
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2426 'display' option to specify this.
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2427 7 Use ideas for nl_langinfo() from Markus Kuhn in enc_default():
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2428 (www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/langinfo.c)
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2429 - GTK and Win32: Allow selecting fonts for 'guifontset' with the
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2430 fontselector somehow.
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2431 - GTK and Win32: make it possible to set the font for the menu to make it
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2432 possible to have 'encoding' different from the current locale.
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2433 - dbcs_class() only works for Japanese and Korean. Implement this for
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2434 other encodings. The "euc-jp" and "euc-kr" choices might be wrong.
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2435 - Find some way to automatically select the right GUI font or fontset,
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2436 depending on the default value of 'encoding'.
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2437 Irrelevant in the GTK+ 2 GUI so long as UTF-8 is used.
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2438 For Windows, the charset_pairs[] table could be used. But how do we know
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2439 if a font exists?
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2440 - Do keyboard conversion from 'termencoding' to 'encoding' with
88
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2441 convert_input() for Mac GUI and RiscOS GUI.
7
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2442 - Add mnemonics from RFC1345 longer than two characters.
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2443 Support CTRL-K _{mnemonic}_
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2444 7 In "-- INSERT (lang) --" show the name of the keymap used instead of
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2445 "lang". (Ilya Dogolazky)
500
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2446 - Make 'breakat' accept multi-byte characters. Problem: can't use a lookup
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2447 table anymore (breakat_flags[]).
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parents: 499
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2448 Simplistic solution: when 'formatoptions' contains "m" also break a line
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parents: 499
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2449 at a multi-byte character >= 0x100.
7
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2450 - Add the possibility to enter mappings which are used whenever normal text
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2451 could be entered. E.g., for "f" command. But not in Normal mode. Sort
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2452 of opposite of 'langmap'. Use ":tmap" command?
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2453 - When breaking a line, take properties of multi-byte characters into
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2454 account. The "linebreak" program from Bruno Haible can do it:
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2455 ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/gnu/linebreak-0.1.tar.gz
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2456 But it's very complicated...
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2457
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2458
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2459 Printing:
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2460 7 Implement "undercurl" for printing.
7
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2461 - Add "page width" to wrap long lines.
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2462 - Win32: use a font dialog for setting 'printfont'. Can reuse the code for
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2463 the 'guifont' dialog, put the common code in a separate function.
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2464 - Add the file timestamp to the page header (with an option). (George
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2465 Reilly)
7
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2466 - Win32: when 'printfont' is empty use 'guifont'.
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2467 - Unix: Use some dialog box to do the obvious settings (paper size, printer
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2468 name, portrait/landscape, etc).
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2469 - PostScript: Only works for text that can be converted to an 8-bit
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2470 character set. How to support Unicode fully?
7
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2471 - Allow specifying the paper size, instead of using a standard size. Same
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2472 units as for the margins.
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2473 - Support right-to-left text?
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2474 8 Make the foreground color darkening function preserve the hue of the
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2475 color.
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2476
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2477
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2478 Syntax highlighting:
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2479 8 Make ":syn off" use 'runtimepath' instead of $VIMRUNTIME. (Gary Johnson)
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2480 Should do the same for ":syn on" and ":syn manual".
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2481 8 Support "containedin" argument for ":syn include", so that the defined
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2482 cluster can be added to existing syntax items.
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2483 8 C syntax: Don't highlight {} as errors inside () when used like this:
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2484 "({ something })", often used in GCC code.
819
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2485 7 Add a "startgroup" to a region. Used like "nextgroup" inside the region,
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2486 preferred item at the start of the region. (Charles Campbell)
7
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2487 8 When editing a new file without a name and giving it a name (by writing
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2488 it) and 'filetype' is not set, detect the filetype. Avoid doing it for
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2489 ":wq file".
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2490 7 For "nextgroup" we have skipwhite, skipnl and skipempty. It would be
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2491 really nice to be able to skip with a pattern. Or skip with a syntax
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2492 group. (Nikolai Weibull, 2007 Feb 27)
7
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2493 8 Make conversion to HTML faster (Write it in C or pre-compile the script).
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2494 9 There is still a redraw bug somewhere. Probably because a cached state is
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2495 used in a wrong way. I can't reproduce it...
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2496 7 Be able to change only the background highlighting. Useful for Diff* and
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2497 Search highlighting.
747
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2498 7 When 'number' is set highlight the number of the current line.
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parents: 734
diff changeset
2499 Must be enabled with an option, because it slows down display updating.
7
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2500 8 Allow the user to add items to the Syntax menu sorted, without having to
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2501 change this for each release.
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2502 8 Add a "matchcontains" for regions: items contained in the start or end
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2503 pattern, but not in the body.
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2504 8 Add a "keepend-contained" argument: Don't change the end of an item this
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2505 one is contained in. Like "keepend" but specified on the contained item,
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vimboss
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2506 instead of the containing item.
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2507 8 cpp.vim: In C++ it's allowed to use {} inside ().
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2508 8 Some syntax files set 'iskeyword'. When switching to another filetype
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2509 this isn't reset. Add a special keyword definition for the syntax rules?
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2510 When this is done, use vim.vim syntax highlighting for help file examples,
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2511 but without ":" in 'iskeyword' for syntax.
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2512 8 Add specific syntax item to match with parens/braces that don't have a
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2513 "%" match. :syntax nomatch cMatchError (,{,[,),},] [contained]
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2514 8 Highlight the text between two matching parens (e.g., with a grey
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2515 background) when on one of the parens or in between them.
694
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2516 Option for the matchparen plugin?
7
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2517 8 Add a command to jump to the next character highlighted with "Error".
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2518 8 When using a cterm, and no ctermfg or ctermbg are defined, use start/stop
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2519 sequences. Add remark in docs that :if 'term' == "term-name" should be
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vimboss
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2520 used.
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2521 8 Add @spell cluster to String and Comment groups for many languages. Will
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vimboss
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2522 allow spell checking. (Fleiner)
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2523 8 When listing syntax items, try to sort the keywords alphabetically. And
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vimboss
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2524 re-insert the [] if possible.
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2525 8 Make it possible to use color of text for Visual highlight group (like for
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2526 the Cursor).
557
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2527 8 It would be useful to make the highlight group name an expression. Then
862863033fdd updated for version 7.0158
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diff changeset
2528 when there is a match, the expression would be evaluated to find out what
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diff changeset
2529 highlight group to use. Could be used to check if the shell used in a
862863033fdd updated for version 7.0158
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diff changeset
2530 password file appears in /etc/shells. (Nikolai Weibull)
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2531 syn match =s:checkShell(v:match) contained 'pattern'
7
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2532 8 Make it possible to only highlight a sub-expression of a match. Like
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2533 using "\1" in a ":s" command.
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2534 8 Support for deleting syntax items:
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2535 :syn keyword cTodo remove this
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diff changeset
2536 :syn match cTodo remove "pattern"
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2537 :syn region cString remove start="this" end="that"
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2538 8 Add possibility to sync on something else, when the syncing in one way
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2539 doesn't find match. For HTML: When no {script} is found, try looking for
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vimboss
parents:
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2540 a '<'. (Fleiner)
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2541 7 Replace the synchronizing method with a state machine specification?
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vimboss
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2542 Should be able to start at any line in the file, search forwards or
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2543 backwards, and use the result of matching a pattern.
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2544 7 Use parsing like awk, so that e.g., a ( without a matching ) can be
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parents:
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2545 detected.
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2546 8 Make it possible to use "inverted" highlighting, invert the original
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2547 character. For Visual mode. (xterm-selection already does this).
7
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2548 8 Highlight non-printable characters with "SpecialChar", linked to
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2549 "Special". Display them with the digraph characters, if possible.
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2550 8 Highlight the clipboard-selection with a highlight group.
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2551 8 Be able to reset highlighting to its original (default) values.
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2552 7 Be able to write current highlighting to a file as commands, similar to
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2553 ":mkvimrc".
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vimboss
parents:
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2554 8 Improve c.vim:
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vimboss
parents:
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2555 - Add check for unterminated strings, with a variable to switch it on:
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vimboss
parents:
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2556 "c_strict_ansi".
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2557 - Detect unbalanced "#endif". Requires looking back a long way...
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parents:
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2558 8 Add an option to restrict the updating of syntax highlighting to the
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vimboss
parents:
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2559 current line while in Insert mode.
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2560 8 When guessing value of 'background', the syntax file has already been
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vimboss
parents:
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2561 loaded (from the .gvimrc). After changing 'background', load it again?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
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2562 8 Add ":syn resync" command, to re-parse the whole file until the current
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
2563 display position.
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2564 8 Should support "me" offset for a region start pattern. To be used to
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parents:
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2565 allow searching for the end pattern inside the match of the end pattern.
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2566 Example: syn region pikeXX start="([^{]" end=")" should work on "()".
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2567 8 When using a regexp for "contains=", should delay matching with it until
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2568 redrawing happens. Set a flag when a group is added, check this flag when
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diff changeset
2569 highlighting starts.
1125
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parents: 874
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2570 8 Some terminals can display colors like the GUI. Add some setting to use
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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2571 GUI colors for the terminal? With something to define the escape
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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2572 sequence.
844
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parents: 843
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2573 7 It's possible for an item to be transparent, so that the colors of an item
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vimboss
parents: 843
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2574 lower on the stack is used. Also do this with highlighting, so that the
d3bbb5dd3913 updated for version 7.0f02
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2575 user can set transparent highlighting? E.g. a number in a C comment would
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2576 get the color of a comment, a number in an assignment Normal. (Nikolai
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2577 Weibull)
7
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2578 7 Add "semitrans": Add highlighting. E.g., make the text bold, but keep the
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2579 colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
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2580 E.g. for this html:
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2581 <B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
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2582 7 Wild idea: Not only set highlighting, but also change what is displayed
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2583 (e.g., remove characters, so that "<B>bold</B>" can be shown as "bold"):
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2584 :syn region boldstuff start="<B>" display="" end="</B>" display=""
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2585 7 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
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2586 7 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
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2587 words.
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2588 8 Add more command line completion for :syntax.
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2589 8 Add more command line completion for :highlight.
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2590 7 Should find a better way to parse the :syntax and :highlight commands.
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2591 Use tables or lists that can be shared by parsing for execution and
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2592 completion?
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2593 8 Add ColorSchemePost autocommand event, so that scripts can set up their
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2594 highlighting. (Salman Halim)
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2595 7 Add a few sets of colors (e.g. Borland Turbo C one). With a menu to
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2596 select one of the sets.
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2597 8 Add offsets to sub-matches: "\(a*\) *"he=e1-1
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2598 'e' is end of match 'e1' is end of sub-match 1, 's2' is start of submatch
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2599 2, etc.
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2600 8 In Insert mode, when there are typeahead characters, postpone the
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2601 highlighting (for "." command).
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2602 8 Syncing on comments isn't 100% correct when / / lines mix with / * and * /.
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2603 For example: What about a line that starts with / / and contains * /?
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2604 8 Ignore / * and * / inside strings, when syncing.
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2605 7 Build a few more syntax files from the file "/usr/share/misc/vgrindefs":
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2606 ISP, LDL, Icon, ratfor. And check "nedit/source/highlight.c".
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2607 6 Add possibility to have background color continue until the right edge of
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2608 the window. Useful for comment blocks and function headings. (Rogall)
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2609 - Make it possible to add "contains" items for all items in a group. Useful
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2610 when extending an already existing syntax file.
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2611 - Add line-continuation pattern for non-syncing items too?
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2612 - Add possibility to highlight the whole line, including the right margin
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2613 (for comment blocks).
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2614 - Add 'hlmatch' option: List of flags:
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2615 'c': highlight match for character under the cursor.
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2616 'b': highlight the previous (, and its match.
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2617 'a': highlight all text from the previous ( until its match.
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2618 Also for {}, <>, etc.?
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2619 'e': highlight all braces without a match (slow?)
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2620 OR: add an argument "cursor" to the syntax command, which means that the
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2621 region/match/keyword is only highlighted when the cursor is on it.
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2622 (Campbell)
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2623 Or do it like Elvis: define text objects and how to highlight them around
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2624 the cursor. (Iain Truskett)
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2625 7 Make it possible to use all words in the tags files as Keyword.
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2626 Can also be done with a script (but it's slow).
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2627 7 Make it possible to call a ":" command when a match is found. Should
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2628 allow for adding keywords from the text (e.g. variables that are set).
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2629 And allows for sections with different highlighting.
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2630 7 Add highlight group for commandline: "Commandline". Make sure it
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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2631 highlights the command line while typing a command, and any output from
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2632 messages. And external commands?
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2633 8 Make a version that works like less, but with highlighting: read stdin for
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2634 text, exit at end of file, don't allow editing, etc. moreim? lessim?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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2635 7 SpecialKey highlighting overrules syntax highlighting. Can't give an
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vimboss
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2636 unprintable char another color. Would be useful for ^M at end of line.
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2637
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2638
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2639 Built-in script language:
1624
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2640 8 Make the filename and line number available to script functions, so that
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
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2641 they can give useful debugging info. The whole call stack would be ideal.
713
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2642 7 Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
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parents: 708
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2643 restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how
0c381fb7846c updated for version 7.0214
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parents: 708
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2644 to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)?
7
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2645 8 Add referring to key options with "&t_xx". Both for "echo &t_xx" and
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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2646 ":let &t_xx =". Useful for making portable mappings.
1125
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parents: 874
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2647 - Add ":let var ?= value", conditional assignment. Patch by Dave Eggum,
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2648 2006 Dec 11.
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diff changeset
2649 - range for ":exec", pass it on to the executed command. (Webb)
2325
f177a6431514 Better implementation of creating the Color Scheme menu. (Juergen Kraemer)
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2324
diff changeset
2650 8 ":{range}source": source the lines from the current file.
f177a6431514 Better implementation of creating the Color Scheme menu. (Juergen Kraemer)
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2324
diff changeset
2651 You can already yank lines and use :@" to execute them.
f177a6431514 Better implementation of creating the Color Scheme menu. (Juergen Kraemer)
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2324
diff changeset
2652 Most of do_source() would not be used, need a new function.
f177a6431514 Better implementation of creating the Color Scheme menu. (Juergen Kraemer)
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2324
diff changeset
2653 It's easy when not doing breakpoints or profiling.
f177a6431514 Better implementation of creating the Color Scheme menu. (Juergen Kraemer)
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2324
diff changeset
2654 Requires copying the lines into a list and then creating a function to
f177a6431514 Better implementation of creating the Color Scheme menu. (Juergen Kraemer)
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2324
diff changeset
2655 execute lines from the list. Similar to getnextac().
720
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vimboss
parents: 717
diff changeset
2656 7 ":include" command: just like ":source" but doesn't start a new scriptID?
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vimboss
parents: 717
diff changeset
2657 Will be tricky for the list of script names.
7
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2658 8 Have a look at VSEL. Would it be useful to include? (Bigham)
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vimboss
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2659 8 Add ":fungroup" command, to group function definitions together. When
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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2660 encountered, all functions in the group are removed. Suggest using an
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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2661 obscure name to avoid name clashes. Require a ":fungroup END" in the same
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2662 sourced file? Assume the group ends at the end of the file. Handle
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2663 nested packages?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2664 Alternative: Support packages. {package-name}:{function-name}().
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
2665 Packages are loaded automatically when first used, from
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2666 $VIMRUNTIME/packages (or use a search path).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
2667 7 Pre-parse or compile Vim scripts into a bytecode.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2668 1. Put the bytecode with the original script, with an ":if
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
2669 has('bytecode')" around it, so that it's only used with a Vim that
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
2670 supports it. Update the code with a command, can be used in an
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2671 autocommand.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2672 2. Use a ".vic" file (like Python use .pyc). Create it when writing a
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2673 .vim file. Problem: distribution.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2674 3. Use a cache directory for each user. How to recognize which cached
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2675 file belongs to a sourced script?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2676 7 Add argument to winwidth() to subtract the space taken by 'foldcolumn',
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
2677 signs and/or 'number'.
1125
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parents: 874
diff changeset
2678 6 Add ++ and -- operators? They only work on variables (lvals), how to
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2679 implement this?
7
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2680 8 Add functions:
1125
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2681 has(":command") Check if ":command" works. compare function
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2682 with "ex_ni". E.g. for ":simalt".
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2683 system() With a List argument. Bypasses the shell, use
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2684 exec() directly. (Bob Hiestand)
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2685 escape() Add argument to specify what to escape with.
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2686 modestack() Instead of just the current mode return the
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2687 stack of Insert / CTRL-O / :normal things.
20
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vimboss
parents: 19
diff changeset
2688 realname() Get user name (first, last, full)
4ac1dce8dd5e updated for version 7.0012
vimboss
parents: 19
diff changeset
2689 user_fullname() patch by Nikolai Weibull, Nov
4ac1dce8dd5e updated for version 7.0012
vimboss
parents: 19
diff changeset
2690 3 2002
4ac1dce8dd5e updated for version 7.0012
vimboss
parents: 19
diff changeset
2691 Only add this when also implemented for
4ac1dce8dd5e updated for version 7.0012
vimboss
parents: 19
diff changeset
2692 non-Unix systems, otherwise a shell cmd could
4ac1dce8dd5e updated for version 7.0012
vimboss
parents: 19
diff changeset
2693 be used.
4ac1dce8dd5e updated for version 7.0012
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parents: 19
diff changeset
2694 get_user_name() gets login name.
18
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vimboss
parents: 17
diff changeset
2695 menuprop({name}, {idx}, {what})
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parents: 17
diff changeset
2696 Get menu property of menu {name} item {idx}.
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vimboss
parents: 17
diff changeset
2697 menuprop("", 1, "name") returns "File".
293621502c4d updated for version 7.0010
vimboss
parents: 17
diff changeset
2698 menuprop("File", 1, "n") returns "nmenu
293621502c4d updated for version 7.0010
vimboss
parents: 17
diff changeset
2699 File.Open..." argument.
293621502c4d updated for version 7.0010
vimboss
parents: 17
diff changeset
2700 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Apr 22
293621502c4d updated for version 7.0010
vimboss
parents: 17
diff changeset
2701 Return a list of menus and/or a dictionary
293621502c4d updated for version 7.0010
vimboss
parents: 17
diff changeset
2702 with properties instead.
293621502c4d updated for version 7.0010
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parents: 17
diff changeset
2703 mapname({idx}, mode) return the name of the idx'th mapping.
293621502c4d updated for version 7.0010
vimboss
parents: 17
diff changeset
2704 Patch by Ilya Sher, 2004 Mar 4.
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parents: 17
diff changeset
2705 Return a list instead.
170
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parents: 169
diff changeset
2706 char2hex() convert char string to hex string.
7
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2707 attributes() return file protection flags "drwxrwxrwx"
170
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parents: 169
diff changeset
2708 filecopy(from, to) Copy a file
8c60f65311fa updated for version 7.0052
vimboss
parents: 169
diff changeset
2709 shorten(fname) shorten a file name, like home_replace()
7
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2710 perl(cmd) call Perl and return string
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2711 inputrl() like input() but right-to-left
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
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2712 typed() return the characters typed and consumed (to
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
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parents: 1280
diff changeset
2713 find out what happened)
7
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2714 virtualmode() add argument to obtain whether "$" was used in
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parents:
diff changeset
2715 Visual block mode.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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diff changeset
2716 getacp() Win32: get codepage (Glenn Maynard)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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diff changeset
2717 deletebufline() delete line in any buffer
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parents:
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2718 appendbufline() append line in any buffer
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parents:
diff changeset
2719 libcall() Allow more than one argument.
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parents:
diff changeset
2720 libcallext() Like libcall(), but using a callback function
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parents:
diff changeset
2721 to allow the library to execute a command or
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parents:
diff changeset
2722 evaluate an expression.
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2723 7 Make bufname("'0") return the buffer name from mark '0. How to get the
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diff changeset
2724 column and line number? col("'0") currently returns zero.
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parents:
diff changeset
2725 8 argc() returns 0 when using "vim -t tag". How to detect that no file was
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2726 specified in any way? To be able to jump to the last edited file.
1125
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parents: 874
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2727 8 Pass the command line arguments to Vim scripts in some way. As v:args
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
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parents: 874
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2728 List? Or extra parameter to argv()?
7
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2729 8 Add command arguments with three dashes, passed on to Vim scripts.
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parents:
diff changeset
2730 7 Add optional arguments to user functions:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
2731 :func myFunc(arg1, arg2, arg3 = "blah", arg4 = 17)
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2732 6 User functions: Functions local to buffer "b:func()"?
694
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parents: 693
diff changeset
2733 8 For Strings add ":let var[{expr}] = {expr}". When past the end of "var"
07d199fe02ed updated for version 7.0209
vimboss
parents: 693
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2734 just ignore.
7
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2735 8 The "= register should be writable, if followed by the name of a variable,
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parents:
diff changeset
2736 option or environment variable.
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2737 8 ":let &option" should list the value of the option.
1125
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parents: 874
diff changeset
2738 8 ":let Func().foo = value" should work, also when "foo" doesn't exist.
2033
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
2739 Also: ":let Func()[foo] = value" should work. Same for a List.
694
07d199fe02ed updated for version 7.0209
vimboss
parents: 693
diff changeset
2740 7 Add synIDlist(), making the whole list of syntax items on the syntax stack
07d199fe02ed updated for version 7.0209
vimboss
parents: 693
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2741 available as a List.
7
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2742 8 Add autocommand-event for when a variable is changed:
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2743 :au VarChanged {varname} {commands}
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2744 8 Add "has("gui_capable")", to check if the GUI can be started.
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2745 8 Add possibility to use variables like registers: characterwise (default),
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vimboss
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2746 linewise (when ending in '\n'), blockwise (when ending in '\001'). reg0,
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vimboss
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2747 rega, reg%, etc. Add functions linewise({expr}), blockwise({expr}) and
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vimboss
parents:
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2748 charwise({expr}).
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2749 7 Make it possible to do any command on a string variable (make a buffer
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vimboss
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2750 with one line, containing the string). Maybe add an (invisible) scratch
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vimboss
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2751 buffer for this?
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2752 result = scratch(string, command)
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2753 result = apply(string, command)
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2754 result = execute(string, command)
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2755 "command" would use <> notation.
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2756 Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
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2757 7 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
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2758 7 Automatically load a function from a file when it is called. Need an
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2759 option for the search path. (Sekera)
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2760
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2761
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2762 Robustness:
11
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2763 6 Add file locking. Lock a file when starting to edit it with flock() or
4424b47a0797 updated for version 7.0003
vimboss
parents: 10
diff changeset
2764 fcntl(). This patch has advisory file locking while reading/writing
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vimboss
parents: 10
diff changeset
2765 the file for Vim 5.4: ~/vim/patches/kahn_file_locking .
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vimboss
parents: 10
diff changeset
2766 The patch is incomplete (needs support for more systems, autoconf).
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parents: 10
diff changeset
2767 Andy doesn't have time to work on it.
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2768 Disadvantage: Need to find ways to gracefully handle failure to obtain a
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parents: 10
diff changeset
2769 lock. When to release a lock: When buffer is unloaded?
7
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2770
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2771
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2772 Performance:
1668
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parents: 1624
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2773 7 For string variables up to 3 bytes don't allocate memory, use v_list
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parents: 1624
diff changeset
2774 itself as a character array. Use VAR_SSTRING (short string).
2400
e6f1424dd66a Let 'v' flag in 'concealcursor' apply to all lines in the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2398
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2775 7 Add 'lazysize' option: Above this size Vim doesn't load everything before
e6f1424dd66a Let 'v' flag in 'concealcursor' apply to all lines in the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2398
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2776 starting to edit a file. Things like 'fileencodings' only work up to this
e6f1424dd66a Let 'v' flag in 'concealcursor' apply to all lines in the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2398
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2777 size, modelines only work at the top. Useful for large log files where
e6f1424dd66a Let 'v' flag in 'concealcursor' apply to all lines in the Visual area.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2398
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2778 you only want to look at the first few pages. Use zero to disable it.
1668
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vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
2779 8 move_lines() copies every line into allocated memory, making reloading a
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vimboss
parents: 1624
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2780 buffer a lot slower than re-editing the file. Can the memline be locked
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vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
2781 so that we don't need to make a copy? Or avoid invoking ml_updatechunk(),
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vimboss
parents: 1624
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2782 that is taking a lot of time. (Ralf Wildenhues, 2008 Jul 7)
2289
3331756e4232 Make synstack() work on the character just after the end of the line.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2287
diff changeset
2783 With a patch, but does it work?
1125
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2784 8 Instead of loading rgb.txt every time a color wasn't recognized load it
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2785 once and keep it in memory. Move the code to a common place to avoid
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vimboss
parents: 874
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2786 repeating it in various system files.
7
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2787 8 Turn b_syn_ic and b_syn_containedin into b_syn_flags.
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vimboss
parents:
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2788 9 Loading menu.vim still takes quite a bit of time. How to make it faster?
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vimboss
parents:
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2789 8 in_id_list() takes much time for syntax highlighting. Cache the result?
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vimboss
parents:
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2790 7 setpcmark() shifts the jumplist, this takes quite a bit of time when
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vimboss
parents:
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2791 jumping around. Instead use an index for the start?
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vimboss
parents:
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2792 8 When displaying a space with only foreground highlighting, it's the same
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vimboss
parents:
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2793 as a space without attributes. Avoid displaying spaces for the "~" lines
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vimboss
parents:
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2794 when starting up in a color terminal.
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vimboss
parents:
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2795 8 Avoid alloc() for scratch buffer use, esp. in syntax.c. It's very slow on
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vimboss
parents:
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2796 Win16.
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vimboss
parents:
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2797 8 Profiling shows that in_id_list() is used very often for C code. Can this
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vimboss
parents:
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2798 function be improved?
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vimboss
parents:
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2799 8 For an existing file, the page size of the swap file is always the
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vimboss
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2800 default, instead of using the block size of the device, because the swap
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2801 file is created only after setting the block size in mf_open(). How can
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2802 this be improved?
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vimboss
parents:
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2803 8 Set default for 'ttyscroll' to half a screen height? Should speed up
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vimboss
parents:
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2804 MS-DOS version. (Negri)
36
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vimboss
parents: 34
diff changeset
2805 7 C syntax highlighting gets a lot slower after ":set foldmethod=syntax".
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vimboss
parents: 34
diff changeset
2806 (Charles Campbell) Inserting a "{" is very slow. (dman)
7
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2807 7 HTML syntax highlighting is slow for long lines. Try displaying
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vimboss
parents:
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2808 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
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vimboss
parents:
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2809 7 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
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vimboss
parents:
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2810 lot of abbreviations).
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vimboss
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2811 7 DOS console: Add t_DL support, to make scrolling faster.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2812 7 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
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vimboss
parents:
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2813 at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2814 for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
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vimboss
parents:
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2815 Only used compiled code when timestamp matches the file stat.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2816 Add command to compile a vim script and add it to the file in-place.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2817 Split Ex command executing into a parsing and executing phase.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2818 Use compiled code for functions, while loops, etc.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2819 8 When editing a file with extremely long lines (e.g., an executable), the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2820 "linerest" in readfile() is allocated twice to be able to copy what was
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2821 read so far. Use realloc() instead? Or split the line when allocating
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2822 memory fails and "linerest" is big (> 100000)?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2823 8 When defining autocommands (e.g., from $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim), need to
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
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2824 compare each pattern with all existing patterns. Use a hash code to avoid
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2825 using strcmp() too often?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2826 7 Include turbo_loader patches, speeding up reading a file?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2827 Speed up reading a file by reading it into a fixed-size buffer, creating
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2828 the list of indexes in another buffer, and then copying the result into a
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2829 memfile block with two copies. Then read the next block into another
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2830 fixed-size buffer, create the second list of indexes and copy text from
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2831 the two blocks to the memfile block.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2832 7 do_cmdline(): Avoid that the command line is copied to allocated memory
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2833 and freed again later all the time. For while loops, and for when called
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2834 with an argument that can be messed with.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2835 Generic solution: Make a struct that contains a pointer and a flag that
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2836 indicates if the pointer should be freed when replaced.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2837 7 Check that the file size is not more than "sizeof(long)".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2838 - Further improve finding mappings in maphash[] in vgetorpeek()
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2839 8 Syntax highlighting is slow when deleting lines. Try in
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2840 $VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2841 - "out of memory" after deleting (1,$d) and changing (:%s/^/> /) a lot of
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2842 lines (27000) a few times. Memory fragmentation?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2843 - Have a look at how pdksh does memory allocation (alloc.c). (Dalecki)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2844 - Do profiling on:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2845 - :g/pat/normal cmd
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2846 - 1000ii<Esc>
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2847 - deleting 10Mbyte worth of lines (netscape binary)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2848 - "[i" and "[d" (Yegappan Lakshmanan)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2849 - ":g/^/m0" on a 450Kbyte file. And the "u".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2850 - highlighting "~/vim/test/longline.tex", "~/vim/test/scwoop.tcl" and
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vimboss
parents:
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2851 "~/vim/test/lockup.pl".
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2852 - loading a syntax file to highlight all words not from a dictionary.
587
3686831cf3da updated for version 7.0166
vimboss
parents: 583
diff changeset
2853 - editing a Vim script with syntax highlighting on (loading vim.vim).
7
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vimboss
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2854 7 Screen updating can be further improved by only redrawing lines that were
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2855 changed (and lines after them, when syntax highlighting was used, and it
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2856 changed).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2857 - On each change, remember start and end of the change.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2858 - When inserting/deleting lines, remember begin, end, and line count.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
2859 - Use macros/duarte/capicua for profiling. Nvi 1.71 is the fastest!
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2860 - When using a file with one long line (1Mbyte), then do "$hhhh", is still
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2861 very slow. Avoid calling getvcol() for each "h"?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2862 - Executing a register, e.g. "10000@@" is slow, because ins_typebuf has to
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2863 move the previous commands forward each time. Pass count from
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2864 normal_cmd() down to do_execreg().
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2865 - Repeating insert "1000i-<Esc>" displays --INSERT-- all the time, because of
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2866 the <Esc> at the end. Make this work faster (disable redrawing).
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diff changeset
2867 - Avoid calls to plines() for cursor line, use w_cline_height.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2868 - After ":set nowrap" remove superfluous redraw with wrong hor. offset if
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2869 cursor is right of the screen.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2870 8 Make CTRL-C on Unix generate a signal, avoid using select() to check for a
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2871 CTRL-C (it's slow).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2872
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diff changeset
2873
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2874 Code size:
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2875 8 GUI: When NO_CONSOLE is defined, more code can be excluded.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2876 - Put getline() and cookie in a struct, so only one argument has to be
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
2877 passed to do_cmdline() and other functions.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2878 8 Make a GUI-only version for Unix?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2879 8 In buf_write _() isn't needed when setting errmsg, do it once when using
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2880 it.
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parents:
diff changeset
2881 7 When compiling with a GUI-only version, the code for cterm colors can be
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2882 left out.
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parents:
diff changeset
2883 8 When compiled with a GUI-only version, the termcap entries for terminals
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2884 can be removed.
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parents:
diff changeset
2885 8 Can the check for libelf in configure.in be removed?
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2886
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2887
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parents:
diff changeset
2888 Messages:
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parents:
diff changeset
2889 8 When using ":q" in a changed file, the error says to "add !". Add the
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vimboss
parents:
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2890 command so that beginners understand it: "use :q!".
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diff changeset
2891 8 For 'verbose' level 12 prints commands from source'ed files. How to skip
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2892 lines that aren't executed? Perhaps move the echoing to do_cmdline()?
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2893 8 Use 'report' for ":bdel"? (Krishna) To avoid these messages when using a
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2894 script.
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parents:
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2895 - Delete message after new command has been entered and have waited for key.
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parents:
diff changeset
2896 Perhaps after ten seconds?
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parents:
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2897 - Make message history available in "msg" variables: msg1, msg2, .. msg9.
1125
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vimboss
parents: 874
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2898 8 When reading from stdin allow suppressing the "reading from stdin"
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
2899 message.
7
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2900 9 Check handling of overwriting of messages and delays:
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vimboss
parents:
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2901 Very wrong: errors while redrawing cause endless loop.
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vimboss
parents:
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2902 When switching to another file and screen scrolls because of the long
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vimboss
parents:
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2903 message and return must be typed, don't scroll the screen back before
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2904 redrawing.
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diff changeset
2905 8 When address range is wrong you only get "Invalid range". Be a bit more
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vimboss
parents:
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2906 specific: Negative, beyond last line, reverse range? Include the text.
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2907 8 Make it possible to ignore errors for a moment ('errorignore'?). Another
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vimboss
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diff changeset
2908 option to switch off giving error messages ('errorquiet'?). Also an option
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2909 not to give any messages ('quiet')? Or ":quiet on", ":quiet off".
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2910 Careful: For a severe error (out of memory), and when the user starts
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2911 typing, error messages must be switched back on.
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2912 Also a flag to ignore error messages for shell commands (for mappings).
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2913 - Option to set time for emsg() sleep. Interrupt sleep when key is typed?
587
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2914 Sleep before second message?
7
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2915 8 In Ex silent mode or when reading commands from a file, what exactly is
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2916 not printed and what is? Check ":print", ":set all", ":args", ":vers",
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2917 etc. At least there should be no prompt. (Smulders) And don't clear the
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2918 screen when reading commands from stdin. (Kendall)
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2919 --> Make a difference between informative messages, prompts, etc. and
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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2920 error messages, printing text, etc.
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2921 8 Window should be redrawn when resizing at the hit-enter prompt.
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2922 Also at the ":tselect" prompt. Find a generic solution for redrawing when
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2923 a prompt is present (with a callback function?).
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2924
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2925
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2926 Screen updating:
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2927 7 Add a string to the 'display' option to make CTRL-E and CTRL-Y scroll one
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2928 screen line, also if this means the first line doesn't start with the
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2929 first character (like what happens with a single line that doesn't fit).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2930 - screen_line():
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parents:
diff changeset
2931 - insert/delete character stuff.
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parents:
diff changeset
2932 - improve delete rest of line (spaces at end of line).
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parents:
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2933 - When moving or resizing window, try to avoid a complete redraw (esp. when
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2934 dragging the status line with the mouse).
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2935 - When 'lazyredraw' set, don't echo :ex commands? Need a flag to redraw when
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2936 waiting for a character.
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2937 8 Add a ":refresh [winnr]" command, to force updating a window. Useful from
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2938 an event handler where ":normal" can't be used. Also useful when
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diff changeset
2939 'lazyredraw' is set in a mapping.
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parents:
diff changeset
2940 7 Make 'list' and 'linebreak' work together.
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diff changeset
2941
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2942
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2943 Scrolling:
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2944 8 Add "zm" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
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2945 6 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
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diff changeset
2946 - extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
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2947 Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
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2948 windows.
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2949 7 Add 'scrollbind' feature to make the offset of one window with the next
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2950 one equal to the window height. When editing one file in both windows it
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2951 looks like each window displays a page of the buffer.
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2952 - Allow scrolling by dragging with the mouse (grab a character and move it
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2953 up/down). Like the "hand" in Acrobat reader. Use Alt-LeftMouse for this?
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parents:
diff changeset
2954 (Goldfarb)
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2955 - Add command to execute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all
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parents:
diff changeset
2956 bound windows.
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diff changeset
2957 - Add 'search' option to 'scrollopt' to allow 'scrollbind' windows to
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2958 be bound by regexp searches
9
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parents: 8
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2959 - Add "z>" and "z<": scroll sideways one screenful. (Campbell)
7
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2960 - Add option to set the number of lines when not to scroll, instead of the
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2961 fixed number used now (for terminals that scroll slow with a large number
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2962 of lines but not with a single line).
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2963
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2964
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2965 Autoconf:
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2966 8 Should use acconfig.h to define prototypes that are used by autoheader.
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2967 8 Some compilers don't give an error for "-OPT:Olimit" but a warning. (Webb)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2968 Add a check for the warning, so that "Olimit" can be added automatically?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2969 - Autoconf: Use @datadir@ for the system independent files. Make sure the
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parents:
diff changeset
2970 system dependent and system independent files are separated. (Leitner).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2971 - Add autoconf check for waitpid()/wait4().
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2972 - Remove fcntl() from autoconf, all systems have it?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2973 - Set default for 'dictionary', add search for dictionary to autoconf.
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parents:
diff changeset
2974
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parents:
diff changeset
2975
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parents:
diff changeset
2976 Perl interface:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2977 8 Rename typemap file to something else?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2978 7 Make buffers accessed as Perl arrays. (Clark)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2979 7 Make it possible to compile with non-ANSI C?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2980 6 Tcl/Tk has the "load" command: load a shared library (.so or .dll).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2981
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parents:
diff changeset
2982
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2983 Shared libraries:
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2984 6 Add support for loading shared libraries, and calling functions in it.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2985 :libload internal-name libname
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2986 :libunload internal-name
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2987 :liblist
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2988 :libcall internal-name function(arg1, arg2, ...)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2989 :libcall function(arg1, arg2, ...)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2990 libcall() can have only one integer or String argument at the moment.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2991 6 Have a look on how Perl handles loading dynamic libraries.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
2992
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2993
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2994 Tags:
824
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vimboss
parents: 823
diff changeset
2995 9 With ":set tags=./tags,../tags" and a tag appears in both tags files it is
8dd456c1e283 updated for version 7.0c13
vimboss
parents: 823
diff changeset
2996 added twice. Requires figuring out the actual file name for each found
8dd456c1e283 updated for version 7.0c13
vimboss
parents: 823
diff changeset
2997 match. Remove tag_fname from the match and combine it with the fname in
8dd456c1e283 updated for version 7.0c13
vimboss
parents: 823
diff changeset
2998 the match (without expanding or other things that take time). When
8dd456c1e283 updated for version 7.0c13
vimboss
parents: 823
diff changeset
2999 'tagrelative' is off tag_fname isn't needed at all.
1668
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vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
3000 8 For 'tags' wildcard in the file name is not supported, only in the path.
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vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
3001 This is due to it using |file-searching|. Suboptimal solution would be to
0b796e045c42 updated for version 7.2b-000
vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
3002 make the filename or the whole option use |wildcards| globing, better
2324
0a258a67051d In Visual mode with 'showcmd' display the number of bytes and characters.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2320
diff changeset
3003 would be to merge the 2 kinds of globing. originally (Erik Falor, 2008
1668
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vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
3004 April 18), updated (Ian Kelling, 2008 July 4)
857
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vimboss
parents: 856
diff changeset
3005 8 Use a mechanism similar to omni completion to figure out the kind of tab
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vimboss
parents: 856
diff changeset
3006 for CTRL-] and jump to the appropriate matching tag (if there are
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vimboss
parents: 856
diff changeset
3007 several).
2033
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3008 Alternative: be able to define a function that takes the tag name and uses
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3009 taglist() to find the right location. With indication of using CTRL-] so
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3010 that the context can be taken into account. (Robert Webb)
667
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vimboss
parents: 666
diff changeset
3011 7 Can CTRL-] (jump to tag) include a following "." and "->" to restrict the
9090f866cd57 updated for version 7.0197
vimboss
parents: 666
diff changeset
3012 number of possible matches? Check tags file for an item that has members.
9090f866cd57 updated for version 7.0197
vimboss
parents: 666
diff changeset
3013 (Flemming Madsen)
7
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3014 8 Scope arguments for ":tag", e.g.: ":tag class:cPage open", like Elvis.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3015 8 When output of ":tselect" is long, getting the more-prompt, should be able
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3016 to type the tag number directly.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
3017 7 Add the possibility to use the "-t {tag}" argument multiple times. Open a
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3018 window for each tag.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3019 7 Make output of ":tselect" a bit nicer. Use highlighting?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3020 7 Highlight the "tag 1 of >2" message. New highlight group, or same as "hit
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3021 bottom" search message.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3022 7 When using ":tag" at the top of the tag stack, should add another entry,
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3023 so CTRL-T can bring you back to where you are now AND to where you were
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
3024 before the previous ":tag" command. (Webb)
150
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vimboss
parents: 141
diff changeset
3025 - When doing "[^I" or "[^D" add position to tag stack.
e85cff741dec updated for version 7.0046
vimboss
parents: 141
diff changeset
3026 - Add command to put current position to tag stack: ":tpush".
1125
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3027 - Add functions to save and restore the tag stack? Or a command to switch
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3028 to another tag stack? So that you can do something else and come back to
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3029 what you were working on.
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3030 7 When using CTRL-] on someClass::someMethod, separate class from method and
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3031 use ":ta class:someClass someMethod".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3032 Include C++ tags changes (Bertin). Change "class::func" tag into "func"
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3033 with "class=class"? Docs in oldmail/bertin/in.xxx.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3034 7 Add ":tagargs", to set values for fields:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3035 :tagargs class:someclass file:version.c
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3036 :tagargs clear
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3037 These are then the default values (changes the order of priority in tag
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3038 matching).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3039 7 Support for "gtags" and "global"? With ":rtag" command?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3040 There is an example for how to do this in Nvi.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3041 Or do it like Elvis: 'tagprg' and 'tagprgonce' options. (Yamaguchi)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3042 The Elvis method is far more flexible, do it that way.
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parents:
diff changeset
3043 7 Support "col:99" extra field, to position the cursor in that column. With
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3044 a flag in 'cpoptions' to switch it off again.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3045 7 Better support for jumping to where a function or variable is used. Use
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3046 the id-utils, with a connection to "gid" (Emacs can do it too). Add
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3047 ":idselect", which uses an "ID" database (made by "mkid") like "tselect".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
3048
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parents:
diff changeset
3049
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parents:
diff changeset
3050 Win32 GUI:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3051 8 Make debug mode work while starting up (vim -D). Open console window for
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3052 the message and input?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3053 7 The Python interface only works with one version of Python, selected at
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3054 compile time. Can this be made to work with version 2.1 and 2.2
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3055 dynamically?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3056 7 GvimExt: when there are several existing Vims, move the list to a submenu.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3057 (Mike McCollister)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3058 8 When using "Edit with Vim" for one file it changes directory, when several
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3059 files are selected and using "Edit with single Vim" the directory isn't
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3060 changed. At least change directory when the path is the same for all
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3061 files. Perhaps just use the path of the first file or use the longest
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3062 common part of the path.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3063 8 Add font argument to set the lfCharSet. (Bobcik)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3064 8 Somehow automatically detect the system language and set $LANG, so that
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3065 gettext and menus work.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3066 8 Could keep console open to run multiple commands, to avoid the need to hit
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
3067 return in every console.
2207
b17bbfa96fa0 Add the settabvar() and gettabvar() functions.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2206
diff changeset
3068 Also: Look at how Emacs does run external commands:
7
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parents:
diff changeset
3069 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
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parents:
diff changeset
3070 8 Need a separate PopUp menu for modeless selection. Need two new commands:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3071 Copy selection to clipboard, Paste selection (as typed text).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
3072 8 Support copy/paste for other file formats. At least HTML, perhaps RTF.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
3073 Add "copy special" and "paste special" commands?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
3074 7 Use different default colors, to match the current Windows color scheme.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
3075 Sys_WindowText, Sys_Window, etc. (Lionel Schaffhauser)
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parents:
diff changeset
3076 7 Use <C-Tab> to cycle through open windows (e.g., the find dialog).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3077 7 <Esc> should close a dialog.
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parents:
diff changeset
3078 7 Keep the console for external commands open. Don't wait for a key to be
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3079 hit. Re-open it when the user has closed it anyway. Or use a prepended
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3080 command: ":nowait {cmd}", or ":quiet", which executes {cmd} without any
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3081 prompts.
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3082 7 Should be able to set an option so that when you double click a file that
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3083 is associated with Vim, you can either get a new instance of Vim, or have
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3084 the file added into an already running Vim.
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3085 7 The "-P" argument only works for the current codepage. Use wide
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3086 functions to find the window title.
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3087
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3088
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3089 GUI:
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3090 8 Make inputdialog() work for Photon, Amiga, RiscOS.
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3091 - <C--> cannot be mapped. Should be possible to recognize this as a
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3092 normal "-" with the Ctrl modifier.
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3093 7 Implement ":popup" for other systems than Windows.
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3094 8 Implement ":tearoff" for other systems than Win32 GUI.
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3095 6 Implement ":untearoff": hide a torn-off menu.
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3096 8 When using the scrollbar to scroll, don't move the cursor position. When
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parents:
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3097 moving the cursor: scroll to the cursor position.
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3098 9 Make <S-Insert> paste from the clipboard by default. (Kunze)
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3099 7 Menu local to a buffer, like mappings. Or local to a filetype?
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3100 8 In Buffers menu, add a choice whether selecting a buffer opens it in the
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3101 current window, splits the window or uses ":hide".
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3102 8 Dragging the mouse pointer outside of a Vim Window should make the text
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3103 scroll. Return a value from gui_send_mouse_event() to the machine
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3104 specific code to indicate the time in which the event should be repeated.
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3105 8 Make it possible to ignore a mouse click when it's used to give Vim (gvim)
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3106 window focus. Also when a mouse click is used to bring a window to front.
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3107 8 Make the split into system independent code and system specific code more
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3108 explicit. There are too many #ifdefs in gui.c.
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3109 If possible, separate the Vim code completely from the GUI code, to allow
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3110 running them in separate processes.
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3111 7 X11: Support cursorColor resource and "-cr" argument.
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3112 8 X11 (and others): CTRL-; is not different from ';'. Set the modifier mask
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3113 to include CTRL for keys where CTRL produces the same ASCII code.
471
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3114 7 Add some code to handle proportional fonts on more systems? Need to draw
21462e76364b updated for version 7.0126
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3115 each character separately (like xterm). Also for when a double-width font
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3116 is not exactly double-width. (Maeda)
7
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3117 8 Should take font from xterm where gvim was started (if no other default).
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3118 8 Selecting font names in X11 is difficult, make a script or something to
70
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3119 select one.
7
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3120 8 Visual highlighting should keep the same font (bold, italic, etc.).
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3121 8 Add flag to 'guioptions' to not put anything in the clipboard at all?
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3122 8 Should support a way to use keys that we don't recognize yet. Add a
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3123 command that adds entries to special_keys somehow. How do we make this
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parents:
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3124 portable (X11, Win32, ..)?
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3125 7 Add a flag to 'guioptions' that tells not to remove inactive menu items.
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3126 For systems where greying-out or removing menu items is very slow. The
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3127 menu items would remain visibly normally, but not do anything.
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3128 7 Add ":minimize" and ":maximize", which iconize the window and back.
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3129 Useful when using gvim to run a script (e.g. 2html.vim).
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parents:
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3130 7 X11: Is it possible to free allocated colors, so that other programs can
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vimboss
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3131 use them again? Otherwise, allow disabling allocating the default colors.
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3132 Or allocate an own colormap (check UAE). With an option to use it. For
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vimboss
parents:
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3133 the commandline, "-install" is mostly used for X11 programs.
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3134 7 Add command line argument for "gvim" not to start the GUI. Sort of the
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vimboss
parents:
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3135 inverse of "vim -g". (Vikas)
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vimboss
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3136 7 Should support multi-column menus.
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3137 - Should add option for where to put the "Help" menu: like Motif at the far
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3138 right, or with the other menus (but still at the right).
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3139 - Add menu item to "Keep Insert mode".
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parents:
diff changeset
3140 8 ":mkgvimrc" command, that includes menus.
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3141 6 Big change: Move GUI to separate program "vimgui", to make startup of vim a
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vimboss
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3142 lot faster, but still be able to do "vim -g" or ":gui".
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3143 7 More explicit mouse button binding instead of 'mousemodel'?
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3144 7 Add option to set the position of the window on the screen. 'windowpos',
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3145 which has a value of "123,456": <x>,<y>.
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vimboss
parents:
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3146 Or add a command, like ":winsize"?
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vimboss
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diff changeset
3147 7 Add toolbar for more GUIs.
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diff changeset
3148 8 Make it possible to use "amenu icon=BuiltIn##", so that the toolbar item
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3149 name can be chosen free.
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diff changeset
3150 7 Make it possible to put the toolbar on top, left, right and/or bottom of
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3151 the window? Allows for softkey-like use.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3152 6 Separate the part of Vim that does the editing from the part that runs the
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3153 GUI. Communicate through a pseudo-tty. Vim starts up, creates a
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
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3154 pty that is connected to the terminal. When the GUI starts, the pty is
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3155 reconnected to the GUI process. When the GUI stops, it is connected to
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3156 the terminal again. Also use the pty for external processes, it looks
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3157 like a vt100 terminal to them. Vim uses extra commands to communicate GUI
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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diff changeset
3158 things.
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diff changeset
3159 7 Motif: For a confirm() dialog <Enter> should be ignored when no default
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3160 button selected, <Esc> should close the dialog.
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parents:
diff changeset
3161 7 When using a pseudo-tty Vim should behave like some terminal (vt52 looks
237
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3162 simple enough). Terminal codes to/from shell should be translated.
7
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3163 - Would it be useful to be able to quit the GUI and go back to the terminal
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3164 where it was started from?
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vimboss
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diff changeset
3165 7 Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3166
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diff changeset
3167
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3168 Autocommands:
713
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diff changeset
3169 - Put autocommand event names in a hashtable for faster lookup?
2033
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3170 8 When the SwapExists event is triggered, provide information about the
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3171 swap file, e.g., whether the process is running, file was modified, etc.
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3172 Must be possible to check the situation that it's probably OK to delete
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3173 the swap file. (Marc Merlin)
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3174 8 When all the patterns for an event are "*" there is no need to expand
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3175 buffer names to a full path. This can be slow for NFS.
40
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diff changeset
3176 7 For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
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parents: 39
diff changeset
3177 CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
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parents: 39
diff changeset
3178 buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
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diff changeset
3179 changing the buffer name.
7
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3180 8 Add ScriptReadCmd event: used to load remote Vim scripts, e.g.
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3181 "vim -u http://mach/path/vimrc".
271
8d34af900bae updated for version 7.0072
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3182 7 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
662
1a85f952cdfe updated for version 7.0195
vimboss
parents: 659
diff changeset
3183 8 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
1a85f952cdfe updated for version 7.0195
vimboss
parents: 659
diff changeset
3184 Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
7
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3185 8 Use another option than 'updatetime' for the CursorHold event. The two
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3186 things are unrelated for the user (but the implementation is more
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parents:
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3187 difficult).
662
1a85f952cdfe updated for version 7.0195
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parents: 659
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3188 7 Add autocommand event for when a buffer cannot be abandoned. So that the
1a85f952cdfe updated for version 7.0195
vimboss
parents: 659
diff changeset
3189 user can define the action taking (autowrite, dialog, fail) based on the
1a85f952cdfe updated for version 7.0195
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parents: 659
diff changeset
3190 kind of file. (Yakov Lerner) Or is BufLeave sufficient?
7
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3191 8 Autocommand for when modified files have been found, when getting input
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parents:
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3192 focus again (e.g., FileChangedFocus).
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parents:
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3193 Check when: getting focus, jumping to another buffer, ...
1125
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parents: 874
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3194 7 Autocommand for when an option is changed. Match buffer name or option
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3195 name?
662
1a85f952cdfe updated for version 7.0195
vimboss
parents: 659
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3196 8 Autocommands should not change registers. And marks? And the jumplist?
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vimboss
parents: 659
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3197 And anything else? Add a command to save and restore these things.
7
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3198 8 Add autocommands, user functions and user commands to ":mkvimrc".
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3199 6 Add KeymapChanged event, so that the effects of a different keymap can be
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3200 handled (e.g., other font) (Ron Aaron)
662
1a85f952cdfe updated for version 7.0195
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3201 7 When trying to open a directory, trigger an OpenDirectory event.
7
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3202 7 Add file type in front of file pattern: <d> for directory, <l> for link,
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parents:
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3203 <x> for executable, etc. <&xxx> for Risc OS. With commas to separate
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parents:
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3204 alternatives. The autocommand is only executed when both the file type
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3205 AND the file pattern match. (Leonard)
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parents:
diff changeset
3206 5 Add option that specifies extensions which are to be discarded from the
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parents:
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3207 file name. E.g. 'ausuffix', with ".gz,.orig". Such that file.c.gz will
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parents:
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3208 trigger the "*.c" autocommands. (Belabas)
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3209 7 Add something to break the autocommands for the current event, and for
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parents:
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3210 what follows. Useful for a "BufWritePre" that wants to avoid writing the
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parents:
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3211 file.
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3212 8 When editing "tt.gz", which is in DOS format, 'fileformat' stays at
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vimboss
parents:
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3213 "unix", thus writing the file changes it. Somehow detect that the read
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parents:
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3214 command used dos fileformat. Same for 'fileencoding'.
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diff changeset
3215 - Add events to autocommands:
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3216 Error - When an error happens
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3217 NormalEnter - Entering Normal mode
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3218 ReplaceEnter - Entering Replace mode
838
8e5830943bff updated for version 7.0e04
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parents: 837
diff changeset
3219 CmdEnter - Entering Cmdline mode (with type of cmdline to allow
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vimboss
parents: 837
diff changeset
3220 different mapping)
7
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3221 VisualEnter - Entering Visual mode
11
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3222 *Leave - Leaving a mode (in pair with the above *Enter)
17
9be87deaeb52 updated for version 7.0009
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3223 VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled
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diff changeset
3224 when exiting isn't a good idea.
1125
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
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diff changeset
3225 CursorHoldC - CursorHold while command-line editing
26
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3226 WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J"
7
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3227 CmdUndefined - Like FuncUndefined but for user commands.
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3228 SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M")
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3229 PreDirChanged/PostDirChanged
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3230 - Before/after ":cd" has been used (for changing the
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parents:
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3231 window title)
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3232 BufReadAction - replaces reading a file
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3233 BufWriteAction - replaces writing a file
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3234 ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
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3235 InsertCharPre - user typed character Insert mode, before inserting the
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3236 char. Pattern is matched with text before the cursor.
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3237 Set v:char to the character, can be changed.
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3238 (not triggered when 'paste' is set).
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3239 InsertCharPost - user typed a character in Insert mode, after inserting
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3240 the char.
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3241 BufModified - When a buffer becomes modified, or unmodified (for
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3242 putting a [+] in the window title or checking out the
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3243 file from CVS).
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3244 BufFirstChange - When making a change, when 'modified' is set. Can be
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3245 used to do a :preserve for remote files.
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3246 BufChange - after a change was made. Set some variables to indicate
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3247 the position and number of inserted/deleted lines, so
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3248 that marks can be updated. HierAssist has patch to add
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3249 BufChangePre, BufChangePost and RevertBuf. (Shah)
1125
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parents: 874
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3250 ViewChanged - triggered when the text scrolls and when the window size
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parents: 874
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3251 changes.
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3252 WinResized - After a window has been resized
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vimboss
parents: 874
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3253 WinClose - Just before closing a window
620
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parents: 619
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3254 - Write the file now and then ('autosave'):
7
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3255 *'autosave'* *'as'* *'noautosave'* *'noas'*
2033
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
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3256 'autosave' 'as' number (default 0)
7
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3257 Automatically write the current buffer to file N seconds after the
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3258 last change has been made and when |'modified'| is still set.
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3259 Default: 0 = do not autosave the buffer.
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parents:
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3260 Alternative: have 'autosave' use 'updatetime' and 'updatecount' but make
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vimboss
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3261 them save the file itself besides the swapfile.
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parents:
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3262
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parents:
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3263
725
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parents: 720
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3264 Omni completion:
1668
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parents: 1624
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3265 - Add a flag to 'complete' to be able to do omni completion with CTRL-N (and
0b796e045c42 updated for version 7.2b-000
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parents: 1624
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3266 mix it with other kinds of completion).
725
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parents: 720
diff changeset
3267 - Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE:
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parents: 720
diff changeset
3268 - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information.
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parents: 720
diff changeset
3269 Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc.
0a9371c70540 updated for version 7.0220
vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3270 Richard Emberson mentioned working on an interface to Java.
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parents: 720
diff changeset
3271 - Check Readline for its completion interface.
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parents: 720
diff changeset
3272 - Ideas from others:
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3273 http://www.wholetomato.com/
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parents: 720
diff changeset
3274 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=747
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3275 http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3276 or http://insenvim.sourceforge.net
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3277 Java, XML, HTML, C++, JSP, SQL, C#
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3278 MS-Windows only, lots of dependencies (e.g. Perl, Internet
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3279 explorer), uses .dll shared libraries.
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3280 For C++ uses $INCLUDE environment var.
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3281 Uses Perl for C++.
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3282 Uses ctags to find the info:
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3283 ctags -f $allTagsFile --fields=+aiKmnsSz --language-force=C++ --C++-kinds=+cefgmnpsut-dlux -u $files
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parents: 720
diff changeset
3284 www.vim.org script 1213 (Java Development Environment) (Fuchuan Wang)
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3285 IComplete: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1265
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3286 and http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e0125672/icomplete/
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3287 http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs)
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3288 Ivan Villanueva has something for Java.
2174
755eb92c5961 Move items around in the todo list.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2162
diff changeset
3289 Emacs: http://www.xref-tech.com/xrefactory/more_c_completion.html
725
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3290 Completion in .NET framework SharpDevelop: http://www.icsharpcode.net
0a9371c70540 updated for version 7.0220
vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3291 - Pre-expand abbreviations, show which abbrevs would match?
0a9371c70540 updated for version 7.0220
vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3292
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vimboss
parents: 720
diff changeset
3293
7
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3294 Insert mode completion/expansion:
713
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parents: 708
diff changeset
3295 - GUI implementation of the popup menu.
860
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vimboss
parents: 857
diff changeset
3296 7 When searching in other files the name flash by, too fast to read. Only
2fe516aa3710 updated for version 7.0g02
vimboss
parents: 857
diff changeset
3297 display a name every second or so, like with ":vimgrep".
1668
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parents: 1624
diff changeset
3298 7 When expanding file names with an environment variable, add the match with
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vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
3299 the unexpanded var. So $HOME/tm expands to "/home/guy/tmp" and
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vimboss
parents: 1624
diff changeset
3300 "$HOME/tmp"
7
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3301 8 When there is no word before the cursor but something like "sys." complete
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3302 with "sys.". Works well for C and similar languages.
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3303 9 ^X^L completion doesn't repeat correctly. It uses the first match with
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vimboss
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3304 the last added line, instead of continuing where the last match ended.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3305 (Webb)
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vimboss
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diff changeset
3306 8 Add option to set different behavior for Insert mode completion:
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3307 - ignore/match case
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3308 - different characters than 'iskeyword'
1125
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3309 8 Add option 'isexpand', containing characters when doing expansion (so that
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3310 "." and "\" can be included, without changing 'iskeyword'). (Goldfarb)
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3311 Also: 'istagword': characters used for CTRL-].
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3312 When 'isexpand' or 'istagword' are empty, use 'iskeyword'.
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3313 Alternative: Use a pattern so that start and end of a keyword can be
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3314 defined, only allow dash in the middle, etc.
7
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3315 8 Add a command to undo the completion, go back to the original text.
471
21462e76364b updated for version 7.0126
vimboss
parents: 468
diff changeset
3316 7 Completion of an abbreviation: Can leave letters out, like what Instant
21462e76364b updated for version 7.0126
vimboss
parents: 468
diff changeset
3317 text does: www.textware.com
7
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3318 8 Use the class information in the tags file to do context-sensitive
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3319 completion. After "foo." complete all member functions/variables of
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3320 "foo". Need to search backwards for the class definition of foo.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3321 Should work for C++ and Java.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3322 Even more context would be nice: "import java.^N" -> "io", "lang", etc.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3323 7 When expanding $HOME/dir with ^X^F keep the $HOME (with an option?).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3324 7 Add CTRL-X command in Insert mode like CTRL-X CTRL-N, that completes WORDS
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3325 instead of words.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3326 8 Add CTRL-X CTRL-R: complete words from register contents.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3327 8 Add completion of previously inserted texts (like what CTRL-A does).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3328 Requires remembering a number of insertions.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3329 8 Add 'f' flag to 'complete': Expand file names.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3330 Also apply 'complete' to whole line completion.
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3331 - Add a flag to 'complete' to only scan local header files, not system
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3332 header files. (Andri Moell)
7
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parents:
diff changeset
3333 - Make it possible to search include files in several places. Use the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3334 'path' option? Can this be done with the dictionary completion (use
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3335 wildcards in the file name)?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3336 - Make CTRL-X CTRL-K do a binary search in the dictionary (if it's sorted).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3337 - Speed up CTRL-X CTRL-K dictionary searching (don't use a regexp?).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3338 - Set a mark at the position where the match was found (file mark, could
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3339 be in another file).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3340 - Add CTRL-A command in CTRL-X mode: show all matches.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3341 - Make CTRL-X CTRL-L use the 'complete' option?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3342 - Add command in CTRL-X mode to add following words to the completed string
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3343 (e.g. to complete "Pointer->element" with CTRL-X CTRL-P CTRL-W CTRL-W)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3344 - CTRL-X CTRL-F: Use 'path' to find completions.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3345 - CTRL-X CTRL-F: Option to use forward slashes on MS-Windows?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3346 - CTRL-X CTRL-F: Don't replace "$VIM" with the actual value. (Kelly)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3347 - Allow listing all matches in some way (and picking one from the list).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3348
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parents:
diff changeset
3349
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parents:
diff changeset
3350 Command line editing:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3351 7 Add commands (keys) to delete from the cursor to the end of the command
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3352 line.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3353 8 Custom completion of user commands can't use the standard completion
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3354 functions. Add a hook to invoke a user function that returns the type of
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3355 completion to be done: "file", "tag", "custom", etc.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3356 - Add flags to 'whichwrap' for command line editing (cursor right at end of
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3357 lines wraps to start of line).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3358 - Make editing the command line work like Insert mode in a single-line view
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3359 on a buffer that contains the command line history. But this has many
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3360 disadvantages, only implement it when these can be solved. Elvis has run
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3361 into these, see remarks from Steve (~/Mail/oldmail/kirkendall/in.00012).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3362 - Going back in history and editing a line there would change the history.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3363 Would still need to keep a copy of the history elsewhere. Like the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3364 cmdwin does now already.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3365 - Use CTRL-O to execute one Normal mode command. How to switch to normal
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3366 mode for more commands? <Esc> should cancel the command line. CTRL-T?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3367 - To allow "/" and "= need to recursively call getcmdline(), overwrite the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3368 cmdline. But then we are editing a command-line again. How to avoid
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3369 that the user gets confused by the stack of command lines?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3370 - Use edit() for normal cmdline editing? Would have to integrate
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3371 getcmdline() into edit(). Need to solve conflicts between Insert mode
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3372 and Command-line mode commands. Make it work like Korn shell and tcsh.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3373 Problems:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3374 - Insert: completion with 'wildchar'
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3375 - Insert: use cmdline abbreviations
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
3376 - Insert: CTRL-D deletes indent instead of listing matches
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3377 - Normal: no CTRL-W commands
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parents:
diff changeset
3378 - Normal: no ":" commands?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3379 - Normal: allow Visual mode only within one line.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3380 - where to show insert/normal mode message? Change highlighting of
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3381 character in first column?
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parents:
diff changeset
3382 - Implementation ideas:
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parents:
diff changeset
3383 - Set "curwin" and "curbuf" to the command line window and buffer.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3384 - curwin->w_topline is always equal to curwin->w_cursor.lnum.
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parents:
diff changeset
3385 - never set 'number', no folding, etc. No status line.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3386 - sync undo after entering a command line?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3387 - use NV_NOCL flag for commands that are not allowed in Command-line
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3388 Mode.
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parents:
diff changeset
3389
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parents:
diff changeset
3390
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parents:
diff changeset
3391 Command line completion:
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3392 8 Completing ":r ~br" should find matching user names.
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3393 8 Change expand_interactively into a flag that is passed as an argument.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3394 8 With command line completion after '%' and '#', expand current/alternate
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3395 file name, so it can be edited. Also with modifiers, such as "%:h".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3396 8 When completing command names, either sort them on the long name, or list
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3397 them with the optional part inside [].
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3398 8 Add an option to ignore case when doing interactive completion. So that
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3399 ":e file<Tab>" also lists "Filelist" (sorted after matching case matches).
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3400 7 Completion of ":map x ": fill in the current mapping, so that it can be
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3401 edited. (Sven Guckes)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3402 - For 'wildmenu': Simplify "../bar" when possible.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3403 - When using <Up> in wildmenu mode for a submenu, should go back to the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3404 current menu, not the first one. E.g., ":emenu File.Save<Up>".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3405 8 When using backtick expansion, the external command may write a greeting
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parents:
diff changeset
3406 message. Add an option or commands to remove lines that match a regexp?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3407 7 When listing matches of files, display the common path separately from the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3408 file names, if this makes the listing shorter. (Webb)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3409 - Add command line completion for ":ilist" and friends, show matching
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3410 identifiers (Webb).
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parents:
diff changeset
3411 8 Add command line completion for "old value" of a command. ":args <key>"
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
3412 would result in the current list of arguments, which you can then edit.
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parents:
diff changeset
3413 7 Add command line completion with CTRL-X, just like Insert mode completion.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3414 Useful for ":s/word/xx/".
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parents:
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3415 - Add command to go back to the text as it was before completion started.
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3416 Also to be used for <Up> in the command line.
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parents:
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3417 - Add 'wildlongest' option: Key to use to find longest common match for
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3418 command line completion (default CTRL-L), like 'wildchar'. (Cregut)
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parents:
diff changeset
3419 Also: when there are several matches, show them line a CTRL-D.
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parents:
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3420
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parents:
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3421
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3422 Command line history:
222
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3423 9 Remember which command lines were actually typed and were not loaded from
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parents: 218
diff changeset
3424 viminfo. When writing viminfo append only these lines, so that lines from
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parents: 218
diff changeset
3425 other Vim's are not overwritten.
7
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3426 - Add "KeyWasTyped" flag: It's reset before each command and set when a
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3427 character from the keyboard is consumed. Value is used to decide to put a
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parents:
diff changeset
3428 command line in history or not. Put line in history if it didn't
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3429 completely resulted from one mapping.
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parents:
diff changeset
3430 - When using ":browse", also put the resulting edit command in the history,
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3431 so that it can be repeated. (Demirel)
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parents:
diff changeset
3432
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parents:
diff changeset
3433
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parents:
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3434 Insert mode:
10
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parents: 9
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3435 9 When 'autoindent' is set, hitting <CR> twice, while there is text after
4e2284e71352 updated for version 7.0002
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parents: 9
diff changeset
3436 the cursor, doesn't delete the autoindent in the resulting blank line.
4e2284e71352 updated for version 7.0002
vimboss
parents: 9
diff changeset
3437 (Rich Wales) This is Vi compatible, but it looks like a bug.
7
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parents:
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3438 8 When using CTRL-O in Insert mode, then executing an insert command
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3439 "a" or "i", should we return to Insert mode after <Esc>? (Eggink)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3440 Perhaps it can be allowed a single time, to be able to do
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parents:
diff changeset
3441 "<C-O>10axyz<Esc>". Nesting this further is confusing.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3442 ":map <F2> 5aabc<Esc>" works only once from Insert mode.
1624
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parents: 1280
diff changeset
3443 8 When using CTRL-G CTRL-O do like CTRL-\ CTRL-O, but when returning with
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3444 the cursor in the same position and the text didn't change continue the
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
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parents: 1280
diff changeset
3445 same change, so that "." repeats the whole insert.
7
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parents:
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3446 7 Use CTRL-G <count> to repeat what follows. Useful for inserting a
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3447 character multiple times or repeating CTRL-Y.
1668
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parents: 1624
diff changeset
3448 - Make 'revins' work in Replace mode.
7
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parents:
diff changeset
3449 7 Use 'matchpairs' for 'showmatch': When inserting a character check if it
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3450 appears in the rhs of 'matchpairs'.
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parents:
diff changeset
3451 - In Insert mode (and command line editing?): Allow undo of the last typed
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3452 character. This is useful for CTRL-U, CTRL-W, delete and backspace, and
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3453 also for characters that wrap to the next line.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3454 Also: be able to undo CTRL-R (insert register).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3455 Possibly use 'backspace'="whole" for a mode where at least a <CR> that
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3456 inserts autoindent is undone by a single <BS>.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3457 - Use CTRL-G in Insert mode for an extra range of commands, like "g" in
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3458 Normal mode.
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parents:
diff changeset
3459 - Make 'paste' work without resetting other options, but override their
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3460 value. Avoids problems when changing files and modelines or autocommands
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3461 are used.
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parents:
diff changeset
3462 - When typing CTRL-V and a digit higher than 2, only expect two digits.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3463 - Insert binary numbers with CTRL-V b.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3464 - Make it possible to undo <BS>, <C-W> and <C-U>. Bash uses CTRL-Y.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3465
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parents:
diff changeset
3466
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parents:
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3467 'cindent', 'smartindent':
1624
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3468 9 ") :" confuses continuation line: (Colin Bennett, 2007 Dec 14)
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3469 cout << "a"
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3470 << ") :"
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parents: 1280
diff changeset
3471 << "y";
2033
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
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3472 9 "} else" causes following lines to be indented too much. (Rouben
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3473 Rostamian, 2008 Aug 30)
1125
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3474 8 Lisp indenting: "\\" confuses the indenter. (Dorai Sitaram, 2006 May 17)
1624
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3475 8 Why are continuation lines outside of a {} block not indented? E.g.:
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3476 long_type foo =
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3477 value;
7
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parents:
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3478 8 Java: Inside an anonymous class, after an "else" or "try" the indent is
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3479 too small. (Vincent Bergbauer)
832
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vimboss
parents: 829
diff changeset
3480 Problem of using {} inside (), 'cindent' doesn't work then.
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3481 8 In C++ it's possible to have {} inside (): (Kirshna)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3482 func(
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parents:
diff changeset
3483 new String[] {
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parents:
diff changeset
3484 "asdf",
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3485 "asdf"
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3486 }
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3487 );
2033
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3488 8 In C++ a function isn't recognized inside a namespace:
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3489 (Chow Loong Jin)
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3490 namespace {
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3491 int
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3492 func(int arg) {
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3493 }
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
3494 }
1125
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3495 6 Add 'cino' flag for this function argument layout: (Spencer Collyer)
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3496 func( arg1
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3497 , arg2
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3498 , arg3
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
3499 );
829
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vimboss
parents: 828
diff changeset
3500 7 Add separate "(0" option into inside/outside a function (Zellner):
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3501 func(
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3502 int x) // indent like "(4"
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3503 {
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3504 if (a
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3505 && b) // indent like "(0"
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3506 9 Using "{" in a comment: (Helmut Stiegler)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3507 if (a)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3508 {
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3509 if (b)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3510 {
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3511 // {
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3512 }
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3513 } <-- this is indented incorrect
829
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vimboss
parents: 828
diff changeset
3514 Problem is that find_start_brace() checks for the matching brace to be in
dc8197342755 updated for version 7.0d04
vimboss
parents: 828
diff changeset
3515 a comment, but not braces in between. Requires adding a comment check to
dc8197342755 updated for version 7.0d04
vimboss
parents: 828
diff changeset
3516 findmatchlimit().
237
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parents: 234
diff changeset
3517 - Make smartindenting configurable. Add 'sioptions', e.g. '#' setting the
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3518 indent to 0 should be switched on/off.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3519 7 Support ANSI style function header, with each argument on its own line.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3520 - "[p" and "]p" should use 'cindent' code if it's on (only for the first
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3521 line).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3522 - Add option to 'cindent' to set indent for comments outside of {}?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3523 - Make a command to line up a comment after a code line with a previous
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3524 comment after a code line. Can 'cindent' do this automatically?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3525 7 Add 'j' flag to 'formatoptions': Remove comment leader when joining lines.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3526 - When 'cindent'ing a '}', showmatch is done before fixing the indent. It
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3527 looks better when the indent is fixed before the showmatch. (Webb)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3528 - Add option to make indenting work in comments too (for commented-out
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3529 code), unless the line starts with "*".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3530 - Don't use 'cindent' when doing formatting with "gq"?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3531 - When formatting a comment after some text, insert the '*' for the new line
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3532 (indent is correct if 'cindent' is set, but '*' doesn't get inserted).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3533 8 When 'comments' has both "s1:/*,mb:*,ex:*/" and "s1:(*,mb:*,ex:*)", the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3534 'x' flag always uses the first match. Need to continue looking for more
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3535 matches of "*" and remember all characters that could end the comment.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3536 - For smartindent: When typing 'else' line it up with matching 'if'.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3537 - 'smartindent': allow patterns in 'cinwords', for e.g. TeX files, where
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3538 lines start with "\item".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3539 - Support this style of comments (with an option): (Brown)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3540 /* here is a comment that
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3541 is just autoindented, and
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3542 nothing else */
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3543 - Add words to 'cinwords' to reduce the indent, e.g., "end" or "fi".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3544 7 Use Tabs for the indent of starting lines, pad with spaces for
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3545 continuation lines. Allows changing 'tabstop' without messing up the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3546 indents.
829
dc8197342755 updated for version 7.0d04
vimboss
parents: 828
diff changeset
3547 'keeptabs': when set don't change the tabs and spaces used for indent,
dc8197342755 updated for version 7.0d04
vimboss
parents: 828
diff changeset
3548 when the indent remains the same or increases.
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3549
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parents:
diff changeset
3550
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parents:
diff changeset
3551 Java:
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parents:
diff changeset
3552 8 Can have {} constructs inside parens. Include changes from Steve
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3553 Odendahl?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
3554 8 Recognize "import java.util.Vector" and use $CLASSPATH to find files for
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3555 "[i" commands and friends.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3556 - For files found with 'include': handle "*" in included name, for Java.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3557 (Jason)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3558 - How to make a "package java.util" cause all classes in the package to be
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3559 searched? Also for "import java.util.*". (Mark Brophy)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3560
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parents:
diff changeset
3561
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3562 'comments':
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parents:
diff changeset
3563 8 When formatting C comments that are after code, the "*" isn't repeated
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3564 like it's done when there is no code. And there is no automatic wrapping.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3565 Recognize comments that come after code. Should insert the comment leader
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3566 when it's "#" or "//".
121
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parents: 116
diff changeset
3567 Other way around: when a C command starts with "* 4" the "*" is repeated
86d71ae0c85a updated for version 7.0042
vimboss
parents: 116
diff changeset
3568 while it should not. Use syntax HL comment recognition?
7
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parents:
diff changeset
3569 7 When using "comments=fg:--", Vim inserts three spaces for a new line.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3570 When hitting a TAB, these spaces could be removed.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3571 7 The 'n'esting flag doesn't do the indenting of the last (rightmost) item.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3572 6 Make strings in 'comments' option a RE, to be able to match more
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3573 complicated things. (Phillipps) Use a special flag to indicate that a
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3574 regexp is used.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3575 8 Make the 'comments' option with "/* * */" lines only repeat the "*" line
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3576 when there is a "/*" before it? Or include this in 'cindent'?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3577
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parents:
diff changeset
3578
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parents:
diff changeset
3579 Virtual edit:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3580 8 Make the horizontal scrollbar work to move the text further left.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3581 7 Allow specifying it separately for Tabs and beyond end-of-line?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3582
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parents:
diff changeset
3583
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parents:
diff changeset
3584 Text objects:
1624
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3585 8 Add text object for fold, so that it can be yanked when it's open.
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3586 8 Add test script for text object commands "aw", "iW", etc.
1280
6b0eea6195c4 updated for version 7.1
vimboss
parents: 1226
diff changeset
3587 8 Add text object for part of a CamelHumpedWord and under_scored_word.
164
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parents: 162
diff changeset
3588 (Scott Graham) "ac" and "au"?
169
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parents: 164
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3589 8 Add a text object for any kind of quoting, also with multi-byte
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3590 characters. Option to specify what quotes are recognized (default: all)
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3591 use "aq" and "iq". Use 'quotepairs' to define pairs of quotes, like
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3592 'matchpairs'?
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3593 8 Add text object for any kind of parens, also multi-byte ones.
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3594 7 Add text object for current search pattern: "a/" and "i/". Makes it
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3595 possible to turn text highlighted for 'hlsearch' into a Visual area.
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3596 8 Add a way to make an ":omap" for a user-defined text object. Requires
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3597 changing the starting position in oap->start.
7
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3598 8 Add "gp" and "gP" commands: insert text and make sure there is a single
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3599 space before it, unless at the start of the line, and after it, unless at
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3600 the end of the line or before a ".".
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3601 7 Add objects with backwards extension? Use "I" and "A". Thus "2dAs"
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3602 deletes the current and previous sentence. (Jens Paulus)
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3603 7 Add "g{" and "g}" to move to the first/last character of a paragraph
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3604 (instead of the line just before/after a paragraph as with "{" and "}").
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3605 6 Ignore comment leaders for objects. Make "das" work in reply-email.
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3606 5 Make it possible to use syntax group matches as a text object. For
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3607 example, define a "ccItem" group, then do "da<ccItem>" to delete one.
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3608 Or, maybe just define "dai", delete-an-item, to delete the syntax item the
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3609 cursor is on.
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3610
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3611
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3612 Select mode:
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3613 8 In blockwise mode, typed characters are inserted in front of the block,
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3614 backspace deletes a column before the block. (Steve Hall)
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3615 7 Alt-leftmouse starts block mode selection in MS Word.
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3616 See http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=743
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3617 7 Add Cmdline-select mode. Like Select mode, but used on the command line.
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3618 - Change gui_send_mouse_event() to pass on mouse events when 'mouse'
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3619 contains 'C' or 'A'.
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3620 - Catch mouse events in ex_getln.c. Also shift-cursor, etc., like in
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3621 normal_cmd().
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3622 - remember start and end of selection in cmdline_info.
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3623 - Typing text replaces the selection.
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3624
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3625
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3626 Visual mode:
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3627 - When dragging the Visual selection with the mouse and 'scrolloff' is zero,
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3628 behave like 'scrolloff' is one, so that the text scrolls when the pointer
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3629 is in the top line.
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3630 - Displaying size of Visual area: use 24-33 column display.
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3631 When selecting multiple lines, up to about a screenful, also count the
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3632 characters.
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3633 8 When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode, short lines do not get the new
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3634 text. Make it possible to add the text to short lines too, with padding
7
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3635 where needed.
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3636 7 With a Visual block selected, "2x" deletes a block of double the width,
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3637 "3y" yanks a block of triple width, etc.
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3638 7 When selecting linewise, using "itext" should insert "text" at the start
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3639 of each selected line.
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3640 8 What is "R" supposed to do in Visual mode?
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3641 8 Make Visual mode local to the buffer. Allow changing to another buffer.
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3642 When starting a new Visual selection, remove the Visual selection in any
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3643 other buffer. (Ron Aaron)
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3644 8 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it somewhere else. (Ron Aaron,
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3645 Ben Godfrey)
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3646 7 Support dragging the Visual area to drop it in another program, and
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3647 receive dropped text from another program. (Ben Godfrey)
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3648 7 With blockwise Visual mode and "c", "C", "I", "A", etc., allow the use of
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3649 a <CR>. The entered lines are repeated over the Visual area.
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3650 7 CTRL-V :s should substitute only in the block, not to whole lines. (David
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3651 Young is working on this)
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3652 7 Filtering a block should only apply to the block, not to the whole lines.
8
7edf9b6e4c36 Various changes
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3653 When the number of lines is increased, add lines. When decreased, pad with
7
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3654 spaces or delete? Use ":`<,`>" on the command line.
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3655 8 After filtering the Visual area, make "gv" select the filtered text?
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3656 Currently "gv" only selects a single line, not useful.
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3657 7 Don't move the cursor when scrolling? Needed when the selection should
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3658 stay the same. Scroll to the cursor at any movement command. With an
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3659 option!
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3660 7 In Visual block mode, need to be able to define a corner on a position
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3661 that doesn't have text? Also: when using the mouse, be able to select
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3662 part of a TAB. Even more: Add a mode where the cursor can be on a screen
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3663 position where there is no text. When typing, add spaces to fill the gap.
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3664 Other solution: Always use curswant, so that you can move the cursor to
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3665 the right column, and then use up/down movements to select the line,
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3666 without changing the column.
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3667 6 ":left" and ":right" should work in Visual block mode.
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3668 7 CTRL-I and CTRL-O should work in Visual mode, but only jump to marks in the
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vimboss
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3669 current buffer.
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3670 7 CTRL-A and CTRL-X should increase/decrease all numbers in the Visual area.
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3671 6 In non-Block mode, "I" should insert the same text in front of each line,
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3672 before the first non-blank, "gI" in column 1.
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3673 6 In non-Block mode, "A" should append the same text after each line.
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3674 6 When in blockwise visual selection (CTRL-V), allow cursor to be placed
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3675 right of the line. Could also allow cursor to be placed anywhere on a TAB
7
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3676 or other special character.
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3677 6 Add commands to move selected text, without deselecting.
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parents:
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3678
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3679
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3680 More advanced repeating commands:
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3681 - Add "." command for visual mode: redo last visual command (e.g. ":fmt").
237
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3682 7 Repeating "d:{cmd}" with "." doesn't work. (Benji Fisher) Somehow remember
7
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3683 the command line so that it can be repeated?
1624
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parents: 1280
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3684 - Add "gn": repeat last movement command. Including count.
237
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parents: 234
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3685 - Add "." command after operator: repeat last command of same operator. E.g.
7
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3686 "c." will repeat last change, also when "x" used since then (Webb).
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3687 "y." will repeat last yank.
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3688 "c2." will repeat the last but one change?
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vimboss
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3689 Also: keep history of Normal mode commands, add command to list the history
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vimboss
parents:
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3690 and/or pick an older command.
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parents:
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3691 - History stack for . command? Use "g." command.
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parents:
diff changeset
3692
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3693
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3694 Mappings and Abbreviations:
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3695 8 When "0" is mapped (it is a movement command) this mapping should not be
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3696 used after typing another number, e.g. "20l". (Charles Campbell)
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parents:
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3697 Is this possible without disabling the mapping of the following command?
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vimboss
parents:
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3698 8 Should mapping <C-A> and <C-S-A> both work?
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parents:
diff changeset
3699 7 ":abbr b byte", append "b " to an existing word still expands to "byte".
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vimboss
parents:
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3700 This is Vi compatible, but can we avoid it anyway?
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parents:
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3701 8 To make a mapping work with a prepended "x to select a register, store the
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vimboss
parents:
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3702 last _typed_ register name and access it with "&.
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3703 8 Add ":amap", like ":amenu".
725
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parents: 720
diff changeset
3704 7 Add a mapping that works always, for remapping the keyboard.
7
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3705 8 Add ":cab!", abbreviations that only apply to Command-line mode and not to
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3706 entering search strings.
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3707 8 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
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vimboss
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3708 abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3709 not the <Space>.
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parents:
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3710 8 Allow mapping of CTRL-@ (anywhere in the LHS).
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3711 8 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
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vimboss
parents:
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3712 (?) work.
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3713 8 Add a way to save a current mapping and restore it later. Use a function
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vimboss
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3714 that returns the mapping command to restore it: mapcmd()? mapcheck() is
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vimboss
parents:
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3715 not fool proof. How to handle ambiguous mappings?
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parents:
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3716 7 Add <0x8f> (hex), <033> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
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3717 7 Allow mapping "Q" and "Q}" at the same time. Need to put a flag with "Q",
237
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3718 that it needs an extra character before it can match. See Vile 'maplonger'
7
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3719 option.
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3720 7 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
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3721 unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
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3722 7 Make it possible to map 'wildchar', but only when it's a special character
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3723 (like CTRL-E). Currently it's only recognized when typed. Useful for
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parents:
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3724 mapping a key to do something and then completion.
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3725 6 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
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3726 abbreviations are to be used.
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3727 - Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
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3728 example, for a mouse escape sequence:
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3729 :mapexp <Esc>{\([0-9]*\),\([0-9]*\); H\1j\2l
725
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parents: 720
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3730 - Add optional <Number> argument for mappings:
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parents: 720
diff changeset
3731 :map <Number>q ^W^W<Number>G
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parents: 720
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3732 :map <Number>q<Number>t ^W^W<Number1-1>G<Number2>l
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parents: 720
diff changeset
3733 :map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
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parents: 720
diff changeset
3734 Or implicit:
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parents: 720
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3735 :map q <Register>d<Number>$
7
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3736 - Make it possible to include a <Nul> in the lhs and rhs of a mapping.
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parents:
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3737 - Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
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parents:
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3738 a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
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parents:
diff changeset
3739 that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
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parents:
diff changeset
3740 - Add an option to ":map" that makes it display the special keys in
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parents:
diff changeset
3741 <> notation (e.g. <CR> instead of ^M). Or just always do this?
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parents:
diff changeset
3742 - Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
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parents:
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3743 not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
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parents:
diff changeset
3744 - Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
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parents:
diff changeset
3745 mappings off for :unab and :unmap.
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parents:
diff changeset
3746 6 When using mappings in Insert mode, insert characters for incomplete
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parents:
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3747 mappings first, then remove them again when a mapping matches. Avoids
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parents:
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3748 that characters that are the start of some mapping are not shown until you
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parents:
diff changeset
3749 hit another character.
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parents:
diff changeset
3750 - Add mappings for replace mode: ":rmap". How do we then enter mappings for
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parents:
diff changeset
3751 non-replace Insert mode?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3752 - Add separate mappings for Visual-character/block/line mode?
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parents:
diff changeset
3753 - Add 'mapstop' command, to stop recursive mappings.
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parents:
diff changeset
3754 - List mappings that have a raw escape sequence both with the name of the key
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parents:
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3755 for that escape sequence (if there is one) and the sequence itself.
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3756 - List mappings: Once with special keys listed as <>, once with meta chars as
237
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3757 <M-a>, once with the byte values (octal?). Sort of "spell mapping" command?
7
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3758 - When entering mappings: Add the possibility to enter meta keys like they
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3759 are displayed, within <>: <M-a>, <~@> or <|a>.
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3760 - Allow multiple arguments to :unmap.
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3761 - Command to show keys that are not used and available for mapping
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parents:
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3762 ":freekeys".
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3763 - Allow any character except white space in abbreviations lhs (Riehm).
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3764
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3765
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3766 Incsearch:
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parents:
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3767 - Add a limit to the number of lines that are searched for 'incsearch'?
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3768 - When no match is found and the user types more, the screen is redrawn
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vimboss
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3769 anyway. Could skip that. Esp. if the line wraps and the text is scrolled
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vimboss
parents:
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3770 up every time.
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3771 - Temporarily open folds to show where the search ends up. Restore the
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3772 folds when going to another line.
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vimboss
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3773 - When incsearch used and hitting return, no need to search again in many
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vimboss
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3774 cases, saves a lot of time in big files. (Slootman wants to work on this?)
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3775 When not using special characters, can continue search from the last match
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parents:
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3776 (or not at all, when there was no match). See oldmail/webb/in.872.
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parents:
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3777 - With incsearch, use CTRL-N/CTRL-P to go to next/previous match, some other
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vimboss
parents:
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3778 key to copy matched word to search pattern (Alexander Schmid).
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parents:
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3779
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3780
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3781 Searching:
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3782 8 Add "g/" and "gb" to search for a pattern in the Visually selected text?
40
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3783 "g?" is already used for rot13.
1125
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3784 The vis.vim script has a ":S" command that does something like this.
625
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diff changeset
3785 Can use "g/" in Normal mode, uses the '< to '> area.
1125
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parents: 874
diff changeset
3786 Use "&/" for searching the text in the Visual area?
2033
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3787 9 Add "v" offset: "/pat/v": search for pattern and start Visual mode on the
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
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3788 matching text.
231
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3789 8 Add a mechanism for recursiveness: "\@(([^()]*\@g[^()]*)\)". \@g stands
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3790 for "go recursive here" and \@( \) marks the recursive part.
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3791 Perl does it this way:
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3792 $paren = qr/ \(( [^()] | (??{ $paren }) )* \) /x;
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3793 Here $paren is evaluated when it's encountered. This is like a regexp
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3794 inside a regexp. In the above terms it would be:
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3795 \@((\([^()]\|\@g\)*)\)
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3796 8 Show the progress every second. Could use the code that checks for CTRL-C
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3797 to find out how much time has passed. Or use SIGALRM. Where to show the
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parents: 874
diff changeset
3798 number?
2033
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parents: 1702
diff changeset
3799 8 When using an expression for ":s", set the match position in a v:
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
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parents: 1702
diff changeset
3800 variable. So that you can do ":%s/^/\=v:lnum/" to put a line number
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
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3801 before each line.
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3802 7 Support for approximate-regexps to find similar words (agrep
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3803 http://www.tgries.de/agrep/ tre: http://laurikari.net/tre/index.html).
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3804 8 Add an item for a big character range, so that one can search for a
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diff changeset
3805 chinese character: \z[234-1234] or \z[XX-YY] or \z[0x23-0x234].
39
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3806 7 Add an item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on
7
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3807 the stack if previous atom matched". Other side is "match with top of
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3808 stack, pop it when it matches". Use "\@pX" and "\@m"?
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3809 Example: \((\@p).\{-}\@m\)*
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3810 7 Add an option to accept a match at the cursor position. Also for
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3811 search(). (Brett)
39
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diff changeset
3812 7 Add a flag to "/pat/" to discard an error. Useful to continue a mapping
2033
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3813 when a search fails. Could be "/pat/E" (e is already used for end offset).
7
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3814 7 Add pattern item to use properties of Unicode characters. In Perl it's
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vimboss
parents:
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3815 "\p{L}" for a letter. See Regular Expression Pocket Reference.
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3816 8 Would it be possible to allow ":23,45/pat/flags" to search for "pat" in
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3817 lines 23 to 45? Or does this conflict with Ex range syntax?
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vimboss
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3818 8 Allow identical pairs in 'matchpairs'. Restrict the search to the current
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3819 line.
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parents:
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3820 7 Allow longer pairs in 'matchpairs'. Use ~/vim/macros/matchit.vim as an
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3821 example.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3822 8 Make it possible to define the character that "%" checks for in
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vimboss
parents:
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3823 #if/#endif. For nmake it's !if/!endif.
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vimboss
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3824 - For "%" command: set hierarchy for which things include other things that
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vimboss
parents:
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3825 should be ignored (like "*/" or "#endif" inside /* */).
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vimboss
parents:
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3826 Also: use "%" to jump from start to end of syntax region and back.
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vimboss
parents:
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3827 Alternative: use matchit.vim
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vimboss
parents:
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3828 8 "/:/e+1" gets stuck on a match at the end of the line. Do we care?
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vimboss
parents:
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3829 8 A pattern like "\([^a]\+\)\+" takes an awful long time. Recognize that
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vimboss
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3830 the recursive "\+" is meaningless and optimize for it.
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3831 This one is also very slow on "/* some comment */": "^\/\*\(.*[^/]\)*$".
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3832 7 Recognize "[a-z]", "[0-9]", etc. and replace them with the faster "\l" and
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3833 "\d".
24
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3834 7 Add a way to specify characters in <C-M> or <Key> form. Could be
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diff changeset
3835 \%<C-M>.
7
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3836 8 Add an argument after ":s/pat/str/" for a range of matches. For example,
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vimboss
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3837 ":s/pat/str/#3-4" to replace only the third and fourth "pat" in a line.
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diff changeset
3838 8 When 'iskeyword' is changed the matches from 'hlsearch' may change. (Benji
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parents: 1280
diff changeset
3839 Fisher) redraw if some options are set while 'hlsearch' is set?
7
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3840 8 Add an option not to use 'hlsearch' highlighting for ":s" and ":g"
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vimboss
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3841 commands. (Kahn) It would work like ":noh" is used after that command.
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3842 Also: An extra flag to do this once, and a flag to keep the existing
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diff changeset
3843 search pattern.
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3844 - Make 'hlsearch' a local/global option, so that it can be disabled in some
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diff changeset
3845 of the windows.
7
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3846 - Add \%h{group-name}; to search for a specific highlight group.
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diff changeset
3847 Add \%s{syntax-group}; to search for a specific syntax group.
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parents:
diff changeset
3848 - Support Perl regexp. Use PCRE (Perl Compatible RE) package. (Shade)
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vimboss
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diff changeset
3849 Or translate the pattern to a Vim one.
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vimboss
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3850 Don't switch on with an option for typed commands/mappings/functions, it's
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vimboss
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3851 too confusing. Use "\@@" in the pattern, to avoid incompatibilities.
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diff changeset
3852 8 Add a way to access the last substitute text, what is used for ":s//~/".
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diff changeset
3853 Can't use the ~ register, it's already used for drag & drop.
7
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3854 - Remember flags for backreferenced items, so that "*" can be used after it.
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vimboss
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3855 Check with "\(\S\)\1\{3}". (Hemmerling)
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parents: 1280
diff changeset
3856 8 Flags that apply to the whole pattern.
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parents: 1280
diff changeset
3857 This works for all places where a regexp is used.
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diff changeset
3858 Add "\q" to not store this pattern as the last search pattern?
7
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3859 - Add flags to search command (also for ":s"?):
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vimboss
parents:
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3860 i ignore case
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vimboss
parents:
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3861 I use case
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vimboss
parents:
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3862 p use Perl regexp syntax (or POSIX?)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3863 v use Vi regexp syntax
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3864 f forget pattern, don't keep it for "n" command
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3865 F remember pattern, keep it for "n" command
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3866 Perl uses these too:
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3867 e evaluate the right side as an expression (Perl only)
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vimboss
parents:
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3868 m multiple line expression (we don't need it)
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vimboss
parents:
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3869 o compile only once (Perl only)
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3870 s single line expression (we don't need it)
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vimboss
parents:
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3871 x extended regexp (we don't need it)
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parents:
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3872 When used after ":g" command, backslash needed to avoid confusion with the
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parents:
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3873 following command.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3874 Add 'searchflags' for default flags (replaces 'gdefault').
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vimboss
parents:
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3875 - Add command to display the last used substitute pattern and last used
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parents:
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3876 pattern. (Margo) Maybe make it accessible through a register (like "/
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3877 for search string)?
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vimboss
parents:
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3878 7 Use T-search algorithm, to speed up searching for strings without special
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
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3879 characters. See C't article, August 1997.
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3880 - Add 'fuzzycase' option, so that case doesn't matter, and '-' and '_' are
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parents:
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3881 equivalent (for Unix filenames).
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parents:
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3882 - Add 'v' flag to search command: enter Visual mode, with the matching text
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parents:
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3883 as Visual area. (variation on idea from Bertin)
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parents:
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3884 - Searching: "/this//that/" should find "that" after "this".
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3885 - Add global search commands: Instead of wrapping at the end of the buffer,
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3886 they continue in another buffer. Use flag after search pattern:
7
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3887 a for the next file in the argument list
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3888 f for file in the buffer list
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3889 w for file edited in a window.
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3890 e.g. "/pat/f". Then "n" and "N" work through files too. "f" flag also for
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3891 ":s/pat/foo/f"??? Then when 'autowrite' and 'hidden' are both not set, ask
7
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3892 before saving files: "Save modified buffer "/path/file"? (Yes/Hide/No
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3893 Save-all/hide-All/Quit) ".
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parents:
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3894 - ":s/pat/foo/3": find 3rd match of "pat", like sed. (Thomas Koehler)
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3895 7 When searching with 'n' give message when getting back where the search
237
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3896 first started. Remember start of search in '/ mark.
7
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3897 7 Add option that scrolls screen to put cursor in middle of screen after
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3898 search always/when off-screen/never. And after a ":tag" command. Maybe
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3899 specify how many lines below the screen causes a redraw with the cursor in
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parents:
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3900 the middle (default would be half a screen, zero means always).
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3901 6 Support multiple search buffers, so macros can be made without side
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parents:
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3902 effects.
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3903 7 From xvim: Allow a newline in search patterns (also for :s, can delete
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3904 newline). Add BOW, EOW, NEWL, NLORANY, NLBUTANY, magic 'n' and 'r', etc.
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3905 [not in xvim:] Add option to switch on matches crossing ONE line boundary.
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3906 7 Add ":iselect", a combination of ":ilist" and ":tselect". (Aaron) (Zellner)
7
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3907 Also ":dselect".
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parents:
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3908
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3909
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3910 Undo:
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parents: 1280
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3911 9 After undo/redo, in the message show whether the buffer is modified or
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parents: 1280
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3912 not.
2310
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parents: 2309
diff changeset
3913 8 Use timestamps for undo, so that a version a certain time ago can be found
3e4574a4b627 Fix a few compiler warnings.
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parents: 2309
diff changeset
3914 and info before some time/date can be flushed. 'undopersist' gives maximum
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parents: 2309
diff changeset
3915 time to keep undo: "3h", "1d", "2w", "1y", etc.
3e4574a4b627 Fix a few compiler warnings.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2309
diff changeset
3916 8 Search for pattern in undo tree, showing when it happened and the text
3e4574a4b627 Fix a few compiler warnings.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2309
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3917 state, so that you can jump to it.
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parents: 874
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3918 8 Undo tree: visually show the tree somehow (Damian Conway)
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parents: 874
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3919 Show only the leaves, indicating how many changed from the branch and the
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3920 timestamp?
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3921 Put branch with most recent change on the left, older changes get more
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parents: 874
diff changeset
3922 indent?
1624
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3923 8 See ":e" as a change operation, find the changes and add them to the
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3924 undo info. Also be able to undo the "Reload file" choice for when a file
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3925 was changed outside of Vim.
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3926 Would require doing a diff between the buffer text and the file and
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
3927 storing the differences.
2316
db0ea641e382 Fix: cursor line not properly concealed when moving between windows.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
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3928 Alternative: before reloading a buffer, store it somewhere. Keep a list
db0ea641e382 Fix: cursor line not properly concealed when moving between windows.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
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3929 of about 10 last reloaded buffers.
26
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vimboss
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3930 - Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a
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vimboss
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3931 trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r".
7
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3932 - When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not
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vimboss
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3933 possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a",
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vimboss
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3934 etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted?
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3935 8 When Inserting a lot of text, it can only be undone as a whole. Make undo
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vimboss
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3936 sync points at every line or word. Could recognize the start of a new
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vimboss
parents:
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3937 word (white space and then non-white space) and backspacing.
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3938 Can already use CTRL-G u, but that requires remapping a lot of things.
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parents:
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3939 8 Make undo more memory-efficient: Compare text before and after change,
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parents:
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3940 only remember the lines that really changed.
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parents:
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3941 7 Add undo for a range of lines. Can change these back to a previous
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vimboss
parents:
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3942 version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a
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vimboss
parents:
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3943 change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need
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vimboss
parents:
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3944 to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone.
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parents:
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3945 - For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and '].
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3946 And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb).
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parents:
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3947 - In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the
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parents:
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3948 number of undo levels (with confirmation).
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parents:
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3949 - Instead of [+], give the number of changes since the last write: [+123].
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parents:
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3950 When undoing to before the last write, change this to a negative number:
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parents:
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3951 [-99].
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3952 - With undo with simple line delete/insert: optimize screen updating.
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parents:
diff changeset
3953 - When executing macro's: Save each line for undo only once.
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vimboss
parents:
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3954 - When doing a global substitute, causing almost all lines to be changed,
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vimboss
parents:
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3955 undo info becomes very big. Put undo info in swap file??
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parents:
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3956
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3957
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3958 Buffer list:
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3959 7 Command to execute a command in another buffer: ":inbuf {bufname} {cmd}".
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vimboss
parents:
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3960 Also for other windows: ":inwin {winnr} {cmd}". How to make sure that
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vimboss
parents:
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3961 this works properly for all commands, and still be able to return to the
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3962 current buffer/window? E.g.: ":inbuf xxx only".
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diff changeset
3963 8 Add File.{recent_files} menu entries: Recently edited files.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3964 Ron Aaron has a plugin for this: mru.vim.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
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3965 8 Unix: Check all uses of fnamecmp() and fnamencmp() if they should check
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parents:
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3966 inode too.
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3967 7 Add another number for a buffer, which is visible for the user. When
237
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3968 creating a new buffer, use the lowest number not in use (or the highest
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diff changeset
3969 number in use plus one?).
7
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3970 7 Offer some buffer selection from the command line? Like using ":ls" and
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3971 asking for a buffer number. (Zachmann)
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diff changeset
3972 - When starting to edit a file that is already in the buffer list, use the
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diff changeset
3973 file name argument for the new short file name. (Webb)
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diff changeset
3974 - Add an option to make ":bnext" and ":bprev" wrap around the end of the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3975 buffer list. Also for ":next" and ":prev"?
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parents:
diff changeset
3976 7 Add argument to ":ls" which is a pattern for buffers to list.
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parents:
diff changeset
3977 E.g. ":ls *.c". (Thompson)
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parents:
diff changeset
3978 7 Add expansion of buffer names, so that "*.c" is expanded to all buffer
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3979 names. Needed for ":bdel *.c", ":bunload *.c", etc.
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3980 8 Support for <afile> where a buffer name is expected.
237
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3981 8 Some commands don't use line numbers, but buffer numbers. '$'
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3982 should then mean the number of the last buffer. E.g.: "4,$bdel".
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3983 7 Add an option to mostly use slashes in file names. Separately for
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3984 internal use and for when executing an external program?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3985
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vimboss
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diff changeset
3986
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vimboss
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diff changeset
3987 Swap (.swp) files:
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3988 8 If writing to the swap file fails, should try to open one in another
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3989 directory from 'dir'. Useful in case the file system is full and when
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3990 there are short file name problems.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3991 8 Also use the code to try using a short file name for the backup and swap
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
3992 file for the Win32 and Dos 32 bit versions.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3993 8 When a file is edited by root, add $LOGNAME to know who did su.
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3994 8 When the edited file is a symlink, try to put the swap file in the same
237
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3995 dir as the actual file. Adjust FullName(). Avoids editing the same file
7
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vimboss
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3996 twice (e.g. when using quickfix). Also try to make the name of the backup
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3997 file the same as the actual file?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
3998 Use the code for resolve()?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
3999 7 When using 64 bit inode numbers, also store the top 32 bits. Add another
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4000 field for this, using part of bo_fname[], to keep it compatible.
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4001 7 When editing a file on removable media, should put swap file somewhere
237
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diff changeset
4002 else. Use something like 'r' flag in 'viminfo'. 'diravoid'?
7
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vimboss
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4003 Also: Be able to specify minimum disk space, skip directory when not
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4004 enough room.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4005 7 Add a configure check for which directory should be used: /tmp, /var/tmp
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4006 or /var/preserve.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4007 - Add an option to create a swap file only when making the first change to
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4008 the buffer. (Liang) Or only when the buffer is not read-only.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4009 - Add option to set "umask" for backup files and swap files (Antwerpen).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4010 'backupumask' and 'swapumask'? Or 'umaskback' and 'umaskswap'?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4011 - When editing a readonly file, don't use a swap file but read parts from the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4012 original file. Also do this when the file is huge (>'maxmem'). We do
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4013 need to load the file once to count the number of lines? Perhaps keep a
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4014 cached list of which line is where.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4015
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4016
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4017 Viminfo:
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4018 7 Can probably remove the code that checks for a writable viminfo file,
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4019 because we now do the chown() for root, and others can't overwrite someone
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4020 else's viminfo file.
1280
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vimboss
parents: 1226
diff changeset
4021 8 When there is no .viminfo file and someone does "su", runs Vim, a
6b0eea6195c4 updated for version 7.1
vimboss
parents: 1226
diff changeset
4022 root-owned .viminfo file is created. Is there a good way to avoid this?
6b0eea6195c4 updated for version 7.1
vimboss
parents: 1226
diff changeset
4023 Perhaps check the owner of the directory. Only when root?
7
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vimboss
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4024 8 Add argument to keep the list of buffers when Vim is started with a file
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4025 name. (Schild)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4026 8 Keep the last used directory of the file browser (File/Open menu).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4027 8 Remember the last used register for "@@".
1624
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
4028 8 Remember the redo buffer, so that "." works after restarting.
7
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4029 8 Remember a list of last accessed files. To be used in the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4030 "File.Open Recent" menu. Default is to remember 10 files or so.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4031 Also remember which files have been read and written. How to display
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4032 this?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4033 7 Also store the ". register (last inserted text).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4034 7 Make it possible to store buffer names in viminfo file relative to some
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4035 directory, to make them portable over a network. (Aaron)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4036 6 Store a snapshot of the currently opened windows. So that when quitting
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4037 Vim, and then starting again (without a file name argument), you see the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4038 same files in the windows. Use ":mksession" code?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4039 - Make marks present in .viminfo usable as file marks: Display a list of
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4040 "last visited files" and select one to jump to.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4041
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4042
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4043 Modelines:
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4044 8 Before trying to execute a modeline, check that it looks like one (valid
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4045 option names). If it's very wrong, silently ignore it.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4046 Ignore a line that starts with "Subject: ".
1624
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vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
4047 - Add an option to whitelist options that are allowed in a modeline. This
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
4048 would allow careful users to use modelines, e.g., only allowing
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
4049 'shiftwidth'.
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
4050 - Add an option to let modelines only set local options, not global ones
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
vimboss
parents: 1280
diff changeset
4051 such as 'encoding'.
7
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diff changeset
4052 - When an option value is coming from a modeline, do not carry it over to
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4053 another edited file? Would need to remember the value from before the
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4054 modeline setting.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4055 - Allow setting a variable from a modeline? Only allow using fixed strings,
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4056 no function calls, to avoid a security problem.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4057 - Allow ":doauto BufRead x.cpp" in modelines, to execute autocommands for
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4058 .cpp files.
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diff changeset
4059 - Support the "abbreviate" command in modelines (Kearns). Careful for
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4060 characters after <Esc>, that is a security leak.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4061 - Add option setting to ask user if he wants to have the modelines executed
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4062 or not. Same for .exrc in local dir.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4063
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parents:
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4064
580
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vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4065 Sessions:
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vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4066 8 DOS/Windows: ":mksession" generates a "cd" command where "aa\#bb" means
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vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4067 directory "#bb" in "aa", but it's used as "aa#bb". (Ronald Hoellwarth)
90ee46d7f492 updated for version 7.0164
vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4068 7 When there is a "help.txt" window in a session file, restoring that
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vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4069 session will not get the "LOCAL ADDITIONS" back.
7
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4070 8 With ":mksession" always store the 'sessionoptions' option, even when
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4071 "options" isn't in it. (St-Amant)
580
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vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4072 8 When using ":mksession", also store a command to reset all options to
90ee46d7f492 updated for version 7.0164
vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4073 their default value, before setting the options that are not at their
90ee46d7f492 updated for version 7.0164
vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4074 default value.
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vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4075 7 With ":mksession" also store the tag stack and jump history. (Michal
90ee46d7f492 updated for version 7.0164
vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4076 Malecki)
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vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4077 7 Persistent variables: "p:var"; stored in viminfo file and sessions files.
856
8cd729851562 updated for version 7.0g
vimboss
parents: 854
diff changeset
4078
580
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vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4079
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vimboss
parents: 575
diff changeset
4080 Options:
374
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vimboss
parents: 371
diff changeset
4081 7 ":with option=value | command": temporarily set an option value and
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vimboss
parents: 371
diff changeset
4082 restore it after the command has executed.
7
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4083 7 Setting an option always sets "w_set_curswant", while this is only
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vimboss
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4084 required for a few options. Only do it for those options to avoid the
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vimboss
parents:
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4085 side effect.
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vimboss
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4086 8 Make "old" number options that really give a number of effects into string
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vimboss
parents:
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4087 options that are a comma separated list. The old number values should
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4088 also be supported.
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4089 8 Add commands to save and restore an option, which also preserves the flag
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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4090 that marks if the option was set. Useful to keep the effect of setting
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4091 'compatible' after ":syntax on" has been used.
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4092 7 There is 'titleold', why is there no 'iconold'? (Chazelas)
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4093 7 Make 'scrolloff' a global-local option, so that it can be different in the
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4094 quickfix window, for example. (Gary Holloway)
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4095
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4096
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4097 External commands:
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4098 8 When filtering text, redirect stderr so that it can't mess up the screen
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4099 and Vim doesn't need to redraw it. Also for ":r !cmd".
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4100 4 Set separate shell for ":sh", piping "range!filter", reading text "r !ls"
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4101 and writing text "w !wc". (Deutsche) Allow arguments for fast start (e.g.
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4102 -f).
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4103 4 Allow direct execution, without using a shell.
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4104 4 Run an external command in the background. But how about I/O in the GUI?
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4105 Careful: don't turn Vim into a shell!
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4106 4 Add feature to disable using a shell or external commands.
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4107
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4108
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4109 Multiple Windows:
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4110 7 "vim -oO file ..." use both horizontal and vertical splits.
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4111 8 Add CTRL-W T: go to the top window in the column of the current window.
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4112 And CTRL-W B: go to bottom window.
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4113 7 Use CTRL-W <Tab>, like alt-tab, to switch between buffers. Repeat <Tab>
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4114 to select another buffer (only loaded ones?), <BS> to go back, <Enter> to
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4115 select buffer, <Esc> to go back to original buffer.
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4116 7 Make it possible to edit a new buffer in the preview window. A script can
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4117 then fill it with something. ":popen"?
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4118 7 Add a 'tool' window: behaves like a preview window but there can be
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4119 several. Don't count it in only_one_window(). (Alexei Alexandrov)
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4120 6 Add an option to resize the shell when splitting and/or closing a window.
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4121 ":vsp" would make the shell wider by as many columns as needed for the new
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4122 window. Specify a maximum size (or use the screen size). ":close" would
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4123 shrink the shell by as many columns as come available. (Demirel)
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4124 7 When starting Vim several times, instantiate a Vim server, that allows
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4125 communication between the different Vims. Feels like one Vim running with
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4126 multiple top-level windows. Esp. useful when Vim is started from an IDE
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4127 too. Requires some form of inter process communication.
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4128 - Support a connection to an external viewer. Could call the viewer
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4129 automatically after some seconds of non-activity, or with a command.
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4130 Allow some way of reporting scrolling and cursor positioning in the viewer
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4131 to Vim, so that the link between the viewed and edited text can be made.
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4132
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4133
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4134 Marks:
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4135 8 Add ten marks for last changed files: ':0, ':1, etc. One mark per file.
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4136 8 When cursor is first moved because of scrolling, set a mark at this
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4137 position. (Rimon Barr) Use '-.
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4138 8 Add a command to jump to a mark and make the motion inclusive. g'm and g`m?
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4139 8 The '" mark is set to the first line, even when doing ":next" a few times.
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4140 Only set the '" mark when the cursor was really moved in a file.
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4141 8 Make `` and '', which would position the new cursor position in the middle
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4142 of the window, restore the old topline (or relative position) from when
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4143 the mark was set.
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4144 7 Make a list of file marks in a separate window. For listing all buffers,
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4145 matching tags, errors, etc. Normal commands to move around. Add commands
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4146 to jump to the mark (in current window or new window). Start it with
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4147 ":browse marks"?
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4148 6 Add a menu that lists the Marks like ":marks". (Amerige)
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4149 7 For ":jumps", ":tags" and ":marks", for not loaded buffers, remember the
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4150 text at the mark. Highlight the column with the mark.
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4151 7 Highlight each mark in some way (With "Mark" highlight group).
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4152 Or display marks in a separate column, like 'number' does.
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4153 7 Use d"m to delete rectangular area from cursor to mark m (like Vile's \m
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4154 command).
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4155 7 Try to keep marks in the same position when:
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4156 - replacing with a line break, like in ":s/pat/^M/", move marks after the
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4157 line break column to the next line. (Acevedo)
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4158 - inserting/deleting characters in a line.
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4159 5 Include marks for start/end of the current word and section. Useful in
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4160 mappings.
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4161 6 Add "unnamed mark" feature: Like marks for the ":g" command, but place and
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4162 unplace them with commands before doing something with the lines.
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4163 Highlight the marked lines somehow.
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4164
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4165
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4166 Digraphs:
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4167 7 Make "ga" show the digraph for a character, if it exists.
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4168 Also the keymap?
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4169 - Make it possible to enter "r<C-E>" and "r<C-Y>" (get character from line
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4170 below/above).
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4171 - Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special
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4172 characters?
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4173 8 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown)
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4174 7 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At
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4175 least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32).
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4176
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4177
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4178 Writing files:
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4179 - In vim_rename(), should lock "from" file when deleting "to" file for
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4180 systems other than Amiga. Avoids problems with unexpected longname to
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4181 shortname conversion.
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4182 8 write mch_isdevice() for Amiga, Mac, VMS, etc.
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4183 8 When appending to a file, Vim should also make a backup and a 'patchmode'
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4184 file.
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4185 8 'backupskip' doesn't write a backup file at all, a bit dangerous for some
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4186 applications. Add 'backupelsewhere' to write a backup file in another
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4187 directory? Or add a flag to 'backupdir'?
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4188 7 The 'directory' option supports changing path separators to "%" to make
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4189 file names unique, also support this for 'backupdir'. (Mikolaj Machowski)
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4190 6 Add an option to write a new, numbered, backup file each time. Like
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4191 'patchmode', e.g., 'backupmode'.
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4192 6 Make it possible to write 'patchmode' files to a different directory.
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4193 E.g., ":set patchmode=~/backups/*.orig". (Thomas)
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4194 6 Add an option to prepend something to the backup file name. E.g., "#".
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4195 Or maybe allow a function to modify the backup file name?
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4196 8 Only make a backup when overwriting a file for the first time. Avoids
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4197 losing the original when writing twice. (Slootman)
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4198 7 On non-Unix machines, also overwrite the original file in some situations
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4199 (file system full, it's a link on an NFS partition).
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4200 7 When editing a file, check that it has been change outside of Vim more
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4201 often, not only when writing over it. E.g., at the time the swap file is
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4202 flushed. Or every ten seconds or so (use the time of day, check it before
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4203 waiting for a character to be typed).
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4204 8 When a file was changed since editing started, show this in the status
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4205 line of the window, like "[time]".
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diff changeset
4206 Make it easier to reload all outdated files that don't have changes.
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4207 Automatic and/or with a command.
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diff changeset
4208
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4209
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4210 Substitute:
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4211 8 Substitute with hex/unicode number "\%xff" and "\%uabcd". Just like
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4212 "\%uabcd" in search pattern.
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4213 8 Make it easier to replace in all files in the argument list. E.g.:
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4214 ":argsub/oldword/newword/". Works like ":argdo %s/oldword/newword/g|w".
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4215 - :s///p prints the line after a substitution.
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4216 - With :s///c replace \&, ~, etc. when showing the replacement pattern.
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4217 8 With :s///c allow scrolling horizontally when 'nowrap' is effective.
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4218 Also allow a count before the scrolling keys.
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4219 - Add number option to ":s//2": replace second occurrence of string? Or:
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4220 :s///N substitutes N times.
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4221 - Add answers to ":substitute" with 'c' flag, used in a ":global", e.g.:
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4222 ":g/pat1/s/pat2/pat3/cg": 'A' do all remaining replacements, 'Q' don't do
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4223 any replacements, 'u' undo last substitution.
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4224 7 Substitute in a block of text. Use {line}.{column} notation in an Ex
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4225 range, e.g.: ":1.3,$.5s" means to substitute from line 1 column 3 to the
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4226 last line column 5.
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4227 5 Add commands to bookmark lines, display bookmarks, remove bookmarks,
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4228 operate on lines with bookmarks, etc. Like ":global" but with the
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4229 possibility to keep the bookmarks and use them with several commands.
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4230 (Stanislav Sitar)
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4231
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4232
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4233 Mouse support:
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4234 8 Add 'o' flag to 'mouse'?
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4235 7 Be able to set a 'mouseshape' for the popup menu.
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4236 8 Add 'mouse' flag, which sets a behavior like Visual mode, but automatic
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4237 yanking at the button-up event. Or like Select mode, but typing gets you
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4238 out of Select mode, instead of replacing the text. (Bhaskar)
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4239 - Implement mouse support for the Amiga console.
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4240 - Using right mouse button to extend a blockwise selection should attach to
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4241 the nearest corner of the rectangle (four possible corners).
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4242 - Precede mouse click by a number to simulate double clicks?!?
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4243 - When mouse click after 'r' command, get character that was pointed to.
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4244
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4245
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4246 Argument list:
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4247 6 Add command to put all filenames from the tag files in the argument list.
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4248 When given an argument, only use the files where that argument matches
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4249 (like `grep -l ident`) and jump to the first match.
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4250 6 Add command to form an args list from all the buffers?
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4251
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4252
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4253 Registers:
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4254 8 Don't display empty registers with ":display". (Etienne)
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4255 8 Make the # register writable, so that it can be restored after jumping
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4256 around in windows.
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4257 8 Add put command that overwrites existing text. Should also work for
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4258 blocks. Useful to move text around in a table. Works like using "R ^R r"
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4259 for every line.
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4260 6 When yanking into the unnamed registers several times, somehow make the
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4261 previous contents also available (like it's done for deleting). What
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4262 register names to use? g"1, g"2, etc.?
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4263 - When appending to a register, also report the total resulting number of
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diff changeset
4264 lines. Or just say "99 more lines yanked", add the "more".
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diff changeset
4265 - When inserting a register in Insert mode with CTRL-R, don't insert comment
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4266 leader when line wraps?
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4267 - The ":@r" commands should take a range and execute the register for each
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parents:
diff changeset
4268 line in the range.
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diff changeset
4269 - Add "P" command to insert contents of unnamed register, move selected text
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4270 to position of previous deleted (to swap foo and bar in " + foo")
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vimboss
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4271 8 Should be able to yank and delete into the "/ register.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4272 How to take care of the flags (offset, magic)?
8
7edf9b6e4c36 Various changes
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diff changeset
4273
7
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4274
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4275 Debug mode:
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diff changeset
4276 7 Add something to enable debugging when a remote message is received.
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parents:
diff changeset
4277 8 Add breakpoints for setting an option
9
4102fb4ea781 updated for version 7.0002
vimboss
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diff changeset
4278 8 Add breakpoints for assigning to a variable.
7
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parents:
diff changeset
4279 7 Add a watchpoint in the debug mode: An expression that breaks execution
23
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parents: 22
diff changeset
4280 when evaluating to non-zero. Add the "watchadd expr" command, stop when
3f44e9abe4ec updated for version 7.0015
vimboss
parents: 22
diff changeset
4281 the value of the expression changes. ":watchdel" deletes an item,
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vimboss
parents: 22
diff changeset
4282 ":watchlist" lists the items. (Charles Campbell)
7
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vimboss
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4283 7 Store the history from debug mode in viminfo.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4284 7 Make the debug mode history available with histget() et al.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4285
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4286
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4287 Various improvements:
1624
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diff changeset
4288 8 ":sign unplace * file={filename}" should work. Also: ":sign unplace *
18ee39301b82 updated for version 7.2a
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parents: 1280
diff changeset
4289 buffer={bufnr}". So one can remove all signs for one file/buffer.
667
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vimboss
parents: 666
diff changeset
4290 7 Add plugins for formatting? Should be able to make a choice depending on
9090f866cd57 updated for version 7.0197
vimboss
parents: 666
diff changeset
4291 the language of a file (English/Korean/Japanese/etc.).
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vimboss
parents: 666
diff changeset
4292 Setting the 'langformat' option to "chinese" would load the
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vimboss
parents: 666
diff changeset
4293 "format/chinese.vim" plugin.
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vimboss
parents: 666
diff changeset
4294 The plugin would set 'formatexpr' and define the function being called.
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vimboss
parents: 666
diff changeset
4295 Edward L. Fox explains how it should be done for most Asian languages.
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parents: 666
diff changeset
4296 (2005 Nov 24)
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parents: 1280
diff changeset
4297 Alternative: patch for utf-8 line breaking. (Yongwei Wu, 2008 Feb 23)
432
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vimboss
parents: 424
diff changeset
4298 7 [t to move to previous xml/html tag (like "vatov"), ]t to move to next
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vimboss
parents: 424
diff changeset
4299 ("vatv").
436
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vimboss
parents: 432
diff changeset
4300 7 [< to move to previous xml/html tag, e.g., previous <li>. ]< to move to
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vimboss
parents: 432
diff changeset
4301 next <li>, ]< to next </li>, [< to previous </li>.
7
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4302 8 Add ":rename" command: rename the file of the current buffer and rename
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4303 the buffer. Buffer may be modified.
1125
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4304 7 Instead of filtering errors with a shell script it should be possible to
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
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parents: 874
diff changeset
4305 do this with Vim script. A function that filters the raw text that comes
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
4306 from the 'makeprg'?
651
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parents: 648
diff changeset
4307 - Add %b to 'errorformat': buffer number. (Yegappan Lakshmanan / Suresh
41
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diff changeset
4308 Govindachar)
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diff changeset
4309 7 Add a command that goes back to the position from before jumping to the
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vimboss
parents: 874
diff changeset
4310 first quickfix location. ":cbefore"?
2033
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Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
4311 7 Allow a window not to have a statusline. Makes it possible to use a
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
4312 window as a buffer-tab selection.
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
4313 8 Allow non-active windows to have a different statusline. (Yakov Lerner)
7
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4314 6 Python interface: add vim.message() function. (Michal Vitecek, 2002 Nov 5)
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diff changeset
4315 7 Support using ":vert" with User commands. Add expandable items <vert>.
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4316 Do the same for ":browse" and ":confirm"?
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diff changeset
4317 For ":silent" and ":debug" apply to the whole user command.
1624
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parents: 1280
diff changeset
4318 More general: need a way to access command modifiers in a user command.
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diff changeset
4319 Assign them to a v: variable?
7
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4320 7 Add an invisible buffer which can be edited. For use in scripts that want
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4321 to manipulate text without changing the window layout.
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diff changeset
4322 8 Add a command to revert to the saved version of file; undo or redo until
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vimboss
parents:
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4323 all changes are gone.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4324 6 "vim -q -" should read the list of errors from stdin. (Gautam Mudunuri)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4325 8 Add "--remote-fail": When contacting the server fails, exit Vim.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4326 Add "--remote-self": When contacting the server fails, do it in this Vim.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4327 Overrules the default of "--remote-send" to fail and "--remote" to do it
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4328 in this Vim.
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parents:
diff changeset
4329 8 When Vim was started without a server, make it possible to start one, as
237
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diff changeset
4330 if the "--servername" argument was given. ":startserver <name>"?
7
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4331 8 No address range can be used before the command modifiers. This makes
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4332 them difficult to use in a menu for Visual mode. Accept the range and
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4333 have it apply to the following command.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4334 8 Add the possibility to set 'fileformats' to force a format and strip other
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4335 CR characters. For example, for "dos" files remove CR characters at the
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4336 end of the line, so that a file with mixed line endings is cleaned up.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4337 To just not display the CR characters: Add a flag to 'display'?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4338 7 Some compilers give error messages in which the file name does not have a
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4339 path. Be able to specify that 'path' is used for these files.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4340 7 Xterm sends <Esc>O3F for <M-End>. Similarly for other <M-Home>, <M-Left>,
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4341 etc. Combinations of Alt, Ctrl and Shift are also possible. Recognize
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
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4342 these to avoid inserting the raw byte sequence, handle like the key
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4343 without modifier (unless mapped).
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vimboss
parents:
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4344 6 Add "gG": like what "gj" is to "j": go to the N'th window line.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4345 8 Add command like ":normal" that accepts <Key> notation like ":map".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4346 9 Support ACLs on more systems.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4347 7 Add ModeMsgVisual, ModeMsgInsert, etc. so that each mode message can be
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4348 highlighted differently.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4349 7 Add a message area for the user. Set some option to reserve space (above
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4350 the command line?). Use an ":echouser" command to display the message
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4351 (truncated to fit in the space).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4352 7 Add %s to 'keywordprg': replace with word under the cursor. (Zellner)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4353 8 Support printing on Unix. Can use "lpansi.c" as an example. (Bookout)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4354 8 Add put command that replaces the text under it. Esp. for blockwise
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4355 Visual mode.
8
7edf9b6e4c36 Various changes
vimboss
parents: 7
diff changeset
4356 7 Enhance termresponse stuff: Add t_CV(?): pattern of term response, use
7
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vimboss
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4357 regexp: "\e\[[>?][0-9;]*c", but only check just after sending t_RV.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4358 7 Add "g|" command: move to N'th column from the left margin (after wrapping
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4359 and applying 'leftcol'). Works as "|" like what "g0" is to "0".
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4360 7 Support setting 'equalprg' to a user function name.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4361 7 Highlight the characters after the end-of-line differently.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4362 7 When 'whichwrap' contains "l", "$dl" should join lines?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4363 8 Add an argument to configure to use $CFLAGS and not modify it? (Mooney)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4364 8 Enabling features is a mix of configure arguments and defines in
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4365 feature.h. How to make this consistent? Feature.h is required for
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4366 non-unix systems. Perhaps let configure define CONF_XXX, and use #ifdef
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4367 CONF_XXX in feature.h? Then what should min-features and max-features do?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4368 8 Add "g^E" and "g^Y", to scroll a screen-full line up and down.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4369 6 Add ":timer" command, to set a command to be executed at a certain
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4370 interval, or once after some time has elapsed. (Aaron)
620
9e359e5759f6 updated for version 7.0177
vimboss
parents: 619
diff changeset
4371 Perhaps an autocommand event like CursorHold is better?
7
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4372 8 Add ":confirm" handling in open_exfile(), for when file already exists.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4373 8 When quitting with changed files, make the dialog list the changed file
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4374 and allow "write all", "discard all", "write some". The last one would
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4375 then ask "write" or "discard" for each changed file. Patch in HierAssist
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4376 does something like this. (Shah)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4377 7 Use growarray for replace stack.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4378 7 Have a look at viH (Hellenic or Greek version of Vim). But a solution
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4379 outside of Vim might be satisfactory (Haritsis).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4380 3 Make "2d%" work like "d%d%" instead of "d2%"?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4381 7 "g CTRL-O" jumps back to last used buffer. Skip CTRL-O jumps in the same
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4382 buffer. Make jumplist remember the last ten accessed buffers?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4383 - Add code to disable the CAPS key when going from Insert to Normal mode.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4384 - Set date/protection/etc. of the patchfile the same as the original file.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4385 - Use growarray for termcodes[] in term.c
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4386 - Add <window-99>, like <cword> but use filename of 99'th window.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4387 7 Add a way to change an operator to always work characterwise-inclusive
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4388 (like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
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diff changeset
4389 - Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4390 dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4391 - Remove mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4392 - When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4393 turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
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diff changeset
4394 - Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4395 call "play newbeep.au").
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4396 - Add option to show the current function name in the status line. More or
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4397 less what you find with "[[k", like how 'cindent' recognizes a function.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4398 (Bhatt).
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4399 - "[r" and "]r": like "p" and "P", but replace instead of insert (esp. for
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4400 blockwise registers).
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diff changeset
4401 - Add 'timecheck' option, on by default. Makes it possible to switch off the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
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diff changeset
4402 timestamp warning and question. (Dodt).
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4403 - Add an option to set the time after which Vim should check the timestamps
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4404 of the files. Only check when an event occurs (e.g., character typed,
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parents:
diff changeset
4405 mouse moved). Useful for non-GUI versions where keyboard focus isn't
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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diff changeset
4406 noticeable.
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4407 - Make 'smartcase' work even though 'ic' isn't set (Webb).
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4408 7 When formatting text, allow to break the line at a number of characters.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4409 Use an option for this: 'breakchars'? Useful for formatting Fortran code.
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diff changeset
4410 - Add flag to 'formatoptions' to be able to format book-style paragraphs
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4411 (first line of paragraph has larger indent, no empty lines between
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diff changeset
4412 paragraphs). Complements the '2' flag. Use '>' flag when larger indent
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diff changeset
4413 starts a new paragraph, use '<' flag when smaller indent starts a new
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diff changeset
4414 paragraph. Both start a new paragraph on any indent change.
1125
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4415 8 The 'a' flag in 'formatoptions' is too dangerous. In some way only do
96cd8222a819 updated for version 7.1a
vimboss
parents: 874
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4416 auto-formatting in specific regions, e.g. defined by syntax highlighting.
7
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4417 8 Allow using a trailing space to signal a paragraph that continues on the
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diff changeset
4418 next line (MIME text/plain; format=flowed, RFC 2646). Can be used for
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
4419 continuous formatting. Could use 'autoformat' option, which specifies a
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diff changeset
4420 regexp which triggers auto-formatting (for one line).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4421 ":set autoformat=\\s$".
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4422 - Be able to redefine where a sentence stops. Use a regexp pattern?
169
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4423 - Support multi-byte characters for sentences. Example from Ben Peterson.
7
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4424 7 Add command "g)" to go to the end of a sentence, "g(" to go back to the
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parents:
diff changeset
4425 end of a sentence. (Servatius Brandt)
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4426 - Be able to redefine where a paragraph starts. For "[[" where the '{' is
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4427 not in column 1.
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4428 6 Add ":cdprev": go back to the previous directory. Need to remember a
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4429 stack of previous directories. We also need ":cdnext".
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4430 7 Should ":cd" for MS-DOS go to $HOME, when it's defined?
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4431 - Make "gq<CR>" work on the last line in the file. Maybe for every operator?
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4432 - Add more redirecting of Ex commands:
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4433 :redir #> bufname
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4434 :redir #>> bufname (append)
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4435 - Give error message when starting :redir: twice or using END when no
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4436 redirection was active.
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4437 - Setting of options, specifically for a buffer or window, with
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4438 ":set window.option" or ":set buffer.option=val". Or use ":buffer.set".
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4439 Also: "buffer.map <F1> quit".
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4440 6 Would it be possible to change the color of the cursor in the Win32
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diff changeset
4441 console? (Klaus Hast)
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4442 - Add :delcr command:
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vimboss
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4443 *:delcr*
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4444 :[range]delcr[!] Check [range] lines (default: whole buffer) for lines
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4445 ending in <CR>. If all lines end in <CR>, or [!] is
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4446 used, remove the <CR> at the end of lines in [range].
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4447 A CTRL-Z at the end of the file is removed. If
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4448 [range] is omitted, or it is the whole file, and all
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4449 lines end in <CR> 'textmode' is set. {not in Vi}
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4450 - Should integrate addstar() and file_pat_to_reg_pat().
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4451 - When working over a serial line with 7 bit characters, remove meta
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4452 characters from 'isprint'.
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4453 - Use fchdir() in init_homedir(), like in FullName().
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4454 - In win_update(), when the GUI is active, always use the scrolling area.
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4455 Avoid that the last status line is deleted and needs to be redrawn.
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4456 - That "cTx" fails when the cursor is just after 'x' is Vi compatible, but
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4457 may not be what you expect. Add a flag in 'cpoptions' for this? More
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4458 general: Add an option to allow "c" to work with a null motion.
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4459 - Give better error messages by using errno (strerror()).
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4460 - Give "Usage:" error message when command used with wrong arguments (like
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4461 Nvi).
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4462 - Make 'restorescreen' option also work for xterm (and others), replaces the
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4463 SAVE_XTERM_SCREEN define.
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4464 7 Support for ":winpos" In xterm: report the current window position.
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4465 - Give warning message when using ":set t_xx=asdf" for a termcap code that
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4466 Vim doesn't know about. Add flag in 'shortmess'?
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4467 6 Add ":che <file>", list all the include paths which lead to this file.
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4468 - For a commandline that has several commands (:s, :d, etc.) summarize the
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4469 changes all together instead of for each command (e.g. for the rot13
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4470 macro).
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4471 - Add command like "[I" that also shows the tree of included files.
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4472 - ":set sm^L" results in ":set s", because short names of options are also
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4473 expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
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diff changeset
4474 - Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
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4475 8 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
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diff changeset
4476 - Should be possible to write to a device, e.g. ":w! /dev/null".
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4477 - Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
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diff changeset
4478 - ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
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vimboss
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4479 - CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
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vimboss
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4480 if it is not the first or last window.
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diff changeset
4481 - Include-file-search commands should look in the loaded buffer of a file (if
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vimboss
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4482 there is one) instead of the file itself.
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4483 7 Change 'nrformats' to include the leader for each format. Example:
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diff changeset
4484 nrformats=hex:$,binary:b,octal:0
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diff changeset
4485 Add setting of 'nrformats' to syntax files.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4486 - 'path' can become very long, don't use NameBuff for expansion.
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4487 - When unhiding a hidden buffer, put the same line at top of the window as
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4488 the one before hiding it. Or: keep the same relative cursor position (so
7
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4489 many percent down the windows).
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diff changeset
4490 - Make it possible for the 'showbreak' to be displayed at the end of the
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4491 line. Use a comma to separate the part at the end and the start of the
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4492 line? Highlight the linebreak characters, add flag in 'highlight'.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4493 - Some string options should be expanded if they have wildcards, e.g.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4494 'dictionary' when it is "*.h".
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4495 - Use a specific type for number and boolean options, making it possible to
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4496 change it for specific machines (e.g. when a long is 64 bit).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4497 - Add option for <Insert> in replace mode going to normal mode. (Nugent)
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4498 - Add a next/previous possibility to "[^I" and friends.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4499 - Add possibility to change the HOME directory. Use the directory from the
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4500 passwd file? (Antwerpen)
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4501 8 Add commands to push and pop all or individual options. ":setpush tw",
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4502 ":setpop tw", ":setpush all". Maybe pushing/popping all options is
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vimboss
parents:
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4503 sufficient. ":setflush" resets the option stack?
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parents:
diff changeset
4504 How to handle an aborted mapping? Remember position in tag stack when
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4505 mapping starts, restore it when an error aborts the mapping?
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diff changeset
4506 - Change ":fixdel" into option 'fixdel', t_del will be adjusted each time
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diff changeset
4507 t_bs is set? (Webb)
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4508 - "gc": goto character, move absolute character positions forward, also
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4509 counting newlines. "gC" goes backwards (Weigert).
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4510 - When doing CTRL-^, redraw buffer with the same topline. (Demirel) Store
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diff changeset
4511 cursor row and window height to redraw cursor at same percentage of window
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4512 (Webb).
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4513 - Besides remembering the last used line number of a file, also remember the
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4514 column. Use it with CTRL-^ et. al.
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4515 - Check for non-digits when setting a number option (careful when entering
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diff changeset
4516 hex codes like 0xff).
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4517 - Add option to make "." redo the "@r" command, instead of the last command
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vimboss
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4518 executed by it. Also to make "." redo the whole mapping. Basically: redo
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4519 the last TYPED command.
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diff changeset
4520 - Support URL links for ^X^F in Insert mode, like for "gf".
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diff changeset
4521 - Support %name% expansion for "gf" on Windows.
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parents:
diff changeset
4522 - Make "gf" work on "file://c:/path/name". "file:/c:/" and "file:///c:/"
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4523 should also work?
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diff changeset
4524 - Add 'urlpath', used like 'path' for when "gf" used on an URL?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4525 8 When using "gf" on an absolute file name, while editing a remote file
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4526 (starts with scp:// or http://) should prepend the method and machine
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4527 name.
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4528 - When finding an URL or file name, and it doesn't exist, try removing a
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4529 trailing '.'.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4530 - Add ":path" command modifier. Should work for every command that takes a
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4531 file name argument, to search for the file name in 'path'. Use
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parents:
diff changeset
4532 find_file_in_path().
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
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parents:
diff changeset
4533 - Highlight control characters on the screen: Shows the difference between
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4534 CTRL-X and "^" followed by "X" (Colon).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4535 - Integrate parsing of cmdline command and parsing for expansion.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4536 - Create a program that can translate a .swp file from any machine into a
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4537 form usable by Vim on the current machine.
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diff changeset
4538 - Add ":noro" command: Reset 'ro' flag for all buffers, except ones that have
237
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4539 a readonly file. ":noro!" will reset all 'ro' flags.
7
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4540 - Add a variant of CTRL-V that stops interpretation of more than one
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4541 character. For entering mappings on the command line where a key contains
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4542 several special characters, e.g. a trailing newline.
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4543 - Add regex for 'paragraphs' and 'sections': 'parare' and 'sectre'. Combine
7
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4544 the two into a regex for searching. (Ned Konz)
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parents:
diff changeset
4545 - Make '2' option in 'formatoptions' also work inside comments.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4546 - Add 's' flag to 'formatoptions': Do not break when inside a string. (Dodt)
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parents:
diff changeset
4547 - When window size changed (with the mouse) and made too small, set it back
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4548 to the minimal size.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4549 - Add "]>" and "[<", shift comment at end of line (command; /* comment */).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4550 - Should not call cursorcmd() for each vgetc() in getcmdline().
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4551 - ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4552 - Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
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parents:
diff changeset
4553 - Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
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parents:
diff changeset
4554 - Allow autowrite when doing ":e file" (with an option 'eaw').
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4555 - Allow a "+command" argument before each file name in the Vim command line:
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4556 "vim +123 file1 +234 file2 +345 file3". ???
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parents:
diff changeset
4557 - When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
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parents:
diff changeset
4558 entered)?
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parents:
diff changeset
4559 - Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
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parents:
diff changeset
4560 as an output filter.
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4561 - In dosub() regexec is called twice for the same line. Try to avoid this.
7
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parents:
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4562 - Window updating from memline.c: insert/delete/replace line.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4563 - Optimize ml_append() for speed, esp. for reading a file.
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parents:
diff changeset
4564 - V..c should keep indent when 'ai' is set, just like [count]cc.
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parents:
diff changeset
4565 - Updatescript() can be done faster with a string instead of a char.
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parents:
diff changeset
4566 - Screen updating is inefficient with CTRL-F and CTRL-B when there are long
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diff changeset
4567 lines.
2033
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
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4568 - Uppercase characters in Ex commands can be made lowercase?
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diff changeset
4569 8 Add option to show characters in text not as "|A" but as decimal ("^129"),
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4570 hex ("\x81") or octal ("\201") or meta (M-x). Nvi has the 'octal' option
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4571 to switch from hex to octal. Vile can show unprintable characters in hex
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4572 or in octal.
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parents:
diff changeset
4573 7 Tighter integration with xxd to edit binary files. Make it more
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diff changeset
4574 easy/obvious to use. Command line argument?
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4575 - How does vi detect whether a filter has messed up the screen? Check source.
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parents:
diff changeset
4576 After ":w !command" a wait_return?
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parents:
diff changeset
4577 - Improve screen updating code for doput() (use s_ins()).
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parents:
diff changeset
4578 - With 'p' command on last line: scroll screen up (also for terminals without
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parents:
diff changeset
4579 insert line command).
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parents:
diff changeset
4580 - Use insert/delete char when terminal supports it.
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parents:
diff changeset
4581 - Optimize screen redraw for slow terminals.
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parents:
diff changeset
4582 - Optimize "dw" for long row of spaces (say, 30000).
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diff changeset
4583 - Add "-d null" for editing from a script file without displaying.
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parents:
diff changeset
4584 - In Insert mode: Remember the characters that were removed with backspace
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4585 and re-insert them one at a time with <key1>, all together with <key2>.
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4586 - Amiga: Add possibility to set a keymap. The code in amiga.c does not work
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4587 yet.
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diff changeset
4588 - Implement 'redraw' option.
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parents:
diff changeset
4589 - Add special code to 'sections' option to define something else but '{' or
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4590 '}' as the start of a section (e.g. one shiftwidth to the right).
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4591 7 Allow using Vim in a pipe: "ls | vim -u xxx.vim - | yyy". Only needs
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diff changeset
4592 implementing ":w" to stdout in the buffer that was read from stdin.
231
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diff changeset
4593 Perhaps writing to stdout will work, since stderr is used for the terminal
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parents: 228
diff changeset
4594 I/O.
7
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4595 8 Allow opening an unnamed buffer with ":e !cmd" and ":sp !cmd". Vile can
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4596 do it.
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diff changeset
4597 - Add commands like ]] and [[ that do not include the line jumped to.
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diff changeset
4598 - When :unab without matching "from" part and several matching "to" parts,
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parents:
diff changeset
4599 delete the entry that was used last, instead of the first in the list.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4600 - Add text justification option.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4601 - Set boolean options on/off with ":set paste=off", ":set paste=on".
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4602 - After "inv"ing an option show the value: ":set invpaste" gives "paste is
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parents:
diff changeset
4603 off".
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parents:
diff changeset
4604 - Check handling of CTRL-V and '\' for ":" commands that do not have TRLBAR.
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parents:
diff changeset
4605 - When a file cannot be opened but does exist, give error message.
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diff changeset
4606 - Amiga: When 'r' protection bit is not set, file can still be opened but
237
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4607 gives read errors. Check protection before opening.
7
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4608 - When writing check for file exists but no permission, "Permission denied".
2207
b17bbfa96fa0 Add the settabvar() and gettabvar() functions.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@vim.org>
parents: 2206
diff changeset
4609 - If file does not exist, check if directory exists.
7
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4610 - MSDOS: although t_cv and t_ci are not set, do invert char under cursor.
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4611 - Settings edit mode: make file with ":set opt=xx", edit it, parse it as ex
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parents:
diff changeset
4612 commands.
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parents:
diff changeset
4613 - ":set -w all": list one option per line.
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diff changeset
4614 - Amiga: test for 'w' flag when reading a file.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4615 - :table command (Webb)
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4616 - Add new operator: clear, make area white (replace with spaces): "g ".
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4617 - Add command to ":read" a file at a certain column (blockwise read?).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4618 - Add sort of replace mode where case is taken from the old text (Goldfarb).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4619 - Allow multiple arguments for ":read", read all the files.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4620 - Support for tabs in specific columns: ":set tabcol=8,20,34,56" (Demirel).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4621 - Add 'searchdir' option: Directories to search for file name being edited
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4622 (Demirel).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4623 - Modifier for the put command: Change to linewise, charwise, blockwise, etc.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4624 - Add commands for saving and restoring options ":set save" "set restore",
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4625 for use in macro's and the like.
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diff changeset
4626 - Keep output from listings in a window, so you can have a look at it while
237
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4627 working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
2033
de5a43c5eedc Update documentation files.
Bram Moolenaar <bram@zimbu.org>
parents: 1702
diff changeset
4628 - Add possibility to put output of Ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4629 ":set all". ":r :set all"?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4630 - 'edit' option: When off changing the buffer is not possible (Really
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4631 read-only mode).
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4632 - When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
237
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4633 result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
7
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vimboss
parents:
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4634 a window to become smaller (Webb).
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4635 - When resizing the whole Vim window, the windows inside should be resized
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4636 proportionally (Webb).
237
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diff changeset
4637 - Include options directly in option table, no indirect pointers. Use
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4638 mkopttab to make option table?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4639 - When doing ":w dir", where "dir" is a directory name, write the current
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4640 file into that directory, with the current file name (without the path)?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4641 - Support for 'dictionary's that are sorted, makes access a lot faster
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4642 (Haritsis).
237
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diff changeset
4643 - Add "^Vrx" on the command line, replace with contents of register x. Used
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4644 instead of CTRL-R to make repeating possible. (Marinichev)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4645 - Add "^Vb" on the command line, replace with word before or under the
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4646 cursor?
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4647 - Option to make a .swp file only when a change is made (Templeton).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4648 - Support mapping for replace mode and "r" command (Vi doesn't do this)?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4649 5 Add 'ignorefilecase' option: Ignore case when expanding file names.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4650 ":e ma<Tab>" would also find "Makefile" on Unix.
9
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parents: 8
diff changeset
4651 8 Sorting of filenames for completion is wrong on systems that ignore
4102fb4ea781 updated for version 7.0002
vimboss
parents: 8
diff changeset
4652 case of filenames. Add 'ignorefncase' option. When set, case in
4102fb4ea781 updated for version 7.0002
vimboss
parents: 8
diff changeset
4653 filenames is ignored for sorting them. Patch by Mike Williams:
4102fb4ea781 updated for version 7.0002
vimboss
parents: 8
diff changeset
4654 ~/vim/patches/ignorefncase. Also change what matches? Or use another
4102fb4ea781 updated for version 7.0002
vimboss
parents: 8
diff changeset
4655 option name.
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4656 8 Should be able to compile Vim in another directory, with $(srcdir) set to
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4657 where the sources are. Add $(srcdir) in the Makefile in a lot of places.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4658 (Netherton)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4659 6 Make it configurable when "J" inserts a space or not. Should not add a
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4660 space after "(", for example.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4661 5 When inserting spaces after the end-of-line for 'virtualedit', use tabs
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4662 when the user wants this (e.g., add a "tab" field to 'virtualedit').
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4663 (Servatius Brandt)
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4664
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4665
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4666 From Elvis:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4667 - Use "instman.sh" to install manpages?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4668 - Add ":alias" command.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4669 - Search patterns:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4670 \@ match word under cursor.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4671 but do:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4672 \@w match the word under the cursor?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4673 \@W match the WORD under the cursor?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4674 8 ":window" command:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4675 :win + next window (up)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4676 :win ++ idem, wrapping
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4677 :win - previous window (down)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4678 :win -- idem, wrapping
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4679 :win nr to window number "nr"
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4680 :win name to window editing buffer "name"
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4681 7 ":cc" compiles a single file (default: current one). 'ccprg' option is
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4682 program to use with ":cc". Use ":compile" instead of ":cc"?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4683
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4684
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4685 From xvi:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4686 - CTRL-_ : swap 8th bit of character.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4687 - Add egrep-like regex type, like xvi (Ned Konz) or Perl (Emmanuel Mogenet)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4688
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4689
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4690 From vile:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4691 - When horizontal scrolling, use '>' for lines continuing right of a window.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4692 - Support putting .swp files in /tmp: Command in rc.local to move .swp files
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4693 from /tmp to some directory before deleting files.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4694
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4695
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4696 Far future and "big" extensions:
541
3e19ea54eb07 updated for version 7.0153
vimboss
parents: 538
diff changeset
4697 - Instead of using a Makefile and autoconf, use a simple shell script to
3e19ea54eb07 updated for version 7.0153
vimboss
parents: 538
diff changeset
4698 find the C compiler and do everything with C code. Translate something
3e19ea54eb07 updated for version 7.0153
vimboss
parents: 538
diff changeset
4699 like an Aap recipe and configure.in to C. Avoids depending on Python,
3e19ea54eb07 updated for version 7.0153
vimboss
parents: 538
diff changeset
4700 thus will work everywhere. With batch file to find the C compiler it
3e19ea54eb07 updated for version 7.0153
vimboss
parents: 538
diff changeset
4701 would also work on MS-Windows.
7
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4702 - Make it easy to setup Vim for groups of users: novice vi users, novice
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4703 Vim users, C programmers, xterm users, GUI users,...
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4704 - Change layout of blocks in swap file: Text at the start, with '\n' in
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4705 between lines (just load the file without changes, except for Mac).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4706 Indexes for lines are from the end of the block backwards. It's the
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4707 current layout mirrored.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4708 - Make it possible to edit a register, in a window, like a buffer.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4709 - Add stuff to syntax highlighting to change the text (upper-case keywords,
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4710 set indent, define other highlighting, etc.).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4711 - Mode to keep C-code formatted all the time (sort of on-line indent).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4712 - Several top-level windows in one Vim session. Be able to use a different
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4713 font in each top-level window.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4714 - Allow editing above start and below end of buffer (flag in 'virtualedit').
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4715 - Smart cut/paste: recognize words and adjust spaces before/after them.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4716 - Add open mode, use it when terminal has no cursor positioning.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4717 - Special "drawing mode": a line is drawn where the cursor is moved to.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4718 Backspace deletes along the line (from jvim).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4719 - Implement ":Bset", set option in all buffers. Also ":Wset", set in all
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4720 windows, ":Aset, set in all arguments and ":Tset", set in all files
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4721 mentioned in the tags file.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4722 Add buffer/arg range, like in ":2,5B%s/..." (do we really need this???)
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4723 Add search string: "B/*.c/%s/.."? Or ":F/*.c/%s/.."?
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4724 - Support for underlining (underscore-BS-char), bold (char-BS-char) and other
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4725 standout modes switched on/off with , 'overstrike' option (Reiter).
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4726 - Add vertical mode (Paul Jury, Demirel): "5vdw" deletes a word in five
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4727 lines, "3vitextESC" will insert "text" in three lines, etc..
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4728 4 Recognize l, #, p as 'flags' to EX commands:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4729 :g/RE/#l shall print lines with line numbers and in list format.
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4730 :g/RE/dp shall print lines that are deleted.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4731 POSIX: Commands where flags shall apply to all lines written: list,
237
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4732 number, open, print, substitute, visual, &, z. For other commands, flags
7
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parents:
diff changeset
4733 shall apply to the current line after the command completes. Examples:
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4734 :7,10j #l Join the lines 7-10 and print the result in list
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4735 - Allow two or more users to edit the same file at the same time. Changes
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4736 are reflected in each Vim immediately. Could work with local files but
3fc0f57ecb91 updated for version 7.0001
vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4737 also over the internet. See http://www.codingmonkeys.de/subethaedit/.
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4738
648
9032e4668296 updated for version 7.0189
vimboss
parents: 647
diff changeset
4739 When using "do" or ":diffget" in a buffer with changes in every line an extra
9032e4668296 updated for version 7.0189
vimboss
parents: 647
diff changeset
4740 empty line would appear.
7
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4741
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vimboss
parents:
diff changeset
4742 vim:tw=78:sw=4:sts=4:ts=8:ft=help:norl:
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vimboss
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diff changeset
4743 vim: set fo+=n :