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patch 9.1.0200: `gj`/`gk` not skipping over outer virtual text lines Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/b2d124c6258ff41e1f951bf39a4afc386d79ddc4 Author: Dylan Thacker-Smith <dylan.ah.smith@gmail.com> Date: Sun Mar 24 09:43:25 2024 +0100 patch 9.1.0200: `gj`/`gk` not skipping over outer virtual text lines Problem: `gj`/`gk` was updating the desired cursor virtual column to the outer virtual text, even though the actual cursor position was moved to not be on the virtual text, leading the need to do an extra `gj`/`gk` to move past each virtual text line. (rickhowe) Solution: Exclude the outer virtual text when getting the line length for moving the cursor with `gj`/`gk`, so that no extra movement is needed to skip over virtual text lines. (Dylan Thacker-Smith) fixes: #12028 related: #14262 Signed-off-by: Dylan Thacker-Smith <dylan.ah.smith@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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1 README.txt for version 9.1 of Vim: Vi IMproved.
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4 WHAT IS VIM?
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6 Vim is a greatly improved version of the good old UNIX editor Vi. Many new
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7 features have been added: multi-level undo, syntax highlighting, command line
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8 history, on-line help, spell checking, filename completion, block operations,
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9 script language, etc. There is also a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
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10 available. Still, Vi compatibility is maintained, those who have Vi "in the
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11 fingers" will feel at home. See "runtime/doc/vi_diff.txt" for differences with
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12 Vi.
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14 This editor is very useful for editing programs and other plain text files.
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15 All commands are given with normal keyboard characters, so those who can type
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16 with ten fingers can work very fast. Additionally, function keys can be
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19 Vim runs under MS-Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), macOS, Haiku, VMS and almost all
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20 flavours of UNIX. Porting to other systems should not be very difficult.
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21 Older versions of Vim run on MS-DOS, MS-Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista,
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22 Amiga DOS, Atari MiNT, BeOS, RISC OS and OS/2. These are no longer maintained.
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27 You can often use your favorite package manager to install Vim. On Mac and
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28 Linux a small version of Vim is pre-installed, you still need to install Vim
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29 if you want more features.
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31 There are separate distributions for Unix, PC, Amiga and some other systems.
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32 This README.txt file comes with the runtime archive. It includes the
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33 documentation, syntax files and other files that are used at runtime. To run
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34 Vim you must get either one of the binary archives or a source archive.
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35 Which one you need depends on the system you want to run it on and whether you
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36 want or must compile it yourself. Check "https://www.vim.org/download.php" for
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37 an overview of currently available distributions.
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39 Some popular places to get the latest Vim:
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40 * Check out the git repository from github: https://github.com/vim/vim.
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41 * Get the source code as an archive: https://github.com/vim/vim/releases.
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42 * Get a Windows executable from the vim-win32-installer repository:
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43 https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases.
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48 If you obtained a binary distribution you don't need to compile Vim. If you
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49 obtained a source distribution, all the stuff for compiling Vim is in the
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50 "src" directory. See src/INSTALL for instructions.
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53 INSTALLATION
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59 README_ami.txt Amiga
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60 README_unix.txt Unix
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61 README_dos.txt MS-DOS and MS-Windows
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65 There are more README_*.txt files, depending on the distribution you used.
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81 Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are
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85 Summary of the license: There are no restrictions on using or distributing an
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86 unmodified copy of Vim. Parts of Vim may also be distributed, but the license
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87 text must always be included. For modified versions, a few restrictions apply.
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94 Fixing bugs and adding new features takes a lot of time and effort. To show
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95 your appreciation for the work and motivate Bram and others to continue
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98 Since Bram is back to a paid job the money will now be used to help children
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99 in Uganda. See runtime/doc/uganda.txt. But at the same time donations
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121 If you still have problems or any other questions, use one of the mailing
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125 If nothing else works, report bugs directly to the vim-dev mailing list:
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131 Most of Vim was created by Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> |Bram-Moolenaar|
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4027cefc2aab Farewell to Bram and dedicate upcoming Vim 9.1 to him (#12749)
Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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