Problem: buffer-listener callbacks may not match buffer content, since
they are buffered until the screen is updated.
Solution: Allow to handle buffer-callbacks un-buffered, meaning to
handle those changes as soon as they happen (Paul Ollis).
fixes: #18183closes: #18295
Signed-off-by: Paul Ollis <paul@cleversheep.org>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: cannot calculate sha256() of a Blob
Solution: Change sha256() to accept a Blob or String argument
(thinca).
closes: #18336
Signed-off-by: thinca <thinca@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: 'ruler' is set in defaults.vim, but not enabled by default in
non-compatible mode.
Solution: set the ruler option in non-compatible mode, remove it from
defaults.vim, update tests
closes: #18260
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: The colorresp plugin causes additional redraws
(Linwei, after v9.1.1703)
Solution: Move the code back into the C core and get rid of the vim
plugin (Foxe Chen)
fixes: #18251closes: #18279
Signed-off-by: Foxe Chen <chen.foxe@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: defaults: 'diffopt' option value can be improved
Solution: Update diffopt defaults to include "indent-heuristic" and
"inline:char" (Yee Cheng Chin)
The default diff options have not been updated much despite new
functionality having been added to Vim.
- indent-heurstic: This has been enabled by default in Git since
33de716387 in 2017. Given that Vim uses xdiff from Git, it makes sense
to track the default configuration from Git.
- inline:char: This turns on character-wise inline highlighting which is
generally much better than the default inline:simple. It has been
implemented since #16881 and we have not seen reports of any issues
with it, and it has received good feedbacks.
closes: #18255
Signed-off-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: Haiku: no full-screen support
Solution: Add support for toggling full-screen using the keyboard
(rymdbar)
Makes toggling using keyboard possible. This change does not add any
`:fullscreen` command (Which currently only macVim has).
See https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/keyboard-shortcuts.html
for motivation on key combination used, as well as terminology choice.
With vim being inconsistent (`:help intro` suggests <A> and <M>, while
<Alt> is used at a dozen other places) following Haiku nomenclature
seems most appropriate.
closes: #18235
Signed-off-by: rymdbar <rymdbar@x20.se>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: min()/max() does not handle float data types
(ubaldot)
Solution: Extend min() and max() to every comparable type
(LemonBoy)
Re-use the logic used for plain old comparison operators, this way we
gain support for float values and unify the logic handling the
comparisons.
fixes: #18052
closes: 18055
Signed-off-by: LemonBoy <thatlemon@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: Vim script: no support for URI de-/encoding
(ubaldot)
Solution: Add the uri_encode() and uri_decode() functions
(Yegappan Lakshmanan)
fixes: #17861closes: #18034
Signed-off-by: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: items() does not work for Blobs
Solution: Extend items() to support Blob
(Yegappan Lakshmanan).
closes: #18080
Signed-off-by: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: no support for terminal primary device attributes
Solution: Add support for detecting the DA1 response from the terminal,
add the v:termda1 variable and the 't_Ms' option for the
OSC 52 command format (Foxe Chen)
closes: #18033
Signed-off-by: Foxe Chen <chen.foxe@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: Outdated comment in eval.c.
Solution: Remove the comment, which is no longer true after 8.2.1672.
Also fix a typo in version9.txt (zeertzjq).
closes: #18077
Signed-off-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: Unicode has deprecated some code-points
Solution: Update the digraph tables to align with the Unicode v16
release (David Friant)
This commit updates the digraphs Left-Pointing Angle Bracket '</'
and Right-Pointing Angle Bracket '/>' to account for the fact that
the old Unicode codepoints for them (2329 and 232A, respectively)
have been deprecated. As per the Miscellaneous Technical code chart
(https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2300.pdf), the old digraphs
have been reassigned to the CJK Left Angle Bracket and Right Angle
Bracket (3008 and 3009) with their declaration moved to the
appropriate block.
This commit also introduces the new digraphs '<[' and ']>' to
represent the Mathematical Left Angle Bracket and Mathematical
Right Angle Bracket (27E8 and 27E9) to replace the deprecated code
points in the Technical block.
Tests have been added and, I believe, the documentation has been
updated accordingly.
closes: #17990
Signed-off-by: David Friant <friant@HPEnvyx360.friant.dev>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: completion: not possible to delay the autcompletion
Solution: add the 'autocompletedelay' option value (Girish Palya).
This patch introduces a new global option 'autocompletedelay'/'acl' that
specifies the delay, in milliseconds, before the autocomplete menu
appears after typing.
When set to a non-zero value, Vim waits for the specified time before
showing the completion popup, allowing users to reduce distraction from
rapid suggestion pop-ups or to fine-tune the responsiveness of
completion.
The default value is 0, which preserves the current immediate-popup
behavior.
closes: #17960
Signed-off-by: Girish Palya <girishji@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: fuzzy-matching can be improved
Solution: Implement a better fuzzy matching algorithm
(Girish Palya)
Replace fuzzy matching algorithm with improved fzy-based implementation
The
[current](https://www.forrestthewoods.com/blog/reverse_engineering_sublime_texts_fuzzy_match/)
fuzzy matching algorithm has several accuracy issues:
* It struggles with CamelCase
* It fails to prioritize matches at the beginning of strings, often
ranking middle matches higher.
After evaluating alternatives (see my comments
[here](https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/17531#issuecomment-3112046897)
and
[here](https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/17531#issuecomment-3121593900)),
I chose to adopt the [fzy](https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy) algorithm,
which:
* Resolves the aforementioned issues.
* Performs better.
Implementation details
This version is based on the original fzy
[algorithm](https://github.com/jhawthorn/fzy/blob/master/src/match.c),
with one key enhancement: **multibyte character support**.
* The original implementation supports only ASCII.
* This patch replaces ascii lookup tables with function calls, making it
compatible with multibyte character sets.
* Core logic (`match_row()` and `match_positions()`) remains faithful to
the original, but now operates on codepoints rather than single-byte
characters.
Performance
Tested against a dataset of **90,000 Linux kernel filenames**. Results
(in milliseconds) show a **\~2x performance improvement** over the
current fuzzy matching algorithm.
```
Search String Current Algo FZY Algo
-------------------------------------------------
init 131.759 66.916
main 83.688 40.861
sig 98.348 39.699
index 109.222 30.738
ab 72.222 44.357
cd 83.036 54.739
a 58.94 62.242
b 43.612 43.442
c 64.39 67.442
k 40.585 36.371
z 34.708 22.781
w 38.033 30.109
cpa 82.596 38.116
arz 84.251 23.964
zzzz 35.823 22.75
dimag 110.686 29.646
xa 43.188 29.199
nha 73.953 31.001
nedax 94.775 29.568
dbue 79.846 25.902
fp 46.826 31.641
tr 90.951 55.883
kw 38.875 23.194
rp 101.575 55.775
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk 48.519 30.921
```
```vim
vim9script
var haystack = readfile('/Users/gp/linux.files')
var needles = ['init', 'main', 'sig', 'index', 'ab', 'cd', 'a', 'b',
'c', 'k',
'z', 'w', 'cpa', 'arz', 'zzzz', 'dimag', 'xa', 'nha', 'nedax',
'dbue',
'fp', 'tr', 'kw', 'rp', 'kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk']
for needle in needles
var start = reltime()
var tmp = matchfuzzy(haystack, needle)
echom $'{needle}' (start->reltime()->reltimefloat() * 1000)
endfor
```
Additional changes
* Removed the "camelcase" option from both matchfuzzy() and
matchfuzzypos(), as it's now obsolete with the improved algorithm.
related: neovim/neovim#34101
fixes#17531closes: #17900
Signed-off-by: Girish Palya <girishji@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: C-indent does not handle compound literals
(@44100hertz, @Jorenar)
Solution: Detect and handle compound literal and structure
initialization (Anttoni Erkkilä)
match '=' or "return" optionally followed by &, (typecast), {
Fixes also initialization which begins with multiple opening braces.
fixes: #2090fixes: #12491closes: #17865
Signed-off-by: Anttoni Erkkilä <anttoni.erkkila@protonmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: cannot perform autocompletion
Solution: Add the 'autocomplete' option value
(Girish Palya)
This change introduces the 'autocomplete' ('ac') boolean option to
enable automatic popup menu completion during insert mode. When enabled,
Vim shows a completion menu as you type, similar to pressing |i\_CTRL-N|
manually. The items are collected from sources defined in the
'complete' option.
To ensure responsiveness, this feature uses a time-sliced strategy:
- Sources earlier in the 'complete' list are given more time.
- If a source exceeds its allocated timeout, it is interrupted.
- The next source is then started with a reduced timeout (exponentially
decayed).
- A small minimum ensures every source still gets a brief chance to
contribute.
The feature is fully compatible with other |i_CTRL-X| completion modes,
which can temporarily suspend automatic completion when triggered.
See :help 'autocomplete' and :help ins-autocompletion for more details.
To try it out, use :set ac
You should see a popup menu appear automatically with suggestions. This
works seamlessly across:
- Large files (multi-gigabyte size)
- Massive codebases (:argadd thousands of .c or .h files)
- Large dictionaries via the `k` option
- Slow or blocking LSP servers or user-defined 'completefunc'
Despite potential slowness in sources, the menu remains fast,
responsive, and useful.
Compatibility: This mode is fully compatible with existing completion
methods. You can still invoke any CTRL-X based completion (e.g.,
CTRL-X CTRL-F for filenames) at any time (CTRL-X temporarily
suspends 'autocomplete'). To specifically use i_CTRL-N, dismiss the
current popup by pressing CTRL-E first.
---
How it works
To keep completion snappy under all conditions, autocompletion uses a
decaying time-sliced algorithm:
- Starts with an initial timeout (80ms).
- If a source does not complete within the timeout, it's interrupted and
the timeout is halved for the next source.
- This continues recursively until a minimum timeout (5ms) is reached.
- All sources are given a chance, but slower ones are de-prioritized
quickly.
Most of the time, matches are computed well within the initial window.
---
Implementation details
- Completion logic is mostly triggered in `edit.c` and handled in
insexpand.c.
- Uses existing inc_compl_check_keys() mechanism, so no new polling
hooks are needed.
- The completion system already checks for user input periodically; it
now also checks for timer expiry.
---
Design notes
- The menu doesn't continuously update after it's shown to prevent
visual distraction (due to resizing) and ensure the internal list
stays synchronized with the displayed menu.
- The 'complete' option determines priority—sources listed earlier get
more time.
- The exponential time-decay mechanism prevents indefinite collection,
contributing to low CPU usage and a minimal memory footprint.
- Timeout values are intentionally not configurable—this system is
optimized to "just work" out of the box. If autocompletion feels slow,
it typically indicates a deeper performance bottleneck (e.g., a slow
custom function not using `complete_check()`) rather than a
configuration issue.
---
Performance
Based on testing, the total roundtrip time for completion is generally
under 200ms. For common usage, it often responds in under 50ms on an
average laptop, which falls within the "feels instantaneous" category
(sub-100ms) for perceived user experience.
| Upper Bound (ms) | Perceived UX
|----------------- |-------------
| <100 ms | Excellent; instantaneous
| <200 ms | Good; snappy
| >300 ms | Noticeable lag
| >500 ms | Sluggish/Broken
---
Why this belongs in core:
- Minimal and focused implementation, tightly integrated with existing
Insert-mode completion logic.
- Zero reliance on autocommands and external scripting.
- Makes full use of Vim’s highly composable 'complete' infrastructure
while avoiding the complexity of plugin-based solutions.
- Gives users C native autocompletion with excellent responsiveness and
no configuration overhead.
- Adds a key UX functionality in a simple, performant, and Vim-like way.
closes: #17812
Signed-off-by: Girish Palya <girishji@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: Vim9: no generic support yet
Solution: Add support for generic functions, funcrefs and object/class
methods (Yegappan Lakshmanan).
closes: #17313
Signed-off-by: Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegappan@yahoo.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: cannot easily trigger wildcard expansion
Solution: Introduce wildtrigger() function
(Girish Palya)
This PR introduces a new `wildtrigger()` function.
See `:h wildtrigger()`
`wildtrigger()` behaves like pressing the `wildchar,` but provides a
more refined and controlled completion experience:
- Suppresses beeps when no matches are found.
- Avoids displaying irrelevant completions (like full command lists)
when the prefix is insufficient or doesn't match.
- Skips completion if the typeahead buffer has pending input or if a
wildmenu is already active.
- Does not print "..." before completion.
This is an improvement on the `feedkeys()` based autocompletion script
given in #16759.
closes: #17806
Signed-off-by: Girish Palya <girishji@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: close button "X" is visible in the non-GUI 'tabline', even
when the mouse is disabled
Solution: only show the button when 'mouse' contains any of the flags
"anvi" (Girish Palya)
The tabline always displays an "X" (close) button, and the info popup
shows both a close button and a resize handle—even when the mouse is
disabled. These UI elements are only actionable with the mouse and serve
no purpose for keyboard users who disable the mouse. Displaying
non-functional, clickable elements in a non-GUI environment is
misleading and adds unnecessary visual clutter.
So remove the close button and resize handle when the mouse is disabled.
They appear again when mouse is enabled.
closes: #17765
Signed-off-by: Girish Palya <girishji@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: not possible to anchor specific lines in difff mode
Solution: Add support for the anchoring lines in diff mode using the
'diffanchor' option (Yee Cheng Chin).
Adds support for anchoring specific lines to each other while viewing a
diff. While lines are anchored, they are guaranteed to be aligned to
each other in a diff view, allowing the user to control and inform the
diff algorithm what the desired alignment is. Internally, this is done
by splitting up the buffer at each anchor and run the diff algorithm on
each split section separately, and then merge the results back for a
logically consistent diff result.
To do this, add a new "diffanchors" option that takes a list of
`{address}`, and a new "diffopt" option value "anchor". Each address
specified will be an anchor, and the user can choose to use any type of
address, including marks, line numbers, or pattern search. Anchors are
sorted by line number in each file, and it's possible to have multiple
anchors on the same line (this is useful when doing multi-buffer diff).
Update documentation to provide examples.
This is similar to Git diff's `--anchored` flag. Other diff tools like
Meld/Araxis Merge also have similar features (called "synchronization
points" or "synchronization links"). We are not using Git/Xdiff's
`--anchored` implementation here because it has a very limited API
(it requires usage of the Patience algorithm, and can only anchor
unique lines that are the same across both files).
Because the user could anchor anywhere, diff anchors could result in
adjacent diff blocks (one block is directly touching another without a
gap), if there is a change right above the anchor point. We don't want
to merge these diff blocks because we want to line up the change at the
anchor. Adjacent diff blocks were first allowed when linematch was
added, but the existing code had a lot of branched paths where
line-matched diff blocks were handled differently. As a part of this
change, refactor them to have a more unified code path that is
generalized enough to handle adjacent diff blocks correctly and without
needing to carve in exceptions all over the place.
closes: #17615
Signed-off-by: Yee Cheng Chin <ychin.git@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: defaults: 'showcmd' is not enabled in non-compatible mode on
Unix
Solution: Always enable 'showcmd' in non-compatible mode, drop it from
defaults.vim.
'showcmd' was already always enabled in Vim compatible mode except for
UNIX environments. So let's just enable it always, there is no good
reason why UNIX platforms should be handled differently than other
platforms, especially since `defaults.vim` did enable this option
anyhow.
closes: #17739
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: The maximum search count uses a hard-coded value of 99
(Andres Monge, Joschua Kesper)
Solution: Make it configurable using the 'maxsearchcount' option.
related: #8855fixes: #17527closes: #17695
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: Win32: the toolbar in the GUI is old and dated
Solution: Include improved icons from Fatcow (CC by 3.0)
(RestorerZ)
closes: vim/vim-win32-installer#372
closes: #17698
Signed-off-by: RestorerZ <restorer@mail2k.ru>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: completion: search completion match may differ in case
(techntools)
Solution: add "exacttext" to 'wildoptions' value (Girish Palya)
This flag does the following:
exacttext
When this flag is present, search pattern completion
(e.g., in |/|, |?|, |:s|, |:g|, |:v|, and |:vim|)
shows exact buffer text as menu items, without
preserving regex artifacts like position
anchors (e.g., |/\<|). This provides more intuitive
menu items that match the actual buffer text. However,
searches may be less accurate since the pattern is not
preserved exactly.
By default, Vim preserves the typed pattern (with
anchors) and appends the matched word. This preserves
search correctness, especially when using regular
expressions or with 'smartcase' enabled. However, the
case of the appended matched word may not exactly
match the case of the word in the buffer.
fixes: #17654closes: #17667
Signed-off-by: Girish Palya <girishji@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: Patch 9.1.1505 was not good
Solution: Revert "patch 9.1.1505: not possible to return completion type
for :ex command" and instead add the getcompletiontype()
function (Hirohito Higashi).
related: #17606closes: #17662
Co-authored-by: Shougo Matsushita <Shougo.Matsu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hirohito Higashi <h.east.727@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Shougo Matsushita <Shougo.Matsu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: File paths change from symlink to target path after :cd command
when editing files through symbolic links
Solution: Add "~" flag to 'cpoptions' to control symlink resolution.
When not included (default), symlinks are resolved maintaining
backward compatibility. When included, symlinks are preserved
providing the improved behavior. (glepnir)
related: neovim/neovim#15695
closes: #17628
Signed-off-by: glepnir <glephunter@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: not possible to return command-line completion type for :ex
command
Solution: make getcmdcompltype() accept an optional and return the
command-line completion for that arg (Shougo Matsushita).
closes: #17606
Signed-off-by: Shougo Matsushita <Shougo.Matsu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: 'wildchar' does not work in search contexts
Solution: implement search completion when 'wildchar' is typed
(Girish Palya).
This change enhances Vim's command-line completion by extending
'wildmode' behavior to search pattern contexts, including:
- '/' and '?' search commands
- ':s', ':g', ':v', and ':vim' commands
Completions preserve the exact regex pattern typed by the user,
appending the completed word directly to the original input. This
ensures that all regex elements — such as '<', '^', grouping brackets
'()', wildcards '\*', '.', and other special characters — remain intact
and in their original positions.
---
**Use Case**
While searching (using `/` or `?`) for lines containing a pattern like
`"foobar"`, you can now type a partial pattern (e.g., `/f`) followed by
a trigger key (`wildchar`) to open a **popup completion menu** showing
all matching words.
This offers two key benefits:
1. **Precision**: Select the exact word you're looking for without
typing it fully.
2. **Memory aid**: When you can’t recall a full function or variable
name, typing a few letters helps you visually identify and complete the
correct symbol.
---
**What’s New**
Completion is now supported in the following contexts:
- `/` and `?` search commands
- `:s`, `:g`, `:v`, and `:vimgrep` ex-commands
---
**Design Notes**
- While `'wildchar'` (usually `<Tab>`) triggers completion, you'll have
to use `<CTRL-V><Tab>` or "\t" to search for a literal tab.
- **Responsiveness**: Search remains responsive because it checks for
user input frequently.
---
**Try It Out**
Basic setup using the default `<Tab>` as the completion trigger:
```vim
set wim=noselect,full wop=pum wmnu
```
Now type:
```
/foo<Tab>
```
This opens a completion popup for matches containing "foo".
For matches beginning with "foo" type `/\<foo<Tab>`.
---
**Optional: Autocompletion**
For automatic popup menu completion as you type in search or `:`
commands, include this in your `.vimrc`:
```vim
vim9script
set wim=noselect:lastused,full wop=pum wcm=<C-@> wmnu
autocmd CmdlineChanged [:/?] CmdComplete()
def CmdComplete()
var [cmdline, curpos, cmdmode] = [getcmdline(), getcmdpos(),
expand('<afile>') == ':']
var trigger_char = '\%(\w\|[*/:.-]\)$'
var not_trigger_char = '^\%(\d\|,\|+\|-\)\+$' # Exclude numeric range
if getchar(1, {number: true}) == 0 # Typehead is empty, no more
pasted input
&& !wildmenumode() && curpos == cmdline->len() + 1
&& (!cmdmode || (cmdline =~ trigger_char && cmdline !~
not_trigger_char))
SkipCmdlineChanged()
feedkeys("\<C-@>", "t")
timer_start(0, (_) => getcmdline()->substitute('\%x00', '',
'ge')->setcmdline()) # Remove <C-@>
endif
enddef
def SkipCmdlineChanged(key = ''): string
set ei+=CmdlineChanged
timer_start(0, (_) => execute('set ei-=CmdlineChanged'))
return key == '' ? '' : ((wildmenumode() ? "\<C-E>" : '') .. key)
enddef
**Optional: Preserve history recall behavior**
cnoremap <expr> <Up> SkipCmdlineChanged("\<Up>")
cnoremap <expr> <Down> SkipCmdlineChanged("\<Down>")
**Optional: Customize popup height**
autocmd CmdlineEnter : set bo+=error | exec $'set ph={max([10,
winheight(0) - 4])}'
autocmd CmdlineEnter [/?] set bo+=error | set ph=8
autocmd CmdlineLeave [:/?] set bo-=error ph&
```
closes: #17570
Signed-off-by: Girish Palya <girishji@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: missing Wayland clipboard support
Solution: make it work (Foxe Chen)
fixes: #5157closes: #17097
Signed-off-by: Foxe Chen <chen.foxe@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: no easy way to deduplicate text
Solution: add the :uniq ex command
(Hirohito Higashi)
closes: #17538
Signed-off-by: Hirohito Higashi <h.east.727@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: gv does not work in operator-pending mode
(liushapku)
Solution: remove the check for checkclearop in nv_gv_cmd()
(phanium)
fixes: #3666closes: #17551
Signed-off-by: phanium <91544758+phanen@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: configures GUI auto detection favors GTK2
Solution: make configure favor GTK3 over GTK2 for the GUI
when auto detecting the gui toolkit (Drew Vogel).
Prior to these changes if the dev packages for both GTK2 and GTK3 were
installed, the `--enable-gui=auto` would used GTK2. After these changes
it will use GTK3. Users can still use `--enable-gui=gtk2` to
specifically select GTK2.
In addition to the prioritization change, this also brings some cleanups
to the GTK autoconf code:
* The `AM_PATH_GTK` macro had an unused third argument that has been
removed.
* The `AM_PATH_GTK` macro checked the `SKIP_GTK2` & `SKIP_GTK3`
variables but the code that decided whether to call it also checked
those. Now just the calling code does so.
* The `AM_PATH_GTK` macro set a default minimum version based on
`SKIP_GTK2` and `SKIP_GTK3` but the calling code was also expected to
pass a version. Now the calling code _must_ pass a version.
* The GTK test program previous used `gtk_(major|minor|micro)_version`
as all of: a C variable name, a C macro provided only by GTK2, and an
autoconf variable name. It also needlessly parsed a `x.y.z` version
string when the same string was already parsed by autoconf + sed. Now
the parsed values are used directly in the test program.
* The GTK test program previous created a test program `conf.gtktest`
which was cleaned up by the autoconf script. This appeared to be a
crude way to debug whether an erroring configure run had actually run
the test program. Instead the autoconf script now outputs more messaging
and the user can check `config.log` to determine the status of the
configure script.
I'm not an autoconf expert and I don't have access to some of the older
systems we try to support with gvim. So I would very much appreciate if
anyone could run this on their systems to ensure it doesn't misbehave.
While my motivation here is mainly to further establish GTK3 as the
primary GUI mode, this should at least partially address the concern
described in #15437.
Here are a few test runs with both GTK 2 and GTK 3 installed:
```
--with-features=huge \
--enable-gui \
--enable-gtk3-check=no \
--enable-gtktest \
```
```
checking --enable-gui argument... yes/auto - automatic GUI support
checking whether or not to look for GTK+ 2... yes
checking whether or not to look for GNOME... no
checking whether or not to look for GTK+ 3... no
checking whether or not to look for Motif... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking --disable-gtktest argument... gtk test enabled
checking for pkg-config gtk+-2.0... found
checking for GTK - version >= 2.2.0... yes; found version 2.24.33
checking ability to compile GTK test program... yes
```
```
--with-features=huge \
--enable-gui \
--enable-gtk2-check=no \
--enable-gtktest \
```
```
checking --enable-gui argument... yes/auto - automatic GUI support
checking whether or not to look for GTK+ 2... no
checking whether or not to look for GTK+ 3... yes
checking whether or not to look for Motif... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking --disable-gtktest argument... gtk test enabled
checking for pkg-config gtk+-3.0... found
checking for GTK - version >= 3.0.0... yes; found version 3.24.49
checking ability to compile GTK test program... yes
```
```
--with-features=huge \
```
```
checking --enable-gui argument... yes/auto - automatic GUI support
checking whether or not to look for GTK+ 2... yes
checking whether or not to look for GNOME... no
checking whether or not to look for GTK+ 3... yes
checking whether or not to look for Motif... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking --disable-gtktest argument... gtk test enabled
checking for pkg-config gtk+-3.0... found
checking for GTK - version >= 3.0.0... yes; found version 3.24.49
checking ability to compile GTK test program... yes
```
```
--with-features=huge \
--disable-gtktest \
```
```
checking --enable-gui argument... yes/auto - automatic GUI support
checking whether or not to look for GTK+ 2... yes
checking whether or not to look for GNOME... no
checking whether or not to look for GTK+ 3... yes
checking whether or not to look for Motif... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking --disable-gtktest argument... gtk test disabled
checking for pkg-config gtk+-3.0... found
checking for GTK - version >= 3.0.0... yes; found version 3.24.49
```
```
--with-features=huge \
--enable-gui=gtk2 \
```
```
checking --enable-gui argument... GTK+ 2.x GUI support
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking --disable-gtktest argument... gtk test enabled
checking for pkg-config gtk+-2.0... found
checking for GTK - version >= 2.2.0... yes; found version 2.24.33
checking ability to compile GTK test program... yes
```
```
--with-features=huge \
--enable-gui=gtk3 \
```
```
checking --enable-gui argument... GTK+ 3.x GUI support
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking --disable-gtktest argument... gtk test enabled
checking for pkg-config gtk+-3.0... found
checking for GTK - version >= 3.0.0... yes; found version 3.24.49
checking ability to compile GTK test program... yes
```
And here is a similar run with the GTK 3 dev package removed:
```
--with-features=huge \
--enable-gui=gtk3 \
--enable-fail-if-missing \
```
```
checking --disable-gtktest argument... gtk test enabled
checking for pkg-config gtk+-3.0... no; consider installing your distro
GTK -dev package
configure: error: pkg-config could not find gtk+-3.0
```
closes: #17369
Signed-off-by: Drew Vogel <dvogel@github>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: using f-flag in 'complete' conflicts with Neovims filename
completion (glepnir, after v9.1.1301).
Solution: use upper-case "F" flag for completion functions
(Girish Palya).
fixes: #17347closes: #17378
Signed-off-by: Girish Palya <girishji@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: not easily possible to complete from register content
Solution: add register-completion submode using i_CTRL-X_CTRL-R
(glepnir)
closes: #17354
Signed-off-by: glepnir <glephunter@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: The 'grepformat' option is global option, but it would be
useful to have it buffer-local, similar to 'errorformat' and
other quickfix related options (Dani Dickstein)
Solution: Add the necessary code to support global-local 'grepformat',
allowing different buffers to parse different grep output
formats (glepnir)
fixes: #17316closes: #17315
Signed-off-by: glepnir <glephunter@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem: Vim does not have a tabpanel
Solution: include the tabpanel feature
(Naruhiko Nishino, thinca)
closes: #17263
Co-authored-by: thinca <thinca@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Naruhiko Nishino <naru123456789@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
