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diff --git a/runtime/doc/todo.txt b/runtime/doc/todo.txt index d4d0cdaa20..7cb6dbad69 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/todo.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/todo.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -*todo.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2004 Sep 13 +*todo.txt* For Vim version 7.0aa. Last change: 2004 Oct 07 VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar @@ -30,18 +30,15 @@ be worked on, but only if you sponsor Vim development. See |sponsor|. *known-bugs* -------------------- Known bugs and current work ----------------------- -Endless loop when "syntax reset" in ~/.vim/after/syntax/syncolor.vim. -Crash when using ":set background=dark". Solved! -Limit init_highlight() to five recursive calls? - patch for Vim 6.3 for free_oldval and init_highlight()? +Add browsedir(): like browse() but for directories. + For GTK it already sort-of works when the default name is empty. -Crash with long line. (Walter Briscoe, Sep 13) +When ":file" sets the alternate file name and it's empty this doesn't make +sense. Could skip it, but would that break scripts that rely on the buffer to +exist? -Add fix for appending BOM to 6.3? Reported by Alex Jakushev. - -Win32 console doesn't compile. Does GetCommandLineW() work for non-GUI? -(Dave Roberts) If yes, then move the functions to another file. -link with kernel32.lib? +Folding support for 2html. (Carl Osterwisch, Oct 4) +How to evaluate an expression in the sandbox? Aborting at the ATTENTION prompt causes trouble: buffer remains active, nwindows isn't closed (fixed in buffer.c) @@ -59,7 +56,44 @@ Win32: When the path to a file has Russian characters, ":cd %:p:h" doesn't work. (Valery Kondakoff) Solved in os_mswin.c. Add to 6.3? +Patch for Win32 textdomain: NAKADAIRA Yukihiro, Sept 17. + +GTK 2 error message with this sequence (Namsh Oct 7): + - start gvim with French locale + - set enc=utf-8 + - :aunmenu * + - :unlet did_install_default_menus + - :source $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim + Valencia: executable("xxd.exe") returns true while "!xxd" doesn't work. +Works fine for me. Only in specific environment? + +netrw plugin: When coming back to the same directory a scratch buffer appears. +Only on Win32. (Charles Campbell, Sept 15) + +New Eiffel indent script from Jocelyn Fiat. OK with David Clarke. + +Win32: not using 'tenc' in GUI causes problems on Win 98? (Jiri Jezdinsky) +Try out with Russian input method. + +After "Y" '[ and '] are not at start/end of the yanked text. (Ken Clark) + +Patch for adding 'fsync' option: disable using fsync() on file write. (Sept. +26, Ciaran McCreesh) + +Folding for C syntax: (Olaf Dabrunz 27 sept 2004) + +Add remark about using Vim with VS .net to Visvim docs. (David Fishburn, Sept +27) + +Vim icon for documents associated with Vim? (Rahul Kulkarni, sept 28) + +Add a function to test if a font name actually works. + +When using "set laststatus=2 cmdheight=2" in the .gvimrc you only get one line +for the cmdline. (Christian Robinson) When the Vim window is resized (e.g., +xterm with many lines) it's OK. + For version 7.0: @@ -70,6 +104,7 @@ For version 7.0: 7 For Visual mode: Command to do a search for the string in the marked area. Only when fewer than two lines. Use "g/" and "gb". Patch from Yegappan Lakshmanan. 2004 Jul 11 + When more than two lines: perform a search in the Visual area only. 8 Make 'statusline' local, so that each window can have a different value. But should it also be local to a buffer? (Yegappan Lakshmanan has a patch, 2004 Jul 11) @@ -168,6 +203,12 @@ For version 7.0: - findmatch() should be adjusted for Lisp. See remark at get_lisp_indent(). Esp. \( and \) should be skipped. (Dorai Sitaram, incomplete patch Mar 18) + - Set user variables to the names of the actually used user vimrc file, + the first directory looked for user plugins/syntax files. + $MYVIMRC for .vimrc, $MYGVIMRC for .gvimrc, $MYRUNTIME/plugin for + runtime files? + Also: when the environment variable exists, use it. If it doesn't + exist, set it. Requires good names: $VIM_USER_VIMRC $VIM_USER_DIR - In the kvim/KDE source files fix the formatting. @@ -192,6 +233,8 @@ For version 7.0: the contains list directly for matching syntax items. - Keep wordlist in syntax group, load it only once and use it several times later. Sort of global syntax items. + - Use wordlists from openoffice (myspell). Work together with them to + update the wordlist. (Adri Verhoef, Aad Nales) - REFACTORING: The main() function is very long. Move parts to separate functions, especially loops. Ideas from Walter Briscoe (2003 Apr 3, 2004 Feb 9). @@ -205,9 +248,33 @@ For version 7.0: http://sourceforge.net/projects/insenvim http://cedet.sourceforge.net/intellisense.shtml (for Emacs) Ivan Villanueva has something for Java. + Can't call it Intellisense, it is a trademark by Microsoft. + Ideas from the Vim 7 BOF at SANE: + - It's not possible to have one solution for all languages. Design an + interface for completion plugins. The matches can be done in a + Vim-script list. + - For interpreted languages, use the interpreter to obtain information. + Should work for Java (Eclipse does this), Python, Tcl, etc. + - Check Readline for its completion interface. + - Use ctags for other languages. Writing a file could trigger running + ctags, merging the tags of the changed file. +- UNDO TREE: keep all states of the text, don't delete undo info. + When making a change, instead of clearing any future undo (thus redo) + info, make a new branch. + To navigate through the undo tree number the states of the text + sequentially and make it possible to go through the tree in that order. + Could also use timestamps (to show the time and/or jump to a state five + minutes ago). (David Schweikert) + To go from one state to another: backtrack to a common state, then forward + again. + Only difficult thing: When going back in time, how to find the previous + text state in the tree? + Show the list of changes in a window to be able to select a version? - PERSISTENT UNDO: store undo in a file. - Support multiple threads. Show the list of changes in a window to be able - to select a version. + Use timestamps, so that a version a certain time ago can be found and info + before some time/date can be flushed. 'undopersist' gives maximum time to + keep undo: "3h", "1d", "2w", "1y", etc. For the file use dot and + extension: ".filename.un~" (like swapfile but "un~" instead of "swp"). 7 SWAP FILE CHANGE: When a dos format file was edited with ":e ++ff=unix", Vim is killed and trying to recover the file, 'ff' will be dos. Same for non-default fileencoding. (Miroslaw Dobrzanski-Neumann, Jul 17) @@ -235,8 +302,12 @@ For version 7.0: - STICKY CURSOR: Add a way of scrolling that leaves the cursor where it is. Especially when using the scrollbar. Typing a cursor-movement command scrolls back to where the cursor is. +- Execute a function with standard option values. No need to save and + restore option values. Especially useful for new options. Problem: how + to avoid a performance penalty (esp. for string options)? 8 Support four composing/combining characters, needed for Hebrew. (Ron Aaron) Add the 'maxcombining' option to set the nr. of composing characters. + At the same time support more colors (use two bytes when necessary). - Add a few more things to 'diffopt': "horizontal", "vertical", "foldcolumn". (Benji Fisher, 2004 Jun 21) - FileChangedShellPost autocommand event: after (not) reloading a changed @@ -265,6 +336,9 @@ For version 7.0: - "onemore" flag in 'virtualedit': move cursor past end of line. Patch by Mattias Flodin (2004 Jul 30) +The fsync() in buf_write() causes laptop harddisk spinup. Add an option to +avoid it? + Support ":set syntax=cpp.doxygen"? Suggested patch by Michael Geddes (9 Aug 2004). Should also work for 'filetype'. @@ -274,6 +348,9 @@ Smilauer, 2004 Sep 13) Win32: In 'fileencodings' allow using "acp" for the active codepage. Useful value: "ucs-bom,utf-8,acp,latin1" +Win32: Cannot edit a file starting with # with --remote. (Giuseppe Bilotta, +Oct 6 2004) + For manipulating buffers without opening a new window, support Virtual windows. Example: :virtwin let l = GetBufLine(4, 10) @@ -291,6 +368,10 @@ Win32: In the generated batch files, use $VIMRUNTIME if it's set. Examples by Mathias Michaelis (2004 Sep 6) Also place vimtutor.bat in %windir%? +Support ":enew filename" to edit a new buffer with a name. It's like "enew | +file filename" but without setting the alternate file to a buffer without a +name. (Charles Campbell) + Vi incompatibility: 9 In Ex mode, "u" undoes all changes, not just the last one. (John Cowan) @@ -386,6 +467,7 @@ GTK+ GUI known bugs: KDE GUI known bugs: - The default font is ugly. bold text isn't displayed correctly. + (bold characters are half the width of normal characters) - Error messages when starting up. The "tip of the day" box is empty. - Encoding of menu items needs to be converted. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) @@ -2041,6 +2123,7 @@ Autocommands: *Leave - Leaving a mode (in pair with the above *Enter) VimLeaveCheck - Before Vim decides to exit, so that it can be cancelled when exiting isn't a good idea. + WinMoved - when windows have been moved around, e.g, ":wincmd J" CmdUndefined - Like FuncUndefined but for user commands. SearchPost - After doing a search command (e.g. to do "M") PreDirChanged/PostDirChanged @@ -2511,8 +2594,6 @@ Mappings and Abbreviations: - Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings that it included. Sort-of automatic recording? -- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a - trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r". - Add an option to ":map" that makes it display the special keys in <> notation (e.g. <CR> instead of ^M). Or just always do this? - Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings @@ -2663,6 +2744,8 @@ item stack to allow matching (). One side is "push X on Undo: +- Make it possible to undo all the commands from a mapping, including a + trailing unfinished command, e.g. for ":map K iX^[r". - When accidentally hitting "R" instead of Ctrl-R, further Ctrl-R is not possible, even when typing <Esc> immediately. (Grahn) Also for "i", "a", etc. Postpone saving for undo until something is really inserted? @@ -2676,9 +2759,6 @@ Undo: version without changing the rest of the file. Stop doing this when a change includes only some of these lines and changes the line count. Need to store these undo actions as a separate change that can be undone. -7 Add an undo tree: When making a change, instead of clearing any future - undo (thus redo) info, make a new branch. How to navigate through the - undo tree? - For u_save() include the column number. This can be used to set '[ and ']. And in the future the undo can be made more efficient (Webb). - In out-of-memory situations: Free allocated space in undo, and reduce the @@ -2897,7 +2977,7 @@ Digraphs: below/above). - Use digraph table to tell Vim about the collating sequence of special characters? -8 Add command to remove (all) digraphs. (Brown) +8 Add command to remove one or more (all) digraphs. (Brown) 7 Support different sets of digraphs (depending on the character set?). At least Latin1/Unicode, Latin-2, MS-DOS (esp. for Win32). |