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Last change: 2022 Nov 09 + + + VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar + +Welcome to Vim Version 5.0! + +This document lists the differences between Vim 4.x and Vim 5.0. +Although 5.0 is mentioned here, this is also for version 5.1, 5.2, etc. +See |vi_diff.txt| for an overview of differences between Vi and Vim 5.0. +See |version4.txt| for differences between Vim 3.0 and Vim 4.0. + +INCOMPATIBLE: |incompatible-5| + +Default value for 'compatible' changed |cp-default| +Text formatting command "Q" changed |Q-command-changed| +Command-line arguments changed |cmdline-changed| +Autocommands are kept |autocmds-kept| +Use of 'hidden' changed |hidden-changed| +Text object commands changed |text-objects-changed| +X-Windows Resources removed |x-resources| +Use of $VIM |$VIM-use| +Use of $HOME for MS-DOS and Win32 |$HOME-use| +Tags file format changed |tags-file-changed| +Options changed |options-changed| +CTRL-B in Insert mode gone |i_CTRL-B-gone| + +NEW FEATURES: |new-5| + +Syntax highlighting |new-highlighting| +Built-in script language |new-script| +Perl and Python support |new-perl-python| +Win32 GUI version |added-win32-GUI| +VMS version |added-VMS| +BeOS version |added-BeOS| +Macintosh GUI version |added-Mac| +More Vi compatible |more-compatible| +Read input from stdin |read-stdin| +Regular expression patterns |added-regexp| +Overloaded tags |tag-overloaded| +New commands |new-commands| +New options |added-options| +New command-line arguments |added-cmdline-args| +Various additions |added-various| + +IMPROVEMENTS |improvements-5| + +COMPILE TIME CHANGES |compile-changes-5| + +BUG FIXES |bug-fixes-5| + +VERSION 5.1 |version-5.1| +Changed |changed-5.1| +Added |added-5.1| +Fixed |fixed-5.1| + +VERSION 5.2 |version-5.2| +Long lines editable |long-lines| +File browser added |file-browser-5.2| +Dialogs added |dialogs-added| +Popup menu added |popup-menu-added| +Select mode added |new-Select-mode| +Session files added |new-session-files| +User defined functions and commands |new-user-defined| +New interfaces |interfaces-5.2| +New ports |ports-5.2| +Multi-byte support |new-multi-byte| +New functions |new-functions-5.2| +New options |new-options-5.2| +New Ex commands |new-ex-commands-5.2| +Changed |changed-5.2| +Added |added-5.2| +Fixed |fixed-5.2| + +VERSION 5.3 |version-5.3| +Changed |changed-5.3| +Added |added-5.3| +Fixed |fixed-5.3| + +VERSION 5.4 |version-5.4| +Runtime directory introduced |new-runtime-dir| +Filetype introduced |new-filetype-5.4| +Vim script line continuation |new-line-continuation| +Improved session files |improved-sessions| +Autocommands improved |improved-autocmds-5.4| +Encryption |new-encryption| +GTK GUI port |new-GTK-GUI| +Menu changes |menu-changes-5.4| +Viminfo improved |improved-viminfo| +Various new commands |new-commands-5.4| +Various new options |new-options-5.4| +Vim scripts |new-script-5.4| +Avoid hit-enter prompt |avoid-hit-enter| +Improved quickfix |improved-quickfix| +Regular expressions |regexp-changes-5.4| +Changed |changed-5.4| +Added |added-5.4| +Fixed |fixed-5.4| + +VERSION 5.5 |version-5.5| +Changed |changed-5.5| +Added |added-5.5| +Fixed |fixed-5.5| + +VERSION 5.6 |version-5.6| +Changed |changed-5.6| +Added |added-5.6| +Fixed |fixed-5.6| + +VERSION 5.7 |version-5.7| +Changed |changed-5.7| +Added |added-5.7| +Fixed |fixed-5.7| + +VERSION 5.8 |version-5.8| +Changed |changed-5.8| +Added |added-5.8| +Fixed |fixed-5.8| + +============================================================================== +INCOMPATIBLE *incompatible-5* + +Default value for 'compatible' changed *cp-default* +-------------------------------------- + +Vim version 5.0 tries to be more Vi compatible. This helps people who use Vim +as a drop-in replacement for Vi, but causes some things to be incompatible +with version 4.x. + +In version 4.x the default value for the 'compatible' option was off. Now the +default is on. The first thing you will notice is that the "u" command undoes +itself. Other side effects will be that mappings may work differently or not +work at all. + +Since a lot of people switching from Vim 4.x to 5.0 will find this annoying, +the 'compatible' option is switched off if Vim finds a vimrc file. This is a +bit of magic to make sure that 90% of the Vim users will not be bitten by +this change. + +What does this mean? +- If you prefer to run in 'compatible' mode and don't have a vimrc file, you + don't have to do anything. +- If you prefer to run in 'nocompatible' mode and do have a vimrc file, you + don't have to do anything. +- If you prefer to run in 'compatible' mode and do have a vimrc file, you + should put this line first in your vimrc file: > + :set compatible +- If you prefer to run in 'nocompatible' mode and don't have a vimrc file, + you can do one of the following: + - Create an empty vimrc file (e.g.: "~/.vimrc" for Unix). + - Put this command in your .exrc file or $EXINIT: > + :set nocompatible +< - Start Vim with the "-N" argument. + +If you are new to Vi and Vim, using 'nocompatible' is strongly recommended, +because Vi has a lot of unexpected side effects, which are avoided by this +setting. See 'compatible'. + +If you like some things from 'compatible' and some not, you can tune the +compatibility with 'cpoptions'. + +When you invoke Vim as "ex" or "gex", Vim always starts in compatible mode. + + +Text formatting command "Q" changed *Q-command-changed* +----------------------------------- + +The "Q" command formerly formatted lines to the width the 'textwidth' option +specifies. The command for this is now "gq" (see |gq| for more info). The +reason for this change is that "Q" is the standard Vi command to enter "Ex" +mode, and Vim now does in fact have an "Ex" mode (see |Q| for more info). + +If you still want to use "Q" for formatting, use this mapping: > + :noremap Q gq +And if you also want to use the functionality of "Q": > + :noremap gQ Q + + +Command-line arguments changed *cmdline-changed* +------------------------------ + +Command-line file-arguments and option-arguments can now be mixed. You can +give options after the file names. Example: > + vim main.c -g + +This is not possible when editing a file that starts with a '-'. Use the "--" +argument then |---|: > + vim -g -- -main.c + +"-v" now means to start Ex in Vi mode, use "-R" for read-only mode. +old: "vim -v file" |-v| +new: "vim -R file" |-R| + +"-e" now means to start Vi in Ex mode, use "-q" for quickfix. +old: "vim -e errorfile" |-e| +new: "vim -q errorfile" |-q| + +"-s" in Ex mode now means to run in silent (batch) mode. |-s-ex| + +"-x" reserved for crypt, use "-f" to avoid starting a new CLI (Amiga). +old: "vim -x file" |-x| +new: "vim -f file" |-f| + +Vim allows up to ten "+cmd" and "-c cmd" arguments. Previously Vim executed +only the last one. + +"-n" now overrides any setting for 'updatecount' in a vimrc file, but not in +a gvimrc file. + + +Autocommands are kept *autocmds-kept* +--------------------- + +Before version 5.0, autocommands with the same event, file name pattern, and +command could appear only once. This was fine for simple autocommands (like +setting option values), but for more complicated autocommands, where the same +command might appear twice, this restriction caused problems. Therefore +Vim stores all autocommands and keeps them in the order that they are defined. + +The most obvious side effect of this change is that when you source a vimrc +file twice, the autocommands in it will be defined twice. To avoid this, do +one of these: + +- Remove any autocommands that might already be defined before defining + them. Example: > + :au! * *.ext + :au BufEnter *.ext ... + +- Put the autocommands inside an ":if" command. Example: > + if !exists("did_ext_autocmds") + let did_ext_autocmds = 1 + autocmd BufEnter *.ext ... + endif + +- Put your autocommands in a different autocommand group so you can remove + them before defining them |:augroup|: > + augroup uncompress + au! + au BufReadPost *.gz ... + augroup END + + +Use of 'hidden' changed *hidden-changed* +----------------------- + +In version 4.x, only some commands used the 'hidden' option. Now all commands +uses it whenever a buffer disappears from a window. + +Previously you could do ":buf xxx" in a changed buffer and that buffer would +then become hidden. Now you must set the 'hidden' option for this to work. + +The new behavior is simpler: whether Vim hides buffers no longer depends on +the specific command that you use. +- with 'hidden' not set, you never get hidden buffers. Exceptions are the + ":hide" and ":close!" commands and, in rare cases, where you would otherwise + lose changes to the buffer. +- With 'hidden' set, you almost never unload a buffer. Exceptions are the + ":bunload" or ":bdel" commands. + +":buffer" now supports a "!": abandon changes in current buffer. So do +":bnext", ":brewind", etc. + + +Text object commands changed *text-objects-changed* +---------------------------- + +Text object commands have new names. This allows more text objects and makes +characters available for other Visual mode commands. Since no more single +characters were available, text objects names now require two characters. +The first one is always 'i' or 'a'. + OLD NEW ~ + a aw a word |v_aw| + A aW a WORD |v_aW| + s as a sentence |v_as| + p ap a paragraph |v_ap| + S ab a () block |v_ab| + P aB a {} block |v_aB| + +There is another set of text objects that starts with "i", for "inner". These +select the same objects, but exclude white space. + + +X-Windows Resources removed *x-resources* +-------------------------- + +Vim no longer supports the following X resources: +- boldColor +- italicColor +- underlineColor +- cursorColor + +Vim now uses highlight groups to set colors. This avoids the confusion of +using a bold Font, which would imply a certain color. See |:highlight| and +|gui-resources|. + + +Use of $VIM *$VIM-use* +----------- + +Vim now uses the VIM environment variable to find all Vim system files. This +includes the global vimrc, gvimrc, and menu.vim files and all on-line help +and syntax files. See |$VIM|. Starting with version 5.4, |$VIMRUNTIME| can +also be used. +For Unix, Vim sets a default value for $VIM when doing "make install". +When $VIM is not set, its default value is the directory from 'helpfile', +excluding "/doc/help.txt". + + +Use of $HOME for MS-DOS and Win32 *$HOME-use* +--------------------------------- + +The MS-DOS and Win32 versions of Vim now first check $HOME when searching for +a vimrc or exrc file and for reading/storing the viminfo file. Previously Vim +used $VIM for these systems, but this causes trouble on a system with several +users. Now Vim uses $VIM only when $HOME is not set or the file is not found +in $HOME. See |_vimrc|. + + +Tags file format changed *tags-file-changed* +------------------------ + +Only tabs are allowed to separate fields in a tags file. This allows for +spaces in a file name and is still Vi compatible. In previous versions of +Vim, any white space was allowed to separate the fields. If you have a file +which doesn't use a single tab between fields, edit the tags file and execute +this command: > + :%s/\(\S*\)\s\+\(\S*\)\s\+\(.*\)/\1\t\2\t\3/ + + +Options changed *options-changed* +--------------- + +The default value of 'errorfile' has changed from "errors.vim" to "errors.err". +The reason is that only Vim scripts should have the ".vim" extensions. + +The ":make" command no longer uses the 'errorfile' option. This prevents the +output of the ":make" command from overwriting a manually saved error file. +":make" uses the 'makeef' option instead. This also allows for generating a +unique name, to prevent concurrently running ":make" commands from overwriting +each other's files. + +With 'insertmode' set, a few more things change: +- <Esc> in Normal mode goes to Insert mode. +- <Esc> in Insert mode doesn't leave Insert mode. +- When doing ":set im", go to Insert mode immediately. + +Vim considers a buffer to be changed when the 'fileformat' (formerly the +'textmode' option) is different from the buffer's initial format. + + +CTRL-B in Insert mode gone *i_CTRL-B-gone* +-------------------------- + +When Vim was compiled with the |+rightleft| feature, you could use CTRL-B to +toggle the 'revins' option. Unfortunately, some people hit the 'B' key +accidentally when trying to type CTRL-V or CTRL-N and then didn't know how to +undo this. Since toggling the 'revins' option can easily be done with the +mapping below, this use of the CTRL-B key is disabled. You can still use the +CTRL-_ key for this |i_CTRL-_|. > + :imap <C-B> <C-O>:set revins!<CR> + +============================================================================== +NEW FEATURES *new-5* + +Syntax highlighting *new-highlighting* +------------------- + +Vim now has a very flexible way to highlighting just about any type of file. +See |syntax|. Summary: > + :syntax on + +Colors and attributes can be set for the syntax highlighting, and also for +other highlighted items with the ':' flag in the 'highlight' option. All +highlighted items are assigned a highlight group which specifies their +highlighting. See |:highlight|. The default colors have been improved. + +You can use the "Normal" group to set the default fore/background colors for a +color terminal. For the GUI, you can use this group to specify the font, too. + +The "2html.vim" script can be used to convert any file that has syntax +highlighting to HTML. The colors will be exactly the same as how you see them +in Vim. With a HTML viewer you can also print the file with colors. + + +Built-in script language *new-script* +------------------------ + +A few extra commands and an expression evaluator enable you to write simple +but powerful scripts. Commands include ":if" and ":while". Expressions can +manipulate numbers and strings. You can use the '=' register to insert +directly the result of an expression. See |expression|. + + +Perl and Python support *new-perl-python* +----------------------- + +Vim can call Perl commands with ":perldo", ":perl", etc. See |perl|. +Patches made by Sven Verdoolaege and Matt Gerassimoff. + +Vim can call Python commands with ":python" and ":pyfile". See |python|. + +Both of these are only available when enabled at compile time. + + +Win32 GUI version *added-win32-GUI* +----------------- + +The GUI has been ported to MS-Windows 95 and NT. All the features of the X11 +GUI are available to Windows users now. |gui-w32| +This also fixes problems with running the Win32 console version under Windows +95, where console support has always been bad. +There is also a version that supports OLE automation interface. |if_ole.txt| +Vim can be integrated with Microsoft Developer Studio using the VisVim DLL. +It is possible to produce a DLL version of gvim with Borland C++ (Aaron). + + +VMS version *added-VMS* +----------- + +Vim can now also be used on VMS systems. Port done by Henk Elbers. +This has not been tested much, but it should work. +Sorry, no documentation! + + +BeOS version *added-BeOS* +------------ + +Vim can be used on BeOS systems (including the BeBox). (Olaf Seibert) +See |os_beos.txt|. + + +Macintosh GUI version *added-Mac* +--------------------- + +Vim can now be used on the Macintosh. (Dany St-Amant) +It has not been tested much yet, be careful! +See |os_mac.txt|. + + +More Vi compatible *more-compatible* +------------------ + +There is now a real Ex mode. Started with the "Q" command, or by calling the +executable "ex" or "gex". |Ex-mode| + +Always allow multi-level undo, also in Vi compatible mode. When the 'u' flag +in 'cpoptions' is included, CTRL-R is used for repeating the undo or redo +(like "." in Nvi). + + +Read input from stdin *read-stdin* +--------------------- + +When using the "-" command-line argument, Vim reads its text input from stdin. +This can be used for putting Vim at the end of a pipe: > + grep "^a.*" *.c | vim - +See |--|. + + +Regular expression patterns *added-regexp* +--------------------------- + +Added specifying a range for the number of matches of an atom: "\{a,b}". |/\{| +Added the "shortest match" regexp "\{-}" (Webb). +Added "\s", matches a white character. Can replace "[ \t]". |/\s| +Added "\S", matches a non-white character. Can replace "[^ \t]". |/\S| + + +Overloaded tags *tag-overloaded* +--------------- + +When using a language like C++, there can be several tags for the same +tagname. Commands have been added to be able to jump to any of these +overloaded tags: +|:tselect| List matching tags, and jump to one of them. +|:stselect| Idem, and split window. +|g_CTRL-]| Do ":tselect" with the word under the cursor. + + After ":ta {tagname}" with multiple matches: +|:tnext| Go to next matching tag. +|:tprevious| Go to previous matching tag. +|:trewind| Go to first matching tag. +|:tlast| Go to last matching tag. + +The ":tag" command now also accepts wildcards. When doing command-line +completion on tags, case-insensitive matching is also available (at the end). + + +New commands *new-commands* +------------ + +|:amenu| Define menus for all modes, inserting a CTRL-O for Insert + mode, ESC for Visual and CTRL-C for Cmdline mode. "amenu" is + used for the default menus and the Syntax menu. + +|:augroup| Set group to be used for following autocommands. Allows the + grouping of autocommands to enable deletion of a specific + group. + +|:crewind| Go to first error. +|:clast| Go to last error. + +|:doautoall| Execute autocommands for all loaded buffers. + +|:echo| Echo its argument, which is an expression. Can be used to + display messages which include variables. + +|:execute| Execute its argument, which is an expression. Can be used to + built up an Ex command with anything. + +|:hide| Works like ":close". + +|:if| Conditional execution, for built-in script language. + +|:intro| Show introductory message. This is always executed when Vim + is started without file arguments. + +|:let| Assign a value to an internal variable. + +|:omap| Map only in operator-pending mode. Makes it possible to map + text-object commands. + +|:redir| Redirect output of messages to a file. + +|:update| Write when buffer has changed. + +|:while| While-loop for built-in script language. + +Visual mode: +|v_O| "O" in Visual block mode, moves the cursor to the other corner + horizontally. +|v_D| "D" in Visual block mode deletes till end of line. + +Insert mode: +|i_CTRL-]| Triggers abbreviation, without inserting any character. + + +New options *added-options* +----------- + +'background' Used for selecting highlight color defaults. Also used in + "syntax.vim" for selecting the syntax colors. Often set + automatically, depending on the terminal used. + +'complete' Specifies how Insert mode completion works. + +'eventignore' Makes it possible to ignore autocommands temporarily. + +'fileformat' Current file format. Replaces 'textmode'. +'fileformats' Possible file formats. Replaces 'textauto'. + New is that this also supports Macintosh format: A single <CR> + separates lines. + The default for 'fileformats' for MS-DOS, Win32 and OS/2 is + "dos,unix", also when 'compatible' set. Unix type files + didn't work anyway when 'fileformats' was empty. + +'guicursor' Set the cursor shape and blinking in various modes. + Default is to adjust the cursor for Insert and Replace mode, + and when an operator is pending. Blinking is default on. + +'fkmap' Farsi key mapping. + +'hlsearch' Highlight all matches with the last used search pattern. + +'hkmapp' Phonetic Hebrew mapping. (Ilya Dogolazky) + +'iconstring' Define the name of the icon, when not empty. (Version 5.2: the + string is used literally, a newline can be used to make two + lines.) + +'lazyredraw' Don't redraw the screen while executing macros, registers or + other not typed commands. + +'makeef' Errorfile to be used for ":make". "##" is replaced with a + unique number. Avoids that two Vim sessions overwrite each + others errorfile. The Unix default is "/tmp/vim##.err"; for + Amiga "t:vim##.Err, for others "vim##.err". + +'matchtime' 1/10s of a second to show a matching paren, when 'showmatch' + is set. Like Nvi. + +'mousehide' Hide mouse pointer in GUI when typing text. + +'nrformats' Defines what bases Vim will consider for numbers when using + the CTRL-A and CTRL-X commands. Default: "hex,octal". + +'shellxquote' Add extra quotes around the whole shell command, including + redirection. + +'softtabstop' Make typing behave like tabstop is set at this value, without + changing the value of 'tabstop'. Makes it more easy to keep + 'ts' at 8, while still getting four spaces for a <Tab>. + +'titlestring' String for the window title, when not empty. (Version 5.2: + this string is used literally, a newline can be used to make + two lines.) + +'verbose' Level of verbosity. Makes it possible to show which .vimrc, + .exrc, .viminfo files etc. are used for initializing. Also + to show autocommands that are being executed. Can also be set + by using the "-V" command-line argument. + + +New command-line arguments *added-cmdline-args* +-------------------------- + +|-U| Set the gvimrc file to be used. Like "-u" for the vimrc. + +|-V| Set the 'verbose' option. E.g. "vim -V10". + +|-N| Start in non-compatible mode. + +|-C| Start in compatible mode. + +|-Z| Start in restricted mode, disallow shell commands. Can also + be done by calling the executable "rvim". + +|-h| Show usage information and exit. + + +Various additions *added-various* +----------------- + +Added support for SNiFF+ connection (submitted by Toni Leherbauer). Vim can +be used as an editor for SNiFF. No documentation available... + +For producing a bug report, the bugreport.vim script has been included. +Can be used with ":so $VIMRUNTIME/bugreport.vim", which creates the file +"bugreport.txt" in the current directory. |bugs| + +Added range to ":normal" command. Now you can repeat the same command for +each line in the range. |:normal-range| + +Included support for the Farsi language (Shiran). Only when enabled at +compile time. See |farsi|. + +============================================================================== +IMPROVEMENTS *improvements-5* + +Performance: +- When 'showcmd' was set, mappings would execute much more slowly because the + output would be flushed very often. Helps a lot when executing the "life" + macros with 'showcmd' set. +- Included patches for binary searching in tags file (David O'Neill). + Can be disabled by resetting the 'tagbsearch' option. +- Don't update the ruler when repeating insert (slowed it down a lot). +- For Unix, file name expansion is now done internally instead of starting a + shell for it. +- Expand environment variables with expand_env(), instead of calling the + shell. Makes ":so $VIMRUNTIME/syntax/syntax.vim" a LOT faster. +- Reduced output for cursor positioning: Use CR-LF for moving to first few + columns in next few lines; Don't output CR twice when using termios. +- Optimized cursor positioning. Use CR, BS and NL when it's shorter than + absolute cursor positioning. +- Disable redrawing while repeating insert "1000ii<Esc>". +- Made "d$" or "D" for long lines a lot faster (delete all characters at once, + instead of one by one). +- Access option table by first letter, instead of searching from start. +- Made setting special highlighting attributes a lot faster by using + highlight_attr[], instead of searching in the 'highlight' string. +- Don't show the mode when redrawing is disabled. +- When setting an option, only redraw the screen when required. +- Improved performance of Ex commands by using a lookup table for the first + character. + +Options: +'cinoptions' Added 'g' flag, for C++ scope declarations. +'cpoptions' Added 'E' flag: Disallow yanking, deleting, etc. empty text + area. Default is to allow empty yanks. When 'E' is included, + "y$" in an empty line now is handled as an error (Vi + compatible). + Added 'j' flag: Only add two spaces for a join after a '.', + not after a '?' or '!'. + Added 'A' flag: don't give ATTENTION message. + Added 'L' flag: When not included, and 'list' is set, + 'textwidth' formatting works like 'list' is not set. + Added 'W' flag: Let ":w!" behave like Vi: don't overwrite + readonly files, or a file owned by someone else. +'highlight' Added '@' flag, for '@' characters after the last line on the + screen, and '$' at the end of the line when 'list' is set. + Added 'i' flag: Set highlighting for 'incsearch'. Default + uses "IncSearch" highlight group, which is linked to "Visual". + Disallow 'h' flag in 'highlight' (wasn't used anymore since + 3.0). +'guifont' Win32 GUI only: When set to "*" brings up a font requester. +'guipty' Default on, because so many people need it. +'path' Can contain wildcards, and "**" for searching a whole tree. +'shortmess' Added 'I' flag to avoid the intro message. +'viminfo' Added '%' flag: Store buffer list in viminfo file. + +- Increased defaults for 'maxmem' and 'maxmemtot' for Unix and Win32. Most + machines have much more RAM now that prices have dropped. +- Implemented ":set all&", set all options to their default value. |:set| + +Swap file: +- Don't create a swap file for a readonly file. Then create one on the first + change. Also create a swapfile when the amount of memory used is getting + too high. |swap-file| +- Make swap file "hidden", if possible. On Unix this is done by prepending a + dot to the swap file name. When long file names are used, the DJGPP and + Win32 versions also prepend a dot, in case a file on a mounted Unix file + system is edited. |:swapname| On MSDOS the hidden file attribute is NOT + set, because this causes problems with share.exe. +- 'updatecount' always defaults to non-zero, also for Vi compatible mode. + This means there is a swap file, which can be used for recovery. + +Tags: +- Included ctags 2.0 (Darren Hiebert). The syntax for static tags changed + from + {tag}:{fname} {fname} {command} + to + {tag} {fname} {command};" file: + Which is both faster to parse, shorter and Vi compatible. The old format is + also still accepted, unless disabled in src/feature.h (see OLD_STATIC_TAGS). + |tags-file-format| +- Completion of tags now also includes static tags for other files, at the + end. +- Included "shtags" from Stephen Riehm. +- When finding a matching tag, but the file doesn't exist, continue searching + for another match. Helps when using the same tags file (with links) for + different versions of source code. +- Give a tag with a global match in the current file a higher priority than a + global match in another file. + +Included xxd version V1.8 (Juergen Weigert). + +Autocommands: +- VimLeave autocommands are executed after writing the viminfo file, instead + of before. |VimLeave| +- Allow changing autocommands while executing them. This allows for + self-modifying autocommands. (idea from Goldberg) +- When using autocommands with two or more patterns, could not split + ":if/:endif" over two lines. Now all matching autocommands are executed in + one do_cmdline(). +- Autocommands no longer change the command repeated with ".". +- Search patterns are restored after executing autocommands. This avoids + that the 'hlsearch' highlighting is messed up by autocommands. +- When trying to execute an autocommand, also try matching the pattern with + the short file name. Helps when short file name is different from full + file name (expanded symbolic links). |autocmd-patterns| +- Made the output of ":autocmd" shorter and look better. +- Expand <sfile> in an ":autocmd" when it is defined. |<sfile>| +- Added "nested" flag to ":autocmd", allows nesting. |autocmd-nested| +- Added [group] argument to ":autocmd". Overrides the currently set group. + |autocmd-groups| +- new events: + |BufUnload| before a buffer is unloaded + |BufDelete| before a buffer is deleted from the buffer list + |FileChangedShell| when a file's modification time has changed after + executing a shell command + |User| user-defined autocommand +- When 'modified' was set by a BufRead* autocommand, it was reset again + afterwards. Now the ":set modified" is remembered. + +GUI: +- Improved GUI scrollbar handling when redrawing is slower than the scrollbar + events are generated. +- "vim -u NONE" now also stops loading the .gvimrc and other GUI inits. |-u| + Use "-U" to use another gvimrc file. |-U| +- Handle CTRL-C for external command, also for systems where "setsid()" is + supported. +- When starting the GUI, restrict the window size to the screen size. +- The default menus are read from $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim. This allows for a + customized default menu. |menu.vim| +- Improved the default menus. Added File/Print, a Window menu, Syntax menu, + etc. +- Added priority to the ":menu" command. Now each menu can be put in a place + where you want it, independent of the order in which the menus are defined. + |menu-priority| + +Give a warning in the intro screen when running the Win32 console version on +Windows 95 because there are problems using this version under Windows 95. +|win32-problems| + +Added 'e' flag for ":substitute" command: Don't complain when not finding a +match (Campbell). |:s| + +When using search commands in a mapping, only the last one is kept in the +history. Avoids that the history is trashed by long mappings. + +Ignore characters after "ex", "view" and "gvim" when checking startup mode. +Allows the use of "gvim5" et. al. |gvim| "gview" starts the GUI in readonly +mode. |gview| + +When resizing windows, the cursor is kept in the same relative position, if +possible. (Webb) + +":all" and ":ball" no longer close and then open a window for the same buffer. +Avoids losing options, jumplist, and other info. + +"-f" command-line argument is now ignored if Vim was compiled without GUI. +|-f| + +In Visual block mode, the right mouse button picks up the nearest corner. + +Changed default mappings for DOS et al. Removed the DOS-specific mappings, +only use the Windows ones. Added Shift-Insert, Ctrl-Insert, Ctrl-Del and +Shift-Del. + +Changed the numbers in the output of ":jumps", so you can see where {count} +CTRL-O takes you. |:jumps| + +Using "~" for $HOME now works for all systems. |$HOME| + +Unix: Besides using CTRL-C, also use the INTR character from the tty settings. +Somebody has INTR set to DEL. + +Allow a <NL> in a ":help" command argument to end the help command, so another +command can follow. + +Doing "%" on a line that starts with " #if" didn't jump to matching "#else". +Don't recognize "#if", "#else" etc. for '%' when 'cpo' contains the '%' flag. +|%| + +Insert mode expansion with "CTRL-N", "CTRL-P" and "CTRL-X" improved +|ins-completion|: +- 'complete' option added. +- When 'nowrapscan' is set, and no match found, report the searched direction + in the error message. +- Repeating CTRL-X commands adds following words/lines after the match. +- When adding-expansions, accept single character matches. +- Made repeated CTRL-X CTRL-N not break undo, and "." repeats the whole + insertion. Also fixes not being able to backspace over a word that has been + inserted with CTRL-N. + +When copying characters in Insert mode from previous/next line, with CTRL-E or +CTRL-Y, 'textwidth' is no longer used. |i_CTRL-E| + +Commands that move in the arglist, like ":n" and ":rew", keep the old cursor +position of the file (this is mostly Vi compatible). + +Vim now remembers the '< and '> marks for each buffer. This fixes a problem +that a line-delete in one buffer invalidated the '< and '> marks in another +buffer. |'<| + +For MSDOS, Unix and OS/2: When $VIM not set, use the path from the executable. +When using the executable path for $VIM, remove "src/" when present. Should +make Vim find the docs and syntax files when it is run directly after +compiling. |$VIM| + +When quitting Visual mode with <Esc>, the cursor is put at start of the Visual +area (like after executing an operator). + +Win32 and Unix version: Removed 1100 character limit on external commands. + +Added possibility to include a space in a ":edit +command" argument, by +putting a backslash before it. |+cmd| + +After recovery, BufReadPost autocommands are applied. |:recover| + +Added color support for "os2ansi", OS/2 console. (Slootman) + +Allow "%:p:h" when % is empty. |:_%| + +Included "<sfile>": file name from the ":source" command. |<sfile>| + +Added "<Bslash>" special character. Helps for avoiding multiple backslashes +in mappings and menus. + +In a help window, a double-click jumps to the tag under the cursor (like +CTRL-]). + +<C-Left> and <C-Right> now work like <S-Left> and <S-Right>, move a word +forward/backward (Windows compatible). |<C-Left>| + +Removed the requirement for a ":version" command in a .vimrc file. It wasn't +used for anything. You can use ":if" to handle differences between versions. +|:version| + +For MS-DOS, Win32 and OS/2: When comparing file names for autocommands, don't +make a difference between '/' and '\' for path separator. + +New termcap options: +"mb": blink. Can only be used by assigning it to one of the other highlight + options. |t_mb| +"bc": backspace character. |t_bc| +"nd": Used for moving the cursor right in the GUI, to avoid removing one line + of pixels from the last bold character. |t_nd| +"xs": highlighting not erased by overwriting, for hpterm. Combined with + 'weirdinvert'. Visual mode works on hpterm now. |t_xs| + +Unix: Set time of patch and backup file same as original file. (Hiebert). + +Amiga: In QuickFix mode no longer opens another window. Shell commands can be +used now. + +Added decmouse patches from David Binette. Can now use Dec and Netterm mouse. +But only when enabled at compile time. + +Added '#' register: Alternate file name |quote#|. Display '#' register with +":dis" command. |:display| + +Removed ':' from 'isfname' default for Unix. Check for "://" in a file name +anyway. Also check for ":\\", for MS-DOS. + +Added count to "K"eyword command, when 'keywordprg' is "man", is inserted in +the man command. "2K" results in "!man 2 <cword>". |K| + +When using "gf" on a relative path name, remove "../" from the file name, like +it's done for file names in the tags file. |gf| + +When finishing recording, don't make the recorded register the default put +register. + +When using "!!", don't put ":5,5!" on the command-line, but ":.!". And some +other enhancements to replace the line number with "." or "$" when possible. + +MSDOS et al.: Renamed $VIM/viminfo to $VIM/_viminfo. It's more consistent: +.vimrc/_vimrc and .viminfo/_viminfo + +For systems where case doesn't matter in file names (MSDOS, Amiga), ignore +case while sorting file names. For buffer names too. + +When reading from stdin doesn't work, read from stderr (helps for "foo | xargs +vim"). + +32 bit MS-DOS version: Replaced csdpmi3 by csdpmi4. + +Changed <C-Left> and <C-Right> to skip a WORD instead of a word. + +Warning for changed modified time when overwriting a file now also works on +other systems than Unix. + +Unix: Changed the defaults for configure to be the same as the defaults for +Makefile: include GUI, Perl, and Python. + +Some versions of Motif require "-lXpm". Added check for this in configure. + +Don't add "-L/usr/lib" to the link line, causes problems on a few systems. + +============================================================================== +COMPILE TIME CHANGES *compile-changes-5* + +When compiling, allow a choice for minimal, normal or maximal features in an +easy way, by changing a single line in src/feature.h. +The DOS16 version has been compiled with minimal features to avoid running +out of memory too quickly. +The Win32, DJGPP, and OS/2 versions use maximal features, because they have +enough memory. +The Amiga version is available with normal and maximal features. + +Added "make test" to Unix version Makefile. Allows for a quick check if most +"normal" commands work properly. Also tests a few specific commands. + +Added setlocale() with codepage support for DJGPP version. + +autoconf: +- Added autoconf check for -lXdmcp. +- Included check for -lXmu, no longer needed to edit the Makefile for this. +- Switched to autoconf 2.12. +- Added configure check for <poll.h>. Seems to be needed when including + Perl on Linux? +- termlib is now checked before termcap. +- Added configure check for strncasecmp(), stricmp() and strnicmp(). Added + vim_stricmp() for when there's no library function for stricmp(). +- Use "datadir" in configure, instead of our own check for HELPDIR. + +Removed "make proto" from Makefile.manx. Could not make it work without a lot +of #ifdefs. + +Removed "proto/" from paths in proto.h. Needed for the Mac port. + +Drastically changed Makefile.mint. Now it includes the Unix Makefile. + +Added support for Dos16 in Makefile.b32 (renamed Makefile.b32 to Makefile.bor) + +All source files are now edited with a tabstop of 8 instead of 4, which is +better when debugging and using other tools. 'softtabstop' is set to 4, to +make editing easier. + +Unix: Added "link.sh" script, which removes a few unnecessary libraries from +the link command. + +Don't use HPUX digraphs by default, but only when HPUX_DIGRAPHS is defined. +|digraphs-default| + +============================================================================== +BUG FIXES *bug-fixes-5* + +Note: Some of these fixes may only apply to test versions which were + created after version 4.6, but before 5.0. + + +When doing ":bdel", try going to the next loaded buffer. Don't rewind to the +start of the buffer list. + +mch_isdir() for Unix returned TRUE for "" on some systems. + +Win32: 'shell' set to "mksnt/sh.exe" breaks ":!" commands. Don't use +backslashes in the temp file names. + +On linux, with a FAT file system, could get spurious "file xxx changed since +editing started" messages, because the time is rounded off to two seconds +unexpectedly. + +Crash in GUI, when selecting a word (double click) and then extend until an +empty line. + +For systems where isdigit() can't handle characters > 255, get_number() caused +a crash when moving the mouse during the prompt for recovery. + +In Insert mode, "CTRL-O P" left the cursor on the last inserted character. +Now the cursor is left after the last putted character. + +When quickfix found an error type other than 'e' or 'w', it was never printed. + +A setting for 'errorfile' in a .vimrc overruled the "-q errorfile" argument. + +Some systems create a file when generating a temp file name. Filtering would +then create a backup file for this, which was never deleted. Now no backup +file is made when filtering. + +simplify_filename() could remove a ".." after a link, resulting in the wrong +file name. Made simplify_filename also work for MSDOS. Don't use it for +Amiga, since it doesn't have "../". + +otherfile() was unreliable when using links. Could think that reading/writing +was for a different file, when it was the same. + +Pasting with mouse in Replace mode didn't replace anything. + +Window height computed wrong when resizing a window with an autocommand (could +cause a crash). + +":s!foo!bar!" wasn't possible (Vi compatible). + +do_bang() freed memory twice when called recursively, because of autocommands +(test11). Thanks to Electric Fence! + +"v$d" on an empty line didn't remove the "-- VISUAL --" mode message from the +command-line, and inverted the cursor. + +":mkexrc" didn't check for failure to open the file, causing a crash. +(Felderhoff). + +Win32 mch_write() wrote past fixed buffer, causing terminal keys no longer to +be recognized. Both console and GUI version. + +Athena GUI: Crash when removing a menu item. Now Vim doesn't crash, but the +reversing of the menu item is still wrong. + +Always reset 'list' option for the help window. + +When 'scrolloff' is non-zero, a 'showmatch' could cause the shown match to be +in the wrong line and the window to be scrolled (Acevedo). + +After ":set all&", 'lines' and 'ttytype' were still non-default, because the +defaults never got set. Now the defaults for 'lines' and 'columns' are set +after detecting the window size. 'term' and 'ttytype' defaults are set when +detecting the terminal type. + +For (most) non-Unix systems, don't add file names with illegal characters when +expanding. Fixes "cannot open swapfile" error when doing ":e *.burp", when +there is no match. + +In X11 GUI, drawing part of the cursor obscured the text. Now the text is +drawn over the cursor, like when it fills the block. (Seibert) + +when started with "-c cmd -q errfile", the cursor would be left in line 1. +Now a ":cc" is done after executing "cmd". + +":ilist" never ignored case, even when 'ignorecase' set. + +"vim -r file" for a readonly file, then making a change, got ATTENTION message +in insert mode, display mixed up until <Esc> typed. Also don't give ATTENTION +message after recovering a file. + +The abbreviation ":ab #i #include" could not be removed. + +CTRL-L completion (longest common match) on command-line didn't work properly +for case-insensitive systems (MS-DOS, Windows, etc.). (suggested by Richard +Kilgore). + +For terminals that can hide the cursor ("vi" termcap entry), resizing the +window caused the cursor to disappear. + +Using an invalid mark in an Ex address didn't abort the command. + +When 'smarttab' set, would use 'shiftround' when inserting a TAB after a +space. Now it always rounds to a tabstop. + +Set '[ and '] marks for ":copy", ":move", ":append", ":insert", ":substitute" +and ":change". (Acevedo). + +"d$" in an empty line still caused an error, even when 'E' is not in +'cpoptions'. + +Help files were stored in the viminfo buffer list without a path. + +GUI: Displaying cursor was not synchronized with other displaying. Caused +several display errors. For example, when the last two lines in the file +start with spaces, "dd" on the last line copied text to the (then) last line. + +Win32: Needed to type CTRL-SHIFT-- to get CTRL-_. + +GUI: Moving the cursor forwards over bold text would remove one column of bold +pixels. + +X11 GUI: When a bold character in the last column was scrolled up or down, one +column of pixels would not be copied. + +Using <BS> to move the cursor left can sometimes erase a character. Now use +"le" termcap entry for this. + +Keyword completion with regexp didn't work. e.g., for "b.*crat". + +Fixed: With CTRL-O that jumps to another file, cursor could end up just after +the line. + +Amiga: '$' was missing from character recognized as wildcards, causing $VIM +sometimes not to be expanded. + +":change" didn't adjust marks for deleted lines. + +":help [range]" didn't work. Also for [pattern], [count] and [quotex]. + +For 'cindent'ing, typing "class::method" doesn't align like a label when the +second ':' is typed. +When inserting a CR with 'cindent' set (and a bunch of other conditions) the +cursor went to a wrong location. +'cindent' was wrong for a line that ends in '}'. +'cindent' was wrong after "else {". + +While editing the cmdline in the GUI, could not use the mouse to select text +from the command-line itself. + +When deleting lines, marks in tag stack were only adjusted for the current +window, not for other windows on the same buffer. + +Tag guessing could find a function "some_func" instead of the "func" we were +looking for. + +Tags file name relative to the current file didn't work. + +":g/pat2/s//pat2/g", causing the number of subs to be reported, used to cause +a scroll up. Now you no longer have to hit <CR>. + +X11 GUI: Selecting text could cause a crash. + +32 bit DOS version: CTRL-C in external command killed Vim. When SHELL is set +to "sh.exe", external commands didn't work. Removed using of command.com, no +longer need to set 'shellquote'. + +Fixed crash when using ":g/pat/i". + +Fixed (potential) crash for X11 GUI, when using an X selection. Was giving a +pointer on the stack to a callback function, now it's static. + +Using "#" and "*" with an operator didn't work. E.g. "c#". + +Command-line expansion didn't work properly after ":*". (Acevedo) + +Setting 'weirdinvert' caused highlighting to be wrong in the GUI. + +":e +4 #" didn't work, because the "4" was in unallocated memory (could cause +a crash). + +Cursor position was wrong for ":e #", after ":e #" failed, because of changes +to the buffer. + +When doing ":buf N", going to a buffer that was edited with ":view", the +readonly flag was reset. Now make a difference between ":e file" and ":buf +file": Only set/reset 'ro' for the first one. + +Avoid |hit-enter| prompt when not able to write viminfo on exit. + +When giving error messages in the terminal where the GUI was started, GUI +escape codes would be written to the terminal. In an xterm this could be seen +as a '$' after the message. + +Mouse would not work directly after ":gui", because full_screen isn't set, +which causes starttermcap() not to do its work. + +'incsearch' did not scroll the window in the same way as the actual search. +When 'nowrap' set, incsearch didn't show a match when it was off the side of +the screen. Now it also shows the whole match, instead of just the cursor +position (if possible). + +":unmap", ":unab" and ":unmenu" did not accept a double quote, it was seen as +the start of a comment. Now it's Vi compatible. + +Using <Up><Left><Left><Up> in the command-line, when there is no previous +cmdline in the history, inserted a NUL on the command-line. + +"i<Esc>" when on a <Tab> in column 0 left the cursor in the wrong place. + +GUI Motif: When adding a lot of menu items, the menu bar goes into two rows. +Deleting menu items, reducing the number of rows, now also works. + +With ":g/pat/s//foo/c", a match in the first line was scrolled off of the +screen, so you could not see it. +When using ":s//c", with 'nowrap' set, a match could be off the side of the +screen, so you could not see it. + +When 'helpfile' was set to a fixed, non-absolute path in feature.h, Vim would +crash. mch_Fullname can now handle file names in read-only memory. (Lottem) + +When using CTRL-A or CTRL-@ in Insert mode, there could be strange effects +when using CTRL-D next. Also, when repeating inserted text that included "0 +CTRL-D" or "^ CTRL-D" this didn't work. (Acevedo) +Using CTRL-D after using CTRL-E or CTRL-Y in Insert mode that inserted a '0' +or '^', removed the '0' or '^' and more indent. + +The command "2".p" caused the last inserted text to be executed as commands. +(Acevedo) + +Repeating the insert of "CTRL-V 048" resulted in "^@" to be inserted. + +Repeating Insert completion could fail if there are special characters in the +text. (Acevedo) + +":normal /string<CR>" caused the window to scroll. Now all ":normal" commands +are executed without scrolling messages. + +Redo of CTRL-E or CTRL-Y in Insert mode interpreted special characters as +commands. + +Line wrapping for 'tw' was done one character off for insert expansion +inserts. + +buffer_exists() function didn't work properly for buffer names with a symbolic +link in them (e.g. when using buffer_exists(#)). + +Removed the "MOTIF_COMMENT" construction from Makefile. It now works with +FreeBSD make, and probably with NeXT make too. + +Matching the 'define' and 'include' arguments now honor the settings for +'ignorecase'. (Acevedo) + +When one file shown in two windows, Visual selection mixed up cursor position +in current window and other window. + +When doing ":e file" from a help file, the 'isk' option wasn't reset properly, +because of a modeline in the help file. + +When doing ":e!", a cursor in another window on the same buffer could become +invalid, leading to "ml_get: invalid lnum" errors. + +Matching buffer name for when expanded name has a different path from not +expanded name (Brugnara). + +Normal mappings didn't work after an operator. For example, with ":map Q gq", +"QQ" didn't work. + +When ":make" resulted in zero errors, a "No Errors" error message was given +(which breaks mappings). + +When ":sourcing" a file, line length was limited to 1024 characters. CTRL-V +before <EOL> was not handled Vi compatible. (Acevedo) + +Unexpected exit for X11 GUI, caused by SAVE_YOURSELF event. (Heimann) + +CTRL-X CTRL-I only found one match per line. (Acevedo) +When using an illegal CTRL-X key in Insert mode, the CTRL-X mode message +was stuck. + +Finally managed to ignore the "Quit" menu entry of the Window manager! Now +Vim only exists when there are no changed buffers. + +Trying to start the GUI when $DISPLAY is not set resulted in a crash. +When $DISPLAY is not set and gvim starts vim, title was restored to "Thanks +for flying Vim". +When $DISPLAY not set, starting "gvim" (dropping back to vim) and then +selecting text with the mouse caused a crash. + +"J", with 'joinspaces' set, on a line ending in ". ", caused one space too +many to be added. (Acevedo) + +In insert mode, a CTRL-R {regname} which didn't insert anything left the '"' +on the screen. + +":z10" didn't work. (Clapp) + +"Help "*" didn't work. + +Renamed a lot of functions, to avoid clashes with POSIX name space. + +When adding characters to a line, making it wrap, the following lines were +sometimes not shifted down (e.g. after a tag jump). + +CTRL-E, with 'so' set and cursor on last line, now does not move cursor as +long as the last line is on the screen. + +When there are two windows, doing "^W+^W-" in the bottom window could cause +the status line to be doubled (not redrawn correctly). + +This command would hang: ":n `cat`". Now connect stdin of the external +command to /dev/null, when expanding. + +Fixed lalloc(0,) error for ":echo %:e:r". (Acevedo) + +The "+command" argument to ":split" didn't work when there was no file name. + +When selecting text in the GUI, which is the output of a command-line command +or an external command, the inversion would sometimes remain. + +GUI: "-mh 70" argument was broken. Now, when menuheight is specified, it is +not changed anymore. + +GUI: When using the scrollbar or mouse while executing an external command, +this caused garbage characters. + +Showmatch sometimes jumped to the wrong position. Was caused by a call to +findmatch() when redrawing the display (when syntax highlighting is on). + +Search pattern "\(a *\)\{3} did not work correctly, also matched "a a". +Problem with brace_count not being decremented. + +Wildcard expansion added too many non-matching file names. + +When 'iskeyword' contains characters like '~', "*" and "#" didn't work +properly. (Acevedo) + +On Linux, on a FAT file system, modification time can change by one second. +Avoid a "file has changed" warning for a one second difference. + +When using the page-switching in an xterm, Vim would position the cursor on +the last line of the window on exit. Also removed the cursor positioning for +":!" commands. + +":g/pat/p" command (partly) overwrote the command. Now the output is on a +separate line. + +With 'ic' and 'scs' set, a search for "Keyword", ignore-case matches were +highlighted too. + +"^" on a line with only white space, put cursor beyond the end of the line. + +When deleting characters before where insertion started ('bs' == 2), could not +use abbreviations. + +CTRL-E at end of file puts cursor below the file, in Visual mode, when 'so' is +non-zero. CTRL-E didn't work when 'so' is big and the line below the window +wraps. CTRL-E, when 'so' is non-zero, at end of the file, caused jumping +up-down. + +":retab" didn't work well when 'list' is set. + +Amiga: When inserting characters at the last line on the screen, causing it +to wrap, messed up the display. It appears that a '\n' on the last line +doesn't always cause a scroll up. + +In Insert mode "0<C-D><C-D>" deleted an extra character, because Vim thought +that the "0" was still there. (Acevedo) + +"z{count}l" ignored the count. Also for "zh" et. al. (Acevedo) + +"S" when 'autoindent' is off didn't delete leading white space. + +"/<Tab>" landed on the wrong character when 'incsearch' is set. + +Asking a yes/no question could cause a |hit-enter| prompt. + +When the file consists of one long line (>4100 characters), making changes +caused various errors and a crash. + +DJGPP version could not save long lines (>64000) for undo. + +"yw" on the last char in the file didn't work. Also fixed "6x" at the end of +the line. "6X" at the start of a line fails, but does not break a mapping. In +general, a movement for an operator doesn't beep or flush a mapping, but when +there is nothing to operate on it beeps (this is Vi compatible). + +"m'" and "m`" now set the '' mark at the cursor position. + +Unix: Resetting of signals for external program didn't work, because SIG_DFL +and NULL are the same! For "!!yes|dd count=1|, the yes command kept on +running. + +Partly fixed: Unix GUI: Typeahead while executing an external command was lost. +Now it's not lost while the command is producing output. + +Typing <S-Tab> in Insert mode, when it isn't mapped, inserted "<S-Tab>". Now +it works like a normal <Tab>, just like <C-Tab> and <M-Tab>. + +Redrawing ruler didn't check for old value correctly (caused UMR warnings in +Purify). + +Negative array index in finish_viminfo_history(). + +":g/^/d|mo $" deleted all the lines. The ":move" command now removes the +:global mark from the moved lines. + +Using "vG" while the last line in the window is a "@" line, didn't update +correctly. Just the "v" showed "~" lines. + +"daw" on the last char of the file, when it's a space, moved the cursor beyond +the end of the line. + +When 'hlsearch' was set or reset, only the current buffer was redrawn, while +this affects all windows. + +CTRL-^, positioning the cursor somewhere from 1/2 to 1 1/2 screen down the +file, put the cursor at the bottom of the window, instead of halfway. + +When scrolling up for ":append" command, not all windows were updated +correctly. + +When 'hlsearch' is set, and an auto-indent is highlighted, pressing <Esc> +didn't remove the highlighting, although the indent was deleted. + +When 'ru' set and 'nosc', using "$j" showed a wrong ruler. + +Under Xfree 3.2, Shift-Tab didn't work (wrong keysym is used). + +Mapping <S-Tab> didn't work. Changed the key translations to use the shortest +key code possible. This makes the termcode translations and mappings more +consistent. Now all modifiers work in all combinations, not only with <Tab>, +but also with <Space>, <CR>, etc. + +For Unix, restore three more signals. And Vim catches SIGINT now, so CTRL-C +in Ex mode doesn't make Vim exit. + +""a5Y" yanked 25 lines instead of 5. + +"vrxxx<Esc>" in an empty line could not be undone. + +A CTRL-C that breaks ":make" caused the errorfile not to be read (annoying +when you want to handle what ":make" produced so far). + +":0;/pat" didn't find "pat" in line 1. + +Search for "/test/s+1" at first char of file gave bottom-top message, or +didn't work at all with 'nowrapscan'. + +Bug in viminfo history. Could cause a crash on exit. + +":print" didn't put cursor on first non-blank in line. + +":0r !cat </dev/null" left cursor in line zero, with very strange effects. + +With 'showcmd' set and 'timeoutlen' set to a few seconds, trick to position +the cursor leftwards didn't work. + +AIX stty settings were restored to cs5 instead of cs8 (Winn). + +File name completion didn't work for "zsh" versions that put spaces between +file names, instead of NULs. + +Changed "XawChain*" to "XtChain*", should work for more systems. + +Included quite a few fixes for rightleft mode (Lottem). + +Didn't ask to |hit-enter| when GUI is started and error messages are printed. + +When trying to edit a file in a non-existent directory, ended up with editing +"No file". + +"gqap" to format a paragraph did too much redrawing. + +When 'hlsearch' set, only the current window was updated for a new search +pattern. + +Sometimes error messages on startup didn't cause a |hit-enter| prompt, +because of autocommands containing an empty line. + +Was possible to select part of the window in the border, below the command +line. + +'< and '> marks were not at the correct position after linewise Visual +selection. + +When translating a help argument to "CTRL-x", prepend or append a '_', when +applicable. + +Blockwise visual mode wasn't correct when moving vertically over a special +character (displayed as two screen characters). + +Renamed "struct option" to "struct vimoption" to avoid name clash with GNU +getopt(). + +":abclear" didn't work (but ":iabclear" and ":cabclear" did work). + +When 'nowrap' used, screen wasn't always updated correctly. + +"vim -c split file" displayed extra lines. + +After starting the GUI, searched the termcap for a "gui" term. + +When 'hls' used, search for "^$" caused a hang. +When 'hls' was set, an error in the last regexp caused trouble. + +Unix: Only output an extra <EOL> on exit when outputted something in the +alternate screen, or when there is a message that needs to be cleared. + +"/a\{" did strange things, depending on previous search. + +"c}" only redrew one line (with -u NONE). + +For mappings, CTRL-META-A was shown as <M-^A> instead of <MC-A>, while :map +only accepts <MC-A>. Now <M-C-A> is shown. + +Unix: When using full path name in a tags file, which contains a link, and +'hidden' set and jumping to a tag in the current file, would get bogus +ATTENTION message. Solved by always expanding file names, even when starting +with '/'. + +'hlsearch' highlighting of special characters (e.g., a TAB) didn't highlight +the whole thing. + +"r<CR>" didn't work correctly on the last char of a line. + +Sometimes a window resize or other signal caused an endless loop, involving +set_winsize(). + +"vim -r" didn't work, it would just hang (using tgetent() while 'term' is +empty). + +"gk" while 'nowrap' set moved two lines up. + +When windows are split, a message that causes a scroll-up messed up one of the +windows, which required a CTRL-L to be typed. + +Possible endless loop when using shell command in the GUI. + +Menus defined in the .vimrc were removed when GUI started. + +Crash when pasting with the mouse in insert mode. + +Crash with ":unmenu *" in .gvimrc for Athena. + +"5>>" shifted 5 lines 5 times, instead of 1 time. + +CTRL-C when getting a prompt in ":global" didn't interrupt. + +When 'so' is non-zero, and moving the scrollbar completely to the bottom, +there was a lot of flashing. + +GUI: Scrollbar ident must be long for DEC Alpha. + +Some functions called vim_regcomp() without setting reg_magic, which could +lead to unpredictable magicness. + +Crash when clicking around the status line, could get a selection with a +backwards range. + +When deleting more than one line characterwise, the last character wasn't +deleted. + +GUI: Status line could be overwritten when moving the scrollbar quickly (or +when 'wd' is non-zero). + +An ESC at the end of a ":normal" command caused a wait for a terminal code to +finish. Now, a terminal code is not recognized when its start comes from a +mapping or ":normal" command. + +Included patches from Robert Webb for GUI. Layout of the windows is now done +inside Vim, instead of letting the layout manager do this. Makes Vim work +with Lesstif! + +UMR warning in set_expand_context(). + +Memory leak: b_winlnum list was never freed. + +Removed TIOCLSET/TIOCLGET code from os_unix.c. Was changing some of the +terminal settings, and looked like it wasn't doing anything good. (suggested +by Juergen Weigert). + +Ruler overwrote "is a directory" message. When starting up, and 'cmdheight' +set to > 1, first message could still be in the last line. + +Removed prototype for putenv() from proto.h, it's already in osdef2.h.in. + +In replace mode, when moving the cursor and then backspacing, wrong characters +were inserted. + +Win32 GUI was checking for a CTRL-C too often, making it slow. + +Removed mappings for MS-DOS that were already covered by commands. + +When visually selecting all lines in a file, cursor at last line, then "J". +Gave ml_get errors. Was a problem with scrolling down during redrawing. + +When doing a linewise operator, and then an operator with a mouse click, it +was also linewise, instead of characterwise. + +When 'list' is set, the column of the ruler was wrong. + +Spurious error message for "/\(b\+\)*". + +When visually selected many lines, message from ":w file" disappeared when +redrawing the screen. + +":set <M-b>=^[b", then insert "^[b", waited for another character. And then +inserted "<M-b>" instead of the real <M-b> character. Was trying to insert +K_SPECIAL x NUL. + +CTRL-W ] didn't use count to set window height. + +GUI: "-font" command-line argument didn't override 'guifont' setting from +.gvimrc. (Acevedo) + +GUI: clipboard wasn't used for "*y". And some more Win32/X11 differences +fixed for the clipboard (Webb). + +Jumping from one help file to another help file, with 'compatible' set, +removed the 'help' flag from the buffer. + +File-writable bit could be reset when using ":w!" for a readonly file. + +There was a wait for CTRL-O n in Insert mode, because the search pattern was +shown. +Reduced wait, to allow reading a message, from 10 to 3 seconds. It seemed +nothing was happening. + +":recover" found same swap file twice. + +GUI: "*yy only worked the second time (when pasting to an xterm)." + +DJGPP version (dos32): The system flags were cleared. + +Dos32 version: Underscores were sometimes replaced with y-umlaut (Levin). + +Version 4.1 of ncurses can't handle tputs("", ..). Avoid calling tputs() with +an empty string. + +<S-Tab> in the command-line worked like CTRL-P when no completion started yet. +Now it does completion, last match first. + +Unix: Could get annoying "can't write viminfo" message after doing "su". Now +the viminfo file is overwritten, and the user set back to the original one. + +":set term=builtin_gui" started the GUI in a wrong way. Now it's not +allowed anymore. But "vim -T gui" does start the GUI correctly now. + +GUI: Triple click after a line only put last char in selection, when it is a +single character word. + +When the window is bigger than the screen, the scrolling up of messages was +wrong (e.g. ":vers", ":hi"). Also when the bottom part of the window was +obscured by another window. + +When using a wrong option only an error message is printed, to avoid that the +usage information makes it scroll off the screen. + +When exiting because of not being able to read from stdin, didn't preserve the +swap files properly. + +Visual selecting all chars in more than one line, then hit "x" didn't leave an +empty line. For one line it did leave an empty line. + +Message for which autocommand is executing messed up file write message (for +FileWritePost event). + +"vim -h" included "-U" even when GUI is not available, and "-l" when lisp is +not available. + +Crash for ":he <C-A>" (command-line longer than screen). + +":s/this/that/gc", type "y" two times, then undo, did reset the modified +option, even though the file is still modified. + +Empty lines in a tags file caused a ":tag" to be aborted. + +When hitting 'q' at the more prompt for ":menu", still scrolled a few lines. + +In an xterm that uses the bold trick a single row of characters could remain +after an erased bold character. Now erase one extra char after the bold char, +like for the GUI. + +":pop!" didn't work. + +When the reading a buffer was interrupted, ":w" should not be able to +overwrite the file, ":w!" is required. + +":cf%" caused a crash. + +":gui longfilename", when forking is enabled, could leave part of the +longfilename at the shell prompt. + +============================================================================== +VERSION 5.1 *version-5.1* + +Improvements made between version 5.0 and 5.1. + +This was mostly a bug-fix release, not many new features. + + +Changed *changed-5.1* +------- + +The expand() function now separates file names with <NL> instead of a space. +This avoids problems for file names with embedded spaces. To get the old +result, use substitute(expand(foo), "\n", " ", "g"). + +For Insert-expanding dictionaries allow a backslash to be used for +wildchars. Allows expanding "ze\kra", when 'isk' includes a backslash. + +New icon for the Win32 GUI. + +":tag", ":tselect" etc. only use the argument as a regexp when it starts +with '/'. Avoids that ":tag xx~" gives an error message: "No previous sub. +regexp". Also, when the :tag argument contained wildcard characters, it was +not Vi compatible. +When using '/', the argument is taken literally too, with a higher priority, +so it's found before wildcard matches. +Only when the '/' is used are matches with different case found, even though +'ignorecase' isn't set. +Changed "g^]" to only do ":tselect" when there is more than on matching tag. + +Changed some of the default colors, because they were not very readable on a +dark background. + +A character offset to a search pattern can move the cursor to the next or +previous line. Also fixes that "/pattern/e+2" got stuck on "pattern" at the +end of a line. + +Double-clicks in the status line do no longer start Visual mode. Dragging a +status line no longer stops Visual mode. + +Perl interface: Buffers() and Windows() now use more logical arguments, like +they are used in the rest of Vim (Moore). + +Init '" mark to the first character of the first line. Makes it possible to +use '" in an autocommand without getting an error message. + + +Added *added-5.1* +----- + +"shell_error" internal variable: result of last shell command. + +":echohl" command: Set highlighting for ":echo". + +'S' flag in 'highlight' and StatusLineNC highlight group: highlighting for +status line of not-current window. Default is to use bold for current +window. + +Added buffer_name() and buffer_number() functions (Aaron). +Added flags argument "g" to substitute() function (Aaron). +Added winheight() function. + +Win32: When an external command starts with "start ", no console is opened +for it (Aaron). + +Win32 console: Use termcap codes for bold/reverse based on the current +console attributes. + +Configure check for "strip". (Napier) + +CTRL-R CTRL-R x in Insert mode: Insert the contents of a register literally, +instead of as typed. + +Made a few "No match" error messages more informative by adding the pattern +that didn't match. + +"make install" now also copies the macro files. + +tools/tcltags, a shell script to generate a tags file from a TCL file. + +"--with-tlib" setting for configure. Easy way to use termlib: "./configure +--with-tlib=termlib". + +'u' flag in 'cino' for setting the indent for contained () parts. + +When Win32 OLE version can't load the registered type library, ask the user +if he wants to register Vim now. (Erhardt) +Win32 with OLE: When registered automatically, exit Vim. +Included VisVim 1.1b, with a few enhancements and the new icon (Heiko +Erhardt). + +Added patch from Vince Negri for Win32s support. Needs to be compiled with +VC 4.1! + +Perl interface: Added $curbuf. Rationalized Buffers() and Windows(). +(Moore) Added "group" argument to Msg(). + +Included Perl files in DOS source archive. Changed Makefile.bor and +Makefile.w32 to support building a Win32 version with Perl included. + +Included new Makefile.w32 from Ken Scott. Now it's able to make all Win32 +versions, including OLE, Perl and Python. + +Added CTRL-W g ] and CTRL-W g ^]: split window and do g] or g^]. + +Added "g]" to always do ":tselect" for the ident under the cursor. +Added ":tjump" and ":stjump" commands. +Improved listing of ":tselect" when tag names are a bit long. + +Included patches for the Macintosh version. Also for Python interface. +(St-Amant) + +":buf foo" now also restores cursor column, when the buffer was used before. + +Adjusted the Makefile for different final destinations for the syntax files +and scripts (for Debian Linux). + +Amiga: $VIM can be used everywhere. When $VIM is not defined, "VIM:" is +used. This fixes that "VIM:" had to be assigned for the help files, and +$VIM set for the syntax files. Now either of these work. + +Some xterms send vt100 compatible function keys F1-F4. Since it's not +possible to detect this, recognize both type of keys and translate them to +<F1> - <F4>. + +Added "VimEnter" autocommand. Executed after loading all the startup stuff. + +BeOS version now also runs on Intel CPUs (Seibert). + + +Fixed *fixed-5.1* +----- + +":ts" changed position in the tag stack when cancelled with <CR>. +":ts" changed the cursor position for CTRL-T when cancelled with <CR>. +":tn" would always jump to the second match. Was using the wrong entry in +the tag stack. +Doing "tag foo", then ":tselect", overwrote the original cursor position in +the tag stack. + +"make install" changed the vim.1 manpage in a wrong way, causing "doc/doc" +to appear for the documentation files. + +When compiled with MAX_FEAT, xterm mouse handling failed. Was caused by DEC +mouse handling interfering. + +Was leaking memory when using selection in X11. + +CTRL-D halfway a command-line left some characters behind the first line(s) +of the listing. + +When expanding directories for ":set path=", put two extra backslashes +before a space in a directory name. + +When 'lisp' set, first line of a function would be indented. Now its indent +is set to zero. And use the indent of the first previous line that is at +the same () level. Added test33. + +"so<Esc>u" in an empty file didn't work. + +DOS: "seek error in swap file write" errors, when using DOS 6.2 share.exe, +because the swap file was made hidden. It's no longer hidden. + +":global" command would sometimes not execute on a matching line. Happened +when a data block is full in ml_replace(). + +For AIX use a tgetent buffer of 2048 bytes, instead of 1024. + +Win32 gvim now only sets the console size for external commands to 25x80 +on Windows 95, not on NT. + +Win32 console: Dead key could cause a crash, because of a missing "WINAPI" +(Deshpande). + +The right mouse button started Visual mode, even when 'mouse' is empty, and +in the command-line, a left click moved the cursor when 'mouse' is empty. +In Visual mode, 'n' in 'mouse' would be used instead of 'v'. + +A blinking cursor or focus change cleared a non-Visual selection. + +CTRL-Home and CTRL-End didn't work for MS-DOS versions. + +Could include NUL in 'iskeyword', causing a crash when doing insert mode +completion. + +Use _dos_commit() to flush the swap file to disk for MSDOS 16 bit version. + +In mappings, CTRL-H was replaced by the backspace key code. This caused +problems when it was used as text, e.g. ":map _U :%s/.^H//g<CR>". + +":set t_Co=0" was not handled like a normal term. Now it's translated into +":set t_Co=", which works. + +For ":syntax keyword" the "transparent" option did work, although not +mentioned in the help. But synID() returned wrong name. + +"gqG" in a file with one-word-per-line (e.g. a dictionary) was very slow and +not interruptible. + +"gq" operator inserted screen lines in the wrong situation. Now screen +lines are inserted or deleted when this speeds up displaying. + +cindent was wrong when an "if" contained "((". + +'r' flag in 'viminfo' was not used for '%'. Could get files in the buffer +list from removable media. + +Win32 GUI with OLE: if_ole_vc.mak could not be converted into a project. +Hand-edited to fix this... + +With 'nosol' set, doing "$kdw" below an empty line positioned the cursor at +the end of the line. + +Dos32 version changed "\dir\file" into "/dir/file", to work around a DJGPP +bug. That bug appears to have been fixed, therefore this translation has +been removed. + +"/^*" didn't work (find '*' in first column). + +"<afile>" was not always set for autocommands. E.g., for ":au BufEnter * +let &tags = expand("<afile>:p:h") . "/tags". + +In an xterm, the window may be a child of the outer xterm window. Use the +parent window when getting the title and icon names. (Smith) + +When starting with "gvim -bg black -fg white", the value of 'background' is +only set after reading the .gvimrc file. This causes a ":syntax on" to use +the wrong colors. Now allow using ":gui" to open the GUI window and set the +colors. Previously ":gui" in a gvimrc crashed Vim. + +tempname() returned the same name all the time, unless the file was actually +created. Now there are at least 26 different names. + +File name used for <afile> was sometimes full path, sometimes file name +relative to current directory. + +When 'background' was set after the GUI window was opened, it could change +colors that were set by the user in the .gvimrc file. Now it only changes +colors that have not been set by the user. + +Ignore special characters after a CSI in the GUI version. These could be +interpreted as special characters in a wrong way. (St-Amant) + +Memory leak in farsi code, when using search or ":s" command. +Farsi string reversing for a mapping was only done for new mappings. Now it +also works for replacing a mapping. + +Crash in Win32 when using a file name longer than _MAX_PATH. (Aaron) + +When BufDelete autocommands were executed, some things for the buffer were +already deleted (esp. Perl stuff). + +Perl interface: Buffer specific items were deleted too soon; fixes "screen +no longer exists" messages. (Moore) + +The Perl functions didn't set the 'modified' flag. + +link.sh did not return an error on exit, which may cause Vim to start +installing, even though there is no executable to install. (Riehm) + +Vi incompatibility: In Vi "." redoes the "y" command. Added the 'y' flag to +'cpoptions'. Only for 'compatible' mode. + +":echohl" defined a new group, when the argument was not an existing group. + +"syn on" and ":syn off" could move the cursor, if there is a hidden buffer +that is shorter that the current cursor position. + +The " mark was not set when doing ":b file". + +When a "nextgroup" is used with "skipwhite" in syntax highlighting, space at +the end of the line made the nextgroup also be found in the next line. + +":he g<CTRL-D>", then ":" and backspace to the start didn't redraw. + +X11 GUI: "gvim -rv" reversed the colors twice on Sun. Now Vim checks if the +result is really reverse video (background darker than foreground). + +"cat link.sh | vim -" didn't set syntax highlighting. + +Win32: Expanding "file.sw?" matched ".file.swp". This is an error of +FindnextFile() that we need to work around. (Kilgore) + +"gqgq" gave an "Invalid lnum" error on the last line. +Formatting with "gq" didn't format the first line after a change of comment +leader. + +There was no check for out-of-memory in win_alloc(). + +"vim -h" didn't mention "-register" and "-unregister" for the OLE version. + +Could not increase 'cmdheight' when the last window is only one line. Now +other windows are also made smaller, when necessary. + +Added a few {} to avoid "suggest braces around" warnings from gcc 2.8.x. +Changed return type of main() from void to int. (Nam) + +Using '~' twice in a substitute pattern caused a crash. + +"syn on" and ":syn off" could scroll the window, if there is a hidden buffer +that is shorter that the current cursor position. + +":if 0 | if 1 | endif | endif" didn't work. Same for ":while" and "elseif". + +With two windows on modified files, with 'autowrite' set, cursor in second +window, ":qa" gave a warning for the file in the first window, but then +auto-wrote the file in the second window. (Webb) + +Win32 GUI scrollbar could only handle 32767 lines. Also makes the +intellimouse wheel use the configurable number of scrolls. (Robinson) + +When using 'patchmode', and the backup file is on another partition, the file +copying messed up the write-file message. + +GUI X11: Alt-Backspace and Alt-Delete didn't work. + +"`0" could put the cursor after the last character in the line, causing +trouble for other commands, like "i". + +When completing tags in insert mode with ^X^], some matches were skipped, +because the compare with other tags was wrong. E.g., when "mnuFileSave" was +already there, "mnuFile" would be skipped. (Negri) + +When scrolling up/down, a syntax item with "keepend" didn't work properly. +Now the flags are also stored for the syntax state at the start of each line. + +When 'ic' was changed while 'hlsearch' is on, there was no redraw to show the +effect. + +Win32 GUI: Don't display "No write since last chance" in a message box, but in +the Vim window. + +============================================================================== +VERSION 5.2 *version-5.2* + +Improvements made between version 5.1 and 5.2. + + +Long lines editable *long-lines* +------------------- + +A single long line that doesn't fit in the window doesn't show a line of @@@ +anymore. Redrawing starts at a character further on in the line, such that +the text around the cursor can be seen. This makes it possible to edit these +long lines when wrapping is on. + + +File browser added *file-browser-5.2* +------------------ + +The Win32, Athena and Motif GUI bring up a file requester if the user asks to +":browse" for the ":e", ":w", ":r", ":so", ":redirect" and +":mkexrc/vimrc/vsess" commands. ":browse e /foo/bar" opens the requester in +the /foo/bar directory, so you can have nice mapping rhs's like ":browse so +$vim/macros". If no initial dir specified for ":browse e", can be compiled to +either begin in the current directory, or that of the current buffer. (Negri +and Kahn) +Added the 'browsedir' option, with value "current", "last" or "buffer". Tells +whether a browse dialog starts in last used dir, dir of current buffer, or +current dir. ":browse w" is unaffected. +The default menus have been changed to use the ":browse" command. + + +Dialogs added *dialogs-added* +------------- + +Added the ":confirm" command. Works on ":e", ":q", ":w", ":cl". Win32, +Athena and Motif GUI uses a window-dialog. All other platforms can use +prompt in command-line. ":confirm qa" offers a choice to save all modified +files. + +confirm() function: allows user access to the confirm engine. + +Added 'v' flag to 'guioptions'. When included, a vertical button layout is +always used for the Win32 GUI dialog. Otherwise, a horizontal layout is +preferred. + +Win32 GUI: ":promptfind" and ":promptrepl" pop up a dialog to find/replace. +To be used from a menu entry. (Negri) + + +Popup menu added *popup-menu-added* +---------------- + +When the 'mousemodel' option is set to "popup", the right mouse button +displays the top level menu headed with "PopUp" as pop-up context menu. The +"PopUp" menu is not displayed in the normal menu bar. This currently only +works for Win32 and Athena GUI. + + +Select mode added *new-Select-mode* +----------------- + +A new mode has been added: "Select mode". It is like Visual mode, but typing +a printable character replaces the selection. +- CTRL-G can be used to toggle between Visual mode and Select mode. +- CTRL-O can be used to switch from Select mode to Visual mode for one command. +- Added 'selectmode' option: tells when to start Select mode instead of Visual + mode. +- Added 'mousemodel' option: Change use of mouse buttons. +- Added 'keymodel' option: tells to use shifted special keys to start a + Visual or Select mode selection. +- Added ":behave". Can be used to quickly set 'selectmode', 'mousemodel' + and 'keymodel' for MS-Windows and xterm behavior. +- The xterm-like selection is now called modeless selection. +- Visual mode mappings and menus are used in Select mode. They automatically + switch to Visual mode first. Afterwards, reselect the area, unless it was + deleted. The "gV" command can be used in a mapping to skip the reselection. +- Added the "gh", "gH" and "g^H" commands: start Select (highlight) mode. +- Backspace in Select mode deletes the selected area. + +"mswin.vim" script. Sets behavior mostly like MS-Windows. + + +Session files added *new-session-files* +------------------- + +":mks[ession]" acts like "mkvimrc", but also writes the full filenames of the +currently loaded buffers and current directory, so that :so'ing the file +re-loads those files and cd's to that directory. Also stores and restores +windows. File names are made relative to session file. +The 'sessionoptions' option sets behavior of ":mksession". (Negri) + + +User defined functions and commands *new-user-defined* +----------------------------------- + +Added user defined functions. Defined with ":function" until ":endfunction". +Called with "Func()". Allows the use of a variable number of arguments. +Included support for local variables "l:name". Return a value with ":return". +See |:function|. +Call a function with ":call". When using a range, the function is called for +each line in the range. |:call| +"macros/justify.vim" is an example of using user defined functions. +User functions do not change the last used search pattern or the command to be +redone with ".". +'maxfuncdepth' option. Restricts the depth of function calls. Avoids trouble +(crash because of out-of-memory) when a function uses endless recursion. + +User definable Ex commands: ":command", ":delcommand" and ":comclear". +(Moore) See |user-commands|. + + +New interfaces *interfaces-5.2* +-------------- + +Tcl interface. (Wilken) See |tcl|. +Uses the ":tcl", ":tcldo" and "tclfile" commands. + +Cscope support. (Kahn) (Sekera) See |cscope|. +Uses the ":cscope" and ":cstag" commands. Uses the options 'cscopeprg', +'cscopetag', 'cscopetagorder' and 'cscopeverbose'. + + +New ports *ports-5.2* +--------- + +Amiga GUI port. (Nielsen) Not tested much yet! + +RISC OS version. (Thomas Leonard) See |riscos|. +This version can run either with a GUI or in text mode, depending upon where +it is invoked. +Deleted the "os_archie" files, they were not working anyway. + + +Multi-byte support *new-multi-byte* *new-multibyte* +------------------ + +MultiByte support for Win32 GUI. (Baek) +The 'fileencoding' option decides how the text in the file is encoded. +":ascii" works for multibyte characters. Multi-byte characters work on +Windows 95, even when using the US version. (Aaron) +Needs to be enabled in feature.h. +This has not been tested much yet! + + +New functions *new-functions-5.2* +------------- + +|browse()| puts up a file requester when available. (Negri) +|escape()| escapes characters in a string with a backslash. +|fnamemodify()| modifies a file name. +|input()| asks the user to enter a line. (Aaron) There is a separate + history for lines typed for the input() function. +|argc()| +|argv()| can be used to access the argument list. +|winbufnr()| buffer number of a window. (Aaron) +|winnr()| window number. (Aaron) +|matchstr()| Return matched string. +|setline()| Set a line to a string value. + + +New options *new-options-5.2* +----------- + +'allowrevins' Enable the CTRL-_ command in Insert and Command-line mode. +'browsedir' Tells in which directory a browse dialog starts. +'confirm' when set, :q :w and :e commands always act as if ":confirm" + is used. (Negri) +'cscopeprg' +'cscopetag' +'cscopetagorder' +'cscopeverbose' Set the |cscope| behavior. +'filetype' RISC-OS specific type of file. +'grepformat' +'grepprg' For the |:grep| command. +'keymodel' Tells to use shifted special keys to start a Visual or Select + mode selection. +'listchars' Set character to show in 'list' mode for end-of-line, tabs and + trailing spaces. (partly by Smith) Also sets character to + display if a line doesn't fit when 'nowrap' is set. +'matchpairs' Allows matching '<' with '>', and other single character + pairs. +'mousefocus' Window focus follows mouse (partly by Terhaar). Changing the + focus with a keyboard command moves the pointer to that + window. Also move the pointer when changing the window layout + (split window, change window height, etc.). +'mousemodel' Change use of mouse buttons. +'selection' When set to "inclusive" or "exclusive", the cursor can go one + character past the end of the line in Visual or Select mode. + When set to "old" the old behavior is used. When + "inclusive", the character under the cursor is included in the + operation. When using "exclusive", the new "ve" entry of + 'guicursor' is used. The default is a vertical bar. +'selectmode' Tells when to start Select mode instead of Visual mode. +'sessionoptions' Sets behavior of ":mksession". (Negri) +'showfulltag' When completing a tag in Insert mode, show the tag search + pattern (tidied up) as a choice as well (if there is one). +'swapfile' Whether to use a swap file for a buffer. +'syntax' When it is set, the syntax by that name is loaded. Allows for + setting a specific syntax from a modeline. +'ttymouse' Allows using xterm mouse codes for terminals which name + doesn't start with "xterm". +'wildignore' List of patterns for files that should not be completed at + all. +'wildmode' Can be used to set the type of expansion for 'wildchar'. + Replaces the CTRL-T command for command line completion. + Don't beep when listing all matches. +'winaltkeys' Win32 and Motif GUI. When "yes", ALT keys are handled + entirely by the window system. When "no", ALT keys are never + used by the window system. When "menu" it depends on whether + a key is a menu shortcut. +'winminheight' Minimal height for each window. Default is 1. Set to 0 if + you want zero-line windows. Scrollbar is removed for + zero-height windows. (Negri) + + + +New Ex commands *new-ex-commands-5.2* +--------------- + +|:badd| Add file name to buffer list without side effects. (Negri) +|:behave| Quickly set MS-Windows or xterm behavior. +|:browse| Use file selection dialog. +|:call| Call a function, optionally with a range. +|:cnewer| +|:colder| To access a stack of quickfix error lists. +|:comclear| Clear all user-defined commands. +|:command| Define a user command. +|:continue| Go back to ":while". +|:confirm| Ask confirmation if something unexpected happens. +|:cscope| Execute cscope command. +|:cstag| Use cscope to jump to a tag. +|:delcommand| Delete a user-defined command. +|:delfunction| Delete a user-defined function. +|:endfunction| End of user-defined function. +|:function| Define a user function. +|:grep| Works similar to ":make". (Negri) +|:mksession| Create a session file. +|:nohlsearch| Stop 'hlsearch' highlighting for a moment. +|:Print| This is Vi compatible. Does the same as ":print". +|:promptfind| Search dialog (Win32 GUI). +|:promptrepl| Search/replace dialog (Win32 GUI). +|:return| Return from a user-defined function. +|:simalt| Win32 GUI: Simulate alt-key pressed. (Negri) +|:smagic| Like ":substitute", but always use 'magic'. +|:snomagic| Like ":substitute", but always use 'nomagic'. +|:tcl| Execute TCL command. +|:tcldo| Execute TCL command for a range of lines. +|:tclfile| Execute a TCL script file. +|:tearoff| Tear-off a menu (Win32 GUI). +|:tmenu| +|:tunmenu| Win32 GUI: menu tooltips. (Negri) +|:star| :* Execute a register. + + +Changed *changed-5.2* +------- + +Renamed functions: + buffer_exists() -> bufexists() + buffer_name() -> bufname() + buffer_number() -> bufnr() + file_readable() -> filereadable() + highlight_exists() -> hlexists() + highlightID() -> hlID() + last_buffer_nr() -> bufnr("$") +The old ones are still there, for backwards compatibility. + +The CTRL-_ command in Insert and Command-line mode is only available when the +new 'allowrevins' option is set. Avoids that people who want to type SHIFT-_ +accidentally enter reverse Insert mode, and don't know how to get out. + +When a file name path in ":tselect" listing is too long, remove a part in the +middle and put "..." there. + +Win32 GUI: Made font selector appear inside Vim window, not just any odd +place. (Negri) + +":bn" skips help buffers, unless currently in a help buffer. (Negri) + +When there is a status line and only one window, don't show '^' in the status +line of the current window. + +":*" used to be used for "'<,'>", the Visual area. But in Vi it's used as an +alternative for ":@". When 'cpoptions' includes '*' this is Vi compatible. + +When 'insertmode' is set, using CTRL-O to execute a mapping will work like +'insertmode' was not set. This allows "normal" mappings to be used even when +'insertmode' is set. + +When 'mouse' was set already (e.g., in the .vimrc file), don't automatically +set 'mouse' when the GUI starts. + +Removed the 'N', 'I' and 'A' flags from the 'mouse' option. + +Renamed "toggle option" to "boolean option". Some people thought that ":set +xyz" would toggle 'xyz' on/off each time. + +The internal variable "shell_error" contains the error code from the shell, +instead of just 0 or 1. + +When inserting or replacing, typing CTRL-V CTRL-<CR> used to insert "<C-CR>". +That is not very useful. Now the CTRL key is ignored and a <CR> is inserted. +Same for all other "normal" keys with modifiers. Mapping these modified key +combinations is still possible. +In Insert mode, <C-CR> and <S-Space> can be inserted by using CTRL-K and then +the special character. + +Moved "quotes" file to doc/quotes.txt, and "todo" file to doc/todo.txt. They +are now installed like other documentation files. + +winheight() function returns -1 for a non-existing window. It used to be +zero, but that is a valid height now. + +The default for 'selection' is "inclusive", which makes a difference when +using "$" or the mouse to move the cursor in Visual mode. + +":q!" does not exit when there are changed buffers which are hidden. Use +":qa!" to exit anyway. + +Disabled the Perl/Python/Tcl interfaces by default. Not many people use them +and they make the executable a lot bigger. The internal scripting language is +now powerful enough for most tasks. + +The strings from the 'titlestring' and 'iconstring' options are used +untranslated for the Window title and icon. This allows for including a <CR>. +Previously a <CR> would be shown as "^M" (two characters). + +When a mapping is started in Visual or Select mode which was started from +Insert mode (the mode shows "(insert) Visual"), don't return to Insert mode +until the mapping has ended. Makes it possible to use a mapping in Visual +mode that also works when the Visual mode was started from Select mode. + +Menus in $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim no longer overrule existing menus. This helps +when defining menus in the .vimrc file, or when sourcing mswin.vim. + +Unix: Use /var/tmp for .swp files, if it exists. Files there survive a +reboot (at least on Linux). + + +Added *added-5.2* +----- + +--with-motif-lib configure argument. Allows for using a static Motif library. + +Support for mapping numeric keypad +,-,*,/ keys. (Negri) +When not mapped, they produce the normal character. + +Win32 GUI: When directory dropped on gVim, cd there and edit new buffer. +(Negri) + +Win32 GUI: Made CTRL-Break work as interrupt, so that CTRL-C can be +used for mappings. + +In the output of ":map", highlight the "*" to make clear it's not part of the +rhs. (Roemer) + +When showing the Visual area, the cursor is not switched off, so that it can +be located. The Visual area is now highlighted with a grey background in the +GUI. This makes the cursor visible when it's also reversed. + +Win32: When started with single full pathname (e.g. via double-clicked file), +cd to that file's directory. (Negri) + +Win32 GUI: Tear-off menus, with ":tearoff <menu-name>" command. (Negri) +'t' option to 'guioptions': Add tearoff menu items for Win32 GUI and Motif. +It's included by default. +Win32 GUI: tearoff menu with submenus is indicated with a ">>". (Negri) + +Added ^Kaa and ^KAA digraphs. +Added "euro" symbol to digraph.c. (Corry) + +Support for Motif menu shortcut keys, using '&' like MS-Windows (Ollis). +Other GUIs ignore '&' in a menu name. + +DJGPP: Faster screen updating (John Lange). + +Clustering of syntax groups ":syntax cluster" (Bigham). +Including syntax files: ":syntax include" (Bigham). + +Keep column when switching buffers, when 'nosol' is set (Radics). + +Number function for Perl interface. + +Support for Intellimouse in Athena GUI. (Jensen) + +":sleep" also accepts an argument in milliseconds, when "m" is used. + +Added 'p' flag in 'guioptions': Install callbacks for enter/leave window +events. Makes cursor blinking work for Terhaar, breaks it for me. + +"--help" and "--version" command-line arguments. + +Non-text in ":list" output is highlighted with NonText. + +Added text objects: "i(" and "i)" as synonym for "ib". "i{" and "i}" as +synonym for "iB". New: "i<" and "i>", to select <thing>. All this also for +"a" objects. + +'O' flag in 'shortmess': message for reading a file overwrites any previous +message. (Negri) + +Win32 GUI: 'T' flag in 'guioptions': switch toolbar on/off. +Included a list with self-made toolbar bitmaps. (Negri) + +Added menu priority for sub-menus. Implemented for Win32 and Motif GUI. +Display menu priority with ":menu" command. +Default and Syntax menus now include priority for items. Allows inserting +menu items in between the default ones. + +When the 'number' option is on, highlight line numbers with the LineNr group. + +"Ignore" highlight group: Text highlighted with this is made blank. It is +used to hide special characters in the help text. + +Included Exuberant Ctags version 2.3, with C++ support, Java support and +recurse into directories. (Hiebert) + +When a tags file is not sorted, and this is detected (in a simplistic way), an +error message is given. + +":unlet" accepts a "!", to ignore non-existing variables, and accepts more +than one argument. (Roemer) +Completion of variable names for ":unlet". (Roemer) + +When there is an error in a function which is called by another function, show +the call stack in the error message. + +New file name modifiers: +":.": reduce file name to be relative to current dir. +":~": reduce file name to be relative to home dir. +":s?pat?sub?": substitute "pat" with "sub" once. +":gs?pat?sub?": substitute "pat" with "sub" globally. + +New configure arguments: --enable-min-features and --enable-max-features. +Easy way to switch to minimum or maximum features. + +New compile-time feature: modify_fname. For file name modifiers, e.g, +"%:p:h". Can be disabled to save some code (16 bit DOS). + +When using whole-line completion in Insert mode, and 'cindent' is set, indent +the line properly. + +MSDOS and Win32 console: 'guicursor' sets cursor thickness. (Negri) + +Included new set of Farsi fonts. (Shiran) + +Accelerator text now also works in Motif. All menus can be defined with & for +mnemonic and TAB for accelerator text. They are ignored on systems that don't +support them. +When removing or replacing a menu, compare the menu name only up to the <Tab> +before the mnemonic. + +'i' and 'I' flags after ":substitute": ignore case or not. + +"make install" complains if the runtime files are missing. + +Unix: When finding an existing swap file that can't be opened, mention the +owner of the file in the ATTENTION message. + +The 'i', 't' and 'k' options in 'complete' now also print the place where they +are looking for matches. (Acevedo) + +"gJ" command: Join lines without inserting a space. + +Setting 'keywordprg' to "man -s" is handled specifically. The "-s" is removed +when no count given, the count is added otherwise. Configure checks if "man +-s 2 read" works, and sets the default for 'keywordprg' accordingly. + +If you do a ":bd" and there is only one window open, Vim tries to move to a +buffer of the same type (i.e. non-help to non-help, help to help), for +consistent behavior to :bnext/:bprev. (Negri) + +Allow "<Nop>" to be used as the rhs of a mapping. ":map xx <Nop>", maps "xx" +to nothing at all. + +In a ":menu" command, "<Tab>" can be used instead of a real tab, in the menu +path. This makes it more easy to type, no backslash needed. + +POSIX compatible character classes for regexp patterns: [:alnum:], [:alpha:], +[:blank:], [:cntrl:], [:digit:], [:graph:], [:lower:], [:print:], [:punct:], +[:space:], [:upper:] and [:xdigit:]. (Briscoe) + +regexp character classes (for fast syntax highlight matching): + digits: \d [0-9] \D not digit (Roemer) + hex: \x [0-9a-fA-F] \X not hex + octal: \o [0-7] \O not octal + word: \w [a-zA-Z0-9_] \W not word + head: \h [a-zA-Z_] \H not head + alphabetic: \a [a-zA-Z] \A not alphabetic + lowercase: \l [a-z] \L not lowercase + uppercase: \u [A-Z] \U not uppercase + +":set" now accepts "+=", |^=" and "-=": add or remove parts of a string +option, add or subtract a number from a number option. A comma is +automagically inserted or deleted for options that are a comma-separated list. + +Filetype feature, for autocommands. Uses a file type instead of a pattern to +match a file. Currently only used for RISC OS. (Leonard) + +In a pattern for an autocommand, environment variables can be used. They are +expanded when the autocommand is defined. + +"BufFilePre" and "BufFilePost" autocommand evens: Before and after applying +the ":file" command to change the name of a buffer. +"VimLeavePre" autocommand event: before writing the .viminfo file. + +For autocommands argument: <abuf> is buffer number, like <afile>. + +Made syntax highlighting a bit faster when scrolling backwards, by keeping +more syncing context. + +Win32 GUI: Made scrolling faster by avoiding a redraw when deleting or +inserting screen lines. + +GUI: Made scrolling faster by not redrawing the scrollbar when the thumb moved +less than a pixel. + +Included ":highlight" in bugreport.vim. + +Created install.exe program, for simplistic installation on DOS and +MS-Windows. + +New register: '_', the black hole. When writing to it, nothing happens. When +reading from it, it's always empty. Can be used to avoid a delete or change +command to modify the registers, or reduce memory use for big changes. + +CTRL-V xff enters character by hex number. CTRL-V o123 enters character by +octal number. (Aaron) + +Improved performance of syntax highlighting by skipping check for "keepend" +when there isn't any. + +Moved the mode message ("-- INSERT --") to the last line of the screen. When +'cmdheight' is more than one, messages will remain readable. + +When listing matching files, they are also sorted on 'suffixes', such that +they are listed in the same order as CTRL-N retrieves them. + +synIDattr() takes a third argument (optionally), which tells for which +terminal type to get the attributes for. This makes it possible to run +2html.vim outside of gvim (using color names instead of #RRGGBB). + +Memory profiling, only for debugging. Prints at exit, and with "g^A" command. +(Kahn) + +DOS: When using a file in the current drive, remove the drive name: +"A:\dir\file" -> "\dir\file". This helps when moving a session file on a +floppy from "A:\dir" to "B:\dir". + +Increased number of remembered jumps from 30 to 50 per window. + +Command to temporarily disable 'hls' highlighting until the next search: +":nohlsearch". + +"gp" and "gP" commands: like "p" and "P", but leave the cursor just after the +inserted text. Used for the CTRL-V command in MS-Windows mode. + + +Fixed *fixed-5.2* +----- + +Win32 GUI: Could draw text twice in one place, for fake-bold text. Removed +this, Windows will handle the bold text anyway. (Negri) + +patch 5.1.1: Win32s GUI: pasting caused a crash (Negri) + +patch 5.1.2: When entering another window, where characters before the cursor +have been deleted, could have a cursor beyond the end of the line. + +patch 5.1.3: Win32s GUI: Didn't wait for external command to finish. (Negri) + +patch 5.1.4: Makefile.w32 can now also be used to generate the OLE version +(Scott). + +patch 5.1.5: Crashed when using syntax highlighting: cursor on a line that +doesn't fit in the window, and splitting that line in two. + +patch 5.1.6: Visual highlighting bug: After ":set nowrap", go to end of line +(so that the window scrolls horizontally), ":set wrap". Following Visual +selection was wrong. + +patch 5.1.7: When 'tagbsearch' off, and 'ignorecase' off, still could do +binary searching. + +patch 5.1.8: Win32 GUI: dragging the scrollbar didn't update the ruler. + +patch 5.1.9: Using ":gui" in .vimrc, caused xterm cursor to disappear. + +patch 5.1.10: A CTRL-N in Insert mode could cause a crash, when a buffer +without a name exists. + +patch 5.1.11: "make test" didn't work in the shadow directory. Also adjusted +"make shadow" for the links in the ctags directory. + +patch 5.1.12: "buf 123foo" used "123" as a count, instead as the start of a +buffer name. + +patch 5.1.13: When completing file names on the command-line, reallocating the +command-line may go wrong. + +patch 5.1.14: ":[nvci]unmenu" removed menu for all modes, when full menu patch +specified. + +Graceful handling of NULLs in drag-dropped file list. Handle passing NULL to +Fullname_save(). (Negri) + +Win32: ":!start" to invoke a program without opening a console, swapping +screens, or waiting for completion in either console or gui version, e.g. you +can type ":!start winfile". ALSO fixes "can't delete swapfile after spawning +a shell" bug. (enhancement of Aaron patch) (Negri) + +Win32 GUI: Fix CTRL-X default keymapping to be more Windows-like. (Negri) + +Shorten filenames on startup. If in /foo/bar, entering "vim ../bar/bang.c" +displays "bang.c" in status bar, not "/foo/bar/bang.c" (Negri) + +Win32 GUI: No copy to Windows clipboard when it's not desired. + +Win32s: Fix pasting from clipboard - made an assumption not valid under +Win32s. (Negri) + +Win32 GUI: Speed up calls to gui_mch_draw_string() and cursor drawing +functions. (Negri) + +Win32 GUI: Middle mouse button emulation now works in GUI! (Negri) + +Could skip messages when combining commands in one line, e.g.: +":echo "hello" | write". + +Perl interpreter was disabled before executing VimLeave autocommands. Could +not use ":perl" in them. (Aaron) + +Included patch for the Intellimouse (Aaron/Robinson). + +Could not set 'ls' to one, when last window has only one line. (Mitterand) + +Fixed a memory leak when removing menus. + +After ":only" the ruler could overwrite a message. + +Dos32: removed changing of __system_flags. It appears to work better when +it's left at the default value. + +p_aleph was an int instead of along, caused trouble on systems where +sizeof(int) != sizeof(long). (Schmidt) + +Fixed enum problems for Ultrix. (Seibert) + +Small redraw problem: "dd" on last line in file cleared wrong line. + +Didn't interpret "cmd | endif" when "cmd" starts with a range. E.g. "if 0 | +.d | endif". + +Command "+|" on the last line of the file caused ml_get errors. + +Memory underrun in eval_vars(). (Aaron) + +Don't rename files in a difficult way, except on Windows 95 (was also done on +Windows NT). + +Win32 GUI: An external command that produces an error code put the error +message in a dialog box. had to close the window and close the dialog. Now +the error code is displayed in the console. (Negri) + +"comctl32.lib" was missing from the GUI libraries in Makefile.w32. (Battle) + +In Insert mode, when entering a window in Insert mode, allow the cursor to be +one char beyond the text. + +Renamed machine dependent rename() to mch_rename(). Define mch_rename() to +rename() when it works properly. + +Rename vim_chdir() to mch_chdir(), because it's machine dependent. + +When using an arglist, and editing file 5 of 4, ":q" could cause "-1 more +files to edit" error. + +In if_python.c, VimCommand() caused an assertion when a do_cmdline() failed. +Moved the Python_Release_Vim() to before the VimErrorCheck(). (Harkins) + +Give an error message for an unknown argument after "--". E.g. for "vim +--xyz". + +The FileChangedShell autocommand didn't set <afile> to the name of the changed +file. + +When doing ":e file", causing the attention message, there sometimes was no +hit-enter prompt. Caused by empty line or "endif" at end of sourced file. + +A large number of patches for the VMS version. (Hunsaker) + +When CTRL-L completion (find longest match) results in a shorter string, no +completion is done (happens with ":help"). + +Crash in Win32 GUI version, when using an Ex "@" command, because +LinePointers[] was used while not initialized. + +Win32 GUI: allow mapping of Alt-Space. + +Output from "vim -h" was sent to stderr. Sending it to stdout is better, so +one can use "vim -h | more". + +In command-line mode, ":vi[!]" should reload the file, just like ":e[!]". +In Ex mode, ":vi" stops Ex mode, but doesn't reload the file. This is Vi +compatible. + +When using a ":set ls=1" in the .gvimrc file, would get a status line for a +single window. (Robinson) + +Didn't give an error message for ":set ai,xx". (Roemer) +Didn't give an error message for ":set ai?xx", ":set ai&xx", ":set ai!xx". + +Non-Unix systems: That a file exists but is unreadable is recognized as "new +file". Now check for existence when file can't be opened (like Unix). + +Unix: osdef.sh didn't handle declarations where the function name is at the +first column of the line. + +DJGPP: Shortening of file names didn't work properly, because get_cwd() +returned a path with backslashes. (Negri) + +When using a 'comments' part where a space is required after the middle part, +always insert a space when starting a new line. Helps for C comments, below a +line with "/****". + +Replacing path of home directory with "~/" could be wrong for file names +with embedded spaces or commas. + +A few fixes for the Sniff interface. (Leherbauer) + +When asking to hit 'y' or 'n' (e.g. for ":3,1d"), using the mouse caused +trouble. Same for ":s/x/y/c" prompt. + +With 'nowrap' and 'list', a Tab halfway on the screen was displayed as blanks, +instead of the characters specified with 'listchars'. Also for other +characters that take more than one screen character. + +When setting 'guifont' to an unknown font name, the previous font was lost and +a default font would be used. (Steed) + +DOS: Filenames in the root directory didn't get shortened properly. (Negri) + +DJGPP: making a full path name out of a file name didn't work properly when +there is no _fullpath() function. (Negri) + +Win32 console: ":sh" caused a crash. (Negri) + +Win32 console: Setting 'lines' and/or 'columns' in the _vimrc failed miserably +(could hang Windows 95). (Negri) + +Win32: The change-drive function was not correct, went to the wrong drive. +(Tsindlekht) + +GUI: When editing a command line in Ex mode, Tabs were sometimes not +backspaced properly, and unprintable characters were displayed directly. +non-GUI can still be wrong, because a system function is called for this. + +":set" didn't stop after an error. For example ":set no ai" gave an error for +"no", but still set "ai". Now ":set" stops after the first error. + +When running configure for ctags, $LDFLAGS wasn't passed to it, causing +trouble for IRIX. + +"@%" and "@#" when file name not set gave an error message. Now they just +return an empty string. (Steed) + +CTRL-X and CTRL-A didn't work correctly with negative hex and octal numbers. +(Steed) + +":echo" always started with a blank. + +Updating GUI cursor shape didn't always work (e.g., when blinking is off). + +In silent Ex mode ("ex -s" or "ex <file") ":s///p" didn't print a line. Also +a few other commands that explicitly print a text line didn't work. Made this +Vi compatible. + +Win32 version of _chdrive() didn't return correct value. (Tsindlekht) + +When using 't' in 'complete' option, no longer give an error message for a +missing tags file. + +Unix: tgoto() can return NULL, which was not handled correctly in configure. + +When doing ":help" from a buffer where 'binary' is set, also edited the help +file in binary mode. Caused extra ^Ms for DOS systems. + +Cursor position in a file was reset to 1 when closing a window. + +":!ls" in Ex mode switched off echo. + +When doing a double click in window A, while currently in window B, first +click would reset double click time, had to click three times to select a +word. + +When using <F11> in mappings, ":mkexrc" produced an exrc file that can't be +used in Vi compatible mode. Added setting of 'cpo' to avoid this. Also, add +a CTRL-V in front of a '<', to avoid a normal string to be interpreted as a +special key name. + +Gave confusing error message for ":set guifont=-*-lucida-*": first "font is +not fixed width", then "Unknown font". + +Some options were still completely left out, instead of included as hidden +options. + +While running the X11 GUI, ignore SIGHUP signals. Avoids a crash after +executing an external command (in rare cases). + +In os_unixx.h, signal() was defined to sigset(), while it already was. + +Memory leak when executing autocommands (was reported as a memory leak in +syntax highlighting). + +Didn't print source of error sometimes, because pointers were the same, +although names were different. + +Avoid a number of UMR errors from Purify (third argument to open()). + +A swap file could still be created just after setting 'updatecount' to zero, +when there is an empty buffer and doing ":e file". (Kutschera) + +Test 35 failed on 64 bit machines. (Schild) + +With "p" and "P" commands, redrawing was slow. + +Awk script for html documentation didn't work correctly with AIX awk. +Replaced "[ ,.);\] ]" with "[] ,.); ]". (Briscoe) +The makehtml.awk script had a small problem, causing extra lines to be +inserted. (Briscoe) + +"gqgq" could not be repeated. Repeating for "gugu" and "gUgU" worked in a +wrong way. Also made "gqq" work to be consistent with "guu". + +C indent was wrong after "case ':':". + +":au BufReadPre *.c put": Line from put text was deleted, because the buffer +was still assumed to be empty. + +Text pasted with the Edit/Paste menu was subject to 'textwidth' and +'autoindent'. That was inconsistent with using the mouse to paste. Now "*p +is used. + +When using CTRL-W CTRL-] on a word that's not a tag, and then CTRL-] on a tag, +window was split. + +":ts" got stuck on a tags line that has two extra fields. + +In Insert mode, with 'showmode' on, <C-O><C-G> message was directly +overwritten by mode message, if preceded with search command warning message. + +When putting the result of an expression with "=<expr>p, newlines were +inserted like ^@ (NUL in the file). Now the string is split up in lines at +the newline. + +putenv() was declared with "const char *" in pty.c, but with "char *" in +osdef2.h.in. Made the last one also "const char *". + +":help {word}", where +{word} is a feature, jumped to the feature list instead +of where the command was explained. E.g., ":help browse", ":help autocmd". + +Using the "\<xx>" form in an expression only got one byte, even when using a +special character that uses several bytes (e.g., "\<F9>"). +Changed "\<BS>" to produce CTRL-H instead of the special key code for the +backspace key. "\<Del>" produces 0x7f. + +":mkvimrc" didn't write a command to set 'compatible' or 'nocompatible'. + +The shell syntax didn't contain a "syn sync maxlines" setting. In a long file +without recognizable items, syncing took so long it looked like Vim hangs. +Added a maxlines setting, and made syncing interruptible. + +The "gs" command didn't flush output before waiting. + +Memory leaks for: + ":if 0 | let a = b . c | endif" + "let a = b[c]" + ":so {file}" where {file} contains a ":while" + +GUI: allocated fonts were never released. (Leonard) + +Makefile.bor: +- Changed $(DEFINES) into a list of "-D" options, so that it can also be used + for the resource compiler. (not tested!) +- "bcc.cfg" was used for all configurations. When building for another + configuration, the settings for the previous one would be used. Moved + "bcc.cfg" to the object directory. (Geddes) +- Included targets for vimrun, install, ctags and xxd. Changed the default to + use the Borland DLL Runtime Library, makes Vim.exe a log smaller. (Aaron) + +"2*" search for the word under the cursor with "2" prepended. (Leonard) + +When deleting into a specific register, would still overwrite the non-Win32 +GUI selection. Now ""x"*P works. + +When deleting into the "" register, would write to the last used register. +Now ""x always writes to the unnamed register. + +GUI Athena: A submenu with a '.' in it didn't work. E.g., +":amenu Syntax.XY\.Z.foo lll". + +When first doing ":tag foo" and then ":tnext" and/or ":tselect" the order of +matching tags could change, because the current file is different. Now the +existing matches are kept in the same order, newly found matches are added +after them, not matter what the current file is. + +":ta" didn't find the second entry in a tags file, if the second entry was +longer than the first one. + +When using ":set si tw=7" inserting "foo {^P}" made the "}" inserted at the +wrong position. can_si was still TRUE when the cursor is not in the indent of +the line. + +Running an external command in Win32 version had the problem that Vim exits +when the X on the console is hit (and confirmed). Now use the "vimrun" +command to start the external command indirectly. (Negri) + +Win32 GUI: When running an external filter, do it in a minimized DOS box. +(Negri) + +":let" listed variables without translation into printable characters. + +Win32 console: When resizing the window, switching back to the old size +(when exiting or executing an external command) sometimes failed. (Negri) +This appears to also fix a "non fixable" problem: +Win32 console in NT 4.0: When running Vim in a cmd window with a scrollbar, +the scrollbar disappeared and was not restored when Vim exits. This does work +under NT 3.51, it appears not to be a Vim problem. + +When executing BufDelete and BufUnload autocommands for a buffer without a +name, the name of the current buffer was used for <afile>. + +When jumping to a tag it reported "tag 1 of >2", while in fact there could be +only two matches. Changed to "tag 1 of 2 or more". + +":tjump tag" did a linear search in the tags file, which can be slow. + +Configure didn't find "LibXm.so.2.0", a Xm library with a version number. + +Win32 GUI: When using a shifted key with ALT, the shift modifier would remain +set, even when it was already used by changing the used key. E.g., "<M-S-9>" +resulted in "<M-S-(>", but it should be "<M-(>". (Negri) + +A call to ga_init() was often followed by setting growsize and itemsize. +Created ga_init2() for this, which looks better. (Aaron) + +Function filereadable() could call fopen() with an empty string, which might +be illegal. + +X Windows GUI: When executing an external command that outputs text, could +write one character beyond the end of a buffer, which caused a crash. (Kohan) + +When using "*" or "#" on a string that includes '/' or '?' (when these are +included in 'isk'), they were not escaped. (Parmelan) + +When adding a ToolBar menu in the Motif GUI, the submenu_id field was not +cleared, causing random problems. + +When adding a menu, the check if this menu (or submenu) name already exists +didn't compare with the simplified version (no mnemonic or accelerator) of the +new menu. Could get two menus with the same name, e.g., "File" and "&File". + +Breaking a line because of 'textwidth' at the last line in the window caused a +redraw of the whole window instead of a scroll. Speeds up normal typing with +'textwidth' a lot for slow terminals. + +An invalid line number produced an "invalid range" error, even when it wasn't +to be executed (inside "if 0"). + +When the unnamed, first buffer is re-used, the "BufDelete" autocommand was +not called. It would stick in a buffer list menu. + +When doing "%" on the NUL after the line, a "{" or "}" in the last character +of the line was not found. + +The Insert mode menu was not used for the "s" command, the Operator-pending +menu was used instead. + +With 'compatible' set, some syntax highlighting was not correct, because of +using "[\t]" for a search pattern. Now use the regexps for syntax +highlighting like the 'cpoptions' option is empty (as was documented already). + +When using "map <M-Space> ms" or "map <Space> sss" the output of ":map" didn't +show any lhs for the mapping (if 'isprint' includes 160). Now always use +<Space> and <M-Space>, even when they are printable. + +Adjusted the Syntax menu, so that the lowest entry fits on a small screen (for +Athena, where menus don't wrap). + +When using CTRL-E or CTRL-Y in Insert mode for characters like 'o', 'x' and +digits, repeating the insert didn't work. + +The file "tools/ccfilter.README.txt" could not be unpacked when using short +file names, because of the two dots. Renamed it to +"tools/ccfilter_README.txt". + +For a dark 'background', using Blue for Directory and SpecialKey highlight +groups is not very readable. Use Cyan instead. + +In the function uc_scan_attr() in ex_docmd.c there was a goto that jumped into +a block with a local variable. That's illegal for some compilers. + +Win32 GUI: There was a row of pixels at the bottom of the window which was not +drawn. (Aaron) + +Under DOS, editing "filename/" created a swap file of "filename/.swp". Should +be "filename/_swp". + +Win32 GUI: pointer was hidden when executing an external command. + +When 'so' is 999, "J" near the end of the file didn't redisplay correctly. + +":0a" inserted after the first line, instead of before the first line. + +Unix: Wildcard expansion didn't handle single quotes and {} patterns. Now +":file 'window.c'" removes the quotes and ":e 'main*.c'" works (literal '*'). +":file {o}{n}{e}" now results in file name "one". + +Memory leak when setting a string option back to its default value. + +============================================================================== +VERSION 5.3 *version-5.3* + +Version 5.3 was a bug-fix version of 5.2. There are not many changes. +Improvements made between version 5.2 and 5.3: + +Changed *changed-5.3* +------- + +Renamed "IDE" menu to "Tools" menu. + + +Added *added-5.3* +----- + +Win32 GUI: Give a warning when Vim is activated, and one of the files changed +since editing started. (Negri) + + +Fixed *fixed-5.3* +----- + +5.2.1: Win32 GUI: space for external command was not properly allocated, could +cause a crash. (Aaron) This was the reason to bring out 5.3 quickly after +5.2. + +5.2.2: Some commands didn't complain when used without an argument, although +they need one: ":badd", ":browse", ":call", ":confirm", ":behave", +":delfunction", ":delcommand" and ":tearoff". +":endfunction" outside of a function gave wrong error message: "Command not +implemented". Should be ":endfunction not inside a function". + +5.2.3: Win32 GUI: When gvim was installed in "Program files", or another path +with a space in it, executing external commands with vimrun didn't work. + +5.2.4: Pasting with the mouse in Insert mode left the cursor on the last +pasted character, instead of behind it. + +5.2.5: In Insert mode, cursor after the end of the line, a shift-cursor-left +didn't include the last character in the selection. + +5.2.6: When deleting text from Insert mode (with "<C-O>D" or the mouse), which +includes the last character in the line, the cursor could be left on the last +character in the line, instead of just after it. + +5.2.7: Win32 GUI: scrollbar was one pixel too big. + +5.2.8: Completion of "PopUp" menu showed the derivatives "PopUpc", "PopUPi", +etc. ":menu" also showed these. + +5.2.9: When using two input() functions on a row, the prompt would not be +drawn in column 0. + +5.2.10: A loop with input() could not be broken with CTRL-C. + +5.2.11: ":call asdf" and ":call asdf(" didn't give an error message. + +5.2.12: Recursively using ":normal" crashes Vim after a while. E.g.: +":map gq :normal gq<CR>" + +5.2.13: Syntax highlighting used 'iskeyword' from wrong buffer. When using +":help", then "/\k*" in another window with 'hlsearch' set. + +5.2.14: When using ":source" from a function, global variables would not be +available unless "g:" was used. + +5.2.15: XPM files can have the extension ".pm", which is the same as for Perl +modules. Added "syntax/pmfile.vim" to handle this. + +5.2.16: On Win32 and Amiga, "echo expand("%:p:h")" removed one dirname in an +empty buffer. mch_Fullname() didn't append a slash at the end of a directory +name. + +Should include the character under the cursor in the Visual area when using +'selection' "exclusive". This wasn't done for "%", "e", "E", "t" and "f". + +""p would always put register 0, instead of the unnamed (last used) register. +Reverse the change that ""x doesn't write in the unnamed (last used) register. +It would always write in register 0, which isn't very useful. Use "-x for the +paste mappings in Visual mode. + +When there is one long line on the screen, and 'showcmd' is off, "0$" didn't +redraw the screen. + +Win32 GUI: When using 'mousehide', the pointer would flicker when the cursor +shape is changed. (Negri) + +When cancelling Visual mode, and the cursor moves to the start, the wanted +column wasn't set, "k" or "j" moved to the wrong column. + +When using ":browse" or ":confirm", was checking for a comment and separating +bar, which can break some commands. + +Included fixes for Macintosh. (Kielhorn) + +============================================================================== +VERSION 5.4 *version-5.4* + +Version 5.4 adds new features, useful changes and a lot of bug fixes. + + +Runtime directory introduced *new-runtime-dir* +---------------------------- + +The distributed runtime files are now in $VIMRUNTIME, the user files in $VIM. +You normally don't set $VIMRUNTIME but let Vim find it, by using +$VIM/vim{version}, or use $VIM when that doesn't exist. This allows for +separating the user files from the distributed files and makes it more easy to +upgrade to another version. It also makes it possible to keep two versions of +Vim around, each with their own runtime files. + +In the Unix distribution the runtime files have been moved to the "runtime" +directory. This makes it possible to copy all the runtime files at once, +without the need to know what needs to be copied. + +The archives for DOS, Windows, Amiga and OS/2 now have an extra top-level +"vim" directory. This is to make clear that user-modified files should be put +here. The directory that contains the executables doesn't have '-' or '.' +characters. This avoids strange extensions. + +The $VIM and $VIMRUNTIME variables are set when they are first used. This +allows them to be used by Perl, for example. + +The runtime files are also found in a directory called "$VIM/runtime". This +helps when running Vim after just unpacking the runtime archive. When using +an executable in the "src" directory, Vim checks if "vim54" or "runtime" can +be added after removing it. This make the runtime files be found just after +compiling. + +A default for $VIMRUNTIME can be given in the Unix Makefile. This is useful +if $VIM doesn't point to above the runtime directory but to e.g., "/etc/". + + +Filetype introduced *new-filetype-5.4* +------------------- + +Syntax files are now loaded with the new FileType autocommand. Old +"mysyntaxfile" files will no longer work. |filetypes| + +The scripts for loading syntax highlighting have been changed to use the +new Syntax autocommand event. + +This combination of Filetype and Syntax events allows tuning the syntax +highlighting a bit more, also when selected from the Syntax menu. The +FileType autocommand can also be used to set options and mappings specifically +for that type of file. + +The "$VIMRUNTIME/filetype.vim" file is not loaded automatically. The +":filetype on" command has been added for this. ":syntax on" also loads it. + +The 'filetype' option has been added. It is used to trigger the FileType +autocommand event, like the 'syntax' option does for the Syntax event. + +":set syntax=OFF" and ":set syntax=ON" can be used (in a modeline) to switch +syntax highlighting on/off for the current file. + +The Syntax menu commands have been moved to $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim. The Syntax +menu is included both when ":filetype on" and when ":syntax manual" is used. + +Renamed the old 'filetype' option to 'osfiletype'. It was only used for +RISCOS. 'filetype' is now used for the common file type. + +Added the ":syntax manual" command. Allows manual selection of the syntax to +be used, e.g., from a modeline. + + +Vim script line continuation *new-line-continuation* +---------------------------- + +When an Ex line starts with a backslash, it is concatenated to the previous +line. This avoids the need for long lines. |line-continuation| (Roemer) +Example: > + if has("dialog_con") || + \ has("dialog_gui") + :let result = confirm("Enter your choice", + \ "&Yes\n&No\n&Maybe", + \ 2) + endif + + +Improved session files *improved-sessions* +---------------------- + +New words for 'sessionoptions': +- "help" Restore the help window. +- "blank" Restore empty windows. +- "winpos" Restore the Vim window position. Uses the new ":winpos" + command +- "buffers" Restore hidden and unloaded buffers. Without it only the + buffers in windows are restored. +- "slash" Replace backward by forward slashes in file names. +- "globals" Store global variables. +- "unix" Use unix file format (<NL> instead of <CR><NL>) + +The ":mksession" and 'sessionoptions' are now in the +mksession feature. + +The top line of the window is also restored when using a session file. + +":mksession" and ":mkvimrc" don't store 'fileformat', it should be detected +when loading a file. + +(Most of this was done by Vince Negri and Robert Webb) + + +Autocommands improved *improved-autocmds-5.4* +--------------------- + +New events: +|FileType| When the file type has been detected. +|FocusGained| When Vim got input focus. (Negri) +|FocusLost| When Vim lost input focus. (Negri) +|BufCreate| Called just after a new buffer has been created or has been + renamed. (Madsen) +|CursorHold| Triggered when no key has been typed for 'updatetime'. Can be + used to do something with the word under the cursor. (Negri) + Implemented CursorHold autocommand event for Unix. (Zellner) + Also for Amiga and MS-DOS. +|GUIEnter| Can be used to do something with the GUI window after it has + been created (e.g., a ":winpos 100 50"). +|BufHidden| When a buffer becomes hidden. Used to delete the + option-window when it becomes hidden. + +Also trigger |BufDelete| just before a buffer is going to be renamed. (Madsen) + +The "<amatch>" pattern can be used like "<afile>" for autocommands, except +that it is the matching value for the FileType and Syntax events. + +When ":let @/ = <string>" is used in an autocommand, this last search pattern +will be used after the autocommand finishes. + +Made loading autocommands a bit faster. Avoid doing strlen() on each exiting +pattern for each new pattern by remembering the length. + + +Encryption *new-encryption* +---------- + +Files can be encrypted when writing and decrypted when reading. Added the +'key' option, "-x" command line argument and ":X" command. |encryption| (based +on patch from Mohsin Ahmed) + +When reading a file, there is an automatic detection whether it has been +encrypted. Vim will then prompt for the key. + +Note that the encryption method is not compatible with Vi. The encryption is +not unbreakable. This allows it to be exported from the US. + + +GTK GUI port *new-GTK-GUI* +------------ + +New GUI port for GTK+. Includes a toolbar, menu tearoffs, etc. |gui-gtk| +Added the |:helpfind| command. (Kahn and Dalecki) + + +Menu changes *menu-changes-5.4* +------------ + +Menus can now also be used in the console. It is enabled by the new +'wildmenu' option. This shows matches for command-line completion like a +menu. This works as a minimal file browser. + +The new |:emenu| command can be used to execute a menu item. + +Uses the last status line to list items, or inserts a line just above the +command line. (Negri) + +The 'wildcharx' option can be used to trigger 'wildmenu' completion from a +mapping. + +When compiled without menus, this can be detected with has("menu"). Also show +this in the ":version" output. Allow compiling GUI versions without menu +support. Only include toolbar support when there is menu support. + +Moved the "Window" menu all the way to the right (priority 70). Looks more +familiar for people working with MS-Windows, shouldn't matter for others. + +Included "Buffers" menu. Works with existing autocommands and functions. It +can be disabled by setting the "no_buffers_menu" variable. (Aaron and Madsen) + +Win32 supports separators in a menu: "-.*-". (Geddes) +Menu separators for Motif now work too. + +Made Popup menu for Motif GUI work. (Madsen) + +'M' flag in 'guioptions': Don't source the system menu. + +All the menu code has been moved from gui.c to menu.c. + + +Viminfo improved *improved-viminfo* +---------------- + +New flags for 'viminfo': +'!' Store global variables in the viminfo file if they are in uppercase + letters. (Negri) +'h' Do ":nohlsearch" when loading a viminfo file. + +Store search patterns in the viminfo file with their offset, magic, etc. Also +store the flag whether 'hlsearch' highlighting is on or off (which is not used +if the 'h' flag is in 'viminfo'). + +Give an error message when setting 'viminfo' without commas. + + +Various new commands *new-commands-5.4* +-------------------- + +Operator |g?|: rot13 encoding. (Negri) + +|zH| and |zL| commands: Horizontal scrolling by half a page. +|gm| move cursor to middle of screen line. (Ideas by Campbell) + +Operations on Visual blocks: |v_b_I|, |v_b_A|, |v_b_c|, |v_b_C|, |v_b_r|, +|v_b_<| and |v_b_>|. (Kelly) + +New command: CTRL-\ CTRL-N, which does nothing in Normal mode, and goes to +Normal mode when in Insert or Command-line mode. Can be used by VisVim or +other OLE programs to make sure Vim is in Normal mode, without causing a beep. +|CTRL-\_CTRL-N| + +":cscope kill" command to use the connection filename. |:cscope| (Kahn) + +|:startinsert| command: Start Insert mode next. + +|:history| command, to show all four types of histories. (Roemer) + +|[m|, |[M|, |]m| and |]M| commands, for jumping backward/forward to start/end +of method in a (Java) class. + +":@*" executes the * register. |:@| (Acevedo) + +|go| and |:goto| commands: Jump to byte offset in the file. + +|gR| and |gr| command: Virtual Replace mode. Replace characters without +changing the layout. (Webb) + +":cd -" changes to the directory from before the previous ":cd" command. +|:cd-| (Webb) + +Tag preview commands |:ptag|. Shows the result of a ":tag" in a dedicated +window. Can be used to see the context of the tag (e.g., function arguments). +(Negri) +|:pclose| command, and CTRL-W CTRL-Z: Close preview window. (Moore) +'previewheight' option, height for the preview window. +Also |:ppop|, |:ptnext|, |:ptprevious|, |:ptNext|, |:ptrewind|, |:ptlast|. + +|:find| and |:sfind| commands: Find a file in 'path', (split window) and edit +it. + +The |:options| command opens an option window that shows the current option +values. Or use ":browse set" to open it. Options are grouped by function. +Offers short help on each option. Hit <CR> to jump to more help. Edit the +option value and hit <CR> on a "set" line to set a new value. + + +Various new options *new-options-5.4* +------------------- + +Scroll-binding: 'scrollbind' and 'scrollopt' options. Added |:syncbind| +command. Makes windows scroll the same amount (horizontally and/or +vertically). (Ralston) + +'conskey' option for MS-DOS. Use direct console I/O. This should work with +telnet (untested!). + +'statusline' option: Configurable contents of the status line. Also allows +showing the byte offset in the file. Highlighting with %1* to %9*, using the +new highlight groups User1 to User9. (Madsen) + +'rulerformat' option: Configurable contents of the ruler, like 'statusline'. +(Madsen) + +'write' option: When off, writing files is not allowed. Avoids overwriting a +file even with ":w!". The |-m| command line option resets 'write'. + +'clipboard' option: How the clipboard is used. Value "unnamed": Use unnamed +register like "*. (Cortopassi) Value "autoselect": Like what 'a' in +'guioptions' does but works in the terminal. + +'guifontset' option: Specify fonts for the +fontset feature, for the X11 GUI +versions. Allows using normal fonts when vim is compiled with this feature. +(Nam) + +'guiheadroom' option: How much room to allow above/below the GUI window. +Used for Motif, Athena and GTK. + +Implemented 'tagstack' option: When off, pushing tags onto the stack is +disabled (Vi compatible). Useful for mappings. + +'shellslash' option. Only for systems that use a backslash as a file +separator. This option will use a forward slash in file names when expanding +it. Useful when 'shell' is sh or csh. + +'pastetoggle' option: Key sequence that toggles 'paste'. Works around the +problem that mappings don't work in Insert mode when 'paste' is set. + +'display' option: When set to "lastline", the last line fills the window, +instead of being replaced with "@" lines. Only the last three characters are +replaced with "@@@", to indicate that the line has not finished yet. + +'switchbuf' option: Allows re-using existing windows on a buffer that is being +jumped to, or split the window to open a new buffer. (Roemer) + +'titleold' option. Replaces the fixed string "Thanks for flying Vim", which +is used to set the title when exiting. (Schild) + + +Vim scripts *new-script-5.4* +----------- + +The |exists()| function can also check for existence of a function. (Roemer) +An internal function is now found with a binary search, should be a bit +faster. (Roemer) + +New functions: +- |getwinposx()| and |getwinposy()|: get Vim window position. (Webb) +- |histnr()|, |histadd()|, |histget()| and |histdel()|: Make history + available. (Roemer) +- |maparg()|: Returns rhs of a mapping. Based on a patch from Vikas. +- |mapcheck()|: Check if a map name matches with an existing one. +- |visualmode()|: Return type of last Visual mode. (Webb) +- |libcall()|: Call a function in a library. Currently only for Win32. (Negri) +- |bufwinnr()|: find window that contains the specified buffer. (Roemer) +- |bufloaded()|: Whether a buffer exists and is loaded. +- |localtime()| and |getftime()|: wall clock time and last modification time + of a file (Webb) +- |glob()|: expand file name wildcards only. +- |system()|: get the raw output of an external command. (based on a patch + from Aaron). +- |strtrans()|: Translate String into printable characters. Used for + 2html.vim script. +- |append()|: easy way to append a line of text in a buffer. + +Changed functions: +- Optional argument to |strftime()| to give the time in seconds. (Webb) +- |expand()| now also returns names for files that don't exist. + +Allow numbers in the name of a user command. (Webb) + +Use "v:" for internal Vim variables: "v:errmsg", "v:shell_error", etc. The +ones from version 5.3 can be used without "v:" too, for backwards +compatibility. + +New variables: +"v:warningmsg" and "v:statusmsg" internal variables. Contain the last given +warning and status message. |v:warningmsg| |v:statusmsg| (Madsen) +"v:count1" variable: like "v:count", but defaults to one when no count is +used. |v:count1| + +When compiling without expression evaluation, "if 1" can be used around the +not supported commands to avoid it being executed. Works like in Vim 4.x. +Some of the runtime scripts gave errors when used with a Vim that was compiled +with minimal features. Now "if 1" is used around code that is not always +supported. + +When evaluating an expression with && and ||, skip the parts that will not +influence the outcome. This makes it faster and avoids error messages. (Webb) +Also optimized the skipping of expressions inside an "if 0". + + +Avoid hit-enter prompt *avoid-hit-enter* +----------------------- + +Added 'T' flag to 'shortmess': Truncate all messages that would cause the +hit-enter prompt (unless that would happen anyway). +The 'O' flag in 'shortmess' now also applies to quickfix messages, e.g., from +the ":cn" command. + +The default for 'shortmess' is now "filnxtToO", to make most messages fit on +the command line, and not cause the hit-enter prompt. + +Previous messages can be viewed with the new |:messages| command. + +Some messages are shown fully, even when 'shortmess' tells to shorten +messages, because the user is expected to want to see them in full: CTRL-G and +some quickfix commands. + + +Improved quickfix *improved-quickfix* +----------------- + +Parse change-directory lines for gmake: "make[1]: Entering directory 'name'". +Uses "%D" and "%X" in 'errorformat'. +Also parse "Making {target} in {dir}" messages from make. Helps when not +using GNU make. (Schandl) + +Use 'isfname' for "%f" in 'errorformat'. + +Parsing of multi-line messages. |errorformat-multi-line| + +Allow a range for the |:clist| command. (Roemer) + +Support for "global" file names, for error formats that output the file name +once for several errors. (Roemer) + +|:cnfile| jumps to first error in next file. + +"$*" in 'makeprg' is replaced by arguments to ":make". (Roemer) + + +Regular expressions *regexp-changes-5.4* +------------------- + +In a regexp, a '$' before "\)" is also considered to be an end-of-line. |/$| +In patterns "^" after "\|" or "\(" is a start-of-line. |/^| (Robinson) + +In a regexp, in front of "\)" and "\|" both "$" and "\$" were considered +end-of-line. Now use "$" as end-of-line and "\$" for a literal dollar. Same +for '^' after "\(" and "\|". |/\$| |/\^| + +Some search patterns can be extremely slow, even though they are not really +illegal. For example: "\([^a-z]\+\)\+Q". Allow interrupting any regexp +search with CTRL-C. + +Register "/: last search string (read-only). (Kohan) Changed to use last used +search pattern (like what 'hlsearch' uses). Can set the search pattern with +":let @/ = {expr}". + +Added character classes to search patterns, to avoid the need for removing the +'l' flag from 'cpoptions': |[:tab:]|, |[:return:]|, |[:backspace:]| and +|[:escape:]|. + +By adding a '?' after a comparative operator in an expression, the comparison +is done by ignoring case. |expr-==?| + + +Other improvements made between version 5.3 and 5.4 +--------------------------------------------------- + +Changed *changed-5.4* +------- + +Unix: Use $TMPDIR for temporary files, if it is set and exists. + +Removed "Empty buffer" message. It isn't useful and can cause a hit-enter +prompt. (Negri) + +"ex -" now reads commands from stdin and works in silent mode. This is to be +compatible with the original "ex" command that is used for scripts. + +Default range for ":tcldo" is the whole file. + +Cancelling Visual mode with ESC moved the cursor. There appears to be no +reason for this. Now leave the cursor where it is. + +The ":grep" and ":make" commands see " as part of the arguments, instead of +the start of a comment. + +In expressions the "=~" and "!~" operators no longer are affected by +'ignorecase'. + +Renamed vimrc_example to vimrc_example.vim and gvimrc_example to +gvimrc_example.vim. Makes them being recognized as vim scripts. + +"gd" no longer starts searching at the end of the previous function, but at +the first blank line above the start of the current function. Avoids that +using "gd" in the first function finds global a variable. + +Default for 'complete' changed from ".,b" to ".,w,b,u,t,i". Many more matches +will be found, at the cost of time (the search can be interrupted). + +It is no longer possible to set 'shell*' options from a modeline. Previously +only a warning message was given. This reduces security risks. + +The ordering of the index of documentation files was changed to make it more +easy to find a subject. + +On MS-DOS and win32, when $VIM was not set, $HOME was used. This caused +trouble if $HOME was set to e.g., "C:\" for some other tool, the runtime files +would not be found. Now use $HOME only for _vimrc, _gvimrc, etc., not to find +the runtime file. + +When 'tags' is "./{fname}" and there is no file name for the current buffer, +just use it. Previously it was skipped, causing "vim -t {tag}" not to find +many tags. + +When trying to select text in the 'scrolloff' area by mouse dragging, the +resulting scrolling made this difficult. Now 'scrolloff' is temporarily set +to 0 or 1 to avoid this. But still allow scrolling in the top line to extend +to above the displayed text. + +Default for 'comments' now includes "sl:/*,mb: *,ex:*/", to make javadoc +comments work. Also helps for C comments that start with "/*******". + +CTRL-X CTRL-] Insert mode tag expansion tried to expand to all tags when used +after a non-ID character, which can take a very long time. Now limit this to +200 matches. Also used for command-line tag completion. + +The OS/2 distribution has been split in two files. It was too big to fit on a +floppy. The same runtime archive as for the PC is now used. + +In the documentation, items like <a-z> have been replaced with {a-z} for +non-optional arguments. This avoids confusion with key names: <C-Z> is a +CTRL-Z, not a character between C and Z, that is {C-Z}. + + +Added *added-5.4* +----- + +Color support for the iris-ansi builtin termcap entry. (Tubman) + +Included VisVim version 1.3a. (Erhardt) + +Win32 port for SNiFF+ interface. (Leherbauer) +Documentation file for sniff interface: if_sniff.txt. (Leherbauer) + +Included the "SendToVim" and "OpenWithVim" programs in the OleVim directory. +To be used with the OLE version of gvim under MS-Windows. (Schaller) + +Included Exuberant Ctags version 3.2.4 with Eiffel support. (Hiebert) + +When a file that is being edited is deleted, give a warning (like when the +time stamp changed). + +Included newer versions of the HTML-generating Awk and Perl scripts. (Colombo) + +Linux console mouse support through "gpm". (Tsindlekht) + +Security fix: Disallow changing 'secure' and 'exrc' from a modeline. When +'secure' is set, give a warning for changing options that contain a program +name. + +Made the Perl interface work with Perl 5.005 and threads. (Verdoolaege) + +When giving an error message for an ambiguous mapping, include the offending +mapping. (Roemer) + +Command line editing: +- Command line completion of mappings. (Roemer) +- Command line completion for ":function", ":delfunction", ":let", ":call", + ":if", etc. (Roemer) +- When using CTRL-D completion for user commands that have + "-complete=tag_listfiles" also list the file names. (Madsen) +- Complete the arguments of the ":command" command. (Webb) +- CTRL-R . in command line inserts last inserted text. CTRL-F, CTRL-P, CTRL-W + and CTRL-A after CTRL-R are used to insert an object from under the cursor. + (Madsen) + +Made the text in uganda.txt about copying Vim a bit more clear. + +Updated the Vim tutor. Added the "vimtutor" command, which copies the tutor +and starts Vim on it. "make install" now also copies the tutor. + +In the output of ":clist" the current entry is highlighted, with the 'i' +highlighting (same as used for 'incsearch'). + +For the ":clist" command, you can scroll backwards with "b" (one screenful), +"u" (half a screenful) and "k" (one line). + +Multi-byte support: +- X-input method for multibyte characters. And various fixes for multibyte + support. (Nam) +- Hangul input method feature: |hangul|. (Nam) +- Cleaned up configuration of multibyte support, XIM, fontset and Hangul + input. Each is now configurable separately. +- Changed check for GTK_KEYBOARD to HANGUL_KEYBOARD_TYPE. (Nam) +- Added doc/hangulin.txt: Documentation for the Hangul input code. (Nam) +- XIM support for GTK+. (Nam) +- First attempt to include support for SJIS encoding. (Nagano) +- When a double-byte character doesn't fit at the end of the line, put a "~" + there and print it on the next line. +- Optimize output of multibyte text. (Park) +- Win32 IME: preedit style is like over-the-spot. (Nagano) +- Win32 IME: IME mode change now done with ImmSetOpenStatus. (Nagano) +- GUI Athena: file selection dialog can display multibyte characters. + (Nagano) +- Selection reply for XA_TEXT as XA_STRING. (Nagano) + +"runtime/macros/diffwin.vim". Mappings to make a diff window. (Campbell) + +Added ".obj" to the 'suffixes' option. + +Reduced size of syntax/synload.vim by using the ":SynAu" user command. +Automated numbering of Syntax menu entries in menu.vim. +In the Syntax menu, insert separators between syntax names that start with +a different letter. (Geddes) + +Xterm: +- Clipboard support when using the mouse in an xterm. (Madsen) +- When using the xterm mouse, track dragging of the mouse. Use xterm escape + sequences when possible. It is more precise than other methods, but + requires a fairly recent xterm version. It is enabled with "xterm2" in + 'ttymouse'. (Madsen) +- Check xterm patch level, to set the value of 'ttymouse'. Has only been + added to xterm recently (patch level > 95). Uses the new 't_RV' termcap + option. Set 'ttymouse' to "xterm2" when a correct response is recognized. + Will make xterm mouse dragging work better. +- Support for shifted function keys on xterm. Changed codes for shifted + cursor keys to what the xterm actually produces. Added codes for shifted + <End> and <Home>. +- Added 't_WP' to set the window position in pixels and 't_WS' to set the + window size in characters. Xterm can now move (used for ":winpos") and + resize (use for ":set lines=" and ":set columns="). + +X11: +- When in Visual mode but not owning the selection, display the Visual area + with the VisualNOS group to show this. (Madsen) +- Support for requesting the type of clipboard support. Used for AIX and + dtterm. (Wittig) +- Support compound_text selection (even when compiled without multibyte). + +Swap file: +- New variation for naming swap files: Replace path separators into %, place + all swap files in one directory. Used when a name in 'dir' ends in two path + separators. (Madsen) +- When a swap file is found, show whether it contains modifications or not in + the informative message. (Madsen) +- When dialogs are supported, use a dialog to ask the user what to do when a + swapfile already exists. + +"popup_setpos" in 'mousemodel' option. Allows for moving the cursor when +using the right mouse button. + +When a buffer is deleted, the selection for which buffer to display instead +now uses the most recent entry from the jump list. (Madsen) + +When using CTRL-O/CTRL-I, skip deleted buffers. + +A percentage is shown in the ruler, when there is room. + +Used autoconf 1.13 to generate configure. + +Included get_lisp_indent() from Dirk van Deun. Does better Lisp indenting +when 'p' flag in 'cpoptions' is not included. + +Made the 2html.vim script quite a bit faster. (based on ideas from Geddes) + +Unix: +- Included the name of the user that compiled Vim and the system name it was + compiled on in the version message. +- "make install" now also installs the "tools" directory. Makes them + available for everybody. +- "make check" now does the same as "make test". "make test" checks for + Visual block mode shift, insert, replace and change. +- Speed up comparing a file name with existing buffers by storing the + device/inode number with the buffer. +- Added configure arguments "--disable-gtk", "--disable-motif" and + "--disable-athena", to be able to disable a specific GUI (when it doesn't + work). +- Renamed the configure arguments for disabling the check for specific GUIs. + Should be clearer now. (Kahn) +- On a Digital Unix system ("OSF1") check for the curses library before + termlib and termcap. (Schild) +- "make uninstall_runtime" will only delete the version-specific files. Can + be used to delete the runtime files of a previous version. + +Macintosh: (St-Amant) +- Dragging the scrollbar, like it's done for the Win32 GUI. Moved common code + from gui_w32.c to gui.c +- Added dialogs and file browsing. +- Resource fork preserved, warning when it will be lost. +- Copy original file attributes to newly written file. +- Set title/notitle bug solved. +- Filename completion improved. +- Grow box limit resize to a char by char size. +- Use of rgb.txt for more colors (but give back bad color). +- Apple menu works (beside the about...). +- Internal border now vim compliant. +- Removing a menu doesn't crash anymore. +- Weak-linking of Python 1.5.1 (only on PPC). Python is supported when the + library is available. +- If an error is encountered when sourcing the users .vimrc, the alert box now + shows right away with the OK button defaulted. There's no more "Delete"-key + sign at the start of each line +- Better management of environment variables. Now $VIM is calculated only + once, not regenerated every time it is used. +- No more CPU hog when in background. +- In a sourced Vim script the Mac file format can be recognized, just like DOS + file format is. + +When both "unix" and "mac" are present in 'fileformats', prefer "mac" format +when there are more CR than NL characters. +When using "mac" fileformat, use CR instead of a NL, because NL is used for +NUL. Will preserve all characters in a file. (Madsen) + +The DOS install.exe now contains checks for an existing installation. It +avoids setting $VIM and $PATH again. +The install program for Dos/Windows can now install Vim in the popup menu, by +adding two registry keys. + +Port to EGCS/mingw32. New Makefile.ming. (Aaron) + +DOS 16 bit: Don't include cursor shape stuff. Save some bytes. + +TCL support to Makefile.w32. (Duperval) + +OS/2: Use argv[0] to find runtime files. + +When using "gf" to go to a buffer that has already been used, jump to the +line where the cursor last was. + +Colored the output of ":tselect" a bit more. Different highlighting between +tag name and file name. Highlight field name ("struct:") separately from +argument. + +Backtick expansion for non-Unix systems. Based on a patch from Aaron. +Allows the use of things like ":n `grep -l test *.c`" and +"echo expand('`ls m*`')". + +Check for the 'complete' option when it is set. (Acevedo) +'d' flag in 'complete' searches for defined names or macros. +While searching for Insert mode completions in include files and tags files, +check for typeahead, so that you can use matches early. (Webb) +The '.' flag in 'complete' now scans the current buffer completely, ignoring +'nowrapscan'. (Webb) + +Added '~' flag to 'whichwrap'. (Acevedo) + +When ending the Visual mode (e.g., with ESC) don't grab ownership of the +selection. + +In a color terminal, "fg" and "bg" can be used as color names. They stand for +the "Normal" colors. + +A few cscope cleanups. (Kahn) + +Included changed vimspell.sh from Schemenauer. + +Concatenation of strings in an expression with "." is a bit faster. (Roemer) + +The ":redir" command can now redirect to a register: ":redir @r". (Roemer) + +Made the output of ":marks" and ":jumps" look similar. When the mark is in +the current file, show the text at the mark. Also for ":tags". + +When configure finds ftello() and fseeko(), they are used in tag.c (for when +you have extremely big tags files). + +Configure check for "-FOlimit,2000" argument for the compiler. (Borsenkow) + +GUI: +- When using ":gui" in a non-GUI Vim, give a clear error message. +- "gvim -v" doesn't start the GUI (if console support is present). +- When in Ex mode, use non-Visual selection for the whole screen. +- When starting with "gvim -f" and using ":gui" in the .gvimrc file, Vim + forked anyway. Now the "-f" flag is remembered for ":gui". Added "gui -b" + to run gvim in the background anyway. + +Motif GUI: +- Check for "-lXp" library in configure (but it doesn't work yet...). +- Let configure check for Lesstif in "/usr/local/Lesstif/Motif*". Changed the + order to let a local Motif version override a system standard version. + +Win32 GUI: +- When using "-register" or "-unregister" in the non-OLE version, give an + error message. +- Use GTK toolbar icons. Make window border look better. Use sizing handles + on the lower left&right corners of the window. (Negri) +- When starting an external command with ":!start" and the command can not be + executed, give an error message. (Webb) +- Use sizing handles for the grey rectangles below the scrollbars. Can draw + toolbar in flat mode now, looks better. (Negri) +- Preparations for MS-Windows 3.1 addition. Mostly changing WIN32 to MSWIN + and USE_GUI_WIN32 to USE_GUI_MSWIN. (Negri) + +Avoid allocating the same string four times in buflist_findpat(). (Williams) + +Set title and icon text with termcap options 't_ts', 't_fs', 't_IS' and +'t_IE'. Allows doing this on any terminal that supports setting the title +and/or icon text. (Schild) + +New 'x' flag in 'comments': Automatically insert the end part when its last +character is typed. Helps to close a /* */ comment in C. (Webb) + +When expand() has a second argument which is non-zero, don't use 'suffixes' +and 'wildignore', return all matches. + +'O' flag in 'cpoptions' When not included, Vim will not overwrite a file, if +it didn't exist when editing started but it does exist when the buffer is +written to the file. The file must have been created outside of Vim, possibly +without the user knowing it. When this is detected after a shell command, +give a warning message. + +When editing a new file, CTRL-G will show [New file]. When there were errors +while reading the file, CTRL-G will show [Read errors]. + +":wall" can now use a dialog and file-browsing when needed. + +Grouped functionality into new features, mainly to reduce the size of the +minimal version: ++linebreak: 'showbreak', 'breakat' and 'linebreak' ++visualextra: "I"nsert and "A"ppend in Visual block mode, "c"hange all lines + in a block, ">" and "<": Shifting a block, "r": Replacing a + Visual area with one character. ++comments: 'comments' ++cmdline_info: 'ruler' and 'showcmd'. Replaces +showcmd. +"+title" Don't add code to set title or icon for MSDOS, this was not + possible anyway. ++cmdline_compl Disable commandline completion at compile time, except for + files, directories and help items. + +Moved features from a list of function calls into an array. Should save a bit +of space. + +While entering the body of a function, adjust indent according to "if" and +"while" commands. + +VMS: Adjusted os_vms.mms a bit according to suggestions from Arpadffy. + +The flags in the 'comments' option can now include an offset. This makes it +possible to align "/*****", "/* xxx" and "/*" comments with the same +'comments' setting. The default value for 'comments' uses this. +Added 'O' flag: Don't use this part for the "O" command. Useful for "set +com=sO:*\ -,mO:*\ \ ,exO:*/" + +FileType autocommands recognize ".bak", ".orig" and "~" extensions and remove +them to find the relevant extension. + +The tutorial for writing a Vim script file has been extended. + +Some more highlighting in help files, for items that are not typed literally. + +Can use "CTRL-W CTRL-G" like "CTRL-W g". + +"make test" for OS/2. + +Adjusted configure to automatically use the GUI for BeOS. + + +Fixed *fixed-5.4* +----- + +5.3.1: When using an autocommand for BufWritePre that changes the name of the +buffer, freed memory would be used. (Geddes) + +Mac: Compiler didn't understand start of skip_class_name(). + +Win32 GUI: +- When cancelling the font requester, don't give an error message. +- When a tearoff-menu is open and its menu is deleted, Vim could crash. + (Negri) +- There was a problem on Windows 95 with (un)maximizing the window. + (Williams) +- when 'mousehide' is set, the mouse would stay hidden when a menu is dropped + with the keyboard. (Ralston) +- The tempname() function already created the file. Caused problems when + using ":w". Now the file is deleted. +- Cursor disappeared when ending up in the top-left character on the screen + after scrolling. (Webb) +- When adding a submenu for a torn-off menu, it was not updated. +- Menu tooltip was using the toolbar tooltip. (Negri) +- Setting 'notitle' didn't remove the title. (Steed) +- Using ":!start cmd" scrolled the screen one line up, and didn't wait for + return when the command wasn't found. + +Cscope interface: Sorting of matches was wrong. Starting the interface could +fail. (Kahn) + +Motif GUI: Could not compile with Motif 1.1, because some tear-off +functionality was not in #ifdefs. + +Configure could sometimes not compile or link the test program for sizeof(int) +properly. This caused alignment problems for the undo structure allocations. +Added a safety check that SIZEOF_INT is not zero. + +Added configure check to test if strings.h can be included after string.h. +Some systems can't handle it. +Some systems need both string.h and strings.h included. Adjusted vim.h for +that. Removed including string.h from os_unixx.h, since it's already in +vim.h. (Savage) +AIX: defining _NO_PROTO in os_unix.h causes a conflict between string.h and +strings.h, but after the configure check said it was OK. Also define +_NO_PROTO for AIX in the configure check. (Winn) + +When closing a window with CTRL-W c, the value of 'hidden' was not taken into +account, the buffer was always unloaded. (Negri) + +Unix Makefile: "make install" always tried to rename an older executable and +remove it. This caused an error message when it didn't exit. Added a check +for the existence of an old executable. +The command line for "make install" could get too long, because of the many +syntax files. Now first do a "cd" to reduce the length. + +On RISCOS and MSDOS, reading a file could fail, because the short filename was +used, which can be wrong after a ":!cd". + +In the DOS versions, the wrong install.exe was included (required Windows). +Now the install.exe version is included that is the same as the Vim version. +This also supports long file names where possible. + +When recording, and stopping while in Insert mode with CTRL-O q, the CTRL-O +would also be recorded. + +32bit DOS version: "vim \file", while in a subdirectory, resulted in "new +file" for "file" in the local directory, while "\file" did exist. When +"file" in the current directory existed, this didn't happen. + +MSDOS: Mouse could not go beyond 80 columns in 132 columns mode. (Young) + +"make test" failed in the RedHat RPM, because compatible is off by default. + +In Insert mode <C-O><C-W><C-W> changes to other window, but the status bars +were not updated until another character was typed. + +MSDOS: environment options in lowercase didn't work, although they did in the +Win32 versions. (Negri) + +After ":nohlsearch", a tag command switched highlighting back on. + +When using "append" command as the last line in an autocommand, Vim would +crash. + +RISCOS: The scroll bumpers (?) were not working properly. (Leonard) + +"zl" and "zh" could move the cursor, but this didn't set the column in which +e.g., "k" would move the cursor. + +When doing ":set all&" the value of 'scroll' was not set correctly. This +caused an error message when later setting any other number option. + +When 'hlsearch' highlighting has been disabled with ":nohlsearch", +incremental searching would switch it back on too early. + +When listing tags for ":tselect", and using a non-search command, and the last +character was equal to the first (e.g., "99"), the last char would not be +shown. + +When searching for tags with ":tag" Vim would assume that all matches had been +found when there were still more (e.g. from another tags file). + +Win32: Didn't recognize "c:\" (e.g., in tags file) as absolute path when +upper/lowercase was different. + +Some xterms (Debian) send <Esc>OH for HOME and <Esc>OF for END. Added these +to the builtin-xterm. + +In ex mode, any CR was seen as the end of the line. Only a NL should be +handled that way. broke ":s/foo/some^Mtext/". + +In menu.vim, a vmenu was used to override an amenu. That didn't work, because +the system menu file doesn't overwrite existing menus. Added explicit vunmenu +to solve this. + +Configure check for terminal library could find a library that doesn't work at +runtime (Solaris: shared library not found). Added a check that a program +with tgoto() can run correctly. + +Unix: "echo -n" in the Makefile doesn't work on all systems, causing errors +compiling pathdef.c. Replaced it with "tr". + +Perl: DO_JOIN was redefined by Perl. Undefined it in the perl files. + +Various XIM and multibyte fixes: +- Fix user cannot see his language while he is typing his language with + off-the-spot method. (Nagano) +- Fix preedit position using text/edit area (using gui.wid). (Nagano) +- remove 'fix dead key' codes. It was needed since XNFocusWindow was + "x11_window", XNFocusWindow is now gui.wid. (Nagano) +- Remove some compile warnings and fix typos. (Namsh) +- For status area, check the gtk+ version while Vim runs. I believe it is + better than compile time check. (Namsh) +- Remove one FIXME for gtk+-xim. (Namsh) +- XIM: Dead keys didn't work for Czech. (Vyskovsky) +- Multibyte: If user input only 3byte such as mb1_mb2_eng or eng_mb1_mb2 VIM + could convert it to special character. (Nam) +- Athena/Motif with XIM: fix preedit area. (Nam) +- XIM: Composed strings were sometimes ignored. Vim crashed when compose + string was longer than 256 bytes. IM's geometry control is fixed. (Nam, + Nagano) +- Win32 multibyte: hollowed cursor width on a double byte char was wrong. + (Nagano) +- When there is no GUI, selecting XIM caused compilation problems. + Automatically disable XIM when there is no GUI in configure. +- Motif and Athena: When compiled with XIM, but the input method was not + enabled, there would still be a status line. Now the status line is gone if + the input method doesn't work. (Nam) + +Win32: tooltip was not removed when selecting a parent menu (it was when +selecting a menu entry). (Negri) + +Unix with X: Some systems crash on exit, because of the XtCloseDisplay() call. +Removed it, it should not be necessary when exiting. + +Win32: Crash on keypress when compiled with Borland C++. (Aaron) + +When checking for Motif library files, prefer the same location as the include +files (with "include" replaced with "lib") above another entry. + +Athena GUI: Changed "XtOffset()" in gui_at_fs.c to "XtOffsetOf()", like it's +used in gui_x11.c. + +Win32: When testing for a timestamp of a file on floppy, would get a dialog +box when the floppy has been removed. Now return with an error. (Negri) + +Win32 OLE: When forced to come to the foreground, a minimized window was still +minimized, now it's restored. (Zivkov) + +There was no check for a positive 'shiftwidth'. A negative value could cause +a hangup, a zero value a crash. + +Athena GUI: horizontal scrollbar wasn't updated correctly when clicking right +or left of the thumb. + +When making a Visual-block selection in one window, and trying to scroll +another, could cause errors for accessing non-existent line numbers. + +When 'matchpairs' contains "`:'", jumping from the ` to the ' didn't work +properly. + +Changed '\"' to '"' to make it compatible with old C compilers. + +The command line expansion for mappings caused a script with a TAB between lhs +and rhs of a map command to fail. Assume the TAB is to separate lhs and rhs +when there are no mappings to expand. + +When editing a file with very long lines with 'scrolloff' set, "j" would +sometimes end up in a line which wasn't displayed. + +When editing a read-only file, it was completely read into memory, even when +it would not fit. Now create a swap file for a read-only file when running +out of memory while reading the file. + +When using ":set cino={s,e-s", a line after "} else {" was not indented +properly. Also added a check for this in test3.in. + +The Hebrew mapping for the command line was remembered for the next command +line. That isn't very useful, a command is not Hebrew. (Kol) + +When completing file names with embedded spaces, like "Program\ files", this +didn't work. Also for user commands. Moved backslash_halve() down to +mch_expandpath(). + +When using "set mouse=a" in Ex mode, mouse events were handled like typed +text. Then typing "quit" screwed up the mouse behavior of the xterm. + +When repeating an insert with "." that contains a CTRL-Y, a number 5 was +inserted as "053". + +Yanking a Visual area, with the cursor past the line, didn't move the cursor +back onto the line. Same for "~", "u", "U" and "g?" + +Win32: Default for 'grepprg' could be "findstr /n" even though there is no +findstr.exe (Windows 95). Check if it exists, and fall back to "grep -n" if +it doesn't. + +Because gui_mouse_moved() inserted a leftmouse click in the input buffer, +remapping a leftmouse click caused strange effects. Now Insert another code +in the input buffer. Also insert a leftmouse release, to avoid the problem +with ":map <LeftMouse> l" that the next release is seen as the release for the +focus click. + +With 'wrap' on, when using a line that doesn't fit on the screen, if the start +of the Visual area is before the start of the screen, there was no +highlighting. Also, 'showbreak' doesn't work properly. + +DOS, Win32: A pattern "[0-9]\+" didn't work in autocommands. + +When creating a swap file for a buffer which isn't the current buffer, could +get a mixup of short file name, resulting in a long file name when a short +file name was required. makeswapname() was calling modname() instead of +buf_modname(). + +When a function caused an error, and the error message was very long because +of recursiveness, this would cause a crash. + +'suffixes' were always compared with matching case. For MS-DOS, Win32 and +OS/2 case is now ignored. + +The use of CHARBITS in regexp.c didn't work on some Linux. Don't use it. + +When generating a script file, 'cpo' was made empty. This caused backslashes +to disappear from mappings. Set it to "B" to avoid that. + +Lots of typos in the documentation. (Campbell) + +When editing an existing (hidden) buffer, jump to the last used cursor +position. (Madsen) + +On a Sun the xterm screen was not restored properly when suspending. (Madsen) + +When $VIMINIT is processed, 'nocompatible' was only set after processing it. + +Unix: Polling for a character wasn't done for GPM, Sniff and Xterm clipboard +all together. Cleaned up the code for using select() too. + +When executing external commands from the GUI, some typeahead was lost. Added +some code to regain as much typeahead as possible. + +When the window height is 5 lines or fewer, <PageDown> didn't use a one-line +overlap, while <PageUp> does. Made sure that <PageUp> uses the same overlap +as <PageDown>, so that using them both always displays the same lines. + +Removed a few unused functions and variables (found with lint). + +Dictionary completion didn't use 'infercase'. (Raul) + +Configure tests failed when the Perl library was not in LD_LIBRARY_PATH. +Don't use the Perl library for configure tests, add it to the linker line only +when linking Vim. + +When using ncurses/terminfo, could get a 't_Sf' and 't_Sb' termcap entry that +has "%d" instead of "%p1%d". The light background colors didn't work then. + +GTK GUI with ncurses: Crashed when starting up in tputs(). Don't use tputs() +when the GUI is active. + +Could use the ":let" command to set the "count", "shell_error" and "version" +variables, but that didn't work. Give an error message when trying to set +them. + +On FreeBSD 3.0, tclsh is called tclsh8.0. Adjusted configure.in to find it. + +When Vim is linked with -lncurses, but python uses -ltermcap, this causes +trouble: "OOPS". Configure now removes the -ltermcap. + +:@" and :*" didn't work properly, because the " was recognized as the start of +a comment. + +Win32s GUI: Minimizing the console where a filter command runs in caused +trouble for detecting that the filter command has finished. (Negri) + +After executing a filter command from an xterm, the mouse would be disabled. +It would work again after changing the mode. + +Mac GUI: Crashed in newenv(). (St-Amant) + +The menus and mappings in mswin.vim didn't handle text ending in a NL +correctly. (Acevedo) + +The ":k" command didn't check if it had a valid argument or extra characters. +Now give a meaningful error message. (Webb) + +On SGI, the signal function doesn't always have three arguments. Check for +struct sigcontext to find out. Might still be wrong... + +Could crash when using 'hlsearch' and search pattern is "^". + +When search patterns were saved and restored, status of no_hlsearch was not +also saved and restored (from ":nohlsearch" command). + +When using setline() to make a line shorter, the cursor position was not +adjusted. + +MS-DOS and Win95: When trying to edit a file and accidentally adding a slash +or backslash at the end, the file was deleted. Probably when trying to create +the swap file. Explicitly check for a trailing slash or backslash before +trying to read a file. + +X11 GUI: When starting the GUI failed and received a deadly signal while +setting the title, would lock up when trying to exit, because the title is +reset again. Avoid using mch_settitle() recursively. + +X11 GUI: When starting the GUI fails, and then trying it again, would crash, +because argv[] has been freed and x11_display was reset to NULL. + +Win32: When $HOME was set, would put "~user" in the swap file, which would +never compare with a file name, and never cause the attention message. Put +the full path in the swap file instead. + +Win32 console: There were funny characters at the end of the "vim -r" swap +files message (direct output of CR CR LF). + +DOS 32 bit: "vim -r" put the text at the top of the window. + +GUI: With 'mousefocus' set, got mouse codes as text with "!sleep 100" or "Q". + +Motif and Win32 GUI: When changing 'guifont' to a font of the same size the +screen wasn't redrawn. + +Unix: When using ":make", jumping to a file b.c, which is already open as a +symbolic link a.c, opened a new buffer instead of using the existing one. + +Inserting text in the current buffer while sourcing the .vimrc file would +cause a crash or hang. The memfile for the current buffer was never +allocated. Now it's allocated as soon as something is written in the buffer. + +DOS 32 bit: "lightblue" background worked for text, but not drawn parts were +black. + +DOS: Colors of console were not restored upon exiting. + +When recording, with 'cmdheight' set to 2 and typing Esc> in Insert mode +caused the "recording" message to be doubled. + +Spurious "file changed" messages could happen on Windows. Now tolerate a one +second difference, like for Linux. + +GUI: When returning from Ex mode, scrollbars were not updated. + +Win32: Copying text to the clipboard containing a <CR>, pasting it would +replace it with a <NL> and drop the next character. + +Entering a double byte character didn't work if the second byte is in [xXoO]. +(Eric Lee) + +vim_realloc was both defined and had a prototype in proto/misc2.pro. Caused +conflicts on Solaris. + +A pattern in an autocommand was treated differently on DOS et al. than on +Unix. Now it's the same, also when using backslashes. + +When using <Tab> twice for command line completion, without a match, the <Tab> +would be inserted. (Negri) + +Bug in MS-Visual C++ 6.0 when compiling ex_docmd.c with optimization. (Negri) + +Testing the result of mktemp() for failure was wrong. Could cause a crash. +(Peters) + +GUI: When checking for a ".gvimrc" file in the current directory, didn't check +for a "_gvimrc" file too. + +Motif GUI: When using the popup menu and then adding an item to the menu bar, +the menu bar would get very high. + +Mouse clicks and special keys (e.g. cursor keys) quit the more prompt and +dialogs. Now they are ignored. + +When at the more-prompt, xterm selection didn't work. Now use the 'r' flag in +'mouse' also for the more-prompt. + +When selecting a Visual area of more than 1023 lines, with 'guioptions' set to +"a", could mess up the display because of a message in free_yank(). Removed +that message, except for the Amiga. + +Moved auto-selection from ui_write() to the screen update functions. Avoids +unexpected behavior from a low-level function. Also makes the different +feedback of owning the selection possible. + +Vi incompatibility: Using "i<CR>" in an indent, with 'ai' set, used the +original indent instead of truncating it at the cursor. (Webb) + +":echo x" didn't stop at "q" for the more prompt. + +Various fixes for Macintosh. (St-Amant) + +When using 'selectmode' set to "exclusive", selecting a word and then using +CTRL-] included the character under the cursor. + +Using ":let a:name" in a function caused a crash. (Webb) + +When using ":append", an empty line didn't scroll up. + +DOS etc.: A file name starting with '!' didn't work. Added '!' to default for +'isfname'. + +BeOS: Compilation problem with prototype of skip_class_name(). (Price) + +When deleting more than one line, e.g., with "de", could still use "U" +command, which didn't work properly then. + +Amiga: Could not compile ex_docmd.c, it was getting too big. Moved some +functions to ex_cmds.c. + +The expand() function would add a trailing slash for directories. + +Didn't give an error message when trying to assign a value to an argument of a +function. (Webb) + +Moved including sys/ptem.h to after termios.h. Needed for Sinix. + +OLE interface: Don't delete the object in CVimCF::Release() when the reference +count becomes zero. (Cordell) +VisVim could still crash on exit. (Erhardt) + +"case a: case b:" (two case statements in one line) aligned with the second +case. Now it uses one 'sw' for indent. (Webb) + +Font initialisation wasn't right for Athena/Motif GUI. Moved the call to +highlight_gui_started() gui_mch_init() to gui_mch_open(). (Nam) + +In Replace mode, backspacing over a TAB before where the replace mode started +while 'sts' is different from 'ts', would delete the TAB. + +Win32 console: When executing external commands and switching between the two +console screens, Vim would copy the text between the buffers. That caused the +screen to be messed up for backtick expansion. + +":winpos -1" then ":winpos" gave wrong error message. + +Windows commander creates files called c:\tmp\$wc\abc.txt. Don't remove the +backslash before the $. Environment variables were not expanded anyway, +because of the backslash before the dollar. + +Using "-=" with ":set" could remove half a part when it contains a "\,". +E.g., ":set path+=a\\,b" and then "set path-=b" removed ",b". + +When Visually selecting lines, with 'selection' set to "inclusive", including +the last char of the line, "<<" moved an extra line. Also for other operators +that always work on lines. + +link.sh changed "-lnsl_s" to "_s" when looking for "nsl" to be removed. +Now it only removes whole words. + +When jumped to a mark or using "fz", and there is an error, the current column +was lost. E.g. when using "$fzj". + +The "g CTRL-G" command could not be interrupted, even though it can take a +long time. + +Some terminals do have <F4> and <xF4>. <xF4> was always interpreted as <F4>. +Now map <xF4> to <F4>, so that the user can override this. + +When compiling os_win32.c with MIN_FEAT the apply_autocmds() should not be +used. (Aaron) + +This autocommand looped forever: ":au FileChangedShell * ++nested e <afile>" +Now FileChangeShell never nests. (Roemer) + +When evaluating an ":elseif" that was not going to matter anyway, ignore +errors. (Roemer) + +GUI Lesstif: Tearoff bar was the last item, instead of the first. + +GUI Motif: Colors of tear-off widgets was wrong when 't' flag added to +'guioptions' afterwards. When 't' flag in 'guioptions' is excluded, would +still get a tearoff item in a new menu. + +An inode number can be "long long". Use ino_t instead of long. Added +configure check for ino_t. + +Binary search for tags was using a file offset "long" instead of "off_t". + +Insert mode completion of tags was not using 'ignorecase' properly. + +In Insert mode, the <xFn> keys were not properly mapped to <Fn> for the +default mappings. Also caused errors for ":mkvimrc" and ":mksession". + +When jumping to another window while in Insert mode, would get the "warning: +changing readonly file" even when not making a change. + +A '(' or '{' inside a trailing "//" comment would disturb C-indenting. +When using two labels below each other, the second one was not indented +properly. Comments could mess up C-indenting in many places. (Roemer) + +Could delete or redefine a function while it was being used. Could cause a +crash. +In a function it's logical to prepend "g:" to a system variable, but this +didn't work. (Roemer) + +Hangul input: Buffer would overflow when user inputs invalid key sequence. +(Nam) + +When BufLoad or BufEnter autocommands change the topline of the buffer in the +window, it was overruled and the cursor put halfway the window. Now only put +the cursor halfway if the autocommands didn't change the topline. + +Calling exists("&option") always returned 1. (Roemer) + +Win32: Didn't take actually available memory into account. (Williams) + +White space after an automatically inserted comment leader was not removed +when 'ai' is not set and <CR> hit just after inserting it. (Webb) + +A few menus had duplicated accelerators. (Roemer) + +Spelling errors in documentation, quite a few "the the". (Roemer) + +Missing prototypes for Macintosh. (Kielhorn) + +Win32: When using 'shellquote' or 'shellxquote', the "!start cmd" wasn't +executed in a disconnected process. + +When resizing the window, causing a line before the cursor to wrap or unwrap, +the cursor was displayed in the wrong position. + +There was quite a bit of dead code when compiling with minimal features. + +When doing a ":%s///" command that makes lines shorter, such that lines above +the final cursor position no longer wrap, the cursor position was not updated. + +get_id_list() could allocate an array one too small, when a "contains=" item +has a wildcard that matches a group name that is added just after it. E.g.: +"contains=a.*b,axb". Give an error message for it. + +When yanking a Visual area and using the middle mouse button -> crash. When +clipboard doesn't work, now make "* always use "". + +Win32: Using ":buf a\ b\file" didn't work, it was interpreted as "ab\file". + +Using ":ts ident", then hit <CR>, with 'cmdheight' set to 2: command line was +not cleared, the tselect prompt was on the last but one line. + +mksession didn't restore the cursor column properly when it was after a tab. +Could not get all windows back when using a smaller terminal screen. Didn't +restore all windows when "winsize" was not in 'sessionoptions'. (Webb) + +Command line completion for ":buffer" depended on 'ignorecase' for Unix, but +not for DOS et al. Now don't use 'ignorecase', but let it depend on whether +file names are case sensitive or not (like when expanding file names). + +Win32 GUI: (Negri) +- Redrawing the background caused flicker when resizing the window. Removed + _OnEraseBG(). Removed CS_HREDRAW and CS_VREDRAW flags from the + sndclass.style. +- Some parts of the window were drawn in grey, instead of using the color from + the user color scheme. +- Dropping a file on gvim didn't activate the window. +- When there is no menu ('guioptions' excludes 'm'), never use the ALT key for + it. + +GUI: When resizing the window, would make the window height a bit smaller. +Now round off to the nearest char cell size. (Negri) + +In Vi the ")" and "(" commands don't stop at a single space after a dot. +Added 'J' flag in 'cpoptions' to make this behave Vi compatible. (Roemer) + +When saving a session without any buffers loaded, there would be a ":normal" +command without arguments in it. (Webb) + +Memory leaks fixed: (Madsen) +- eval.c: forgot to release func structure when func deleted +- ex_docmd.c: forgot to release string after "<sfile>" +- misc1.c: leak when completion pattern had no matches. +- os_unix.c: forgot to release regexp after file completions + +Could crash when using a buffer without a name. (Madsen) +Could crash when doing file name completion, because of backslash_halve(). +(Madsen) + +":@a" would do mappings on register a, which is not Vi compatible. (Roemer) + +":g/foo.*()/s/foobar/_&/gc" worked fine, but then "n" searched for "foobar" +and displayed "/foo.*()". (Roemer) + +OS/2: get_cmd_output() was not included. Didn't check for $VIM/.vimrc file. + +Command line completion of options didn't work after "+=" and "-=". + +Unix configure: Test for memmove()/bcopy()/memcpy() tried redefining these +functions, which could fail if they are defined already. Use mch_memmove() to +redefine. + +Unix: ":let a = expand("`xterm`&")" started an xterm asynchronously, but +":let a = expand("`xterm&`")" generated an error message, because the +redirection was put after the '&'. + +Win32 GUI: Dialog buttons could not be selected properly with cursor keys, +when the default is not the first button. (Webb) + +The "File has changed since editing started" (when regaining focus) could not +always be seen. (Webb) + +When starting with "ex filename", the file message was overwritten with +the "entering Ex mode" message. + +Output of ":tselect" listed name of file directly from the tags file. Now it +is corrected for the position of the tags file. + +When 'backspace' is 0, could backspace over autoindent. Now it is no longer +allowed (Vi compatible). + +In Replace mode, when 'noexpandtab' and 'smarttab' were set, and inserting +Tabs, backspacing didn't work correctly for Tabs inserted at the start of the +line (unless 'sts' was set too). Also, when replacing the first non-blank +after which is a space, rounding the indent was done on the first non-blank +instead of on the character under the cursor. + +When 'sw' at 4, 'ts' at 8 and 'smarttab' set: When a tab was appended after +four spaces (they are replaced with a tab) couldn't backspace over the tab. + +In Insert mode, with 'bs' set to 0, couldn't backspace to before autoindent, +even when it was removed with CTRL-D. + +When repeating an insert command where a <BS>, <Left> or other key causes an +error, would flush buffers and remain in Insert mode. No longer flush +buffers, only beep and continue with the insert command. + +Dos and Win32 console: Setting t_me didn't work to get another color. Made +this works backwards compatible. + +For Turkish (LANG = "tr") uppercase 'i' is not an 'I'. Use ASCII uppercase +translation in vim_strup() to avoid language problems. (Komur) + +Unix: Use usleep() or nanosleep() for mch_delay() when available. Hopefully +this avoids a hangup in select(0, ..) for Solaris 2.6. + +Vim would crash when using a script file with 'let &sp = "| tee"', starting +vim with "vim -u test", then doing ":set sp=". The P_WAS_SET flag wasn't set +for a string option, could cause problems with any string option. + +When using "cmd | vim -", stdin is not a terminal. This gave problems with +GPM (Linux console mouse) and when executing external commands. Now close +stdin and re-open it as a copy of stderr. + +Syntax highlighting: A "nextgroup" item was not properly stored in the state +list. This caused missing of next groups when not redrawing from start to +end, but starting halfway. + +Didn't check for valid values of 'ttymouse'. + +When executing an external command from the GUI, waiting for the child to +terminate might not work, causing a hang. (Parmelan) + +"make uninstall" didn't delete the vimrc_example.vim and gvimrc_example.vim +files and the vimtutor. + +Win32: "expand("%:p:h")" with no buffer name removed the directory name. +"fnamemodify("", ":p")" did not add a trailing slash, fname_case() removed it. + +Fixed: When 'hlsearch' was set and the 'c' flag was not in 'cpoptions': +highlighting was not correct. Now overlapping matches are handled correctly. + +Athena, Motif and GTK GUI: When started without focus, cursor was shown as if +with focus. + +Don't include 'shellpipe' when compiled without quickfix, it's not used. +Don't include 'dictionary' option when compiled without the +insert_expand +feature. +Only include the 'shelltype' option for the Amiga. + +When making a change to a line, with 'hlsearch' on, causing it to wrap, while +executing a register, the screen would not be updated correctly. This was a +generic problem in update_screenline() being called while must_redraw is +VALID. + +Using ":bdelete" in a BufUnload autocommand could cause a crash. The window +height was added to another window twice in close_window(). + +Win32 GUI: When removing a menu item, the tearoff wasn't updated. (Negri) + +Some performance bottlenecks removed. Allocating memory was not efficient. +For Win32 checking for available memory was slow, don't check it every time +now. On NT obtaining the user name takes a long time, cache the result (for +all systems). + +fnamemodify() with an argument ":~:." or ":.:~" didn't work properly. + +When editing a new file and exiting, the marks for the buffer were not saved +in the viminfo file. + +":confirm only" didn't put up a dialog. + +These text objects didn't work when 'selection' was "exclusive": va( vi( va{ +vi{ va< vi< vi[ va[. + +The dialog for writing a readonly file didn't have a valid default. (Negri) + +The line number used for error messages when sourcing a file was reset when +modelines were inspected. It was wrong when executing a function. + +The file name and line number for an error message wasn't displayed when it +was the same as for the last error, even when this was long ago. Now reset +the name/lnum after a hit-enter prompt. + +In a session file, a "%" in a file name caused trouble, because fprintf() was +used to write it to the file. + +When skipping statements, a mark in an address wasn't skipped correctly: +"ka|if 0|'ad|else|echo|endif". (Roemer) + +":wall" could overwrite a not-edited file without asking. + +GUI: When $DISPLAY was not set or starting the GUI failed in another way, the +console mode then started with wrong colors and skipped initializations. Now +do an early check if the GUI can be started. Don't source the menu.vim or +gvimrc when it will not. Also do normal terminal initializations if the GUI +might not start. + +When using a BufEnter autocommand to position the cursor and scroll the +window, the cursor was always put at the last used line and halfway the window +anyhow. + +When 'wildmode' was set to "longest,list:full", ":e *.c<Tab><Tab>" didn't list +the matches. Also avoid that listing after a "longest" lists the wrong +matches when the first expansion changed the string in front of the cursor. + +When using ":insert", ":append" or ":change" inside a while loop, was not able +to break out of it with a CTRL-C. + +Win32: ":e ." took an awful long time before an error message when used in +"C:\". Was caused by adding another backslash and then trying to get the full +name for "C:\\". + +":winpos -10 100" was working like ":winpos -10 -10", because a pointer was +not advanced past the '-' sign. + +When obtaining the value of a hidden option, would give an error message. Now +just use a zero value. + +OS/2: Was using argv[0], even though it was not a useful name. It could be +just "vim", found in the search path. + +Xterm: ":set columns=78" didn't redraw properly (when lines wrap/unwrap) until +after a delay of 'updatetime'. Didn't check for the size-changed signal. + +'scrollbind' didn't work in Insert mode. +Horizontal scrollbinding didn't always work for "0" and "$" commands (e.g., +when 'showcmd' was off). + +When compiled with minimal features but with GUI, switching on the mouse in an +xterm caused garbage, because the mouse codes were not recognized. Don't +enable the mouse when it can't be recognized. In the GUI it also didn't work, +the arguments to the mouse code were not interpreted. + +When 'showbreak' used, in Insert mode, when the cursor is just after the last +character in the line, which is also the in the rightmost column, the cursor +position would be like the 'showbreak' string is shown, but it wasn't. + +Autocommands could move the cursor in a new file, so that CTRL-W i didn't show +the right line. Same for when using a filemark to jump to another file. + +When redefining the argument list, the title used for other windows could be +showing the wrong info about the position in the argument list. Also update +this for a ":split" command without arguments. + +When editing file 97 of 13, ":Next" didn't work. Now it goes to the last +file in the argument list. + +Insert mode completion (for dictionaries or included files) could not be +interrupted by typing an <Esc>. Could get hit-enter prompt after line +completion, or whenever the informative message would get too long. + +When using the ":edit" command to re-edit the same file, an autocommand to +jump to the last cursor position caused the cursor to move. Now set the last +used cursor position to avoid this. + +When 'comments' has a part that starts with white space, formatting the +comment didn't work. + +At the ":tselect" prompt Normal mode mappings were used. That has been +disabled. + +When 'selection' is not "old", some commands still didn't allow the cursor +past the end-of-line in Visual mode. + +Athena: When a menu was deleted, it would appear again (but not functional) +when adding another menu. Now they don't reappear anymore (although they are +not really deleted either). + +Borland C++ 4.x had an optimizer problem in fill_breakat_flags(). (Negri) + +"ze" didn't work when 'number' was on. (Davis) + +Win32 GUI: Intellimouse code didn't work properly on Windows 98. (Robinson) + +A few files were including proto.h a second time, after vim.h had already done +that, which could cause problems with the vim_realloc() macro. + +Win32 console: <M-x> or ALT-x was not recognized. Also keypad '+', '-' and +'*'. (Negri) +MS-DOS: <M-x> didn't work, produced a two-byte code. Now the alphabetic and +number keys work. (Negri) + +When finding a lot of matches for a tag completion, the check for avoiding +double matches could take a lot of time. Add a line_breakcheck() to be able +to interrupt this. (Deshpande) + +When the command line was getting longer than the screen, the more-prompt +would be given regularly, and the cursor position would be wrong. Now only +show the part of the command line that fits on the screen and force the cursor +to be positioned on the visible part. There can be text after the cursor +which isn't editable. + +At the more prompt and with the console dialog, a cursor key was interpreted +as <Esc> and OA. Now recognize special keys in get_keystroke(). Ignore mouse +and scrollbar events. + +When typing a BS after inserting a middle comment leader, typing the last char +of the end comment leader still changed it into the end comment leader. (Webb) + +When a file system is full, writing to a swap file failed. Now first try to +write one block to the file. Try next entry in 'dir' if it fails. + +When "~" is in 'whichwrap', doing "~" on last char of a line didn't update the +display. + +Unix: Expanding wildcards for ":file {\\}" didn't work, because "\}" was +translated to "}" before the shell got it. Now don't remove backslashes when +wildcards are going to be expanded. + +Unix: ":e /tmp/$uid" didn't work. When expanding environment variables in a +file name doesn't work, use the shell to expand the file name. ":e /tmp/$tty" +still doesn't work though. + +"make test" didn't always work on DOS/Windows for test30, because it depended +on the external "echo" command. + +The link.sh script used "make" instead of $MAKE from the Makefile. Caused +problems for generating pathdef.c when "make" doesn't work properly. + +On versions that can do console and GUI: In the console a typed CSI code could +cause trouble. + +The patterns in expression evaluation didn't ignore the 'l' flag in +'cpoptions'. This broke the working of <CR> in the options window. + +When 'hls' off and 'ai' on, "O<Esc>" did remove the indent, but it was still +highlighted red for trailing space. + +Win32 GUI: Dropping an encrypted file on a running gvim didn't work right. Vim +would loop while outputting "*" characters. vgetc() was called recursively, +thus it returns NUL. Added safe_vgetc(), which reads input directly from the +user in this situation. + +While reading text from stdin, only an empty screen was shown. Now show that +Vim is reading from stdin. + +The cursor shape wasn't set properly when returning to Insert mode, after +using a CTRL-O /asdf command which fails. It would be OK after a few seconds. +Now it's OK right away. + +The 'isfname' default for DOS/Windows didn't include the '@' character. File +names that contained "dir\@file" could not be edited. + +Win32 console: <C-S-Left> could cause a crash when compiled with Borland or +egcs. (Aaron) + +Unix and VMS: "#if HAVE_DIRENT_H" caused problems for some compilers. Use +"#ifdef HAVE_DIRENT_H" instead. (Jones) + +When a matching tag is in the current file but has a search pattern that +doesn't match, the cursor would jump to the first line. + +Unix: Dependencies for pty.c were not included in Makefile. Dependency of +ctags/config.h was not included (only matters for parallel make). + +Removed a few Uninitialized Memory Reads (potential crashes). In do_call() +calling clear_var() when not evaluating. In win32_expandpath() and +dos_expandpath() calling backslash_halve() past the end of a file name. + +Removed memory leaks: Set_vim_var_string() never freed the value. The +next_list for a syntax keyword was never freed. + +On non-Unix systems, using a file name with wildcards without a match would +silently fail. E.g., ":e *.sh". Now give a "No match" error message. + +The life/life.mac, urm/urm.mac and hanoi/hanoi.mac files were not recognized +as Vim scripts. Renamed them to *.vim. + +[Note: some numbered patches are not relevant when upgrading from version 5.3, +they have been removed] + +Patch 5.4m.1 +Problem: When editing a file with a long name, would get the hit-enter + prompt, even though all settings are such that the name should be + truncated to avoid that. filemess() was printing the file name + without truncating it. +Solution: Truncate the message in filemess(). Use the same code as for + msg_trunc_attr(), which is moved to the new function + msg_may_trunc(). +Files: src/message.c, src/proto/message.pro, src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.4m.3 +Problem: The Motif libraries were not found by configure for Digital Unix. +Solution: Add "/usr/shlib" to the search path. (Andy Kahn) +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure + +Patch 5.4m.5 +Problem: Win32 GUI: When using the Save-As menu entry and selecting an + existing file in the file browser, would get a dialog to confirm + overwriting twice. (Ed Krall) +Solution: Removed the dialog from the file browser. It would be nicer to + set the "forceit" flag and skip Vim's ":confirm" dialog, but it + requires quite a few changes to do that. +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.4m.6 +Problem: Win32 GUI: When reading text from stdin, e.g., "cat foo | gvim -", + a message box would pop up with "-stdin-" (when exiting). (Michael + Schaap) +Solution: Don't switch off termcap mode for versions that are GUI-only. + They use another terminal to read from stdin. +Files: src/main.c, src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.4m.7 +Problem: Unix: running configure with --enable-gtk-check, + --enable-motif-check, --enable-athena-check or --enable-gtktest + had the reverse effect. (Thomas Koehler) +Solution: Use $enable_gtk_check variable correctly in AC_ARG_ENABLE(). +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure + +Patch 5.4m.9 +Problem: Multi-byte: With wrapping lines, the cursor was sometimes 2 + characters to the left. Syntax highlighting was wrong when a + double-byte character was split for a wrapping line. When + 'showbreak' was on the splitting also didn't work. +Solution: Adjust getvcol() and win_line(). (Chong-Dae Park) +Files: src/charset.c, src/screen.c + +Patch 5.4m.11 +Problem: The ":call" command didn't check for illegal trailing characters. + (Stefan Roemer) +Solution: Add the check in do_call(). +Files: src/eval.c + +Patch 5.4m.13 +Problem: With the ":s" command: + 1. When performing a substitute command, the mouse would be + disabled and enabled for every substitution. + 2. The cursor position could be beyond the end of the line. + Calling line_breakcheck() could try to position the cursor, + which causes a crash in the Win32 GUI. + 3. When using ":s" in a ":g" command, the cursor was not put on + the first non-white in the line. + 4. There was a hit-enter prompt when confirming the substitution + and the replacement was a bit longer. +Solution: 1. Only disable/enable the mouse when asking for confirmation. + 2. Always put the cursor on the first character, it is going to be + moved to the first non-blank anyway. + Don't use the cursor position in gui_mch_draw_hollow_cursor(), + get the character from the screen buffer. + 3. Added global_need_beginline flag to call beginline() after ":g" + has finished all substitutions. + 4. Clear the need_wait_return flag after prompting the user. +Files: src/ex_cmds.c, src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.4m.14 +Problem: When doing "vim xxx", ":opt", ":only" and then ":e xxx" we end + up with two swapfiles for "xxx". That is caused by the ":bdel" + command which is executed when unloading the option-window. + Also, there was no check if closing a buffer made the new one + invalid, this could cause a crash. +Solution: When closing a buffer causes the current buffer to be deleted, + use the new buffer to replace it. Also detect that the new buffer + has become invalid as a side effect of closing the current one. + Make autocommand that calls ":bdel" in optwin.vim nested, so that + the buffer loading it triggers also executes autocommands. + Also added a test for this in test13. +Files: runtime/optwin.vim, src/buffer.c, src/ex_cmds.c, src/globals.h + src/testdir/test13.in, src/testdir/test13.ok + +Patch 5.4m.15 +Problem: When using a BufEnter autocommand to reload the syntax file, + conversion to HTML caused a crash. (Sung-Hyun Nam) +Solution: When using ":syntax clear" the current stack of syntax items was + not cleared. This will cause memory to be used that has already + been freed. Added call to invalidate_current_state() in + syntax_clear(). +Files: src/syntax.c + +Patch 5.4m.17 +Problem: When omitting a ')' in an expression it would not be seen as a + failure. + When detecting an error inside (), there would be an error message + for a missing ')' too. + When using ":echo 1+|echo 2" there was no error message. (Roemer) + When using ":exe 1+" there was no error message. + When using ":return 1+" there was no error message. +Solution: Fix do_echo(), do_execute() and do_return() to give an error + message when eval1() returns FAIL. + Fix eval6() to handle trailing ')' correctly and return FAIL when + it's missing. +Files: src/eval.c + +Patch 5.4m.18 +Problem: When using input() from inside an expression entered with + "CTRL-R =" on the command line, there could be a crash. And the + resulting command line was wrong. +Solution: Added getcmdline_prompt(), which handles recursive use of + getcmdline() correctly. It also sets the command line prompt. + Removed cmdline_prompt(). Also use getcmdline_prompt() for + getting the crypt key in get_crypt_key(). +Files: src/proto/ex_getln.pro, src/ex_getln.c, src/eval.c, src/misc2.c + +Patch 5.4m.21 +Problem: When starting up, the screen structures were first allocated at + the minimal size, then initializations were done with Rows + possibly different from screen_Rows. Caused a crash in rare + situations (GTK with XIM and fontset). +Solution: Call screenalloc() in main() only after calling ui_get_winsize(). + Also avoids a potential delay because of calling screenclear() + while "starting" is non-zero. +Files: src/main.c + +Patch 5.4m.22 +Problem: In the GUI it was possible that the screen was resized and the + screen structures re-allocated while redrawing the screen. This + could cause a crash (hard to reproduce). The call sequence goes + through update_screen() .. syntax_start() .. ui_breakcheck() .. + gui_resize_window() .. screenalloc(). +Solution: Set updating_screen while redrawing. If the window is resized + remember the new size and handle it only after redrawing is + finished. + This also fixes that resizing the screen while still redrawing + (slow syntax highlighting) would not work properly. + Also disable display_hint, it was never used. +Files: src/globals.h, src/gui.c, src/screen.c, src/proto/gui.pro + +Patch 5.4m.23 +Problem: When using expand("<cword>") when there was no word under the + cursor, would get an error message. Same for <cWORD> and <cfile>. +Solution: Don't give an error message, return an empty string. +Files: src/eval.c + +Patch 5.4m.24 +Problem: ":help \|" didn't find anything. It was translated to "/\\|". +Solution: Translate "\|" into "\\bar". First check the table for specific + translations before checking for "\x". +Files: src/ex_cmds.c + +Patch 5.4m.25 +Problem: Unix: When using command line completion on files that contain + ''', '"' or '|' the file name could not be used. + Adding this file name to the Buffers menu caused an error message. +Solution: Insert a backslash before these three characters. + Adjust Mungename() function to insert a backslash before '|'. +Files: src/ex_getln.c, runtime/menu.vim + +Patch 5.4m.26 +Problem: When using a mapping of two function keys, e.g., <F1><F1>, and + only the first char of the second key has been read, the mapping + would not be recognized. Noticed on some Unix systems with xterm. +Solution: Add 'K' flag to 'cpoptions' to wait for the whole key code, even + when halfway a mapping. +Files: src/option.h, src/term.c + +Patch 5.4m.27 +Problem: When making test33 without the lisp feature it hangs. Interrupting + the execution of the script then might cause a crash. +Solution: In inchar(), after closing a script, don't use buf[] anymore. + closescript() has freed typebuf[] and buf[] might be pointing + inside typebuf[]. + Avoid that test33 hangs when the lisp feature is missing. +Files: src/getchar.c src/testdir/test33.in + +"os2" was missing from the feature list. Useful for has("os2"). + +BeOS: +- Included patches from Richard Offer for BeOS R4.5. +- menu code didn't work right. Crashed in the Buffers menu. The window title + wasn't set. (Offer) + +Patch 5.4n.3 +Problem: C-indenting was wrong after " } else". The white space was not + skipped. Visible when 'cino' has "+10". +Solution: Skip white space before calling cin_iselse(). (Norbert Zeh) +Files: src/misc1.c + +Patch 5.4n.4 +Problem: When the 't' flag in 'cpoptions' is included, after a + ":nohlsearch" the search highlighting would not be enabled again + after a tag search. (Norbert Zeh) +Solution: When setting the new search pattern in jumpto_tag(), don't restore + no_hlsearch. +Files: src/tag.c + +Patch 5.4n.5 +Problem: When using ":normal" from a CursorHold autocommand Vim hangs. The + autocommand is executed down from vgetc(). Calling vgetc() + recursively to execute the command doesn't work then. +Solution: Forbid the use of ":normal" when vgetc_busy is set. Give an error + message when this happens. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c, runtime/doc/autocmd.txt + +Patch 5.4n.6 +Problem: "gv" could reselect a Visual that starts and/or ends past the end + of a line. (Robert Webb) +Solution: Check that the start and end of the Visual area are on a valid + character by calling adjust_cursor(). +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.4n.8 +Problem: When a mark was on a non existing line (e.g., when the .viminfo + was edited), jumping to it caused ml_get errors. (Alexey + Marinichev). +Solution: Added check_cursor_lnum() in nv_gomark(). +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.4n.9 +Problem: ":-2" moved the cursor to a negative line number. (Ralf Schandl) +Solution: Give an error message for a negative line number. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + +Patch 5.4n.10 +Problem: Win32 GUI: At the hit-enter prompt, it was possible to scroll the + text. This erased the prompt and made Vim look like it is in + Normal mode, while it is actually still waiting for a <CR>. +Solution: Disallow scrolling at the hit-enter prompt for systems that use + on the fly scrolling. +Files: src/message.c + +Patch 5.4n.14 +Problem: Win32 GUI: When using ":winsize 80 46" and the height is more than + what fits on the screen, the window size was made smaller than + asked for (that's OK) and Vim crashed (that's not OK)> +Solution: Call check_winsize() from gui_set_winsize() to resize the windows. +Files: src/gui.c + +Patch 5.4n.16 +Problem: Win32 GUI: The <F10> key both selected the menu and was handled as + a key hit. +Solution: Apply 'winaltkeys' to <F10>, like it is used for Alt keys. +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.4n.17 +Problem: Local buffer variables were freed when the buffer is unloaded. + That's not logical, since options are not freed. (Ron Aaron) +Solution: Free local buffer variables only when deleting the buffer. +Files: src/buffer.c + +Patch 5.4n.19 +Problem: Doing ":e" (without argument) in an option-window causes trouble. + The mappings for <CR> and <Space> are not removed. When there is + another buffer loaded, the swap file for it gets mixed up. + (Steve Mueller) +Solution: Also remove the mappings at the BufUnload event, if they are still + present. + When re-editing the same file causes the current buffer to be + deleted, don't try editing it. + Also added a test for this situation. +Files: runtime/optwin.vim, src/ex_cmds.c, src/testdir/test13.in, + src/testdir/test13.ok + +Patch 5.4n.24 +Problem: BeOS: configure never enabled the GUI, because $with_x was "no". + Unix prototypes caused problems, because Display and Widget are + undefined. + Freeing fonts on exit caused a crash. +Solution: Only disable the GUI when $with_x is "no" and $BEOS is not "yes". + Add dummy defines for Display and Widget in proto.h. + Don't free the fonts in gui_exit() for BeOS. +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure, src/proto.h, src/gui.c. + + +The runtime/vim48x48.xpm icon didn't have a transparent background. (Schild) + +Some versions of the mingw32/egcs compiler didn't have WINBASEAPI defined. +(Aaron) + +VMS: +- mch_setenv() had two arguments instead of three. +- The system vimrc and gvimrc files were called ".vimrc" and ".gvimrc". + Removed the dot. +- call to RealWaitForChar() had one argument too many. (Campbell) +- WaitForChar() is static, removed the prototype from proto/os_vms.pro. +- Many file accesses failed, because Unix style file names were used. + Translate file names to VMS style by using vim_fopen(). +- Filtering didn't work, because the temporary file name was generated wrong. +- There was an extra newline every 9192 characters when writing a file. Work + around it by writing line by line. (Campbell) +- os_vms.c contained "# typedef int DESC". Should be "typedef int DESC;". + Only mattered for generating prototypes. +- Added file name translation to many places. Made easy by defining macros + mch_access(), mch_fopen(), mch_fstat(), mch_lstat() and mch_stat(). +- Set default for 'tagbsearch' to off, because binary tag searching apparently + doesn't work for VMS. +- make mch_get_host_name() work with /dec and /standard=vaxc. (Campbell) + + +Patch 5.4o.2 +Problem: Crash when using "gf" on "file.c://comment here". (Scott Graham) +Solution: Fix wrong use of pointers in get_file_name_in_path(). +Files: src/window.c + +Patch 5.4o.3 +Problem: The horizontal scrollbar was not sized correctly when 'number' is + set and 'wrap' not set. + Athena: Horizontal scrollbar wasn't updated when the cursor was + positioned with a mouse click just after dragging. +Solution: Subtract 8 from the size when 'number' set and 'wrap' not set. + Reset gui.dragged_sb when a mouse click is received. +Files: src/gui.c + +Patch 5.4o.4 +Problem: When running in an xterm and $WINDOWID is set to an illegal value, + Vim would exit with "Vim: Got X error". +Solution: When using the display which was opened for the xterm clipboard, + check if x11_window is valid by trying to obtain the window title. + Also add a check in setup_xterm_clip(), for when using X calls to + get the pointer position in an xterm. +Files: src/os_unix.c + +Patch 5.4o.5 +Problem: Motif version with Lesstif: When removing the menubar and then + using a menu shortcut key, Vim would crash. (raf) +Solution: Disable the menu mnemonics when the menu bar is removed. +Files: src/gui_motif.c + +Patch 5.4o.9 +Problem: The DOS install.exe program used the "move" program. That doesn't + work on Windows NT, where "move" is internal to cmd.exe. +Solution: Don't use an external program for moving the executables. Use C + functions to copy the file and delete the original. +Files: src/dosinst.c + +Motif and Athena obtained the status area height differently from GTK. Moved +status_area_enabled from global.h to gui_x11.c and call +xim_get_status_area_height() to get the status area height. + +Patch 5.4p.1 +Problem: When using auto-select, and the "gv" command is used, would not + always obtain ownership of the selection. Caused by the Visual + area still being the same, but ownership taken away by another + program. +Solution: Reset the clipboard Visual mode to force updating the selection. +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.4p.2 +Problem: Motif and Athena with XIM: Typing 3-byte + <multibyte><multibyte><space> doesn't work correctly with Ami XIM. +Solution: Avoid using key_sym XK_VoidSymbol. (Nam) +Files: src/multbyte.c, src/gui_x11.c + +Patch 5.4p.4 +Problem: Win32 GUI: The scrollbar values were reduced for a file with more + than 32767 lines. But this info was kept global for all + scrollbars, causing a mixup between the windows. + Using the down arrow of a scrollbar in a large file didn't work. + Because of round-off errors there is no scroll at all. +Solution: Give each scrollbar its own scroll_shift field. When the down + arrow is used, scroll several lines. +Files: src/gui.h, src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.4p.5 +Problem: When changing buffers in a BufDelete autocommand, there could be + ml_line errors and/or a crash. (Schandl) Was caused by deleting + the current buffer. +Solution: When the buffer to be deleted unexpectedly becomes the current + buffer, don't delete it. + Also added a check for this in test13. +Files: src/buffer.c, src/testdir/test13.in, src/testdir/test13.ok + +Patch 5.4p.7 +Problem: Win32 GUI: When using 'mousemodel' set to "popup_setpos" and + clicking the right mouse button outside of the selected area, the + selected area wasn't removed until the popup menu has gone. + (Aaron) +Solution: Set the cursor and update the display before showing the popup + menu. +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.4p.8 +Problem: The generated bugreport didn't contain information about + $VIMRUNTIME and whether runtime files actually exist. +Solution: Added a few checks to the bugreport script. +Files: runtime/bugreport.vim + +Patch 5.4p.9 +Problem: The windows install.exe created a wrong entry in the popup menu. + The "%1" was "". The full directory was included, even when the + executable had been moved elsewhere. (Ott) +Solution: Double the '%' to get one from printf. Only include the path to + gvim.exe when it wasn't moved and it's not in $PATH. +Files: src/dosinst.c + +Patch 5.4p.10 +Problem: Win32: On top of 5.4p.9: The "Edit with Vim" entry sometimes used + a short file name for a directory. +Solution: Change the "%1" to "%L" in the registry entry. +Files: src/dosinst.c + +Patch 5.4p.11 +Problem: Motif, Athena and GTK: When closing the GUI window when there is a + changed buffer, there was only an error message and Vim would not + exit. +Solution: Put up a dialog, like for ":confirm qa". Uses the code that was + already used for MS-Windows. +Files: src/gui.c, src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.4p.12 +Problem: Win32: Trying to expand a string that is longer than 256 + characters could cause a crash. (Steed) +Solution: For the buffer in win32_expandpath() don't use a fixed size array, + allocate it. +Files: src/os_win32.c + +MSDOS: Added "-Wall" to Makefile.djg compile flags. Function prototypes for +fname_case() and mch_update_cursor() were missing. "fd" was unused in +mf_sync(). "puiLocation" was unused in myputch(). "newcmd" unused in +mch_call_shell() for DJGPP version. + +============================================================================== +VERSION 5.5 *version-5.5* + +Version 5.5 is a bug-fix version of 5.4. + + +Changed *changed-5.5* +------- + +The DJGPP version is now compiled with "-O2" instead of "-O4" to reduce the +size of the executables. + +Moved the src/STYLE file to runtime/doc/develop.txt. Added the design goals +to it. + +'backspace' is now a string option. See patch 5.4.15. + + +Added *added-5.5* +----- + +Included Exuberant Ctags version 3.3. (Darren Hiebert) + +In runtime/mswin.vim, map CTRL-Q to CTRL-V, so that CTRL-Q can be used +everywhere to do what CTRL-V used to do. + +Support for decompression of bzip2 files in vimrc_example.vim. + +When a patch is included, the patch number is entered in a table in version.c. +This allows skipping a patch without breaking a next one. + +Support for mouse scroll wheel in X11. See patch 5.5a.14. + +line2byte() can be used to get the size of the buffer. See patch 5.4.35. + +The CTRL-R CTRL-O r and CTRL-R CTRL-P r commands in Insert mode are used to +insert a register literally. See patch 5.4.48. + +Uninstall program for MS-Windows. To be able to remove the registry entries +for "Edit with Vim". It is registered to be run from the "Add/Remove +programs" application. See patch 5.4.x7. + + +Fixed *fixed-5.5* +----- + +When using vimrc_example.vim: An error message when the cursor is on a line +higher than the number of lines in the compressed file. Move the autocommand +for jumping to the last known cursor position to after the decompressing +autocommands. + +":mkexrc" and ":mksession" wrote the current value of 'textmode'. That may +mark a file as modified, which causes problems. This is a buffer-specific +setting, it should not affect all files. + +"vim --version" wrote two empty lines. + +Unix: The alarm signal could kill Vim. It is generated by the Perl alarm() +function. Ignore SIGALRM. + +Win32 GUI: Toolbar still had the yellow bitmap for running a Vim script. + +BeOS: "tmo" must be bigtime_t, instead of double. (Seibert) + +Patch 5.4.1 +Problem: Test11 fails when $GZIP is set to "-v". (Matthew Jackson) +Solution: Set $GZIP to an empty string. +Files: src/testdir/test11.in + +Patch 5.4.2 +Problem: Typing <Esc> at the crypt key prompt caused a crash. (Kallingal) +Solution: Check for a NULL pointer returned from get_crypt_key(). +Files: src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.4.3 +Problem: Python: Trying to use the name of an unnamed buffer caused a + crash. (Daniel Burrows) +Solution: Check for b_fname being a NULL pointer. +Files: src/if_python.c + +Patch 5.4.4 +Problem: Win32: When compiled without toolbar, but the 'T' flag is in + 'guioptions', there would be an empty space for the toolbar. +Solution: Add two #ifdefs where checking for the 'T' flag. (Vince Negri) +Files: src/gui.c + +Patch 5.4.5 +Problem: Athena GUI: Using the Buffers.Refresh menu entry caused a crash. + Looks like any ":unmenu" command may cause trouble. +Solution: Disallow ":unmenu" in the Athena version. Disable the Buffers + menu, because the Refresh item would not work. +Files: src/menu.c, runtime/menu.vim + +Patch 5.4.6 +Problem: GTK GUI: Using ":gui" in the .gvimrc file caused an error. Only + happens when the GUI forks. +Solution: Don't fork in a recursive call of gui_start(). +Files: src/gui.c + +Patch 5.4.7 +Problem: Typing 'q' at the more prompt for the ATTENTION message causes the + file loading to be interrupted. (Will Day) +Solution: Reset got_int after showing the ATTENTION message. +Files: src/memline.c + +Patch 5.4.8 +Problem: Edit some file, ":he", ":opt": options from help window are shown, + but pressing space updates from the other window. (Phillipps) + Also: When there are changes in the option-window, ":q!" gives an + error message. +Solution: Before creating the option-window, go to a non-help window. + Use ":bdel!" to delete the buffer. +Files: runtime/optwin.vim + +Patch 5.4.9 + Just updates version.h. The real patch has been moved to 5.4.x1. + This patch is just to keep the version number correct. + +Patch 5.4.10 +Problem: GTK GUI: When $DISPLAY is invalid, "gvim -f" just exits. It + should run in the terminal. +Solution: Use gtk_init_check() instead of gtk_init(). +Files: src/gui_gtk_x11.c + +Patch 5.4.11 +Problem: When using the 'S' flag in 'cpoptions', 'tabstop' is not copied to + the next buffer for some commands, e.g., ":buffer". +Solution: When the BCO_NOHELP flag is given to buf_copy_options(), still + copy the options used by do_help() when neither the "from" or "to" + buffer is a help buffer. +Files: src/option.c + +Patch 5.4.12 +Problem: When using 'smartindent', there would be no extra indent if the + current line did not have any indent already. (Hanus Adler) +Solution: There was a wrongly placed "else", that previously matched with + the "if" that set trunc_line. Removed the "else" and added a + check for trunc_line to be false. +Files: src/misc1.c + +Patch 5.4.13 +Problem: New SGI C compilers need another option for optimisation. +Solution: Add a check in configure for "-OPT:Olimit". (Chin A Young) +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure + +Patch 5.4.14 +Problem: Motif GUI: When the popup menu is present, a tiny window appears + on the desktop for some users. +Solution: Set the menu widget ID for a popup menu to 0. (Thomas Koehler) +Files: src/gui_motif.c + +Patch 5.4.15 +Problem: Since 'backspace' set to 0 has been made Vi compatible, it is no + longer possible to only allow deleting autoindent. +Solution: Make 'backspace' a list of parts, to allow each kind of + backspacing separately. +Files: src/edit.c, src/option.c, src/option.h, src/proto/option.pro, + runtime/doc/option.txt, runtime/doc/insert.txt + +Patch 5.4.16 +Problem: Multibyte: Locale zh_TW.Big5 was not checked for in configure. +Solution: Add zh_TW.Big5 to configure check. (Chih-Tsun Huang) +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure + +Patch 5.4.17 +Problem: GUI: When started from inside gvim with ":!gvim", Vim would not + start. ":!gvim -f" works fine. +Solution: After forking, wait a moment in the parent process, to give the + child a chance to set its process group. +Files: src/gui.c + +Patch 5.4.18 +Problem: Python: The clear_history() function also exists in a library. +Solution: Rename clear_history() to clear_hist(). +Files: src/ex_getln.c, src/eval.c, src/proto/ex_getln.pro + +Patch 5.4.19 +Problem: In a terminal with 25 lines, there is a more prompt after the + ATTENTION message. When hitting 'q' here the dialog prompt + doesn't appear and file loading is interrupted. (Will Day) +Solution: Don't allow quitting the printing of a message for the dialog + prompt. Added the msg_noquit_more flag for this. +Files: src/message.c + +Patch 5.4.20 +Problem: GTK: When starting gvim, would send escape sequences to the + terminal to switch the cursor off and on. +Solution: Don't call msg_start() if the GUI is expected to start. +Files: src/main.c + +Patch 5.4.21 +Problem: Motif: Toplevel menu ordering was wrong when using tear-off items. +Solution: Don't add one to the index for a toplevel menu. +Files: src/gui_motif.c + +Patch 5.4.22 +Problem: In Insert mode, <C-Left>, <S-Left>, <C-Right> and <S-Right> didn't + update the column used for vertical movement. +Solution: Set curwin->w_set_curswant for those commands. +Files: src/edit.c + +Patch 5.4.23 +Problem: When a Visual selection is lost to another program, and then the + same text is Visually selected again, the clipboard ownership + wasn't regained. +Solution: Set clipboard.vmode to NUL to force regaining the clipboard. +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.4.24 +Problem: Encryption: When using ":r file" while 'key' has already entered, + the 'key' option would be messed up. When writing the file it + would be encrypted with an unknown key and lost! (Brad Despres) +Solution: Don't free cryptkey when it is equal to the 'key' option. +Files: src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.4.25 +Problem: When 'cindent' is set, but 'autoindent' isn't, comments are not + properly indented when starting a new line. (Mitterand) +Solution: When there is a comment leader for the new line, but 'autoindent' + isn't set, do C-indenting. +Files: src/misc1.c + +Patch 5.4.26 +Problem: Multi-byte: a multibyte character is never recognized in a file + name, causing a backslash before it to be removed on Windows. +Solution: Assume that a leading-byte character is a file name character in + vim_isfilec(). +Files: src/charset.c + +Patch 5.4.27 +Problem: Entries in the PopUp[nvic] menus were added for several modes, but + only deleted for the mode they were used for. This resulted in + the entry remaining in the PopUp menu. + When removing a PopUp[nvic] menu, the name had been truncated, + could result in greying-out the whole PopUp menu. +Solution: Remove entries for all modes from the PopUp[nvic] menus. Remove + the PopUp[nvic] menu entries first, before the name is changed. +Files: src/menu.c + +Patch 5.4.28 +Problem: When using a BufWritePre autocommand to change 'fileformat', the + new value would not be used for writing the file. +Solution: Check 'fileformat' after executing the autocommands instead of + before. +Files: src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.4.29 +Problem: Athena GUI: When removing the 'g' flag from 'guioptions', using a + menu can result in a crash. +Solution: Always grey-out menus for Athena, don't hide them. +Files: src/menu.c + +Patch 5.4.30 +Problem: BeOS: Suspending Vim with CTRL-Z didn't work (killed Vim). The + first character typed after ":sh" goes to Vim, instead of the + started shell. +Solution: Don't suspend Vim, start a new shell. Kill the async read thread + when starting a new shell. It will be restarted later. (Will Day) +Files: src/os_unix.c, src/ui.c + +Patch 5.4.31 +Problem: GUI: When 'mousefocus' is set, moving the mouse over where a + window boundary was, causes a hit-enter prompt to be finished. + (Jeff Walker) +Solution: Don't use 'mousefocus' at the hit-enter prompt. Also ignore it + for the more prompt and a few other situations. When an operator + is pending, abort it first. +Files: src/gui.c + +Patch 5.4.32 +Problem: Unix: $LDFLAGS was not passed to configure. +Solution: Pass $LDFLAGS to configure just like $CFLAGS. (Jon Miner) +Files: src/Makefile + +Patch 5.4.33 +Problem: Unix: After expanding an environment variable with the shell, the + next expansion would also use the shell, even though it is not + needed. +Solution: Reset "recursive" before returning from gen_expand_wildcards(). +Files: src/misc1.c + +Patch 5.4.34 (also see 5.4.x5) +Problem: When editing a file, and the file name is relative to a directory + above the current directory, the file name was made absolute. + (Gregory Margo) +Solution: Add an argument to shorten_fnames() which indicates if all file + names should be shortened, or only absolute names. In main() only + use shorten_fnames() to shorten absolute names. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c, src/fileio.c, src/main.c, src/proto/fileio.pro + +Patch 5.4.35 +Problem: There is no function to get the current file size. +Solution: Allow using line2byte() with the number of lines in the file plus + one. This returns the offset of the line past the end of the + file, which is the file size plus one. +Files: src/eval.c, runtime/doc/eval.txt + +Patch 5.4.36 +Problem: Comparing strings while ignoring case didn't work correctly for + some machines. (Mide Steed) +Solution: vim_stricmp() and vim_strnicmp() only returned 0 or 1. Changed + them to return -1 when the first argument is smaller. +Files: src/misc2.c + +Patch 5.4.37 (also see 5.4.40 and 5.4.43) +Problem: Long strings from the viminfo file are truncated. +Solution: When writing a long string to the viminfo file, first write a line + with the length, then the string itself in a second line. +Files: src/eval.c, src/ex_cmds.c, src/ex_getln.c, src/mark.c, src/ops.c, + src/search.c, src/proto/ex_cmds.pro, runtime/syntax/viminfo.vim + +Patch 5.4.38 +Problem: In the option-window, ":set go&" resulted in 'go' being handled + like a boolean option. + Mappings for <Space> and <CR> were overruled by the option-window. +Solution: When the value of an option isn't 0 or 1, don't handle it like a + boolean option. + Save and restore mappings for <Space> and <CR> when entering and + leaving the option-window. +Files: runtime/optwin.vim + +Patch 5.4.39 +Problem: When setting a hidden option, spaces before the equal sign were + not skipped and cause an error message. E.g., ":set csprg =cmd". +Solution: When skipping over a hidden option, check for a following "=val" + and skip it too. +Files: src/option.c + +Patch 5.4.40 (depends on 5.4.37) +Problem: Compiler error for "atol(p + 1)". (Axel Kielhorn) +Solution: Add a typecast: "atol((char *)p + 1)". +Files: src/ex_cmds.c + +Patch 5.4.41 +Problem: Some commands that were not included would give an error message, + even when after "if 0". +Solution: Don't give an error message for an unsupported command when not + executing the command. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + +Patch 5.4.42 +Problem: ":w" would also cause a truncated message to appear in the message + history. +Solution: Don't put a kept message in the message history when it starts + with "<". +Files: src/message.c + +Patch 5.4.43 (depends on 5.4.37) +Problem: Mixing long lines with multiple lines in a register causes errors + when writing the viminfo file. (Robinson) +Solution: When reading the viminfo file to skip register contents, skip + lines that start with "<". +Files: src/ops.c + +Patch 5.4.44 +Problem: When 'whichwrap' includes '~', a "~" command that goes on to the + next line cannot be properly undone. (Zellner) +Solution: Save each line for undo in n_swapchar(). +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.4.45 (also see 5.4.x8) +Problem: When expand("$ASDF") fails, there is an error message. +Solution: Remove the global expand_interactively. Pass a flag down to skip + the error message. + Also: expand("$ASDF") returns an empty string if $ASDF isn't set. + Previously it returned "$ASDF" when 'shell' is "sh". + Also: system() doesn't print an error when the command returns an + error code. +Files: many + +Patch 5.4.46 +Problem: Backspacing did not always use 'softtabstop' after hitting <CR>, + inserting a register, moving the cursor, etc. +Solution: Reset inserted_space much more often in edit(). +Files: src/edit.c + +Patch 5.4.47 +Problem: When executing BufWritePre or BufWritePost autocommands for a + hidden buffer, the cursor could be moved to a non-existing + position. (Vince Negri) +Solution: Save and restore the cursor and topline for the current window + when it is going to be used to execute autocommands for a hidden + buffer. Use an existing window for the buffer when it's not + hidden. +Files: src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.4.48 +Problem: A paste with the mouse in Insert mode was not repeated exactly the + same with ".". For example, when 'autoindent' is set and pasting + text with leading indent. (Perry) +Solution: Add the CTRL-R CTRL-O r and CTRL-R CTRL-P r commands in Insert + mode, which insert the contents of a register literally. +Files: src/edit.c, src/normal.c, runtime/doc/insert.txt + +Patch 5.4.49 +Problem: When pasting text with [ <MiddleMouse>, the cursor could end up + after the last character of the line. +Solution: Correct the cursor position for the change in indent. +Files: src/ops.c + +Patch 5.4.x1 (note: Replaces patch 5.4.9) +Problem: Win32 GUI: menu hints were never used, because WANT_MENU is not + defined until vim.h is included. +Solution: Move the #ifdef WANT_MENU from where MENUHINTS is defined to where + it is used. +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.4.x2 +Problem: BeOS: When pasting text, one character was moved to the end. +Solution: Re-enable the BeOS code in fill_input_buf(), and fix timing out + with acquire_sem_etc(). (Will Day) +Files: src/os_beos.c, src/ui.c + +Patch 5.4.x3 +Problem: Win32 GUI: When dropping a directory on a running gvim it crashes. +Solution: Avoid using a NULL file name. Also display a message to indicate + that the current directory was changed. +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.4.x4 +Problem: Win32 GUI: Removing an item from the popup menu doesn't work. +Solution: Don't remove the item from the menubar, but from the parent popup + menu. +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.4.x5 (addition to 5.4.34) +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.4.x6 +Problem: Win32: Expanding (dir)name starting with a dot doesn't work. + (McCormack) Only when there is a path before it. +Solution: Fix the check, done before expansion, if the file name pattern + starts with a dot. +Files: src/os_win32.c + +Patch 5.4.x7 +Problem: Win32 GUI: Removing "Edit with Vim" from registry is difficult. +Solution: Add uninstall program to remove the registry keys. It is installed + in the "Add/Remove programs" list for ease of use. + Also: don't set $VIM when the executable is with the runtime files. + Also: Add a text file with a step-by-step description of how to + uninstall Vim for DOS and Windows. +Files: src/uninstal.c, src/dosinst.c, src/Makefile.w32, uninstal.txt + +Patch 5.4.x8 (addition to 5.4.45) +Files: many + +Patch 5.4.x9 +Problem: Win32 GUI: After executing an external command, focus is not + always regained (when using focus-follows-mouse). +Solution: Add SetFocus() in mch_system(). (Mike Steed) +Files: src/os_win32.c + + +Patch 5.5a.1 +Problem: ":let @* = @:" did not work. The text was not put on the + I clipboard. (Fisher) +Solution: Own the clipboard and put the text on it. +Files: src/ops.c + +Patch 5.5a.2 +Problem: append() did not mark the buffer modified. Marks below the + new line were not adjusted. +Solution: Fix the f_append() function. +Files: src/eval.c + +Patch 5.5a.3 +Problem: Editing compressed ".gz" files doesn't work on non-Unix systems, + because there is no "mv" command. +Solution: Add the rename() function and use it instead of ":!mv". + Also: Disable the automatic jump to the last position, because it + changes the jumplist. +Files: src/eval.c, runtime/doc/eval.txt, runtime/vimrc_example.vim + +Patch 5.5a.4 +Problem: When using whole-line completion in insert mode while the cursor + is in the indent, get "out of memory" error. (Stekrt) +Solution: Don't allocate a negative amount of memory in ins_complete(). +Files: src/edit.c + +Patch 5.5a.5 +Problem: Win32: The 'path' option can hold only up to 256 characters, + because _MAX_PATH is 256. (Robert Webb) +Solution: Use a fixed path length of 1024. +Files: src/os_win32.h + +Patch 5.5a.6 +Problem: Compiling with gcc on Win32, using the Unix Makefile, didn't work. +Solution: Add $(SUFFIX) to all places where an executable is used. Also + pass it to ctags. (Reynolds) +Files: src/Makefile + +Patch 5.5a.7 +Problem: When using "cat | vim -" in an xterm, the xterm version reply + would end up in the file. +Solution: Read the file from stdin before switching the terminal to RAW + mode. Should also avoid problems with programs that use a + specific terminal setting. + Also: when using the GUI, print "Reading from stdin..." in the GUI + window, to give a hint why it doesn't do anything. +Files: src/main.c, src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.5a.8 +Problem: On multi-threaded Solaris, suspending doesn't work. +Solution: Call pause() when the SIGCONT signal was not received after + sending the SIGTSTP signal. (Nagano) +Files: src/os_unix.c + +Patch 5.5a.9 +Problem: 'winaltkeys' could be set to an empty argument, which is illegal. +Solution: Give an error message when doing ":set winaltkeys=". +Files: src/option.c + +Patch 5.5a.10 +Problem: Win32 console: Using ALTGR on a German keyboard to produce "}" + doesn't work, because the 8th bit is set when ALT is pressed. +Solution: Don't set the 8th bit when ALT and CTRL are used. (Leipert) +Files: src/os_win32.c + +Patch 5.5a.11 +Problem: Tcl: Configure always uses tclsh8.0. + Also: Loading a library doesn't work. +Solution: Add "--with-tclsh" configure argument to allow specifying another + name for the tcl shell. + Call Tcl_Init() in tclinit() to make loading libraries work. + (Johannes Zellner) +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure, src/if_tcl.c + +Patch 5.5a.12 +Problem: The "user_commands" feature is called "user-commands". +Solution: Replace "user-commands" with "user_commands". (Kim Sung-bom) + Keep "user-commands" for the has() function, to remain backwards + compatible with 5.4. +Files: src/eval.c, src/version.c + +Patch 5.5a.13 +Problem: OS/2: When $HOME is not defined, "C:/" is used for the viminfo + file. That is very wrong when OS/2 is on another partition. +Solution: Use $VIM for the viminfo file when it is defined, like for MSDOS. + Also: Makefile.os2 didn't depend on os_unix.h. +Files: src/os_unix.h, src/Makefile.os2 + +Patch 5.5a.14 +Problem: Athena, Motif and GTK: The Mouse scroll wheel doesn't work. +Solution: Interpret a click of the wheel as a key press of the <MouseDown> + or <MouseUp> keys. Default behavior is to scroll three lines, or + a full page when Shift is used. +Files: src/edit.c, src/ex_getln.c, src/gui.c, src/gui_gtk_x11.c, + src/gui_x11.c, src/keymap.h, src/message.c, src/misc1.c, + src/misc2.c, src/normal.c, src/proto/normal.pro, src/vim.h, + runtime/doc/scroll.txt + +Patch 5.5a.15 +Problem: Using CTRL-A in Insert mode doesn't work correctly when the insert + started with the <Insert> key. (Andreas Rohrschneider) +Solution: Replace <Insert> with "i" before setting up the redo buffer. +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.5a.16 +Problem: VMS: GUI does not compile and run. +Solution: Various fixes. (Zoltan Arpadffy) + Moved functions from os_unix.c to ui.c, so that VMS can use them + too: open_app_context(), x11_setup_atoms() and clip_x11* functions. + Made xterm_dpy global, it's now used by ui.c and os_unix.c. + Use gethostname() always, sys_hostname doesn't exist. +Files: src/globals.h, src/gui_x11.c, src/os_vms.mms, src/os_unix.c, + src/os_vms.c, src/ui.c, src/proto/os_unix.pro, src/proto/ui.pro + +Renamed AdjustCursorForMultiByteCharacter() to AdjustCursorForMultiByteChar() +to avoid symbol length limit of 31 characters. (Steve P. Wall) + +Patch 5.5b.1 +Problem: SASC complains about dead assignments and implicit type casts. +Solution: Removed the dead assignments. Added explicit type casts. +Files: src/buffer.c, src/edit.c, src/eval.c, src/ex_cmds.c, + src/ex_getln.c, src/fileio.c, src/getchar.c, src/memline.c, + src/menu.c, src/misc1.c, src/normal.c, src/ops.c, src/quickfix.c, + src/screen.c + +Patch 5.5b.2 +Problem: When using "CTRL-O O" in Insert mode, hit <Esc> and then "o" in + another line truncates that line. (Devin Weaver) +Solution: When using a command that starts Insert mode from CTRL-O, reset + "restart_edit" first. This avoids that edit() is called with a + mix of starting a new edit command and restarting a previous one. +Files: src/normal.c + +============================================================================== +VERSION 5.6 *version-5.6* + +Version 5.6 is a bug-fix version of 5.5. + + +Changed *changed-5.6* +------- + +Small changes to OleVim files. (Christian Schaller) + +Inserted "/**/" between patch numbers in src/version.c. This allows for one +line of context, which some versions of patch need. + +Reordered the Syntax menu to avoid long submenus. Removed keyboard shortcuts +for alphabetical items to avoid a clash with fixed items. + + +Added *added-5.6* +----- + +Included Exuberant Ctags version 3.4. (Darren Hiebert) + +OpenWithVim in Python. (Christian Schaller) + +Win32 GUI: gvimext.dll, for the context menu "Edit with Vim" entry. Avoids +the reported problems with the MS Office taskbar. Now it's a Shell Extension. +(Tianmiao Hu) + +New syntax files: +abel Abel (John Cook) +aml Arc Macro Language (Nikki Knuit) +apachestyle Apache-style config file (Christian Hammers) +cf Cold Fusion (Jeff Lanzarotta) +ctrlh files with CTRL-H sequences (Bram Moolenaar) +cupl CUPL (John Cook) +cuplsim CUPL simulation (John Cook) +erlang Erlang (Kresimir Marzic) +gedcom Gedcom (Paul Johnson) +icon Icon (Wendell Turner) +ist MakeIndex style (Peter Meszaros) +jsp Java Server Pages (Rafael Garcia-Suarez) +rcslog Rcslog (Joe Karthauser) +remind Remind (Davide Alberani) +sqr Structured Query Report Writer (Paul Moore) +tads TADS (Amir Karger) +texinfo Texinfo (Sandor Kopanyi) +xpm2 X Pixmap v2 (Steve Wall) + +The 'C' flag in 'cpoptions' can be used to switch off concatenation for +sourced lines. See patch 5.5.013 below. |line-continuation| + +"excludenl" argument for the ":syntax" command. See patch 5.5.032 below. +|:syn-excludenl| + +Implemented |z+| and |z^| commands. See patch 5.5.050 below. + +Vim logo in Corel Draw format. Can be scaled to any resolution. + + +Fixed *fixed-5.6* +----- + +Using this mapping in Select mode, terminated completion: +":vnoremap <C-N> <Esc>a<C-N>" (Benji Fisher) +Ignore K_SELECT in ins_compl_prep(). + +VMS (Zoltan Arpadffy, David Elins): +- ioctl() in pty.c caused trouble, #ifndef VMS added. +- Cut & paste mismatch corrected. +- Popup menu line crash corrected. (Patch 5.5.047) +- Motif directories during open and save as corrected. +- Handle full file names with version numbers. (Patch 5.5.046) +- Directory handling (CD command etc.) +- Corrected file name conversion VMS to Unix and v.v. +- Recovery was not working. +- Terminal and signal handling was outdated compared to os_unix.c. +- Improved os_vms.txt. + +Configure used fprintf() instead of printf() to check for __DATE__ and +__TIME__. (John Card II) + +BeOS: Adjust computing the char_height and char_ascent. Round them up +separately, avoids redrawing artifacts. (Mike Steed) + +Fix a few multibyte problems in menu_name_skip(), set_reg_ic(), searchc() and +findmatchlimit(). (Taro Muraoka) + +GTK GUI: +- With GTK 1.2.5 and later the scrollbars were not redrawn correctly. +- Adjusted the gtk_form_draw() function. +- SNiFF connection didn't work. +- 'mousefocus' was not working. (Dalecki) +- Some keys were not working with modifiers: Shift-Tab, Ctrl-Space and CTRL-@. + + +Patch 5.5.001 +Problem: Configure in the top directory did not pass on an argument with a + space correctly. For example "./configure --previs="/My home". + (Stephane Chazelas) +Solution: Use '"$@"' instead of '$*' to pass on the arguments. +Files: configure + +Patch 5.5.002 +Problem: Compilation error for using "fds[] & POLLIN". (Jeff Walker) +Solution: Use "fds[].revents & POLLIN". +Files: src/os_unix.c + +Patch 5.5.003 +Problem: The autoconf check for sizeof(int) is wrong on machines where + sizeof(size_t) != sizeof(int). +Solution: Use our own configure check. Also fixes the warning for + cross-compiling. +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure + +Patch 5.5.004 +Problem: On Unix it's not possible to interrupt ":sleep 100". +Solution: Switch terminal to cooked mode while asleep, to allow a SIGINT to + wake us up. But switch off echo, added TMODE_SLEEP. +Files: src/term.h, src/os_unix.c + +Patch 5.5.005 +Problem: When using <f-args> with a user command, an empty argument to the + command resulted in one empty string, while no string was + expected. +Solution: Catch an empty argument and pass no argument to the function. + (Paul Moore) +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + +Patch 5.5.006 +Problem: Python: When platform-dependent files are in another directory + than the platform-independent files it doesn't work. +Solution: Also check the executable directory, and add it to CFLAGS. (Tessa + Lau) +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure + +Patch 5.5.007 (extra) +Problem: Win32 OLE: Occasional crash when exiting while still being used + via OLE. +Solution: Move OleUninitialize() to before deleting the application object. + (Vince Negri) +Files: src/if_ole.cpp + +Patch 5.5.008 +Problem: 10000@@ takes a long time and cannot be interrupted. +Solution: Check for CTRL-C typed while in the loop to push the register. +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.5.009 +Problem: Recent Sequent machines don't link with "-linet". (Kurtis Rader) +Solution: Remove configure check for Sequent. +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure + +Patch 5.5.010 +Problem: Ctags freed a memory block twice when exiting. When out of + memory, a misleading error message was given. +Solution: Update to ctags 3.3.2. Also fixes a few other problems. (Darren + Hiebert) +Files: src/ctags/* + +Patch 5.5.011 +Problem: After "CTRL-V s", the cursor jumps back to the start, while all + other operators leave the cursor on the last changed character. + (Xiangjiang Ma) +Solution: Position cursor on last changed character, if possible. +Files: src/ops.c + +Patch 5.5.012 +Problem: Using CTRL-] in Visual mode doesn't work when the text includes a + space (just where it's useful). (Stefan Bittner) +Solution: Don't escape special characters in a tag name with a backslash. +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.5.013 +Problem: The ":append" and ":insert" commands allow using a leading + backslash in a line. The ":source" command concatenates those + lines. (Heinlein) +Solution: Add the 'C' flag in 'cpoptions' to switch off concatenation. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c, src/option.h, runtime/doc/options.txt, + runtime/filetype.vim, runtime/scripts.vim + +Patch 5.5.014 +Problem: When executing a register with ":@", the ":append" command would + get text lines with a ':' prepended. (Heinlein) +Solution: Remove the ':' characters. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c, src/ex_getln.c, src/globals.h + +Patch 5.5.015 +Problem: When using ":g/pat/p", it's hard to see where the output starts, + the ":g" command is overwritten. Vi keeps the ":g" command. +Solution: Keep the ":g" command, but allow overwriting it with the report + for the number of changes. +Files: src/ex_cmds.c + +Patch 5.5.016 (extra) +Problem: Win32: Using regedit to install Vim in the popup menu requires the + user to confirm this in a dialog. +Solution: Use "regedit /s" to avoid the dialog +Files: src/dosinst.c + +Patch 5.5.017 +Problem: If an error occurs when closing the current window, Vim could get + stuck in the error handling. +Solution: Don't set curwin to NULL when closing the current window. +Files: src/window.c + +Patch 5.5.018 +Problem: Absolute paths in shell scripts do not always work. +Solution: Use /usr/bin/env to find out the path. +Files: runtime/doc/vim2html.pl, runtime/tools/efm_filter.pl, + runtime/tools/shtags.pl + +Patch 5.5.019 +Problem: A function call in 'statusline' stops using ":q" twice from + exiting, when the last argument hasn't been edited. +Solution: Don't decrement quitmore when executing a function. (Madsen) +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + +Patch 5.5.020 +Problem: When the output of CTRL-D completion in the commandline goes all + the way to the last column, there is an empty line. +Solution: Don't add a newline when the cursor wrapped already. (Madsen) +Files: src/ex_getln.c + +Patch 5.5.021 +Problem: When checking if a file name in the tags file is relative, + environment variables were not expanded. +Solution: Expand the file name before checking if it is relative. (Madsen) +Files: src/tag.c + +Patch 5.5.022 +Problem: When setting or resetting 'paste' the ruler wasn't updated. +Solution: Update the status lines when 'ruler' changes because of 'paste'. +Files: src/option.c + +Patch 5.5.023 +Problem: When editing a new file and autocommands change the cursor + position, the cursor was moved back to the first non-white, unless + 'startofline' was reset. +Solution: Keep the new column, just like the line number. +Files: src/ex_cmds.c + +Patch 5.5.024 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: When using confirm() to put up a dialog without a + default button, the dialog would not have keyboard focus. + (Krishna) +Solution: Always set focus to the dialog window. Only set focus to a button + when a default one is specified. +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.5.025 +Problem: When using "keepend" in a syntax region, a contained match that + includes the end-of-line could still force that region to + continue, if there is another contained match in between. +Solution: Check the keepend_level in check_state_ends(). +Files: src/syntax.c + +Patch 5.5.026 +Problem: When starting Vim in a white-on-black xterm, with 'bg' set to + "dark", and then starting the GUI with ":gui", setting 'bg' to + "light" in the gvimrc, the highlighting isn't set. (Tsjokwing) +Solution: Set the highlighting when 'bg' is changed in the gvimrc, even + though full_screen isn't set. +Files: src/option.c + +Patch 5.5.027 +Problem: Unix: os_unix.c doesn't compile when XTERM_CLIP is used but + WANT_TITLE isn't. (Barnum) +Solution: Move a few functions that are used by the X11 title and clipboard + and put another "#if" around it. +Files: src/os_unix.c + +Patch 5.5.028 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: When a file is dropped on Win32 gvim while at the ":" + prompt, the file is edited but the command line is actually still + there, the cursor goes back to command line on the next command. + (Krishna) +Solution: When dropping a file or directory on gvim while at the ":" prompt, + insert the name of the file/directory. Allows using the + file/directory name for any Ex command. +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.5.029 +Problem: "das" at the end of the file didn't delete the last character of + the sentence. +Solution: When there is no character after the sentence, make the operation + inclusive in current_sent(). +Files: src/search.c + +Patch 5.5.030 +Problem: Unix: in os_unix.c, "term_str" is used, which is also defined in + vim.h as a macro. (wuxin) +Solution: Renamed "term_str" to "buf" in do_xterm_trace(). +Files: src/os_unix.c + +Patch 5.5.031 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: When exiting Windows, gvim will leave swap files behind + and will be killed ungracefully. (Krishna) +Solution: Catch the WM_QUERYENDSESSION and WM_ENDSESSION messages and try to + exit gracefully. Allow the user to cancel the shutdown if there + is a changed buffer. +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.5.032 +Problem: Patch 5.5.025 wasn't right. And C highlighting was still not + working correctly for a #define. +Solution: Added "excludenl" argument to ":syntax", to be able not to extend + a containing item when there is a match with the end-of-line. +Files: src/syntax.c, runtime/doc/syntax.txt, runtime/syntax/c.vim + +Patch 5.5.033 +Problem: When reading from stdin, a long line in viminfo would mess up the + file message. readfile() uses IObuff for keep_msg, which could be + overwritten by anyone. +Solution: Copy the message from IObuff to msg_buf and set keep_msg to that. + Also change vim_fgets() to not use IObuff any longer. +Files: src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.5.034 +Problem: "gvim -rv" caused a crash. Using 't_Co' before it's set. +Solution: Don't try to initialize the highlighting before it has been + initialized from main(). +Files: src/syntax.c + +Patch 5.5.035 +Problem: GTK with XIM: Resizing with status area was messy, and + ":set guioptions+=b" didn't work. +Solution: Make status area a separate widget, but not a separate window. + (Chi-Deok Hwang) +Files: src/gui_gtk_f.c, src/gui_gtk_x11.c, src/multbyte.c + +Patch 5.5.036 +Problem: The GZIP_read() function in $VIMRUNTIME/vimrc_example.vim to + uncompress a file did not do detection for 'fileformat'. This is + because the filtering is done with 'binary' set. +Solution: Split the filtering into separate write, filter and read commands. +Files: runtime/vimrc_example.vim + +Patch 5.5.037 +Problem: The "U" command didn't mark the buffer as changed. (McCormack) +Solution: Set the 'modified' flag when using "U". +Files: src/undo.c + +Patch 5.5.038 +Problem: When typing a long ":" command, so that the screen scrolls up, + causes the hit-enter prompt, even though the user just typed + return to execute the command. +Solution: Reset need_wait_return if (part of) the command was typed in + getcmdline(). +Files: src/ex_getln.c + +Patch 5.5.039 +Problem: When using a custom status line, "%a" (file # of #) reports the + index of the current window for all windows. +Solution: Pass a window pointer to append_arg_number(), and pass the window + being updated from build_stl_str_hl(). (Stephen P. Wall) +Files: src/buffer.c, src/screen.c, src/proto/buffer.pro + +Patch 5.5.040 +Problem: Multi-byte: When there is some error in xim_real_init(), it can + close XIM and return. After this there can be a segv. +Solution: Test "xic" for being non-NULL, don't set "xim" to NULL. Also try + to find more matches for supported styles. (Sung-Hyun Nam) +Files: src/multbyte.c + +Patch 5.5.041 +Problem: X11 GUI: CTRL-_ requires the SHIFT key only on some machines. +Solution: Translate CTRL-- to CTRL-_. (Robert Webb) +Files: src/gui_x11.c + +Patch 5.5.042 +Problem: X11 GUI: keys with ALT were assumed to be used for the menu, even + when the menu has been disabled by removing 'm' from 'guioptions'. +Solution: Ignore keys with ALT only when gui.menu_is_active is set. (Raf) +Files: src/gui_x11.c + +Patch 5.5.043 +Problem: GTK: Handling of fontset fonts was not right when 'guifontset' + contains exactly 14 times '-'. +Solution: Avoid setting fonts when working with a fontset. (Sung-Hyun Nam) +Files: src/gui_gtk_x11.c + +Patch 5.5.044 +Problem: pltags.pl contains an absolute path "/usr/local/bin/perl". That + might not work everywhere. +Solution: Use "/usr/bin/env perl" instead. +Files: runtime/tools/pltags.pl + +Patch 5.5.045 +Problem: Using "this_session" variable does not work, requires preceding it + with "v:". Default filename for ":mksession" isn't mentioned + in the docs. (Fisher) +Solution: Support using "this_session" to be backwards compatible. +Files: src/eval.c, runtime/doc/options.txt + +Patch 5.5.046 (extra) +Problem: VMS: problems with path and filename. +Solution: Truncate file name at last ';', etc. (Zoltan Arpadffy) +Files: src/buffer.c, src/fileio.c, src/gui_motif.c, src/os_vms.c, + src/proto/os_vms.pro + +Patch 5.5.047 +Problem: VMS: Crash when using the popup menu +Solution: Turn the #define MENU_MODE_CHARS into an array. (Arpadffy) +Files: src/structs.h, src/menu.c + +Patch 5.5.048 +Problem: HP-UX 11: Compiling doesn't work, because both string.h and + strings.h are included. (Squassabia) +Solution: The configure test for including both string.h and strings.h + must include <Xm/Xm.h> first, because it causes problems. +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure, src/config.h.in + +Patch 5.5.049 +Problem: Unix: When installing Vim, the protection bits of files might be + influenced by the umask. +Solution: Add $(FILEMOD) to Makefile. (Shetye) +Files: src/Makefile + +Patch 5.5.050 +Problem: "z+" and "z^" commands are missing. +Solution: Implemented "z+" and "z^". +Files: src/normal.c, runtime/doc/scroll.txt, runtime/doc/index.txt + +Patch 5.5.051 +Problem: Several Unix systems have a problem with the optimization limits + check in configure. +Solution: Removed the configure check, let the user add it manually in + Makefile or the environment. +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure, src/Makefile + +Patch 5.5.052 +Problem: Crash when using a cursor key at the ATTENTION prompt. (Alberani) +Solution: Ignore special keys at the console dialog. Also ignore characters + > 255 for other uses of tolower() and toupper(). +Files: src/menu.c, src/message.c, src/misc2.c + +Patch 5.5.053 +Problem: Indenting is wrong after a function when 'cino' has "fs". Another + problem when 'cino' has "{s". +Solution: Put line after closing "}" of a function at the left margin. + Apply ind_open_extra in the right way after a '{'. +Files: src/misc1.c, src/testdir/test3.in, src/testdir/test3.ok + +Patch 5.5.054 +Problem: Unix: ":e #" doesn't work if the alternate file name contains a + space or backslash. (Hudacek) +Solution: When replacing "#", "%" or other items that stand for a file name, + prepend a backslash before special characters. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + +Patch 5.5.055 +Problem: Using "<C-V>$r-" in blockwise Visual mode replaces one character + beyond the end of the line. (Zivkov) +Solution: Only replace existing characters. +Files: src/ops.c + +Patch 5.5.056 +Problem: After "z20<CR>" messages were printed at the old command line + position once. (Veselinovic) +Solution: Set msg_row and msg_col when changing cmdline_row in + win_setheight(). +Files: src/window.c + +Patch 5.5.057 +Problem: After "S<Esc>" it should be possible to restore the line with "U". + (Veselinovic) +Solution: Don't call u_clearline() in op_delete() when changing only one + line. +Files: src/ops.c + +Patch 5.5.058 +Problem: Using a long search pattern and then "n" causes the hit-enter + prompt. (Krishna) +Solution: Truncate the echoed pattern, like other messages. Moved code for + truncating from msg_attr() to msg_strtrunc(). +Files: src/message.c, src/proto/message.pro, src/search.c + +Patch 5.5.059 +Problem: GTK GUI: When $term is invalid, using "gvim" gives an error + message, even though $term isn't really used. (Robbins) +Solution: When the GUI is about to start, skip the error messages for a + wrong $term. +Files: src/term.c + +Patch 5.5.060 (extra) +Problem: Dos 32 bit: When a directory in 'backupdir' doesn't exist, ":w" + causes the file to be renamed to "axlqwqhy.ba~". (Matzdorf) +Solution: The code to work around a LFN bug in Windows 95 doesn't handle a + non-existing target name correctly. When renaming fails, make + sure the file has its original name. Also do this for the Win32 + version, although it's unlikely that it runs into this problem. +Files: src/os_msdos.c, src/os_win32.c + +Patch 5.5.061 +Problem: When using "\:" in a modeline, the backslash is included in the + option value. (Mohsin) +Solution: Remove one backslash before the ':' in a modeline. +Files: src/buffer.c, runtime/doc/options.txt + +Patch 5.5.062 (extra) +Problem: Win32 console: Temp files are created in the root of the current + drive, which may be read-only. (Peterson) +Solution: Use the same mechanism of the GUI version: Use $TMP, $TEMP or the + current directory. Cleaned up vim_tempname() a bit. +Files: src/fileio.c, src/os_win32.h, runtime/doc/os_dos.txt + +Patch 5.5.063 +Problem: When using whole-line completion in Insert mode, 'cindent' is + applied, even after changing the indent of the line. +Solution: Don't reindent the completed line after inserting/removing indent. + (Robert Webb) +Files: src/edit.c + +Patch 5.5.064 +Problem: has("sniff") doesn't work correctly. +Solution: Return 1 when Vim was compiled with the +sniff feature. (Pruemmer) +Files: src/eval.c + +Patch 5.5.065 +Problem: When dropping a file on Vim, the 'shellslash' option is not + effective. (Krishna) +Solution: Fix the slashes in the dropped file names according to + 'shellslash'. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c, runtime/doc/options.txt + +Patch 5.5.066 +Problem: For systems with backslash in file name: Setting a file name + option to a value starting with "\\machine" removed a backslash. +Solution: Keep the double backslash for "\\machine", but do change + "\\\\machine" to "\\machine" for backwards compatibility. +Files: src/option.c, runtime/doc/options.txt + +Patch 5.5.067 +Problem: With 'hlsearch' set, the pattern "\>" doesn't highlight the first + match in a line. (Benji Fisher) +Solution: Fix highlighting an empty match. Also highlight the first + character in an empty line for "$". +Files: src/screen.c + +Patch 5.5.068 +Problem: Crash when a ":while" is used with an argument that has an error. + (Sylvain Viart) +Solution: Was using an uninitialized index in the cs_line[] array. The + crash only happened when the index was far off. Made sure the + uninitialized index isn't used. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + +Patch 5.5.069 +Problem: Shifting lines in blockwise Visual mode didn't set the 'modified' + flag. +Solution: Do set the 'modified' flag. +Files: src/ops.c + +Patch 5.5.070 +Problem: When editing a new file, creating that file outside of Vim, then + editing it again, ":w" still warns for overwriting an existing + file. (Nam) +Solution: The BF_NEW flag in the "b_flags" field wasn't cleared properly. +Files: src/buffer.c, src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.5.071 +Problem: Using a matchgroup in a ":syn region", which is the same syntax + group as the region, didn't stop a contained item from matching in + the start pattern. +Solution: Also push an item on the stack when the syntax ID of the + matchgroup is the same as the syntax ID of the region. +Files: src/syntax.c + +Patch 5.5.072 (extra) +Problem: Dos 32 bit: When setting 'columns' to a too large value, Vim may + crash, and the DOS console too. +Solution: Check that the value of 'columns' isn't larger than the number of + columns that the BIOS reports. +Files: src/os_msdos.c, src/proto/os_msdos.pro, src/option.c + +Patch 5.5.073 (extra) +Problem: Win 32 GUI: The Find and Find/Replace dialogs didn't show the + "match case" checkbox. The Find/Replace dialog didn't handle the + "match whole word" checkbox. +Solution: Support the "match case" and "match whole word" checkboxes. +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.6a.001 +Problem: Using <C-End> with a count doesn't work like it does with "G". + (Benji Fisher) +Solution: Accept a count for <C-End> and <C-Home>. +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.6a.002 +Problem: The script for conversion to HTML was an older version. +Solution: Add support for running 2html.vim on a color terminal. +Files: runtime/syntax/2html.vim + +Patch 5.6a.003 +Problem: Defining a function inside a function didn't give an error + message. A missing ":endfunction" doesn't give an error message. +Solution: Allow defining a function inside a function. +Files: src/eval.c, runtime/doc/eval.txt + +Patch 5.6a.004 +Problem: A missing ":endwhile" or ":endif" doesn't give an error message. + (Johannes Zellner) +Solution: Check for missing ":endwhile" and ":endif" in sourced files. + Add missing ":endif" in file selection macros. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c, runtime/macros/file_select.vim + +Patch 5.6a.005 +Problem: 'hlsearch' was not listed alphabetically. The value of 'toolbar' + was changed when 'compatible' is set. +Solution: Moved entry of 'hlsearch' in options[] table down. + Don't reset 'toolbar' option to the default value when + 'compatible' is set. +Files: src/option.c + +Patch 5.6a.006 +Problem: Using a backwards range inside ":if 0" gave an error message. +Solution: Don't complain about a range when it is not going to be used. + (Stefan Roemer) +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + +Patch 5.6a.007 +Problem: ":let" didn't show internal Vim variables. (Ron Aaron) +Solution: Do show ":v" variables for ":let" and ":let v:name". +Files: src/eval.c + +Patch 5.6a.008 +Problem: Selecting a syntax from the Syntax menu gives an error message. +Solution: Replace "else if" in SetSyn() with "elseif". (Ronald Schild) +Files: runtime/menu.vim + +Patch 5.6a.009 +Problem: When compiling with +extra_search but without +syntax, there is a + compilation error in screen.c. (Axel Kielhorn) +Solution: Adjust the #ifdef for declaring and initializing "line" in + win_line(). Also solve compilation problem when +statusline is + used without +eval. Another one when +cmdline_compl is used + without +eval. +Files: src/screen.c, src/misc2.c + +Patch 5.6a.010 +Problem: In a function, ":startinsert!" does not append to the end of the + line if a ":normal" command was used to move the cursor. (Fisher) +Solution: Reset "w_set_curswant" to avoid that w_curswant is changed again. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + +Patch 5.6a.011 (depends on 5.6a.004) +Problem: A missing ":endif" or ":endwhile" in a function doesn't give an + error message. +Solution: Give that error message. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + +Patch 5.6a.012 (depends on 5.6a.008) +Problem: Some Syntax menu entries caused a hit-enter prompt. +Solution: Call a function to make the command shorter. Also rename a few + functions to avoid name clashes. +Files: runtime/menu.vim + +Patch 5.6a.013 +Problem: Command line completion works different when another completion + was done earlier. (Johannes Zellner) +Solution: Reset wim_index when starting a new completion. +Files: src/ex_getln.c + +Patch 5.6a.014 +Problem: Various warning messages when compiling and running lint with + different combinations of features. +Solution: Fix the warning messages. +Files: src/eval.c, src/ex_cmds.c, src/ex_docmd.c, src/gui_gtk_x11.c, + src/option.c, src/screen.c, src/search.c, src/syntax.c, + src/feature.h, src/globals.h + +Patch 5.6a.015 +Problem: The vimtutor command doesn't always know the value of $VIMRUNTIME. +Solution: Let Vim expand $VIMRUNTIME, instead of the shell. +Files: src/vimtutor + +Patch 5.6a.016 (extra) +Problem: Mac: Window size is restricted when starting. Cannot drag the + window all over the desktop. +Solution: Get real screen size instead of assuming 640x400. Do not use a + fixed number for the drag limits. (Axel Kielhorn) +Files: src/gui_mac.c + +Patch 5.6a.017 +Problem: The "Paste" entry in popup menu for Visual, Insert and Cmdline + mode is in the wrong position. (Stol) +Solution: Add priority numbers for all Paste menu entries. +Files: runtime/menu.vim + +Patch 5.6a.018 +Problem: GTK GUI: submenu priority doesn't work. + Help dialog could be destroyed too soon. + When closing a dialog window (e.g. the "ATTENTION" one), Vim would + just hang. + When GTK theme is changed, Vim doesn't adjust to the new colors. + Argument for ":promptfind" isn't used. +Solution: Fixed the mentioned problems. + Made the dialogs look&feel nicer. + Moved functions to avoid the need for a forward declaration. + Fixed reentrancy of the file browser dialog. + Added drag&drop support for GNOME. + Init the text for the Find/replace dialog from the last used + search string. Set "match whole word" toggle button correctly. + Made repeat rate for drag outside of window depend on the + distance from the window. (Marcin Dalecki) + Made the drag in Visual mode actually work. + Removed recursiveness protection from gui_mch_get_rgb(), it might + cause more trouble than it solves. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c, src/gui_gtk.c, src/gui_gtk_x11.c, src/ui.c, + src/proto/ui.pro, src/misc2.c + +Patch 5.6a.019 +Problem: When trying to recover through NFS, which uses a large block size, + Vim might think the swap file is empty, because mf_blocknr_max is + zero. (Scott McDermott) +Solution: When computing the number of blocks of the file in mf_open(), + round up instead of down. +Files: src/memfile.c + +Patch 5.6a.020 +Problem: GUI GTK: Could not set display for gvim. +Solution: Add "-display" and "--display" arguments. (Marcin Dalecki) +Files: src/gui_gtk_x11.c + +Patch 5.6a.021 +Problem: Recovering still may not work when the block size of the device + where the swap file is located is larger than 4096. +Solution: Read block 0 with the minimal block size. +Files: src/memline.c, src/memfile.c, src/vim.h + +Patch 5.6a.022 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: When an error in the vimrc causes a dialog to pop up + (e.g., for an existing swap file), Vim crashes. (David Elins) +Solution: Before showing a dialog, open the main window. +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.6a.023 +Problem: Using expand("%:gs??/?") causes a crash. (Ron Aaron) +Solution: Check for running into the end of the string in do_string_sub(). +Files: src/eval.c + +Patch 5.6a.024 +Problem: Using an autocommand to delete a buffer when leaving it can cause + a crash when jumping to a tag. (Franz Gorkotte) +Solution: In do_tag(), store tagstacklen before jumping to another buffer. + Check tagstackidx after jumping to another buffer. + Add extra check in win_split() if tagname isn't NULL. +Files: src/tag.c, src/window.c + +Patch 5.6a.025 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: The tables for toupper() and tolower() are initialized + too late. (Mike Steed) +Solution: Move the initialization to win32_init() and call it from main(). +Files: src/main.c, src/os_w32.c, src/proto/os_w32.pro + +Patch 5.6a.026 +Problem: When the SNiFF connection is open, shell commands hang. (Pruemmer) +Solution: Skip a second wait() call if waitpid() already detected that the + child has exited. +Files: src/os_unix.c + +Patch 5.6a.027 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: The "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry causes problems + for the Office toolbar. +Solution: Use a shell extension dll. (Tianmiao Hu) + Added it to the install and uninstal programs, replaces the old + "Edit with Vim" menu registry entries. +Files: src/dosinst.c, src/uninstal.c, gvimext/*, runtime/doc/gui_w32.txt + +Patch 5.6a.028 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: Dialogs and tear-off menus can't handle multibyte + characters. +Solution: Adjust nCopyAnsiToWideChar() to handle multibyte characters + correctly. +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +============================================================================== +VERSION 5.7 *version-5.7* + +Version 5.7 is a bug-fix version of 5.6. + +Changed *changed-5.7* +------- + +Renamed src/INSTALL.mac to INSTALL_mac.txt to avoid it being recognized with a +wrong file type. Also renamed src/INSTALL.amiga to INSTALL_ami.txt. + + +Added *added-5.7* +----- + +New syntax files: +stp Stored Procedures (Jeff Lanzarotta) +snnsnet, snnspat, snnsres SNNS (Davide Alberani) +mel MEL (Robert Minsk) +ruby Ruby (Mirko Nasato) +tli TealInfo (Kurt W. Andrews) +ora Oracle config file (Sandor Kopanyi) +abaqus Abaqus (Carl Osterwisch) +jproperties Java Properties (Simon Baldwin) +apache Apache config (Allan Kelly) +csp CSP (Jan Bredereke) +samba Samba config (Rafael Garcia-Suarez) +kscript KDE script (Thomas Capricelli) +hb Hyper Builder (Alejandro Forero Cuervo) +fortran Fortran (rewritten) (Ajit J. Thakkar) +sml SML (Fabrizio Zeno Cornelli) +cvs CVS commit (Matt Dunford) +aspperl ASP Perl (Aaron Hope) +bc BC calculator (Vladimir Scholtz) +latte Latte (Nick Moffitt) +wml WML (Gerfried Fuchs) + +Included Exuberant ctags 3.5.1. (Darren Hiebert) + +"display" and "fold" arguments for syntax items. For future extension, they +are ignored now. + +strftime() function for the Macintosh. + +macros/explorer.vim: A file browser script (M A Aziz Ahmed) + + +Fixed *fixed-5.7* +----- + +The 16 bit MS-DOS version is now compiled with Bcc 3.1 instead of 4.0. The +executable is smaller. + +When a "make test" failed, the output file was lost. Rename it to +test99.failed to be able to see what went wrong. + +After sourcing bugreport.vim, it's not clear that bugreport.txt has been +written in the current directory. Edit bugreport.txt to avoid that. + +Adding IME support when using Makefile.w32 didn't work. (Taro Muraoka) + +Win32 console: Mouse drags were passed on even when the mouse didn't move. + +Perl interface: In Buffers(), type of argument to SvPV() was int, should be +STRLEN. (Tony Leneis) + +Problem with prototype for index() on AIX 4.3.0. Added check for _AIX43 in +os_unix.h. (Jake Hamby) + +Mappings in mswin.vim could break when some commands are mapped. Add "nore" +to most mappings to avoid re-mapping. + +modify_fname() made a copy of a file name for ":p" when it already was a full +path name, which is a bit slow. + +Win32 with Borland C++ 5.5: Pass the path to the compiler on to xxd and ctags, +to avoid depending on $PATH. Fixed "make clean". + +Many fixes to Macintosh specific parts: (mostly by Dany StAmant) +- Only one Help menu. +- No more crash when removing a menu item. +- Support as External Editor for Codewarrior (still some little glitches). +- Popup menu support. +- Fixed crash when pasting after application switch. +- Color from rgb.txt properly displayed. +- 'isprint' default includes all chars above '~'. (Axel Kielhorn) +- mac_expandpath() was leaking memory. +- Add digraphs table. (Axel Kielhorn) +- Multi-byte support: (Kenichi Asai) + Switch keyscript when going in/out of Insert mode. + Draw multibyte character correctly. + Don't use mblen() but highest bit of char to detect multibyte char. + Display value of multibyte in statusline (also for other systems). +- mouse button was not initialized properly to MOUSE_LEFT when + USE_CTRLCLICKMENU not defined. +- With Japanese SJIS characters: Make "w", "b", and "e" work + properly. (Kenichi Asai) +- Replaced old CodeWarrior file os_mac.CW9.hqx with os_mac.cw5.sit.hqx. + +Fixes for VMS: (Zoltan Arpadffy) (also see patch 5.6.045 below) +- Added Makefile_vms.mms and vimrc.vms to src/testdir to be able to run the + tests. +- Various fixes. +- Set 'undolevels' to 1000 by default. +- Made mch_settitle() equivalent to the one in os_unix.c. + +RiscOS: A few prototypes for os_riscos.c were outdated. Generate prototypes +automatically. + + +Previously released patches: + +Patch 5.6.001 +Problem: When using "set bs=0 si cin", Inserting "#<BS>" or "}<BS>" which + reduces the indent doesn't delete the "#" or "}". (Lorton) +Solution: Adjust ai_col in ins_try_si(). +Files: src/edit.c + +Patch 5.6.002 +Problem: When using the vim.vim syntax file, a comment with all uppercase + characters causes a hang. +Solution: Adjust pattern for vimCommentTitle (Charles Campbell) +Files: runtime/syntax/vim.vim + +Patch 5.6.003 +Problem: GTK GUI: Loading a user defined toolbar bitmap gives a warning + about the colormap. Probably because the window has not been + opened yet. +Solution: Use gdk_pixmap_colormap_create_from_xpm() to convert the xpm file. + (Keith Radebaugh) +Files: src/gui_gtk.c + +Patch 5.6.004 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI with IME: When setting 'guifont' to "*", the font + requester appears twice. +Solution: In gui_mch_init_font() don't call get_logfont() but copy + norm_logfont from fh. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.6.005 +Problem: When 'winminheight' is zero, CTRL-W - with a big number causes a + crash. (David Kotchan) +Solution: Check for negative window height in win_setheight(). +Files: src/window.c + +Patch 5.6.006 +Problem: GTK GUI: Bold font cannot always be used. Memory is freed too + early in gui_mch_init_font(). +Solution: Move call to g_free() to after where sdup is used. (Artem Hodyush) +Files: src/gui_gtk_x11.c + +Patch 5.6.007 (extra) +Problem: Win32 IME: Font is not changed when screen font is changed. And + IME composition window does not trace the cursor. +Solution: Initialize IME font. When cursor is moved, set IME composition + window with ImeSetCompositionWindow(). Add call to + ImmReleaseContext() in several places. (Taro Muraoka) +Files: src/gui.c, src/gui_w32.c, src/proto/gui_w32.pro + +Patch 5.6.008 (extra) +Problem: Win32: When two files exist with the same name but different case + (through NFS or Samba), fixing the file name case could cause the + wrong one to be edited. +Solution: Prefer a perfect match above a match while ignoring case in + fname_case(). (Flemming Madsen) +Files: src/os_win32.c + +Patch 5.6.009 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: Garbage in Windows Explorer help line when selecting + "Edit with Vim" popup menu entry. +Solution: Only return the help line when called with the GCS_HELPTEXT flag. + (Tianmiao Hu) +Files: GvimExt/gvimext.cpp + +Patch 5.6.010 +Problem: A file name which contains a TAB was not read correctly from the + viminfo file and the ":ls" listing was not aligned properly. +Solution: Parse the buffer list lines in the viminfo file from the end + backwards. Count a Tab for two characters to align the ":ls" list. +Files: src/buffer.c + +Patch 5.6.011 +Problem: When 'columns' is huge (using a tiny font) and 'statusline' is + used, Vim can crash. +Solution: Limit maxlen to MAXPATHL in win_redr_custom(). (John Mullin) +Files: src/screen.c + +Patch 5.6.012 +Problem: When using "zsh" for /bin/sh, toolcheck may hang until "exit" is + typed. (Kuratczyk) +Solution: Add "-c exit" when checking for the shell version. +Files: src/toolcheck + +Patch 5.6.013 +Problem: Multibyte char in tooltip is broken. +Solution: Consider multibyte char in replace_termcodes(). (Taro Muraoka) +Files: src/term.c + +Patch 5.6.014 +Problem: When cursor is at the end of line and the character under cursor + is a multibyte character, "yl" doesn't yank 1 multibyte-char. + (Takuhiro Nishioka) +Solution: Recognize a multibyte-char at end-of-line correctly in oneright(). + (Taro Muraoka) + Also: make "+quickfix" in ":version" output appear alphabetically. +Files: src/edit.c + +Patch 5.6.015 +Problem: New xterm delete key sends <Esc>[3~ by default. +Solution: Added <kDel> and <kIns> to make the set of keypad keys complete. +Files: src/edit.c, src/ex_getln.c, src/keymap.h, src/misc1.c, + src/misc2.c, src/normal.c, src/os_unix.c, src/term.c + +Patch 5.6.016 +Problem: When deleting a search string from history from inside a mapping, + another entry is deleted too. (Benji Fisher) +Solution: Reset last_maptick when deleting the last entry of the search + history. Also: Increment maptick when starting a mapping from + typed characters to avoid a just added search string being + overwritten or removed from history. +Files: src/ex_getln.c, src/getchar.c + +Patch 5.6.017 +Problem: ":s/e/\^M/" should replace an "e" with a CTRL-M, not split the + line. (Calder) +Solution: Replace the backslash with a CTRL-V internally. (Stephen P. Wall) +Files: src/ex_cmds.c + +Patch 5.6.018 +Problem: ":help [:digit:]" takes a long time to jump to the wrong place. +Solution: Insert a backslash to avoid the special meaning of '[]'. +Files: src/ex_cmds.c + +Patch 5.6.019 +Problem: "snd.c", "snd.java", etc. were recognized as "mail" filetype. +Solution: Make pattern for mail filetype more strict. +Files: runtime/filetype.vim + +Patch 5.6.020 (extra) +Problem: The DJGPP version eats processor time (Walter Briscoe). +Solution: Call __dpmi_yield() in the busy-wait loop. +Files: src/os_msdos.c + +Patch 5.6.021 +Problem: When 'selection' is "exclusive", a double mouse click in Insert + mode doesn't select last char in line. (Lutz) +Solution: Allow leaving the cursor on the NUL past the line in this case. +Files: src/edit.c + +Patch 5.6.022 +Problem: ":e \~<Tab>" expands to ":e ~\$ceelen", which doesn't work. +Solution: Re-insert the backslash before the '~'. +Files: src/ex_getln.c + +Patch 5.6.023 (extra) +Problem: Various warnings for the Ming compiler. +Solution: Changes to avoid the warnings. (Bill McCarthy) +Files: src/ex_cmds.c, src/gui_w32.c, src/os_w32exe.c, src/os_win32.c, + src/syntax.c, src/vim.rc + +Patch 5.6.024 (extra) +Problem: Win32 console: Entering CTRL-_ requires the shift key. (Kotchan) +Solution: Specifically catch keycode 0xBD, like the GUI. +Files: src/os_win32.c + +Patch 5.6.025 +Problem: GTK GUI: Starting the GUI could be interrupted by a SIGWINCH. + (Nils Lohner) +Solution: Repeat the read() call to get the gui_in_use value when + interrupted by a signal. +Files: src/gui.c + +Patch 5.6.026 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: Toolbar bitmaps are searched for in + $VIMRUNTIME/bitmaps, while GTK looks in $VIM/bitmaps. (Keith + Radebaugh) +Solution: Use $VIM/bitmaps for both, because these are not part of the + distribution but defined by the user. +Files: src/gui_w32.c, runtime/doc/gui.txt + +Patch 5.6.027 +Problem: TCL: Crash when using a Tcl script (reported for Win32). +Solution: Call Tcl_FindExecutable() in main(). (Brent Fulgham) +Files: src/main.c + +Patch 5.6.028 +Problem: Xterm patch level 126 sends codes for mouse scroll wheel. + Fully works with xterm patch level 131. +Solution: Recognize the codes for button 4 (0x60) and button 5 (0x61). +Files: src/term.c + +Patch 5.6.029 +Problem: GTK GUI: Shortcut keys cannot be used for a dialog. (Johannes + Zellner) +Solution: Add support for shortcut keys. (Marcin Dalecki) +Files: src/gui_gtk.c + +Patch 5.6.030 +Problem: When closing a window and 'ea' is set, Vim can crash. (Yasuhiro + Matsumoto) +Solution: Set "curbuf" to a valid value in win_close(). +Files: src/window.c + +Patch 5.6.031 +Problem: Multi-byte: When a double-byte character ends in CSI, Vim waits + for another character to be typed. +Solution: Recognize the CSI as the second byte of a character and don't wait + for another one. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) +Files: src/getchar.c + +Patch 5.6.032 +Problem: Functions with an argument that is a line number don't all accept + ".", "$", etc. (Ralf Arens) +Solution: Add get_art_lnum() and use it for setline(), line2byte() and + synID(). +Files: src/eval.c + +Patch 5.6.033 +Problem: Multi-byte: "f " sometimes skips to the second space. (Sung-Hyun + Nam) +Solution: Change logic in searchc() to skip trailing byte of a double-byte + character. + Also: Ask for second byte when searching for double-byte + character. (Park Chong-Dae) +Files: src/search.c + +Patch 5.6.034 (extra) +Problem: Compiling with Borland C++ 5.5 fails on tolower() and toupper(). +Solution: Use TO_LOWER() and TO_UPPER() instead. Also adjust the Makefile + to make using bcc 5.5 easier. +Files: src/edit.c, src/ex_docmd.c, src/misc1.c, src/Makefile.bor + +Patch 5.6.035 +Problem: Listing the"+comments" feature in the ":version" output depended + on the wrong ID. (Stephen P. Wall) +Solution: Change "CRYPTV" to "COMMENTS". +Files: src/version.c + +Patch 5.6.036 +Problem: GTK GUI: Copy/paste text doesn't work between gvim and Eterm. +Solution: Support TEXT and COMPOUND_TEXT selection targets. (ChiDeok Hwang) +Files: src/gui_gtk_x11.c + +Patch 5.6.037 +Problem: Multi-byte: Can't use "f" command with multibyte character in GUI. +Solution: Enable XIM in Normal mode for the GUI. (Sung-Hyun Nam) +Files: src/gui_gtk_x11.c, src/multbyte.c + +Patch 5.6.038 +Problem: Multi-clicks in GUI are interpreted as a mouse wheel click. When + 'ttymouse' is "xterm" a mouse click is interpreted as a mouse + wheel click. +Solution: Don't recognize the mouse wheel in check_termcode() in the GUI. + Use 0x43 for a mouse drag in do_xterm_trace(), not 0x63. +Files: src/term.c, src/os_unix.c + +Patch 5.6.039 +Problem: Motif GUI under KDE: When trying to logout, Vim hangs up the + system. (Hermann Rochholz) +Solution: When handling the WM_SAVE_YOURSELF event, set the WM_COMMAND + property of the window to let the session manager know we finished + saving ourselves. +Files: src/gui_x11.c + +Patch 5.6.040 +Problem: When using ":s" command, matching the regexp is done twice. +Solution: After copying the matched line, adjust the pointers instead of + finding the match again. (Loic Grenie) Added vim_regnewptr(). +Files: src/ex_cmds.c, src/regexp.c, src/proto/regexp.pro + +Patch 5.6.041 +Problem: GUI: Athena, Motif and GTK don't give more than 10 dialog buttons. +Solution: Remove the limit on the number of buttons. + Also support the 'v' flag in 'guioptions'. + For GTK: Center the buttons. +Files: src/gui_athena.c, src/gui_gtk.c, src/gui_motif.c + +Patch 5.6.042 +Problem: When doing "vim -u vimrc" and vimrc contains ":q", the cursor in + the terminal can remain off. +Solution: Call cursor_on() in mch_windexit(). +Files: src/os_unix.c + +Patch 5.6.043 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: When selecting guifont with the dialog, 'guifont' + doesn't include the bold or italic attributes. +Solution: Append ":i" and/or ":b" to 'guifont' in gui_mch_init_font(). +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.6.044 (extra) +Problem: MS-DOS and Windows: The line that dosinst.exe appends to + autoexec.bat to set PATH is wrong when Vim is in a directory with + an embedded space. +Solution: Use double quotes for the value when there is an embedded space. +Files: src/dosinst.c + +Patch 5.6.045 (extra) (fixed version) +Problem: VMS: Various small problems. +Solution: Many small changes. (Zoltan Arpadffy) + File name modifier ":h" keeps the path separator. + File name modifier ":e" also removes version. + Compile with MAX_FEAT by default. + When checking for autocommands ignore version in file name. + Be aware of file names being case insensitive. + Added vt320 builtin termcap. + Be prepared for an empty default_vim_dir. +Files: runtime/gvimrc_example.vim, runtime/vimrc_example.vim, + runtime/doc/os_vms.txt, src/eval.c, src/feature.h, src/fileio.c, + src/gui_motif.c, src/gui_vms_conf.h, src/main.c, src/memline.c, + src/misc1.c, src/option.c, src/os_vms_conf.h, src/os_vms.c, + src/os_vms.h, src/os_vms.mms, src/tag.c, src/term.c, src/version.c + +Patch 5.6.046 +Problem: Systems with backslash in file name: With 'shellslash' set, "vim + */*.c" only uses a slash for the first file name. (Har'El) +Solution: Fix slashes in file name arguments after reading the vimrc file. +Files: src/option.c + +Patch 5.6.047 +Problem: $CPPFLAGS is not passed on to ctags configure. +Solution: Add it. (Walter Briscoe) +Files: src/config.mk.in, src/Makefile + +Patch 5.6.048 +Problem: CTRL-R in Command-line mode is documented to insert text as typed, + but inserts text literally. +Solution: Make CTRL-R insert text as typed, use CTRL-R CTRL-R to insert + literally. This is consistent with Insert mode. But characters + that end Command-line mode are inserted literally. +Files: runtime/doc/index.txt, runtime/doc/cmdline.txt, src/ex_getln.c, + src/ops.c, src/proto/ops.pro + +Patch 5.6.049 +Problem: Documentation for [!] after ":ijump" is wrong way around. (Benji + Fisher) +Solution: Fix the documentation. Also improve the code to check for a match + after a /* */ comment. +Files: runtime/doc/tagsearch.txt, src/search.c + +Patch 5.6.050 +Problem: Replacing is wrong when replacing a single-byte char with + double-byte char or the other way around. +Solution: Shift the text after the character when it is replaced. + (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) +Files: src/normal.c, src/misc1.c + +Patch 5.6.051 +Problem: ":tprev" and ":tnext" don't give an error message when trying to + go before the first or beyond the last tag. (Robert Webb) +Solution: Added error messages. Also: Delay a second when a file-read + message is going to overwrite an error message, otherwise it won't + be seen. +Files: src/fileio.c, src/tag.c + +Patch 5.6.052 +Problem: Multi-byte: When an Ex command has a '|' or '"' as a second byte, + it terminates the command. +Solution: Skip second byte of multibyte char when checking for '|' and '"'. + (Asai Kenichi) +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + +Patch 5.6.053 +Problem: CTRL-] doesn't work on a tag that contains a '|'. (Cesar Crusius) +Solution: Escape '|', '"' and '\' in tag names when using CTRL-] and also + for command-line completion. +Files: src/ex_getln.c, src/normal.c + +Patch 5.6.054 +Problem: When using ":e" and ":e #" the cursor is put in the first column + when 'startofline' is set. (Cordell) +Solution: Use the last known column when 'startofline' is set. + Also, use ECMD_LAST more often to simplify the code. +Files: src/buffer.c, src/ex_cmds.c, src/ex_docmd.c, src/proto/buffer.pro + +Patch 5.6.055 +Problem: When 'statusline' only contains a text without "%" and doesn't fit + in the window, Vim crashes. (Ron Aaron) +Solution: Don't use the pointer for the first item if there is no item. +Files: src/screen.c + +Patch 5.6.056 (extra) +Problem: MS-DOS: F11 and F12 don't work when 'bioskey' is set. +Solution: Use enhanced keyboard functions. (Vince Negri) + Detect presence of enhanced keyboard and set bioskey_read and + bioskey_ready. +Files: src/os_msdos.c + +Patch 5.6.057 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: Multi-byte characters are wrong in dialogs and tear-off + menus. +Solution: Use system font instead of a fixed font. (Matsumoto, Muraoka) +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.6.058 +Problem: When the 'a' flag is not in 'guioptions', non-Windows systems + copy Visually selected text to the clipboard/selection on a yank + or delete command anyway. On Windows it isn't done even when the + 'a' flag is included. +Solution: Respect the 'a' flag in 'guioptions' on all systems. +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.6.059 (extra) +Problem: When moving the cursor over italic text and the characters spill + over to the cell on the right, that spill-over is deleted. + Noticed in the Win32 GUI, can happen on other systems too. +Solution: Redraw italic text starting from a blank, like this is already + done for bold text. (Vince Negri) +Files: src/gui.c, src/gui.h, src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.6.060 +Problem: Some bold characters spill over to the cell on the left, that + spill-over can remain sometimes. +Solution: Redraw a character when the next character was bold and needs + redrawing. (Robert Webb) +Files: src/screen.c + +Patch 5.6.061 +Problem: When xterm sends 8-bit controls, recognizing the version response + doesn't work. + When using CSI instead of <Esc>[ for the termcap color codes, + using 16 colors doesn't work. (Neil Bird) +Solution: Also accept CSI in place of <Esc>[ for the version string. + Also check for CSI when handling colors 8-15 in term_color(). + Use CSI for builtin xterm termcap entries when 'term' contains + "8bit". +Files: runtime/doc/term.txt, src/ex_cmds.c, src/option.c, src/term.c, + src/os_unix.c, src/proto/option.pro, src/proto/term.pro + +Patch 5.6.062 +Problem: The documentation says that setting 'smartindent' doesn't have an + effect when 'cindent' is set, but it does make a difference for + lines starting with "#". (Neil Bird) +Solution: Really ignore 'smartindent' when 'cindent' is set. +Files: src/misc1.c, src/ops.c + +Patch 5.6.063 +Problem: Using "I" in Visual-block mode doesn't accept a count. (Johannes + Zellner) +Solution: Pass the count on to do_insert() and edit(). (Allan Kelly) +Files: src/normal.c, src/ops.c, src/proto/ops.pro + +Patch 5.6.064 +Problem: MS-DOS and Win32 console: Mouse doesn't work correctly after + including patch 5.6.28. (Vince Negri) +Solution: Don't check for mouse scroll wheel when the mouse code contains + the number of clicks. +Files: src/term.c + +Patch 5.6.065 +Problem: After moving the cursor around in Insert mode, typing a space can + still trigger an abbreviation. (Benji Fisher) +Solution: Don't check for an abbreviation after moving around in Insert mode. +Files: src/edit.c + +Patch 5.6.066 +Problem: Still a few bold character spill-over remains after patch 60. +Solution: Clear character just in front of blanking out rest of the line. + (Robert Webb) +Files: src/screen.c + +Patch 5.6.067 +Problem: When a file name contains a NL, the viminfo file is corrupted. +Solution: Use viminfo_writestring() to convert the NL to CTRL-V n. + Also fix the Buffers menu and listing a menu name with a newline. +Files: runtime/menu.vim, src/buffer.c, src/mark.c, src/menu.c + +Patch 5.6.068 +Problem: Compiling the Perl interface doesn't work with Perl 5.6.0. + (Bernhard Rosenkraenzer) +Solution: Also check xs_apiversion for the version number when prepending + defines for PL_*. +Files: src/Makefile + +Patch 5.6.069 +Problem: "go" doesn't always end up at the right character when + 'fileformat' is "dos". (Bruce DeVisser) +Solution: Correct computations in ml_find_line_or_offset(). +Files: src/memline. + +Patch 5.6.070 (depends on 5.6.068) +Problem: Compiling the Perl interface doesn't work with Perl 5.6.0. + (Bernhard Rosenkraenzer) +Solution: Simpler check instead of the one from patch 68. +Files: src/Makefile + +Patch 5.6.071 +Problem: "A" in Visual block mode on a Tab positions the cursor one char to + the right. (Michael Haumann) +Solution: Correct the column computation in op_insert(). +Files: src/ops.c + +Patch 5.6.072 +Problem: When starting Vim with "vim +startinsert", it enters Insert mode + only after typing the first command. (Andrew Pimlott) +Solution: Insert a dummy command in the stuff buffer. +Files: src/main.c + +Patch 5.6.073 (extra) (depends on 5.6.034) +Problem: Win32 GUI: When compiled with Bcc 5.5 menus don't work. + In dosinst.c toupper() and tolower() give an "internal compiler + error" for Bcc 5.5. +Solution: Define WINVER to 4 to avoid compiling for Windows 2000. (Dan + Sharp) Also cleaned up compilation arguments. + Use our own implementation of toupper() in dosinst.c. Use + mytoupper() instead of tolower(). +Files: src/Makefile.bor, src/dosinst.c + +Patch 5.6.074 (extra) +Problem: Entering CSI directly doesn't always work, because it's recognized + as the start of a special key. Mostly a problem with multibyte + in the GUI. +Solution: Use K_CSI for a typed CSI character. Use <CSI> for a normal CSI, + <xCSI> for a CSI typed in the GUI. +Files: runtime/doc/intro.txt, src/getchar.c, src/gui_amiga.c, + src/gui_gtk_x11.c, src/gui_mac.c, src/gui_riscos.c, src/gui_w32.c, + src/keymap.h, src/misc2.c + +Patch 5.6.075 +Problem: When using "I" or "A" in Visual block mode while 'sts' is set may + change spaces to a Tab the inserted text is not correct. (Mike + Steed) And some other problems when using "A" to append after the + end of the line. +Solution: Check for change in spaces/tabs after inserting the text. Append + spaces to fill the gap between the end-of-line and the right edge + of the block. +Files: src/ops.c + +Patch 5.6.076 +Problem: GTK GUI: Mapping <M-Space> doesn't work. +Solution: Don't use the "Alt" modifier twice in key_press_event(). +Files: src/gui_gtk_x11.c + +Patch 5.6.077 +Problem: GUI: When interrupting an external program with CTRL-C, gvim might + crash. (Benjamin Korvemaker) +Solution: Avoid using a NULL pointer in ui_inchar_undo(). +Files: src/ui.c + +Patch 5.6.078 +Problem: Locale doesn't always work on FreeBSD. (David O'Brien) +Solution: Link with the "xpg4" library when available. +Files: src/configure.in, src/configure + +Patch 5.6.079 +Problem: Vim could crash when several Tcl interpreters are created and + destroyed. +Solution: handle the "exit" command and nested ":tcl" commands better. (Ingo + Wilken) +Files: runtime/doc/if_tcl.txt, src/if_tcl.c + +Patch 5.6.080 +Problem: When jumping to a tag, generating the tags file and jumping to the + same tag again uses the old search pattern. (Sung-Hyun Nam) +Solution: Flush cached tag matches when executing an external command. +Files: src/misc2.c, src/proto/tag.pro, src/tag.c + +Patch 5.6.081 +Problem: ":syn include" uses a level for the included file, this confuses + contained items included at the same level. +Solution: Use a unique tag for each included file. Changed sp_syn_inc_lvl + to sp_syn_inc_tag. (Scott Bigham) +Files: src/syntax.c, src/structs.h + +Patch 5.6.082 +Problem: When using cscope, Vim can crash. +Solution: Initialize tag_fname in find_tags(). (Anton Blanchard) +Files: src/tag.c + +Patch 5.6.083 (extra) +Problem: Win32: The visual beep can't be seen. (Eric Roesinger) +Solution: Flush the output before waiting with GdiFlush(). (Maurice S. Barnum) + Also: Allow specifying the delay in t_vb for the GUI. +Files: src/gui.c, src/gui_amiga.c, src/gui_gtk_x11.c, src/gui_mac.c, + src/gui_riscos.c, src/gui_w32.c, src/gui_x11.c, src/gui_beos.cc, + src/proto/gui_amiga.pro, src/proto/gui_gtk_x11.pro, + src/proto/gui_mac.pro, src/proto/gui_riscos.pro, + src/proto/gui_w32.pro, src/proto/gui_x11.pro, + src/proto/gui_beos.pro + +Patch 5.6.084 (depends on 5.6.074) +Problem: GUI: Entering CSI doesn't always work for Athena and Motif. +Solution: Handle typed CSI as <xCSI> (forgot this bit in 5.6.074). +Files: src/gui_x11.c + +Patch 5.6.085 +Problem: Multi-byte: Using "r" to replace a double-byte char with a + single-byte char moved the cursor one character. (Matsumoto) + Also, using a count when replacing a single-byte char with a + double-byte char didn't work. +Solution: Don't use del_char() to delete the second byte. + Get "ptr" again after calling ins_char(). +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.6.086 (extra) +Problem: Win32: When using libcall() and the returned value is not a valid + pointer, Vim crashes. +Solution: Use IsBadStringPtr() to check if the pointer is valid. +Files: src/os_win32.c + +Patch 5.6.087 +Problem: Multi-byte: Commands and messages with multibyte characters are + displayed wrong. +Solution: Detect double-byte characters. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) +Files: src/ex_getln.c, src/message.c, src/misc2.c, src/screen.c + +Patch 5.6.088 +Problem: Multi-byte with Motif or Athena: The message "XIM requires + fontset" is annoying when Vim was compiled with XIM support but it + is not being used. +Solution: Remove that message. +Files: src/multbyte.c + +Patch 5.6.089 +Problem: On non-Unix systems it's possible to overwrite a read-only file + without using "!". +Solution: Check if the file permissions allow overwriting before moving the + file to become the backup file. +Files: src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.6.090 +Problem: When editing a file in "/home/dir/home/dir" this was replaced with + "~~". (Andreas Jellinghaus) +Solution: Replace the home directory only once in home_replace(). +Files: src/misc1.c + +Patch 5.6.091 +Problem: When editing many "no file" files, can't create swap file, because + .sw[a-p] have all been used. (Neil Bird) +Solution: Also use ".sv[a-z]", ".su[a-z]", etc. +Files: src/memline.c + +Patch 5.6.092 +Problem: FreeBSD: When setting $TERM to a non-valid terminal name, Vim + hangs in tputs(). +Solution: After tgetent() returns an error code, call it again with the + terminal name "dumb". This apparently creates an environment in + which tputs() doesn't fail. +Files: src/term.c + +Patch 5.6.093 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI: "ls | gvim -" will show a message box about reading + stdin when Vim exits. (Donohue) +Solution: Don't write a message about the file read from stdin until the GUI + has started. +Files: src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.6.094 +Problem: Problem with multibyte string for ":echo var". +Solution: Check for length in msg_outtrans_len_attr(). (Sung-Hyun Nam) + Also make do_echo() aware of multibyte characters. +Files: src/eval.c, src/message.c + +Patch 5.6.095 +Problem: With an Emacs TAGS file that include another a relative path + doesn't always work. +Solution: Use expand_tag_fname() on the name of the included file. + (Utz-Uwe Haus) +Files: src/tag.c + +Patch 5.6.096 +Problem: Unix: When editing many files, startup can be slow. (Paul + Ackersviller) +Solution: Halve the number of stat() calls used to add a file to the buffer + list. +Files: src/buffer.c + +Patch 5.7a.001 +Problem: GTK doesn't respond on drag&drop from ROX-Filer. +Solution: Add "text/uri-list" target. (Thomas Leonard) + Also: fix problem with checking for trash arguments. +Files: src/gui_gtk_x11.c + +Patch 5.7a.002 +Problem: Multi-byte: 'showmatch' is performed when second byte of an + inserted double-byte char is a paren or brace. +Solution: Check IsTrailByte() before calling showmatch(). (Taro Muraoka) +Files: src/misc1.c + +Patch 5.7a.003 +Problem: Multi-byte: After using CTRL-O in Insert mode with the cursor at + the end of the line on a multibyte character the cursor moves to + the left. +Solution: Check for multibyte character at end-of-line. (Taro Muraoka) + Also: fix cls() to detect a double-byte character. (Chong-Dae Park) +Files: src/edit.c, src/search.c + +Patch 5.7a.004 +Problem: When reporting the search pattern offset, the string could be + unterminated, which may cause a crash. +Solution: Terminate the string for the search offset. (Stephen P. Wall) +Files: src/search.c + +Patch 5.7a.005 +Problem: When ":s//~/" doesn't find a match it reports "[NULL]" for the + pattern. +Solution: Use get_search_pat() to obtain the actually used pattern. +Files: src/ex_cmds.c, src/proto/search.pro, src/search.c + +Patch 5.7a.006 (extra) +Problem: VMS: Various problems, also with the VAXC compiler. +Solution: In many places use the Unix code for VMS too. + Added time, date and compiler version to version message. + (Zoltan Arpadffy) +Files: src/ex_cmds.c, src/ex_docmd.c, src/globals.h, src/gui_vms_conf.h, + src/main.c, src/message.c, src/misc1.c, src/os_vms.c, + src/os_vms.h, src/os_vms.mms, src/os_vms_conf.h, + src/proto/os_vms.pro, src/proto/version.pro, src/term.c, + src/version.c, src/xxd/os_vms.mms, src/xxd/xxd.c + +Patch 5.7a.007 +Problem: Motif and Athena GUI: CTRL-@ is interpreted as CTRL-C. +Solution: Only use "intr_char" when it has been set. +Files: src/gui_x11.c + +Patch 5.7a.008 +Problem: GTK GUI: When using CTRL-L the screen is redrawn twice, causing + trouble for bold characters. Also happens when moving with the + scrollbar. Best seen when 'writedelay' is non-zero. + When starting the GUI with ":gui" the screen is redrawn once with + the wrong colors. +Solution: Only set the geometry hints when the window size really changed. + This avoids setting it each time the scrollbar is forcefully + redrawn. + Don't redraw in expose_event() when gui.starting is still set. +Files: src/gui_gtk_x11.c + + +============================================================================== +VERSION 5.8 *version-5.8* + +Version 5.8 is a bug-fix version of 5.7. + + +Changed *changed-5.8* +------- + +Ctags is no longer included with Vim. It has grown into a project of its own. +You can find it here: http://ctags.sf.net. It is highly recommended as a Vim +companion when you are writing programs. + + +Added *added-5.8* +----- + +New syntax files: +acedb AceDB (Stewart Morris) +aflex Aflex (Mathieu Clabaut) +antlr Antlr (Mathieu Clabaut) +asm68k 68000 Assembly (Steve Wall) +automake Automake (John Williams) +ayacc Ayacc (Mathieu Clabaut) +b B (Mathieu Clabaut) +bindzone BIND zone (glory hump) +blank Blank (Rafal Sulejman) +cfg Configure files (Igor Prischepoff) +changelog ChangeLog (Gediminas Paulauskas) +cl Clever (Phil Uren) +crontab Crontab (John Hoelzel) +csc Essbase script (Raul Segura Acevedo) +cynlib Cynlib(C++) (Phil Derrick) +cynpp Cyn++ (Phil Derrick) +debchangelog Debian Changelog (Wichert Akkerman) +debcontrol Debian Control (Wichert Akkerman) +dns DNS zone file (Jehsom) +dtml Zope's DTML (Jean Jordaan) +dylan Dylan, Dylan-intr and Dylan-lid (Brent Fulgham) +ecd Embedix Component Description (John Beppu) +fgl Informix 4GL (Rafal Sulejman) +foxpro FoxPro (Powing Tse) +gsp GNU Server Pages (Nathaniel Harward) +gtkrc GTK rc (David Necas) +hercules Hercules (Avant! Corporation) (Dana Edwards) +htmlos HTML/OS by Aestiva (Jason Rust) +inittab SysV process control (David Necas) +iss Inno Setup (Dominique Stephan) +jam Jam (Ralf Lemke) +jess Jess (Paul Baleme) +lprolog LambdaProlog (Markus Mottl) +ia64 Intel Itanium (parth malwankar) +kix Kixtart (Nigel Gibbs) +mgp MaGic Point (Gerfried Fuchs) +mason Mason (HTML with Perl) (Andrew Smith) +mma Mathematica (Wolfgang Waltenberger) +nqc Not Quite C (Stefan Scherer) +omnimark Omnimark (Paul Terray) +openroad OpenROAD (Luis Moreno Serrano) +named BIND configuration (glory hump) +papp PApp (Marc Lehmann) +pfmain Postfix main config (Peter Kelemen) +pic PIC assembly (Aleksandar Veselinovic) +ppwiz PPWizard (Stefan Schwarzer) +progress Progress (Phil Uren) +psf Product Specification File (Rex Barzee) +r R (Tom Payne) +registry MS-Windows registry (Dominique Stephan) +robots Robots.txt (Dominique Stephan) +rtf Rich Text Format (Dominique Stephan) +setl SETL (Alex Poylisher) +sgmldecl SGML Declarations (Daniel A. Molina W.) +sinda Sinda input (Adrian Nagle) +sindacmp Sinda compare (Adrian Nagle) +sindaout Sinda output (Adrian Nagle) +smith SMITH (Rafal Sulejman) +snobol4 Snobol 4 (Rafal Sulejman) +strace Strace (David Necas) +tak TAK input (Adrian Nagle) +takcmp TAK compare (Adrian Nagle) +takout TAK output (Adrian Nagle) +tasm Turbo assembly (FooLman) +texmf TeX configuration (David Necas) +trasys Trasys input (Adrian Nagle) +tssgm TSS Geometry (Adrian Nagle) +tssop TSS Optics (Adrian Nagle) +tsscl TSS Command line (Adrian Nagle) +virata Virata Configuration Script (Manuel M.H. Stol) +vsejcl VSE JCL (David Ondrejko) +wdiff Wordwise diff (Gerfried Fuchs) +wsh Windows Scripting Host (Paul Moore) +xkb X Keyboard Extension (David Necas) + +Renamed php3 to php, it now also supports php4 (Lutz Eymers) + +Patch 5.7.015 +Problem: Syntax files for Vim 6.0 can't be used with 5.x. +Solution: Add the "default" argument to the ":highlight" command: Ignore the + command if highlighting was already specified. +Files: src/syntax.c + +Generate the Syntax menu with makemenu.vim, so that it doesn't have to be done +when Vim is starting up. Reduces the startup time of the GUI. + + +Fixed *fixed-5.8* +----- + +Conversion of docs to HTML didn't convert "|tag|s" to a hyperlink. + +Fixed compiling under NeXT. (Jeroen C.M. Goudswaard) + +optwin.vim gave an error when used in Vi compatible mode ('cpo' contains 'C'). + +Tcl interpreter: "buffer" command didn't check for presence of an argument. +(Dave Bodenstab) + +dosinst.c: Added checks for too long file name. + +Amiga: a file name starting with a colon was considered absolute but it isn't. +Amiga: ":pwd" added a slash when in the root of a drive. + +Macintosh: Warnings for unused variables. (Bernhard Pruemmer) + +Unix: When catching a deadly signal, handle it in such a way that it's +unlikely that Vim will hang. Call _exit() instead of exit() in case of a +severe problem. + +Setting the window title from nothing to something didn't work after patch 29. + +Check for ownership of .exrc and .vimrc was done with stat(). Use lstat() as +well for extra security. + +Win32 GUI: Printing a file with 'fileformat' "unix" didn't work. Set +'fileformat' to "dos" before writing the temp file. + +Unix: Could start waiting for a character when checking for a CTRL-C typed +when an X event is received. + +Could not use Perl and Python at the same time on FreeBSD, because Perl used +"-lc" and Python used the threaded C library. + +Win32: The Mingw compiler gave a few warning messages. + +When using "ZZ" and an autocommand for writing uses an abbreviation it didn't +work. Don't stuff the ":x" command but execute it directly. (Mikael Berthe) + +VMS doesn't always have lstat(), added an #ifdef around it. + +Added a few corrections for the Macintosh. (Axel Kielhorn) + +Win32: GvimExt could not edit more than a few files at once, the length of the +argument was fixed. + + +Previously released patches for Vim 5.7: + +Patch 5.7.001 +Problem: When the current buffer is encrypted, and another modified buffer + isn't, ":wall" will encrypt the other buffer. +Solution: In buf_write() use "buf" instead of "curbuf" to check for the + crypt key. +Files: src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.7.002 +Problem: When 'showmode' is set, using "CTRL-O :r file" waits three seconds + before displaying the read text. (Wichert Akkerman) +Solution: Set "keep_msg" to the file message so that the screen is redrawn + before the three seconds wait for displaying the mode message. +Files: src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.7.003 +Problem: Searching for "[[:cntrl:]]" doesn't work. +Solution: Exclude NUL from the matching characters, it terminates the list. +Files: src/regexp.c + +Patch 5.7.004 +Problem: GTK: When selecting a new font, Vim can crash. +Solution: In gui_mch_init_font() unreference the old font, not the new one. +Files: src/gui_gtk_x11.c + +Patch 5.7.005 +Problem: Multibyte: Inserting a wrapped line corrupts kterm screen. + Pasting TEXT/COMPOUND_TEXT into Vim does not work. + On Motif no XIM status line is displayed even though it is + available. +Solution: Don't use xterm trick for wrapping lines for multibyte mode. + Correct a missing "break", added TEXT/COMPOUND_TEXT selection + request. + Add XIMStatusArea fallback code. + (Katsuhito Nagano) +Files: src/gui_gtk_x11.c, src/multbyte.c, src/screen.c, src/ui.c + +Patch 5.7.006 +Problem: GUI: redrawing the non-Visual selection is wrong when the window + is unobscured. (Jean-Pierre Etienne) +Solution: Redraw the selection properly and don't clear it. Added "len" + argument to clip_may_redraw_selection(). +Files: src/gui.c, src/ui.c, src/proto/ui.pro + +Patch 5.7.007 +Problem: Python: Crash when using the current buffer twice. +Solution: Increase the reference count for buffer and window objects. + (Johannes Zellner) +Files: src/if_python.c + +Patch 5.7.008 +Problem: In Ex mode, backspacing over the first TAB doesn't work properly. + (Wichert Akkerman) +Solution: Switch the cursor on before printing the newline. +Files: src/ex_getln.c + +Patch 5.7.009 (extra) +Problem: Mac: Crash when using a long file. +Solution: Don't redefine malloc() and free(), because it will break using + realloc(). +Files: src/os_mac.h + +Patch 5.7.010 +Problem: When using CTRL-A on a very long number Vim can crash. (Michael + Naumann) +Solution: Truncate the length of the new number to avoid a buffer overflow. +Files: src/ops.c + +Patch 5.7.011 (extra) +Problem: Win32 GUI on NT 5 and Win98: Displaying Hebrew is reversed. +Solution: Output each character separately, to avoid that Windows reverses + the text for some fonts. (Ron Aaron) +Files: src/gui_w32.c + +Patch 5.7.012 +Problem: When using "-complete=buffer" for ":command" the user command + fails. +Solution: In a user command don't replace the buffer name with a count for + the buffer number. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + +Patch 5.7.013 +Problem: "gD" didn't always find a match in the first line, depending on + the column the search started at. +Solution: Reset the column to zero before starting to search. +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.7.014 +Problem: Rot13 encoding was done on characters with accents, which is + wrong. (Sven Gottwald) +Solution: Only do rot13 encoding on ASCII characters. +Files: src/ops.c + +Patch 5.7.016 +Problem: When hitting 'n' for a ":s///c" command, the ignore-case flag was + not restored, some matches were skipped. (Daniel Blaustein) +Solution: Restore the reg_ic variable when 'n' was hit. +Files: src/ex_cmds.c + +Patch 5.7.017 +Problem: When using a Vim script for Vim 6.0 with <SID> before a function + name, it produces an error message even when inside an "if version + >= 600". (Charles Campbell) +Solution: Ignore errors in the function name when the function is not going + to be defined. +Files: src/eval.c + +Patch 5.7.018 +Problem: When running "rvim" or "vim -Z" it was still possible to execute a + shell command with system() and backtick-expansion. (Antonios A. + Kavarnos) +Solution: Disallow executing a shell command in get_cmd_output() and + mch_expand_wildcards(). +Files: src/misc1.c, src/os_unix.c + +Patch 5.7.019 +Problem: Multibyte: In a substitute string, a multibyte character isn't + skipped properly, can be a problem when the second byte is a + backslash. +Solution: Skip an extra byte for a double-byte character. (Muraoka Taro) +Files: src/ex_cmds.c + +Patch 5.7.020 +Problem: Compilation doesn't work on MacOS-X. +Solution: Add a couple of #ifdefs. (Jamie Curmi) +Files: src/regexp.c, src/ctags/general.h + +Patch 5.7.021 +Problem: Vim sometimes produces a beep when started in an xterm. Only + happens when compiled without mouse support. +Solution: Requesting the xterm version results in a K_IGNORE. This wasn't + handled when mouse support is disabled. Accept K_IGNORE always. +Files: src/normal.c + +Patch 5.7.022 +Problem: %v in 'statusline' is not displayed when it's equal to %c. +Solution: Check if %V or %v is used and handle them differently. +Files: src/screen.c + +Patch 5.7.023 +Problem: Crash when a WinLeave autocommand deletes the buffer in the other + window. +Solution: Check that after executing the WinLeave autocommands there still + is a window to be closed. Also update the test that was supposed + to check for this problem. +Files: src/window.c, testdir/test13.in, testdir/test13.ok + +Patch 5.7.024 +Problem: Evaluating an expression for 'statusline' can have side effects. +Solution: Evaluate the expression in a sandbox. +Files: src/edit.c, src/eval.c, src/proto/eval.pro, src/ex_cmds.c, + src/ex_cmds.h, src/ex_docmd.c, src/globals.h, src/option.c, + src/screen.c, src/undo.c + +Patch 5.7.025 (fixed) +Problem: Creating a temp file has a race condition. +Solution: Create a private directory to write the temp files in. +Files: src/fileio.c, src/misc1.c, src/proto/misc1.pro, + src/proto/fileio.pro, src/memline.c, src/os_unix.h + +Patch 5.7.026 (extra) +Problem: Creating a temp file has a race condition. +Solution: Create a private directory to write the temp files in. + This is the extra part of patch 5.7.025. +Files: src/os_msdos.h + +Patch 5.7.027 +Problem: Starting to edit a file can cause a crash. For example when in + Insert mode, using CTRL-O :help abbr<Tab> to scroll the screen and + then <CR>, which edits a help file. (Robert Bogomip) +Solution: Check if keep_msg is NULL before copying it. +Files: src/fileio.c + +Patch 5.7.028 +Problem: Creating a backup or swap file could fail in rare situations. +Solution: Use O_EXCL for open(). +Files: src/fileio.c, src/memfile.c + +Patch 5.7.029 +Problem: Editing a file with an extremely long name crashed Vim. +Solution: Check for length of the name when setting the window title. +Files: src/buffer.c + +Patch 5.7.030 +Problem: A ":make" or ":grep" command with a very long argument could cause + a crash. +Solution: Allocate the buffer for the shell command. +Files: src/ex_docmd.c + + + vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |