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*todo.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2010 Sep 19
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*todo.txt* For Vim version 7.3. Last change: 2010 Sep 21
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VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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@@ -30,28 +30,16 @@ be worked on, but only if you sponsor Vim development. See |sponsor|.
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*known-bugs*
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-------------------- Known bugs and current work -----------------------
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"buffer" in if_python.c, ex_pyfile() shadows global var buffer in if_py_both.h
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Crash on Windows when using strftime(). (Christian Brabandt, 2010 Aug 18)
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Appears to be triggered by '%R' and '%T'.
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Use the bad_param_handler() (Mike Williams, 2010 Aug 19, 20)
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Patch: missing break in Mac GUI. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 19)
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":e ~br<Tab>" does not complete to ":e /home/bram/". Crash too?
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Patch for Mingw build file (Jon, 2010 Aug 22)
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Patch for loading different Ruby versions. (Jon, 2010 Aug 23)
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Patch for clipboard not working properly: (Toni Ronkko)
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http://softagalleria.net/download/vim/clipboard.patch
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Clipboard not working with Athena. (Micael Ringe, 2010 Sep 13)
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Document cscope and sign completion for user commands. (Peter Odding, 2010 Aug
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19)
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Problem with \NL in Ex script. (Ray Frish, 2010 Aug 10)
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":e ~br<Tab>" does not complete to ":e /home/bram/". Crash too?
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Runtime file for Falcon. (Steven Oliver, 2010 Sep 14)
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Patch to fix error tags in help files. (Dominique Pelle, 2010 Aug 25)
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@@ -106,7 +94,7 @@ CTRL-] on help tag |/[\n]| doesn't jump to the right place. (Tony Mechelynck,
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Three patches for undo persistence. (Christian Brabandt, 2010 Sep 4)
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string() can't parse back "inf" and "nan". Fix documentation or fix code?
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(XyX, 2010 Aug 23)
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(ZyX, 2010 Aug 23)
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":command Print echo 'print'" works, but ":Print" doesn't. Builtin Print
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should be overruled. (Aaron Thoma)
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@@ -1573,7 +1561,7 @@ Athena GUI:
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Motif GUI:
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- gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
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- gui_mch_browsedir() is missing, browsedir() doesn't work nicely.
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7 Use XmStringCreateLocalized() instead of XmStringCreateSimple()?
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David Harrison says it's OK (it exists in Motif 1.2).
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8 Lesstif: When deleting a menu that's torn off, the torn off menu becomes
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@@ -1783,33 +1771,17 @@ Amiga:
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Macintosh:
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- GUI: gui_mch_browsedir() is missing.
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7 Patch to add 'transparency' option. Disadvantage: it's slow. (Eckehard
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Berns, 2004 May 9) http://ecki.to/vim/TransBack-2004-05-09.diff
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Needs more work. Add when someone really wants it.
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7 Loading the Perl library only works on OS/X 10.2 or 10.3, never on both.
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Load the Perl library dynamically see Python sources file dynload_mac
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(Jack)
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dynamic linking: http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2064.html
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8 Inputting Unicode characters does not work in the terminal. They appear
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to arrive as upper and lower bytes. (David Brown, 2004 April 17)
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8 Typing Unicode characters doesn't work at all in the GUI.
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8 inputdialog() doesn't resize when giving more text lines. (David Fishburn,
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2006 Sept 28)
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9 Problems in Carbon version for OS X: (Benji Fisher)
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- keyboard shortcuts in the menus get lost.
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8 The Vim/About menu doesn't work.
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8 ":gui" doesn't fork. Enabling the code in gui.c to fork causes a SEGV.
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8 Define vim_mkdir() for Macintosh.
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8 Define mch_writable() for Macintosh.
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9 When DiskLock is running, using a swap file causes a crash. Appears to be
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a problem with writing a file that starts with a dot. (Giacalone)
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9 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, control strip causes characters messed up when
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scrolling (CTRL-L cleans it up). (Benji Fisher)
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9 On G3 Mac, OS version 8, variable-speed scrolling doesn't work, after two
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seconds of scrolling the screen freezes. (Benji Fisher)
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9 In mac_expandpath() check that handling of backslashes is done properly.
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8 Standard Mac shortcuts are missing. (Amerige)
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8 Handling of non-fixed width fonts is wrong. (Amerige)
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"Small" problems:
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@@ -2705,9 +2677,6 @@ Syntax highlighting:
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colors. And add colors, so that Green+Red becomes Yellow.
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E.g. for this html:
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<B> bold text <I> italic+bold text </B> italic text </I>
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7 Wild idea: Not only set highlighting, but also change what is displayed
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(e.g., remove characters, so that "<B>bold</B>" can be shown as "bold"):
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:syn region boldstuff start="<B>" display="" end="</B>" display=""
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7 CTRL-] checks the highlight group for finding out what the tag is.
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7 Add an explanation how a list of words can be used to highlight misspelled
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words.
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@@ -2881,8 +2850,6 @@ Built-in script language:
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"command" would use <> notation.
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Does scratch buffer have a number? Or re-use same number?
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7 Add function to generate unique number (date in milliseconds).
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7 Automatically load a function from a file when it is called. Need an
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option for the search path. (Sekera)
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Robustness:
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@@ -2934,7 +2901,7 @@ Performance:
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22908.html. (Andre Pang)
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7 Check how performance of loading the wordlist can be improved (adding a
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lot of abbreviations).
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7 DOS console: Add t_DL support, to make scrolling faster.
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7 MS-DOS console: Add t_DL support, to make scrolling faster.
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7 Compile Ex commands to byte codes. Store byte codes in a vim script file
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at the end, after "compiled:. Make it look like a single comment line
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for old Vim versions. Insert first line "Vim script compiled <timestamp>.
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@@ -3067,7 +3034,7 @@ Screen updating:
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Scrolling:
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8 Add "zm" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
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8 Add "zy" command: scroll horizontally to put the cursor in the middle.
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6 Add option to set the overlap for CTRL-F and CTRL-B. (Garhi)
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- extend 'scrollbind' option: 'scrollopt' words "search", "relative", etc..
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Also 'e'xecute some commands (search, vertical movements) in all bound
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@@ -3303,8 +3270,6 @@ Autocommands:
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CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
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buffer. Invalidate the cache when adding/deleting autocommands or
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changing the buffer name.
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8 Add ScriptReadCmd event: used to load remote Vim scripts, e.g.
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"vim -u http://mach/path/vimrc".
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7 Add TagJump event: do something after jumping to a tag.
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8 Add "TagJumpFile" autocommand: When jumping to another file for a tag.
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Can be used to open "main.c.gz" when "main.c" isn't found.
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PreDirChanged/PostDirChanged
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- Before/after ":cd" has been used (for changing the
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window title)
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BufReadAction - replaces reading a file
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BufWriteAction - replaces writing a file
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ShutDown - when the system is about to shut down
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InsertCharPre - user typed character Insert mode, before inserting the
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char. Pattern is matched with text before the cursor.
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8 Add a flag to ":abbrev" to eat the character that triggers the
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abbreviation. Thus "abb ab xxx" and typing "ab<Space>" inserts "xxx" and
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not the <Space>.
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8 Allow mapping of CTRL-@ (anywhere in the LHS).
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8 Give a warning when using CTRL-C in the lhs of a mapping. It will never
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(?) work.
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8 Add a way to save a current mapping and restore it later. Use a function
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that returns the mapping command to restore it: mapcmd()? mapcheck() is
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not fool proof. How to handle ambiguous mappings?
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7 Add <0x8f> (hex), <033> (octal) and <123> (decimal) to <> notation?
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7 Allow mapping "Q" and "Q}" at the same time. Need to put a flag with "Q",
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that it needs an extra character before it can match. See Vile 'maplonger'
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option.
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7 When someone tries to unmap with a trailing space, and it fails, try
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unmapping without the trailing space. Helps for ":unmap xx | unmap yy".
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7 Make it possible to map 'wildchar', but only when it's a special character
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(like CTRL-E). Currently it's only recognized when typed. Useful for
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mapping a key to do something and then completion.
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6 Context-sensitive abbreviations: Specify syntax group(s) in which the
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abbreviations are to be used.
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- Add mappings that take arguments. Could work like the ":s" command. For
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:map q<Char> :s/<Char>/\u\0/g
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Or implicit:
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:map q <Register>d<Number>$
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- Make it possible to include a <Nul> in the lhs and rhs of a mapping.
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- Add command to repeat a whole mapping ("." only repeats the last change in
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a mapping). Also: Repeat a whole insert command, including any mappings
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that it included. Sort-of automatic recording?
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- Add an option to ":map" that makes it display the special keys in
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<> notation (e.g. <CR> instead of ^M). Or just always do this?
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- Include an option (or flag to 'cpoptions') that makes errors in mappings
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not flush the rest of the mapping (like nvi does).
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- Use context sensitiveness of completion to switch abbreviations and
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@@ -4514,7 +4467,7 @@ Various improvements:
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(like "v" makes the operator characterwise-exclusive). "x" could be used.
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- Make a set of operations on list of names: expand wildcards, replace home
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dir, append a string, delete a string, etc.
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- Remove mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
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- Remove using mktemp() and use tmpname() only? Ctags does this.
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- When replacing environment variables, and there is one that is not set,
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turn it into an empty string? Only when expanding options? (Hiebert)
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- Option to set command to be executed instead of producing a beep (e.g. to
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expanded. Is there a better way to do this?
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- Add ":@!" command, to ":@" like what ":source!" is to ":source".
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8 Add ":@:!": repeat last command with forceit set.
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- Should be possible to write to a device, e.g. ":w! /dev/null".
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- Add 't_normal': Used whenever t_me, t_se, t_ue or t_Zr is empty.
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- ":cab map test ^V| je", ":cunab map" doesn't work. This is vi compatible!
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- CTRL-W CTRL-E and CTRL-W CTRL-Y should move the current window up or down
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- ":split file1 file2" adds two more windows (Webb).
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- Don't give message "Incomplete last line" when editing binary file.
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- Add ":a", ":i" for preloading of named buffers.
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- Allow autowrite when doing ":e file" (with an option 'eaw').
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- Allow a "+command" argument before each file name in the Vim command line:
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"vim +123 file1 +234 file2 +345 file3". ???
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- When entering text, keep other windows on same buffer updated (when a line
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entered)?
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- Check out how screen does output optimizing. Apparently this is possible
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@@ -4753,8 +4702,6 @@ Various improvements:
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working in another window. Put cmdline in a separate window?
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- Add possibility to put output of Ex commands in a buffer or file, e.g. for
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":set all". ":r :set all"?
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- 'edit' option: When off changing the buffer is not possible (Really
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read-only mode).
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- When the 'equalalways' option is set, creating a new window should not
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result in windows to become bigger. Deleting a window should not result in
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a window to become smaller (Webb).
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Bram Moolenaar