Problem:
`1-` does nothing from a directory buffer, because we are already in the
buffer-local CWD. It's also unintuitive that this mapping behaves
differently based on the resolved CWD.
Solution:
Have `1-` open the global CWD.
Problem:
`zipfile://{archive}::{entry}` is ambiguous: `::` is legal in both an
archive path and an entry path, so the separator cannot be identified.
Splitting at the last `::` reads archives correctly but breaks entries
that contain it, and the plugin then emits buffer names it cannot read
back.
Solution:
Address entries as `zip://{archive}/{entry}`, joining the two paths.
Resolve the split by walking components: the first one that is a regular
file is the archive, because a regular file cannot have children on disk.
Entry paths may then contain any character, and no escaping is needed.
zipPlugin.vim keeps its own scheme, so the Java ftplugin emits whichever
form matches the active plugin until the legacy package is removed.
Problem:
The bundled `zip` plugin is implemented in Vimscript, making it harder to
maintain and build on with Nvim's Lua runtime infrastructure.
Solution:
Add an opt-out `zip.lua` browser backed by `nvim.dir`, and disable the legacy
Vimscript implementation by moving it to `pack/dist/opt/zip/`. Load it with
`:packadd zip`.
Problem: :Man unloads hidden buffers, so reopening large pages reruns rendering
even when the width is unchanged.
Solution: keep regular man buffers loaded and refresh them only when the
effective width changes.
Problem:
The dir.lua "-" mapping cannot be easily overridden (because of autocmd
ordering).
Solution:
- Move it to defaults.lua.
- Also to be extra polite: fall back to builtin `-` motion if the user
disabled the `dir.lua` plugin.
Problem: plugin/shada.lua does not respect the `+` flag of 'cpoptions'
when writing a *.shada buffer into a different file.
Solution: Check the presence of `+` in 'cpoptions' and whether the
buffer is written to a different file in BufWriteCmd for
*.shada before resetting the 'modified' option of the buffer.
This little defect appeared after plugin/shada.vim was rewritten into
Lua in #34725.
Problem:
`:edit <dir>` and `nvim <dir>` currently rely on netrw to show local directory
contents.
Solution:
- Provide `filetype=directory`.
- Introduce dir.lua, a small plugin that provides directory listing, opening
items, parent navigation, and refresh.
- `netrw` remains available for `:Explore`, remote paths, archives, and file
operations. To continue
Co-authored-by: Justin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>
Problem:
The 'autoread' option only checks for file changes reactively — on
FocusGained, :checktime, CmdlineEnter, etc. — by polling timestamps.
External changes are not detected until the user interacts with Neovim.
Solution:
Add a core module (runtime/lua/nvim/autoread.lua) enabled from
runtime/plugin/autoread.lua that watches each buffer's file using
vim._watch.watch() (libuv fs_event). On change detection it calls
:checktime, which invokes the existing buf_check_timestamp() logic
for reload/prompt handling. Watchers are managed via autocmds tied
to buffer lifecycle events and respect the 'autoread' option (global
and buffer-local).
text-object-define is a pattern I found in tpope's plugins (e.g.
https://github.com/tpope/vim-jdaddy) which shows an elegant way to
define a text-object. (Any mistakes in the example are my fault.)
Problem: #39625 retained `matchparen.vim` as a shim that sources the new
`matchparen.lua` entrypoint, which is redundant since Lua runtime/plugin
files are sourced automatically and incurs startuptime cost solely for
the sake of not touching the tests.
Solution: Remove the shim and `source` the Lua plugin in directly in
tests.
Problem:
- Various `TermRequest` handlers which all do similar things.
- `tty.query` is specific to `XTGETTCAP DCS`, can't be reused for other kinds of terminal queries.
Solution:
Provide `tty.request()`.
Problem:
Opening .tar.gz or .zip URLs shows raw binary instead of using the archive plugins.
Solution:
Similar to the original netrw implementation, the autocmd should detect
archive URLs, download them to a temp file and the open them with
tar/zip handlers already bundled as vim plugins.
Problem:
Non-trivial to write output of vim.net.request to buffer. Requires extra
code in plugin/net.lua which can't be reused by other plugin authors.
```
vim.net.request('https://neovim.io', {}, function(err, res)
if not err then
local buf = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(true, false)
if res then
local lines = vim.split(res.body, '\n', { plain = true })
vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(buf, 0, -1, true, lines)
end
end
end)
```
Solution:
Accept an optional `outbuf` argument to indicate the buffer to write output
to, similar to `outpath`.
vim.net.request('https://neovim.io', { outbuf = buf })
Other fixes / followups:
- Make plugin/net.lua smaller
- Return objection with close() method
- vim.net.request.Opts class
- vim.validate single calls
- Use (''):format(...) instead of `..`
Problem:
The "tohtml" plugin is loaded by default.
Solution:
- Move it to `pack/dist/opt/nvim.tohtml/`, it is an "opt-in" plugin now.
- Document guidelines.
- Also revert the `plugin/` locations of `spellfile.lua` and `net.lua`.
That idea was not worth the trouble, it will be too much re-education
for too little gain.
Problem:
In autocmd examples, using "args" as the event-object name is vague and
may be confused with a user-command.
Solution:
Use "ev" as the conventional event-object name.
Problem:
When running ":edit <url>", filetype detection is not triggered.
Solution:
Run the autocmds in the filetypedetect group after loading the content.
Problem:
After fetching remote content from a URL and adding it to the buffer,
the buffer is marked as modified. This is inconsistent with the original
netrw behavior, and it causes problems with `:e` to refresh or `:q` as
it prompts for saving the file even if the user hasn't touched the
content at all.
Solution:
Mark the buffer as unmodified right after adding the remote content to
the buffer.
Problem:
- Exposing the raw config as table is a pattern not seen anywhere else
in the Nvim codebase.
- Old spellfile.vim docs still available, no new documentation
Solution:
- Exposing a `config()` function that both acts as "getter" and "setter"
is a much more common idiom (e.g. vim.lsp, vim.diagnostic).
- Add new documentation and link old docs to |spellfile.lua| instead of
|spellfile.vim|.
Problem:
Spell file downloads relied on Vimscript and netrw (:Nread). If netrw is
disabled, downloads fail.
Solution:
Port the logic to Lua as `nvim.spellfile` and wire it via a Lua plugin that
handles `SpellFileMissing`. Use `vim.net.request()` with a timeout for HTTP,
prompt via `vim.fn.input` and report via `vim.notify`.
Closes#7189
Problem:
Vimscript functions return number to signal ok/error. Lua doesn't
convert these to be falsey.
Solution:
Explicitly check if the return value is 0.
Problem: [security]: path traversal issue in tar.vim
(@ax)
Solution: warn the user for such things, drop leading /, don't
forcefully overwrite files when writing temporary files,
refactor autoload/tar.vim
tar.vim: drop leading / in path names
A tar archive containing files with leading `/` may cause confusions as
to where the content is extracted. Let's make sure we drop the leading
`/` and use a relative path instead.
Also while at it, had to refactor it quite a bit and increase the
minimum supported Vim version to v9. Also add a test for some basic tar
functionality
closes: vim/vim#17733https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/87757c6b0a4b2c1f71c72ea8e1438b8fb116b239
Co-authored-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
Problem:
Nvim depends on netrw to download/request URL contents.
Solution:
- Add `vim.net.request()` as a thin curl wrapper:
- Basic GET with --silent, --show-error, --fail, --location, --retry
- Optional `opts.outpath` to save to a file
- Operates asynchronously. Pass an `on_response` handler to get the result.
- Add integ tests (requires NVIM_TEST_INTEG to be set) to test success
and 404 failure.
- Health check for missing `curl`.
- Handle `:edit https://…` using `vim.net.request()`.
API Usage:
1. Asynchronous request:
vim.net.request('https://httpbingo.org/get', { retry = 2 }, function(err, response)
if err then
print('Fetch failed:', err)
else
print('Got body of length:', #response.body)
end
end)
2. Download to file:
vim.net.request('https://httpbingo.org/get', { outpath = 'out_async.txt' }, function(err)
if err then print('Error:', err) end
end)
3. Remote :edit integration (in runtime/plugin/net.lua) fetches into buffer:
:edit https://httpbingo.org/get
Many terminals now include support for OSC 52 in their Primary Device
Attributes (DA1) response. This is preferable to using XTGETTCAP because
DA1 is _much_ more broadly supported.
Problem: still some problem with the new tutors filetype plugin
Solution: refactor code to enable/disable tutor mode into
tutor#EnableInteractive() function, include a test
(Phạm Bình An)
I find it annoying that Tutor's interactive mode is always on (or debug
mode is off) even when I open a tutor file with :edit command.
I think it makes more sense to make this "interactive mode":
- Always on when it is opened with :Tutor command
- Off otherwise
For more references, see `:help` feature, it is a much better than
:Tutor, since I don't have to run `:let g:help_debug = 1` just to be able
to edit and save a help file
Therefore, I remove `g:tutor_debug`
closes: vim/vim#17299https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/13bea589a25707c8f9e29b2920410bdcccd79bc5
Co-authored-by: Phạm Bình An <phambinhanctb2004@gmail.com>
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