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Windows has "Read and execute" permission via ACL but nvim and libuv do not support ACL. Windows does not support the executable bit in chmod-style permissions but it is safe to assume that if the file exists and is readable, then it is most likely executable. This means that win.ini and shell32.dll are "executable" because they exist, are readable, and are in PATH. PATHEXT does not affect the executable permission of a file; it exists to run files on the shell while omitting the file extension. Assume that PATHEXT is intended for cmd.exe only because powershell can execute powershell files (ie. *.ps1) without changing PATHEXT or related cmd.exe environment variable. In the future, nvim should check the outputs of 'assoc' and 'ftype', cmd.exe internal commands, or check the registry. Powershell can be used for ACL if C++/C# API is too difficult to use.
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Neovim is a project that seeks to aggressively refactor Vim in order to:
- Simplify maintenance and encourage contributions
- Split the work between multiple developers
- Enable advanced UIs without modifications to the core
- Maximize extensibility
See the wiki and Roadmap for more information.
Features
- Modern GUIs
- API access from any language including clojure, lisp, go, haskell, lua, javascript, perl, python, ruby, rust.
- Embedded, scriptable terminal emulator
- Asynchronous job control
- Shared data (shada) among multiple editor instances
- XDG base directories support
- Compatible with most Vim plugins, including Ruby and Python plugins.
See :help nvim-features for the full list!
Install from source
make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
sudo make install
To install to a non-default location, set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:
make CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/full/path/"
make install
To list all targets:
cmake --build build --target help
To skip "bundled" (third-party/*) dependencies define USE_BUNDLED=NO.
See the wiki for details.
Install from package
Pre-built packages for Windows, macOS, and Linux are found at the Releases page.
Managed packages are in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, Gentoo, and more!
Transitioning from Vim
See :help nvim-from-vim for instructions.
Project layout
├─ ci/ build automation
├─ cmake/ build scripts
├─ runtime/ user plugins/docs
├─ src/ application source code (see src/nvim/README.md)
│ ├─ api/ API subsystem
│ ├─ eval/ VimL subsystem
│ ├─ event/ event-loop subsystem
│ ├─ generators/ code generation (pre-compilation)
│ ├─ lib/ generic data structures
│ ├─ lua/ lua subsystem
│ ├─ msgpack_rpc/ RPC subsystem
│ ├─ os/ low-level platform code
│ └─ tui/ built-in UI
├─ third-party/ cmake subproject to build dependencies
└─ test/ tests (see test/README.md)
License
Neovim is licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license, except for parts that were contributed under the Vim license.
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Contributions committed before b17d96 remain under the Vim license.
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Contributions committed after b17d96 are licensed under Apache 2.0 unless those contributions were copied from Vim (identified in the commit logs by the
vim-patchtoken).
See LICENSE for details.
Vim is Charityware. You can use and copy it as much as you like, but you are
encouraged to make a donation for needy children in Uganda. Please see the
kcc section of the vim docs or visit the ICCF web site, available at these URLs:
http://iccf-holland.org/
http://www.vim.org/iccf/
http://www.iccf.nl/
You can also sponsor the development of Vim. Vim sponsors can vote for
features. The money goes to Uganda anyway.