| *lua.txt* Nvim | |
| NVIM REFERENCE MANUAL | |
| Lua engine *lua* *Lua* | |
| Type |gO| to see the table of contents. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| INTRODUCTION *lua-intro* | |
| The Lua 5.1 script engine is builtin and always available. Try this command to | |
| get an idea of what lurks beneath: >vim | |
| :lua vim.print(package.loaded) | |
| Nvim includes a "standard library" |lua-stdlib| for Lua. It complements the | |
| "editor stdlib" (|vimscript-functions| + |Ex-commands|) and the |API|, all of | |
| which can be used from Lua code (|lua-vimscript| |vim.api|). These three | |
| namespaces form the Nvim programming interface. | |
| Lua plugins and user config are automatically discovered and loaded, just like | |
| Vimscript. See |lua-guide| for practical guidance. | |
| You can also run Lua scripts from your shell using the |-l| argument: > | |
| nvim -l foo.lua [args...] | |
| < | |
| *lua-compat* | |
| Lua 5.1 is the permanent interface for Nvim Lua. Plugins should target Lua 5.1 | |
| as specified in |luaref|; later versions (which are essentially different, | |
| incompatible, dialects) are not supported. This includes extensions such as | |
| `goto` that some Lua 5.1 interpreters like LuaJIT may support. | |
| *lua-luajit* | |
| While Nvim officially only requires Lua 5.1 support, it should be built with | |
| LuaJIT or a compatible fork on supported platforms for performance reasons. | |
| LuaJIT also comes with useful extensions such as `ffi`, |lua-profile|, and | |
| enhanced standard library functions; these cannot be assumed to be available, | |
| and Lua code in |init.lua| or plugins should check the `jit` global variable | |
| before using them: >lua | |
| if jit then | |
| -- code for luajit | |
| else | |
| -- code for plain lua 5.1 | |
| end | |
| < | |
| One exception is the LuaJIT `bit` extension, which is always available: when | |
| built with PUC Lua, Nvim includes a fallback implementation which provides | |
| `require("bit")`. See |lua-bit|. | |
| *lua-profile* | |
| If Nvim is built with LuaJIT, Lua code can be profiled via >lua | |
| -- Start a profiling session: | |
| require('jit.p').start('ri1', '/tmp/profile') | |
| -- Perform arbitrary tasks (use plugins, scripts, etc.) ... | |
| -- Stop the session. Profile is written to /tmp/profile. | |
| require('jit.p').stop() | |
| See https://luajit.org/ext_profiler.html or the `p.lua` source for details: > | |
| :lua vim.cmd.edit(package.searchpath('jit.p', package.path)) | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| LUA CONCEPTS AND IDIOMS *lua-concepts* | |
| Lua is very simple, and _consistent_: while there are some quirks, once you | |
| internalize those quirks, everything works the same everywhere. Scopes | |
| (closures) in particular are very consistent, unlike JavaScript or most other | |
| languages. | |
| Lua has three fundamental mechanisms—one for "each major aspect of | |
| programming": tables, closures, and coroutines. | |
| https://www.lua.org/doc/cacm2018.pdf | |
| - Tables are the "object" or container datastructure: they represent both | |
| lists and maps, you can extend them to represent your own datatypes and | |
| change their behavior using |metatable|s (like Python's "datamodel"). | |
| - EVERY scope in Lua is a closure: a function is a closure, a module is | |
| a closure, a `do` block (|lua-do|) is a closure--and they all work the same. | |
| A Lua module is literally just a big closure discovered on the "path" | |
| (where your modules are found: |package.cpath|). | |
| - Stackful coroutines enable cooperative multithreading, generators, and | |
| versatile control for both Lua and its host (Nvim). | |
| *lua-error-handling* | |
| Lua functions may throw |lua-errors| for exceptional (unexpected) failures, | |
| which you can handle with |pcall()|. | |
| *lua-result-or-message* | |
| When failure is normal and expected, it's idiomatic to return `nil` which | |
| signals to the caller that failure is not "exceptional" and must be handled. | |
| This "result-or-message" pattern is expressed as the multi-value return type | |
| `any|nil,nil|string`, or in LuaLS notation: > | |
| ---@return any|nil # result on success, nil on failure. | |
| ---@return nil|string # nil on success, error message on failure. | |
| < | |
| Examples of the "result-or-message" pattern: | |
| - |vim.ui.open()| | |
| - |io.open()| | |
| - |luv-error-handling| | |
| When a caller can't proceed on failure, it's idiomatic to `assert()` the | |
| "result-or-message" result: >lua | |
| local value = assert(fn()) | |
| Guidance: use the "result-or-message" pattern for... | |
| - Functions where failure is expected, especially when communicating with the | |
| external world. E.g. HTTP requests or LSP requests often fail because of | |
| server problems, even if the caller did everything right. | |
| - Functions that return a value, e.g. Foo:new(). | |
| - When there is a list of known error codes which can be returned as a third | |
| value (like |luv-error-handling|). | |
| < | |
| *iterator* | |
| An iterator is just a function that can be called repeatedly to get the "next" | |
| value of a collection (or any other |iterable|). This interface is expected by | |
| |for-in| loops, produced by |pairs()|, supported by |vim.iter|, etc. | |
| https://www.lua.org/pil/7.1.html | |
| *iterable* | |
| An "iterable" is anything that |vim.iter()| can consume: tables, dicts, lists, | |
| iterator functions, tables implementing the |__call()| metamethod, and | |
| |vim.iter()| objects. | |
| *list-iterator* | |
| Iterators on |lua-list| tables have a "middle" and "end", whereas iterators in | |
| general may be logically infinite. Therefore some |vim.iter| operations (e.g. | |
| |Iter:rev()|) make sense only on list-like tables (which are finite by | |
| definition). | |
| *lua-function-call* | |
| Lua functions can be called in multiple ways. Consider the function: >lua | |
| local foo = function(a, b) | |
| print("A: ", a) | |
| print("B: ", b) | |
| end | |
| The first way to call this function is: >lua | |
| foo(1, 2) | |
| -- ==== Result ==== | |
| -- A: 1 | |
| -- B: 2 | |
| This way of calling a function is familiar from most scripting languages. In | |
| Lua, any missing arguments are passed as `nil`, and extra parameters are | |
| silently discarded. Example: >lua | |
| foo(1) | |
| -- ==== Result ==== | |
| -- A: 1 | |
| -- B: nil | |
| < | |
| *kwargs* | |
| When calling a function, you can omit the parentheses if the function takes | |
| exactly one string literal (`"foo"`) or table literal (`{1,2,3}`). The latter | |
| is often used to mimic "named parameters" ("kwargs" or "keyword args") as in | |
| languages like Python and C#. Example: >lua | |
| local func_with_opts = function(opts) | |
| local will_do_foo = opts.foo | |
| local filename = opts.filename | |
| -- ... | |
| end | |
| func_with_opts { foo = true, filename = "hello.world" } | |
| < | |
| There's nothing special going on here except that parentheses are implicitly | |
| added. But visually, this small bit of sugar gets reasonably close to a | |
| "keyword args" interface. | |
| *lua-regex* | |
| Lua intentionally does not support regular expressions, instead it has limited | |
| |lua-pattern|s which avoid the performance pitfalls of extended regex. Lua | |
| scripts can also use Vim regex via |vim.regex()|. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| print(string.match("foo123bar123", "%d+")) | |
| -- 123 | |
| print(string.match("foo123bar123", "[^%d]+")) | |
| -- foo | |
| print(string.match("foo123bar123", "[abc]+")) | |
| -- ba | |
| print(string.match("foo.bar", "%.bar")) | |
| -- .bar | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| IMPORTING LUA MODULES *lua-module-load* | |
| Modules are searched for under the directories specified in 'runtimepath' and | |
| |packages-runtimepath|, in the order they appear in the output of this command | |
| >vim | |
| :echo nvim_list_runtime_paths() | |
| < | |
| Any "." in the module name is treated as a directory separator when searching. | |
| For a module `foo.bar`, each directory is searched for `lua/foo/bar.lua`, then | |
| `lua/foo/bar/init.lua`. If no files are found, the directories are searched | |
| again for a shared library with a name matching `lua/foo/bar.?`, where `?` is | |
| a list of suffixes (such as `so` or `dll`) derived from the initial value of | |
| |package.cpath|. If still no files are found, Nvim falls back to Lua's default | |
| search mechanism. The first script found is run and `require()` returns the | |
| value returned by the script if any, else `true`. | |
| The return value is cached after the first call to `require()` for each module, | |
| with subsequent calls returning the cached value without searching for, or | |
| executing any script. For further details see |require()|. | |
| For example, if 'runtimepath' is `foo,bar` and |package.cpath| was | |
| `./?.so;./?.dll` at startup, `require('mod')` searches these paths in order | |
| and loads the first module found ("first wins"): > | |
| foo/lua/mod.lua | |
| foo/lua/mod/init.lua | |
| bar/lua/mod.lua | |
| bar/lua/mod/init.lua | |
| foo/lua/mod.so | |
| foo/lua/mod.dll | |
| bar/lua/mod.so | |
| bar/lua/mod.dll | |
| < | |
| Note: | |
| - Although 'runtimepath' is tracked, Nvim does not track current | |
| values of |package.path| or |package.cpath|. If you happen to delete some | |
| paths from there you can set 'runtimepath' to trigger an update: >vim | |
| let &runtimepath = &runtimepath | |
| - Skipping paths from 'runtimepath' which contain semicolons applies both to | |
| |package.path| and |package.cpath|. Given that there are some badly written | |
| plugins using shell, which will not work with paths containing semicolons, | |
| it is better to not have them in 'runtimepath' at all. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| COMMANDS *lua-commands* | |
| These commands execute a Lua chunk from either the command line (:lua, :luado) | |
| or a file (:luafile) on the given line [range]. As always in Lua, each chunk | |
| has its own scope (closure), so only global variables are shared between | |
| command calls. The |lua-stdlib| modules, user modules, and anything else on | |
| |package.path| are available. | |
| The Lua print() function redirects its output to the Nvim message area, with | |
| arguments separated by " " (space) instead of "\t" (tab). | |
| *:lua=* *:lua* | |
| :lua {chunk} | |
| Executes Lua chunk {chunk}. If {chunk} starts with "=" the rest of the | |
| chunk is evaluated as an expression and printed. `:lua =expr` and `:=expr` | |
| are equivalent to `:lua print(vim.inspect(expr))`. | |
| Examples: >vim | |
| :lua vim.api.nvim_command('echo "Hello, Nvim!"') | |
| < To see the Lua version: >vim | |
| :lua print(_VERSION) | |
| < To see the LuaJIT version: >vim | |
| :lua =jit.version | |
| < | |
| :{range}lua | |
| Executes buffer lines in {range} as Lua code. Unlike |:source|, this | |
| always treats the lines as Lua code. | |
| Example: select the following code and type ":lua<Enter>" to execute it: >lua | |
| print(string.format( | |
| 'unix time: %s', os.time())) | |
| < | |
| *:lua-heredoc* | |
| :lua << [trim] [{endmarker}] | |
| {script} | |
| {endmarker} | |
| Executes Lua script {script} from within Vimscript. You can omit | |
| [endmarker] after the "<<" and use a dot "." after {script} (similar to | |
| |:append|, |:insert|). Refer to |:let-heredoc| for more information. | |
| Example: >vim | |
| function! CurrentLineInfo() | |
| lua << EOF | |
| local linenr = vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0)[1] | |
| local curline = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_lines(0, linenr - 1, linenr, false)[1] | |
| print(string.format('Line [%d] has %d bytes', linenr, #curline)) | |
| EOF | |
| endfunction | |
| < | |
| Note that the `local` variables will disappear when the block finishes. | |
| But not globals. | |
| *:luado* | |
| :[range]luado {body} | |
| Executes Lua chunk "function(line, linenr) {body} end" for each buffer | |
| line in [range], where `line` is the current line text (without <EOL>), | |
| and `linenr` is the current line number. If the function returns a string | |
| that becomes the text of the corresponding buffer line. Default [range] is | |
| the whole file: "1,$". | |
| Examples: >vim | |
| :luado return string.format("%s\t%d", line:reverse(), #line) | |
| :lua require"lpeg" | |
| :lua -- balanced parenthesis grammar: | |
| :lua bp = lpeg.P{ "(" * ((1 - lpeg.S"()") + lpeg.V(1))^0 * ")" } | |
| :luado if bp:match(line) then return "=>\t" .. line end | |
| < | |
| *:luafile* | |
| :luafile {file} | |
| Execute Lua script in {file}. | |
| The whole argument is used as the filename (like |:edit|), spaces do not | |
| need to be escaped. Alternatively you can |:source| Lua files. | |
| Examples: >vim | |
| :luafile script.lua | |
| :luafile % | |
| < | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| luaeval() *lua-eval* | |
| The (dual) equivalent of "vim.eval" for passing Lua values to Nvim is | |
| "luaeval". "luaeval" takes an expression string and an optional argument used | |
| for _A inside expression and returns the result of the expression. It is | |
| semantically equivalent in Lua to: >lua | |
| local chunkheader = "local _A = select(1, ...) return " | |
| function luaeval (expstr, arg) | |
| local chunk = assert(loadstring(chunkheader .. expstr, "luaeval")) | |
| return chunk(arg) -- return typval | |
| end | |
| < | |
| Lua nils, numbers, strings, tables and booleans are converted to their | |
| respective Vimscript types. If a Lua string contains a NUL byte, it will be | |
| converted to a |Blob|. Conversion of other Lua types is an error. | |
| The magic global "_A" contains the second argument to luaeval(). | |
| Example: >vim | |
| :echo luaeval('_A[1] + _A[2]', [40, 2]) | |
| " 42 | |
| :echo luaeval('string.match(_A, "[a-z]+")', 'XYXfoo123') | |
| " foo | |
| < | |
| *lua-table-ambiguous* | |
| Lua tables are used as both dictionaries and lists, so it is impossible to | |
| decide whether empty table is a list or a dict. Also Lua does not have integer | |
| numbers. To disambiguate these cases, we define: | |
| *lua-list* | |
| 0. Empty table is a list. Use |vim.empty_dict()| to represent empty dict. | |
| 1. Table with N consecutive (no `nil` values, aka "holes") integer keys 1…N is | |
| a list. See also |list-iterator|. | |
| *lua-dict* | |
| 2. Table with string keys, none of which contains NUL byte, is a dict. | |
| 3. Table with string keys, at least one of which contains NUL byte, is also | |
| considered to be a dictionary, but this time it is converted to | |
| a |msgpack-special-map|. | |
| *lua-special-tbl* | |
| 4. Table with `vim.type_idx` key may be a dictionary, a list or floating-point | |
| value: | |
| - `{[vim.type_idx]=vim.types.float, [vim.val_idx]=1}` is converted to | |
| a floating-point 1.0. Note that by default integral Lua numbers are | |
| converted to |Number|s, non-integral are converted to |Float|s. This | |
| variant allows integral |Float|s. | |
| - `{[vim.type_idx]=vim.types.dictionary}` is converted to an empty | |
| dictionary, `{[vim.type_idx]=vim.types.dictionary, [42]=1, a=2}` is | |
| converted to a dictionary `{'a': 42}`: non-string keys are ignored. | |
| Without `vim.type_idx` key tables with keys not fitting in 1., 2. or 3. | |
| are errors. | |
| - `{[vim.type_idx]=vim.types.array}` is converted to an empty list. As well | |
| as `{[vim.type_idx]=vim.types.array, [42]=1}`: integral keys that do not | |
| form a 1-step sequence from 1 to N are ignored, as well as all | |
| non-integral keys. | |
| Examples: >vim | |
| :echo luaeval('math.pi') | |
| :function Rand(x,y) " random uniform between x and y | |
| : return luaeval('(_A.y-_A.x)*math.random()+_A.x', {'x':a:x,'y':a:y}) | |
| : endfunction | |
| :echo Rand(1,10) | |
| < | |
| Note: Second argument to `luaeval` is converted ("marshalled") from Vimscript | |
| to Lua, so changes to Lua containers do not affect values in Vimscript. Return | |
| value is also always converted. When converting, |msgpack-special-dict|s are | |
| treated specially. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Vimscript v:lua interface *v:lua-call* | |
| From Vimscript the special `v:lua` prefix can be used to call Lua functions | |
| which are global or accessible from global tables. The expression >vim | |
| call v:lua.func(arg1, arg2) | |
| is equivalent to the Lua chunk >lua | |
| return func(...) | |
| where the args are converted to Lua values. The expression >vim | |
| call v:lua.somemod.func(args) | |
| is equivalent to the Lua chunk >lua | |
| return somemod.func(...) | |
| Lua module functions can be accessed like: >vim | |
| call v:lua.require'mypack'.func(arg1, arg2) | |
| call v:lua.require'mypack.submod'.func(arg1, arg2) | |
| Note: Only single quote form without parens is allowed. Using | |
| `require"mypack"` or `require('mypack')` as a prefix does NOT work. | |
| You can use `v:lua` in "func" options like 'tagfunc', 'omnifunc', etc. | |
| For example consider the following Lua omnifunc handler: >lua | |
| function mymod.omnifunc(findstart, base) | |
| if findstart == 1 then | |
| return 0 | |
| else | |
| return {'stuff', 'steam', 'strange things'} | |
| end | |
| end | |
| -- Note: The module ("mymod") must be a Lua global, or use require() as | |
| -- shown above to access it from a package. | |
| vim.bo[buf].omnifunc = 'v:lua.mymod.omnifunc' | |
| You can also use `v:lua` to call Lua functions as Vimscript |method|s: >vim | |
| :eval arg1->v:lua.somemod.func(arg2) | |
| < | |
| Note: `v:lua` without a call is not allowed in a Vimscript expression: | |
| |Funcref|s cannot represent Lua functions. The following are errors: >vim | |
| let g:Myvar = v:lua.myfunc " Error | |
| call SomeFunc(v:lua.mycallback) " Error | |
| let g:foo = v:lua " Error | |
| let g:foo = v:['lua'] " Error | |
| < | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua standard modules *lua-stdlib* | |
| The Nvim Lua "standard library" (stdlib) is the `vim` module, which exposes | |
| various functions and sub-modules. It is always loaded, thus `require("vim")` | |
| is unnecessary. | |
| You can peek at the module properties: >vim | |
| :lua vim.print(vim) | |
| Result is something like this: > | |
| { | |
| _os_proc_children = <function 1>, | |
| _os_proc_info = <function 2>, | |
| ... | |
| api = { | |
| nvim__id = <function 5>, | |
| nvim__id_array = <function 6>, | |
| ... | |
| }, | |
| deepcopy = <function 106>, | |
| gsplit = <function 107>, | |
| ... | |
| } | |
| To find documentation on e.g. the "deepcopy" function: >vim | |
| :help vim.deepcopy() | |
| Note that underscore-prefixed functions (e.g. "_os_proc_children") are | |
| internal/private and must not be used by plugins. | |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
| VIM.UV *lua-loop* *vim.uv* | |
| `vim.uv` exposes the "luv" Lua bindings for the libUV library that Nvim uses | |
| for networking, filesystem, and process management, see |luvref.txt|. | |
| In particular, it allows interacting with the main Nvim |luv-event-loop|. | |
| *E5560* *lua-loop-callbacks* | |
| It is an error to directly invoke `vim.api` functions (except |api-fast|) in | |
| `vim.uv` callbacks. For example, this is an error: >lua | |
| local timer = vim.uv.new_timer() | |
| timer:start(1000, 0, function() | |
| vim.api.nvim_command('echomsg "test"') | |
| end) | |
| < | |
| To avoid the error use |vim.schedule_wrap()| to defer the callback: >lua | |
| local timer = vim.uv.new_timer() | |
| timer:start(1000, 0, vim.schedule_wrap(function() | |
| vim.api.nvim_command('echomsg "test"') | |
| end)) | |
| < | |
| (For one-shot timers, see |vim.defer_fn()|, which automatically adds the | |
| wrapping.) | |
| Example: repeating timer | |
| 1. Save this code to a file. | |
| 2. Execute it with ":luafile %". >lua | |
| -- Create a timer handle (implementation detail: uv_timer_t). | |
| local timer = vim.uv.new_timer() | |
| local i = 0 | |
| -- Waits 1000ms, then repeats every 750ms until timer:close(). | |
| timer:start(1000, 750, function() | |
| print('timer invoked! i='..tostring(i)) | |
| if i > 4 then | |
| timer:close() -- Always close handles to avoid leaks. | |
| end | |
| i = i + 1 | |
| end) | |
| print('sleeping'); | |
| < | |
| Example: File-change detection *watch-file* | |
| 1. Save this code to a file. | |
| 2. Execute it with ":luafile %". | |
| 3. Use ":Watch %" to watch any file. | |
| 4. Try editing the file from another text editor. | |
| 5. Observe that the file reloads in Nvim (because on_change() calls | |
| |:checktime|). >lua | |
| local w = vim.uv.new_fs_event() | |
| local function on_change(err, fname, status) | |
| -- Do work... | |
| vim.api.nvim_command('checktime') | |
| -- Debounce: stop/start. | |
| w:stop() | |
| watch_file(fname) | |
| end | |
| function watch_file(fname) | |
| local fullpath = vim.api.nvim_call_function( | |
| 'fnamemodify', {fname, ':p'}) | |
| w:start(fullpath, {}, vim.schedule_wrap(function(...) | |
| on_change(...) end)) | |
| end | |
| vim.api.nvim_command( | |
| "command! -nargs=1 Watch call luaeval('watch_file(_A)', expand('<args>'))") | |
| < | |
| *inotify-limitations* | |
| When on Linux you may need to increase the maximum number of `inotify` watches | |
| and queued events as the default limit can be too low. To increase the limit, | |
| run: >bash | |
| sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=494462 | |
| < | |
| This will increase the limit to 494462 watches and queued events. These lines | |
| can be added to `/etc/sysctl.conf` to make the changes persistent. | |
| Note that each watch is a structure in the Kernel, thus available memory is | |
| also a bottleneck for using inotify. In fact, a watch can take up to 1KB of | |
| space. This means a million watches could result in 1GB of extra RAM usage. | |
| Example: TCP echo-server *tcp-server* | |
| 1. Save this code to a file. | |
| 2. Execute it with ":luafile %". | |
| 3. Note the port number. | |
| 4. Connect from any TCP client (e.g. "nc 0.0.0.0 36795"): >lua | |
| local function create_server(host, port, on_connect) | |
| local server = vim.uv.new_tcp() | |
| server:bind(host, port) | |
| server:listen(128, function(err) | |
| assert(not err, err) -- Check for errors. | |
| local sock = vim.uv.new_tcp() | |
| server:accept(sock) -- Accept client connection. | |
| on_connect(sock) -- Start reading messages. | |
| end) | |
| return server | |
| end | |
| local server = create_server('0.0.0.0', 0, function(sock) | |
| sock:read_start(function(err, chunk) | |
| assert(not err, err) -- Check for errors. | |
| if chunk then | |
| sock:write(chunk) -- Echo received messages to the channel. | |
| else -- EOF (stream closed). | |
| sock:close() -- Always close handles to avoid leaks. | |
| end | |
| end) | |
| end) | |
| print('TCP echo-server listening on port: '..server:getsockname().port) | |
| < | |
| Multithreading *lua-loop-threading* | |
| Plugins can perform work in separate (os-level) threads using the threading | |
| APIs in luv, for instance `vim.uv.new_thread`. Each thread has its own | |
| separate Lua interpreter state, with no access to Lua globals on the main | |
| thread. Neither can the editor state (buffers, windows, etc) be directly | |
| accessed from threads. | |
| A subset of the `vim.*` stdlib is available in threads, including: | |
| - `vim.uv` with a separate event loop per thread. | |
| - `vim.mpack` and `vim.json` (useful for serializing messages between threads) | |
| - `require` in threads can use Lua packages from the global |package.path| | |
| - `print()` and `vim.inspect` | |
| - `vim.diff` | |
| - Most utility functions in `vim.*` that work with pure Lua values, like | |
| `vim.split`, `vim.tbl_*`, `vim.list_*`, etc. | |
| - `vim.is_thread()` returns true from a non-main thread. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| VIM.HL *vim.hl* | |
| vim.hl.on_yank({opts}) *vim.hl.on_yank()* | |
| Highlight the yanked text during a |TextYankPost| event. | |
| Add the following to your `init.vim`: >vim | |
| autocmd TextYankPost * silent! lua vim.hl.on_yank {higroup='Visual', timeout=300} | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Optional parameters | |
| • higroup highlight group for yanked region (default | |
| "IncSearch") | |
| • timeout time in ms before highlight is cleared (default 150) | |
| • on_macro highlight when executing macro (default false) | |
| • on_visual highlight when yanking visual selection (default | |
| true) | |
| • event event structure (default vim.v.event) | |
| • priority integer priority (default | |
| |vim.hl.priorities|`.user`) | |
| vim.hl.priorities *vim.hl.priorities* | |
| Table with default priorities used for highlighting: | |
| • `syntax`: `50`, used for standard syntax highlighting | |
| • `treesitter`: `100`, used for treesitter-based highlighting | |
| • `semantic_tokens`: `125`, used for LSP semantic token highlighting | |
| • `diagnostics`: `150`, used for code analysis such as diagnostics | |
| • `user`: `200`, used for user-triggered highlights such as LSP document | |
| symbols or `on_yank` autocommands | |
| *vim.hl.range()* | |
| vim.hl.range({bufnr}, {ns}, {higroup}, {start}, {finish}, {opts}) | |
| Apply highlight group to range of text. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {bufnr} (`integer`) Buffer number to apply highlighting to | |
| • {ns} (`integer`) Namespace to add highlight to | |
| • {higroup} (`string`) Highlight group to use for highlighting | |
| • {start} (`integer[]|string`) Start of region as a (line, column) | |
| tuple or string accepted by |getpos()| | |
| • {finish} (`integer[]|string`) End of region as a (line, column) | |
| tuple or string accepted by |getpos()| | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) A table with the following fields: | |
| • {regtype}? (`string`, default: `'v'` i.e. charwise) Type | |
| of range. See |getregtype()| | |
| • {inclusive}? (`boolean`, default: `false`) Indicates | |
| whether the range is end-inclusive | |
| • {priority}? (`integer`, default: | |
| `vim.hl.priorities.user`) Highlight priority | |
| • {timeout}? (`integer`, default: -1 no timeout) Time in ms | |
| before highlight is cleared | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`uv.uv_timer_t?`) range_timer A timer which manages how much time the | |
| highlight has left | |
| (`fun()?`) range_clear A function which allows clearing the highlight | |
| manually. nil is returned if timeout is not specified | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| VIM.DIFF *vim.diff* | |
| vim.diff({a}, {b}, {opts}) *vim.diff()* | |
| Run diff on strings {a} and {b}. Any indices returned by this function, | |
| either directly or via callback arguments, are 1-based. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| vim.diff('a\n', 'b\nc\n') | |
| -- => | |
| -- @@ -1 +1,2 @@ | |
| -- -a | |
| -- +b | |
| -- +c | |
| vim.diff('a\n', 'b\nc\n', {result_type = 'indices'}) | |
| -- => | |
| -- { | |
| -- {1, 1, 1, 2} | |
| -- } | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {a} (`string`) First string to compare | |
| • {b} (`string`) Second string to compare | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Optional parameters: | |
| • {on_hunk}? | |
| (`fun(start_a: integer, count_a: integer, start_b: integer, count_b: integer): integer?`) | |
| Invoked for each hunk in the diff. Return a negative number | |
| to cancel the callback for any remaining hunks. Arguments: | |
| • `start_a` (`integer`): Start line of hunk in {a}. | |
| • `count_a` (`integer`): Hunk size in {a}. | |
| • `start_b` (`integer`): Start line of hunk in {b}. | |
| • `count_b` (`integer`): Hunk size in {b}. | |
| • {result_type}? (`'unified'|'indices'`, default: `'unified'`) | |
| Form of the returned diff: | |
| • `unified`: String in unified format. | |
| • `indices`: Array of hunk locations. Note: This option is | |
| ignored if `on_hunk` is used. | |
| • {linematch}? (`boolean|integer`) Run linematch on the | |
| resulting hunks from xdiff. When integer, only hunks upto | |
| this size in lines are run through linematch. Requires | |
| `result_type = indices`, ignored otherwise. | |
| • {algorithm}? (`'myers'|'minimal'|'patience'|'histogram'`, | |
| default: `'myers'`) Diff algorithm to use. Values: | |
| • `myers`: the default algorithm | |
| • `minimal`: spend extra time to generate the smallest | |
| possible diff | |
| • `patience`: patience diff algorithm | |
| • `histogram`: histogram diff algorithm | |
| • {ctxlen}? (`integer`) Context length | |
| • {interhunkctxlen}? (`integer`) Inter hunk context length | |
| • {ignore_whitespace}? (`boolean`) Ignore whitespace | |
| • {ignore_whitespace_change}? (`boolean`) Ignore whitespace | |
| change | |
| • {ignore_whitespace_change_at_eol}? (`boolean`) Ignore | |
| whitespace change at end-of-line. | |
| • {ignore_cr_at_eol}? (`boolean`) Ignore carriage return at | |
| end-of-line | |
| • {ignore_blank_lines}? (`boolean`) Ignore blank lines | |
| • {indent_heuristic}? (`boolean`) Use the indent heuristic for | |
| the internal diff library. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string|integer[][]?`) See {opts.result_type}. `nil` if | |
| {opts.on_hunk} is given. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| VIM.MPACK *vim.mpack* | |
| This module provides encoding and decoding of Lua objects to and from | |
| msgpack-encoded strings. Supports |vim.NIL| and |vim.empty_dict()|. | |
| vim.mpack.decode({str}) *vim.mpack.decode()* | |
| Decodes (or "unpacks") the msgpack-encoded {str} to a Lua object. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) | |
| vim.mpack.encode({obj}) *vim.mpack.encode()* | |
| Encodes (or "packs") Lua object {obj} as msgpack in a Lua string. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {obj} (`any`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| VIM.JSON *vim.json* | |
| This module provides encoding and decoding of Lua objects to and from | |
| JSON-encoded strings. Supports |vim.NIL| and |vim.empty_dict()|. | |
| vim.json.decode({str}, {opts}) *vim.json.decode()* | |
| Decodes (or "unpacks") the JSON-encoded {str} to a Lua object. | |
| • Decodes JSON "null" as |vim.NIL| (controllable by {opts}, see below). | |
| • Decodes empty object as |vim.empty_dict()|. | |
| • Decodes empty array as `{}` (empty Lua table). | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.print(vim.json.decode('{"bar":[],"foo":{},"zub":null}')) | |
| -- { bar = {}, foo = vim.empty_dict(), zub = vim.NIL } | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) Stringified JSON data. | |
| • {opts} (`table<string,any>?`) Options table with keys: | |
| • luanil: (table) Table with keys: | |
| • object: (boolean) When true, converts `null` in JSON | |
| objects to Lua `nil` instead of |vim.NIL|. | |
| • array: (boolean) When true, converts `null` in JSON arrays | |
| to Lua `nil` instead of |vim.NIL|. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) | |
| vim.json.encode({obj}, {opts}) *vim.json.encode()* | |
| Encodes (or "packs") Lua object {obj} as JSON in a Lua string. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {obj} (`any`) | |
| • {opts} (`table<string,any>?`) Options table with keys: | |
| • escape_slash: (boolean) (default false) Escape slash | |
| characters "/" in string values. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| VIM.BASE64 *vim.base64* | |
| vim.base64.decode({str}) *vim.base64.decode()* | |
| Decode a Base64 encoded string. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) Base64 encoded string | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) Decoded string | |
| vim.base64.encode({str}) *vim.base64.encode()* | |
| Encode {str} using Base64. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) String to encode | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) Encoded string | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| VIM.SPELL *vim.spell* | |
| vim.spell.check({str}) *vim.spell.check()* | |
| Check {str} for spelling errors. Similar to the Vimscript function | |
| |spellbadword()|. | |
| Note: The behaviour of this function is dependent on: 'spelllang', | |
| 'spellfile', 'spellcapcheck' and 'spelloptions' which can all be local to | |
| the buffer. Consider calling this with |nvim_buf_call()|. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.spell.check("the quik brown fox") | |
| -- => | |
| -- { | |
| -- {'quik', 'bad', 5} | |
| -- } | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`[string, 'bad'|'rare'|'local'|'caps', integer][]`) List of tuples | |
| with three items: | |
| • The badly spelled word. | |
| • The type of the spelling error: "bad" spelling mistake "rare" rare | |
| word "local" word only valid in another region "caps" word should | |
| start with Capital | |
| • The position in {str} where the word begins. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| VIM *vim.builtin* | |
| vim.api.{func}({...}) *vim.api* | |
| Invokes Nvim |API| function {func} with arguments {...}. | |
| Example: call the "nvim_get_current_line()" API function: >lua | |
| print(tostring(vim.api.nvim_get_current_line())) | |
| vim.NIL *vim.NIL* | |
| Special value representing NIL in |RPC| and |v:null| in Vimscript | |
| conversion, and similar cases. Lua `nil` cannot be used as part of a Lua | |
| table representing a Dictionary or Array, because it is treated as | |
| missing: `{"foo", nil}` is the same as `{"foo"}`. | |
| vim.type_idx *vim.type_idx* | |
| Type index for use in |lua-special-tbl|. Specifying one of the values from | |
| |vim.types| allows typing the empty table (it is unclear whether empty Lua | |
| table represents empty list or empty array) and forcing integral numbers | |
| to be |Float|. See |lua-special-tbl| for more details. | |
| vim.val_idx *vim.val_idx* | |
| Value index for tables representing |Float|s. A table representing | |
| floating-point value 1.0 looks like this: >lua | |
| { | |
| [vim.type_idx] = vim.types.float, | |
| [vim.val_idx] = 1.0, | |
| } | |
| < See also |vim.type_idx| and |lua-special-tbl|. | |
| vim.types *vim.types* | |
| Table with possible values for |vim.type_idx|. Contains two sets of | |
| key-value pairs: first maps possible values for |vim.type_idx| to | |
| human-readable strings, second maps human-readable type names to values | |
| for |vim.type_idx|. Currently contains pairs for `float`, `array` and | |
| `dictionary` types. | |
| Note: One must expect that values corresponding to `vim.types.float`, | |
| `vim.types.array` and `vim.types.dictionary` fall under only two following | |
| assumptions: | |
| 1. Value may serve both as a key and as a value in a table. Given the | |
| properties of Lua tables this basically means “value is not `nil`”. | |
| 2. For each value in `vim.types` table `vim.types[vim.types[value]]` is the | |
| same as `value`. | |
| No other restrictions are put on types, and it is not guaranteed that | |
| values corresponding to `vim.types.float`, `vim.types.array` and | |
| `vim.types.dictionary` will not change or that `vim.types` table will only | |
| contain values for these three types. | |
| *log_levels* *vim.log.levels* | |
| Log levels are one of the values defined in `vim.log.levels`: | |
| vim.log.levels.DEBUG | |
| vim.log.levels.ERROR | |
| vim.log.levels.INFO | |
| vim.log.levels.TRACE | |
| vim.log.levels.WARN | |
| vim.log.levels.OFF | |
| vim.empty_dict() *vim.empty_dict()* | |
| Creates a special empty table (marked with a metatable), which Nvim | |
| converts to an empty dictionary when translating Lua values to Vimscript | |
| or API types. Nvim by default converts an empty table `{}` without this | |
| metatable to an list/array. | |
| Note: If numeric keys are present in the table, Nvim ignores the metatable | |
| marker and converts the dict to a list/array anyway. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table`) | |
| vim.iconv({str}, {from}, {to}) *vim.iconv()* | |
| The result is a String, which is the text {str} converted from encoding | |
| {from} to encoding {to}. When the conversion fails `nil` is returned. When | |
| some characters could not be converted they are replaced with "?". The | |
| encoding names are whatever the iconv() library function can accept, see | |
| ":Man 3 iconv". | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) Text to convert | |
| • {from} (`string`) Encoding of {str} | |
| • {to} (`string`) Target encoding | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string?`) Converted string if conversion succeeds, `nil` otherwise. | |
| vim.in_fast_event() *vim.in_fast_event()* | |
| Returns true if the code is executing as part of a "fast" event handler, | |
| where most of the API is disabled. These are low-level events (e.g. | |
| |lua-loop-callbacks|) which can be invoked whenever Nvim polls for input. | |
| When this is `false` most API functions are callable (but may be subject | |
| to other restrictions such as |textlock|). | |
| vim.rpcnotify({channel}, {method}, {...}) *vim.rpcnotify()* | |
| Sends {event} to {channel} via |RPC| and returns immediately. If {channel} | |
| is 0, the event is broadcast to all channels. | |
| This function also works in a fast callback |lua-loop-callbacks|. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {channel} (`integer`) | |
| • {method} (`string`) | |
| • {...} (`any?`) | |
| vim.rpcrequest({channel}, {method}, {...}) *vim.rpcrequest()* | |
| Sends a request to {channel} to invoke {method} via |RPC| and blocks until | |
| a response is received. | |
| Note: NIL values as part of the return value is represented as |vim.NIL| | |
| special value | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {channel} (`integer`) | |
| • {method} (`string`) | |
| • {...} (`any?`) | |
| vim.schedule({fn}) *vim.schedule()* | |
| Schedules {fn} to be invoked soon by the main event-loop. Useful to avoid | |
| |textlock| or other temporary restrictions. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {fn} (`fun()`) | |
| vim.str_utf_end({str}, {index}) *vim.str_utf_end()* | |
| Gets the distance (in bytes) from the last byte of the codepoint | |
| (character) that {index} points to. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| -- The character 'æ' is stored as the bytes '\xc3\xa6' (using UTF-8) | |
| -- Returns 0 because the index is pointing at the last byte of a character | |
| vim.str_utf_end('æ', 2) | |
| -- Returns 1 because the index is pointing at the penultimate byte of a character | |
| vim.str_utf_end('æ', 1) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) | |
| • {index} (`integer`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`integer`) | |
| vim.str_utf_pos({str}) *vim.str_utf_pos()* | |
| Gets a list of the starting byte positions of each UTF-8 codepoint in the | |
| given string. | |
| Embedded NUL bytes are treated as terminating the string. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`integer[]`) | |
| vim.str_utf_start({str}, {index}) *vim.str_utf_start()* | |
| Gets the distance (in bytes) from the starting byte of the codepoint | |
| (character) that {index} points to. | |
| The result can be added to {index} to get the starting byte of a | |
| character. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| -- The character 'æ' is stored as the bytes '\xc3\xa6' (using UTF-8) | |
| -- Returns 0 because the index is pointing at the first byte of a character | |
| vim.str_utf_start('æ', 1) | |
| -- Returns -1 because the index is pointing at the second byte of a character | |
| vim.str_utf_start('æ', 2) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) | |
| • {index} (`integer`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`integer`) | |
| vim.stricmp({a}, {b}) *vim.stricmp()* | |
| Compares strings case-insensitively. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {a} (`string`) | |
| • {b} (`string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`0|1|-1`) if strings are equal, {a} is greater than {b} or {a} is | |
| lesser than {b}, respectively. | |
| vim.ui_attach({ns}, {options}, {callback}) *vim.ui_attach()* | |
| WARNING: This feature is experimental/unstable. | |
| Subscribe to |ui-events|, similar to |nvim_ui_attach()| but receive events | |
| in a Lua callback. Used to implement screen elements like popupmenu or | |
| message handling in Lua. | |
| {options} is a dict with one or more `ext_…` |ui-option|s set to true to | |
| enable events for the respective UI element. | |
| {callback} receives event name plus additional parameters. See | |
| |ui-popupmenu| and the sections below for event format for respective | |
| events. | |
| Callbacks for `msg_show` events are executed in |api-fast| context; | |
| showing the message should be scheduled. | |
| Excessive errors inside the callback will result in forced detachment. | |
| WARNING: This api is considered experimental. Usability will vary for | |
| different screen elements. In particular `ext_messages` behavior is | |
| subject to further changes and usability improvements. This is expected to | |
| be used to handle messages when setting 'cmdheight' to zero (which is | |
| likewise experimental). | |
| Example (stub for a |ui-popupmenu| implementation): >lua | |
| ns = vim.api.nvim_create_namespace('my_fancy_pum') | |
| vim.ui_attach(ns, {ext_popupmenu=true}, function(event, ...) | |
| if event == 'popupmenu_show' then | |
| local items, selected, row, col, grid = ... | |
| print('display pum ', #items) | |
| elseif event == 'popupmenu_select' then | |
| local selected = ... | |
| print('selected', selected) | |
| elseif event == 'popupmenu_hide' then | |
| print('FIN') | |
| end | |
| end) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {ns} (`integer`) | |
| • {options} (`table<string, any>`) | |
| • {callback} (`fun()`) | |
| vim.ui_detach({ns}) *vim.ui_detach()* | |
| Detach a callback previously attached with |vim.ui_attach()| for the given | |
| namespace {ns}. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {ns} (`integer`) | |
| vim.wait({time}, {callback}, {interval}, {fast_only}) *vim.wait()* | |
| Wait for {time} in milliseconds until {callback} returns `true`. | |
| Executes {callback} immediately and at approximately {interval} | |
| milliseconds (default 200). Nvim still processes other events during this | |
| time. | |
| Cannot be called while in an |api-fast| event. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| --- | |
| -- Wait for 100 ms, allowing other events to process | |
| vim.wait(100, function() end) | |
| --- | |
| -- Wait for 100 ms or until global variable set. | |
| vim.wait(100, function() return vim.g.waiting_for_var end) | |
| --- | |
| -- Wait for 1 second or until global variable set, checking every ~500 ms | |
| vim.wait(1000, function() return vim.g.waiting_for_var end, 500) | |
| --- | |
| -- Schedule a function to set a value in 100ms | |
| vim.defer_fn(function() vim.g.timer_result = true end, 100) | |
| -- Would wait ten seconds if results blocked. Actually only waits 100 ms | |
| if vim.wait(10000, function() return vim.g.timer_result end) then | |
| print('Only waiting a little bit of time!') | |
| end | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {time} (`integer`) Number of milliseconds to wait | |
| • {callback} (`fun(): boolean?`) Optional callback. Waits until | |
| {callback} returns true | |
| • {interval} (`integer?`) (Approximate) number of milliseconds to wait | |
| between polls | |
| • {fast_only} (`boolean?`) If true, only |api-fast| events will be | |
| processed. | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`boolean`) | |
| (`-1|-2?`) | |
| • If {callback} returns `true` during the {time}: `true, nil` | |
| • If {callback} never returns `true` during the {time}: `false, -1` | |
| • If {callback} is interrupted during the {time}: `false, -2` | |
| • If {callback} errors, the error is raised. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| LUA-VIMSCRIPT BRIDGE *lua-vimscript* | |
| Nvim Lua provides an interface or "bridge" to Vimscript variables and | |
| functions, and editor commands and options. | |
| Objects passed over this bridge are COPIED (marshalled): there are no | |
| "references". |lua-guide-variables| For example, using `vim.fn.remove()` on a | |
| Lua list copies the list object to Vimscript and does NOT modify the Lua list: >lua | |
| local list = { 1, 2, 3 } | |
| vim.fn.remove(list, 0) | |
| vim.print(list) --> "{ 1, 2, 3 }" | |
| < | |
| vim.call({func}, {...}) *vim.call()* | |
| Invokes |vim-function| or |user-function| {func} with arguments {...}. | |
| See also |vim.fn|. | |
| Equivalent to: >lua | |
| vim.fn[func]({...}) | |
| < | |
| vim.cmd({command}) | |
| See |vim.cmd()|. | |
| vim.fn.{func}({...}) *vim.fn* | |
| Invokes |vim-function| or |user-function| {func} with arguments {...}. | |
| To call autoload functions, use the syntax: >lua | |
| vim.fn['some#function']({...}) | |
| < | |
| Unlike vim.api.|nvim_call_function()| this converts directly between Vim | |
| objects and Lua objects. If the Vim function returns a float, it will be | |
| represented directly as a Lua number. Empty lists and dictionaries both | |
| are represented by an empty table. | |
| Note: |v:null| values as part of the return value is represented as | |
| |vim.NIL| special value | |
| Note: vim.fn keys are generated lazily, thus `pairs(vim.fn)` only | |
| enumerates functions that were called at least once. | |
| Note: The majority of functions cannot run in |api-fast| callbacks with some | |
| undocumented exceptions which are allowed. | |
| *lua-vim-variables* | |
| The Vim editor global dictionaries |g:| |w:| |b:| |t:| |v:| can be accessed | |
| from Lua conveniently and idiomatically by referencing the `vim.*` Lua tables | |
| described below. In this way you can easily read and modify global Vimscript | |
| variables from Lua. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.g.foo = 5 -- Set the g:foo Vimscript variable. | |
| print(vim.g.foo) -- Get and print the g:foo Vimscript variable. | |
| vim.g.foo = nil -- Delete (:unlet) the Vimscript variable. | |
| vim.b[2].foo = 6 -- Set b:foo for buffer 2 | |
| < | |
| Note that setting dictionary fields directly will not write them back into | |
| Nvim. This is because the index into the namespace simply returns a copy. | |
| Instead the whole dictionary must be written as one. This can be achieved by | |
| creating a short-lived temporary. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.g.my_dict.field1 = 'value' -- Does not work | |
| local my_dict = vim.g.my_dict -- | |
| my_dict.field1 = 'value' -- Instead do | |
| vim.g.my_dict = my_dict -- | |
| vim.g *vim.g* | |
| Global (|g:|) editor variables. | |
| Key with no value returns `nil`. | |
| vim.b *vim.b* | |
| Buffer-scoped (|b:|) variables for the current buffer. | |
| Invalid or unset key returns `nil`. Can be indexed with | |
| an integer to access variables for a specific buffer. | |
| vim.w *vim.w* | |
| Window-scoped (|w:|) variables for the current window. | |
| Invalid or unset key returns `nil`. Can be indexed with | |
| an integer to access variables for a specific window. | |
| vim.t *vim.t* | |
| Tabpage-scoped (|t:|) variables for the current tabpage. | |
| Invalid or unset key returns `nil`. Can be indexed with | |
| an integer to access variables for a specific tabpage. | |
| vim.v *vim.v* | |
| |v:| variables. | |
| Invalid or unset key returns `nil`. | |
| *lua-options* | |
| *lua-vim-options* | |
| *lua-vim-set* | |
| *lua-vim-setlocal* | |
| Vim options can be accessed through |vim.o|, which behaves like Vimscript | |
| |:set|. | |
| Examples: ~ | |
| To set a boolean toggle: | |
| Vimscript: `set number` | |
| Lua: `vim.o.number = true` | |
| To set a string value: | |
| Vimscript: `set wildignore=*.o,*.a,__pycache__` | |
| Lua: `vim.o.wildignore = '*.o,*.a,__pycache__'` | |
| Similarly, there is |vim.bo| and |vim.wo| for setting buffer-scoped and | |
| window-scoped options. Note that this must NOT be confused with | |
| |local-options| and |:setlocal|. There is also |vim.go| that only accesses the | |
| global value of a |global-local| option, see |:setglobal|. | |
| *vim.opt_local* | |
| *vim.opt_global* | |
| *vim.opt* | |
| A special interface |vim.opt| exists for conveniently interacting with list- | |
| and map-style options from Lua: It allows accessing them as Lua tables and | |
| offers object-oriented method for adding and removing entries. | |
| Examples: ~ | |
| The following methods of setting a list-style option are equivalent: | |
| In Vimscript: >vim | |
| set wildignore=*.o,*.a,__pycache__ | |
| < | |
| In Lua using `vim.o`: >lua | |
| vim.o.wildignore = '*.o,*.a,__pycache__' | |
| < | |
| In Lua using `vim.opt`: >lua | |
| vim.opt.wildignore = { '*.o', '*.a', '__pycache__' } | |
| < | |
| To replicate the behavior of |:set+=|, use: >lua | |
| vim.opt.wildignore:append { "*.pyc", "node_modules" } | |
| < | |
| To replicate the behavior of |:set^=|, use: >lua | |
| vim.opt.wildignore:prepend { "new_first_value" } | |
| < | |
| To replicate the behavior of |:set-=|, use: >lua | |
| vim.opt.wildignore:remove { "node_modules" } | |
| < | |
| The following methods of setting a map-style option are equivalent: | |
| In Vimscript: >vim | |
| set listchars=space:_,tab:>~ | |
| < | |
| In Lua using `vim.o`: >lua | |
| vim.o.listchars = 'space:_,tab:>~' | |
| < | |
| In Lua using `vim.opt`: >lua | |
| vim.opt.listchars = { space = '_', tab = '>~' } | |
| < | |
| Note that |vim.opt| returns an `Option` object, not the value of the option, | |
| which is accessed through |vim.opt:get()|: | |
| Examples: ~ | |
| The following methods of getting a list-style option are equivalent: | |
| In Vimscript: >vim | |
| echo wildignore | |
| < | |
| In Lua using `vim.o`: >lua | |
| print(vim.o.wildignore) | |
| < | |
| In Lua using `vim.opt`: >lua | |
| vim.print(vim.opt.wildignore:get()) | |
| < | |
| In any of the above examples, to replicate the behavior |:setlocal|, use | |
| `vim.opt_local`. Additionally, to replicate the behavior of |:setglobal|, use | |
| `vim.opt_global`. | |
| Option:append({value}) *vim.opt:append()* | |
| Append a value to string-style options. See |:set+=| | |
| These are equivalent: >lua | |
| vim.opt.formatoptions:append('j') | |
| vim.opt.formatoptions = vim.opt.formatoptions + 'j' | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {value} (`string`) Value to append | |
| Option:get() *vim.opt:get()* | |
| Returns a Lua-representation of the option. Boolean, number and string | |
| values will be returned in exactly the same fashion. | |
| For values that are comma-separated lists, an array will be returned with | |
| the values as entries in the array: >lua | |
| vim.cmd [[set wildignore=*.pyc,*.o]] | |
| vim.print(vim.opt.wildignore:get()) | |
| -- { "*.pyc", "*.o", } | |
| for _, ignore_pattern in ipairs(vim.opt.wildignore:get()) do | |
| print("Will ignore:", ignore_pattern) | |
| end | |
| -- Will ignore: *.pyc | |
| -- Will ignore: *.o | |
| < | |
| For values that are comma-separated maps, a table will be returned with | |
| the names as keys and the values as entries: >lua | |
| vim.cmd [[set listchars=space:_,tab:>~]] | |
| vim.print(vim.opt.listchars:get()) | |
| -- { space = "_", tab = ">~", } | |
| for char, representation in pairs(vim.opt.listchars:get()) do | |
| print(char, "=>", representation) | |
| end | |
| < | |
| For values that are lists of flags, a set will be returned with the flags | |
| as keys and `true` as entries. >lua | |
| vim.cmd [[set formatoptions=njtcroql]] | |
| vim.print(vim.opt.formatoptions:get()) | |
| -- { n = true, j = true, c = true, ... } | |
| local format_opts = vim.opt.formatoptions:get() | |
| if format_opts.j then | |
| print("J is enabled!") | |
| end | |
| < | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string|integer|boolean?`) value of option | |
| Option:prepend({value}) *vim.opt:prepend()* | |
| Prepend a value to string-style options. See |:set^=| | |
| These are equivalent: >lua | |
| vim.opt.wildignore:prepend('*.o') | |
| vim.opt.wildignore = vim.opt.wildignore ^ '*.o' | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {value} (`string`) Value to prepend | |
| Option:remove({value}) *vim.opt:remove()* | |
| Remove a value from string-style options. See |:set-=| | |
| These are equivalent: >lua | |
| vim.opt.wildignore:remove('*.pyc') | |
| vim.opt.wildignore = vim.opt.wildignore - '*.pyc' | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {value} (`string`) Value to remove | |
| vim.bo[{bufnr}] *vim.bo* | |
| Get or set buffer-scoped |options| for the buffer with number {bufnr}. | |
| Like `:setlocal`. If {bufnr} is omitted then the current buffer is used. | |
| Invalid {bufnr} or key is an error. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local bufnr = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf() | |
| vim.bo[bufnr].buflisted = true -- same as vim.bo.buflisted = true | |
| print(vim.bo.comments) | |
| print(vim.bo.baz) -- error: invalid key | |
| < | |
| vim.env *vim.env* | |
| Environment variables defined in the editor session. See |expand-env| and | |
| |:let-environment| for the Vimscript behavior. Invalid or unset key | |
| returns `nil`. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.env.FOO = 'bar' | |
| print(vim.env.TERM) | |
| < | |
| vim.go *vim.go* | |
| Get or set global |options|. Like `:setglobal`. Invalid key is an error. | |
| Note: this is different from |vim.o| because this accesses the global | |
| option value and thus is mostly useful for use with |global-local| | |
| options. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.go.cmdheight = 4 | |
| print(vim.go.columns) | |
| print(vim.go.bar) -- error: invalid key | |
| < | |
| vim.o *vim.o* | |
| Get or set |options|. Works like `:set`, so buffer/window-scoped options | |
| target the current buffer/window. Invalid key is an error. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.o.cmdheight = 4 | |
| print(vim.o.columns) | |
| print(vim.o.foo) -- error: invalid key | |
| < | |
| vim.wo[{winid}][{bufnr}] *vim.wo* | |
| Get or set window-scoped |options| for the window with handle {winid} and | |
| buffer with number {bufnr}. Like `:setlocal` if setting a |global-local| | |
| option or if {bufnr} is provided, like `:set` otherwise. If {winid} is | |
| omitted then the current window is used. Invalid {winid}, {bufnr} or key | |
| is an error. | |
| Note: only {bufnr} with value `0` (the current buffer in the window) is | |
| supported. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local winid = vim.api.nvim_get_current_win() | |
| vim.wo[winid].number = true -- same as vim.wo.number = true | |
| print(vim.wo.foldmarker) | |
| print(vim.wo.quux) -- error: invalid key | |
| vim.wo[winid][0].spell = false -- like ':setlocal nospell' | |
| < | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim *lua-vim* | |
| vim.cmd({command}) *vim.cmd()* | |
| Executes Vimscript (|Ex-commands|). | |
| Can be indexed with a command name to get a function, thus you can write | |
| `vim.cmd.echo(…)` instead of `vim.cmd{cmd='echo',…}`. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| -- Single command: | |
| vim.cmd('echo 42') | |
| -- Multiline script: | |
| vim.cmd([[ | |
| augroup my.group | |
| autocmd! | |
| autocmd FileType c setlocal cindent | |
| augroup END | |
| ]]) | |
| -- Ex command :echo "foo". Note: string literals must be double-quoted. | |
| vim.cmd('echo "foo"') | |
| vim.cmd { cmd = 'echo', args = { '"foo"' } } | |
| vim.cmd.echo({ args = { '"foo"' } }) | |
| vim.cmd.echo('"foo"') | |
| -- Ex command :write! myfile.txt | |
| vim.cmd('write! myfile.txt') | |
| vim.cmd { cmd = 'write', args = { 'myfile.txt' }, bang = true } | |
| vim.cmd.write { args = { 'myfile.txt' }, bang = true } | |
| vim.cmd.write { 'myfile.txt', bang = true } | |
| -- Ex command :vertical resize +2 | |
| vim.cmd.resize({ '+2', mods = { vertical = true } }) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {command} (`string|table`) Command(s) to execute. | |
| • The string form supports multiline Vimscript (alias to | |
| |nvim_exec2()|, behaves like |:source|). | |
| • The table form executes a single command (alias to | |
| |nvim_cmd()|). | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |ex-cmd-index| | |
| vim.defer_fn({fn}, {timeout}) *vim.defer_fn()* | |
| Defers calling {fn} until {timeout} ms passes. | |
| Use to do a one-shot timer that calls {fn} Note: The {fn} is | |
| |vim.schedule_wrap()|ped automatically, so API functions are safe to call. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {fn} (`function`) Callback to call once `timeout` expires | |
| • {timeout} (`integer`) Number of milliseconds to wait before calling | |
| `fn` | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table`) timer luv timer object | |
| *vim.deprecate()* | |
| vim.deprecate({name}, {alternative}, {version}, {plugin}, {backtrace}) | |
| Shows a deprecation message to the user. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {name} (`string`) Deprecated feature (function, API, etc.). | |
| • {alternative} (`string?`) Suggested alternative feature. | |
| • {version} (`string`) Version when the deprecated function will be | |
| removed. | |
| • {plugin} (`string?`) Name of the plugin that owns the deprecated | |
| feature. Defaults to "Nvim". | |
| • {backtrace} (`boolean?`) Prints backtrace. Defaults to true. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string?`) Deprecated message, or nil if no message was shown. | |
| vim.inspect() *vim.inspect()* | |
| Gets a human-readable representation of the given object. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |vim.print()| | |
| • https://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua | |
| • https://github.com/mpeterv/vinspect | |
| vim.keycode({str}) *vim.keycode()* | |
| Translates keycodes. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local k = vim.keycode | |
| vim.g.mapleader = k'<bs>' | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) String to be converted. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |nvim_replace_termcodes()| | |
| vim.lua_omnifunc({find_start}) *vim.lua_omnifunc()* | |
| Omnifunc for completing Lua values from the runtime Lua interpreter, | |
| similar to the builtin completion for the `:lua` command. | |
| Activate using `set omnifunc=v:lua.vim.lua_omnifunc` in a Lua buffer. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {find_start} (`1|0`) | |
| vim.notify({msg}, {level}, {opts}) *vim.notify()* | |
| Displays a notification to the user. | |
| This function can be overridden by plugins to display notifications using | |
| a custom provider (such as the system notification provider). By default, | |
| writes to |:messages|. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {msg} (`string`) Content of the notification to show to the user. | |
| • {level} (`integer?`) One of the values from |vim.log.levels|. | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Optional parameters. Unused by default. | |
| vim.notify_once({msg}, {level}, {opts}) *vim.notify_once()* | |
| Displays a notification only one time. | |
| Like |vim.notify()|, but subsequent calls with the same message will not | |
| display a notification. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {msg} (`string`) Content of the notification to show to the user. | |
| • {level} (`integer?`) One of the values from |vim.log.levels|. | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Optional parameters. Unused by default. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) true if message was displayed, else false | |
| vim.on_key({fn}, {ns_id}, {opts}) *vim.on_key()* | |
| Adds Lua function {fn} with namespace id {ns_id} as a listener to every, | |
| yes every, input key. | |
| The Nvim command-line option |-w| is related but does not support | |
| callbacks and cannot be toggled dynamically. | |
| Note: ~ | |
| • {fn} will be removed on error. | |
| • {fn} won't be invoked recursively, i.e. if {fn} itself consumes input, | |
| it won't be invoked for those keys. | |
| • {fn} will not be cleared by |nvim_buf_clear_namespace()| | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {fn} (`fun(key: string, typed: string): string??`) Function | |
| invoked for every input key, after mappings have been applied | |
| but before further processing. Arguments {key} and {typed} | |
| are raw keycodes, where {key} is the key after mappings are | |
| applied, and {typed} is the key(s) before mappings are | |
| applied. {typed} may be empty if {key} is produced by | |
| non-typed key(s) or by the same typed key(s) that produced a | |
| previous {key}. If {fn} returns an empty string, {key} is | |
| discarded/ignored. When {fn} is `nil`, the callback | |
| associated with namespace {ns_id} is removed. | |
| • {ns_id} (`integer?`) Namespace ID. If nil or 0, generates and returns | |
| a new |nvim_create_namespace()| id. | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Optional parameters | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`integer`) Namespace id associated with {fn}. Or count of all | |
| callbacks if on_key() is called without arguments. | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |keytrans()| | |
| vim.paste({lines}, {phase}) *vim.paste()* | |
| Paste handler, invoked by |nvim_paste()|. | |
| Note: This is provided only as a "hook", don't call it directly; call | |
| |nvim_paste()| instead, which arranges redo (dot-repeat) and invokes | |
| `vim.paste`. | |
| Example: To remove ANSI color codes when pasting: >lua | |
| vim.paste = (function(overridden) | |
| return function(lines, phase) | |
| for i,line in ipairs(lines) do | |
| -- Scrub ANSI color codes from paste input. | |
| lines[i] = line:gsub('\27%[[0-9;mK]+', '') | |
| end | |
| return overridden(lines, phase) | |
| end | |
| end)(vim.paste) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {lines} (`string[]`) |readfile()|-style list of lines to paste. | |
| |channel-lines| | |
| • {phase} (`-1|1|2|3`) -1: "non-streaming" paste: the call contains all | |
| lines. If paste is "streamed", `phase` indicates the stream | |
| state: | |
| • 1: starts the paste (exactly once) | |
| • 2: continues the paste (zero or more times) | |
| • 3: ends the paste (exactly once) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) result false if client should cancel the paste. | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |paste| | |
| vim.print({...}) *vim.print()* | |
| "Pretty prints" the given arguments and returns them unmodified. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local hl_normal = vim.print(vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = 'Normal' })) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {...} (`any`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) given arguments. | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |vim.inspect()| | |
| • |:=| | |
| vim.schedule_wrap({fn}) *vim.schedule_wrap()* | |
| Returns a function which calls {fn} via |vim.schedule()|. | |
| The returned function passes all arguments to {fn}. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| function notify_readable(_err, readable) | |
| vim.notify("readable? " .. tostring(readable)) | |
| end | |
| vim.uv.fs_access(vim.fn.stdpath("config"), "R", vim.schedule_wrap(notify_readable)) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {fn} (`function`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`function`) | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |lua-loop-callbacks| | |
| • |vim.schedule()| | |
| • |vim.in_fast_event()| | |
| *vim.str_byteindex()* | |
| vim.str_byteindex({s}, {encoding}, {index}, {strict_indexing}) | |
| Convert UTF-32, UTF-16 or UTF-8 {index} to byte index. If | |
| {strict_indexing} is false then then an out of range index will return | |
| byte length instead of throwing an error. | |
| Invalid UTF-8 and NUL is treated like in |vim.str_utfindex()|. An {index} | |
| in the middle of a UTF-16 sequence is rounded upwards to the end of that | |
| sequence. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {s} (`string`) | |
| • {encoding} (`"utf-8"|"utf-16"|"utf-32"`) | |
| • {index} (`integer`) | |
| • {strict_indexing} (`boolean?`) default: true | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`integer`) | |
| *vim.str_utfindex()* | |
| vim.str_utfindex({s}, {encoding}, {index}, {strict_indexing}) | |
| Convert byte index to UTF-32, UTF-16 or UTF-8 indices. If {index} is not | |
| supplied, the length of the string is used. All indices are zero-based. | |
| If {strict_indexing} is false then an out of range index will return | |
| string length instead of throwing an error. Invalid UTF-8 bytes, and | |
| embedded surrogates are counted as one code point each. An {index} in the | |
| middle of a UTF-8 sequence is rounded upwards to the end of that sequence. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {s} (`string`) | |
| • {encoding} (`"utf-8"|"utf-16"|"utf-32"`) | |
| • {index} (`integer?`) | |
| • {strict_indexing} (`boolean?`) default: true | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`integer`) | |
| vim.system({cmd}, {opts}, {on_exit}) *vim.system()* | |
| Runs a system command or throws an error if {cmd} cannot be run. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| local on_exit = function(obj) | |
| print(obj.code) | |
| print(obj.signal) | |
| print(obj.stdout) | |
| print(obj.stderr) | |
| end | |
| -- Runs asynchronously: | |
| vim.system({'echo', 'hello'}, { text = true }, on_exit) | |
| -- Runs synchronously: | |
| local obj = vim.system({'echo', 'hello'}, { text = true }):wait() | |
| -- { code = 0, signal = 0, stdout = 'hello\n', stderr = '' } | |
| < | |
| See |uv.spawn()| for more details. Note: unlike |uv.spawn()|, vim.system | |
| throws an error if {cmd} cannot be run. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {cmd} (`string[]`) Command to execute | |
| • {opts} (`vim.SystemOpts?`) Options: | |
| • cwd: (string) Set the current working directory for the | |
| sub-process. | |
| • env: table<string,string> Set environment variables for | |
| the new process. Inherits the current environment with | |
| `NVIM` set to |v:servername|. | |
| • clear_env: (boolean) `env` defines the job environment | |
| exactly, instead of merging current environment. Note: if | |
| `env` is `nil`, the current environment is used but | |
| without `NVIM` set. | |
| • stdin: (string|string[]|boolean) If `true`, then a pipe | |
| to stdin is opened and can be written to via the | |
| `write()` method to SystemObj. If string or string[] then | |
| will be written to stdin and closed. Defaults to `false`. | |
| • stdout: (boolean|function) Handle output from stdout. | |
| When passed as a function must have the signature | |
| `fun(err: string, data: string)`. Defaults to `true` | |
| • stderr: (boolean|function) Handle output from stderr. | |
| When passed as a function must have the signature | |
| `fun(err: string, data: string)`. Defaults to `true`. | |
| • text: (boolean) Handle stdout and stderr as text. | |
| Replaces `\r\n` with `\n`. | |
| • timeout: (integer) Run the command with a time limit. | |
| Upon timeout the process is sent the TERM signal (15) and | |
| the exit code is set to 124. | |
| • detach: (boolean) If true, spawn the child process in a | |
| detached state - this will make it a process group | |
| leader, and will effectively enable the child to keep | |
| running after the parent exits. Note that the child | |
| process will still keep the parent's event loop alive | |
| unless the parent process calls |uv.unref()| on the | |
| child's process handle. | |
| • {on_exit} (`fun(out: vim.SystemCompleted)?`) Called when subprocess | |
| exits. When provided, the command runs asynchronously. | |
| Receives SystemCompleted object, see return of | |
| SystemObj:wait(). | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.SystemObj`) Object with the fields: | |
| • cmd (string[]) Command name and args | |
| • pid (integer) Process ID | |
| • wait (fun(timeout: integer|nil): SystemCompleted) Wait for the | |
| process to complete. Upon timeout the process is sent the KILL | |
| signal (9) and the exit code is set to 124. Cannot be called in | |
| |api-fast|. | |
| • SystemCompleted is an object with the fields: | |
| • code: (integer) | |
| • signal: (integer) | |
| • stdout: (string), nil if stdout argument is passed | |
| • stderr: (string), nil if stderr argument is passed | |
| • kill (fun(signal: integer|string)) | |
| • write (fun(data: string|nil)) Requires `stdin=true`. Pass `nil` to | |
| close the stream. | |
| • is_closing (fun(): boolean) | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.inspector *vim.inspector* | |
| vim.inspect_pos({bufnr}, {row}, {col}, {filter}) *vim.inspect_pos()* | |
| Get all the items at a given buffer position. | |
| Can also be pretty-printed with `:Inspect!`. *:Inspect!* | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.9.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {bufnr} (`integer?`) defaults to the current buffer | |
| • {row} (`integer?`) row to inspect, 0-based. Defaults to the row of | |
| the current cursor | |
| • {col} (`integer?`) col to inspect, 0-based. Defaults to the col of | |
| the current cursor | |
| • {filter} (`table?`) Table with key-value pairs to filter the items | |
| • {syntax} (`boolean`, default: `true`) Include syntax based | |
| highlight groups. | |
| • {treesitter} (`boolean`, default: `true`) Include | |
| treesitter based highlight groups. | |
| • {extmarks} (`boolean|"all"`, default: true) Include | |
| extmarks. When `all`, then extmarks without a `hl_group` | |
| will also be included. | |
| • {semantic_tokens} (`boolean`, default: true) Include | |
| semantic token highlights. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table`) a table with the following key-value pairs. Items are in | |
| "traversal order": | |
| • treesitter: a list of treesitter captures | |
| • syntax: a list of syntax groups | |
| • semantic_tokens: a list of semantic tokens | |
| • extmarks: a list of extmarks | |
| • buffer: the buffer used to get the items | |
| • row: the row used to get the items | |
| • col: the col used to get the items | |
| vim.show_pos({bufnr}, {row}, {col}, {filter}) *vim.show_pos()* | |
| Show all the items at a given buffer position. | |
| Can also be shown with `:Inspect`. *:Inspect* | |
| Example: To bind this function to the vim-scriptease inspired `zS` in | |
| Normal mode: >lua | |
| vim.keymap.set('n', 'zS', vim.show_pos) | |
| < | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.9.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {bufnr} (`integer?`) defaults to the current buffer | |
| • {row} (`integer?`) row to inspect, 0-based. Defaults to the row of | |
| the current cursor | |
| • {col} (`integer?`) col to inspect, 0-based. Defaults to the col of | |
| the current cursor | |
| • {filter} (`table?`) A table with the following fields: | |
| • {syntax} (`boolean`, default: `true`) Include syntax based | |
| highlight groups. | |
| • {treesitter} (`boolean`, default: `true`) Include | |
| treesitter based highlight groups. | |
| • {extmarks} (`boolean|"all"`, default: true) Include | |
| extmarks. When `all`, then extmarks without a `hl_group` | |
| will also be included. | |
| • {semantic_tokens} (`boolean`, default: true) Include | |
| semantic token highlights. | |
| *vim.Ringbuf* | |
| Fields: ~ | |
| • {clear} (`fun()`) See |Ringbuf:clear()|. | |
| • {push} (`fun(item: T)`) See |Ringbuf:push()|. | |
| • {pop} (`fun(): T?`) See |Ringbuf:pop()|. | |
| • {peek} (`fun(): T?`) See |Ringbuf:peek()|. | |
| Ringbuf:clear() *Ringbuf:clear()* | |
| Clear all items | |
| Ringbuf:peek() *Ringbuf:peek()* | |
| Returns the first unread item without removing it | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any?`) | |
| Ringbuf:pop() *Ringbuf:pop()* | |
| Removes and returns the first unread item | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any?`) | |
| Ringbuf:push({item}) *Ringbuf:push()* | |
| Adds an item, overriding the oldest item if the buffer is full. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {item} (`any`) | |
| vim.deep_equal({a}, {b}) *vim.deep_equal()* | |
| Deep compare values for equality | |
| Tables are compared recursively unless they both provide the `eq` | |
| metamethod. All other types are compared using the equality `==` operator. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {a} (`any`) First value | |
| • {b} (`any`) Second value | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) `true` if values are equals, else `false` | |
| vim.deepcopy({orig}, {noref}) *vim.deepcopy()* | |
| Returns a deep copy of the given object. Non-table objects are copied as | |
| in a typical Lua assignment, whereas table objects are copied recursively. | |
| Functions are naively copied, so functions in the copied table point to | |
| the same functions as those in the input table. Userdata and threads are | |
| not copied and will throw an error. | |
| Note: `noref=true` is much more performant on tables with unique table | |
| fields, while `noref=false` is more performant on tables that reuse table | |
| fields. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {orig} (`table`) Table to copy | |
| • {noref} (`boolean?`) When `false` (default) a contained table is only | |
| copied once and all references point to this single copy. | |
| When `true` every occurrence of a table results in a new | |
| copy. This also means that a cyclic reference can cause | |
| `deepcopy()` to fail. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table`) Table of copied keys and (nested) values. | |
| vim.defaulttable({createfn}) *vim.defaulttable()* | |
| Creates a table whose missing keys are provided by {createfn} (like | |
| Python's "defaultdict"). | |
| If {createfn} is `nil` it defaults to defaulttable() itself, so accessing | |
| nested keys creates nested tables: >lua | |
| local a = vim.defaulttable() | |
| a.b.c = 1 | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {createfn} (`fun(key:any):any?`) Provides the value for a missing | |
| `key`. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table`) Empty table with `__index` metamethod. | |
| vim.endswith({s}, {suffix}) *vim.endswith()* | |
| Tests if `s` ends with `suffix`. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {s} (`string`) String | |
| • {suffix} (`string`) Suffix to match | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) `true` if `suffix` is a suffix of `s` | |
| vim.gsplit({s}, {sep}, {opts}) *vim.gsplit()* | |
| Gets an |iterator| that splits a string at each instance of a separator, | |
| in "lazy" fashion (as opposed to |vim.split()| which is "eager"). | |
| Example: >lua | |
| for s in vim.gsplit(':aa::b:', ':', {plain=true}) do | |
| print(s) | |
| end | |
| < | |
| If you want to also inspect the separator itself (instead of discarding | |
| it), use |string.gmatch()|. Example: >lua | |
| for word, num in ('foo111bar222'):gmatch('([^0-9]*)(%d*)') do | |
| print(('word: %s num: %s'):format(word, num)) | |
| end | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {s} (`string`) String to split | |
| • {sep} (`string`) Separator or pattern | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Keyword arguments |kwargs|: | |
| • {plain}? (`boolean`) Use `sep` literally (as in | |
| string.find). | |
| • {trimempty}? (`boolean`) Discard empty segments at start and | |
| end of the sequence. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`fun():string?`) Iterator over the split components | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |string.gmatch()| | |
| • |vim.split()| | |
| • |lua-pattern|s | |
| • https://www.lua.org/pil/20.2.html | |
| • http://lua-users.org/wiki/StringLibraryTutorial | |
| vim.is_callable({f}) *vim.is_callable()* | |
| Returns true if object `f` can be called as a function. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {f} (`any`) Any object | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) `true` if `f` is callable, else `false` | |
| vim.isarray({t}) *vim.isarray()* | |
| Tests if `t` is an "array": a table indexed only by integers (potentially | |
| non-contiguous). | |
| If the indexes start from 1 and are contiguous then the array is also a | |
| list. |vim.islist()| | |
| Empty table `{}` is an array, unless it was created by |vim.empty_dict()| | |
| or returned as a dict-like |API| or Vimscript result, for example from | |
| |rpcrequest()| or |vim.fn|. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {t} (`table?`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) `true` if array-like table, else `false`. | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • https://github.com/openresty/luajit2#tableisarray | |
| vim.islist({t}) *vim.islist()* | |
| Tests if `t` is a "list": a table indexed only by contiguous integers | |
| starting from 1 (what |lua-length| calls a "regular array"). | |
| Empty table `{}` is a list, unless it was created by |vim.empty_dict()| or | |
| returned as a dict-like |API| or Vimscript result, for example from | |
| |rpcrequest()| or |vim.fn|. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {t} (`table?`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) `true` if list-like table, else `false`. | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |vim.isarray()| | |
| vim.list_contains({t}, {value}) *vim.list_contains()* | |
| Checks if a list-like table (integer keys without gaps) contains `value`. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {t} (`table`) Table to check (must be list-like, not validated) | |
| • {value} (`any`) Value to compare | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) `true` if `t` contains `value` | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |vim.tbl_contains()| for checking values in general tables | |
| vim.list_extend({dst}, {src}, {start}, {finish}) *vim.list_extend()* | |
| Extends a list-like table with the values of another list-like table. | |
| NOTE: This mutates dst! | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {dst} (`table`) List which will be modified and appended to | |
| • {src} (`table`) List from which values will be inserted | |
| • {start} (`integer?`) Start index on src. Defaults to 1 | |
| • {finish} (`integer?`) Final index on src. Defaults to `#src` | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table`) dst | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |vim.tbl_extend()| | |
| vim.list_slice({list}, {start}, {finish}) *vim.list_slice()* | |
| Creates a copy of a table containing only elements from start to end | |
| (inclusive) | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {list} (`any[]`) Table | |
| • {start} (`integer?`) Start range of slice | |
| • {finish} (`integer?`) End range of slice | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any[]`) Copy of table sliced from start to finish (inclusive) | |
| vim.pesc({s}) *vim.pesc()* | |
| Escapes magic chars in |lua-pattern|s. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {s} (`string`) String to escape | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) %-escaped pattern string | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • https://github.com/rxi/lume | |
| vim.ringbuf({size}) *vim.ringbuf()* | |
| Create a ring buffer limited to a maximal number of items. Once the buffer | |
| is full, adding a new entry overrides the oldest entry. >lua | |
| local ringbuf = vim.ringbuf(4) | |
| ringbuf:push("a") | |
| ringbuf:push("b") | |
| ringbuf:push("c") | |
| ringbuf:push("d") | |
| ringbuf:push("e") -- overrides "a" | |
| print(ringbuf:pop()) -- returns "b" | |
| print(ringbuf:pop()) -- returns "c" | |
| -- Can be used as iterator. Pops remaining items: | |
| for val in ringbuf do | |
| print(val) | |
| end | |
| < | |
| Returns a Ringbuf instance with the following methods: | |
| • |Ringbuf:push()| | |
| • |Ringbuf:pop()| | |
| • |Ringbuf:peek()| | |
| • |Ringbuf:clear()| | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {size} (`integer`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.Ringbuf`) ringbuf See |vim.Ringbuf|. | |
| vim.spairs({t}) *vim.spairs()* | |
| Enumerates key-value pairs of a table, ordered by key. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {t} (`table`) Dict-like table | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`fun(table: table<K, V>, index?: K):K, V`) |for-in| iterator over | |
| sorted keys and their values | |
| (`table`) | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • Based on | |
| https://github.com/premake/premake-core/blob/master/src/base/table.lua | |
| vim.split({s}, {sep}, {opts}) *vim.split()* | |
| Splits a string at each instance of a separator and returns the result as | |
| a table (unlike |vim.gsplit()|). | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| split(":aa::b:", ":") --> {'','aa','','b',''} | |
| split("axaby", "ab?") --> {'','x','y'} | |
| split("x*yz*o", "*", {plain=true}) --> {'x','yz','o'} | |
| split("|x|y|z|", "|", {trimempty=true}) --> {'x', 'y', 'z'} | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {s} (`string`) String to split | |
| • {sep} (`string`) Separator or pattern | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Keyword arguments |kwargs|: | |
| • {plain}? (`boolean`) Use `sep` literally (as in | |
| string.find). | |
| • {trimempty}? (`boolean`) Discard empty segments at start and | |
| end of the sequence. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string[]`) List of split components | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |vim.gsplit()| | |
| • |string.gmatch()| | |
| vim.startswith({s}, {prefix}) *vim.startswith()* | |
| Tests if `s` starts with `prefix`. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {s} (`string`) String | |
| • {prefix} (`string`) Prefix to match | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) `true` if `prefix` is a prefix of `s` | |
| vim.tbl_contains({t}, {value}, {opts}) *vim.tbl_contains()* | |
| Checks if a table contains a given value, specified either directly or via | |
| a predicate that is checked for each value. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.tbl_contains({ 'a', { 'b', 'c' } }, function(v) | |
| return vim.deep_equal(v, { 'b', 'c' }) | |
| end, { predicate = true }) | |
| -- true | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {t} (`table`) Table to check | |
| • {value} (`any`) Value to compare or predicate function reference | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Keyword arguments |kwargs|: | |
| • {predicate}? (`boolean`) `value` is a function reference to | |
| be checked (default false) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) `true` if `t` contains `value` | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |vim.list_contains()| for checking values in list-like tables | |
| vim.tbl_count({t}) *vim.tbl_count()* | |
| Counts the number of non-nil values in table `t`. >lua | |
| vim.tbl_count({ a=1, b=2 }) --> 2 | |
| vim.tbl_count({ 1, 2 }) --> 2 | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {t} (`table`) Table | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`integer`) Number of non-nil values in table | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • https://github.com/Tieske/Penlight/blob/master/lua/pl/tablex.lua | |
| vim.tbl_deep_extend({behavior}, {...}) *vim.tbl_deep_extend()* | |
| Merges recursively two or more tables. | |
| Only values that are empty tables or tables that are not |lua-list|s | |
| (indexed by consecutive integers starting from 1) are merged recursively. | |
| This is useful for merging nested tables like default and user | |
| configurations where lists should be treated as literals (i.e., are | |
| overwritten instead of merged). | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {behavior} (`'error'|'keep'|'force'`) Decides what to do if a key is | |
| found in more than one map: | |
| • "error": raise an error | |
| • "keep": use value from the leftmost map | |
| • "force": use value from the rightmost map | |
| • {...} (`table`) Two or more tables | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table`) Merged table | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |vim.tbl_extend()| | |
| vim.tbl_extend({behavior}, {...}) *vim.tbl_extend()* | |
| Merges two or more tables. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {behavior} (`'error'|'keep'|'force'`) Decides what to do if a key is | |
| found in more than one map: | |
| • "error": raise an error | |
| • "keep": use value from the leftmost map | |
| • "force": use value from the rightmost map | |
| • {...} (`table`) Two or more tables | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table`) Merged table | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |extend()| | |
| vim.tbl_filter({func}, {t}) *vim.tbl_filter()* | |
| Filter a table using a predicate function | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {func} (`function`) Function | |
| • {t} (`table`) Table | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any[]`) Table of filtered values | |
| vim.tbl_get({o}, {...}) *vim.tbl_get()* | |
| Index into a table (first argument) via string keys passed as subsequent | |
| arguments. Return `nil` if the key does not exist. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| vim.tbl_get({ key = { nested_key = true }}, 'key', 'nested_key') == true | |
| vim.tbl_get({ key = {}}, 'key', 'nested_key') == nil | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {o} (`table`) Table to index | |
| • {...} (`any`) Optional keys (0 or more, variadic) via which to index | |
| the table | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) Nested value indexed by key (if it exists), else nil | |
| vim.tbl_isempty({t}) *vim.tbl_isempty()* | |
| Checks if a table is empty. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {t} (`table`) Table to check | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) `true` if `t` is empty | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • https://github.com/premake/premake-core/blob/master/src/base/table.lua | |
| vim.tbl_keys({t}) *vim.tbl_keys()* | |
| Return a list of all keys used in a table. However, the order of the | |
| return table of keys is not guaranteed. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {t} (`table`) Table | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any[]`) List of keys | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • From | |
| https://github.com/premake/premake-core/blob/master/src/base/table.lua | |
| vim.tbl_map({func}, {t}) *vim.tbl_map()* | |
| Apply a function to all values of a table. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {func} (`fun(value: T): any`) Function | |
| • {t} (`table<any, T>`) Table | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table`) Table of transformed values | |
| vim.tbl_values({t}) *vim.tbl_values()* | |
| Return a list of all values used in a table. However, the order of the | |
| return table of values is not guaranteed. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {t} (`table`) Table | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any[]`) List of values | |
| vim.trim({s}) *vim.trim()* | |
| Trim whitespace (Lua pattern "%s") from both sides of a string. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {s} (`string`) String to trim | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) String with whitespace removed from its beginning and end | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |lua-pattern|s | |
| • https://www.lua.org/pil/20.2.html | |
| *vim.validate()* | |
| vim.validate({name}, {value}, {validator}, {optional}, {message}) | |
| Validate function arguments. | |
| This function has two valid forms: | |
| 1. `vim.validate(name, value, validator[, optional][, message])` | |
| Validates that argument {name} with value {value} satisfies | |
| {validator}. If {optional} is given and is `true`, then {value} may be | |
| `nil`. If {message} is given, then it is used as the expected type in | |
| the error message. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| function vim.startswith(s, prefix) | |
| vim.validate('s', s, 'string') | |
| vim.validate('prefix', prefix, 'string') | |
| -- ... | |
| end | |
| < | |
| 2. `vim.validate(spec)` (deprecated) where `spec` is of type | |
| `table<string,[value:any, validator: vim.validate.Validator, optional_or_msg? : boolean|string]>)` | |
| Validates a argument specification. Specs are evaluated in alphanumeric | |
| order, until the first failure. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| function user.new(name, age, hobbies) | |
| vim.validate{ | |
| name={name, 'string'}, | |
| age={age, 'number'}, | |
| hobbies={hobbies, 'table'}, | |
| } | |
| -- ... | |
| end | |
| < | |
| Examples with explicit argument values (can be run directly): >lua | |
| vim.validate('arg1', {'foo'}, 'table') | |
| --> NOP (success) | |
| vim.validate('arg2', 'foo', 'string') | |
| --> NOP (success) | |
| vim.validate('arg1', 1, 'table') | |
| --> error('arg1: expected table, got number') | |
| vim.validate('arg1', 3, function(a) return (a % 2) == 0 end, 'even number') | |
| --> error('arg1: expected even number, got 3') | |
| < | |
| If multiple types are valid they can be given as a list. >lua | |
| vim.validate('arg1', {'foo'}, {'table', 'string'}) | |
| vim.validate('arg2', 'foo', {'table', 'string'}) | |
| -- NOP (success) | |
| vim.validate('arg1', 1, {'string', 'table'}) | |
| -- error('arg1: expected string|table, got number') | |
| < | |
| Note: ~ | |
| • `validator` set to a value returned by |lua-type()| provides the best | |
| performance. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {name} (`string`) Argument name | |
| • {value} (`any`) Argument value | |
| • {validator} (`vim.validate.Validator`) | |
| • (`string|string[]`): Any value that can be returned | |
| from |lua-type()| in addition to `'callable'`: | |
| `'boolean'`, `'callable'`, `'function'`, `'nil'`, | |
| `'number'`, `'string'`, `'table'`, `'thread'`, | |
| `'userdata'`. | |
| • (`fun(val:any): boolean, string?`) A function that | |
| returns a boolean and an optional string message. | |
| • {optional} (`boolean?`) Argument is optional (may be omitted) | |
| • {message} (`string?`) message when validation fails | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.loader *vim.loader* | |
| vim.loader.enable({enable}) *vim.loader.enable()* | |
| WARNING: This feature is experimental/unstable. | |
| Enables or disables the experimental Lua module loader: | |
| Enable (`enable=true`): | |
| • overrides |loadfile()| | |
| • adds the Lua loader using the byte-compilation cache | |
| • adds the libs loader | |
| • removes the default Nvim loader | |
| Disable (`enable=false`): | |
| • removes the loaders | |
| • adds the default Nvim loader | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {enable} (`boolean?`) true/nil to enable, false to disable | |
| vim.loader.find({modname}, {opts}) *vim.loader.find()* | |
| WARNING: This feature is experimental/unstable. | |
| Finds Lua modules for the given module name. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {modname} (`string`) Module name, or `"*"` to find the top-level | |
| modules instead | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Options for finding a module: | |
| • {rtp}? (`boolean`, default: `true`) Search for modname in | |
| the runtime path. | |
| • {paths}? (`string[]`, default: `{}`) Extra paths to | |
| search for modname | |
| • {patterns}? (`string[]`, default: | |
| `{"/init.lua", ".lua"}`) List of patterns to use when | |
| searching for modules. A pattern is a string added to the | |
| basename of the Lua module being searched. | |
| • {all}? (`boolean`, default: `false`) Search for all | |
| matches. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table[]`) A list of objects with the following fields: | |
| • {modpath} (`string`) Path of the module | |
| • {modname} (`string`) Name of the module | |
| • {stat}? (`uv.fs_stat.result`) The fs_stat of the module path. Won't | |
| be returned for `modname="*"` | |
| vim.loader.reset({path}) *vim.loader.reset()* | |
| WARNING: This feature is experimental/unstable. | |
| Resets the cache for the path, or all the paths if path is nil. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {path} (`string?`) path to reset | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.uri *vim.uri* | |
| vim.uri_decode({str}) *vim.uri_decode()* | |
| URI-decodes a string containing percent escapes. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) string to decode | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) decoded string | |
| vim.uri_encode({str}, {rfc}) *vim.uri_encode()* | |
| URI-encodes a string using percent escapes. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) string to encode | |
| • {rfc} (`"rfc2396"|"rfc2732"|"rfc3986"?`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) encoded string | |
| vim.uri_from_bufnr({bufnr}) *vim.uri_from_bufnr()* | |
| Gets a URI from a bufnr. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {bufnr} (`integer`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) URI | |
| vim.uri_from_fname({path}) *vim.uri_from_fname()* | |
| Gets a URI from a file path. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {path} (`string`) Path to file | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) URI | |
| vim.uri_to_bufnr({uri}) *vim.uri_to_bufnr()* | |
| Gets the buffer for a uri. Creates a new unloaded buffer if no buffer for | |
| the uri already exists. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {uri} (`string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`integer`) bufnr | |
| vim.uri_to_fname({uri}) *vim.uri_to_fname()* | |
| Gets a filename from a URI. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {uri} (`string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) filename or unchanged URI for non-file URIs | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.ui *vim.ui* | |
| vim.ui.input({opts}, {on_confirm}) *vim.ui.input()* | |
| Prompts the user for input, allowing arbitrary (potentially asynchronous) | |
| work until `on_confirm`. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.ui.input({ prompt = 'Enter value for shiftwidth: ' }, function(input) | |
| vim.o.shiftwidth = tonumber(input) | |
| end) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Additional options. See |input()| | |
| • prompt (string|nil) Text of the prompt | |
| • default (string|nil) Default reply to the input | |
| • completion (string|nil) Specifies type of completion | |
| supported for input. Supported types are the same that | |
| can be supplied to a user-defined command using the | |
| "-complete=" argument. See |:command-completion| | |
| • highlight (function) Function that will be used for | |
| highlighting user inputs. | |
| • {on_confirm} (`function`) ((input|nil) -> ()) Called once the user | |
| confirms or abort the input. `input` is what the user | |
| typed (it might be an empty string if nothing was | |
| entered), or `nil` if the user aborted the dialog. | |
| vim.ui.open({path}, {opt}) *vim.ui.open()* | |
| Opens `path` with the system default handler (macOS `open`, Windows | |
| `explorer.exe`, Linux `xdg-open`, …), or returns (but does not show) an | |
| error message on failure. | |
| Can also be invoked with `:Open`. *:Open* | |
| Expands "~/" and environment variables in filesystem paths. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| -- Asynchronous. | |
| vim.ui.open("https://neovim.io/") | |
| vim.ui.open("~/path/to/file") | |
| -- Use the "osurl" command to handle the path or URL. | |
| vim.ui.open("gh#neovim/neovim!29490", { cmd = { 'osurl' } }) | |
| -- Synchronous (wait until the process exits). | |
| local cmd, err = vim.ui.open("$VIMRUNTIME") | |
| if cmd then | |
| cmd:wait() | |
| end | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {path} (`string`) Path or URL to open | |
| • {opt} (`{ cmd?: string[] }?`) Options | |
| • cmd string[]|nil Command used to open the path or URL. | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`vim.SystemObj?`) Command object, or nil if not found. | |
| (`string?`) Error message on failure, or nil on success. | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |vim.system()| | |
| vim.ui.select({items}, {opts}, {on_choice}) *vim.ui.select()* | |
| Prompts the user to pick from a list of items, allowing arbitrary | |
| (potentially asynchronous) work until `on_choice`. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.ui.select({ 'tabs', 'spaces' }, { | |
| prompt = 'Select tabs or spaces:', | |
| format_item = function(item) | |
| return "I'd like to choose " .. item | |
| end, | |
| }, function(choice) | |
| if choice == 'spaces' then | |
| vim.o.expandtab = true | |
| else | |
| vim.o.expandtab = false | |
| end | |
| end) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {items} (`any[]`) Arbitrary items | |
| • {opts} (`table`) Additional options | |
| • prompt (string|nil) Text of the prompt. Defaults to | |
| `Select one of:` | |
| • format_item (function item -> text) Function to format | |
| an individual item from `items`. Defaults to | |
| `tostring`. | |
| • kind (string|nil) Arbitrary hint string indicating the | |
| item shape. Plugins reimplementing `vim.ui.select` may | |
| wish to use this to infer the structure or semantics of | |
| `items`, or the context in which select() was called. | |
| • {on_choice} (`fun(item: T?, idx: integer?)`) Called once the user | |
| made a choice. `idx` is the 1-based index of `item` | |
| within `items`. `nil` if the user aborted the dialog. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.filetype *vim.filetype* | |
| vim.filetype.add({filetypes}) *vim.filetype.add()* | |
| Add new filetype mappings. | |
| Filetype mappings can be added either by extension or by filename (either | |
| the "tail" or the full file path). The full file path is checked first, | |
| followed by the file name. If a match is not found using the filename, | |
| then the filename is matched against the list of |lua-pattern|s (sorted by | |
| priority) until a match is found. Lastly, if pattern matching does not | |
| find a filetype, then the file extension is used. | |
| The filetype can be either a string (in which case it is used as the | |
| filetype directly) or a function. If a function, it takes the full path | |
| and buffer number of the file as arguments (along with captures from the | |
| matched pattern, if any) and should return a string that will be used as | |
| the buffer's filetype. Optionally, the function can return a second | |
| function value which, when called, modifies the state of the buffer. This | |
| can be used to, for example, set filetype-specific buffer variables. This | |
| function will be called by Nvim before setting the buffer's filetype. | |
| Filename patterns can specify an optional priority to resolve cases when a | |
| file path matches multiple patterns. Higher priorities are matched first. | |
| When omitted, the priority defaults to 0. A pattern can contain | |
| environment variables of the form "${SOME_VAR}" that will be automatically | |
| expanded. If the environment variable is not set, the pattern won't be | |
| matched. | |
| See $VIMRUNTIME/lua/vim/filetype.lua for more examples. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.filetype.add({ | |
| extension = { | |
| foo = 'fooscript', | |
| bar = function(path, bufnr) | |
| if some_condition() then | |
| return 'barscript', function(bufnr) | |
| -- Set a buffer variable | |
| vim.b[bufnr].barscript_version = 2 | |
| end | |
| end | |
| return 'bar' | |
| end, | |
| }, | |
| filename = { | |
| ['.foorc'] = 'toml', | |
| ['/etc/foo/config'] = 'toml', | |
| }, | |
| pattern = { | |
| ['.*/etc/foo/.*'] = 'fooscript', | |
| -- Using an optional priority | |
| ['.*/etc/foo/.*%.conf'] = { 'dosini', { priority = 10 } }, | |
| -- A pattern containing an environment variable | |
| ['${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/foo/git'] = 'git', | |
| ['.*README.(%a+)'] = function(path, bufnr, ext) | |
| if ext == 'md' then | |
| return 'markdown' | |
| elseif ext == 'rst' then | |
| return 'rst' | |
| end | |
| end, | |
| }, | |
| }) | |
| < | |
| To add a fallback match on contents, use >lua | |
| vim.filetype.add { | |
| pattern = { | |
| ['.*'] = { | |
| function(path, bufnr) | |
| local content = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_lines(bufnr, 0, 1, false)[1] or '' | |
| if vim.regex([[^#!.*\\<mine\\>]]):match_str(content) ~= nil then | |
| return 'mine' | |
| elseif vim.regex([[\\<drawing\\>]]):match_str(content) ~= nil then | |
| return 'drawing' | |
| end | |
| end, | |
| { priority = -math.huge }, | |
| }, | |
| }, | |
| } | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {filetypes} (`table`) A table containing new filetype maps (see | |
| example). | |
| • {pattern}? (`vim.filetype.mapping`) | |
| • {extension}? (`vim.filetype.mapping`) | |
| • {filename}? (`vim.filetype.mapping`) | |
| *vim.filetype.get_option()* | |
| vim.filetype.get_option({filetype}, {option}) | |
| Get the default option value for a {filetype}. | |
| The returned value is what would be set in a new buffer after 'filetype' | |
| is set, meaning it should respect all FileType autocmds and ftplugin | |
| files. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.filetype.get_option('vim', 'commentstring') | |
| < | |
| Note: this uses |nvim_get_option_value()| but caches the result. This | |
| means |ftplugin| and |FileType| autocommands are only triggered once and | |
| may not reflect later changes. | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.9.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {filetype} (`string`) Filetype | |
| • {option} (`string`) Option name | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string|boolean|integer`) Option value | |
| vim.filetype.match({args}) *vim.filetype.match()* | |
| Perform filetype detection. | |
| The filetype can be detected using one of three methods: | |
| 1. Using an existing buffer | |
| 2. Using only a file name | |
| 3. Using only file contents | |
| Of these, option 1 provides the most accurate result as it uses both the | |
| buffer's filename and (optionally) the buffer contents. Options 2 and 3 | |
| can be used without an existing buffer, but may not always provide a match | |
| in cases where the filename (or contents) cannot unambiguously determine | |
| the filetype. | |
| Each of the three options is specified using a key to the single argument | |
| of this function. Example: >lua | |
| -- Using a buffer number | |
| vim.filetype.match({ buf = 42 }) | |
| -- Override the filename of the given buffer | |
| vim.filetype.match({ buf = 42, filename = 'foo.c' }) | |
| -- Using a filename without a buffer | |
| vim.filetype.match({ filename = 'main.lua' }) | |
| -- Using file contents | |
| vim.filetype.match({ contents = {'#!/usr/bin/env bash'} }) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {args} (`table`) Table specifying which matching strategy to use. | |
| Accepted keys are: | |
| • {buf}? (`integer`) Buffer number to use for matching. | |
| Mutually exclusive with {contents} | |
| • {filename}? (`string`) Filename to use for matching. When | |
| {buf} is given, defaults to the filename of the given buffer | |
| number. The file need not actually exist in the filesystem. | |
| When used without {buf} only the name of the file is used | |
| for filetype matching. This may result in failure to detect | |
| the filetype in cases where the filename alone is not enough | |
| to disambiguate the filetype. | |
| • {contents}? (`string[]`) An array of lines representing file | |
| contents to use for matching. Can be used with {filename}. | |
| Mutually exclusive with {buf}. | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`string?`) If a match was found, the matched filetype. | |
| (`function?`) A function that modifies buffer state when called (for | |
| example, to set some filetype specific buffer variables). The function | |
| accepts a buffer number as its only argument. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.keymap *vim.keymap* | |
| vim.keymap.del({modes}, {lhs}, {opts}) *vim.keymap.del()* | |
| Remove an existing mapping. Examples: >lua | |
| vim.keymap.del('n', 'lhs') | |
| vim.keymap.del({'n', 'i', 'v'}, '<leader>w', { buffer = 5 }) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {modes} (`string|string[]`) | |
| • {lhs} (`string`) | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) A table with the following fields: | |
| • {buffer}? (`integer|boolean`) Remove a mapping from the | |
| given buffer. When `0` or `true`, use the current buffer. | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |vim.keymap.set()| | |
| vim.keymap.set({mode}, {lhs}, {rhs}, {opts}) *vim.keymap.set()* | |
| Defines a |mapping| of |keycodes| to a function or keycodes. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| -- Map "x" to a Lua function: | |
| vim.keymap.set('n', 'x', function() print("real lua function") end) | |
| -- Map "<leader>x" to multiple modes for the current buffer: | |
| vim.keymap.set({'n', 'v'}, '<leader>x', vim.lsp.buf.references, { buffer = true }) | |
| -- Map <Tab> to an expression (|:map-<expr>|): | |
| vim.keymap.set('i', '<Tab>', function() | |
| return vim.fn.pumvisible() == 1 and "<C-n>" or "<Tab>" | |
| end, { expr = true }) | |
| -- Map "[%%" to a <Plug> mapping: | |
| vim.keymap.set('n', '[%%', '<Plug>(MatchitNormalMultiBackward)') | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {mode} (`string|string[]`) Mode "short-name" (see | |
| |nvim_set_keymap()|), or a list thereof. | |
| • {lhs} (`string`) Left-hand side |{lhs}| of the mapping. | |
| • {rhs} (`string|function`) Right-hand side |{rhs}| of the mapping, | |
| can be a Lua function. | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Table of |:map-arguments|. Same as | |
| |nvim_set_keymap()| {opts}, except: | |
| • {replace_keycodes} defaults to `true` if "expr" is `true`. | |
| Also accepts: | |
| • {buffer}? (`integer|boolean`) Creates buffer-local mapping, | |
| `0` or `true` for current buffer. | |
| • {remap}? (`boolean`, default: `false`) Make the mapping | |
| recursive. Inverse of {noremap}. | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |nvim_set_keymap()| | |
| • |maparg()| | |
| • |mapcheck()| | |
| • |mapset()| | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.fs *vim.fs* | |
| *vim.fs.exists()* | |
| Use |uv.fs_stat()| to check a file's type, and whether it exists. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| if vim.uv.fs_stat(file) then | |
| vim.print('file exists') | |
| end | |
| < | |
| vim.fs.abspath({path}) *vim.fs.abspath()* | |
| Convert path to an absolute path. A tilde (~) character at the beginning | |
| of the path is expanded to the user's home directory. Does not check if | |
| the path exists, normalize the path, resolve symlinks or hardlinks | |
| (including `.` and `..`), or expand environment variables. If the path is | |
| already absolute, it is returned unchanged. Also converts `\` path | |
| separators to `/`. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {path} (`string`) Path | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) Absolute path | |
| vim.fs.basename({file}) *vim.fs.basename()* | |
| Return the basename of the given path | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.8.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {file} (`string?`) Path | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string?`) Basename of {file} | |
| vim.fs.dir({path}, {opts}) *vim.fs.dir()* | |
| Return an iterator over the items located in {path} | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.8.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {path} (`string`) An absolute or relative path to the directory to | |
| iterate over. The path is first normalized | |
| |vim.fs.normalize()|. | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Optional keyword arguments: | |
| • {depth}? (`integer`, default: `1`) How deep the traverse. | |
| • {skip}? (`fun(dir_name: string): boolean`) Predicate to | |
| control traversal. Return false to stop searching the | |
| current directory. Only useful when depth > 1 Return an | |
| iterator over the items located in {path} | |
| • {follow}? (`boolean`, default: `false`) Follow symbolic | |
| links. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`Iterator`) over items in {path}. Each iteration yields two values: | |
| "name" and "type". "name" is the basename of the item relative to | |
| {path}. "type" is one of the following: "file", "directory", "link", | |
| "fifo", "socket", "char", "block", "unknown". | |
| vim.fs.dirname({file}) *vim.fs.dirname()* | |
| Gets the parent directory of the given path (not expanded/resolved, the | |
| caller must do that). | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.8.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {file} (`string?`) Path | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string?`) Parent directory of {file} | |
| vim.fs.find({names}, {opts}) *vim.fs.find()* | |
| Find files or directories (or other items as specified by `opts.type`) in | |
| the given path. | |
| Finds items given in {names} starting from {path}. If {upward} is "true" | |
| then the search traverses upward through parent directories; otherwise, | |
| the search traverses downward. Note that downward searches are recursive | |
| and may search through many directories! If {stop} is non-nil, then the | |
| search stops when the directory given in {stop} is reached. The search | |
| terminates when {limit} (default 1) matches are found. You can set {type} | |
| to "file", "directory", "link", "socket", "char", "block", or "fifo" to | |
| narrow the search to find only that type. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| -- List all test directories under the runtime directory. | |
| local dirs = vim.fs.find( | |
| { 'test', 'tst', 'testdir' }, | |
| { limit = math.huge, type = 'directory', path = './runtime/' } | |
| ) | |
| -- Get all "lib/*.cpp" and "lib/*.hpp" files, using Lua patterns. | |
| -- Or use `vim.glob.to_lpeg(…):match(…)` for glob/wildcard matching. | |
| local files = vim.fs.find(function(name, path) | |
| return name:match('.*%.[ch]pp$') and path:match('[/\\]lib$') | |
| end, { limit = math.huge, type = 'file' }) | |
| < | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.8.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {names} (`string|string[]|fun(name: string, path: string): boolean`) | |
| Names of the items to find. Must be base names, paths and | |
| globs are not supported when {names} is a string or a table. | |
| If {names} is a function, it is called for each traversed | |
| item with args: | |
| • name: base name of the current item | |
| • path: full path of the current item | |
| The function should return `true` if the given item is | |
| considered a match. | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Optional keyword arguments: | |
| • {path}? (`string`) Path to begin searching from. If | |
| omitted, the |current-directory| is used. | |
| • {upward}? (`boolean`, default: `false`) Search upward | |
| through parent directories. Otherwise, search through child | |
| directories (recursively). | |
| • {stop}? (`string`) Stop searching when this directory is | |
| reached. The directory itself is not searched. | |
| • {type}? (`string`) Find only items of the given type. If | |
| omitted, all items that match {names} are included. | |
| • {limit}? (`number`, default: `1`) Stop the search after | |
| finding this many matches. Use `math.huge` to place no | |
| limit on the number of matches. | |
| • {follow}? (`boolean`, default: `false`) Follow symbolic | |
| links. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string[]`) Normalized paths |vim.fs.normalize()| of all matching | |
| items | |
| vim.fs.joinpath({...}) *vim.fs.joinpath()* | |
| Concatenates partial paths (one absolute or relative path followed by zero | |
| or more relative paths). Slashes are normalized: redundant slashes are | |
| removed, and (on Windows) backslashes are replaced with forward-slashes. | |
| Examples: | |
| • "foo/", "/bar" => "foo/bar" | |
| • Windows: "a\foo\", "\bar" => "a/foo/bar" | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.10.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {...} (`string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) | |
| vim.fs.normalize({path}, {opts}) *vim.fs.normalize()* | |
| Normalize a path to a standard format. A tilde (~) character at the | |
| beginning of the path is expanded to the user's home directory and | |
| environment variables are also expanded. "." and ".." components are also | |
| resolved, except when the path is relative and trying to resolve it would | |
| result in an absolute path. | |
| • "." as the only part in a relative path: | |
| • "." => "." | |
| • "././" => "." | |
| • ".." when it leads outside the current directory | |
| • "foo/../../bar" => "../bar" | |
| • "../../foo" => "../../foo" | |
| • ".." in the root directory returns the root directory. | |
| • "/../../" => "/" | |
| On Windows, backslash (\) characters are converted to forward slashes (/). | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| [[C:\Users\jdoe]] => "C:/Users/jdoe" | |
| "~/src/neovim" => "/home/jdoe/src/neovim" | |
| "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim" => "/Users/jdoe/.config/nvim/init.vim" | |
| "~/src/nvim/api/../tui/./tui.c" => "/home/jdoe/src/nvim/tui/tui.c" | |
| "./foo/bar" => "foo/bar" | |
| "foo/../../../bar" => "../../bar" | |
| "/home/jdoe/../../../bar" => "/bar" | |
| "C:foo/../../baz" => "C:../baz" | |
| "C:/foo/../../baz" => "C:/baz" | |
| [[\\?\UNC\server\share\foo\..\..\..\bar]] => "//?/UNC/server/share/bar" | |
| < | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.8.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {path} (`string`) Path to normalize | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) A table with the following fields: | |
| • {expand_env}? (`boolean`, default: `true`) Expand | |
| environment variables. | |
| • {win}? (`boolean`, default: `true` in Windows, `false` | |
| otherwise) Path is a Windows path. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) Normalized path | |
| vim.fs.parents({start}) *vim.fs.parents()* | |
| Iterate over all the parents of the given path (not expanded/resolved, the | |
| caller must do that). | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local root_dir | |
| for dir in vim.fs.parents(vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0)) do | |
| if vim.fn.isdirectory(dir .. '/.git') == 1 then | |
| root_dir = dir | |
| break | |
| end | |
| end | |
| if root_dir then | |
| print('Found git repository at', root_dir) | |
| end | |
| < | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.8.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {start} (`string`) Initial path. | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`fun(_, dir: string): string?`) Iterator | |
| (`nil`) | |
| (`string?`) | |
| vim.fs.relpath({base}, {target}, {opts}) *vim.fs.relpath()* | |
| Gets `target` path relative to `base`, or `nil` if `base` is not an | |
| ancestor. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| vim.fs.relpath('/var', '/var/lib') -- 'lib' | |
| vim.fs.relpath('/var', '/usr/bin') -- nil | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {base} (`string`) | |
| • {target} (`string`) | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Reserved for future use | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string?`) | |
| vim.fs.rm({path}, {opts}) *vim.fs.rm()* | |
| Remove files or directories | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.11.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {path} (`string`) Path to remove | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) A table with the following fields: | |
| • {recursive}? (`boolean`) Remove directories and their | |
| contents recursively | |
| • {force}? (`boolean`) Ignore nonexistent files and arguments | |
| vim.fs.root({source}, {marker}) *vim.fs.root()* | |
| Find the first parent directory containing a specific "marker", relative | |
| to a file path or buffer. | |
| If the buffer is unnamed (has no backing file) or has a non-empty | |
| 'buftype' then the search begins from Nvim's |current-directory|. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| -- Find the root of a Python project, starting from file 'main.py' | |
| vim.fs.root(vim.fs.joinpath(vim.env.PWD, 'main.py'), {'pyproject.toml', 'setup.py' }) | |
| -- Find the root of a git repository | |
| vim.fs.root(0, '.git') | |
| -- Find the parent directory containing any file with a .csproj extension | |
| vim.fs.root(0, function(name, path) | |
| return name:match('%.csproj$') ~= nil | |
| end) | |
| -- Find the first ancestor directory containing EITHER "stylua.toml" or ".luarc.json"; if | |
| -- not found, find the first ancestor containing ".git": | |
| vim.fs.root(0, { { 'stylua.toml', '.luarc.json' }, '.git' }) | |
| < | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.10.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {source} (`integer|string`) Buffer number (0 for current buffer) or | |
| file path (absolute or relative to the |current-directory|) | |
| to begin the search from. | |
| • {marker} (`(string|string[]|fun(name: string, path: string): boolean)[]|string|fun(name: string, path: string): boolean`) | |
| Filename, function, or list thereof, that decides how to | |
| find the root. To indicate "equal priority", specify items | |
| in a nested list `{ { 'a.txt', 'b.lua' }, … }`. A function | |
| item must return true if `name` and `path` are a match. Each | |
| item (which may itself be a nested list) is evaluated | |
| in-order against all ancestors, until a match is found. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string?`) Directory path containing one of the given markers, or nil | |
| if no directory was found. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.glob *vim.glob* | |
| vim.glob.to_lpeg({pattern}) *vim.glob.to_lpeg()* | |
| Parses a raw glob into an |lua-lpeg| pattern. | |
| This uses glob semantics from LSP 3.17.0: | |
| https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/specifications/lsp/3.17/specification/#pattern | |
| Glob patterns can have the following syntax: | |
| • `*` to match one or more characters in a path segment | |
| • `?` to match on one character in a path segment | |
| • `**` to match any number of path segments, including none | |
| • `{}` to group conditions (e.g. `*.{ts,js}` matches TypeScript and | |
| JavaScript files) | |
| • `[]` to declare a range of characters to match in a path segment (e.g., | |
| `example.[0-9]` to match on `example.0`, `example.1`, …) | |
| • `[!...]` to negate a range of characters to match in a path segment | |
| (e.g., `example.[!0-9]` to match on `example.a`, `example.b`, but not | |
| `example.0`) | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {pattern} (`string`) The raw glob pattern | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Pattern`) pattern An |lua-lpeg| representation of the | |
| pattern | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| VIM.LPEG *vim.lpeg* | |
| LPeg is a pattern-matching library for Lua, based on Parsing Expression | |
| Grammars (PEGs). https://bford.info/packrat/ | |
| *lua-lpeg* *vim.lpeg.Pattern* | |
| The LPeg library for parsing expression grammars is included as `vim.lpeg` | |
| (https://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/). | |
| In addition, its regex-like interface is available as |vim.re| | |
| (https://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/re.html). | |
| Pattern:match({subject}, {init}, {...}) *Pattern:match()* | |
| Matches the given `pattern` against the `subject` string. If the match | |
| succeeds, returns the index in the subject of the first character after | |
| the match, or the captured values (if the pattern captured any value). An | |
| optional numeric argument `init` makes the match start at that position in | |
| the subject string. As usual in Lua libraries, a negative value counts | |
| from the end. Unlike typical pattern-matching functions, `match` works | |
| only in anchored mode; that is, it tries to match the pattern with a | |
| prefix of the given subject string (at position `init`), not with an | |
| arbitrary substring of the subject. So, if we want to find a pattern | |
| anywhere in a string, we must either write a loop in Lua or write a | |
| pattern that matches anywhere. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local pattern = lpeg.R('az') ^ 1 * -1 | |
| assert(pattern:match('hello') == 6) | |
| assert(lpeg.match(pattern, 'hello') == 6) | |
| assert(pattern:match('1 hello') == nil) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {subject} (`string`) | |
| • {init} (`integer?`) | |
| • {...} (`any`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) ... | |
| vim.lpeg.B({pattern}) *vim.lpeg.B()* | |
| Returns a pattern that matches only if the input string at the current | |
| position is preceded by `patt`. Pattern `patt` must match only strings | |
| with some fixed length, and it cannot contain captures. Like the `and` | |
| predicate, this pattern never consumes any input, independently of success | |
| or failure. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {pattern} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string|integer|boolean|table`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Pattern`) | |
| vim.lpeg.C({patt}) *vim.lpeg.C()* | |
| Creates a simple capture, which captures the substring of the subject that | |
| matches `patt`. The captured value is a string. If `patt` has other | |
| captures, their values are returned after this one. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local function split (s, sep) | |
| sep = lpeg.P(sep) | |
| local elem = lpeg.C((1 - sep) ^ 0) | |
| local p = elem * (sep * elem) ^ 0 | |
| return lpeg.match(p, s) | |
| end | |
| local a, b, c = split('a,b,c', ',') | |
| assert(a == 'a') | |
| assert(b == 'b') | |
| assert(c == 'c') | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {patt} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string|integer|boolean|table|function`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Capture`) | |
| vim.lpeg.Carg({n}) *vim.lpeg.Carg()* | |
| Creates an argument capture. This pattern matches the empty string and | |
| produces the value given as the nth extra argument given in the call to | |
| `lpeg.match`. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {n} (`integer`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Capture`) | |
| vim.lpeg.Cb({name}) *vim.lpeg.Cb()* | |
| Creates a back capture. This pattern matches the empty string and produces | |
| the values produced by the most recent group capture named `name` (where | |
| `name` can be any Lua value). Most recent means the last complete | |
| outermost group capture with the given name. A Complete capture means that | |
| the entire pattern corresponding to the capture has matched. An Outermost | |
| capture means that the capture is not inside another complete capture. In | |
| the same way that LPeg does not specify when it evaluates captures, it | |
| does not specify whether it reuses values previously produced by the group | |
| or re-evaluates them. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {name} (`any`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Capture`) | |
| vim.lpeg.Cc({...}) *vim.lpeg.Cc()* | |
| Creates a constant capture. This pattern matches the empty string and | |
| produces all given values as its captured values. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {...} (`any`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Capture`) | |
| vim.lpeg.Cf({patt}, {func}) *vim.lpeg.Cf()* | |
| Creates a fold capture. If `patt` produces a list of captures C1 C2 ... | |
| Cn, this capture will produce the value | |
| `func(...func(func(C1, C2), C3)...,Cn)`, that is, it will fold (or | |
| accumulate, or reduce) the captures from `patt` using function `func`. | |
| This capture assumes that `patt` should produce at least one capture with | |
| at least one value (of any type), which becomes the initial value of an | |
| accumulator. (If you need a specific initial value, you may prefix a | |
| constant capture to `patt`.) For each subsequent capture, LPeg calls | |
| `func` with this accumulator as the first argument and all values produced | |
| by the capture as extra arguments; the first result from this call becomes | |
| the new value for the accumulator. The final value of the accumulator | |
| becomes the captured value. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local number = lpeg.R('09') ^ 1 / tonumber | |
| local list = number * (',' * number) ^ 0 | |
| local function add(acc, newvalue) return acc + newvalue end | |
| local sum = lpeg.Cf(list, add) | |
| assert(sum:match('10,30,43') == 83) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {patt} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string|integer|boolean|table|function`) | |
| • {func} (`fun(acc, newvalue)`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Capture`) | |
| vim.lpeg.Cg({patt}, {name}) *vim.lpeg.Cg()* | |
| Creates a group capture. It groups all values returned by `patt` into a | |
| single capture. The group may be anonymous (if no name is given) or named | |
| with the given name (which can be any non-nil Lua value). | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {patt} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string|integer|boolean|table|function`) | |
| • {name} (`string?`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Capture`) | |
| vim.lpeg.Cmt({patt}, {fn}) *vim.lpeg.Cmt()* | |
| Creates a match-time capture. Unlike all other captures, this one is | |
| evaluated immediately when a match occurs (even if it is part of a larger | |
| pattern that fails later). It forces the immediate evaluation of all its | |
| nested captures and then calls `function`. The given function gets as | |
| arguments the entire subject, the current position (after the match of | |
| `patt`), plus any capture values produced by `patt`. The first value | |
| returned by `function` defines how the match happens. If the call returns | |
| a number, the match succeeds and the returned number becomes the new | |
| current position. (Assuming a subject sand current position `i`, the | |
| returned number must be in the range `[i, len(s) + 1]`.) If the call | |
| returns `true`, the match succeeds without consuming any input (so, to | |
| return true is equivalent to return `i`). If the call returns `false`, | |
| `nil`, or no value, the match fails. Any extra values returned by the | |
| function become the values produced by the capture. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {patt} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string|integer|boolean|table|function`) | |
| • {fn} (`fun(s: string, i: integer, ...: any)`) (position: | |
| boolean|integer, ...: any) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Capture`) | |
| vim.lpeg.Cp() *vim.lpeg.Cp()* | |
| Creates a position capture. It matches the empty string and captures the | |
| position in the subject where the match occurs. The captured value is a | |
| number. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local I = lpeg.Cp() | |
| local function anywhere(p) return lpeg.P({I * p * I + 1 * lpeg.V(1)}) end | |
| local match_start, match_end = anywhere('world'):match('hello world!') | |
| assert(match_start == 7) | |
| assert(match_end == 12) | |
| < | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Capture`) | |
| vim.lpeg.Cs({patt}) *vim.lpeg.Cs()* | |
| Creates a substitution capture. This function creates a substitution | |
| capture, which captures the substring of the subject that matches `patt`, | |
| with substitutions. For any capture inside `patt` with a value, the | |
| substring that matched the capture is replaced by the capture value (which | |
| should be a string). The final captured value is the string resulting from | |
| all replacements. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local function gsub (s, patt, repl) | |
| patt = lpeg.P(patt) | |
| patt = lpeg.Cs((patt / repl + 1) ^ 0) | |
| return lpeg.match(patt, s) | |
| end | |
| assert(gsub('Hello, xxx!', 'xxx', 'World') == 'Hello, World!') | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {patt} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string|integer|boolean|table|function`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Capture`) | |
| vim.lpeg.Ct({patt}) *vim.lpeg.Ct()* | |
| Creates a table capture. This capture returns a table with all values from | |
| all anonymous captures made by `patt` inside this table in successive | |
| integer keys, starting at 1. Moreover, for each named capture group | |
| created by `patt`, the first value of the group is put into the table with | |
| the group name as its key. The captured value is only the table. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {patt} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string|integer|boolean|table|function`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Capture`) | |
| vim.lpeg.locale({tab}) *vim.lpeg.locale()* | |
| Returns a table with patterns for matching some character classes | |
| according to the current locale. The table has fields named `alnum`, | |
| `alpha`, `cntrl`, `digit`, `graph`, `lower`, `print`, `punct`, `space`, | |
| `upper`, and `xdigit`, each one containing a correspondent pattern. Each | |
| pattern matches any single character that belongs to its class. If called | |
| with an argument `table`, then it creates those fields inside the given | |
| table and returns that table. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| lpeg.locale(lpeg) | |
| local space = lpeg.space ^ 0 | |
| local name = lpeg.C(lpeg.alpha ^ 1) * space | |
| local sep = lpeg.S(',;') * space | |
| local pair = lpeg.Cg(name * '=' * space * name) * sep ^ -1 | |
| local list = lpeg.Cf(lpeg.Ct('') * pair ^ 0, rawset) | |
| local t = list:match('a=b, c = hi; next = pi') | |
| assert(t.a == 'b') | |
| assert(t.c == 'hi') | |
| assert(t.next == 'pi') | |
| local locale = lpeg.locale() | |
| assert(type(locale.digit) == 'userdata') | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {tab} (`table?`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Locale`) | |
| vim.lpeg.match({pattern}, {subject}, {init}, {...}) *vim.lpeg.match()* | |
| Matches the given `pattern` against the `subject` string. If the match | |
| succeeds, returns the index in the subject of the first character after | |
| the match, or the captured values (if the pattern captured any value). An | |
| optional numeric argument `init` makes the match start at that position in | |
| the subject string. As usual in Lua libraries, a negative value counts | |
| from the end. Unlike typical pattern-matching functions, `match` works | |
| only in anchored mode; that is, it tries to match the pattern with a | |
| prefix of the given subject string (at position `init`), not with an | |
| arbitrary substring of the subject. So, if we want to find a pattern | |
| anywhere in a string, we must either write a loop in Lua or write a | |
| pattern that matches anywhere. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local pattern = lpeg.R('az') ^ 1 * -1 | |
| assert(pattern:match('hello') == 6) | |
| assert(lpeg.match(pattern, 'hello') == 6) | |
| assert(pattern:match('1 hello') == nil) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {pattern} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string|integer|boolean|table|function`) | |
| • {subject} (`string`) | |
| • {init} (`integer?`) | |
| • {...} (`any`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) ... | |
| vim.lpeg.P({value}) *vim.lpeg.P()* | |
| Converts the given value into a proper pattern. The following rules are | |
| applied: | |
| • If the argument is a pattern, it is returned unmodified. | |
| • If the argument is a string, it is translated to a pattern that matches | |
| the string literally. | |
| • If the argument is a non-negative number `n`, the result is a pattern | |
| that matches exactly `n` characters. | |
| • If the argument is a negative number `-n`, the result is a pattern that | |
| succeeds only if the input string has less than `n` characters left: | |
| `lpeg.P(-n)` is equivalent to `-lpeg.P(n)` (see the unary minus | |
| operation). | |
| • If the argument is a boolean, the result is a pattern that always | |
| succeeds or always fails (according to the boolean value), without | |
| consuming any input. | |
| • If the argument is a table, it is interpreted as a grammar (see | |
| Grammars). | |
| • If the argument is a function, returns a pattern equivalent to a | |
| match-time capture over the empty string. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {value} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string|integer|boolean|table|function`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Pattern`) | |
| vim.lpeg.R({...}) *vim.lpeg.R()* | |
| Returns a pattern that matches any single character belonging to one of | |
| the given ranges. Each `range` is a string `xy` of length 2, representing | |
| all characters with code between the codes of `x` and `y` (both | |
| inclusive). As an example, the pattern `lpeg.R('09')` matches any digit, | |
| and `lpeg.R('az', 'AZ')` matches any ASCII letter. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local pattern = lpeg.R('az') ^ 1 * -1 | |
| assert(pattern:match('hello') == 6) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {...} (`string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Pattern`) | |
| vim.lpeg.S({string}) *vim.lpeg.S()* | |
| Returns a pattern that matches any single character that appears in the | |
| given string (the `S` stands for Set). As an example, the pattern | |
| `lpeg.S('+-*/')` matches any arithmetic operator. Note that, if `s` is a | |
| character (that is, a string of length 1), then `lpeg.P(s)` is equivalent | |
| to `lpeg.S(s)` which is equivalent to `lpeg.R(s..s)`. Note also that both | |
| `lpeg.S('')` and `lpeg.R()` are patterns that always fail. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {string} (`string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Pattern`) | |
| vim.lpeg.setmaxstack({max}) *vim.lpeg.setmaxstack()* | |
| Sets a limit for the size of the backtrack stack used by LPeg to track | |
| calls and choices. The default limit is `400`. Most well-written patterns | |
| need little backtrack levels and therefore you seldom need to change this | |
| limit; before changing it you should try to rewrite your pattern to avoid | |
| the need for extra space. Nevertheless, a few useful patterns may | |
| overflow. Also, with recursive grammars, subjects with deep recursion may | |
| also need larger limits. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {max} (`integer`) | |
| vim.lpeg.type({value}) *vim.lpeg.type()* | |
| Returns the string `"pattern"` if the given value is a pattern, otherwise | |
| `nil`. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {value} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string|integer|boolean|table|function`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`"pattern"?`) | |
| vim.lpeg.V({v}) *vim.lpeg.V()* | |
| Creates a non-terminal (a variable) for a grammar. This operation creates | |
| a non-terminal (a variable) for a grammar. The created non-terminal refers | |
| to the rule indexed by `v` in the enclosing grammar. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local b = lpeg.P({'(' * ((1 - lpeg.S '()') + lpeg.V(1)) ^ 0 * ')'}) | |
| assert(b:match('((string))') == 11) | |
| assert(b:match('(') == nil) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {v} (`boolean|string|number|function|table|thread|userdata|lightuserdata`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Pattern`) | |
| vim.lpeg.version() *vim.lpeg.version()* | |
| Returns a string with the running version of LPeg. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| VIM.RE *vim.re* | |
| The `vim.re` module provides a conventional regex-like syntax for pattern | |
| usage within LPeg |vim.lpeg|. (Unrelated to |vim.regex| which provides Vim | |
| |regexp| from Lua.) | |
| See https://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/re.html for the original | |
| documentation including regex syntax and examples. | |
| vim.re.compile({string}, {defs}) *vim.re.compile()* | |
| Compiles the given {string} and returns an equivalent LPeg pattern. The | |
| given string may define either an expression or a grammar. The optional | |
| {defs} table provides extra Lua values to be used by the pattern. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {string} (`string`) | |
| • {defs} (`table?`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.lpeg.Pattern`) | |
| vim.re.find({subject}, {pattern}, {init}) *vim.re.find()* | |
| Searches the given {pattern} in the given {subject}. If it finds a match, | |
| returns the index where this occurrence starts and the index where it | |
| ends. Otherwise, returns nil. | |
| An optional numeric argument {init} makes the search starts at that | |
| position in the subject string. As usual in Lua libraries, a negative | |
| value counts from the end. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {subject} (`string`) | |
| • {pattern} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string`) | |
| • {init} (`integer?`) | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`integer?`) the index where the occurrence starts, nil if no match | |
| (`integer?`) the index where the occurrence ends, nil if no match | |
| vim.re.gsub({subject}, {pattern}, {replacement}) *vim.re.gsub()* | |
| Does a global substitution, replacing all occurrences of {pattern} in the | |
| given {subject} by {replacement}. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {subject} (`string`) | |
| • {pattern} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string`) | |
| • {replacement} (`string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) | |
| vim.re.match({subject}, {pattern}, {init}) *vim.re.match()* | |
| Matches the given {pattern} against the given {subject}, returning all | |
| captures. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {subject} (`string`) | |
| • {pattern} (`vim.lpeg.Pattern|string`) | |
| • {init} (`integer?`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`integer|vim.lpeg.Capture?`) | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • vim.lpeg.match() | |
| vim.re.updatelocale() *vim.re.updatelocale()* | |
| Updates the pre-defined character classes to the current locale. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| VIM.REGEX *vim.regex* | |
| Vim regexes can be used directly from Lua. Currently they only allow matching | |
| within a single line. | |
| *regex:match_line()* | |
| regex:match_line({bufnr}, {line_idx}, {start}, {end_}) | |
| Matches line at `line_idx` (zero-based) in buffer `bufnr`. Match is | |
| restricted to byte index range `start` and `end_` if given, otherwise see | |
| |regex:match_str()|. Returned byte indices are relative to `start` if | |
| given. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {bufnr} (`integer`) | |
| • {line_idx} (`integer`) | |
| • {start} (`integer?`) | |
| • {end_} (`integer?`) | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`integer?`) match start (byte index) relative to `start`, or `nil` if | |
| no match | |
| (`integer?`) match end (byte index) relative to `start`, or `nil` if | |
| no match | |
| regex:match_str({str}) *regex:match_str()* | |
| Matches string `str` against this regex. To match the string precisely, | |
| surround the regex with "^" and "$". Returns the byte indices for the | |
| start and end of the match, or `nil` if there is no match. Because any | |
| integer is "truthy", `regex:match_str()` can be directly used as a | |
| condition in an if-statement. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`integer?`) match start (byte index), or `nil` if no match | |
| (`integer?`) match end (byte index), or `nil` if no match | |
| vim.regex({re}) *vim.regex()* | |
| Parses the Vim regex `re` and returns a regex object. Regexes are "magic" | |
| and case-sensitive by default, regardless of 'magic' and 'ignorecase'. | |
| They can be controlled with flags, see |/magic| and |/ignorecase|. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {re} (`string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.regex`) | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.secure *vim.secure* | |
| vim.secure.read({path}) *vim.secure.read()* | |
| If {path} is a file: attempt to read the file, prompting the user if the | |
| file should be trusted. | |
| If {path} is a directory: return true if the directory is trusted | |
| (non-recursive), prompting the user as necessary. | |
| The user's choice is persisted in a trust database at | |
| $XDG_STATE_HOME/nvim/trust. | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.9.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {path} (`string`) Path to a file or directory to read. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean|string?`) If {path} is not trusted or does not exist, | |
| returns `nil`. Otherwise, returns the contents of {path} if it is a | |
| file, or true if {path} is a directory. | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |:trust| | |
| vim.secure.trust({opts}) *vim.secure.trust()* | |
| Manage the trust database. | |
| The trust database is located at |$XDG_STATE_HOME|/nvim/trust. | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.9.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {opts} (`table`) A table with the following fields: | |
| • {action} (`'allow'|'deny'|'remove'`) - `'allow'` to add a | |
| file to the trust database and trust it, | |
| • `'deny'` to add a file to the trust database and deny it, | |
| • `'remove'` to remove file from the trust database | |
| • {path}? (`string`) Path to a file to update. Mutually | |
| exclusive with {bufnr}. Cannot be used when {action} is | |
| "allow". | |
| • {bufnr}? (`integer`) Buffer number to update. Mutually | |
| exclusive with {path}. | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`boolean`) success true if operation was successful | |
| (`string`) msg full path if operation was successful, else error | |
| message | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.version *vim.version* | |
| The `vim.version` module provides functions for comparing versions and ranges | |
| conforming to the https://semver.org spec. Plugins, and plugin managers, can | |
| use this to check available tools and dependencies on the current system. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local v = vim.version.parse(vim.fn.system({'tmux', '-V'}), {strict=false}) | |
| if vim.version.gt(v, {3, 2, 0}) then | |
| -- ... | |
| end | |
| < | |
| *vim.version()* returns the version of the current Nvim process. | |
| VERSION RANGE SPEC *version-range* | |
| A version "range spec" defines a semantic version range which can be tested | |
| against a version, using |vim.version.range()|. | |
| Supported range specs are shown in the following table. Note: suffixed | |
| versions (1.2.3-rc1) are not matched. > | |
| 1.2.3 is 1.2.3 | |
| =1.2.3 is 1.2.3 | |
| >1.2.3 greater than 1.2.3 | |
| <1.2.3 before 1.2.3 | |
| >=1.2.3 at least 1.2.3 | |
| ~1.2.3 is >=1.2.3 <1.3.0 "reasonably close to 1.2.3" | |
| ^1.2.3 is >=1.2.3 <2.0.0 "compatible with 1.2.3" | |
| ^0.2.3 is >=0.2.3 <0.3.0 (0.x.x is special) | |
| ^0.0.1 is =0.0.1 (0.0.x is special) | |
| ^1.2 is >=1.2.0 <2.0.0 (like ^1.2.0) | |
| ~1.2 is >=1.2.0 <1.3.0 (like ~1.2.0) | |
| ^1 is >=1.0.0 <2.0.0 "compatible with 1" | |
| ~1 same "reasonably close to 1" | |
| 1.x same | |
| 1.* same | |
| 1 same | |
| * any version | |
| x same | |
| 1.2.3 - 2.3.4 is >=1.2.3 <=2.3.4 | |
| Partial right: missing pieces treated as x (2.3 => 2.3.x). | |
| 1.2.3 - 2.3 is >=1.2.3 <2.4.0 | |
| 1.2.3 - 2 is >=1.2.3 <3.0.0 | |
| Partial left: missing pieces treated as 0 (1.2 => 1.2.0). | |
| 1.2 - 2.3.0 is 1.2.0 - 2.3.0 | |
| < | |
| vim.version.cmp({v1}, {v2}) *vim.version.cmp()* | |
| Parses and compares two version objects (the result of | |
| |vim.version.parse()|, or specified literally as a `{major, minor, patch}` | |
| tuple, e.g. `{1, 0, 3}`). | |
| Example: >lua | |
| if vim.version.cmp({1,0,3}, {0,2,1}) == 0 then | |
| -- ... | |
| end | |
| local v1 = vim.version.parse('1.0.3-pre') | |
| local v2 = vim.version.parse('0.2.1') | |
| if vim.version.cmp(v1, v2) == 0 then | |
| -- ... | |
| end | |
| < | |
| Note: ~ | |
| • Per semver, build metadata is ignored when comparing two | |
| otherwise-equivalent versions. | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.9.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {v1} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) Version object. | |
| • {v2} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) Version to compare with `v1`. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`integer`) -1 if `v1 < v2`, 0 if `v1 == v2`, 1 if `v1 > v2`. | |
| vim.version.eq({v1}, {v2}) *vim.version.eq()* | |
| Returns `true` if the given versions are equal. See |vim.version.cmp()| | |
| for usage. | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.9.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {v1} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) | |
| • {v2} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) | |
| vim.version.ge({v1}, {v2}) *vim.version.ge()* | |
| Returns `true` if `v1 >= v2`. See |vim.version.cmp()| for usage. | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.10.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {v1} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) | |
| • {v2} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) | |
| vim.version.gt({v1}, {v2}) *vim.version.gt()* | |
| Returns `true` if `v1 > v2`. See |vim.version.cmp()| for usage. | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.9.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {v1} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) | |
| • {v2} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) | |
| vim.version.last({versions}) *vim.version.last()* | |
| TODO: generalize this, move to func.lua | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {versions} (`vim.Version[]`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.Version?`) | |
| vim.version.le({v1}, {v2}) *vim.version.le()* | |
| Returns `true` if `v1 <= v2`. See |vim.version.cmp()| for usage. | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.10.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {v1} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) | |
| • {v2} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) | |
| vim.version.lt({v1}, {v2}) *vim.version.lt()* | |
| Returns `true` if `v1 < v2`. See |vim.version.cmp()| for usage. | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.9.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {v1} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) | |
| • {v2} (`vim.Version|number[]|string`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) | |
| vim.version.parse({version}, {opts}) *vim.version.parse()* | |
| Parses a semantic version string and returns a version object which can be | |
| used with other `vim.version` functions. For example "1.0.1-rc1+build.2" | |
| returns: > | |
| { major = 1, minor = 0, patch = 1, prerelease = "rc1", build = "build.2" } | |
| < | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.9.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {version} (`string`) Version string to parse. | |
| • {opts} (`table?`) Optional keyword arguments: | |
| • strict (boolean): Default false. If `true`, no coercion | |
| is attempted on input not conforming to semver v2.0.0. If | |
| `false`, `parse()` attempts to coerce input such as | |
| "1.0", "0-x", "tmux 3.2a" into valid versions. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`vim.Version?`) parsed_version Version object or `nil` if input is | |
| invalid. | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html | |
| vim.version.range({spec}) *vim.version.range()* | |
| Parses a semver |version-range| "spec" and returns a range object: > | |
| { | |
| from: Version | |
| to: Version | |
| has(v: string|Version) | |
| } | |
| < | |
| `:has()` checks if a version is in the range (inclusive `from`, exclusive | |
| `to`). | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local r = vim.version.range('1.0.0 - 2.0.0') | |
| print(r:has('1.9.9')) -- true | |
| print(r:has('2.0.0')) -- false | |
| print(r:has(vim.version())) -- check against current Nvim version | |
| < | |
| Or use cmp(), le(), lt(), ge(), gt(), and/or eq() to compare a version | |
| against `.to` and `.from` directly: >lua | |
| local r = vim.version.range('1.0.0 - 2.0.0') -- >=1.0, <2.0 | |
| print(vim.version.ge({1,0,3}, r.from) and vim.version.lt({1,0,3}, r.to)) | |
| < | |
| Attributes: ~ | |
| Since: 0.9.0 | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {spec} (`string`) Version range "spec" | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table?`) A table with the following fields: | |
| • {from} (`vim.Version`) | |
| • {to}? (`vim.Version`) | |
| • {has} (`fun(self: vim.VersionRange, version: string|vim.Version)`) | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • https://github.com/npm/node-semver#ranges | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.iter *vim.iter* | |
| *vim.iter()* is an interface for |iterable|s: it wraps a table or function | |
| argument into an *Iter* object with methods (such as |Iter:filter()| and | |
| |Iter:map()|) that transform the underlying source data. These methods can be | |
| chained to create iterator "pipelines": the output of each pipeline stage is | |
| input to the next stage. The first stage depends on the type passed to | |
| `vim.iter()`: | |
| • Lists or arrays (|lua-list|) yield only the value of each element. | |
| • Holes (nil values) are allowed (but discarded). | |
| • Use pairs() to treat array/list tables as dicts (preserve holes and | |
| non-contiguous integer keys): `vim.iter(pairs(…))`. | |
| • Use |Iter:enumerate()| to also pass the index to the next stage. | |
| • Or initialize with ipairs(): `vim.iter(ipairs(…))`. | |
| • Non-list tables (|lua-dict|) yield both the key and value of each element. | |
| • Function |iterator|s yield all values returned by the underlying function. | |
| • Tables with a |__call()| metamethod are treated as function iterators. | |
| The iterator pipeline terminates when the underlying |iterable| is exhausted | |
| (for function iterators this means it returned nil). | |
| Note: `vim.iter()` scans table input to decide if it is a list or a dict; to | |
| avoid this cost you can wrap the table with an iterator e.g. | |
| `vim.iter(ipairs({…}))`, but that precludes the use of |list-iterator| | |
| operations such as |Iter:rev()|). | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }) | |
| it:map(function(v) | |
| return v * 3 | |
| end) | |
| it:rev() | |
| it:skip(2) | |
| it:totable() | |
| -- { 9, 6, 3 } | |
| -- ipairs() is a function iterator which returns both the index (i) and the value (v) | |
| vim.iter(ipairs({ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 })):map(function(i, v) | |
| if i > 2 then return v end | |
| end):totable() | |
| -- { 3, 4, 5 } | |
| local it = vim.iter(vim.gsplit('1,2,3,4,5', ',')) | |
| it:map(function(s) return tonumber(s) end) | |
| for i, d in it:enumerate() do | |
| print(string.format("Column %d is %d", i, d)) | |
| end | |
| -- Column 1 is 1 | |
| -- Column 2 is 2 | |
| -- Column 3 is 3 | |
| -- Column 4 is 4 | |
| -- Column 5 is 5 | |
| vim.iter({ a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, z = 26 }):any(function(k, v) | |
| return k == 'z' | |
| end) | |
| -- true | |
| local rb = vim.ringbuf(3) | |
| rb:push("a") | |
| rb:push("b") | |
| vim.iter(rb):totable() | |
| -- { "a", "b" } | |
| < | |
| Iter:all({pred}) *Iter:all()* | |
| Returns true if all items in the iterator match the given predicate. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {pred} (`fun(...):boolean`) Predicate function. Takes all values | |
| returned from the previous stage in the pipeline as arguments | |
| and returns true if the predicate matches. | |
| Iter:any({pred}) *Iter:any()* | |
| Returns true if any of the items in the iterator match the given | |
| predicate. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {pred} (`fun(...):boolean`) Predicate function. Takes all values | |
| returned from the previous stage in the pipeline as arguments | |
| and returns true if the predicate matches. | |
| Iter:each({f}) *Iter:each()* | |
| Calls a function once for each item in the pipeline, draining the | |
| iterator. | |
| For functions with side effects. To modify the values in the iterator, use | |
| |Iter:map()|. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {f} (`fun(...)`) Function to execute for each item in the pipeline. | |
| Takes all of the values returned by the previous stage in the | |
| pipeline as arguments. | |
| Iter:enumerate() *Iter:enumerate()* | |
| Yields the item index (count) and value for each item of an iterator | |
| pipeline. | |
| For list tables, this is more efficient: >lua | |
| vim.iter(ipairs(t)) | |
| < | |
| instead of: >lua | |
| vim.iter(t):enumerate() | |
| < | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter(vim.gsplit('abc', '')):enumerate() | |
| it:next() | |
| -- 1 'a' | |
| it:next() | |
| -- 2 'b' | |
| it:next() | |
| -- 3 'c' | |
| < | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`Iter`) | |
| Iter:filter({f}) *Iter:filter()* | |
| Filters an iterator pipeline. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local bufs = vim.iter(vim.api.nvim_list_bufs()):filter(vim.api.nvim_buf_is_loaded) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {f} (`fun(...):boolean`) Takes all values returned from the previous | |
| stage in the pipeline and returns false or nil if the current | |
| iterator element should be removed. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`Iter`) | |
| Iter:find({f}) *Iter:find()* | |
| Find the first value in the iterator that satisfies the given predicate. | |
| Advances the iterator. Returns nil and drains the iterator if no value is | |
| found. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 3, 6, 9, 12 }) | |
| it:find(12) | |
| -- 12 | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 3, 6, 9, 12 }) | |
| it:find(20) | |
| -- nil | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 3, 6, 9, 12 }) | |
| it:find(function(v) return v % 4 == 0 end) | |
| -- 12 | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {f} (`any`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) | |
| Iter:flatten({depth}) *Iter:flatten()* | |
| Flattens a |list-iterator|, un-nesting nested values up to the given | |
| {depth}. Errors if it attempts to flatten a dict-like value. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| vim.iter({ 1, { 2 }, { { 3 } } }):flatten():totable() | |
| -- { 1, 2, { 3 } } | |
| vim.iter({1, { { a = 2 } }, { 3 } }):flatten():totable() | |
| -- { 1, { a = 2 }, 3 } | |
| vim.iter({ 1, { { a = 2 } }, { 3 } }):flatten(math.huge):totable() | |
| -- error: attempt to flatten a dict-like table | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {depth} (`number?`) Depth to which |list-iterator| should be | |
| flattened (defaults to 1) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`Iter`) | |
| Iter:fold({init}, {f}) *Iter:fold()* | |
| Folds ("reduces") an iterator into a single value. *Iter:reduce()* | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| -- Create a new table with only even values | |
| vim.iter({ a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, d = 4 }) | |
| :filter(function(k, v) return v % 2 == 0 end) | |
| :fold({}, function(acc, k, v) | |
| acc[k] = v | |
| return acc | |
| end) --> { b = 2, d = 4 } | |
| -- Get the "maximum" item of an iterable. | |
| vim.iter({ -99, -4, 3, 42, 0, 0, 7 }) | |
| :fold({}, function(acc, v) | |
| acc.max = math.max(v, acc.max or v) | |
| return acc | |
| end) --> { max = 42 } | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {init} (`any`) Initial value of the accumulator. | |
| • {f} (`fun(acc:A, ...):A`) Accumulation function. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) | |
| Iter:join({delim}) *Iter:join()* | |
| Collect the iterator into a delimited string. | |
| Each element in the iterator is joined into a string separated by {delim}. | |
| Consumes the iterator. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {delim} (`string`) Delimiter | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) | |
| Iter:last() *Iter:last()* | |
| Drains the iterator and returns the last item. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter(vim.gsplit('abcdefg', '')) | |
| it:last() | |
| -- 'g' | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 }) | |
| it:last() | |
| -- 15 | |
| < | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |Iter:rpeek()| | |
| Iter:map({f}) *Iter:map()* | |
| Maps the items of an iterator pipeline to the values returned by `f`. | |
| If the map function returns nil, the value is filtered from the iterator. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 1, 2, 3, 4 }):map(function(v) | |
| if v % 2 == 0 then | |
| return v * 3 | |
| end | |
| end) | |
| it:totable() | |
| -- { 6, 12 } | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {f} (`fun(...):...:any`) Mapping function. Takes all values returned | |
| from the previous stage in the pipeline as arguments and returns | |
| one or more new values, which are used in the next pipeline | |
| stage. Nil return values are filtered from the output. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`Iter`) | |
| Iter:next() *Iter:next()* | |
| Gets the next value from the iterator. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter(string.gmatch('1 2 3', '%d+')):map(tonumber) | |
| it:next() | |
| -- 1 | |
| it:next() | |
| -- 2 | |
| it:next() | |
| -- 3 | |
| < | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) | |
| Iter:nth({n}) *Iter:nth()* | |
| Gets the nth value of an iterator (and advances to it). | |
| If `n` is negative, offsets from the end of a |list-iterator|. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 3, 6, 9, 12 }) | |
| it:nth(2) | |
| -- 6 | |
| it:nth(2) | |
| -- 12 | |
| local it2 = vim.iter({ 3, 6, 9, 12 }) | |
| it2:nth(-2) | |
| -- 9 | |
| it2:nth(-2) | |
| -- 3 | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {n} (`number`) Index of the value to return. May be negative if the | |
| source is a |list-iterator|. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) | |
| Iter:peek() *Iter:peek()* | |
| Gets the next value in a |list-iterator| without consuming it. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 3, 6, 9, 12 }) | |
| it:peek() | |
| -- 3 | |
| it:peek() | |
| -- 3 | |
| it:next() | |
| -- 3 | |
| < | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) | |
| Iter:pop() *Iter:pop()* | |
| "Pops" a value from a |list-iterator| (gets the last value and decrements | |
| the tail). | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({1, 2, 3, 4}) | |
| it:pop() | |
| -- 4 | |
| it:pop() | |
| -- 3 | |
| < | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) | |
| Iter:rev() *Iter:rev()* | |
| Reverses a |list-iterator| pipeline. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 3, 6, 9, 12 }):rev() | |
| it:totable() | |
| -- { 12, 9, 6, 3 } | |
| < | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`Iter`) | |
| Iter:rfind({f}) *Iter:rfind()* | |
| Gets the first value satisfying a predicate, from the end of a | |
| |list-iterator|. | |
| Advances the iterator. Returns nil and drains the iterator if no value is | |
| found. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 1, 2, 3, 2, 1 }):enumerate() | |
| it:rfind(1) | |
| -- 5 1 | |
| it:rfind(1) | |
| -- 1 1 | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {f} (`any`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |Iter:find()| | |
| Iter:rpeek() *Iter:rpeek()* | |
| Gets the last value of a |list-iterator| without consuming it. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({1, 2, 3, 4}) | |
| it:rpeek() | |
| -- 4 | |
| it:rpeek() | |
| -- 4 | |
| it:pop() | |
| -- 4 | |
| < | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`any`) | |
| See also: ~ | |
| • |Iter:last()| | |
| Iter:rskip({n}) *Iter:rskip()* | |
| Discards `n` values from the end of a |list-iterator| pipeline. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }):rskip(2) | |
| it:next() | |
| -- 1 | |
| it:pop() | |
| -- 3 | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {n} (`number`) Number of values to skip. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`Iter`) | |
| Iter:skip({n}) *Iter:skip()* | |
| Skips `n` values of an iterator pipeline. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 3, 6, 9, 12 }):skip(2) | |
| it:next() | |
| -- 9 | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {n} (`number`) Number of values to skip. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`Iter`) | |
| Iter:slice({first}, {last}) *Iter:slice()* | |
| Sets the start and end of a |list-iterator| pipeline. | |
| Equivalent to `:skip(first - 1):rskip(len - last + 1)`. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {first} (`number`) | |
| • {last} (`number`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`Iter`) | |
| Iter:take({n}) *Iter:take()* | |
| Transforms an iterator to yield only the first n values. | |
| Example: >lua | |
| local it = vim.iter({ 1, 2, 3, 4 }):take(2) | |
| it:next() | |
| -- 1 | |
| it:next() | |
| -- 2 | |
| it:next() | |
| -- nil | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {n} (`integer`) | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`Iter`) | |
| Iter:totable() *Iter:totable()* | |
| Collect the iterator into a table. | |
| The resulting table depends on the initial source in the iterator | |
| pipeline. Array-like tables and function iterators will be collected into | |
| an array-like table. If multiple values are returned from the final stage | |
| in the iterator pipeline, each value will be included in a table. | |
| Examples: >lua | |
| vim.iter(string.gmatch('100 20 50', '%d+')):map(tonumber):totable() | |
| -- { 100, 20, 50 } | |
| vim.iter({ 1, 2, 3 }):map(function(v) return v, 2 * v end):totable() | |
| -- { { 1, 2 }, { 2, 4 }, { 3, 6 } } | |
| vim.iter({ a = 1, b = 2, c = 3 }):filter(function(k, v) return v % 2 ~= 0 end):totable() | |
| -- { { 'a', 1 }, { 'c', 3 } } | |
| < | |
| The generated table is an array-like table with consecutive, numeric | |
| indices. To create a map-like table with arbitrary keys, use | |
| |Iter:fold()|. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`table`) | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.snippet *vim.snippet* | |
| *vim.snippet.ActiveFilter* | |
| Fields: ~ | |
| • {direction} (`vim.snippet.Direction`) Navigation direction. -1 for | |
| previous, 1 for next. | |
| vim.snippet.active({filter}) *vim.snippet.active()* | |
| Returns `true` if there's an active snippet in the current buffer, | |
| applying the given filter if provided. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {filter} (`vim.snippet.ActiveFilter?`) Filter to constrain the search | |
| with: | |
| • `direction` (vim.snippet.Direction): Navigation direction. | |
| Will return `true` if the snippet can be jumped in the | |
| given direction. See |vim.snippet.ActiveFilter|. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`boolean`) | |
| vim.snippet.expand({input}) *vim.snippet.expand()* | |
| Expands the given snippet text. Refer to | |
| https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/specification/#snippet_syntax | |
| for the specification of valid input. | |
| Tabstops are highlighted with |hl-SnippetTabstop|. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {input} (`string`) | |
| vim.snippet.jump({direction}) *vim.snippet.jump()* | |
| Jumps to the next (or previous) placeholder in the current snippet, if | |
| possible. | |
| By default `<Tab>` is setup to jump if a snippet is active. The default | |
| mapping looks like: >lua | |
| vim.keymap.set({ 'i', 's' }, '<Tab>', function() | |
| if vim.snippet.active({ direction = 1 }) then | |
| return '<Cmd>lua vim.snippet.jump(1)<CR>' | |
| else | |
| return '<Tab>' | |
| end | |
| end, { descr = '...', expr = true, silent = true }) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {direction} (`vim.snippet.Direction`) Navigation direction. -1 for | |
| previous, 1 for next. | |
| vim.snippet.stop() *vim.snippet.stop()* | |
| Exits the current snippet. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: vim.text *vim.text* | |
| vim.text.hexdecode({enc}) *vim.text.hexdecode()* | |
| Hex decode a string. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {enc} (`string`) String to decode | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`string?`) Decoded string | |
| (`string?`) Error message, if any | |
| vim.text.hexencode({str}) *vim.text.hexencode()* | |
| Hex encode a string. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {str} (`string`) String to encode | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string`) Hex encoded string | |
| vim.text.indent({size}, {text}, {opts}) *vim.text.indent()* | |
| Sets the indent (i.e. the common leading whitespace) of non-empty lines in | |
| `text` to `size` spaces/tabs. | |
| Indent is calculated by number of consecutive indent chars. | |
| • The first indented, non-empty line decides the indent char (space/tab): | |
| • `SPC SPC TAB …` = two-space indent. | |
| • `TAB SPC …` = one-tab indent. | |
| • Set `opts.expandtab` to treat tabs as spaces. | |
| To "dedent" (remove the common indent), pass `size=0`: >lua | |
| vim.print(vim.text.indent(0, ' a\n b\n')) | |
| < | |
| To adjust relative-to an existing indent, call indent() twice: >lua | |
| local indented, old_indent = vim.text.indent(0, ' a\n b\n') | |
| indented = vim.text.indent(old_indent + 2, indented) | |
| vim.print(indented) | |
| < | |
| To ignore the final, blank line when calculating the indent, use gsub() | |
| before calling indent(): >lua | |
| local text = ' a\n b\n ' | |
| vim.print(vim.text.indent(0, (text:gsub('\n[\t ]+\n?$', '\n')))) | |
| < | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {size} (`integer`) Number of spaces. | |
| • {text} (`string`) Text to indent. | |
| • {opts} (`{ expandtab?: number }?`) | |
| Return (multiple): ~ | |
| (`string`) Indented text. | |
| (`integer`) Indent size before modification. | |
| ============================================================================== | |
| Lua module: tohtml *vim.tohtml* | |
| :[range]TOhtml {file} *:TOhtml* | |
| Converts the buffer shown in the current window to HTML, opens the generated | |
| HTML in a new split window, and saves its contents to {file}. If {file} is not | |
| given, a temporary file (created by |tempname()|) is used. | |
| tohtml.tohtml({winid}, {opt}) *tohtml.tohtml.tohtml()* | |
| Converts the buffer shown in the window {winid} to HTML and returns the | |
| output as a list of string. | |
| Parameters: ~ | |
| • {winid} (`integer?`) Window to convert (defaults to current window) | |
| • {opt} (`table?`) Optional parameters. | |
| • {title}? (`string|false`, default: buffer name) Title tag | |
| to set in the generated HTML code. | |
| • {number_lines}? (`boolean`, default: `false`) Show line | |
| numbers. | |
| • {font}? (`string[]|string`, default: `guifont`) Fonts to | |
| use. | |
| • {width}? (`integer`, default: 'textwidth' if non-zero or | |
| window width otherwise) Width used for items which are | |
| either right aligned or repeat a character infinitely. | |
| • {range}? (`integer[]`, default: entire buffer) Range of | |
| rows to use. | |
| Return: ~ | |
| (`string[]`) | |
| vim:tw=78:ts=8:sw=4:sts=4:et:ft=help:norl: | |