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bfredl 1f004970f0 feat(build): build.zig MVP: build and run functionaltests on linux
NEW BUILD SYSTEM!

This is a MVP implementation which supports building the "nvim" binary,
including cross-compilation for some targets.
As an example, you can build a aarch64-macos binary from
an x86-64-linux-gnu host, or vice versa

Add CI target for build.zig currently for functionaltests on linux
x86_64 only

Follow up items:

-  praxis for version and dependency bumping
-  windows 💀
-  full integration of libintl and gettext (or a desicion not to)
-  update help and API metadata files
-  installation into a $PREFIX
-  more tests and linters
2025-05-02 09:28:50 +02:00

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*news.txt* Nvim
NVIM REFERENCE MANUAL
Notable changes since Nvim 0.11 *news*
For changes in the previous release, see |news-0.11|.
Type |gO| to see the table of contents.
==============================================================================
BREAKING CHANGES IN HEAD OR EXPERIMENTAL *news-breaking-dev*
====== Remove this section before release. ======
The following changes to UNRELEASED features were made during the development
cycle (Nvim HEAD, the "master" branch).
EXPERIMENTS
• todo
LSP
• todo
OPTIONS
• todo
TREESITTER
• todo
==============================================================================
BREAKING CHANGES *news-breaking*
These changes may require adaptations in your config or plugins.
API
• todo
BUILD
• todo
DIAGNOSTICS
• |diagnostic-signs| can no longer be configured with |:sign-define| or
|sign_define()| (deprecated in Nvim 0.10 |deprecated-0.10|).
• |vim.diagnostic.disable()| and |vim.diagnostic.is_disabled()| (deprecated in
Nvim 0.10 |deprecated-0.10|) are removed.
• The legacy signature of |vim.diagnostic.enable()| (deprecated in Nvim 0.10
|deprecated-0.10|) is no longer supported.
EDITOR
• todo
EVENTS
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HIGHLIGHTS
• todo
LSP
• todo
LUA
• todo
OPTIONS
• 'shelltemp' defaults to "false".
PLUGINS
• todo
TREESITTER
• todo
TUI
• todo
VIMSCRIPT
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==============================================================================
NEW FEATURES *news-features*
The following new features were added.
API
• |nvim_win_text_height()| can limit the lines checked when a certain
`max_height` is reached, and returns the `end_row` and `end_vcol` for which
`max_height` or the calculated height is reached.
BUILD
• A Zig-based build system has been added as an alternative to CMake. It is
currently limited in functionality, and CMake remains the recommended option
for the time being.
DEFAULTS
• 'statusline' default is exposed as a statusline expression (previously it
was implemented as an internal C routine).
DIAGNOSTICS
• todo
EDITOR
• |:iput| works like |:put| but adjusts indent.
• |omnicompletion| in `help` buffer. |ft-help-omni|
EVENTS
• |CmdlineLeavePre| triggered before preparing to leave the command line.
HIGHLIGHTS
• |hl-DiffTextAdd| highlights added text within a changed line.
LSP
• |vim.lsp.ClientConfig| gained `workspace_required`.
• Support for `textDocument/documentColor`: |lsp-document_color|
https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/specification/#textDocument_documentColor
• The `textDocument/diagnostic` request now includes the previous id in its
parameters.
LUA
• Lua type annotations for `vim.uv`.
• |vim.hl.range()| now allows multiple timed highlights.
OPTIONS
• 'autowriteall' writes all buffers upon receiving `SIGHUP`, `SIGQUIT` or `SIGTSTP`.
• 'chistory' and 'lhistory' set size of the |quickfix-stack|.
• 'completefuzzycollect' enables fuzzy collection of candidates for (some)
|ins-completion| modes.
• 'completeopt' flag "nearset" sorts completion results by distance to cursor.
• 'diffopt' `inline:` configures diff highlighting for changes within a line.
• 'pummaxwidth' sets maximum width for the completion popup menu.
• 'winborder' "bold" style.
• |g:clipboard| accepts a string name to force any builtin clipboard tool.
PERFORMANCE
• todo
PLUGINS
• Customize :checkhealth by handling a `FileType checkhealth` event.
|health-usage|
STARTUP
• todo
TERMINAL
• todo
TREESITTER
• todo
TUI
• todo
UI
• |:checkhealth| shows a summary in the header for every healthcheck.
• |ui-multigrid| provides composition information and absolute coordinates.
VIMSCRIPT
• |cmdcomplete_info()| gets current cmdline completion info.
==============================================================================
CHANGED FEATURES *news-changed*
These existing features changed their behavior.
• 'spellfile' location defaults to `stdpath("data").."/site/spell/"` instead of
the first writable directory in 'runtimepath'.
• |vim.version.range()| doesn't exclude `to` if it is equal to `from`.
==============================================================================
REMOVED FEATURES *news-removed*
These deprecated features were removed.
• todo
==============================================================================
DEPRECATIONS *news-deprecations*
See |deprecated-0.12|.
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