Nvim 0.10 Release Notes: New Features (API, Defaults)

|nvim_set_option_value()|) without a scope, which means they now behave the same way as string options. • Plugins: • |:TOhtml| has been rewritten in Lua to support Nvim-specific decorations, and many options have been removed. • Treesitter: • Treesitter highlight groups have been renamed to be more in line with upstream tree-sitter and Helix to make it easier to share queries. The full list is documented in |treesitter-highlight-groups|. • TUI: • In some cases, the cursor in the Nvim |TUI| used to blink even without configuring 'guicursor' as mentioned in |cursor-blinking|. This was a bug that has now been fixed. If your cursor has stopped blinking, add the following (or similar, adapted to user preference) to your |config| file: >vim set guicursor+=n-v-c:blinkon500-blinkoff500 < ============================================================================== NEW FEATURES The following new features were added. • API: • Passing 0 to |nvim_get_chan_info()| gets info about the current channel. • |nvim_buf_set_extmark()| supports inline virtual text. • |nvim_win_text_height()| computes the number of screen lines occupied by a range of text in a given window. • New RPC client type `msgpack-rpc` is added for |nvim_set_client_info()| to support fully MessagePack-RPC compliant clients. • Floating windows can now be hidden by setting `hide` in |nvim_open_win()| or |nvim_win_set_config()|. • |nvim_input_mouse()| supports mouse buttons "x1" and "x2". • Added "force_crlf" option field in |nvim_open_term()|. • Added |nvim_tabpage_set_win()| to set the current window of a tabpage. • Mapping APIs now support abbreviations when mode short-name has suffix "a". • Floating windows can now show footer with new `footer` and `footer_pos` config fields. Uses |hl-FloatFooter| by default. • |extmarks| can set a "url" highlight attribute, so the text region can become a clickable hyperlink (assuming UI support). The TUI renders URLs using the OSC 8 control sequence, enabling clickable text in supporting terminals. • |nvim_open_win()| and |nvim_win_set_config()| now support opening normal (split) windows, moving floating windows into split windows, and opening windows in non-current tabpages. • Flags added to |nvim_buf_set_extmark()|: • "undo_restore": opt-out extmarks of precise undo tracking. • "invalidate": automatically hide or delete extmarks. • "virt_text_repeat_linebreak": repeat virtual text on wrapped lines. • Extmarks now fully support multi-line ranges, and a single extmark can be used to highlight a range of arbitrary length. The |nvim_buf_set_extmark()| API function already allowed you to define such ranges, but highlight regions were not rendered consistently for a range that covers more than one line break. This has now been fixed. Signs defined as part of a multi-line extmark also apply to every line in the range, not just the first. In addition, |nvim_buf_get_extmarks()| has gained an "overlap" option to return such ranges even if they started before the specified position. • Defaults: • The `workspace/didChangeWatchedFiles` LSP client capability is now enabled by default on Mac and Windows. Disabled on Linux since there currently isn't a viable backend for watching files that scales well for large directories. • On Windows 'isfname' does not include ":". Drive letters are handled correctly without it. (Use |gF| for filepaths suffixed with ":line:col"). • 'comments' includes "fb:•". • 'shortmess' includes the "C" flag. • 'grepprg' uses the -H and -I flags for grep by default, and defaults to using ripgrep if available. • "]d" and "[d" in Normal mode map to |vim.diagnostic.goto_next()| and |vim.diagnostic.goto_prev()|, respectively. |]d-default| |[d-default| • <C-W>d (and <C-W><C-D>) map to |vim.diagnostic.open_float()| |CTRL-W_d-default| • |vim.lsp.start()|

This section details new features in Nvim 0.10, starting with API enhancements: retrieving channel info, setting inline virtual text, computing text height, a new RPC client type, hiding floating windows, new mouse buttons, "force_crlf" option, setting tabpage windows, abbreviation support in mappings, floating window footers, URL highlight attributes for extmarks, opening normal/split windows, and new flags for `nvim_buf_set_extmark()`. Extmark support extends to multi-line ranges. Defaults changes include enabling `workspace/didChangeWatchedFiles` on Mac/Windows, 'isfname' adjustments, additions to 'comments'/'shortmess', 'grepprg' updates, default diagnostic navigation mappings, and changes to |vim.lsp.start()|.