-1.0b7pre:
+1.1:
+ • Vim runtime files:
+ - renamed :mksyntax to :mkvimruntime which now generates
+ all Vim related files.
+ - Vimball packages are no longer available.
+ • Removed <F1> and <A-F1> mappings.
+ • Add :private command.
+ • Better per-window private browsing support.
+
+1.0:
• Extensive Firefox 4 support, including:
- Fully restartless. Can now be installed, uninstalled,
enabled, disabled, and upgraded without restarting Firefox.
everywhere from command-line and message history to option
values and cookies. [b1]
• New and much more powerful incremental search implementation.
- Improvements over the standard Firefox find include: [b1]
+ Improvements over the standard Firefox find include:
- Starts at the cursor position in the currently selected
frame, unlike Firefox, which always starts at the start of
- the first frame.
+ the first frame. [b1]
- Returns the cursor and viewport to their original position
- on cancel.
+ on cancel. [b1]
- Backtracks to the first successful match after pressing
- backspace.
- - Supports reverse incremental search.
- - Input boxes are not focused when matches are highlighted.
+ backspace. [b1]
+ - Supports reverse incremental search. [b1]
+ - Input boxes are not focused when matches are highlighted. [b1]
+ - Crude regular expression search is supported. [b8]
+ - New searches now start within the current viewport where possible. [b8]
+ • Text editing improvements, including:
+ - Added t_gu, t_gU, and v_o mappings. [b8]
+ - Added t_<C-a> and t_<C-a> mappings. [b8]
+ - Added o_c, o_d, and o_y mappings. [b8]
+ - Added register and basic kill ring support, t_" and
+ I_<C-'>/I_<C-"> mappings, and :registers command. [b8]
+ - Added operator modes and proper first class motion maps. [b8]
+ - Improved undo support for most mappings. [b8]
+ • General completion improvements
+ - Greatly improved completion rendering performance, especially
+ while scrolling. [b8]
+ - Added c_<C-f>, c_<C-b>, c_<C-Tab>, and c_<C-S-Tab> for scrolling
+ the completion list in increments larger than one line. [b8]
+ - Improved handling of asynchronous completions, including: [b8]
+ + Pressing <Return> after tabbing past the end of already received
+ completions will execute the command after the desired result has
+ arrived.
+ + Tabbing past the end of available completions more reliably selects
+ the desired completion when it is available.
+ + Late arriving completion results no longer interfere with typing.
+ + It is now possible to skip past the end of incomplete completion
+ groups via the c_<C-f> and c_<C-Tab> keys.
+ - JavaScript completion improvements, including: [b2]
+ + The prototype of the function whose arguments are currently
+ being typed is displayed during completion.
+ + Non-enumerable global properties are now completed for the
+ global object, including XMLHttpRequest and encodeURI.
+ - The concept of completion contexts is now exposed to the user
+ (see :contexts), allowing for powerful and fine-grained
+ completion system customization. [b1]
• Ex command parsing improvements, including:
- Multiple Ex commands may now be separated by | [b1]
- Commands can continue over multiple lines in RC files by
prefixing the continuation lines with a \ [b3]
- The \ character is no longer treated specially within single
quotes, i.e., 'fo\o''bar' ⇒ fo\o'bar [b1]
+ • IMPORTANT: Command script files now use the *.penta file extension. [b2]
+ • IMPORTANT: Plugins are now loaded from the 'plugins/'
+ directory in 'runtimepath' rather than 'plugin/'. [b1]
• The command line is now hidden by default. Added c, C, and M to
'guioptions'. [b4]
• Hints mode improvements, including:
- - Added g; continued extended hints mode, which allows
+ - Added [;A] extended hint mode. [rc2]
+ - Added [g;] continued extended hints mode, which allows
selecting multiple hints. Removed ;F. [b1]
- Hints are now updated after scrolling and window resizing. [b3]
- - ;s now prompts for a filename on the command-line rather
+ - [;s] now prompts for a filename on the command-line rather
than in a dialog. [b5]
- - Added ;a and ;S modes for creating bookmarks and search keywords. [b4][b3]
+ - Added [;a] and [;S] modes for creating bookmarks and search keywords. [b4][b3]
- Added 'hintkeys' option. [b2]
- Added "transliterated" option to 'hintmatching'. [b1]
- • General completion improvements
- - JavaScript completion improvements, including: [b2]
- + The prototype of the function whose arguments are currently
- being typed is displayed during completion.
- + Non-enumerable global properties are now completed for the
- global object, including XMLHttpRequest and encodeURI.
- - The concept of completion contexts is now exposed to the user
- (see :contexts), allowing for powerful and fine-grained
- completion system customization. [b1]
• The external editor can now be configured to open to a given
line number and column, used for opening source links and
editing input fields with i_<C-i>. See :h 'editor'. [b4]
• Improved [macro-string] support, including automatic elision
of optional elements, and array subscripts. [b4][b7]
+ • Added -pentadactyl-remote command-line option. [b8]
+ • Moved the smooth-scroll plugin to the core. [b8]
+ • Improvements to marks:
+ - Marks are now stored as line and column ordinals rather than percentages. [b8]
+ - Marks now store the marked element and ensure its visibility when followed. [b8]
• Mapping changes:
- It's now possible to map keys in many more modes, including
Hint, Multi-line Output, and Menu. [b4]
+ - <C-o> and <C-i> now behave more like Vim. [b8]
+ - n_G now uses 'linenumbers' to determine destination if possible. [b8]
+ - Added n_s and n_S. [b8]
+ - Added Operator mode for motion maps, per Vim. [b8]
- Added site-specific mapping groups and related command
changes. [b6]
- Added 'timeout' and 'timeoutlen' options. [b6]
- - Added n_{, n_}, n_[, and n_] mappings. [b7]
+ - Added n_{, n_}, n_[ and n_] mappings. [b7]
+ - Added n_g], n_[d and n_]d. [b8]
+ - Added <C-t> to open the next mapping in a new tab. [b8]
- Added <A-b> to execute a builtin mapping. [b6]
- Added <A-m>l and <A-m>s to aid in the construction of
macros. [b6]
:listoptions and :listcommands, providing more powerful and
consistent interactive help facility (improvements include
listing keys for modes other than Normal, filtering the output,
- and linking to source code locations). [b4]
+ and linking to source code definitions). [b4]
- :downloads now opens a download list in the multi-line output
buffer. Added -sort flag. [b6][b7]
- :style now supports regexp site-filters on Firefox 6+. [b7]
- :qa closes only the current window, per Vim. [b7]
+ - Added :background command. [b8]
+ - Removed :bwipeout and :bunload aliases. Changed :bdelete and
+ :tabclose semantics slightly. The latter now only operates on
+ visible tabs. [b8]
+ - Added -id flag to :bmark command and changed updating semantics. [b8]
- Added :exit command. [b7]
- Added :dlclear command. [b7]
- :extensions has been replaced with a more powerful :addons. [b6]
- :command now accepts comma-separated alternative command names. [b4]
- :command -complete custom now also accepts a completions array, see
:h :command-completion-custom. [b4]
+ - Removed :beep. [b2]
+ - Removed :edit, :tabedit, and :winedit aliases. [b2]
+ - Removed :play. [b2]
• Improvements to :style and :highlight:
- Added -link flag to :highlight. [b4]
- Added -agent flag to :style. [b2]
- Boolean options no longer accept an argument. [b4]
- 'cdpath' and 'runtimepath' no longer treat ",,"
specially. Use "." instead. [b2]
+ - 'complete' is now a [stringlist] rather than a [charlist]
+ and supports native autocomplete providers. [b8]
- 'extendedhinttags' is now a [regexpmap] rather than a
string. [b2]
- 'guioptions' default value has changed. [b4][b7]
still be used for this purpose. [b4]
- 'loadplugins' is now a [regexplist] option rather than
a boolean. [b2]
- - 'mapleader' is now an option rather than a :let
- variable. [b4]
+ - Made 'mapleader' an option rather than a :let variable. [b4]
+ - Removed the 'mapleader' option. [rc2]
- 'passkeys' is now a [sitemap] with key chain support rather
than a [regexpmap]. [b6]
+ - The precise format of 'sanitizeitems' has changed slightly. [b8]
- 'showmode' is now a [regexplist]. [b6]
- 'showstatuslinks' and 'showtabline' are now [string] options. [b4]
- • IMPORTANT: Command script files now use the *.penta file extension. [b2]
- • IMPORTANT: Plugins are now loaded from the 'plugins/'
- directory in 'runtimepath' rather than 'plugin/'. [b1]
- • Option changes:
+ • Other option changes:
- Added [stringmap], [regexplist], and [regexpmap] option
types. [b1]
- Added [sitelist] and [sitemap] option types. [b6]
- Added 'banghist' option. [b1]
- Added 'cookies', 'cookieaccept', and 'cookielifetime' options. [b3]
- Added 'downloadsort' option. [b7]
+ - Added 'findflags' option. [b8]
- Replaced 'focuscontent' with 'strictfocus'. [b1]
- Made 'strictfocus' a [sitemap]. [b7]
- 'complete' now defaults to "slf" but file completion only
triggers when the URL begins as above. [b1]
- Added 'jumptags' option. [b7]
+ - Added 'linenumbers' option. [b8]
- Added 's' flag to 'pageinfo' and changed default value. [b7]
- Added 'passkeys' option. [b3]
- Added 'passunknown' option. [b7]
- Changed 'urlseparator' default value to "|". [b3]
- - Added "passwords" and "venkman" dialogs to :dialog. [b2]
+ - Added "passwords", and "venkman" dialogs to :dialog. [b2][b8]
+ - Added 'scrollsteps' and 'scrolltime' options. [b8]
+ - Added 'spelllang' option. [b8]
- Make 'showmode' a [stringlist] option. [b7]
- Added 'wildanchor' option. [b2]
+ - Added 'yankshort' option. [b8]
• Added BookmarkChange, BookmarkRemove autocommands. [b2]
• Removed the :source line at the end of files generated by
:mkpentadactylrc. [b2]
- • gf now toggles between source and content view.
+ • n_gf now toggles between source and content view.
The | key binding has been removed. [b1]
• Page zoom information is now shown in the status bar, and
change in zoom status no longer appears in :messages. [b1]
- The help system is newly modularized and features significant
updates, rewrites, and formatting improvements. [b1]
- Added <A-F1> to open the single, consolidated help page. [b5]
- • Removed :beep. [b2]
- • Removed :edit, :tabedit, and :winedit aliases. [b2]
- • Removed :play. [b2]
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