2 • Extensive Firefox 4 support, including:
3 - Fully restartless. Can now be installed, uninstalled,
4 enabled, disabled, and upgraded without restarting Firefox.
6 - Tabs in :buffer completions and listings are grouped
7 by panorama groups. [b1]
8 - Only visible tabs are considered in tab numbering,
10 • Performance improvements:
11 - Improved startup time by a factor of 7. [b1]
12 - Further improved startup time. [b6]
13 - Significant completion speed improvements, especially for
15 • Added site-local and script-local groups: [b6]
16 - Added the :group command to define and select groups.
17 - Added the -group flag to :abbreviate, :autocmd, :command,
18 :map, :style, and friends.
19 - Mappings and commands can now be bound to groups which
20 execute only for certain websites.
21 - Autocommands, commands, mappings, and styles are now
22 automatically added to per-script groups so that most traces
23 of a script can be easily purged.
24 • Greatly improved private mode support and :sanitize command.
25 - Full integration with Firefox data clearing dialogs. [b3]
26 - Support for sanitizing items at shutdown. [b3]
27 - Fine-grained control over what data is sanitized and for
29 - Support for sanitizing reference to particular hosts,
30 everywhere from command-line and message history to option
31 values and cookies. [b1]
32 • New and much more powerful incremental search implementation.
33 Improvements over the standard Firefox find include:
34 - Starts at the cursor position in the currently selected
35 frame, unlike Firefox, which always starts at the start of
37 - Returns the cursor and viewport to their original position
39 - Backtracks to the first successful match after pressing
41 - Supports reverse incremental search. [b1]
42 - Input boxes are not focused when matches are highlighted. [b1]
43 - Crude regular expression search is supported. [b8]
44 - New searches now start within the current viewport where possible. [b8]
45 • Text editing improvements, including:
46 - Added t_gu, t_gU, and v_o mappings. [b8]
47 - Added t_<C-a> and t_<C-a> mappings. [b8]
48 - Added o_c, o_d, and o_y mappings. [b8]
49 - Added register and basic kill ring support, t_" and
50 I_<C-'>/I_<C-"> mappings, and :registers command. [b8]
51 - Added operator modes and proper first class motion maps. [b8]
52 - Improved undo support for most mappings. [b8]
53 • General completion improvements
54 - Greatly improved completion rendering performance, especially
56 - Added c_<C-f>, c_<C-b>, c_<C-Tab>, and c_<C-S-Tab> for scrolling
57 the completion list in increments larger than one line. [b8]
58 - Improved handling of asynchronous completions, including: [b8]
59 + Pressing <Return> after tabbing past the end of already received
60 completions will execute the command after the desired result has
62 + Tabbing past the end of available completions more reliably selects
63 the desired completion when it is available.
64 + Late arriving completion results no longer interfere with typing.
65 + It is now possible to skip past the end of incomplete completion
66 groups via the c_<C-f> and c_<C-Tab> keys.
67 - JavaScript completion improvements, including: [b2]
68 + The prototype of the function whose arguments are currently
69 being typed is displayed during completion.
70 + Non-enumerable global properties are now completed for the
71 global object, including XMLHttpRequest and encodeURI.
72 - The concept of completion contexts is now exposed to the user
73 (see :contexts), allowing for powerful and fine-grained
74 completion system customization. [b1]
75 • Ex command parsing improvements, including:
76 - Multiple Ex commands may now be separated by | [b1]
77 - Commands can continue over multiple lines in RC files by
78 prefixing the continuation lines with a \ [b3]
79 - The \ character is no longer treated specially within single
80 quotes, i.e., 'fo\o''bar' ⇒ fo\o'bar [b1]
81 • IMPORTANT: Command script files now use the *.penta file extension. [b2]
82 • IMPORTANT: Plugins are now loaded from the 'plugins/'
83 directory in 'runtimepath' rather than 'plugin/'. [b1]
84 • The command line is now hidden by default. Added c, C, and M to
86 • Hints mode improvements, including:
87 - Added g; continued extended hints mode, which allows
88 selecting multiple hints. Removed ;F. [b1]
89 - Hints are now updated after scrolling and window resizing. [b3]
90 - ;s now prompts for a filename on the command-line rather
91 than in a dialog. [b5]
92 - Added ;a and ;S modes for creating bookmarks and search keywords. [b4][b3]
93 - Added 'hintkeys' option. [b2]
94 - Added "transliterated" option to 'hintmatching'. [b1]
95 • The external editor can now be configured to open to a given
96 line number and column, used for opening source links and
97 editing input fields with i_<C-i>. See :h 'editor'. [b4]
98 • Improved [macro-string] support, including automatic elision
99 of optional elements, and array subscripts. [b4][b7]
100 • Added -pentadactyl-remote command-line option. [b8]
101 • Moved the smooth-scroll plugin to the core. [b8]
102 • Improvements to marks:
103 - Marks are now stored as line and column ordinals rather than percentages. [b8]
104 - Marks now store the marked element and ensure its visibility when followed. [b8]
106 - It's now possible to map keys in many more modes, including
107 Hint, Multi-line Output, and Menu. [b4]
108 - <C-o> and <C-i> now behave more like Vim. [b8]
109 - n_G now uses 'linenumbers' to determine destination if possible. [b8]
110 - Add n_s and n_S. [b8]
111 - Added Operator mode for motion maps, per Vim. [b8]
112 - Added site-specific mapping groups and related command
114 - Added 'timeout' and 'timeoutlen' options. [b6]
115 - Added n_{, n_}, n_[ and n_] mappings. [b7]
116 - Added n_g], n_[d and n_]d. [b8]
117 - Added <C-t> to open the next mapping in a new tab. [b8]
118 - Added <A-b> to execute a builtin mapping. [b6]
119 - Added <A-m>l and <A-m>s to aid in the construction of
121 - Added <Pass> pseudo-key. [b6]
122 - Removed the implicit page load delays during macro playback. [b6]
123 - Added the base modes Base, Main, and Command which other
124 modes inherit key bindings from. [b6]
126 - :viusage, :optionusage and :exusage were replaced with :listkeys,
127 :listoptions and :listcommands, providing more powerful and
128 consistent interactive help facility (improvements include
129 listing keys for modes other than Normal, filtering the output,
130 and linking to source code definitions). [b4]
131 - :downloads now opens a download list in the multi-line output
132 buffer. Added -sort flag. [b6][b7]
133 - :style now supports regexp site-filters on Firefox 6+. [b7]
134 - :qa closes only the current window, per Vim. [b7]
135 - Added :background command. [b8]
136 - Removed :bwipeout and :bunload aliases. Changed :bdelete and
137 :tabclose semantics slightly. The latter now only operates on
139 - Added -id flag to :bmark command and changed updating semantics. [b8]
140 - Added :exit command. [b7]
141 - Added :dlclear command. [b7]
142 - :extensions has been replaced with a more powerful :addons. [b6]
143 - :javascript! now opens a Read Eval Print Loop. [b6]
144 - Added -arg flag to :map. [b6]
145 - Added -literal flag to :command. [b6]
146 - Added :completions command. [b6]
147 - Added :cookies command. [b3]
148 - :extadd now supports remote URLs as well as local files on Firefox 4. [b2]
149 - Added :if/:elseif/:else/:endif conditionals. [b3]
150 - Added -charset and -post to :bmark. [b5]
151 - Added -keyword, -tags, -title to :delbmarks. [b2]
152 - Added :extrehash, :exttoggle, :extupdate, and :rehash commands. [b5]
153 - :abclear, :comclear and :mapclear have been substituted by a bang now
154 accepted by :unabbreviate, :delcommand and :unmap, respectively. [b6]
155 - Added :feedkeys command. [b4]
156 - Added -sort option to :history. [b4]
157 - Added several new options, including -javascript, to :abbreviate and
159 - Added :mksyntax command to auto-generate Vim syntax files. [b4]
160 - Added 's' and 'e' flags to :pageinfo command. [b7]
161 - Added :pintab and :unpintab commands. [b7]
162 - Extension manipulation commands, including :extenable, :extdisable,
163 and :exttoggle, now accept a -types argument. [b7]
164 - :tabmove now moves to the position of tab N, not after it.
165 Without arguments it no longer moves the tab to the end of
167 - :open now only opens files beginning with /, ./, ../, or ~/ [b1]
168 - :saveas now provides completions for default file names, and
169 automatically chooses a filename when the save target is a
171 - :sidebar now accepts a ! flag to toggle the sidebar rather
172 than open it unconditionally. [b6]
173 - Added :write !cmd and :write >>file. [b3]
174 - Added :yank command. [b3]
175 - :delmarks, :marks and :qmarks now also accept ranges, same as
177 - :command now accepts comma-separated alternative command names. [b4]
178 - :command -complete custom now also accepts a completions array, see
179 :h :command-completion-custom. [b4]
180 - Removed :beep. [b2]
181 - Removed :edit, :tabedit, and :winedit aliases. [b2]
182 - Removed :play. [b2]
183 • Improvements to :style and :highlight:
184 - Added -link flag to :highlight. [b4]
185 - Added -agent flag to :style. [b2]
186 - The -append flag now updates existing properties rather than
187 simply appending its arguments to the previous value. [b4]
188 - Active filters are now highlighted in :style listings. [b4]
189 - :style-related commands now divide their completions between
190 those active and inactive for the current site. [b4]
191 - CSS property name completion is now available. [b4]
192 - :delstyle, :styleenable, :styledisable and :styletoggle accept a !
193 to operate on all styles. [b6]
194 - Added Find highlighting group. [b7]
195 • IMPORTANT option changes:
196 - Option value quoting has changed. List options will
197 no longer be split at quoted commas and the option name,
198 operators, and = sign may no longer be quoted. This will
199 break certain automatically-generated configuration files.
200 See :help [stringlist]. [b2]
201 - Boolean options no longer accept an argument. [b4]
202 - 'cdpath' and 'runtimepath' no longer treat ",,"
203 specially. Use "." instead. [b2]
204 - 'complete' is now a [stringlist] rather than a [charlist]
205 and supports native autocomplete providers. [b8]
206 - 'extendedhinttags' is now a [regexpmap] rather than a
208 - 'guioptions' default value has changed. [b4][b7]
209 - 'hinttags' and 'extendedhinttags' now treat their values as
210 CSS selectors by default. [b6]
211 - 'incsearch', 'hlsearch', 'ignorecase', and 'smartcase' have
212 been replaced with 'incfind', 'hlfind', and 'findcase'. [b4]
213 - 'laststatus' has been replaced with the "s" flag in
215 - 'linksearch' has been removed. The \l search modifier can
216 still be used for this purpose. [b4]
217 - 'loadplugins' is now a [regexplist] option rather than
219 - 'mapleader' is now an option rather than a :let
221 - 'passkeys' is now a [sitemap] with key chain support rather
222 than a [regexpmap]. [b6]
223 - The precise format of 'sanitizeitems' has changed slightly. [b8]
224 - 'showmode' is now a [regexplist]. [b6]
225 - 'showstatuslinks' and 'showtabline' are now [string] options. [b4]
226 • Other option changes:
227 - Added [stringmap], [regexplist], and [regexpmap] option
229 - Added [sitelist] and [sitemap] option types. [b6]
230 - Added "bookmarks", "diverted", and "links" to 'activate'
232 - Added 'altwildmode' and c_<A-Tab> command-line key binding. [b2]
233 - Added 'autocomplete' option for specifying which completion
234 groups should be auto-completed. [b2]
235 - Added 'banghist' option. [b1]
236 - Added 'cookies', 'cookieaccept', and 'cookielifetime' options. [b3]
237 - Added 'downloadsort' option. [b7]
238 - Added 'findflags' option. [b8]
239 - Replaced 'focuscontent' with 'strictfocus'. [b1]
240 - Made 'strictfocus' a [sitemap]. [b7]
241 - 'complete' now defaults to "slf" but file completion only
242 triggers when the URL begins as above. [b1]
243 - Added 'jumptags' option. [b7]
244 - Added 'linenumbers' option. [b8]
245 - Added 's' flag to 'pageinfo' and changed default value. [b7]
246 - Added 'passkeys' option. [b3]
247 - Added 'passunknown' option. [b7]
248 - Changed 'urlseparator' default value to "|". [b3]
249 - Added "passwords", and "venkman" dialogs to :dialog. [b2][b8]
250 - Added 'scrollsteps' and 'scrolltime' options. [b8]
251 - Added 'spelllang' option. [b8]
252 - Make 'showmode' a [stringlist] option. [b7]
253 - Added 'wildanchor' option. [b2]
254 - Added 'yankshort' option. [b8]
255 • Added BookmarkChange, BookmarkRemove autocommands. [b2]
256 • Removed the :source line at the end of files generated by
257 :mkpentadactylrc. [b2]
258 • gf now toggles between source and content view.
259 The | key binding has been removed. [b1]
260 • Page zoom information is now shown in the status bar, and
261 change in zoom status no longer appears in :messages. [b1]
262 • Added n_ZO, n_ZI, n_ZM, and n_ZR as aliases for n_zO, n_zI,
264 • Completion list now behaves better when the multi-line output
265 window is displayed. [b1]
266 • Major help system improvements:
267 - Plugins may now provide full-fledged :help documentation. [b1]
268 - Add basic plugin authorship documentation. [b1]
269 - The help system is newly modularized and features significant
270 updates, rewrites, and formatting improvements. [b1]
271 - Added <A-F1> to open the single, consolidated help page. [b5]
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