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authorJustin M. Keyes <justinkz@gmail.com>2024-09-01 13:01:24 -0700
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2024-09-01 13:01:24 -0700
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docs: misc #28970
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-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/builtin.txt1
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/develop.txt37
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/health.txt6
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/lsp.txt3
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/lua.txt22
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/news.txt5
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/provider.txt4
7 files changed, 42 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/builtin.txt b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt
index f1d8cc8526..cd8abc2351 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/builtin.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/builtin.txt
@@ -4361,6 +4361,7 @@ maparg({name} [, {mode} [, {abbr} [, {dict}]]]) *maparg()*
"lhsrawalt" The {lhs} of the mapping as raw bytes, alternate
form, only present when it differs from "lhsraw"
"rhs" The {rhs} of the mapping as typed.
+ "callback" Lua function, if RHS was defined as such.
"silent" 1 for a |:map-silent| mapping, else 0.
"noremap" 1 if the {rhs} of the mapping is not remappable.
"script" 1 if mapping was defined with <script>.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/develop.txt b/runtime/doc/develop.txt
index d7837dc2fe..41bb90299b 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/develop.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/develop.txt
@@ -138,15 +138,15 @@ DOCUMENTATION *dev-doc*
- Write docstrings (as opposed to inline comments) with present tense ("Gets"),
not imperative ("Get"). This tends to reduce ambiguity and improve clarity
by describing "What" instead of "How". >
- GOOD:
+ ✅ OK:
/// Gets a highlight definition.
- BAD:
+ ❌ NO:
/// Get a highlight definition.
- Avoid starting docstrings with "The" or "A" unless needed to avoid
ambiguity. This is a visual aid and reduces noise. >
- GOOD:
+ ✅ OK:
/// @param dirname Path fragment before `pend`
- BAD:
+ ❌ NO:
/// @param dirname The path fragment before `pend`
- Vim differences:
- Do not prefix help tags with "nvim-". Use |vim_diff.txt| to catalog
@@ -329,13 +329,20 @@ Where possible, these patterns apply to _both_ Lua and the API:
- When accepting a buffer id, etc., 0 means "current buffer", nil means "all
buffers". Likewise for window id, tabpage id, etc.
- Examples: |vim.lsp.codelens.clear()| |vim.diagnostic.enable()|
-- Any function signature that accepts a callback function should define the
- callback as the LAST parameter, if possible. This improves readability of
- calls by placing the less "noisy" arguments near the start. >
- GOOD:
- filter(table, opts, function() … end)
- BAD:
- filter(function() … end, table, opts)
+- Any function signature that accepts a callback (example: |table.foreach()|)
+ should place it as the LAST parameter (after opts), if possible (or ALWAYS
+ for "continuation callbacks"—functions called exactly once).
+ - Improves readability by placing the less "noisy" arguments near the start.
+ - Consistent with luv.
+ - Useful for future async lib which transforms functions of the form
+ `function(<args>, cb(<ret)>))` => `function(<args>) -> <ret>`.
+ - Example: >lua
+ -- ✅ OK:
+ filter(…, opts, function() … end)
+ -- ❌ NO:
+ filter(function() … end, …, opts)
+ -- ❌ NO:
+ filter(…, function() … end, opts)
- "Enable" ("toggle") interface and behavior:
- `enable(…, nil)` and `enable(…, {buf=nil})` are synonyms and control the
the "global" enablement of a feature.
@@ -566,10 +573,10 @@ a good name: it's idiomatic and unambiguous. If the package is named "neovim",
it confuses users, and complicates documentation and discussions.
Examples of API-client package names:
-- GOOD: nvim-racket
-- GOOD: pynvim
-- BAD: python-client
-- BAD: neovim_
+- ✅ OK: nvim-racket
+- ✅ OK: pynvim
+- ❌ NO: python-client
+- ❌ NO: neovim_
API client implementation guidelines ~
diff --git a/runtime/doc/health.txt b/runtime/doc/health.txt
index e879f11351..cb70961b55 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/health.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/health.txt
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
Type |gO| to see the table of contents.
==============================================================================
-Checkhealth *health*
+Checkhealth *vim.health* *health*
-health.vim is a minimal framework to help users troubleshoot configuration and
+vim.health is a minimal framework to help users troubleshoot configuration and
any other environment conditions that a plugin might care about. Nvim ships
with healthchecks for configuration, performance, python support, ruby
support, clipboard support, and more.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Commands *health-commands*
:checkhealth vim*
<
-Create a healthcheck *health-dev* *vim.health*
+Create a healthcheck *health-dev*
Healthchecks are functions that check the user environment, configuration, or
any other prerequisites that a plugin cares about. Nvim ships with
diff --git a/runtime/doc/lsp.txt b/runtime/doc/lsp.txt
index 7f5ae06030..e820d54a9e 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/lsp.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/lsp.txt
@@ -1639,8 +1639,7 @@ Lua module: vim.lsp.completion *lsp-completion*
Fields: ~
• {autotrigger}? (`boolean`) Whether to trigger completion
automatically. Default: false
- • {convert}? (`fun(item: lsp.CompletionItem): table`) An optional
- function used to customize the transformation of an
+ • {convert}? (`fun(item: lsp.CompletionItem): table`) Transforms an
LSP CompletionItem to |complete-items|.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/lua.txt b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
index f071d67030..0a7c53a482 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/lua.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
@@ -352,16 +352,14 @@ Example: >vim
<
*lua-table-ambiguous*
Lua tables are used as both dictionaries and lists, so it is impossible to
-determine whether empty table is meant to be empty list or empty dictionary.
-Additionally Lua does not have integer numbers. To distinguish between these
-cases there is the following agreement:
+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 empty list.
-1. Table with N consecutive integer indices starting from 1 and ending with
- N is considered a list. See also |list-iterator|.
+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 considered to
- be a dictionary.
+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|.
@@ -3839,10 +3837,12 @@ argument into an *Iter* object with methods (such as |Iter:filter()| and
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()`:
-• List tables (arrays, |lua-list|) yield only the value of each element.
- • Holes (nil values) are allowed.
+• 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(…))`.
+ • 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.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/news.txt b/runtime/doc/news.txt
index 21a8d2bd91..3d1ea8548f 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/news.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/news.txt
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@ EVENTS
LSP
-• Add convert field in |vim.lsp.completion.BufferOpts| of
- |vim.lsp.completion.enable()| an optional function used to customize the
- transformation of an Lsp CompletionItem to |complete-items|.
+• |vim.lsp.completion.enable()| gained the `convert` callback which enables
+ customizing the transformation of an LSP CompletionItem to |complete-items|.
• |vim.lsp.diagnostic.from()| can be used to convert a list of
|vim.Diagnostic| objects into their LSP diagnostic representation.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/provider.txt b/runtime/doc/provider.txt
index a39f4bc5d7..c43110790a 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/provider.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/provider.txt
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ For Windows WSL, try this g:clipboard definition:
\ '*': 'clip.exe',
\ },
\ 'paste': {
- \ '+': 'powershell.exe -c [Console]::Out.Write($(Get-Clipboard -Raw).tostring().replace("`r", ""))',
- \ '*': 'powershell.exe -c [Console]::Out.Write($(Get-Clipboard -Raw).tostring().replace("`r", ""))',
+ \ '+': 'powershell.exe -NoLogo -NoProfile -c [Console]::Out.Write($(Get-Clipboard -Raw).tostring().replace("`r", ""))',
+ \ '*': 'powershell.exe -NoLogo -NoProfile -c [Console]::Out.Write($(Get-Clipboard -Raw).tostring().replace("`r", ""))',
\ },
\ 'cache_enabled': 0,
\ }