Merge pull request #13173 from tjdevries/tjdevries/option_info

api: add option metadata

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/api/vim.c b/src/nvim/api/vim.c
index 77002697fe..8ac820abd9 100644
--- a/src/nvim/api/vim.c
+++ b/src/nvim/api/vim.c
@@ -970,6 +970,47 @@ Object nvim_get_option(String name, Error *err)
   return get_option_from(NULL, SREQ_GLOBAL, name, err);
 }
 
+/// Gets the option information for all options.
+///
+/// The dictionary has the full option names as keys and option metadata
+/// dictionaries as detailed at |nvim_get_option_info|.
+///
+/// @return dictionary of all options
+Dictionary nvim_get_all_options_info(Error *err)
+  FUNC_API_SINCE(7)
+{
+  return get_all_vimoptions();
+}
+
+/// Gets the option information for one option
+///
+/// Resulting dictionary has keys:
+///     - name: Name of the option (like 'filetype')
+///     - shortname: Shortened name of the option (like 'ft')
+///     - type: type of option ("string", "integer" or "boolean")
+///     - default: The default value for the option
+///     - was_set: Whether the option was set.
+///
+///     - last_set_sid: Last set script id (if any)
+///     - last_set_linenr: line number where option was set
+///     - last_set_chan: Channel where option was set (0 for local)
+///
+///     - scope: one of "global", "win", or "buf"
+///     - global_local: whether win or buf option has a global value
+///
+///     - commalist: List of comma separated values
+///     - flaglist: List of single char flags
+///
+///
+/// @param          name Option name
+/// @param[out] err Error details, if any
+/// @return         Option Information
+Dictionary nvim_get_option_info(String name, Error *err)
+  FUNC_API_SINCE(7)
+{
+  return get_vimoption(name, err);
+}
+
 /// Sets an option value.
 ///
 /// @param channel_id