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-rw-r--r--ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md2
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/api.txt30
-rw-r--r--src/nvim/api/buffer.c10
-rw-r--r--src/nvim/api/window.c4
4 files changed, 33 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index 1a7268a51e..4126f66d6c 100644
--- a/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
```
nvim -u NORC
+# Alternative for shell-related problems:
+# env -i TERM=ansi-256color "$(which nvim)"
```
diff --git a/runtime/doc/api.txt b/runtime/doc/api.txt
index 3d95dd58f7..22ad8e0633 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/api.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/api.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ Applications can also embed libnvim to work with the C API directly.
Type |gO| to see the table of contents.
==============================================================================
-API Types *api-types*
+API Definitions *api-definitions*
+ *api-types*
The Nvim C API defines custom types for all function parameters. Some are just
typedefs around C99 standard types, others are Nvim-defined data structures.
@@ -34,6 +35,17 @@ discriminated as separate types in an Object:
Window -> enum value kObjectTypeWindow
Tabpage -> enum value kObjectTypeTabpage
+ *api-indexing*
+Most of the API uses 0-based indices, and ranges are end-exclusive. For the
+end of a range, -1 denotes the last line/column.
+
+Exception: the following API functions use "mark-like" indexing (1-based
+lines, 0-based columns):
+
+ |nvim_buf_get_mark()|
+ |nvim_win_get_cursor()|
+ |nvim_win_set_cursor()|
+
==============================================================================
API metadata *api-metadata*
@@ -1293,7 +1305,7 @@ nvim_buf_set_lines({buffer}, {start}, {end}, {strict_indexing},
{replacement} Array of lines to use as replacement
nvim_buf_get_offset({buffer}, {index}) *nvim_buf_get_offset()*
- Returns the byte offset for a line.
+ Returns the byte offset of a line (0-indexed). |api-indexing|
Line 1 (index=0) has offset 0. UTF-8 bytes are counted. EOL is
one byte. 'fileformat' and 'fileencoding' are ignored. The
@@ -1445,7 +1457,9 @@ nvim_buf_is_valid({buffer}) *nvim_buf_is_valid()*
nvim_buf_get_mark({buffer}, {name}) *nvim_buf_get_mark()*
Return a tuple (row,col) representing the position of the
- named mark
+ named mark.
+
+ Marks are (1,0)-indexed. |api-indexing|
Parameters: ~
{buffer} Buffer handle, or 0 for current buffer
@@ -1500,8 +1514,8 @@ nvim_buf_clear_namespace({buffer}, {ns_id}, {line_start}, {line_end})
Clears namespaced objects, highlights and virtual text, from a
line range
- To clear the namespace in the entire buffer, pass in 0 and -1
- to line_start and line_end respectively.
+ Lines are 0-indexed. |api-indexing| To clear the namespace in
+ the entire buffer, specify line_start=0 and line_end=-1.
Parameters: ~
{buffer} Buffer handle, or 0 for current buffer
@@ -1570,7 +1584,8 @@ nvim_win_set_buf({window}, {buffer}) *nvim_win_set_buf()*
{buffer} Buffer handle
nvim_win_get_cursor({window}) *nvim_win_get_cursor()*
- Gets the cursor position in the window
+ Gets the (1,0)-indexed cursor position in the window.
+ |api-indexing|
Parameters: ~
{window} Window handle
@@ -1579,7 +1594,8 @@ nvim_win_get_cursor({window}) *nvim_win_get_cursor()*
(row, col) tuple
nvim_win_set_cursor({window}, {pos}) *nvim_win_set_cursor()*
- Sets the cursor position in the window
+ Sets the (1,0)-indexed cursor position in the window.
+ |api-indexing|
Parameters: ~
{window} Window handle
diff --git a/src/nvim/api/buffer.c b/src/nvim/api/buffer.c
index 9a5ffecad4..06d7c1810c 100644
--- a/src/nvim/api/buffer.c
+++ b/src/nvim/api/buffer.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ end:
try_end(err);
}
-/// Returns the byte offset for a line.
+/// Returns the byte offset of a line (0-indexed). |api-indexing|
///
/// Line 1 (index=0) has offset 0. UTF-8 bytes are counted. EOL is one byte.
/// 'fileformat' and 'fileencoding' are ignored. The line index just after the
@@ -879,7 +879,9 @@ void buffer_insert(Buffer buffer,
nvim_buf_set_lines(0, buffer, lnum, lnum, true, lines, err);
}
-/// Return a tuple (row,col) representing the position of the named mark
+/// Return a tuple (row,col) representing the position of the named mark.
+///
+/// Marks are (1,0)-indexed. |api-indexing|
///
/// @param buffer Buffer handle, or 0 for current buffer
/// @param name Mark name
@@ -993,8 +995,8 @@ Integer nvim_buf_add_highlight(Buffer buffer,
/// Clears namespaced objects, highlights and virtual text, from a line range
///
-/// To clear the namespace in the entire buffer, pass in 0 and -1 to
-/// line_start and line_end respectively.
+/// Lines are 0-indexed. |api-indexing| To clear the namespace in the entire
+/// buffer, specify line_start=0 and line_end=-1.
///
/// @param buffer Buffer handle, or 0 for current buffer
/// @param ns_id Namespace to clear, or -1 to clear all namespaces.
diff --git a/src/nvim/api/window.c b/src/nvim/api/window.c
index e1c50cb89d..9fd1818a5c 100644
--- a/src/nvim/api/window.c
+++ b/src/nvim/api/window.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void nvim_win_set_buf(Window window, Buffer buffer, Error *err)
restore_win(save_curwin, save_curtab, false);
}
-/// Gets the cursor position in the window
+/// Gets the (1,0)-indexed cursor position in the window. |api-indexing|
///
/// @param window Window handle
/// @param[out] err Error details, if any
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ ArrayOf(Integer, 2) nvim_win_get_cursor(Window window, Error *err)
return rv;
}
-/// Sets the cursor position in the window
+/// Sets the (1,0)-indexed cursor position in the window. |api-indexing|
///
/// @param window Window handle
/// @param pos (row, col) tuple representing the new position