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-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/api.txt4
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/lua.txt22
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/news.txt3
3 files changed, 27 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/api.txt b/runtime/doc/api.txt
index 04825381ff..289788f036 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/api.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/api.txt
@@ -1971,8 +1971,8 @@ nvim_get_option_value({name}, {*opts}) *nvim_get_option_value()*
Implies {scope} is "local".
• filetype: |filetype|. Used to get the default option for a
specific filetype. Cannot be used with any other option.
- Note: this is expensive, it is recommended to cache this
- value.
+ Note: this will trigger |ftplugin| and all |FileType|
+ autocommands for the corresponding filetype.
Return: ~
Option value
diff --git a/runtime/doc/lua.txt b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
index 611f2e0d32..e7dcc79f4a 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/lua.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/lua.txt
@@ -2206,6 +2206,28 @@ add({filetypes}) *vim.filetype.add()*
• {filetypes} (table) A table containing new filetype maps (see
example).
+get_option({filetype}, {option}) *vim.filetype.get_option()*
+ Get the default option value for a {filetype}.
+
+ The returned value is what would be set in a new buffer after 'filetype'
+ is set, meaning it should respect all FileType autocmds and ftplugin
+ files.
+
+ Example: >lua
+ vim.filetype.get_option('vim', 'commentstring')
+<
+
+ Note: this uses |nvim_get_option_value()| but caches the result. This
+ means |ftplugin| and |FileType| autocommands are only triggered once and
+ may not reflect later changes.
+
+ Parameters: ~
+ • {filetype} string Filetype
+ • {option} string Option name
+
+ Return: ~
+ string|boolean|integer: Option value
+
match({args}) *vim.filetype.match()*
Perform filetype detection.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/news.txt b/runtime/doc/news.txt
index b7d5694802..5ac6db6f84 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/news.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/news.txt
@@ -213,6 +213,9 @@ The following new APIs or features were added.
• |nvim_get_option_value()| now has a `filetype` option so it can return the
default option for a specific filetype.
+• |vim.filetype.get_option()| to get the default option value for a specific
+ filetype. This is a wrapper around |nvim_get_option_value()| with caching.
+
==============================================================================
CHANGED FEATURES *news-changes*