Hi Bram,
2019/12/3 Tue 4:42:50 UTC+9 Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>
>
> Ken Takata wrote:
>
> > I saw the latest version8.txt.
> > In the "Vim script improvements" section, the ".." operator is not
> described
> > explicitly. (It is described as a part of `:scriptversion`.)
> > How about adding it explicitly?
>
> Well, I like to keep this an overview with not too many details.
>
> > For the improvements and changes in Vim 8.2, I'd like to list my works
> for
> > Windows as well:
> >
> > * Revised Windows installer.
> > Supports translations, silent install, nice appearance.
> > * VIMDLL: make it possible to merge the common part of gVim and Vim into
> a
> > DLL.
> > This can reduce the total install size.
>
> We already had VIMDLL, but it was basically removed and re-implemented.
>
Ah, I completely forgot about the old VIMDLL implementation. ;-)
The old one just created a DLL for gvim.exe and didn't share the code with
vim.exe.
I wonder if the original author intended to share the code with gvim.exe
and vim.exe (in a future).
> (Enabling this or not in the official Windows package is up to you,
> Bram.
> > vim-win32-installer doesn't enable this yet, though.)
>
> I rather not change it so short before a release.
>
OK, enabling VIMDLL by default is a next task for Vim 8.3 (or later).
If we enable it, we also need to update the nsis script.
I consider preparing that.
> * Drop support for old compilers.
> > Borland C++, MSVC 2008 or older.
> >
> > And other improvements in Vim 8.2 are:
> >
> > * Improved 'incsearch'.
> > * Support modifyOtherKeys.
> > * Support ConPTY on Windows 10.
> > Full colors are available in the terminal mode.
> > * Added /= and %= assignment operators.
>
> I updated the text to also mention things that were removed and
> graduated:
>
>
> Vim script improvements *new-vimscript-8.2*
> -----------------------
>
> Functions can now be called in a chain, using "->": >
> mylist->filter(filterexpr)->map(mapexpr)->sort()->join()
> The new `:eval` command can be used if the chain has no result.
>
> The `:scriptversion` command was added to allow for changes that are not
> backwards compatible. E.g. to only use ".." for string concatenation, so
> that
> "." can be used to access a dictionary member consistently.
>
> `:const` was added to allow for declaring a variable that cannot change: >
> const TIMER_DELAY = 400
>
> A heredoc-style assignment was added to easily assign a list of lines to a
> variable without quoting or line continuation: >
> let lines =<< trim END
> line one
> line two
> END
>
> The |Blob| type was added. This makes it easy to deal with binary data.
>
> The /= and %= assignment operators were added.
>
> A Dictionary can be defined with #{} where the keys are used literally.
> This
> avoids having to use quotes: >
> let options = #{width: 30, height: 24}
>
>
> Other improvements *new-other-8.2*
> ------------------
>
> - When 'incsearch' is set it also applies to `:substitute`.
> - |modifyOtherKeys| was added to allow mapping more key combinations.
> - ConPTY support was added for Windows 10, supports full color in the
> terminal.
> - The windows installer supports translations, silent install and looks
> better.
>
>
> Changed *changed-8.2*
>
> -------
>
> The xdiff library was included to avoid the need for an external diff
> program
> and to make updating diffs much faster.
>
> The code is using a few more modern C features, such as // comments.
>
> Support for old compilers has been dropped: Borland C++, MSVC 2008.
>
> Hangul input support was removed, it actually didn't work.
>
> The FEAT_TAG_OLDSTATIC code was removed, it slowed down tag searches.
> The FEAT_TAG_ANYWHITE code was removed, is was not enabled in any build.
> The UNICODE16 code was removed, it was not useful.
> Workshop support was removed, nobody was using it.
> The Aap build files were removed, they were outdated.
> Farsi support was removed, it was outdated and unused.
>
> VIMDLL was re-implemented, this shares the common parts between vim and
> gvim
> to reduce the total install size.
>
> The following features are now included in all versions: |+mbyte|,
> |+virtualedit|, |+vreplace|, |+localmap|, |+cmdline_hist|,
> |+cmdline_compl|,
> |+insert_expand|, |+modify_fname|, |+comments|
>
>
Looks good.
Regards,
Ken Takata
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