= Changelog This changelog contains major and/or breaking changes to Kakoune between released versions. == Development version * Arrow keys and ``, `` are not normal mode commands anymore but default key mappings. * `ModeChange` hook parameter now takes `push:` or `pop:` prefix, `InsertBegin`, `InsertEnd`, `NormalBegin` and `NormalEnd` were removed. * `-verbatim` switch in `evaluate-commands` for perfect command forwarding to another context. == Kakoune 2019.07.01 * Re-organized bundled script files directory hierarchy. * Introduced helpers to write/read from file in scripts with `%file{...}` expansion and `echo -to-file `. * Added `ClientCreate` and `ClientClose` hooks * `edit -scratch` with no buffer name will create a new scratch buffer with a unique autogenerated name. * `info -placement` is now `info -style` and supports `menu` and `modal` additional styles. * `completions` option type `docstring` are now arbitrary kakoune commands that are run on item select. * `InsertCompletionSelect` hook has been removed as `completions` commands now provides a similar feature. * Introduced a module system using the `provide-module` and `require-module` commands that allows for lazily loading language support files with dependency resolution. * Added a new hook `ModuleLoaded` which is run after a module is loaded, allowing for module specific configuration. * Shell quoting of lists is not automatic anymore, `$kak_quoted_...` makes it opt-in, and works for all option types. * Lower case function key syntax is not accepted anymore, `` should be converted to ``. == Kakoune 2019.01.20 * `auto_complete` has been renamed to `autocomplete` for more consistency. * Start of a builtin key parser in the ncurses ui bypassing the ncurses one. Can be favored by setting the ui option `ncurses_builtin_key_parser` to `true`. * Right clicks extend the current selection, the control modifier allows merging all the selections after extension. * The `regex` highlighter now supports named capture groups to ease readability. == Kakoune 2018.10.27 * `remove-hooks` argument is now a regex and removes all hooks whose group matches it. * `exclusive` face attribute (e) has been replaced with more granular `final foreground` (f), `final background` (g), and `final attributes` (a), or the three combined as `final` (F). Semantics changed slightly as those attributes apply to the existing face as well (a final face will not get modified by a following face if that following face does not have the final attribute itself. * `` aka "merge consecutive selections" has been moved to ``. The new `` and `` are now symmetrical with `m` and `M`. Those commands select (or extend) to the matching char backwards. * `define-command` switches `-shell-completion` and `-shell-candidates` have been renamed to `-shell-script-completion` and `-shell-script-candidates` to make way for a new `-shell-completion` which completes like the shell (shell command name then filename). * `asciidoc` is not a dependency anymore, the last file that requiered it (Kakoune's manpage) has been converted to troff format. == Kakoune 2018.09.04 This version contains a significant overhaul of various Kakoune features that can break user configuration. This was a necessary change to make Kakoune command model cleaner and more robust. * `%sh{...}` strings are not reparsed automatically anymore, they need to go through an explicit `evaluate-commands` * The `-allow-override` switch from `define-command` has been renamed `-override`. * The search prompt uses buffer word completion so that fuzzy completion can be used to quickly search for a buffer word. * The `wrap` highlighter can accept a new `-marker ` switch. * The command line syntax has changed to support robust escaping. - `%sh{...}` is not expanded to multiple tokens automatically anymore, to evaluate its output as multiple tokens/commands, use the `evaluate-commands` command: ------------------------------------------------------------- evaluate-commands %sh{ echo "first command; second command" } ------------------------------------------------------------- - Escaping of `'` in `'...'` and `"` and `%` in `"..."` strings is done by doubling up (`''`, `""` and `%%`) instead of using a backslash - Bare words escaping has been tweaked. See <>. * Various lists (options, registers...) in Kakoune are now written using the command line syntax: - `set-register` now take an arbitrary number of parameters and sets the register to multiple strings. `%reg` expands to a list of strings. - the `$kak_reg_*` environment variable is now a list, `$kak_main_reg_*` provides the previous behaviour. - `%opt` expands list options as list of strings. - selection descs are whitespaces separated instead of `:` separated * Highlighters syntax has changed to permit explicit naming and remove highlighter specific name parameters (such as for the group highlighter) `add-highlighter / ` is the new syntax. * Regions highlighters have been overhauled and are now specified with a sequence of commands instead of a single one: ------------------------------------------------------------------ add-highlighter / regions add-highlighter // region \ ------------------------------------------------------------------ The recursion regex is opt-in through a `-recurse ` flag. They also are not necessarily groups anymore, a region can directly apply any other highlighter See <> * Highlighter type names have been unified, types that used `_` as word separators, such as `show_whitespaces` are now using `-` (`show-whitespace`). * `a` on end of line is not treated specially anymore, it will start inserting on the next character, which will be the first character of the next line. * `autoshowcompl` options has been renamed `auto_complete` and is now a `flags(insert|prompt)` option, allowing more granular configuration of when the completions should be displayed automatically. * Prompt editing shortcuts have been changed to match readline. == Kakoune 2018.04.13 First official Kakoune release.