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0.8.2

NVIM 0.8.2

3.7 years agoaddedfixedOriginal notes

This primarily a bug fix release but some improvements to documentation has been back-ported as well.

Features

  • help: Highlighted codeblocks

Documentation

  • lua: Add guide to using Lua in Neovim (#21137)
  • Mention how to remove the "How-to disable mouse" menu item
  • Fix order of numbers in syntax.txt
  • lua: Correct the tags for vim.opt_local and vim.opt_global (#21138)

Bug Fixes

  • api: Set correct curbuf when temporarily changing curwin
  • api: "emsg_silent" should imply "silent" in nvim_cmd
  • decoration: Do not reset must_redraw after calling providers
  • diagnostic: Clear stale cache on reset (#21454)
  • events: Save v:event for cmdline autocommands separately
  • float: Fix ml_get error with bufpos
  • float: Fix crash with bufpos and non-existent window
  • folds: Use long for number of folded lines
  • mappings: Use all buckets in second round of unmap
  • memory: Fix memory alignment for dynamic allocation
  • options: Fix local 'sidescrolloff' doesn't work for mouse
  • options: Restore exists() behavior for options
  • terminal: Fix 'mousescroll' not respected in terminal mode
  • tui: Set cursor color parameter as string when required
  • win_close: Remove float grid after closing buffer

Build System Fixes

  • Restrict git describe to top level source directory
NVIM v0.8.2
Build type: Release
LuaJIT 2.1.0-beta3

Install

Windows

Zip

  1. Download nvim-win64.zip
  2. Extract the zip.
  3. Run nvim-qt.exe

MSI

  1. Download nvim-win64.msi
  2. Run the MSI
  3. Search and run nvim-qt.exe or run nvim.exe on your CLI of choice.

macOS

  1. Download nvim-macos.tar.gz
  2. Run xattr -c ./nvim-macos.tar.gz (to avoid "unknown developer" warning)
  3. Extract: tar xzvf nvim-macos.tar.gz
  4. Run ./nvim-macos/bin/nvim

Linux (x64)

Tarball

  1. Download nvim-linux64.tar.gz
  2. Extract: tar xzvf nvim-linux64.tar.gz
  3. Run ./nvim-linux64/bin/nvim

Debian Package

  1. Download nvim-linux64.deb
  2. Install the package using sudo apt install ./nvim-linux64.deb
  3. Run nvim

AppImage

  1. Download nvim.appimage
  2. Run chmod u+x nvim.appimage && ./nvim.appimage
    • If your system does not have FUSE you can extract the appimage:
      ./nvim.appimage --appimage-extract
./squashfs-root/usr/bin/nvim

Other

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