Hi,
On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 1:48 AM, LCD 47 <lcd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 16 August 2016, Yegappan Lakshmanan <yegapp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am in particular interested in any comments/suggestions about the following
>> new functions:
>>
>> getbufinfo()
>
> From the manual:
>
> : Each returned List item is a dictionary with the following
> : entries:
> : changed TRUE if the buffer is modified.
> : changedtick number of changes made to the buffer.
> : hidden TRUE if the buffer is hidden.
> : listed TRUE if the buffer is listed.
> : lnum current line number in buffer.
> : loaded TRUE if the buffer is loaded.
> : name full path to the file in the buffer.
> : nr buffer number.
> : options dictionary of buffer local options.
> : signs list of signs placed in the buffer.
> : Each list item is a dictionary with
> : the following fields:
> : id sign identifier
> : lnum line number
> : name sign name
> : variables dictionary of buffer local variables.
> : windows list of window IDs with this buffer
>
> "options", "signs", and "variables" return lists that are potentially
> huge. Perhaps there should be a way to tell getbufinfo() to skip these lists;
> otherwise plugins would just avoid calling this function, for performance
> reasons.
>
We can use the dict argument to the getbufinfo() function to specify
what to return. The default is to return everything like above. I will send
a patch for this.
>
> On the other hand, finding the number of lines in a buffer as "line('$')"
> is very inefficient, so maybe this would be a good place to return it. But
> again, as an option, since it would involve loading the buffer.
>
>> gettabinfo()
>> getwininfo()
>
> From the manual:
>
> : Each List item is a Dictionary with the following entries:
> : bufnum number of buffer in the window
> : height window height
> : loclist 1 if showing a location list
> : {only with the +quickfix feature}
> : nr window number
> : options dictionary of window local options
> : quickfix 1 if quickfix or location list window
> : {only with the +quickfix feature}
> : tpnr tab page number
> : variables dictionary of window local variables
> : width window width
> : winid window ID
>
> Perhaps "tpnr" should be renamed to something more suggestive, such as
> "tabnr"?
>
This can be changed.
>
>> getqflist()
>
> The manual could use some rephrasing. As it is, it sounds unnatural even
> to my broken English.
>
Any particular text in the help that is confusing?
>
>> setqflist()
>> getcompletion()
>
> Again, getcompletion() can return some potentially huge lists. Being able
> to restrict results to smaller subsets could make this function a lot lighter.
>
The "pattern" (first argument) can be used to filter the returned results.
Is that not sufficient?
- Yegappan
>
> /lcd
>
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