Problem: Macros for MS-Windows are inconsistent, using "32", "3264 and
others.
Solution: Use MSWIN for all MS-Windows builds. Use FEAT_GUI_MSWIN for the
GUI build. (Hirohito Higashi, closes#3932)
Problem: MS-Windows: startup messages are not converted.
Solution: Convert messages when the current codepage differs from
'encoding'. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto, closes#3914)
Problem: Showing two characters for tab is limited.
Solution: Allow for a third character for "tab:" in 'listchars'. (Nathaniel
Braun, Ken Takata, closes#3810)
Problem: Giving error messages is not flexible.
Solution: Add semsg(). Change argument from "char_u *" to "char *", also
for msg() and get rid of most MSG macros. (Ozaki Kiichi, closes
#3302) Also make emsg() accept a "char *" argument. Get rid of
an enormous number of type casts.
Problem: :echomsg and :echoerr do not handle List and Dict like :echo does.
(Daniel Hahler)
Solution: Be more tolerant about the expression result type.
Problem: Expression evaluation may repeat an error message. (Jason
Franklin)
Solution: Increment did_emsg and check for the value when giving an error
for the echo command.
Problem: Translators don't always understand the maintainer message.
Solution: Add a comment that ends up in the generated po file. (Christian
Brabandt, closes#3037)
Problem: In terminal window, typing : at more prompt, inserts ':' instead
of starting another Ex command.
Solution: Add skip_term_loop and set it when putting ':' in the typeahead
buffer.
Problem: Cannot tell whether a register is being used for executing or
recording.
Solution: Add reg_executing() and reg_recording(). (Hirohito Higashi,
closes#2745) Rename the global variables for consistency. Store
the register name in reg_executing.
Problem: Slow redrawing with DirectX.
Solution: Avoid calling gui_mch_flush() unnecessarily, especially when
updating the cursor. (Ken Takata, closes#2560)
Problem: Cannot use 'balloonexpr' in a terminal.
Solution: Add 'balloonevalterm' and add code to handle mouse movements in a
terminal. Initial implementation for Unix with GUI.
Problem: Mac features are confusing.
Solution: Make feature names more consistent, add "osxdarwin". Rename
feature flags, cleanup Mac code. (Kazunobu Kuriyama, closes#2178)
Problem: Using try/catch in timer does not prevent it from being stopped.
Solution: Reset the exception context and use did_emsg instead of
called_emsg.
Problem: Scrolling in a terminal hwindow as flicker when the Normal
background differs from the terminal window background.
Solution: Set the attribute to clear with.
Problem: MS-Windows: Depending on the console encoding, an error message
that is given during startup may be broken.
Solution: Convert the message to the console codepage. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto,
closes#1927)
Problem: Using a function pointer instead of the actual function, which we
know.
Solution: Change mb_ functions to utf_ functions when already checked for
Unicode. (Dominique Pelle, closes#1582)
Problem: After aborting an Ex command g< does not work. (Marcin
Szamotulski)
Solution: Postpone clearing scrollback messages to until the command line
has been entered. Also fix that the screen isn't redrawn if after
g< the command line is cancelled.
Problem: Testing the + register fails with Motif.
Solution: Also ignore the "failed to create input context" error in the
second gvim. Don't use msg() when it would result in a dialog.
Problem: When in Ex mode and an error is caught by try-catch, Vim still
exits with a non-zero exit code.
Solution: Don't set ex_exitval when inside a try-catch. (partly by Christian
Brabandt)
Problem: When reading channel output in a timer, messages may go missing.
(Skywind)
Solution: Add the "drop" option. Write error messages in the channel log.
Don't have ch_canread() check for the channel being open.
