Deprecated

nvim_buf_clear_highlight() Use nvim_buf_clear_namespace() instead.

nvim_buf_set_virtual_text() Use nvim_buf_set_extmark() instead.

nvim_command_output() Use nvim_exec2() instead.

nvim_execute_lua() Use nvim_exec_lua() instead.

nvim_get_hl_by_name() Use nvim_get_hl() instead.

nvim_get_hl_by_id() Use nvim_get_hl() instead.

nvim_exec() Use nvim_exec2() instead.

nvim_get_option_info() Use nvim_get_option_info2() instead.

nvim_buf_get_option() Use nvim_get_option_value() instead.

nvim_buf_set_option() Use nvim_set_option_value() instead.

nvim_get_option() Use nvim_get_option_value() instead.

nvim_set_option() Use nvim_set_option_value() instead.

nvim_win_get_option() Use nvim_get_option_value() instead.

nvim_win_set_option() Use nvim_set_option_value() instead.

:rv :rviminfo Deprecated alias to :rshada command.

:wv :wviminfo Deprecated alias to :wshada command.

$NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS

Deprecated way to:

set the server name (use --listen or serverstart() instead)

get the server name (use v:servername instead)

detect a parent Nvim (use $NVIM instead)

Ignored if --listen is given.

Unset by terminal and jobstart() unless explicitly given by the "env" option. Example:

call jobstart(['foo'], { 'env': { 'NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS': v:servername  } })

BufCreate Use BufAdd instead.

EncodingChanged Never fired; 'encoding' is always "utf-8".

FileEncoding Never fired; equivalent to EncodingChanged.

GUIEnter Never fired; use UIEnter instead.

GUIFailed Never fired.

<MouseDown> Use <ScrollWheelUp> instead.

<MouseUp> Use <ScrollWheelDown> instead.

buffer_exists() Obsolete name for bufexists().

buffer_name() Obsolete name for bufname().

buffer_number() Obsolete name for bufnr().

file_readable() Obsolete name for filereadable().

health#report_error vim.health.report_error() Use vim.health.error() instead.

health#report_info vim.health.report_info() Use vim.health.info() instead.

health#report_ok vim.health.report_ok() Use vim.health.ok() instead.

health#report_start vim.health.report_start() Use vim.health.start() instead.

health#report_warn vim.health.report_warn() Use vim.health.warn() instead.

highlight_exists() Obsolete name for hlexists().

highlightID() Obsolete name for hlID().

inputdialog() Use input() instead.

jobclose() Obsolete name for chanclose()

jobsend() Obsolete name for chansend()

last_buffer_nr() Obsolete name for bufnr("$").

rpcstop() Use jobstop() instead to stop any job, or chanclose(id, "rpc") to close RPC communication without stopping the job. Use chanclose(id) to close any socket.

hl-VertSplit Use hl-WinSeparator instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.clear() Use vim.diagnostic.hide() instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.disable()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.display() Use vim.diagnostic.show() instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.enable()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.get()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.get_all() Use vim.diagnostic.get() instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.get_count() Use vim.diagnostic.get() instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.get_line_diagnostics() Use vim.diagnostic.get() instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.get_next()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.get_next_pos()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.get_prev()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.get_prev_pos()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.get_virtual_text_chunks_for_line() No replacement. Use options provided by vim.diagnostic.config() to customize virtual text.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.goto_next()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.goto_prev()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.redraw() Use vim.diagnostic.show() instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.reset()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.save() Use vim.diagnostic.set() instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.set_loclist() Use vim.diagnostic.setloclist() instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.set_qflist() Use vim.diagnostic.setqflist() instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.show_line_diagnostics() Use vim.diagnostic.open_float() instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.show_position_diagnostics() Use vim.diagnostic.open_float() instead.

vim.lsp.diagnostic.set_signs()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.set_underline()

vim.lsp.diagnostic.set_virtual_text()

vim.lsp.buf.server_ready() Use LspAttach instead, depending on your use-case. "Server ready" is not part of the LSP spec, so the Nvim LSP client cannot meaningfully implement it. "Ready" is ambiguous because:

Language servers may finish analyzing the workspace, but edits can always re-trigger analysis/builds.

Language servers can serve some requests even while processing changes.

vim.lsp.buf.range_code_action() Use vim.lsp.buf.code_action() with the range parameter.

vim.lsp.util.diagnostics_to_items() Use vim.diagnostic.toqflist() instead.

vim.lsp.util.set_qflist() Use setqflist() instead.

vim.lsp.util.set_loclist() Use setloclist() instead.

vim.lsp.buf_get_clients() Use vim.lsp.get_clients() with {buffer=bufnr} instead.

vim.lsp.buf.formatting() Use vim.lsp.buf.format() with {async=true} instead.

vim.lsp.buf.formatting_sync() Use vim.lsp.buf.format() with {async=false} instead.

vim.lsp.buf.range_formatting() Use vim.lsp.formatexpr() or vim.lsp.buf.format() instead.

vim.lsp.util.get_progress_messages() Use vim.lsp.status() or access progress of vim.lsp.client

vim.lsp.get_active_clients() Use vim.lsp.get_clients()

vim.lsp.for_each_buffer_client() Use vim.lsp.get_clients()

vim.lsp.util.trim_empty_lines() Use vim.split() with trimempty instead.

vim.lsp.util.try_trim_markdown_code_blocks()

vim.lsp.util.set_lines()

vim.lsp.util.extract_completion_items()

vim.lsp.util.parse_snippet()

vim.lsp.util.text_document_completion_list_to_complete_items()

vim.treesitter.language.require_language() Use vim.treesitter.language.add() instead.

vim.treesitter.get_node_at_pos() Use vim.treesitter.get_node() instead.

vim.treesitter.get_node_at_cursor() Use vim.treesitter.get_node() and TSNode:type() instead.

vim.treesitter.query.get_query() Use vim.treesitter.query.get() instead.

LanguageTree:for_each_child() Use LanguageTree:children() (non-recursive) instead.

vim.register_keystroke_callback() Use vim.on_key() instead.

vim.pretty_print() Use vim.print() instead.

vim.loop Use vim.uv instead.

]f [f Same as "gf".

cpo-< :menu-<special> :menu-special :map-<special> :map-special <> notation is always enabled.

'gdefault' Enables the :substitute flag 'g' by default.

'fe' 'fenc'+'enc' before Vim 6.0; no longer used.

'highlight' 'hl' Names of builtin highlight-groups cannot be changed.

'langnoremap' Deprecated alias to 'nolangremap'.

'sessionoptions' Flags "unix", "slash" are ignored and always enabled.

'vi'

'viewoptions' Flags "unix", "slash" are ignored and always enabled.

'viminfo' Deprecated alias to 'shada' option.

'viminfofile' Deprecated alias to 'shadafile' option.

'paste' 'nopaste' Just Paste It.™ The 'paste' option is obsolete: paste is handled automatically when you paste text using your terminal's or GUI's paste feature (CTRL-SHIFT-v, CMD-v (macOS), middle-click, …). Enables "paste mode":

Disables mappings in Insert, Cmdline mode.

Disables abbreviations.

Resets 'autoindent' 'expandtab' 'revins' 'ruler' 'showmatch' 'smartindent' 'smarttab' 'softtabstop' 'textwidth' 'wrapmargin'.

Treats 'formatoptions' as empty.

Disables the effect of these options:

'cindent'

'indentexpr'

'lisp'

ui-wildmenu Use ui-cmdline with ui-popupmenu instead. Enabled by the ext_wildmenu ui-option. Emits these events:

["wildmenu_show", items]

["wildmenu_select", selected]

["wildmenu_hide"]

term_background Unused. The terminal background color is now detected by the Nvim core directly instead of the TUI.

b:terminal_job_pid PID of the top-level process in a :terminal. Use jobpid(&channel) instead.