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Improvments for float window/popup

New float window/popup features requires coc.nvim >= 0.4.0 or vim >= 8.2.0750

• border, title, scrollbar and buttons support on both vim and neovim.
• Functions for scroll float window and popups, checkout :h coc#float#has_scroll()

• Several kinds of Dialog that could accept user action:

• Confirm dialog created by window.showPrompt()

• Input prompt dialog created by window.requestInput()
• Menu dialog used by codeaction or created by window.showMenuPicker()
• Multiple picker dialog created by window.showPickerDialog()
• Notification dialog created by window.showErrorMessage(), window.showWarningMessage(), window.showInformationMessage() and window.showNotification().
• Progress window created by window.withProgress()

all of them works on both vim and neovim, checkout :h coc-dialog for details.

Improvements for list

• Remove window resize support.
• Type <esc> would always cancel prompt.
• Session support for list, which means there could be multiple list sessions at the same time.
• List related commands including :CocPrev, :CocNext, CocFirst and CocLast could take optional list name as argument.
• Reworked preview implementation for better performance.
• Add :CocListCancel for cancel latest list.
• Add "list.matchHighlightGroup" configuration for customize highlight of matched characters.
• Support use \ to escape space with extended search mode.

Improvements for cursors support

• Session support for cursors, [#2626].
• Not cancelled on window change or unrelated changes.

Other improvements

• Render parsed markdown by parse markdown with marked module [#2497].
• Javascript code is compiled by webpack on master, no need to check for entry file anymore.
• Support cancellation for download and fetch module.
• Reworked highlight related, support highlight LSP ranges for buffer and window.
• Add getHover action.
• Add :CocWatch command for automatic reload changed extension [#2549].
• Add env support for Task module.
• Removed timeout for actions, show progress in statusline instead.
• Remove workspace.workspace.onWillSaveUntil [#2704].
• Remove diagnostic.refreshAfterSave configuration support [#2731].

Changed API for extensions

Old extensions would still work, but could be failed to compile with 0.0.80's typing.

Use coc-extension-codemod for migrate old coc.nvim extensions to 0.0.80's API.

• Use window module for methods that moved from workspace module, including:

• showMessage

• runTerminalCommand
• openTerminal
• showQuickpick
• menuPick
• openLocalConfig
• showPrompt
• createStatusBarItem
• createOutputChannel
• showOutputChannel
• requestInput
• echoLines
• getCursorPosition
• moveTo

• getOffset

• new FloatFactory only takes one argument.

• FloatFactory.create is removed from typing, use FloatFactory.show instead.
• document.applyEdits() only takes edits as first argument.
• Promise can't use logError() method anymore.
• nvim.resumeNotification(false, true) returns void instead of promise.
• Not possible to use modules that inside coc.nvim, like from "coc.nvim/lib/util"