On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Sadrul Habib Chowdhury <ima...@gmail.com>wrote:
> * Jacob Alexandersson had this to say on [15 Dec 2009, 10:02:18 +0100]: > > Hello all, > > > > I'm using screen from the ubuntu repositories which has the > vertical-screen > > patch. I just noticed that when I've got the screen in vertical-split > mode, > > the search function (/ and ?) doesn't work properly. The searches find > > nothing even though matches are there [snip] > > Does screen tell you that 'Pattern not found' even when there are > matches? Or does it not do anything at all? > It does _not_ tell me "Pattern not found"; it says nothing. When I hit "n", it will find the next match.... but it doesnt work like that when I'm not in "split mode"; then it matches right away after doing / <search> ..... The cursor never moves (even if there is a match) after doing / <search> ... even when there is a match. > > > Anyone seen this? Any workaround? > > I see that screen does not update the cursor properly for the first match > in vertical mode (although the cursor is moved there, as can be seen by > using the cursor-movement keys). I am investigating why this happens. > For the subsequent searches (pressing 'n'/'N'), the cursor is updated > properly and everything works as it should. > > Note that I am using the development version of screen (from > https://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=screen). > > Cheers, > Sadrul > >
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