Hi!
Speaking of this " W' indicator, why was it chosen to _add_ it to the
'[N/M]' string instead of _prepending_ "W " before one?
The point is, if _appended_, then at the moment of wrapping, the expected
position of '[N/M]' changes slightly to the left, which isn't exactly nice
(like, why the information is jumping in front of our eyes, etc). While if
_prepended_, the counter itself stays exactly where it was, and only this
sign "W" appears on the left. Don't know if I'm right or wrong here but I
personally certainly like the prepended option better.
If you agree, then here's a patch for src/search.c, which seems to fix it
(I'm not a programmer, I also don't know ANYTHING about C at all, and these
few lines here may be completely wrong and stupid, so, please, feel
absolutely free to change it if needed):
====
5014c5014,5017
< STRCPY(t + len, " W");
---
> char t_tmp[len + 2];
> STRCPY(t_tmp, t);
> STRCPY(t + 0, "W ");
> STRCPY(t + 2, t_tmp);
====
--
ds
On Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 12:30:12 PM UTC+1, Christian Brabandt wrote:
>
>
> On Do, 29 Aug 2019, Marius Gedminas wrote:
>
> > (I like the [N/M] index, but I also think the W is way too subtle, and I
> > find myself looping again and again.)
>
> When the N/M index was first introduced, it did show the error message
> and forced a small delay to make sure it can be read before the N/M
> index would potentially overwrite it. However people complained about
> vim being unresponsive, so it was changed and the 'W' indicator was
> added as a compromise.
>
> Best,
> Christian
> --
> Jeder Tag an dem du nicht lächelst, ist ein verlorener Tag.
> -- Charlie Chaplin
>
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