Re: [Nano-devel] [PATCH] enable searching (^W) in a help text (^G)

[Benno Schulenberg]

On Sat, Dec 3, 2016, at 12:30, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> With your patch applied, run 'LANGUAGE=en src/nano --ignore --smooth',
> then type: ^G M-/ ^W help <Enter> M-W M-W M-W M-W...
> See how the cursor jumps alternatingly from top line to bottom line.
> That is not the normal nano behavior for offscreen matches.
> (Strangely this only happens when the end of the buffer has been
> displayed, after an M-/ or multiple ^Vs.)

This is caused by the 'focusing = FALSE' in do_last_line().
Normally the main loop will set it back to TRUE, but as we're
in the help screen, we don't get back to the main loop, so it's
probably best to do 'focusing = TRUE' in the help loop too.

Benno

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