[Nano-devel] [PATCH 3/3] display: highlight the ">"/"<" continuation characters in reverse video

[Benno Schulenberg]

To make it obvious that they are not actual characters in the file.

This fulfills https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55571.

With-help-from: David Lawrence Ramsey <address@hidden>
---
 src/winio.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 890ba87f..4299064e 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2776,10 +2776,16 @@ int update_line(filestruct *fileptr, size_t index)
        edit_draw(fileptr, converted, row, from_col);
        free(converted);
 
-       if (from_col > 0)
+       if (from_col > 0) {
+               wattron(edit, hilite_attribute);
                mvwaddch(edit, row, margin, '<');
-       if (strlenpt(fileptr->data) > from_col + editwincols)
+               wattroff(edit, hilite_attribute);
+       }
+       if (strlenpt(fileptr->data) > from_col + editwincols) {
+               wattron(edit, hilite_attribute);
                mvwaddch(edit, row, COLS - 1, '>');
+               wattroff(edit, hilite_attribute);
+       }
 
        if (spotlighted && !inhelp)
                spotlight(light_from_col, light_to_col);
@@ -3451,11 +3457,14 @@ void spotlight(size_t from_col, size_t to_col)
 
        waddnstr(edit, word, actual_x(word, room));
 
-       if (word_span > room)
-               waddch(edit, '>');
-
        wattroff(edit, interface_color_pair[SELECTED_TEXT]);
 
+       if (word_span > room) {
+               wattron(edit, hilite_attribute);
+               waddch(edit, '>');
+               wattroff(edit, hilite_attribute);
+       }
+
        free(word);
 
        wnoutrefresh(edit);
-- 
2.20.1