nano

commit 856a6ecde33726a00d02c1633b0da7af9665ebd3
parent e3532030106a6c0775f8a1a4e73d246d4617b782
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date:   Sat, 12 Dec 2020 14:48:59 +0100

search: set the mark at the end of a found match so it gets highlighted

Not only does the match get highlighted (for better visibility), but
this also allows deleting the match with a single keystroke (^K, or
<Del> or <Bsp> when --zap is used) and then type something else.

This https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59655.
Requested-by: Noam Sondak <noamso@gmail.com>

Diffstat:
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src/search.c
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1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
@@ -322,6 +322,15 @@ int findnextstr(const char *needle, bool whole_word_only, int modus,
 	if (match_len != NULL)
 		*match_len = found_len;
 
+#ifndef NANO_TINY
+	if (modus == JUSTFIND && (!openfile->mark || openfile->softmark)) {
+		openfile->mark = line;
+		openfile->mark_x = found_x + found_len;
+		openfile->softmark = TRUE;
+		shift_held = TRUE;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	/* Wipe the "Searching..." message and unsuppress cursor-position display. */
 	if (feedback > 0) {
 		wipe_statusbar();