Colon and search commands are entered on the status line. Since
the cursor position wasn't being tracked backspacing over a tab
resulted in a mismatch between the actual and apparent content
of the command.
function old new delta
get_input_line 178 180 +2
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 1/0 up/down: 2/0) Total: 2 bytes
Signed-off-by: Ron Yorston <r...@pobox.com>
---
editors/vi.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index 4257c0fdc..6fa0a4e18 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -1217,10 +1217,11 @@ static char *get_input_line(const char *prompt)
break; // this is end of input
if (isbackspace(c)) {
// user wants to erase prev char
- write1("\b \b"); // erase char on screen
buf[--i] = '\0';
+ go_bottom_and_clear_to_eol();
if (i <= 0) // user backs up before b-o-l, exit
break;
+ write1(buf);
} else if (c > 0 && c < 256) { // exclude Unicode
// (TODO: need to handle Unicode)
buf[i] = c;
--
2.35.1
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