> 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); > ====
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