revert one last change that was causing breakage

git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@2501 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8

diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index c72c4818e62265802cfa32cf1b3c30e925fac161..0fc84dd180b184f7be5e0cb0cdbf655bd6e65944 100644 (file)
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -2557,11 +2557,15 @@ int nanogetstr(bool allow_tabs, const char *buf, const char *def,
                        currentbuf = NULL;
                        use_cb = 0;
                    /* Otherwise, get the older search from the history
-                    * list and save it in answer. */
+                    * list and save it in answer.  If there is no older
+                    * search, blank out answer. */
                    } else if ((history =
                        get_history_older(history_list)) != NULL) {
                        answer = mallocstrcpy(answer, history);
                        answer_len = strlen(history);
+                   } else {
+                       answer = mallocstrcpy(answer, "");
+                       answer_len = 0;
                    }
                    statusbar_x = answer_len;