From: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 19:00:19 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Providing feedback when searching takes longer than roughly half a second.
X-Git-Url: https://git.wh0rd.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=108fe330d330389343e2f56b28dbc47ddc4713cd;p=nano.git

Providing feedback when searching takes longer than roughly half a second.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/nano/trunk/nano@5767 35c25a1d-7b9e-4130-9fde-d3aeb78583b8
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 29e02dcc..079c1312 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 	* src/winio.c (statusbar): Don't bother putting back the cursor in
 	the edit window, as it is off anyway, and will be placed back in the
 	main loop.  This prevents a segfault when trying to open a directory.
+	* src/search.c (findnextstr): Provide feedback when searching takes
+	longer than roughly half a second (on average).
 
 2016-03-23  Benno Schulenberg  <bensberg@justemail.net>
 	* src/search.c (findnextstr): Prevent the internal spell checker from
diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index 6a43f046..c0afcc01 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -260,6 +260,8 @@ bool findnextstr(
 {
     size_t found_len;
 	/* The length of the match we find. */
+    int feedback = 0;
+	/* When bigger than zero, show and wipe the "Searching..." message. */
     ssize_t current_y_find = openfile->current_y;
     filestruct *fileptr = openfile->current;
     const char *rev_start = fileptr->data, *found = NULL;
@@ -291,6 +293,9 @@ bool findnextstr(
 		statusbar(_("Cancelled"));
 		return FALSE;
 	    }
+
+	    if (++feedback > 0)
+		statusbar(_("Searching..."));
 	}
 
 	/* Search for the needle in the current line. */
@@ -366,6 +371,8 @@ bool findnextstr(
 		current_y_find = 0;
 	    }
 	    statusbar(_("Search Wrapped"));
+	    /* Delay the "Searching..." message for at least two seconds. */
+	    feedback = -2;
 	}
 
 	/* If we've reached the original starting line, take note. */
@@ -392,6 +399,9 @@ bool findnextstr(
     if (match_len != NULL)
 	*match_len = found_len;
 
+    if (feedback > 0)
+	blank_statusbar();
+
     return TRUE;
 }