commit 4d27f680443116b3694af5348801dd446b091cff
from: Mark Jamsek <mark@jamsek.dev>
via: Thomas Adam <thomas@xteddy.org>
date: Fri Jul 01 21:13:24 2022 UTC

tog: echo count prefix when entering compound key maps

like less(1), echo the digits as they're typed.

suggested by and ok op@ stsp@

commit - 19dd85cbe25c418975d46e00cc13b48e26488715
commit + 4d27f680443116b3694af5348801dd446b091cff
blob - 660a543a10294eecf9559d98095e46265a14df11
blob + 5e7564648c9d9abf1f4532d4cd46c8eb464eb51e
--- tog/tog.c
+++ tog/tog.c
@@ -903,12 +903,19 @@ view_search_start(struct tog_view *view)
 static int
 get_compound_key(struct tog_view *view, int c)
 {
-	int n = 0;
+	int x, n = 0;
 
 	view->count = 0;
 	halfdelay(5);  /* block for half a second */
+	wattron(view->window, A_BOLD);
+	wmove(view->window, view->nlines - 1, 0);
+	wclrtoeol(view->window);
+	waddch(view->window, ':');
 
 	do {
+		x = getcurx(view->window);
+		if (x != ERR && x < view->ncols)
+			waddch(view->window, c);
 		/*
 		 * Don't overflow. Max valid request should be the greatest
 		 * between the longest and total lines; cap at 10 million.
@@ -922,6 +929,7 @@ get_compound_key(struct tog_view *view, int c)
 	/* Massage excessive or inapplicable values at the input handler. */
 	view->count = n;
 
+	wattroff(view->window, A_BOLD);
 	cbreak();  /* return to blocking */
 	return c;
 }