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lynx-dev 2-8 bug with `n'
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Philip Webb |
Subject: |
lynx-dev 2-8 bug with `n' |
Date: |
Sun, 2 Aug 1998 22:24:58 -0400 (EDT) |
980504 Thomas Dickey wrote:
> 980503 Philip Webb wrote:
>> there's still the bug in the effect of n ,
>> which fails to find & place the next string occurrence accurately.
> It is entangled in some logic that Klaus & Fote did differently.
>> if you tell me which .c files to look at & maybe which line ranges,
>> i might be able to do something myself
>> & at least have an easy way of dipping my toe in the water ...
> Start from LYMainLoop.c, there are 2 cases LYK_WHEREIS & LYK_NEXT ,
> which call a common function textsearch in LYSearch.c,
> which in turn calls www_user_search in GridText.c.
> Klaus moved some logic into a utility function adjust_search_result .
> Since otherwise www_user_search is much like 2.7.2's,
> I assume the problem lies in how adjust_search_result is coded/integrated.
> I saw these differneces while aligning things,
> but don't know the history or intent.
i've now got around to extracting the 4 sections of code ( 11 pp )
& will see what i can make of them: there are some comments by FM & KW.
BTW is there any logic to how functions are placed in files in /src
or did they just growed? might it be useful to break up longer files?
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