nnn

commit ee7d6e1ce317f3b880851bc70653572a85886157
parent 1b9d4438f2a013f35ef21afddf1e1950145a2939
Author: Arun Prakash Jana <engineerarun@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:45:38 +0530

Ignore input key when no matches for filter

Show a visual feedback
Retire make option O_MATCHFLTR

Diffstat:
M
Makefile
 | 
5
-----
M
src/nnn.c
 | 
11
+++++------

2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ O_BENCH := 0  # benchmark mode (stops at first user input)
 O_NOSSN := 0  # disable session support
 O_NOUG := 0  # disable user, group name in status bar
 O_NOX11 := 0  # disable X11 integration
-O_MATCHFLTR := 0  # allow filters without matches
 O_NOSORT := 0  # disable sorting entries on dir load
 O_DIMFILTERED := 1  # dim characters matching filter (default: enabled)
 
@@ -139,10 +138,6 @@ ifeq ($(strip $(O_NOX11)),1)
 	CPPFLAGS += -DNOX11
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(strip $(O_MATCHFLTR)),1)
-	CPPFLAGS += -DMATCHFLTR
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(strip $(O_NOSORT)),1)
 	CPPFLAGS += -DNOSORT
 endif
diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
@@ -3787,14 +3787,13 @@ static int filterentries(char *path, char *lastname)
 		 * - new matches can only be a subset of current matches.
 		 */
 		/* ndents = total; */
-#ifdef MATCHFLTR
 		r = matches(pln);
 		if (r <= 0) {
-			!r ? unget_wch(KEY_BACKSPACE) : showfilter(ln);
-#else
-		if (matches(pln) == -1) {
-			showfilter(ln);
-#endif
+			if (r == 0)
+				unget_wch(KEY_BACKSPACE);
+			attron((COLOR_PAIR(cfg.curctx + 1)) | A_REVERSE | A_STANDOUT);
+			printmsg_nc(ln);
+			attroff((COLOR_PAIR(cfg.curctx + 1)) | A_REVERSE | A_STANDOUT);
 			continue;
 		}