"search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP" not displayed in insert mode

[Jean Johner]

Hello,

Consider the following _vimrc (for Windows vim 7.3)

set nocompatible
set lines=47
set cmdheight=2
set number

Open a file
Add the pattern "foobar" at lines 10 and 70

Go to top

1/ Normal mode
Type / foobar (foobar at line 10 is found)
Type n (foobar at line 70 is found)
Type n (foobar at line 10 is found and "search hit BOTTOM, continuing
at TOP" message is displayed)

Go to top

2/ Activate insert mode
Type CTRL-O / foobar (foobar at line 10 is found)
Type CRTL-O n (foobar at line 70 is found)
Type CRTL-O n (foobar at line 10 is found BUT no "search hit BOTTOM,
continuing at TOP" message is displayed)

Now if you type CTRL-O alone, the "search hit BOTTOM, continuing at
TOP" message is displayed, indicating that the message has probably
been hidden by the -- INSERT -- message

Remarks:
- The problem has been reproduced by Jeffrey Lim (see thread with the
same title on vim_use)
- It occurs for any value of cmdheight
- It does not occur if the second (and last) "foobar" is on line 42

My feeling is that this feature is very annoying for people working in
insert mode.

Best regards,

Jean Johner

[Jean Johner]

No answer to the above mail.

Is some Vim developper interested in the correction of the problem ?
(no emergency though)

Yours sincerely,

Jean Johner

[Jean Johner]

Hello,

Zero reaction on this thread.

Please think of desperate EasyVim users who never see "search hit
BOTTOM, continuing at TOP" when using the menu Edit/find then "Next".

Best regards,

Jean Johner

[Ben Schmidt]

> Zero reaction on this thread.

Any idea what was in it? Nothing was quoted.

> Please think of desperate EasyVim users who never see "search hit
> BOTTOM, continuing at TOP" when using the menu Edit/find then "Next".

Please think of busy mailing list subscribers who don't find it easy to go back
through mail archives to look up conversation context. ;-)

Smiles,

Ben.