Re: [RFC] Use right top corner to display nano state

[pepa65]

> Op 20-04-2020 om 17:24 schreef Marco Diego Aurélio Mesquita:
> > Attached path implements what is asked for in
> > https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57953 .
>
> The attached patch optionally displays some chars on the top-right
> corner of the screen. The chars are "* M I S H" and each one
> correspond the a flag:
>   * is displayed when the current buffer is modified,
>   M is displayed when a macro is being recorded,
>   I is displayed when auto-indent is enabled,
>   S is displayed when there is a part of the current buffer that is
>     selected/marked,
>   H is displayed when hardwraping is enabled.

I applied the patch to fd70c25d2173aeb2c68d08c60c6f4b4fd4283c87 and
added `set showstate` to .nanorc.

I like to have this information on-screen when using nano, and if
certain features are never used (like BREAK_LONG_LINES in my case), they
won't show their letters either.

I think having the configuration set up like:
set showstates modified,macro,indent,mark,hardwrap
(the user can leave out any state they never want to see marked) would
give more configurability. If `set showstates modified,mark,macro` is
configured, then the final position could be marked with M or space, the
position before that with S or space, and the position before that with
* or space. This would take less space and improve predictability for
the users.

But however it is going to be implemented, I would definitely turn it on!

Thank you, Marco, and Benno for considering it.

Peter