From Joachim Wiberg's version of mg.

"This patch makes sure to clear the status/echo line after killing and
switching buffers by name.  Otherwise the kill/switch prompt lingers"

diff --git a/usr.bin/mg/buffer.c b/usr.bin/mg/buffer.c
index 42ab09a..5dd4381 100644 (file)
--- a/usr.bin/mg/buffer.c
+++ b/usr.bin/mg/buffer.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+/* $OpenBSD: buffer.c,v 1.110 2021/03/18 18:09:21 lum Exp $ */
 
 /* This file is in the public domain. */
 
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ int
 usebufname(const char *bufp)
 {
        struct buffer *bp = NULL;
+       int ret;
 
        if (bufp == NULL) {
                if ((bp = bfind("*scratch*", TRUE)) == NULL)
@@ -89,7 +90,10 @@ usebufname(const char *bufp)
 
        /* and put it in current window */
        curbp = bp;
-       return (showbuffer(bp, curwp, WFFRAME | WFFULL));
+       ret = showbuffer(bp, curwp, WFFRAME | WFFULL);
+       eerase();
+
+       return (ret);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -165,6 +169,7 @@ killbuffer_cmd(int f, int n)
 {
        struct buffer *bp;
        char    bufn[NBUFN], *bufp;
+       int     ret;
 
        if (f & FFRAND) /* dired mode 'q' */
                bp = curbp;
@@ -175,7 +180,10 @@ killbuffer_cmd(int f, int n)
                bp = curbp;
        else if ((bp = bfind(bufn, FALSE)) == NULL)
                return (FALSE);
-       return (killbuffer(bp));
+       ret = killbuffer(bp);
+       eerase();
+
+       return (ret);
 }
 
 int