vim-patch:8.1.1270: cannot see current match position

Problem:    Cannot see current match position.
Solution:   Show "3/44" when using the "n" command and "S" is not in
            'shortmess'. (Christian Brabandt, closes vim/vim#4317)
https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/9dfa3139198b38b28673e251a3756430065914e9

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index cce9f681f9..34779541d8 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -5254,7 +5254,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
 	function to get the effective shiftwidth value.
 
 						*'shortmess'* *'shm'*
-'shortmess' 'shm'	string	(Vim default "filnxtToOF", Vi default: "")
+'shortmess' 'shm'	string	(Vim default "filnxtToOFS", Vi default: "S")
 			global
 	This option helps to avoid all the |hit-enter| prompts caused by file
 	messages, for example  with CTRL-G, and to avoid some other messages.
@@ -5294,6 +5294,8 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
 	  q	use "recording" instead of "recording @a"
 	  F	don't give the file info when editing a file, like `:silent`
 		was used for the command
+	  S     do not show search count message when searching, e.g.
+	        "[1/5]"
 
 	This gives you the opportunity to avoid that a change between buffers
 	requires you to hit <Enter>, but still gives as useful a message as
diff --git a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
index 88b7f65209..022dc5607e 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/pattern.txt
@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ use <Esc> to abandon the search.
 All matches for the last used search pattern will be highlighted if you set
 the 'hlsearch' option.  This can be suspended with the |:nohlsearch| command.
 
+When 'shortmess' does not include the "S" flag, Vim will automatically show an
+index, on which the cursor is. This can look like this: >
+
+  [1/5]		Cursor is on first of 5 matches.
+  [1/>99]	Cursor is on first of more than 99 matches.
+  [>99/>99]	Cursor is after 99 match of more than 99 matches.
+  [?/??]	Unknown how many matches exists, generating the
+		statistics was aborted because of search timeout.
+
+Note: the count does not take offset into account.
+
 When no match is found you get the error: *E486* Pattern not found
 Note that for the |:global| command this behaves like a normal message, for Vi
 compatibility.  For the |:s| command the "e" flag can be used to avoid the