*: Partial string handling refactoring

Main points:

- Replace `char_u` with `char` in some cases.
- Remove `str[len] = NUL` hack in some cases when `str` may be considered
  `const`.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/nvim/normal.c b/src/nvim/normal.c
index 5d7a8faeba..641658532d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/normal.c
+++ b/src/nvim/normal.c
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static void normal_redraw_mode_message(NormalState *s)
     update_screen(0);
     // now reset it, otherwise it's put in the history again
     keep_msg = kmsg;
-    msg_attr(kmsg, keep_msg_attr);
+    msg_attr((const char *)kmsg, keep_msg_attr);
     xfree(kmsg);
   }
   setcursor();
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ static void normal_redraw(NormalState *s)
     // msg_attr_keep() will set keep_msg to NULL, must free the string here.
     // Don't reset keep_msg, msg_attr_keep() uses it to check for duplicates.
     char *p = (char *)keep_msg;
-    msg_attr((uint8_t *)p, keep_msg_attr);
+    msg_attr(p, keep_msg_attr);
     xfree(p);
   }