Add a -d option to display-message to set delay, from theonekeyg at

gmail dot com in GitHub issue 2322.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/status.c b/status.c
index 7313d2a0..668c0a3b 100644
--- a/status.c
+++ b/status.c
@@ -423,11 +423,11 @@ status_redraw(struct client *c)
 
 /* Set a status line message. */
 void
-status_message_set(struct client *c, int ignore_styles, const char *fmt, ...)
+status_message_set(struct client *c, int delay, int ignore_styles,
+    const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct timeval	tv;
 	va_list		ap;
-	int		delay;
 
 	status_message_clear(c);
 	status_push_screen(c);
@@ -439,7 +439,12 @@ status_message_set(struct client *c, int ignore_styles, const char *fmt, ...)
 
 	server_add_message("%s message: %s", c->name, c->message_string);
 
-	delay = options_get_number(c->session->options, "display-time");
+	/*
+	 * With delay -1, the display-time option is used; zero means wait for
+	 * key press; more than zero is the actual delay time in milliseconds.
+	 */
+	if (delay == -1)
+		delay = options_get_number(c->session->options, "display-time");
 	if (delay > 0) {
 		tv.tv_sec = delay / 1000;
 		tv.tv_usec = (delay % 1000) * 1000L;
@@ -447,6 +452,7 @@ status_message_set(struct client *c, int ignore_styles, const char *fmt, ...)
 		if (event_initialized(&c->message_timer))
 			evtimer_del(&c->message_timer);
 		evtimer_set(&c->message_timer, status_message_callback, c);
+
 		evtimer_add(&c->message_timer, &tv);
 	}