Do not assign a new hint to duplicate matches.

Reuse the same one for all of them.

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/reselect b/reselect
index 9e1c4f5..a001640 100644
--- a/reselect
+++ b/reselect
@@ -80,18 +80,31 @@ sub build_overlays {
     my @matches = find_matches($pattern, $text, $rowmap);
     @matches    = reverse @matches if ($self->{descending});
 
-    my $results = {};
-    my $hints = hint_iterator();
+
+    my $match_hints = {};
+    my $results     = {};
+    my $hints       = hint_iterator();
 
     for my $m (@matches) {
         my ($col, $row, $match) = @$m;
-        my $hint = $hints->();
 
+        # create a new hint if this match was not seen before
+        # reuse an existing one otherwise
+        if (not exists $match_hints->{$match}) {
+            $match_hints->{$match} = $hints->();
+        }
+        my $hint = $match_hints->{$match};
+
+        if (not exists $results->{$hint}) {
+            $results->{$hint} = { match => $match, labels => [] };
+        }
+
+        # create the overlay and add it to the list of overlays for this hint
         my $overlay = $self->overlay($col, $row, $self->strwidth($hint),
                                      1, $label_rend, 0);
         $overlay->set(0, 0, $hint);
 
-        $results->{$hint} = {label => $overlay, match => $match};
+        push(@{$results->{$hint}->{labels}}, $overlay);
     }
 
     return $results;
@@ -188,13 +201,16 @@ sub update {
 
     foreach (keys %{$results}) {
         my $result  = $results->{$_};
-        my $overlay = $result->{label};
 
         if ($len == 0 || index($_, $p->{buffer}) == 0) {
-            $overlay->show;
+            for my $overlay (@{$result->{labels}}) {
+                $overlay->show;
+            }
             unshift @matches, $result->{match};
         } else {
-            $overlay->hide;
+            for my $overlay (@{$result->{labels}}) {
+                $overlay->hide;
+            }
         }
     }
     # Auto-launch a single url only if the launchsingle resource is true