an output pane is not a document: +Search/+Help split below the pane that asked, never into a column of their own

placeDoc classified any file pane as a doc, so a +Search opened from a lone
shell took layoutInsertColumn(0) - a whole new leftmost column, shoving every
existing column sideways - and an open results list was then eligible as the
split parent for a real file, stacking documents under the list. An output
buffer has no file behind it and no Save; it is the result list belonging to
the pane that asked for it. Now it is that on both sides of the rule: it
splits below from_id whatever kind of pane that is (a source that died falls
back to stackDocLeft, the same last resort a full column bar uses), and it is
skipped when a real doc hunts for its split parent, so a file opened from a
search row joins the docs instead of the results.

Real docs are untouched: fsearch/rsearch/look-file/tutor/lookpanes all pass
unchanged. psearch is the proof - its results snap was two columns (the shell
pushed to x=70, its gutter run at 70-71) and is now one 140-wide column with
the +Search stacked below at the same x origin.

9 files changed, 241 insertions, 216 deletions

diff --git a/docs/design.typ b/docs/design.typ
index c7284049..118459e1 100644
--- a/docs/design.typ
+++ b/docs/design.typ
@@ -211,7 +211,10 @@ backwards, duplicate dirs skipped; absolute words try one dir and stop) so a
 relative name is openable from any window that can see it; dir → shell + `ls`
 in source column (dedup by cwd), file → file pane at line (dedup by path,
 first doc opens left column and may evict a lone pristine shell; later docs
-split below the existing doc), image ext → image pane. Middle+left chord: kept
+split below the existing doc — an output pane, `+Search`/`+Help`, is not a
+doc for either half of that rule: it never claims a column, it splits below
+whatever pane asked for it, and nothing splits from it), image ext → image
+pane. Middle+left chord: kept
 left selection appended as trailing CLI argument. Wheel: scroll hovered pane,
 batched.
 
diff --git a/src/pardes.zig b/src/pardes.zig
index d3376273..31757732 100644
--- a/src/pardes.zig
+++ b/src/pardes.zig
@@ -4940,19 +4940,24 @@ pub const Pardes = struct {
         p.placeDoc(id, free, np);
     }
 
-    /// place a fresh doc pane. Any doc already open is the split parent (the
+    /// place a fresh doc pane. An OUTPUT buffer (+Search/+Help) is NOT a
+    /// document: it is the result list belonging to the pane that asked for it,
+    /// so it never claims a column and is never anyone else's split parent — it
+    /// lands right below `from_id`, be that a shell, a file or another list.
+    /// A real doc joins the docs: any doc already open is the split parent (the
     /// source if it IS one, else the first found) and the newcomer lands right
     /// below it, so all docs share one column. The FIRST doc of the session
     /// instead gets a column of its own on the left (acme: files left, shells
-    /// right) — nothing is displaced, the other columns just narrow. Only a
-    /// full column bar falls back to stacking into the leftmost one.
+    /// right) — nothing is displaced, the other columns just narrow. A full
+    /// column bar, or a result list whose source died, stacks into the leftmost.
     fn placeDoc(p: *Pardes, from_id: usize, free: usize, nt: *Pane) void {
+        const doc = if (nt.file) |f| !f.output else true; // an image is a doc
         var src_id: ?usize = null;
-        if (p.panes[from_id]) |src| if (src.file != null or src.image != null) {
+        if (p.panes[from_id]) |src| if (!doc or (if (src.file) |f| !f.output else src.image != null)) {
             src_id = from_id;
         };
-        if (src_id == null) for (p.panes, 0..) |sl, i| {
-            if (sl) |pp| if ((pp.file != null or pp.image != null) and i != free) {
+        if (doc and src_id == null) for (p.panes, 0..) |sl, i| {
+            if (sl) |pp| if (i != free and (if (pp.file) |f| !f.output else pp.image != null)) {
                 src_id = i;
                 break;
             };
@@ -4965,7 +4970,7 @@ pub const Pardes = struct {
             p.active = free;
             return;
         }
-        if (p.ncol < MAX_COLS) {
+        if (doc and p.ncol < MAX_COLS) {
             p.layoutInsertColumn(0, free);
             p.active = free;
             return;
diff --git a/src/tutor.txt b/src/tutor.txt
index 195173c6..39a869e2 100644
--- a/src/tutor.txt
+++ b/src/tutor.txt
@@ -139,8 +139,11 @@
  and case-insensitive, and writes one row per hit into a "+Search" pane.
  That is an OUTPUT BUFFER: a file pane with no file behind it, so it has
  no Save, but everything else about it is an ordinary buffer you can read,
- edit, select and look in. `n`/`N` step the rows and look each one, so the
- view follows along. Right-clicking a word that names no file in ANY open
+ edit, select and look in. It is not a document, though, and never takes a
+ column of its own: it opens BELOW the pane that asked for it, in that
+ pane's column, be that a file or a shell — and a file you then open from
+ its rows goes where files go, not under the list. `n`/`N` step the rows
+ and look each one, so the view follows along. Right-clicking a word that names no file in ANY open
  pane's directory searches for it — acme's button 3 — except in tty mode,
  where the click belongs to the program on the other end. On a shell with no
  search armed, n/N instead step the lookable tokens in its output.
@@ -494,8 +497,9 @@
 
  `?` works at ANY depth: SPC ? lists everything, SPC h ? lists only
  what the "h" group holds. Help writes into a "+Help" OUTPUT BUFFER,
- the same kind of pane "/" search results land in — ordinary text, so
- the names in it are live: middle-click "Tutor" there and it opens.
+ the same kind of pane "/" search results land in — so it opens below
+ the pane you asked from, never in a column of its own — and ordinary
+ text, so the names in it are live: middle-click "Tutor" and it opens.
 
  (No practice blocks: these run builtins, not text edits.)
 
diff --git a/test/snapshots/find.golden b/test/snapshots/find.golden
index 25bae1df..59b939ae 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/find.golden
+++ b/test/snapshots/find.golden
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@
 |
 |
 |
-|
-|
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
+|     1 beta body
 |
 |
 |
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
-|     1 beta body
+|
+|
 |
 |
 |
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@
 |8: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
 |9: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
 |10: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|11: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|12: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
+|11: 0-1 d,#262626, 2-59 #949494,#121212, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
+|12: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-15 #bdbdbd,#080808, 16-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
 |13: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
 |14: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
 |15: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@
 |28: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
 |29: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
 |30: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|31: 0-1 d,#262626, 2-59 #949494,#121212, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|32: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-15 #bdbdbd,#080808, 16-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
+|31: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
+|32: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
 |33: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
 |34: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
 |35: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-59 d,#080808, 60-61 d,#444444, 62-119 #bdbdbd,#080808,
@@ -251,13 +251,13 @@
 |                                                              here.txt  other.txt  sub  zqmark-alpha.txt
 |
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
+|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
-|
-|
-|
-|
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
+|     1 beta body
 |
 |
 |
@@ -271,13 +271,13 @@
 |     2 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt
 |     3 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt
 |     4
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
-|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
-|     1 beta body
+|
+|
+|
+|
 |
 |
 |
@@ -289,13 +289,16 @@
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
 |  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/here.txt Save Del             NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd Del
 |     1 Find
-|                                                              here.txt  other.txt  sub  zqmark-alpha.txt
-|
-|
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt Save Del     here.txt  other.txt  sub  zqmark-alpha.txt
+|     1 alpha body
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
+|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
+|     1 beta body
 |
 |
 |
@@ -304,21 +307,18 @@
 |
 |
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt
+|     2 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt
+|     3 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt
+|     4
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/+Search Del
-|     1 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt Save Del
-|     1 alpha body
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
-|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
-|     1 beta body
 |
 |
 |
@@ -330,11 +330,16 @@
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
 |  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/here.txt Save Del             NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd Del
 |     1 Find
-|                                                              here.txt  other.txt  sub  zqmark-alpha.txt
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt Save Del     here.txt  other.txt  sub  zqmark-alpha.txt
+|     1 alpha body
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
+|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
+|     1 beta body
 |
 |
 |
@@ -343,25 +348,20 @@
 |
 |
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt
+|     2 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt
+|     3 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt
+|     4
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/+Search Del
-|     2 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt Save Del
-|     1 alpha body
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
-|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
-|     1 beta body
-|
-|
 |
 |
 |
@@ -370,12 +370,17 @@
 == snap word grid=120x40 cursor=56,1
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
 |  INS /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/here.txt Save Del Find /      NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd Del
-|     1 Find
-|                                                              here.txt  other.txt  sub  zqmark-alpha.txt
+|╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt Save Del     here.txt  other.txt  sub  zqmark-alpha.txt
+|     1 alpha body
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
+|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
+|     1 beta body
 |
 |
 |
@@ -384,24 +389,19 @@
 |
 |
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt
+|     2 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt
+|     3 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt
+|     4
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/+Search Del
-|     2 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt Save Del
-|     1 alpha body
-|
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
-|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
-|     1 beta body
-|
 |
 |
 |
@@ -411,14 +411,17 @@
 == snap cancel grid=120x40 cursor=7,2
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
 |  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/here.txt Save Del             NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd Del
-|     1 Find
-|                                                              here.txt  other.txt  sub  zqmark-alpha.txt
-|
-|
+|╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt Save Del     here.txt  other.txt  sub  zqmark-alpha.txt
+|     1 alpha body
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
+|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
+|     1 beta body
 |
 |
 |
@@ -427,21 +430,18 @@
 |
 |
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt
+|     2 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt
+|     3 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt
+|     4
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/+Search Del
-|     2 /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt Save Del
-|     1 alpha body
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
-|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
-|     1 beta body
 |
 |
 |
@@ -452,12 +452,17 @@
 == snap nomatch grid=120x40 cursor=7,2
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
 |  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/here.txt Save Del             NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd Del
-|     1 Find
-|                                                              here.txt  other.txt  sub  zqmark-alpha.txt
+|╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt Save Del     here.txt  other.txt  sub  zqmark-alpha.txt
+|     1 alpha body
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
+|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
+|     1 beta body
 |
 |
 |
@@ -466,23 +471,18 @@
 |
 |
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1
+|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/+Search Del
-|     1
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/zqmark-alpha.txt Save Del
-|     1 alpha body
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/nest/zqmark-gamma.txt Sa
-|     1 gamma body
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/find/cwd/sub/ZQMARK-beta.txt Save Del
-|     1 beta body
 |
 |
 |
diff --git a/test/snapshots/find.snap b/test/snapshots/find.snap
index 28d5ebb2..03fefaa7 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/find.snap
+++ b/test/snapshots/find.snap
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ key enter
 wait 10000 zqmark-alpha.txt
 stable 700 15000
 snap results
-# n looks row 1 — a path, so the file OPENS — and focus comes back here
+# n looks row 1 — a path, so the file OPENS — and focus comes back here. The
+# look comes FROM the results buffer, but that is an output pane and not a
+# document, so the file joins the docs above it (below here.txt) instead of
+# stacking under the list: the +Search stays at the foot of the column.
 key n
 wait 10000 beta body
 stable 700 15000
diff --git a/test/snapshots/leader.golden b/test/snapshots/leader.golden
index 497f1e3d..7ad00456 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/leader.golden
+++ b/test/snapshots/leader.golden
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
 |
 |
 |
-== snap tutor grid=100x40 cursor=7,32
+== snap tutor grid=100x40 cursor=7,12
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
 |  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/leader/cwd/cmds.txt Save De  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/leader/cwd Del
 |     1 Help
@@ -256,6 +256,21 @@
 |
 |
 |
+|  NOR /Tutor Save Del
+|     1
+|     2                                PARDES TUTOR
+|     3                      tmux + vi + acme, from
+|     4
+|     5         The model is acme's: EVERYTHING is
+|     6         the same way. Modal editing (helix-
+|     7         Press j until you reach the introdu
+|     8
+|     9
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/leader/cwd/+Help Del
+|     1 pardes builtins under SPC h
+|     2
+|     3 SPC h t   Tutor
+|     4
 |
 |
 |
@@ -266,25 +281,10 @@
 |
 |
 |
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/leader/cwd/+Help Del
-|     1 pardes builtins under SPC h
-|     2
-|     3 SPC h t   Tutor
-|     4
 |
 |
 |
 |
-|
-|  NOR /Tutor Save Del
-|     1
-|     2                                PARDES TUTOR
-|     3                      tmux + vi + acme, from
-|     4
-|     5         The model is acme's: EVERYTHING is
-|     6         the same way. Modal editing (helix-
-|     7         Press j until you reach the introdu
-|     8
 == snap deleted grid=100x40 cursor=7,22
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
 |  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/leader/cwd/cmds.txt Save De  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/leader/cwd Del
diff --git a/test/snapshots/leader.snap b/test/snapshots/leader.snap
index 4d01d2e0..70b8a4d4 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/leader.snap
+++ b/test/snapshots/leader.snap
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ key ?
 wait 10000 under SPC h
 stable 700 15000
 snap help-group
-# `SPC h t`: the Tutor builtin, zero arguments
+# `SPC h t`: the Tutor builtin, zero arguments. It runs from the +Help pane,
+# but that is an output pane and not a document — so the tutor lands under
+# cmds.txt, the real doc, with the listing left at the foot of the column.
 key space
 key h
 key t
diff --git a/test/snapshots/psearch.golden b/test/snapshots/psearch.golden
index ae5b2b34..c89ec509 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/psearch.golden
+++ b/test/snapshots/psearch.golden
@@ -60,21 +60,21 @@
 |
 |
 |
-== snap results grid=140x30 cursor=74,8
+== snap results grid=140x30 cursor=4,8
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del                          NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
-|     1 @p0:2:3 x MARK a
-|     2 @p0:4:3 x MARK b                                                 x MARK a
-|     3 @p0:6:3 x MARK c                                                 zz
-|     4                                                                  x MARK b
-|                                                                        zz
-|                                                                        x MARK c
-|
-|
-|
-|
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
 |
+|  x MARK a
+|  zz
+|  x MARK b
+|  zz
+|  x MARK c
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1 @p0:2:3 x MARK a
+|     2 @p0:4:3 x MARK b
+|     3 @p0:6:3 x MARK c
+|     4
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@@ -91,21 +91,21 @@
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-== snap first grid=140x30 cursor=74,3
+== snap first grid=140x30 cursor=4,3
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del                          NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
-|     1 @p0:2:3 x MARK a
-|     2 @p0:4:3 x MARK b                                                 x MARK a
-|     3 @p0:6:3 x MARK c                                                 zz
-|     4                                                                  x MARK b
-|                                                                        zz
-|                                                                        x MARK c
-|
-|
-|
-|
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
 |
+|  x MARK a
+|  zz
+|  x MARK b
+|  zz
+|  x MARK c
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1 @p0:2:3 x MARK a
+|     2 @p0:4:3 x MARK b
+|     3 @p0:6:3 x MARK c
+|     4
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@@ -124,50 +124,50 @@
 |
 == style first
 |0: 0-37 #949494,#121212, 38-139 d,#121212,
-|1: 0-1 d,#262626, 2-45 #949494,#121212, 46-69 d,#121212, 70-71 d,#626262, 72-107 #949494,#121212, 108-139 d,#121212,
-|2: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 #d8c8a8,#4a3a1e, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|3: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-22 #bdbdbd,#080808, 23-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|4: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-22 #bdbdbd,#080808, 23-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|5: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|6: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|7: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|8: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|9: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|10: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|11: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|12: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|13: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|14: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|15: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|16: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|17: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|18: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|19: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|20: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|21: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|22: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|23: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|24: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|25: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|26: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|27: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|28: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-|29: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-69 d,#080808, 70-71 d,#444444, 72-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
-== snap second grid=140x30 cursor=74,5
+|1: 0-1 d,#626262, 2-37 #949494,#121212, 38-139 d,#121212,
+|2: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
+|3: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
+|4: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
+|5: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
+|6: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
+|7: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
+|8: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-139 #bdbdbd,#080808,
+|9: 0-1 d,#262626, 2-45 #949494,#121212, 46-139 d,#121212,
+|10: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 #d8c8a8,#4a3a1e,
+|11: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-22 #bdbdbd,#080808, 23-139 d,#080808,
+|12: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-22 #bdbdbd,#080808, 23-139 d,#080808,
+|13: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|14: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|15: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|16: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|17: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|18: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|19: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|20: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|21: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|22: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|23: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|24: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|25: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|26: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|27: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|28: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+|29: 0-1 d,#444444, 2-6 #626262,#080808, 7-139 d,#080808,
+== snap second grid=140x30 cursor=4,5
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del                          NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
-|     1 @p0:2:3 x MARK a
-|     2 @p0:4:3 x MARK b                                                 x MARK a
-|     3 @p0:6:3 x MARK c                                                 zz
-|     4                                                                  x MARK b
-|                                                                        zz
-|                                                                        x MARK c
-|
-|
-|
-|
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
 |
+|  x MARK a
+|  zz
+|  x MARK b
+|  zz
+|  x MARK c
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1 @p0:2:3 x MARK a
+|     2 @p0:4:3 x MARK b
+|     3 @p0:6:3 x MARK c
+|     4
 |
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@@ -184,21 +184,21 @@
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-== snap back grid=140x30 cursor=74,3
+== snap back grid=140x30 cursor=4,3
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del                          NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
-|     1 @p0:2:3 x MARK a
-|     2 @p0:4:3 x MARK b                                                 x MARK a
-|     3 @p0:6:3 x MARK c                                                 zz
-|     4                                                                  x MARK b
-|                                                                        zz
-|                                                                        x MARK c
-|
-|
-|
-|
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
 |
+|  x MARK a
+|  zz
+|  x MARK b
+|  zz
+|  x MARK c
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1 @p0:2:3 x MARK a
+|     2 @p0:4:3 x MARK b
+|     3 @p0:6:3 x MARK c
+|     4
 |
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@@ -215,18 +215,18 @@
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-== snap nomatch grid=140x30 cursor=74,3
+== snap nomatch grid=140x30 cursor=4,3
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del                          NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
-|     1
-|                                                                        x MARK a
-|                                                                        zz
-|                                                                        x MARK b
-|                                                                        zz
-|                                                                        x MARK c
-|
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
 |
+|  x MARK a
+|  zz
+|  x MARK b
+|  zz
+|  x MARK c
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1
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@@ -246,18 +246,18 @@
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-== snap ttyinert grid=140x30 cursor=74,8
+== snap ttyinert grid=140x30 cursor=4,8
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del                          TTY /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
-|     1                                                                  $ printf 'x MA''RK a\nzz\nx MA''RK b\nzz\nx MA''RK c\n'
-|                                                                        x MARK a
-|                                                                        zz
-|                                                                        x MARK b
-|                                                                        zz
-|                                                                        x MARK c
-|                                                                        $
-|
-|
+|  TTY /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
+|  $ printf 'x MA''RK a\nzz\nx MA''RK b\nzz\nx MA''RK c\n'
+|  x MARK a
+|  zz
+|  x MARK b
+|  zz
+|  x MARK c
+|  $
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1
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@@ -277,21 +277,21 @@
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-== snap rightsearch grid=140x30 cursor=74,3
+== snap rightsearch grid=140x30 cursor=4,3
 |Kill Newcol Tutor Debug NextColor Dump
-|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del                          NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
-|     1 @p0:2:3 x MARK a
-|     2 @p0:4:3 x MARK b                                                 x MARK a
-|     3 @p0:6:3 x MARK c                                                 zz
-|     4                                                                  x MARK b
-|                                                                        zz
-|                                                                        x MARK c
-|
-|
-|
-|
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd Del
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+|  x MARK a
+|  zz
+|  x MARK b
+|  zz
+|  x MARK c
 |
+|  NOR /tmp/pardes-snap/psearch/cwd/+Search Del
+|     1 @p0:2:3 x MARK a
+|     2 @p0:4:3 x MARK b
+|     3 @p0:6:3 x MARK c
+|     4
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diff --git a/test/snapshots/psearch.snap b/test/snapshots/psearch.snap
index 4c5e74d0..77ba294b 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/psearch.snap
+++ b/test/snapshots/psearch.snap
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 # behind it, so its tag has no Save — and point at `@p0:LINE`, the look target
 # that names a live pane, since a terminal has no path. n/N walk the buffer
 # and look each row, scrolling the terminal to that line of its scrollback.
+#   PLACEMENT, and this script is the proof: an output buffer is NOT a document
+# — it is the result list of the pane that asked for it — so even here, with no
+# doc pane in the session for it to join, it does NOT take a column of its own.
+# It splits BELOW the shell it came from: every snap below stays ONE column,
+# the shell's tag and the +Search tag both starting at x=0, thirty rows split
+# between them, and nothing shifts sideways.
 start 30 140
 wait 8000 Kill Newcol
 stable 700 20000
@@ -51,18 +57,20 @@ stable 400 5000
 snap nomatch
 # right-clicking a word that names no file is the same search (acme button 3),
 # but NOT in tty mode: there the click belongs to the program on the other end,
-# so the buffer stays empty
+# so the buffer stays empty. Col 5 row 4 is the `M` of the first `x MARK a`,
+# in the shell's body in both modes (normal hides the prompt row, leaving it
+# blank, so the output rows sit at the same place either way).
 key c-b
 stable 600 8000
-press right 75 4
-release right 75 4
+press right 5 4
+release right 5 4
 stable 700 10000
 snap ttyinert
 # back in normal mode the same click searches for MARK
 key c-b
 stable 600 8000
-press right 75 4
-release right 75 4
+press right 5 4
+release right 5 4
 wait 10000 @p0:2:3
 stable 700 15000
 snap rightsearch