1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/exec.zig b/src/exec.zig
index 2b3ca40c..104e3b4d 100644
--- a/src/exec.zig
+++ b/src/exec.zig
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ const Routed = union(enum) { none, sent: usize, asked };
 
 /// The REPL bound here has no program running to take the text: said,
 /// and nothing sent or run.
-fn replGone(p: *Pardes, from: usize, repl: *const Pane) Routed {
+pub fn replGone(p: *Pardes, from: usize, repl: *const Pane) Routed {
     var idbuf: [48]u8 = undefined;
     var said: [128]u8 = undefined;
     p.setMessage(from, std.fmt.bufPrint(&said, "Repl: {s} has no program running; nothing sent", .{replId(&idbuf, repl)}) catch "Repl: no program running");
@@ -539,23 +539,22 @@ fn routeToRepl(p: *Pardes, from: usize, text: []const u8) Routed {
         return .{ .sent = from };
     }
     const lang = langOf(src) orelse return .none;
+    // Every REPL bound for the language, a program running in it or not:
+    // which one is the text's is never guessed from which happens to be
+    // running now.
     var bound: [26]usize = undefined;
     var n: usize = 0;
-    var gone: ?usize = null;
     for (p.panes, 0..) |slot, i| if (slot) |pane| if (pane.repl) |r| if (r.lang == lang and n < bound.len) {
-        if (!replLive(p, i)) {
-            gone = i;
-            continue;
-        }
         bound[n] = i;
         n += 1;
     };
-    if (n == 0) return if (gone) |i| replGone(p, from, p.panes[i].?) else .none;
+    if (n == 0) return .none;
     if (n == 1) {
+        if (!replLive(p, bound[0])) return replGone(p, from, p.panes[bound[0]].?);
         sendToRepl(p, from, bound[0], text);
         return .{ .sent = bound[0] };
     }
-    // Several: asked on the pane's notice band, as Del asks, one key
+    // Several: always asked on the pane's notice band, as Del asks, one key
     // answering; nothing is remembered of the answer.
     const owned = p.gpa.dupe(u8, text) catch return .none;
     if (p.repl_ask) |old| p.gpa.free(old.text);