2 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/ninep/ctl.zig b/src/ninep/ctl.zig
index 59a80f36..5bf354eb 100644
--- a/src/ninep/ctl.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/ctl.zig
@@ -1752,6 +1752,39 @@ test "a look after Newcol fills the empty column the keyboard is on" {
     try testing.expectEqual(p.active, p.col_panes[p.ncol - 1][0]);
 }
 
+test "a look at file:addr whose file is not there is one miss, quoting what was written, in a terminal too" {
+    const p = try th.withTerm(testing.allocator);
+    defer p.deinit();
+    const looked = Node.of(serialOf(p), .look);
+    for ([_][]const u8{ "zzq:#3", "zzq:2", "zzq:/re/" }) |written| {
+        var line: [64]u8 = undefined;
+        _ = wr(p, looked, try std.fmt.bufPrint(&line, "{s}\n", .{written}));
+        var want: [64]u8 = undefined;
+        try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), th.logCount(p, try std.fmt.bufPrint(&want, "look: no match for \"{s}\"\n", .{written})));
+    }
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 3), th.logCount(p, "\nerr "));
+}
+
+test "a look whose pane is refused a place fails with that alone, not a missing line too" {
+    const gpa = testing.allocator;
+    // A screen with rows for one pane only.
+    const p = try Pardes.init(gpa, .{ .tty_only = true, .cols = 80, .rows = 5 });
+    defer p.deinit();
+    while (p.nextEffect()) |_| {}
+    _ = try p.setTestFile("x\n");
+    while (p.nextEffect()) |_| {}
+    var tmp = testing.tmpDir(.{});
+    defer tmp.cleanup();
+    try tmp.dir.writeFile(testing.io, .{ .sub_path = "f.txt", .data = "one\ntwo\n" });
+    var dir: [4096]u8 = undefined;
+    const at = dir[0..try tmp.dir.realPath(testing.io, &dir)];
+    var line: [4200]u8 = undefined;
+    const r = wr(p, root_look, try std.fmt.bufPrint(&line, "{s}/f.txt:2\n", .{at}));
+    try testing.expectEqual(Status.err, r.reply.status);
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.indexOf(u8, r.reply.ename, "no space for a pane") != null);
+    try testing.expectEqual(@as(usize, 1), th.logCount(p, "\nerr "));
+}
+
 test "a look under pardes's placement, from a pane pane/new made after Delcol, opens its file" {
     const gpa = testing.allocator;
     const p = try withFile(gpa, "x\n");
diff --git a/src/ninep/testing.zig b/src/ninep/testing.zig
index 927552e2..b8eaa02b 100644
--- a/src/ninep/testing.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/testing.zig
@@ -58,11 +58,16 @@ pub fn rd(p: *Pardes, node: u64, off: u64, size: u32) Answer {
 
 /// Whether the log, read whole from a fresh open, holds `needle`.
 pub fn logHas(p: *Pardes, needle: []const u8) bool {
+    return logCount(p, needle) > 0;
+}
+
+/// How many times the log, read whole from a fresh open, holds `needle`.
+pub fn logCount(p: *Pardes, needle: []const u8) usize {
     const log = @intFromEnum(tree.TopFile.log);
     const h = call(p, .{ .tag = 1, .op = .open, .node = log }).reply.handle;
     defer _ = call(p, .{ .tag = 3, .op = .release, .node = log, .handle = h });
     const text = call(p, .{ .tag = 2, .op = .read, .node = log, .handle = h, .size = 1 << 16 }).bytes;
-    return std.mem.indexOf(u8, text, needle) != null;
+    return std.mem.count(u8, text, needle);
 }
 
 pub fn wr(p: *Pardes, node: u64, data: []const u8) Answer {