Allocate the line array *after* the argument parsing so that we

actually take into account the -l option, and do it dynamically to
handle very large numbers of lines.

diff --git a/selector.cc b/selector.cc
index 0062a3b..617edf0 100644 (file)
--- a/selector.cc
+++ b/selector.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const int buffer_size = 1024;
 
 // Yeah, global variables!
 
-int nb_lines_max = 10000;
+int nb_lines_max = 1000;
 char pattern_separator = ';';
 int output_to_vt_buffer = 0;
 int with_colors = 1;
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ void update_screen(int *current_line, int *temporary_line, int motion,
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   char buffer[buffer_size];
-  char *lines[nb_lines_max];
   int color_fg_modeline, color_bg_modeline;
   int color_fg_highlight, color_bg_highlight;
 
@@ -424,6 +423,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     }
   }
 
+  char **lines = new char *[nb_lines_max];
+
   if(!input_filename[0]) {
     cerr << "You must specify a input file with -f." << endl;
     exit(1);
@@ -581,6 +582,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   for(int l = 0; l < nb_lines; l++) {
     delete[] lines[l];
   }
+  delete[] lines;
 
   exit(0);
 }