1 files changed, 6 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index 02bdbb37b..4accfdbb1 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -291,6 +291,8 @@ struct globals {
 #define INIT_G() do { \
         SET_PTR_TO_GLOBALS(xzalloc(sizeof(G))); \
         last_file_modified = -1; \
+        /* "" but has space for 2 chars */ \
+        USE_FEATURE_VI_SEARCH(last_search_pattern = xzalloc(2);) \
 } while (0)
 
 
@@ -2974,7 +2976,7 @@ static void do_cmd(char c)
         const char *msg = msg; // for compiler
         char c1, *p, *q, *save_dot;
         char buf[12];
-        int dir = dir; // for compiler
+        int dir;
         int cnt, i, j;
 
 //      c1 = c; // quiet the compiler
@@ -3316,7 +3318,7 @@ static void do_cmd(char c)
                 q = get_input_line(buf);        // get input line- use "status line"
                 if (q[0] && !q[1]) {
                         if (last_search_pattern[0])
-                            last_search_pattern[0] = c;
+                                last_search_pattern[0] = c;
                         goto dc3; // if no pat re-use old pat
                 }
                 if (q[0]) {       // strlen(q) > 1: new pat- save it and find
@@ -3346,14 +3348,8 @@ static void do_cmd(char c)
                         do_cmd(c);
                 }                               // repeat cnt
  dc3:
-                if (last_search_pattern == 0) {
-                        msg = "No previous regular expression";
-                        goto dc2;
-                }
-                if (last_search_pattern[0] == '/') {
-                        dir = FORWARD;  // assume FORWARD search
-                        p = dot + 1;
-                }
+                dir = FORWARD;  // assume FORWARD search
+                p = dot + 1;
                 if (last_search_pattern[0] == '?') {
                         dir = BACK;
                         p = dot - 1;