From 4d1b2073dcb4e91c851bcc2bcab665069bf04fc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Humza Shahid <humzasaur@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 06:40:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] reimplement functionality to run whole text search using DFA

---
 shell/search-thread.sml | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/shell/search-thread.sml b/shell/search-thread.sml
index 5d0ed11..e15bbd7 100644
--- a/shell/search-thread.sml
+++ b/shell/search-thread.sml
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ structure SearchThread =
 struct
   open CML
 
-  (* Prerequisite to sending message: move buffer to end. *)
   fun loop () =
     let
       val (buffer, dfa, time) = Mailbox.recv SearchMailbox.mailbox
-      val searchList =
-        raise Fail "todo: reimplement full builder for searchList"
+      val iterator = LineGap.makeStringIterator buffer
+      val searchList = SearchList.build (iterator, dfa)
       val msg = InputMsg.WITH_SEARCH_LIST (searchList, time)
       val () = InputMailbox.append msg
     in