From e10a5a553f4733dcbbd1f1ed583e7dc083ad726a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dylan Araps <dylan.araps@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 17:16:36 +0200
Subject: dfm: keep track of nest level

Shows an indicator in the statusline if dfm is running inside of dfm
and how deep the nesting is.

Don't go too deep.
---
 README.md |  3 ++-
 dfm.c     | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e061830..82aab58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -217,8 +217,9 @@ at the actions each key is bound to.
 The statusline is as follows:
 
 ```
- 1/1 [RnHE] [1+] ~0B /path/to/current/directory/<query>
+1 1/1 [RnHE] [1+] ~0B /path/to/current/directory/<query>
 
+ 1          - Shows nest level of dfm. Only shown if > 0.
  1/1        - The entry number under the cursor and the total visible entries.
 
  [RnHE]     - Indicators.
diff --git a/dfm.c b/dfm.c
index 5582195..64e3cb0 100644
--- a/dfm.c
+++ b/dfm.c
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ struct fm {
   fm_filter sf;
 
   s64 tz;
+  u8 nl;
 };
 
 // Entry Virtual {{{
@@ -1400,6 +1401,15 @@ fm_draw_inf(struct fm *p)
     p->f & FM_ROOT ? CUT(DFM_COL_NAV_ROOT) : CUT(DFM_COL_NAV);
   s32 vw = p->col;
   fm_draw_nav_begin(p, c);
+
+  if (unlikely(p->nl)) {
+    STR_PUSH(&p->io, " " VT_SGR(1));
+    str_push_c(&p->io, p->nl);
+    STR_PUSH(&p->io, VT_SGR0);
+    str_push(&p->io, c.d, c.l);
+    vw -= 2;
+  }
+
   str_push_c(&p->io, ' ');
   vw -= str_push_u32(&p->io, p->y + !!p->vl);
   str_push_c(&p->io, '/');
@@ -3504,11 +3514,22 @@ fm_io_flush(str *s, void *ctx, usize n)
   return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int
+fm_nest(struct fm *p)
+{
+  char nl[2] = "0";
+  cut l = get_env("DFM_LEVEL", "");
+  if (l.l) p->nl = *nl = *l.d + 1;
+  return setenv("DFM_LEVEL", nl, 1);
+}
+
 static inline int
 fm_init(struct fm *p)
 {
   if (fs_watch_init(&p->p) == -1)
     return -1;
+  if (fm_nest(p) == -1)
+    return -1;
   p->opener = get_env("DFM_OPENER", DFM_OPENER);
   p->dfd = AT_FDCWD;
   p->ds = DFM_DEFAULT_SORT;
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