2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/buffer.c b/buffer.c
index c79a2df..1c41f92 100644
--- a/buffer.c
+++ b/buffer.c
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ char const *buffer_geterr(TextBuffer *buffer) {
 	return buffer->error;
 }
 
+void buffer_clearerr(TextBuffer *buffer) {
+	*buffer->error = '\0';
+}
+
 // set the buffer's error to indicate that we're out of memory
 static void buffer_out_of_mem(TextBuffer *buffer) {
 	buffer_seterr(buffer, "Out of memory.");
diff --git a/command.c b/command.c
index 69ce9ee..5d1a4d4 100644
--- a/command.c
+++ b/command.c
@@ -118,4 +118,8 @@ void command_execute(Ted *ted, Command c, i64 argument) {
 		buffer_redo(buffer, argument);
 		break;
 	}
+	if (buffer_haserr(buffer)) {
+		strncpy(ted->error, buffer_geterr(buffer), sizeof ted->error - 1);
+		buffer_clearerr(buffer);
+	}
 }