From 7b5d56dd92893a1b4dcd96e515531a4755be2192 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alice pellerin <thealicepellerin@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2026 01:32:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update unsaved changes alert

---
 src/app/actions.rs               |  2 +-
 src/buffer/widget/status_line.rs | 22 ++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/actions.rs b/src/app/actions.rs
index ea2adeb..eda5691 100644
--- a/src/app/actions.rs
+++ b/src/app/actions.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ impl App {
 			self.quit();
 		} else {
 			self.buffers[self.current_buffer_index].alert_message = Span::from(
-				"there are unsaved changes, use Q to override"
+				"unsaved changes, use <space>w to save or Q to override"
 			).red();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/buffer/widget/status_line.rs b/src/buffer/widget/status_line.rs
index 6143035..09f2803 100644
--- a/src/buffer/widget/status_line.rs
+++ b/src/buffer/widget/status_line.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 use crate::{buffer::{Buffer, Mode}, utilities::CustomGreys};
-use ratatui::{style::{Color, Stylize}, text::{Line, Span, Text}};
+use ratatui::{style::{Color, Stylize}, text::{Line, Span}};
 
 impl Buffer {
-	pub fn render_status_line(&self) -> Text<'_> {
-		Text::from(
-			Line::from_iter([
-				self.render_mode(),
-				" ".into(),
-				self.render_file_name(),
-				self.modified_indicator(),
-				"  ".into(),
-				self.alert_message.clone()
-			])
-		)
+	pub fn render_status_line(&self) -> Line<'_> {
+		Line::from_iter([
+			self.render_mode(),
+			" ".into(),
+			self.render_file_name(),
+			self.modified_indicator(),
+			"  ".into(),
+			self.alert_message.clone()
+		])
 		.bg(Color::ui_grey())
 	}