From e9e2d6900d2213708aedac27b188e5beead1cb62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Saul Pwanson <code@saul.pw>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 17:18:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [input] allow percent of starting value #2082

---
 visidata/_input.py | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/visidata/_input.py b/visidata/_input.py
index 9c85ee917..8c4e2dc68 100644
--- a/visidata/_input.py
+++ b/visidata/_input.py
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ def find_nonword(s, a, b, incr):
         first_action = False
         complete_state.reset()
 
-    return type(value)(v)
+    return v
 
 
 @VisiData.api
@@ -338,8 +338,15 @@ def editText(vd, y, x, w, record=True, display=True, **kwargs):
         if record and vd.cmdlog:
             vd.setLastArgs(v)
 
-    return v
+    if 'value' in kwargs:
+        starting_value = kwargs['value']
+        if isinstance(starting_value, (int, float)) and v[-1] == '%':  #2082
+            pct = float(v[:-1])
+            v = pct*value/100
 
+        v = type(starting_value)(v)
+
+    return v
 
 @VisiData.api
 def inputsingle(vd, prompt, record=True):