On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 11:44, Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:

> > Could the contents of my histfile have an influence on this? If you do
> `yes
> > | head -1001 > .zsh_history`, then there is no realistic data in the
> > histfile.
> >
>
> That's possible, yes.  Can _you_ reproduce the bug using the steps I
> posted?
>
> I don't have your $HISTFILE, but I can't reproduce the issue if
> I substitute my $HISTFILE (using «cp $HISTFILE ./.zsh_history») into the
> above steps, and it's longer than 1000 lines.
>
> > I noticed that if I start Zsh without a histfile, then the problem does
> not
> > occur.
>
> What if you start zsh with a empty histfile?
>
> If you can reproduce the problem with your usual histfile but not with
> an empty one, try reducing your histfile to the smallest one that does
> still reproduce the problem.  There are generic instructions at
> http://www.zsh.org/cgi-bin/mla/redirect?WORKERNUMBER=45791, if you
> aren't familiar with the procedure.  (They're written for .zshrc but
> you can apply them to $HISTFILE as well.)
>
> Can you try reproducing the bug in zsh built from master?
>

I am no longer able to reproduce it in any kind of way. Sorry. But at least
the problem is gone. :)