From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
To: zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] FAQ: sync newuser-install
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2022 15:47:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220902134735.GE255755@cventin.lip.ens-lyon.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s0NwcHakLiCgm3C452-iQCviTjf3Pq=5B2EbHvcLbZGVQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 2022-09-02 08:28:01 -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 7:50 AM Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> wrote:
> >
> > On 2022-09-02 09:18:57 +0000, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> > > Mikael Magnusson wrote on Fri, Sep 02, 2022 at 05:46:12 +0200:
> > > > On 9/2/22, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > It is unreasonable to force absolutely every new user to set these
> > > > > options just to get started.
> > > >
> > > > "Paste these lines in .zshrc to enable history" is not more
> > > > complicated with 3 lines than 1, however much you want to argue that
> > > > it is. They still need to find the line(s) to copy in the first place
> > > > (or god forbid, read the documentation).
> > >
> > > Copy-pasting three lines is as easy as one, sure. /Understanding/ them,
> > > however, is a different kettle of fish. If one has set three special
> > > variables, then one needs to read three zshparam(1) entries rather than
> > > one.
> >
> > Isn't $SAVEHIST equal to $HISTSIZE in most configurations?
> >
> > In such a case, couldn't a negative value for $SAVEHIST mean that
> > it should be regarded as SAVEHIST=$HISTSIZE (dynamically)?
> >
> > Then I think that -1 could be the default value for SAVEHIST.
> > So only HISTFILE and HISTSIZE would be needed in the .zshrc,
> > and they are self-explanatory for the end user.
>
> This is precisely what I proposed in the previous patch:
>
> https://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2022/msg00830.html
Perhaps, but then, I think that your patch description
"Make SAVEHIST default to HISTSIZE" is wrong, or at least
the patch lacks a multiline description. Moreover, an update
of the man pages would be necessary.
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Thread overview: 93+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-24 4:31 [RFC PATCH 0/3] Improve defaults Felipe Contreras
2022-08-24 4:31 ` [RFC PATCH 1/3] Make SAVEHIST default to HISTSIZE Felipe Contreras
2022-08-24 4:31 ` [RFC PATCH 2/3] Increase default HISTSIZE to 1000 Felipe Contreras
2022-08-24 4:31 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] FAQ: sync newuser-install Felipe Contreras
2022-08-24 9:06 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-08-24 17:32 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-24 18:28 ` Eric Cook
2022-08-24 19:11 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-24 19:24 ` Matthew Martin
2022-08-24 19:25 ` Eric Cook
2022-08-24 19:40 ` Eric Cook
2022-08-24 20:03 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-24 20:11 ` Eric Cook
2022-08-24 20:27 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-24 20:53 ` Eric Cook
2022-08-25 8:04 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-08-25 22:22 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-08-25 22:44 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-25 23:08 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-08-26 4:22 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-31 11:43 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-08-26 5:20 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-08-26 13:57 ` Mikael Magnusson
2022-08-26 14:04 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2022-08-26 23:43 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2022-08-27 15:17 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-08-27 15:34 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2022-08-26 18:44 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-27 0:23 ` Mikael Magnusson
2022-08-27 0:31 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-08-27 3:18 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-27 3:52 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2022-08-27 15:44 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-08-30 19:31 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-31 12:28 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-08-31 19:36 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-09-01 0:23 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-09-01 0:35 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-09-01 1:21 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-09-01 2:42 ` [PATCH] initialization of main keymap Bart Schaefer
2022-09-01 21:58 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-01 22:34 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-09-01 22:54 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-02 8:51 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-09-02 13:23 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-09-02 13:42 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-04 9:39 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-09-05 8:55 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-09-02 13:32 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-02 16:48 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-09-04 9:35 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-09-02 0:04 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-09-02 5:06 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-09-02 13:15 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-09-04 9:42 ` ${EDITOR} with spaces (was: Re: [PATCH] initialization of main keymap) Daniel Shahaf
2022-09-04 10:48 ` Mikael Magnusson
2022-09-05 9:15 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-09-05 21:17 ` Lawrence Velázquez
2022-09-02 9:20 ` [RFC PATCH 3/3] FAQ: sync newuser-install Daniel Shahaf
2022-09-02 13:50 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-08-31 21:57 ` Mikael Magnusson
2022-08-31 22:28 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2022-09-01 0:29 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-09-01 22:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-02 3:46 ` Mikael Magnusson
2022-09-02 5:57 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-02 23:14 ` Mikael Magnusson
2022-09-02 23:56 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-02 9:18 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-09-02 12:50 ` Vincent Lefevre
2022-09-02 13:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-02 13:47 ` Vincent Lefevre [this message]
2022-09-02 13:54 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-03 13:38 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2022-09-03 19:07 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-03 19:27 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2022-09-03 20:08 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-03 20:23 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2022-09-03 20:49 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-03 23:12 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2022-09-03 18:59 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-09-04 0:08 ` Roman Perepelitsa
2022-09-03 19:24 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-27 0:35 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-27 2:24 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-08-27 15:40 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-08-27 15:55 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-08-27 17:53 ` Daniel Shahaf
2022-08-24 20:58 ` [RFC PATCH 0/3] Improve defaults Bart Schaefer
2022-08-24 21:50 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-24 22:18 ` Bart Schaefer
2022-08-24 22:54 ` Felipe Contreras
2022-08-24 21:39 ` Mikael Magnusson
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