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From: Eric Cook <llua@gmx.com>
To: zsh-workers@zsh.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] FAQ: sync newuser-install
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 14:28:21 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2f703212-b093-c7ed-7295-14dd39b75c96@gmx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s3vYmrmmS4Hwc8A+deDUij84ghT0_L0V6SB5qbGBaL1kA@mail.gmail.com>

On 8/24/22 13:32, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 4:12 AM Daniel Shahaf <d.s@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
>>
>> Felipe Contreras wrote on Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:31 +00:00:
>>> Better to use the same HISTFILE in both.
>>
>> Agreed, but...
>>
>>> +++ b/Etc/FAQ.yo
>>> @@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ label(321)
>>>     In zsh, you need to set the location where you want the history to be written
>>>     with tt($HISTFILE).  For example,
>>>     verb(
>>> -    HISTFILE=~/.zsh_history
>>> +    HISTFILE=~/.histfile
>>
>> The default name should include "zsh" somewhere for coexistence with
>> other programs.  So, I'd rather keep the FAQ as-is.
>
> I agree having a '.zsh_' prefix is more consistent with other
> programs, but then that's what should be in the newuser-install
> script, no?
>
> I actually think this should be the default, no need for *everyone* to
> specify this.
>

Yes *everyone* should specify it.

Aside from the arbitrary bump in HISTSIZE, if HISTFILE is set by default and
zsh is invoked with -f which is common when debugging or testing you get the
expected defaults. But if the user typically increases SAVEHIST from said
default, because regardless of what you set it to, people will change it to
their preference, you create the same problem that other shells like bash have,
the truncation of HISTFILE to the default SAVEHIST upon the exit of that zsh -f session.
usually without the user noticing for a period of time.


  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-24 18:33 UTC|newest]

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 [this message]
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
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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