From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29472 invoked by alias); 12 Jul 2015 15:02:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Workers List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 35778 Received: (qmail 6249 invoked from network); 12 Jul 2015 15:02:09 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-workers@zsh.org From: Christian Neukirchen Subject: Re: [Feature Request]: Globally updated Variables for all zsh instances for same user - just like fish shell Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 16:44:49 +0200 Message-ID: <87lhel3066.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host179-2.natpool.mwn.de In-Reply-To: (Zaxebo Yaxebo's message of "Sun, 12 Jul 2015 18:42:46 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux) Zaxebo Yaxebo writes: > *"Fish Shell" has a feature known as universal variables, which allow a > user to permanently assign a value to a variable across all the running > fish shells of that user. The variable value is remembered across logouts > and reboots, and updates in value are immediately propagated to all running > shells.* Unix already has this feature built-in, it's called "files". -- Christian Neukirchen http://chneukirchen.org