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Re: Bug#413521: typo in zshoptions(1) man page



>    HIST_SAVE_BY_COPY
>       When  the  history  file  is re-written, we normally write out a
>       copy of the file named $HISTFILE.new and then rename it over the
>       old  one.  However, if this option is unset, we instead truncate
>       the old history file and write out the new version in-place.  If
>       one  of  the  history-appending  options is enabled, this option
>       only has an affect when the enlarged history file  needs  to  be
>                   ^^^^^^
> 
> should be "effect".

Index: Doc/Zsh/options.yo
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RCS file: /cvsroot/zsh/zsh/Doc/Zsh/options.yo,v
retrieving revision 1.52
diff -u -r1.52 options.yo
--- Doc/Zsh/options.yo	12 Feb 2007 16:43:41 -0000	1.52
+++ Doc/Zsh/options.yo	5 Mar 2007 17:32:16 -0000
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@
 the file named $HISTFILE.new and then rename it over the old one.
 However, if this option is unset, we instead truncate the old
 history file and write out the new version in-place.  If one of the
-history-appending options is enabled, this option only has an affect
+history-appending options is enabled, this option only has an effect
 when the enlarged history file needs to be re-written to trim it
 down to size.  Disable this only if you have special needs, as doing
 so makes it possible to lose history entries if zsh gets interrupted



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