Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] FAQ: sync newuser-install

[Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 6:13 PM Roman Perepelitsa
<roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 10:49 PM Felipe Contreras
> <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > For starters this patch:
> >
> > https://www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2022/msg00875.html
>
> If I understand correctly, you propose to change this snipped in the guide:

It's not a guide, it's a FAQ, and the entry in the FAQ is "Why is my
history not being saved?", plus a change in zsh-newuser-install as
well.

>     HISTSIZE=200
>     SAVEHIST=200
>
> With this:
>
>     HISTSIZE=200
>     SAVEHIST=$HISTSIZE
>
> To me the original snippet looks better because it makes it clear that
> the two parameters are independent.

The user does not *need* to know that at this point, all he/she needs
is an example that turns history save on. That's it.

-- 
Felipe Contreras