GNU bug report logs - #39667
26.2; Restarting a *shell* buffer breaks saving history

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: ndame <emacsuser <at> freemail.hu>

Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:22:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.2

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: ndame <emacsuser <at> freemail.hu>
Cc: 39667 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39667: 26.2; Restarting a *shell* buffer breaks saving history
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:44:45 +0100

ndame <emacsuser <at> freemail.hu> writes:

> Restart the shell with M-x shell.
>
> Check the value of comint-input-ring-file-name. It's nil, because
> comint-input-ring has already has a value from the previous
> invocation, so shell-mode skips the whole history setup: (when
> (ring-empty-p comint-input-ring) ...

Yup.  This should now be fixed in Emacs 28.

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