GNU bug report logs - #66700
30.0.50; Some history is missing with multiple eshell buffers

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Liu Hui <liuhui1610 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 12:16:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

Done: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 66700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Liu Hui <liuhui1610 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 66700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66700: 30.0.50;
 Some history is missing with multiple eshell buffers
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:32:10 +0200

> Cc: 66700 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Liu Hui <liuhui1610 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:40:00 +0800
> 
> Since Eshell can append new history now, I think it makes sense to
> change the default behavior from overwriting to appending, i.e., using
> '(eshell-write-history nil t)' in eshell-exit-hook and
> eshell-save-some-history. WDYT?

IMO, this is too soon to change the default behavior in incompatible
ways.  We need to wait for a while, perhaps at least one major
release, before we do that.

Thanks.
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