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30.0.50; [PATCH] EWW history navigation gets caught in a loop

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 69232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69232: 30.0.50; [PATCH] EWW history navigation gets caught in a loop
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:18:47 -0800

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On 2/22/2024 5:22 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:55:49 -0800
>> Cc: 69232 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
>>
>> On 2/19/2024 4:12 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>> I'm not sure this is a bug fix, and I think this behavior change does
>>> need a NEWS entry.
>>
>> Ok, I added one.
> 
> Thanks, but I'm afraid it's somewhat confusing:
> 
>> +*** History navigation in EWW now works like other browsers.
>> +Previously, when navigating back and forward through page history in
>> +EWW, new history entries could get added to the history list.  Now, when
>> +navigating through history, EWW preserves the history list and only
>> +displays the relevant history entry.
> 
> This doesn't really explain the nature of the change in behavior.
> AFAIU, the previous behavior was that going back in browsing history
> could add the old entries to the history instead of removing them; now
> going back will _never_ add entries to the history.  Isn't that so?

In other browsers, you only add new entries to the back/forward history 
when you go to a totally new page (e.g. by clicking a link). If you just 
go back or forward, you should only change your position in the 
already-existing history. That's (roughly) what EWW does with the patch, 
with the exception that a new page doesn't go into the history immediately.

Previously, every time you went back or forward, it added entries to the 
end of the history list.

How does this look?

[0001-When-navigating-through-history-in-EWW-don-t-keep-ad.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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