Zsh Mailing List Archive Messages sorted by: Reverse Date, Date, Thread, Author

Re: [bug] history corrupt on utf8

X-seq: zsh-workers 31491
From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh workers <zsh-workers@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [bug] history corrupt on utf8
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 11:33:58 -0700
In-reply-to: <CAHYJk3RqD-JfWKUeG08Atrbhcoz9XZEXvBP_b_cP21EMy5RunA@mail.gmail.com>
List-help: <mailto:zsh-workers-help@zsh.org>
List-id: Zsh Workers List <zsh-workers.zsh.org>
List-post: <mailto:zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Mailing-list: contact zsh-workers-help@xxxxxxx; run by ezmlm
References: <20130622184554.GA32128@adz-acer> <CAHYJk3RqD-JfWKUeG08Atrbhcoz9XZEXvBP_b_cP21EMy5RunA@mail.gmail.com>

On Jun 22, 2013 7:07 PM, "Mikael Magnusson" <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The history file isn't saved verbatim, since the command line can
> contain non-utf8, nuls, etc.

To be more specific, the history file is saved in the same format used to
represent history lines internally, except for prefixing newlines with
backslash.  The file is only "corrupted" if zsh itself can't re-read it.
We gave up on sharing history files with other shells a long time ago.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [bug] history corrupt on utf8
  - From: Mikael Magnusson

References:
- [bug] history corrupt on utf8
  - From: Alexander Voikov
- Re: [bug] history corrupt on utf8
  - From: Mikael Magnusson

Messages sorted by: Reverse Date, Date, Thread, Author