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

[Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 5:28 PM Roman Perepelitsa
<roman.perepelitsa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 11:57 PM Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 8/30/22, Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > > You may think HISTFILE, SAVEHIST and HISTSIZE are self-explanatory,
> > > but the fact is most people need to read the documentation, and even
> > > then they end up confused. A few days ago I replied to a person on
> > > reddit who had a configuration with HISTSIZE bigger than SAVEHIST.
> >
> > That is the correct configuration.
>
> This is my understanding as well. To be more specific, SAVEHIST
> greater than HISTSIZE is equivalent to its being equal to HISTSIZE.

Only if you are not using APPEND_HISTORY.

Isn't this proof that zsh developers are projecting too much of their
*personal* workflow into the users? Not everyone uses zsh the way you
do.

If even veteran experts can't get right SAVEHIST and HISTSIZE, what
hope does a brand new newcomer have?

It is unreasonable to force absolutely every new user to set these
options just to get started.

-- 
Felipe Contreras