Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:35:17 -0700 From: Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> To: "Piotr P. Stefaniak" <pstef@freebsd.org> Cc: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com>, Kyle Evans <kevans@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ars Technica article on FreeBSD new user experience Message-ID: <0BEC5747-CC83-4F10-ADC9-B06F8EF96051@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20200412064733.GB25313@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <CAPyFy2AVfEzey0%2B9-b8ZS1uyn8ODOoNhCHY7fHp2uc9ASiw%2BnA@mail.gmail.com> <CACNAnaF000ywitUn-HfqpFKZVXBtU78m=OXQXego9_0SxrT-jQ@mail.gmail.com> <20200410061248.GK4213@funkthat.com> <CACNAnaGhPML3vKwETS93aK9qzNLRiruJYA2OuwvOmS%2BafXVABw@mail.gmail.com> <20200411004620.GL4213@funkthat.com> <7E83538A-9360-4B0D-9190-6E3A675C53DD@gmail.com> <20200412064733.GB25313@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> On Apr 11, 2020, at 11:47 PM, Piotr P. Stefaniak <pstef@freebsd.org> = wrote: >=20 > On 2020-04-11 14:32:36, Enji Cooper wrote: >=20 >>> Yeah, history isn't kept by default, not sure if there's an option = to >>> keep it, if there is, I don't see it in the man page, and ctrl-r = doesn't >>> work either. >>=20 >> There is history support, but it=E2=80=99s not on by default and = it=E2=80=99s not spelled the same way as other shells (I don=E2=80=99t = think it=E2=80=99s persistent between shell invocations, however): >=20 > But the commands history isn't persistent, is it? That together with > command completion (as opposed to file name completion, which is = already > there) is very important to have, in my opinion. That=E2=80=99s effectively what I said, but in different words. Cheers, -Enji=
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