Re: Hotlist add group and quick cd use the same history entry to store input

[Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov gmx net>]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 02:15:05PM +0200, Pavel Tsekov wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 11:46:59AM +0200, Pavel Tsekov wrote:
> > > > The subject says it all. Both input fields store their entries under
> > > > "input" section in the history file. Should we change the section name
> > > > for each or only for one of them ?
> > > >
> > > both. "input" is too generic to mean anything ...
> > > is "input" associated with anything else, btw?
> >
> > Nope. But variations are used in several places i.e.
> > "input1" , "input-1", "input-def" ... Those need
> > proper names too, but at least they don't use the
> > same section to information from different sources.
> >
> yup. be considerate, though - sometime it *does* make sense to share
> the history.

Do you mean, in this particular case ? I couldn't find other
input fields, except those two, that share a common history .

> > If we change the names people will loose their history
> > once they update their MC that's the major drawback.
> >
> indeed, but i would not call this major. it's just an annoyance. if
> something is too worthwhile to be just lost, it belongs into a
> shell script/alias/function. i repeatedly made that experience ... :}

Before changing anything I'll wait for some more feedback... let's hope it
won't take ages :)