Re: [Nano-devel] [PATCH] Improve execute command prompt

[David Ramsey]

Benno Schulenberg:
> You mean a real, physical console?  Or a VT, a Linux virtual console?
> If the latter, a new console is just one Alt+Left/Right away.  I used
> to do that when I worked on VTs.

The latter, and thanks; that's good to know.

> But nano does not save the search and position histories when it gets
> terminated -- it will only save the currently open file buffers.  The
> history from previous sessions will still be there, but not the one
> from the current session.  So possible crashes cannot be an argument
> for including persistence.

Okay.  Although, in the long term, maybe nano should save its histories
when it gets terminated, just for the sake of avoiding unnecessary data
loss?

> Okay, I'll accept persistent execute history -- when it gets saved in
> a far more economical way: in the .nano/search_history file.

Also good to know.