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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH] Konsole, changing history size.
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-07-23 22:38:45
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On Monday 23 July 2001 03:00 pm, Guillaume Laurent wrote:
> On Monday 23 July 2001 22:23, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > Well, either that or you just stop reading the output of the shell.
>
> Won't that ultimately block the running program or lose some input ?

It will block the running program when some buffer is filled up.

> > Anyway,
> > the current situation is a major step back from previous releases where
> > you were able to look at e.g. the output of a compile while you were
> > compiling. With the current code this isn't possible any more because it
> > keeps scrolling.
>
> I agree it's not convenient but on the other hand konsole history has been
> broken for quite a few releases already.
>
> I suggest we re-enable infinite, file-based history as an option along with
> the memory-based one we have right now, 

Yes, we can let size=0 show "Unlimited" or something. Does that introduce a 
new string?

> but either not use a pre-deleted
> temp file or issue a big fat warning telling the user about it.

Whether the file is pre-deleted or not doesn't make much difference. When the 
user deletes the file nothing will happen as long as the file is still open. 
It only increases the chance that the file will not be deleted at all.

Cheers,
Waldo
-- 
Andrei Sakharov, Exiled 1980-1986, USSR, http://www.aip.org/history/sakharov/
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