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

[Benno Schulenberg]

Op 10-09-2017 om 23:26 schreef David Ramsey:
> Benno Schulenberg:
> > Does your terminal emulator not support tabs?  (Shift+Ctrl+T on Xfce.)
>
> When I'm in X11, yes, but when I'm at the actual console, tabs aren't an
> option.

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.

> I generally don't use positionlog, because there are times I want to
> start at the beginning of the file instead of where I was before, and
> times I don't;

But the start of the file is just one Ctrl+Home (or M-\) away.  I find
that a very small effort compared to the comfort of being able to just
leave nano for a moment (or a day) and then come back to where you were.

> Preserving things across sessions is also useful if there's an
> unexpected problem; if something crashes (ideally, nothing should, but
> things to happen), things still get preserved as much as possible.

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.

> In short, I just find I work much better when I don't have to keep a
> bunch of extra things in my head, unless absolutely necessary.

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

Benno