Every time I stop w3m it says "Can't open history."

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Every time I stop w3m it says "Can't open history."

Opened this issue 7 months ago · 3 comments

$ mkdir /tmp/e
$ HOME=/tmp/e w3m /tmp/
q
Do you want to exit w3m? (y/n) y
Can't open history

But we do see it created a directory there,

$ find /tmp/e -ls
   524217      0 drwxr-xr-x   1 jidanni  jidanni         8 Mar  1 21:15 /tmp/e
   524218      0 drwx------   1 jidanni  jidanni         0 Mar  1 21:17 /tmp/e/.w3m

So why can't it also create its history file there too?
w3m version w3m/0.5.3+git20230121
See also #280
Seen on a Chromebook, with Debian sid

Answer 1 · 2024-03-01T14:42:28.000Z

The man page mentions environment variable W3M_DIR as what to set for the location of w3m config files, including the history file.

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On 2024-03-01 05:32, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: Every time I stop w3m it says "Can't open history." $ mkdir /tmp/e $ HOME=/tmp/e w3m /tmp/ q Do you want to exit w3m? (y/n) y Can't open history But we do see it creaded a directory there, $ find /tmp/e -ls 524217 0 drwxr-xr-x 1 jidanni jidanni 8 Mar 1 21:15 /tmp/e 524218 0 drwx------ 1 jidanni jidanni 0 Mar 1 21:17 /tmp/e/. w3m So why can't it also create its history file there too? w3m version w3m/0.5.3+git20230121 See also [1]#280 Seen on a Chromebook, with Debian sid — Reply to this email directly, [2]view it on GitHub, or [3]unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Message ID: ***@***.***> References 1. #280 2. #294 3. https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAOE3KHOMTE5ZTTZBLBPEKLYWB7ONAVCNFSM6AAAAABEBZGTBKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSGE3DGNBSHA4DQNY

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Answer 2 · 2024-03-01T16:31:54.000Z

On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 05:32:23AM -0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: Every time I stop w3m it says "Can't open history."

It's a bug fixed by outstanding PR #276. You can work around it by manually creating a (empty) history file.

Answer 3 · 2024-03-01T19:41:02.000Z

@rkta: thanks. @jiddani: sorry for the noise.

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On 2024-03-01 08:32, Rene Kita wrote: On Fri, Mar 01, 2024 at 05:32:23AM -0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > Every time I stop w3m it says "Can't open history." It's a bug fixed by outstanding PR #276. You can work around it by manually creating a (empty) history file. — Reply to this email directly, [1]view it on GitHub, or [2]unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you commented. Message ID: ***@***.***> References 1. #294 (comment) 2. https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAOE3KB2I5WLZOGJRRLFIH3YWCUQLAVCNFSM6AAAAABEBZGTBKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTSNZTGQ4TSNJWHE

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