From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#69232: 30.0.50; [PATCH] EWW history navigation gets caught in a loop Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 21:49:07 +0200 Message-ID: <86bk84wci4.fsf@gnu.org> References: <8013cc7e-d5de-b793-261f-4b34fbdf360e@gmail.com> <864je4r6ug.fsf@gnu.org> <86y1bc1vn1.fsf@gnu.org> <557131a7-d400-cba5-2b0e-7ec99e8d7fc2@gmail.com> <86sf1k1fss.fsf@gnu.org> <969e4621-fd6f-48cb-2aef-d265971dd56a@gmail.com> <87r0h2x816.fsf@outlook.com> <8634tiymd4.fsf@gnu.org> <87cyslxziy.fsf@gmx.net> <86frxhxezx.fsf@gnu.org> <3f0da1b2-e256-6124-4d6a-47c922ccd64f@gmail.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14993"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 69232@debbugs.gnu.org, jimjoe@gmx.net To: Jim Porter Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 25 21:19:10 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1reKxq-0003h2-7N for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2024 21:19:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1reKxO-0008IC-5k; Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:18:42 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1reKxJ-0008Hg-EB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:18:37 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1reKxJ-0002LF-5B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:18:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1reKxi-0006IZ-15 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:19:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 20:19:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 69232 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 69232-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B69232.170889230924117 (code B ref 69232); Sun, 25 Feb 2024 20:19:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 69232) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Feb 2024 20:18:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45422 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1reKxA-0006Gt-O8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:18:29 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:57998) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1reKx7-0006GM-Kw for 69232@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 25 Feb 2024 15:18:28 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1reKUn-0007nw-UX; Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:49:09 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=CLIAvXabaKaA1fUhwUgfx0CppYKlBGA+Z9ene4Sx66E=; b=N+Z45NOUrYcB R8JwShCz/vYvlFKyYKCQ9UL6vjWpKkRKCxZFO9qBXyux5BdmJoCK4kFUVTiR/91DTB4jtkmYhLfzL WXYeeY9EOU4DEPN/pSQ3aiHZz/mWAFkTGwkqNZbT2C//RB/zZghb/XDla4L3vusf8gJ2Mqxb3PceP Y/NXuwRbydgPIffUKsRaGpbYv5J+/w8L8sj27OKDm/pc0ODI4j9sb0+myKw6RdSj7bLtFRl75Yl1g 3cvHxhLMMqOsOJMA8HnMNNjNB7f+QG0QFjDcKI5AupeH4EJO8tUOnND3eg+nqOSSQbrBi7PLyxgb6 UsJNWCpev2KS6/bMWnCi5A==; In-Reply-To: <3f0da1b2-e256-6124-4d6a-47c922ccd64f@gmail.com> (message from Jim Porter on Sun, 25 Feb 2024 11:40:39 -0800) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:280645 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 11:40:39 -0800 > Cc: 69232@debbugs.gnu.org > From: Jim Porter > > On 2/24/2024 9:57 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> From: James Thomas > >> Cc: jporterbugs@gmail.com, 69232@debbugs.gnu.org > >> Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 04:04:13 +0530 > >> > >> Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> > >>> The only reasonable alternative is to throw away all the history after > >>> 'l', which I don't think is better. > >>> > >>> What do other browsers do in this situation? > >> > >> Exactly that. Firefox, Chrome etc. for e.g. > > > > So maybe we should offer that as optional behavior? > > If anything, I think this should be the default, with some other options > provided for people who don't want to lose any history. That way the > default behavior is what people know. I don't think I mind. > How about this as an option for preserving history though: if you're at > a historical page and you navigate to a link, open that link in a *new* > buffer, copying over the history leading up to that link. That way, you > have two separate history timelines and nothing ever gets lost or munged. Sounds too complicated, and two backward-incompatible changes instead of just one. My recommendation is not to over-engineer this.