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authorPetr Viktorin <encukou@gmail.com>2024-07-19 13:52:00 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2024-07-19 13:52:00 (GMT)
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gh-121160: Note that readline libraries using different history formats. (GH-121327)
This is not something we can do too much about, without help from the underlying libraries.
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@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ Readline library in general.
python:bind -v
python:bind ^I rl_complete
+ Also note that different libraries may use different history file formats.
+ When switching the underlying library, existing history files may become
+ unusable.
+
.. data:: backend
The name of the underlying Readline library being used, either