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authorSören Tempel <soeren+git@soeren-tempel.net>2021-05-24 02:48:13 +0200
committerSören Tempel <soeren+git@soeren-tempel.net>2021-05-24 02:48:13 +0200
commit226c4a7cef27041923347235b0b031cc14fb24c8 (patch)
tree50d2d3accfa74c00db11d1dc4bff790305505e43 /saneterm
parent1c1ce31cdc317a3bdd44f31d9b7a28654c7d55e9 (diff)
history: Clarify HISTFILE comment
Diffstat (limited to 'saneterm')
-rw-r--r--saneterm/history.py3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/saneterm/history.py b/saneterm/history.py
index 8e54bd0..038a4f9 100644
--- a/saneterm/history.py
+++ b/saneterm/history.py
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ class History():
     """
 
     def __init__(self):
-        # XXX: Maybe consult os.environ["HISTFILE"]
+        # See https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
+        # Explicitly not using HISTFILE to avoid overwriting the shell's history.
         if "XDG_DATA_DIR" in os.environ:
             data_dir = os.environ["XDG_DATA_DIR"]
         else: