From 4eb6aaf36fd910a37550d08b0242688cd8da66af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fabian Homborg Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 15:02:51 +0100 Subject: Document that appending to universal variables in config.fish is not a good idea Fixes #2058. --- doc_src/index.hdr.in | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc_src') diff --git a/doc_src/index.hdr.in b/doc_src/index.hdr.in index 960ef698..b948d088 100644 --- a/doc_src/index.hdr.in +++ b/doc_src/index.hdr.in @@ -669,6 +669,8 @@ To see universal variables in action, start two fish sessions side by side, and Universal variables are stored in the file `.config/fish/fishd.MACHINE_ID`, where MACHINE_ID is typically your MAC address. Do not edit this file directly, as your edits may be overwritten. Edit them through fish scripts or by using fish interactively instead. +Do not append to universal variables in config.fish, because these variables will then get longer with each new shell instance. Instead, simply set them once at the command line. + \subsection variables-functions Variable scope for functions -- cgit v1.2.3