Re: Hotlist truncation/corruption

On 22 Nov 2012 Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> On 22 Nov 2012, Daniel Silverstone <dsilvers@netsurf-browser.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 10:43:24AM +0000, Tony Moore wrote:
>>> On 22 Nov 2012, Daniel Silverstone <dsilvers@netsurf-browser.org>
>>> wrote:

>>>> We did recently rewrite the hotlist code,
>>> What was the first #number of this change?
>>
>> I do not recall. It was done not long after the hack weekend

> That, I believe, was 3-4 Nov 2012.

> Using RO6.20:

> When quitting NetSurf #600 (5 Nov 2012), it consistently re-writes my
> Hotlist as a 90K file.

> When quitting NetSurf #659 (18 Nov 2012), it consistently re-writes my
> Hotlist as an 89K file.

> The difference in file-lengths seems to be caused by #600 writing &amp;
> whereas #659 writes & , however I can't persuade either NetSurf version
> to truncate the Hotlist.

Whereas with #665 and RISC OS 5.19 on an ARMini, while I did have the
file truncated a while ago, it doesn't seem to be happening now. Not,
at least, till the fairy dust that a friend is sure inhabits all
computers sees this message :-)

With best wishes,

Peter.

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