savehistory not working properly in R?

|> Why does R save its command history only when one saves the data
|> image of the session? Is this a feature? Even though .Last can do
|> this, would it be more convenient if R can do this automatically?
|> Logically, I feel the command history should be treated separately.

I like it how it is.  I always have at least two R sessions active.
One I'm working on and the other I use for tinkering with ideas that
come up from reading this list.  I don't usually want to keep a
history of those tinkerings, so I quit the tinkering R session without
saving a data image.

best

Patrick Connolly
HortResearch
Mt Albert
Auckland
New Zealand 
Ph: +64-9 815 4200 x 7188
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