I am going to chime in with a similar sentiment. I also had bash configured like this for awhile when I realized it is not what I wanted. If you typically use

I am going to chime in with a similar sentiment. I also had bash configured like this for awhile when I realized it is not what I wanted. If you typically use different terminal windows for different tasks (e.g. terminal #1 for compiling, terminal #2 for manpages, terminal #3 for vim, etc.), this will just clutter up your history with items unrelated to what your are doing.