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06b60517 1;;; savehist.el --- Save minibuffer history
cb23c7c1 2
ba318903 3;; Copyright (C) 1997, 2005-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5;; Author: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
34dc21db 6;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
cb23c7c1 7;; Keywords: minibuffer
ed5a258a 8;; Version: 24
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10;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
11
eb3fa2cf 12;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
cb23c7c1 13;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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14;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
15;; (at your option) any later version.
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17;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
18;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
19;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
20;; GNU General Public License for more details.
21
22;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
eb3fa2cf 23;; along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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25;;; Commentary:
26
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27;; Many editors (e.g. Vim) have the feature of saving minibuffer
28;; history to an external file after exit. This package provides the
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29;; same feature in Emacs. When set up, it saves recorded minibuffer
30;; histories to a file (`~/.emacs-history' by default). Additional
31;; variables may be specified by customizing
32;; `savehist-additional-variables'.
cb23c7c1 33
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34;; To use savehist, turn on savehist-mode by putting the following in
35;; `~/.emacs':
cb23c7c1 36;;
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37;; (savehist-mode 1)
38;;
39;; or with customize: `M-x customize-option RET savehist-mode RET'.
40;;
41;; You can also explicitly save history with `M-x savehist-save' and
b13e8fb3 42;; load it by loading the `savehist-file' with `M-x load-file'.
cb23c7c1 43
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44;; If you are using a version of Emacs that does not ship with this
45;; package, be sure to have `savehist.el' in a directory that is in
46;; your load-path, and to byte-compile it.
216ee1a4 47
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48;;; Code:
49
216ee1a4 50(require 'custom)
2a2b5b29 51(eval-when-compile
5c91a2b8 52 (if (featurep 'xemacs) (require 'cl)))
216ee1a4 53
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54;; User variables
55
56(defgroup savehist nil
57 "Save minibuffer history."
cd4160e6 58 :version "22.1"
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59 :group 'minibuffer)
60
2a2b5b29 61(defcustom savehist-save-minibuffer-history t
ea6c930a 62 "If non-nil, save all recorded minibuffer histories.
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63If you want to save only specific histories, use `savehist-save-hook'
64to modify the value of `savehist-minibuffer-history-variables'."
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65 :type 'boolean
66 :group 'savehist)
67
68(defcustom savehist-additional-variables ()
ea6c930a 69 "List of additional variables to save.
2a2b5b29 70Each element is a symbol whose value will be persisted across Emacs
fdcfd745 71sessions that use Savehist. The contents of variables should be
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72printable with the Lisp printer. You don't need to add minibuffer
73history variables to this list, all minibuffer histories will be
74saved automatically as long as `savehist-save-minibuffer-history' is
75non-nil.
76
fdcfd745 77User options should be saved with the Customize interface. This
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78list is useful for saving automatically updated variables that are not
79minibuffer histories, such as `compile-command' or `kill-ring'."
80 :type '(repeat variable)
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81 :group 'savehist)
82
cd4160e6 83(defcustom savehist-ignored-variables nil ;; '(command-history)
ea6c930a 84 "List of additional variables not to save."
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85 :type '(repeat variable)
86 :group 'savehist)
87
b91f17dc 88(defcustom savehist-file
d6c180c4 89 (locate-user-emacs-file "history" ".emacs-history")
ea6c930a 90 "File name where minibuffer history is saved to and loaded from.
b91f17dc 91The minibuffer history is a series of Lisp expressions loaded
fdcfd745 92automatically when Savehist mode is turned on. See `savehist-mode'
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93for more details.
94
95If you want your minibuffer history shared between Emacs and XEmacs,
96customize this value and make sure that `savehist-coding-system' is
97set to a coding system that exists in both emacsen."
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98 :type 'file
99 :group 'savehist)
100
b91f17dc 101(defcustom savehist-file-modes #o600
ea6c930a 102 "Default permissions of the history file.
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103This is decimal, not octal. The default is 384 (0600 in octal).
104Set to nil to use the default permissions that Emacs uses, typically
105mandated by umask. The default is a bit more restrictive to protect
106the user's privacy."
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107 :type 'integer
108 :group 'savehist)
109
216ee1a4 110(defcustom savehist-autosave-interval (* 5 60)
ea6c930a 111 "The interval between autosaves of minibuffer history.
b91f17dc 112If set to nil, disables timer-based autosaving."
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113 :type '(choice (const :tag "Disabled" nil)
114 (integer :tag "Seconds"))
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115 :group 'savehist)
116
ed5a258a 117(defcustom savehist-mode-hook nil
fdcfd745 118 "Hook called when Savehist mode is turned on."
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119 :type 'hook
120 :group 'savehist)
ed5a258a 121
b91f17dc 122(defcustom savehist-save-hook nil
b13e8fb3 123 "Hook called by `savehist-save' before saving the variables.
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124You can use this hook to influence choice and content of variables
125to save."
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126 :type 'hook
127 :group 'savehist)
b91f17dc 128
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129;; This should be capable of representing characters used by Emacs.
130;; We prefer UTF-8 over ISO 2022 because it is well-known outside
83d67b56 131;; Mule. XEmacs prior to 21.5 had UTF-8 provided by an external
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132;; package which may not be loaded, which is why we check for version.
133(defvar savehist-coding-system (if (and (featurep 'xemacs)
134 (<= emacs-major-version 21)
135 (< emacs-minor-version 5))
7619d43b 136 'iso-2022-8 'utf-8-unix)
fdcfd745 137 "The coding system Savehist uses for saving the minibuffer history.
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138Changing this value while Emacs is running is supported, but considered
139unwise, unless you know what you are doing.")
140
141;; Internal variables.
142
143(defvar savehist-timer nil)
144
145(defvar savehist-last-checksum nil)
146
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147(defvar savehist-minibuffer-history-variables nil
148 "List of minibuffer histories.
149The contents of this variable is built while Emacs is running, and saved
150along with minibuffer history. You can change its value off
151`savehist-save-hook' to influence which variables are saved.")
2a2b5b29 152
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153(defconst savehist-no-conversion (if (featurep 'xemacs) 'binary 'no-conversion)
154 "Coding system without any conversion.
155This is used for calculating an internal checksum. Should be as fast
156as possible, ideally simply exposing the internal representation of
157buffer text.")
b91f17dc 158
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159(defvar savehist-loaded nil
160 "Whether the history has already been loaded.
fdcfd745 161This prevents toggling Savehist mode from destroying existing
ed5a258a 162minibuffer history.")
b91f17dc 163
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164(when (featurep 'xemacs)
165 ;; Must declare this under XEmacs, which doesn't have built-in
166 ;; minibuffer history truncation.
167 (defvar history-length 100))
cb23c7c1 168\f
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169;; Functions.
170
b91f17dc 171;;;###autoload
56eb0904 172(define-minor-mode savehist-mode
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173 "Toggle saving of minibuffer history (Savehist mode).
174With a prefix argument ARG, enable Savehist mode if ARG is
175positive, and disable it otherwise. If called from Lisp, enable
176the mode if ARG is omitted or nil.
177
178When Savehist mode is enabled, minibuffer history is saved
179periodically and when exiting Emacs. When Savehist mode is
180enabled for the first time in an Emacs session, it loads the
181previous minibuffer history from `savehist-file'.
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183This mode should normally be turned on from your Emacs init file.
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184Calling it at any other time replaces your current minibuffer
185histories, which is probably undesirable."
56eb0904 186 :global t
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187 (if (not savehist-mode)
188 (savehist-uninstall)
189 (when (and (not savehist-loaded)
190 (file-exists-p savehist-file))
191 (condition-case errvar
192 (progn
193 ;; Don't set coding-system-for-read -- we rely on the
194 ;; coding cookie to convey that information. That way, if
195 ;; the user changes the value of savehist-coding-system,
196 ;; we can still correctly load the old file.
32226619 197 (load savehist-file nil (not (called-interactively-p 'interactive)))
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198 (setq savehist-loaded t))
199 (error
200 ;; Don't install the mode if reading failed. Doing so would
201 ;; effectively destroy the user's data at the next save.
202 (setq savehist-mode nil)
203 (savehist-uninstall)
204 (signal (car errvar) (cdr errvar)))))
56eb0904 205 (savehist-install)))
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206
207(defun savehist-load ()
fdcfd745 208 "Load the variables stored in `savehist-file' and turn on Savehist mode.
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209If `savehist-file' is in the old format that doesn't record
210the value of `savehist-minibuffer-history-variables', that
211value is deducted from the contents of the file."
59f7af81 212 (declare (obsolete savehist-mode "22.1"))
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213 (savehist-mode 1)
214 ;; Old versions of savehist distributed with XEmacs didn't save
215 ;; savehist-minibuffer-history-variables. If that variable is nil
216 ;; after loading the file, try to intuit the intended value.
217 (when (null savehist-minibuffer-history-variables)
218 (setq savehist-minibuffer-history-variables
219 (with-temp-buffer
220 (ignore-errors
221 (insert-file-contents savehist-file))
222 (let ((vars ()) form)
223 (while (setq form (condition-case nil
224 (read (current-buffer)) (error nil)))
225 ;; Each form read is of the form (setq VAR VALUE).
226 ;; Collect VAR, i.e. (nth form 1).
227 (push (nth 1 form) vars))
228 vars)))))
b91f17dc 229
2a2b5b29 230(defun savehist-install ()
fdcfd745 231 "Hook Savehist into Emacs.
b91f17dc 232Normally invoked by calling `savehist-mode' to set the minor mode.
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233Installs `savehist-autosave' in `kill-emacs-hook' and on a timer.
234To undo this, call `savehist-uninstall'."
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235 (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'savehist-minibuffer-hook)
236 (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook 'savehist-autosave)
237 ;; Install an invocation of savehist-autosave on a timer. This
238 ;; should not cause noticeable delays for users -- savehist-autosave
239 ;; executes in under 5 ms on my system.
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240 (when (and savehist-autosave-interval
241 (null savehist-timer))
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242 (setq savehist-timer
243 (if (featurep 'xemacs)
244 (start-itimer
245 "savehist" 'savehist-autosave savehist-autosave-interval
246 savehist-autosave-interval)
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247 (run-with-timer savehist-autosave-interval
248 savehist-autosave-interval 'savehist-autosave)))))
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249
250(defun savehist-uninstall ()
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251 "Undo installing savehist.
252Normally invoked by calling `savehist-mode' to unset the minor mode."
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253 (remove-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'savehist-minibuffer-hook)
254 (remove-hook 'kill-emacs-hook 'savehist-autosave)
255 (when savehist-timer
256 (if (featurep 'xemacs)
257 (delete-itimer savehist-timer)
258 (cancel-timer savehist-timer))
259 (setq savehist-timer nil)))
cb23c7c1 260
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261;; From XEmacs?
262(defvar print-readably)
263(defvar print-string-length)
264
216ee1a4 265(defun savehist-save (&optional auto-save)
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266 "Save the values of minibuffer history variables.
267Unbound symbols referenced in `savehist-additional-variables' are ignored.
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268If AUTO-SAVE is non-nil, compare the saved contents to the one last saved,
269 and don't save the buffer if they are the same."
cb23c7c1 270 (interactive)
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271 (with-temp-buffer
272 (insert
273 (format ";; -*- mode: emacs-lisp; coding: %s -*-\n" savehist-coding-system)
274 ";; Minibuffer history file, automatically generated by `savehist'.\n\n")
b91f17dc 275 (run-hooks 'savehist-save-hook)
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276 (let ((print-length nil)
277 (print-string-length nil)
278 (print-level nil)
279 (print-readably t)
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280 (print-quoted t))
281 ;; Save the minibuffer histories, along with the value of
282 ;; savehist-minibuffer-history-variables itself.
283 (when savehist-save-minibuffer-history
284 (prin1 `(setq savehist-minibuffer-history-variables
285 ',savehist-minibuffer-history-variables)
286 (current-buffer))
287 (insert ?\n)
288 (dolist (symbol savehist-minibuffer-history-variables)
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289 (when (and (boundp symbol)
290 (not (memq symbol savehist-ignored-variables)))
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291 (let ((value (savehist-trim-history (symbol-value symbol)))
292 excess-space)
293 (when value ; Don't save empty histories.
294 (insert "(setq ")
295 (prin1 symbol (current-buffer))
296 (insert " '(")
297 ;; We will print an extra space before the first element.
298 ;; Record where that is.
299 (setq excess-space (point))
300 ;; Print elements of VALUE one by one, carefully.
301 (dolist (elt value)
302 (let ((start (point)))
303 (insert " ")
14c8159c 304 ;; Try to print and then to read an element.
648db50d 305 (condition-case nil
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306 (progn
307 (prin1 elt (current-buffer))
308 (save-excursion
309 (goto-char start)
310 (read (current-buffer))))
648db50d 311 (error
14c8159c 312 ;; If writing or reading gave an error, comment it out.
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313 (goto-char start)
314 (insert "\n")
315 (while (not (eobp))
316 (insert ";;; ")
317 (forward-line 1))
318 (insert "\n")))
319 (goto-char (point-max))))
320 ;; Delete the extra space before the first element.
321 (save-excursion
322 (goto-char excess-space)
323 (if (eq (following-char) ?\s)
324 (delete-region (point) (1+ (point)))))
325 (insert "))\n"))))))
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326 ;; Save the additional variables.
327 (dolist (symbol savehist-additional-variables)
328 (when (boundp symbol)
329 (let ((value (symbol-value symbol)))
330 (when (savehist-printable value)
331 (prin1 `(setq ,symbol ',value) (current-buffer))
332 (insert ?\n))))))
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333 ;; If autosaving, avoid writing if nothing has changed since the
334 ;; last write.
335 (let ((checksum (md5 (current-buffer) nil nil savehist-no-conversion)))
336 (unless (and auto-save (equal checksum savehist-last-checksum))
337 ;; Set file-precious-flag when saving the buffer because we
338 ;; don't want a half-finished write ruining the entire
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339 ;; history. Remember that this is run from a timer and from
340 ;; kill-emacs-hook, and also that multiple Emacs instances
341 ;; could write to this file at once.
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342 (let ((file-precious-flag t)
343 (coding-system-for-write savehist-coding-system))
344 (write-region (point-min) (point-max) savehist-file nil
32226619 345 (unless (called-interactively-p 'interactive) 'quiet)))
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346 (when savehist-file-modes
347 (set-file-modes savehist-file savehist-file-modes))
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348 (setq savehist-last-checksum checksum)))))
349
350(defun savehist-autosave ()
b91f17dc 351 "Save the minibuffer history if it has been modified since the last save.
fdcfd745 352Does nothing if Savehist mode is off."
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353 (when savehist-mode
354 (savehist-save t)))
355
356(defun savehist-trim-history (value)
d33544d3 357 "Retain only the first `history-length' items in VALUE.
ed5a258a 358Only used under XEmacs, which doesn't (yet) implement automatic
d33544d3 359trimming of history lists to `history-length' items."
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360 (if (and (featurep 'xemacs)
361 (natnump history-length)
362 (> (length value) history-length))
363 ;; Equivalent to `(subseq value 0 history-length)', but doesn't
364 ;; need cl-extra at run-time.
365 (loop repeat history-length collect (pop value))
366 value))
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367
368(defun savehist-printable (value)
3930b7e4 369 "Return non-nil if VALUE is printable."
216ee1a4 370 (cond
b91f17dc 371 ;; Quick response for oft-encountered types known to be printable.
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372 ((numberp value))
373 ((symbolp value))
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374 ;; String without properties
375 ((and (stringp value)
376 (equal-including-properties value (substring-no-properties value))))
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377 (t
378 ;; For others, check explicitly.
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379 (with-temp-buffer
380 (condition-case nil
381 (let ((print-readably t) (print-level nil))
382 ;; Print the value into a buffer...
383 (prin1 value (current-buffer))
216ee1a4 384 ;; ...and attempt to read it.
b91f17dc 385 (read (point-min-marker))
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386 ;; The attempt worked: the object is printable.
387 t)
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388 ;; The attempt failed: the object is not printable.
389 (error nil))))))
cb23c7c1 390
2a2b5b29 391(defun savehist-minibuffer-hook ()
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392 (unless (or (eq minibuffer-history-variable t)
393 ;; XEmacs sets minibuffer-history-variable to t to mean "no
394 ;; history is being recorded".
395 (memq minibuffer-history-variable savehist-ignored-variables))
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396 (add-to-list 'savehist-minibuffer-history-variables
397 minibuffer-history-variable)))
2a2b5b29 398
cb23c7c1 399(provide 'savehist)
b91f17dc 400\f
b91f17dc 401
cb23c7c1 402;;; savehist.el ends here