;;; savehist.el --- Save minibuffer history.
-;; Copyright (C) 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
+;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: minibuffer
;; Version: 24
:version "22.1"
:group 'minibuffer)
-;;;###autoload
-(defcustom savehist-mode nil
- "Mode for automatic saving of minibuffer history.
-Set this by calling the `savehist-mode' function or using the customize
-interface."
- :type 'boolean
- :set (lambda (symbol value) (savehist-mode (or value 0)))
- :initialize 'custom-initialize-default
- :require 'savehist
- :group 'savehist)
-
(defcustom savehist-save-minibuffer-history t
- "*If non-nil, save all recorded minibuffer histories.
+ "If non-nil, save all recorded minibuffer histories.
If you want to save only specific histories, use `savehist-save-hook' to
modify the value of `savehist-minibuffer-history-variables'."
:type 'boolean
:group 'savehist)
(defcustom savehist-additional-variables ()
- "*List of additional variables to save.
+ "List of additional variables to save.
Each element is a symbol whose value will be persisted across Emacs
sessions that use savehist. The contents of variables should be
printable with the Lisp printer. You don't need to add minibuffer
:group 'savehist)
(defcustom savehist-ignored-variables nil ;; '(command-history)
- "*List of additional variables not to save."
+ "List of additional variables not to save."
:type '(repeat variable)
:group 'savehist)
(defcustom savehist-file
- (cond
- ;; Backward compatibility with previous versions of savehist.
- ((file-exists-p "~/.emacs-history") "~/.emacs-history")
- ((and (not (featurep 'xemacs)) (file-directory-p user-emacs-directory))
- (concat user-emacs-directory "history"))
- ((and (featurep 'xemacs) (file-directory-p "~/.xemacs/"))
- "~/.xemacs/history")
- ;; For users without `~/.emacs.d/' or `~/.xemacs/'.
- (t "~/.emacs-history"))
- "*File name where minibuffer history is saved to and loaded from.
+ (locate-user-emacs-file "history" ".emacs-history")
+ "File name where minibuffer history is saved to and loaded from.
The minibuffer history is a series of Lisp expressions loaded
automatically when `savehist-mode' is turned on. See `savehist-mode'
for more details.
:group 'savehist)
(defcustom savehist-file-modes #o600
- "*Default permissions of the history file.
+ "Default permissions of the history file.
This is decimal, not octal. The default is 384 (0600 in octal).
Set to nil to use the default permissions that Emacs uses, typically
mandated by umask. The default is a bit more restrictive to protect
:group 'savehist)
(defcustom savehist-autosave-interval (* 5 60)
- "*The interval between autosaves of minibuffer history.
+ "The interval between autosaves of minibuffer history.
If set to nil, disables timer-based autosaving."
- :type 'integer
+ :type '(choice (const :tag "Disabled" nil)
+ (integer :tag "Seconds"))
:group 'savehist)
(defcustom savehist-mode-hook nil
;; Functions.
;;;###autoload
-(defun savehist-mode (arg)
+(define-minor-mode savehist-mode
"Toggle savehist-mode.
Positive ARG turns on `savehist-mode'. When on, savehist-mode causes
minibuffer history to be saved periodically and when exiting Emacs.
This mode should normally be turned on from your Emacs init file.
Calling it at any other time replaces your current minibuffer histories,
which is probably undesirable."
- (interactive "P")
- (setq savehist-mode
- (if (null arg)
- (not savehist-mode)
- (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)))
+ :global t
(if (not savehist-mode)
(savehist-uninstall)
(when (and (not savehist-loaded)
;; coding cookie to convey that information. That way, if
;; the user changes the value of savehist-coding-system,
;; we can still correctly load the old file.
- (load savehist-file nil (not (interactive-p)))
+ (load savehist-file nil (not (called-interactively-p 'interactive)))
(setq savehist-loaded t))
(error
;; Don't install the mode if reading failed. Doing so would
(setq savehist-mode nil)
(savehist-uninstall)
(signal (car errvar) (cdr errvar)))))
- (savehist-install)
- (run-hooks 'savehist-mode-hook))
- ;; Return the new setting.
- savehist-mode)
-(add-minor-mode 'savehist-mode "")
+ (savehist-install)))
(defun savehist-load ()
"Load the variables stored in `savehist-file' and turn on `savehist-mode'.
(dolist (elt value)
(let ((start (point)))
(insert " ")
- ;; Print and try to read the element we just printed.
+ ;; Try to print and then to read an element.
(condition-case nil
(progn
(prin1 elt (current-buffer))
(goto-char start)
(read (current-buffer))))
(error
- ;; If reading it gets an error, comment it out.
+ ;; If writing or reading gave an error, comment it out.
(goto-char start)
(insert "\n")
(while (not (eobp))
(let ((file-precious-flag t)
(coding-system-for-write savehist-coding-system))
(write-region (point-min) (point-max) savehist-file nil
- (unless (interactive-p) 'quiet)))
+ (unless (called-interactively-p 'interactive) 'quiet)))
(when savehist-file-modes
(set-file-modes savehist-file savehist-file-modes))
(setq savehist-last-checksum checksum)))))