Increase default history-length from 30 to 100

Ref: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2014-01/msg02008.html

* lisp/cus-start.el (history-length): Bump :version.

* src/minibuf.c (history-length): Increase default from 30 to 100.

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index a7eb7e0294be5c23a9e01a6902a186fecae04ef3..4a90b8f097000842e1953a6bf84089416d7efc5b 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ otherwise leave it unmarked.
 \f
 * Changes in Emacs 24.5
 
+---
+** The default value of `history-length' has increased to 100.
+
 \f
 * Editing Changes in Emacs 24.5
 

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b35264cdf6b9fca273255e04a639ef0a8bf3d425..61f173784a77a8452082f1169ec4ea35decf3854 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2014-03-21  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
+       * cus-start.el (history-length): Bump :version.
+
        * Makefile.in ($(MH_E_DIR)/mh-loaddefs.el)
        ($(TRAMP_DIR)/tramp-loaddefs.el, $(CAL_DIR)/cal-loaddefs.el)
        ($(CAL_DIR)/diary-loaddefs.el, $(CAL_DIR)/hol-loaddefs.el):

diff --git a/lisp/cus-start.el b/lisp/cus-start.el
index 5a35cb0191154bcf028550a354262b5b8394b139..7fbddbe1c45051d1bb494e8fc84f40603eeb2c97 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/cus-start.el
+++ b/lisp/cus-start.el
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ Leaving \"Default\" unchecked is equivalent with specifying a default of
             (enable-recursive-minibuffers minibuffer boolean)
             (history-length minibuffer
                             (choice (const :tag "Infinite" t) integer)
-                            "22.1")
+                            "24.5")    ; 30 -> 100
             (history-delete-duplicates minibuffer boolean "22.1")
             (read-buffer-completion-ignore-case minibuffer boolean "23.1")
 

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index c491119041f9ea57468a9175a2eb9350e656fe2b..c3af54910a2774bfd1566221aec03ab6cc694ccf 100644 (file)
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-03-21  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+       * minibuf.c (history-length): Increase default from 30 to 100.
+
 2014-03-21  Daniel Colascione  <dancol@dancol.org>
 
        * xterm.c (x_bitmap_icon): Stop reading the icon bitmap from disk

diff --git a/src/minibuf.c b/src/minibuf.c
index f325381d1ca77c19e2841acbe944469b77acb906..8b742cf88cade0f137f6e83e00a7357ed33ad1e6 100644 (file)
--- a/src/minibuf.c
+++ b/src/minibuf.c
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ A value of t means no truncation.
 This variable only affects history lists that don't specify their own
 maximum lengths.  Setting the `history-length' property of a history
 variable overrides this default.  */);
-  XSETFASTINT (Vhistory_length, 30);
+  XSETFASTINT (Vhistory_length, 100);
 
   DEFVAR_BOOL ("history-delete-duplicates", history_delete_duplicates,
               doc: /* Non-nil means to delete duplicates in history.