;;
;; or with customize: `M-x customize-option RET savehist-mode RET'.
;;
-;; You can also explicitly save history with `M-x savehist-save' and
-;; load it by loading the `savehist-file' with `M-x load-file'.
+;; You can also explicitly save history with `M-x savehist-save'.
;;; Code:
The contents of variables should be printable with the Lisp
printer. You don't need to add minibuffer history variables to
-this list, all minibuffer histories will be saved automatically
-as long as `savehist-save-minibuffer-history' is non-nil.
+this list, all minibuffer histories will be saved automatically.
User options should be saved with the Customize interface. This
list is useful for saving automatically updated variables that are not
;; Internal variables.
-(defvar savehist-last-checksum nil)
-
(defvar savehist-minibuffer-history-variables nil
"List of minibuffer histories.
The contents of this variable is built while Emacs is running, and saved
The variable `savehist-autosave-interval' controls the
periodicity of saving minibuffer histories.
-If `savehist-save-minibuffer-history' is non-nil (the default),
-all recorded minibuffer histories will be saved. You can arrange
+All recorded minibuffer histories will be saved. You can arrange
for additional history variables to be saved and restored by
customizing `savehist-additional-variables', which by default is
an empty list. For example, to save the history of commands
invoked via \\[execute-extended-command], add `command-history' to the list in
`savehist-additional-variables'.
-Alternatively, you could customize `savehist-save-minibuffer-history'
-to nil, and add to `savehist-additional-variables' only those
-history variables you want to save.
-
To ignore some history variables, add their symbols to the list
in `savehist-ignored-variables'.
(when (and (not savehist-loaded)
(file-exists-p savehist-file))
(condition-case errvar
- (progn
- ;; Don't set coding-system-for-read -- we rely on the
- ;; 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 (called-interactively-p 'interactive)))
- (setq savehist-loaded t))
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (insert-file-contents savehist-file)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (dolist (entry (read (current-buffer)))
+ (set (car entry) (cdr entry)))
+ (setq savehist-loaded t))
(error
;; Don't install the mode if reading failed. Doing so would
;; effectively destroy the user's data at the next save.
(savehist--manage-timer))
(defvar savehist--has-given-file-warning nil)
-(defun savehist-save (&optional auto-save)
+(defun savehist-save ()
"Save the values of minibuffer history variables.
-Unbound symbols referenced in `savehist-additional-variables' are ignored.
-If AUTO-SAVE is non-nil, compare the saved contents to the one last saved,
- and don't save the buffer if they are the same."
+Unbound symbols referenced in `savehist-additional-variables' are ignored."
(interactive)
(with-temp-buffer
(insert
(format-message
(concat
- ";; -*- mode: emacs-lisp; coding: %s -*-\n"
+ ";; -*- mode: lisp-data; coding: %s -*-\n"
";; Minibuffer history file, automatically generated by `savehist'.\n"
"\n")
savehist-coding-system))
(print-level nil)
(print-quoted t)
(print-circle t))
- ;; Save the minibuffer histories, along with the value of
- ;; savehist-minibuffer-history-variables itself.
- (when savehist-save-minibuffer-history
- (prin1 `(setq savehist-minibuffer-history-variables
- ',savehist-minibuffer-history-variables)
- (current-buffer))
- (insert ?\n)
- (dolist (symbol savehist-minibuffer-history-variables)
- (when (and (boundp symbol)
- (not (memq symbol savehist-ignored-variables)))
- (let ((value (symbol-value symbol))
- excess-space)
- (when value ; Don't save empty histories.
- (insert "(setq ")
- (prin1 symbol (current-buffer))
- (insert " '(")
- ;; We will print an extra space before the first element.
- ;; Record where that is.
- (setq excess-space (point))
- ;; Print elements of VALUE one by one, carefully.
- (dolist (elt value)
- (let ((start (point)))
- (insert " ")
- ;; Try to print and then to read an element.
- (condition-case nil
- (progn
- (prin1 elt (current-buffer))
- (save-excursion
- (goto-char start)
- (read (current-buffer))))
- (error
- ;; If writing or reading gave an error, comment it out.
- (goto-char start)
- (insert "\n")
- (while (not (eobp))
- (insert ";;; ")
- (forward-line 1))
- (insert "\n")))
- (goto-char (point-max))))
- ;; Delete the extra space before the first element.
- (save-excursion
- (goto-char excess-space)
- (if (eq (following-char) ?\s)
- (delete-region (point) (1+ (point)))))
- (insert "))\n"))))))
- ;; Save the additional variables.
- (dolist (elem savehist-additional-variables)
- (when (not (memq elem savehist-minibuffer-history-variables))
- (let ((symbol (if (consp elem)
- (car elem)
- elem)))
- (when (boundp symbol)
- (let ((value (symbol-value symbol)))
- (when (savehist-printable value)
- ;; When we have a max-size, chop off the last elements.
- (when (and (consp elem)
- (listp value)
- (length> value (cdr elem)))
- (setq value (copy-sequence value))
- (setcdr (nthcdr (cdr elem) value) nil))
- (prin1 `(setq ,symbol ',value) (current-buffer))
- (insert ?\n))))))))
- ;; If autosaving, avoid writing if nothing has changed since the
- ;; last write.
- (let ((checksum (md5 (current-buffer) nil nil savehist-coding-system)))
- (condition-case err
- (unless (and auto-save (equal checksum savehist-last-checksum))
+ (prin1
+ (seq-keep
+ (lambda (sym)
+ (when (and (boundp sym) (not (memq sym savehist-ignored-variables)))
+ (cons sym (symbol-value sym))))
+ (cons 'savehist-minibuffer-history-variables
+ (append savehist-minibuffer-history-variables
+ savehist-additional-variables)))
+ (current-buffer)))
+ (condition-case err
+ (progn
;; Set file-precious-flag when saving the buffer because we
;; don't want a half-finished write ruining the entire
;; history. Remember that this is run from a timer and from
(coding-system-for-write savehist-coding-system)
(dir (file-name-directory savehist-file)))
;; Ensure that the directory exists before saving.
- (unless (file-exists-p dir)
- (make-directory dir t))
+ (unless (file-exists-p dir) (make-directory dir t))
(write-region (point-min) (point-max) savehist-file nil
(unless (called-interactively-p 'interactive) 'quiet)))
(when savehist-file-modes
- (set-file-modes savehist-file savehist-file-modes))
- (setq savehist-last-checksum checksum))
- (file-error
- (unless savehist--has-given-file-warning
- (lwarn '(savehist-file) :warning "Error writing `%s': %s"
- savehist-file (caddr err))
- (setq savehist--has-given-file-warning t)))))))
+ (set-file-modes savehist-file savehist-file-modes)))
+ (file-error
+ (unless savehist--has-given-file-warning
+ (lwarn '(savehist-file) :warning "Error writing `%s': %s"
+ savehist-file (caddr err))
+ (setq savehist--has-given-file-warning t))))))
(defun savehist-autosave ()
"Save the minibuffer history if it has been modified since the last save.
Does nothing if Savehist mode is off."
- (when savehist-mode
- (savehist-save t)))
+ (when savehist-mode (savehist-save)))
(define-obsolete-function-alias 'savehist-trim-history #'identity "27.1")