From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Saving/Recalling Shell Commands History? Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:32:46 -0600 Organization: IHS Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156196070 14294 80.91.229.2 (21 Aug 2006 21:34:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:34:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 21 23:34:27 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFHPc-0005ep-9j for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:34:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFHPb-0006sk-R3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:34:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GFHPM-0006pQ-1i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:34:08 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GFHPJ-0006lM-5h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:34:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GFHPI-0006l0-S5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:34:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GFHWl-0001KI-Ig for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:41:47 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GFHPC-0005au-3U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:33:58 +0200 Original-Received: from 207.167.42.206 ([207.167.42.206]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:33:58 +0200 Original-Received: from ihs_4664 by 207.167.42.206 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:33:58 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 61 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.167.42.206 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36820 Archived-At: Peter Dyballa wrote: > > Am 21.08.2006 um 22:17 schrieb Drew Adams: > >> Although I have set comint-input-ring-file-name, this file never gets >> written. >> >> Did you set it locally in the shell buffer (mode)? The doc string says >> this: >> >> "This variable is buffer-local, and is a good thing to >> set in mode hooks." > > No. I found it in a *customise* buffer and set it there first. > >> >> What is the value of comint-input-ring-file-name in your shell buffer >> if you don't ever explicitly set it? >> > > Now, edited to fit into a system of a handful Emacsen, it is set as: > > '(comint-input-ring-file-name (concat desktop-dirname "/history")) > > Desktop-dirname is defined in .emacs. In recent GNU Emacs 23 the > variable's value is described as: > > comint-input-ring-file-name is a variable defined in `comint.el'. > Its value is "~/.history" > Local in buffer *shell*; global value is > "~/.emacs.d/PDesktop-23/history" So you have managed to change its global value, but not the value in the *shell* buffer. > Documentation: > *If non-nil, name of the file to read/write input history. > See also `comint-read-input-ring' and `comint-write-input-ring'. > > This variable is buffer-local, and is a good thing to set in mode > hooks. > > You can /customize/ this variable. > > When I comment the comint-input-ring-file-name setting line, its value > is simply "~/.history." So leave it commented out, and put this in your ~/.emacs file: (add-hook 'shell-mode-hook (lambda () (setq comint-input-ring-file-name ; buffer-local (expand-file-name "history" desktop-dirname)))) > I retrieved the values by pasting comint-input-ring-file-name into > *shell* buffer and pressing C-h v. OK. -- Kevin