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: changing comint-input-ring-file-name in process in shell Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:10:28 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87my2z88g2.fsf@kolob.sebmags.homelinux.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1257577889 31017 80.91.229.12 (7 Nov 2009 07:11:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 07:11:29 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 07 08:11:22 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N6fSD-0006yH-ID for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:11:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49961 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N6fSC-0007Tq-OX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:11:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N6fRo-0007Td-EX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:10:56 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N6fRj-0007SE-91 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:10:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50991 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N6fRj-0007SB-1y for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:10:51 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:58458) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N6fRi-0001jD-7d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:10:50 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1N6fRc-0006kz-3F for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:10:44 +0100 Original-Received: from c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([71.237.24.138]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:10:44 +0100 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:10:44 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 33 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-71-237-24-138.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) In-Reply-To: <87my2z88g2.fsf@kolob.sebmags.homelinux.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:69572 Archived-At: Seb wrote: > Hi, > > A program that runs in shell mode uses a local history file. Therefore, > I'd like to set `comint-input-ring-file-name' to that file. I use the > program by doing "M-x shell", and then start the program in the shell > buffer by typing its name and hitting ENTER. The program's prompt > replaces the shell's at this point. I thought that subsequently > evaluating the following in the shell buffer would allow me to cycle > through the local history file: > > (setq comint-input-ring-file-name > "/path/to/local/.bash_history")) > > However, cycling with "M-p" or "M-n" cycles the input through the > initial `comint-input-ring-file-name' set by the shell buffer, in my > case ~/.bash_history since I'm using bash. Doing "C-h v > comint-input-ring-file-name" does show the new value > ("/path/to/loca/.bash_history"), so I don't understand what is going > on. Any help would be appreciated. The file is read once by shell-mode (not comint-mode), when you execute `M-x shell'. That is why the doc string for comint-input-ring-file-name says "This variable is buffer-local, and is a good thing to set in mode hooks." How about: (let ((comint-input-ring-file-name "/path/to/local/.bash_history")) (shell)) -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA