From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: changing comint-input-ring-file-name in process in shell
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:47:02 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <hdeior$ief$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vdhm6mdy.fsf@kolob.sebmags.homelinux.org>
Seb wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:10:28 -0700,
> Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> How about:
>
>> (let ((comint-input-ring-file-name "/path/to/local/.bash_history"))
>> (shell))
>
> Thanks for the explanation Kevin. There is no difference with your
> suggestion, however. In the resulting shell buffer I see:
>
> ,-----[ C-h v comint-input-ring-file-name RET ]
> | comint-input-ring-file-name's value is "~/.bash_history"
> | Local in buffer *shell*; global value is nil
> |
> | 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.
> |
> | [back]
> `-----
>
> and cycling shows that: i.e. "M-n" and "M-p" cycle through
> ~/bash_history, rather than the value in the `let' statement. This is
> strange. This is on Emacs 23.
How do you set comint-input-ring-file-name to "~/.bash_history"?
i.e. at the top-level or within shell-mode-hook?
If the latter, the hook will override the let binding.
--
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-07 0:50 changing comint-input-ring-file-name in process in shell Seb
2009-11-07 7:10 ` Kevin Rodgers
2009-11-07 21:44 ` Seb
2009-11-08 17:57 ` Seb
2009-11-11 14:47 ` Kevin Rodgers [this message]
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