* Re: Restore minibuffer history, e.g. for compile commands, after restart? [not found] <mailman.4784.1197177791.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> @ 2007-12-09 17:38 ` Markus Dehmann 2007-12-09 18:39 ` Drew Adams 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Markus Dehmann @ 2007-12-09 17:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs On Dec 9, 12:22 am, "Drew Adams" <drew.ad...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > How can I keep the history of minibuffer commands, e.g. the compile > > > commands? > > > The package is called `savehist'. > > Emacs-22 bundles it so you can just add (savehist-mode 1) to your .emacs. > > And here is the same thing (CVS from 2007-11-28), but fixed so it also works > with Emacs versions prior to 22.1, if you should need that:http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/savehist-20%2b.el Thanks! I have emacs 21.3.1. I installed the package and it works! There is just one bug, and I thought I'd share it here, maybe others experience the same: If I do M-x compile and go arrow-up to get the most recent command it says "no preceding item", then I go "arrow- down" and "arrow-up" again, and there it is, the most recent compile command, from my last emacs run. Or, once I have several in the list it won't show the most recent one on "arrow-up", but the next-to-last one, then after pressing "arrow-down" it shows the most recent one. Thanks! Markus ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* RE: Restore minibuffer history, e.g. for compile commands, after restart? 2007-12-09 17:38 ` Restore minibuffer history, e.g. for compile commands, after restart? Markus Dehmann @ 2007-12-09 18:39 ` Drew Adams 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Drew Adams @ 2007-12-09 18:39 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Markus Dehmann, help-gnu-emacs > On Dec 9, 12:22 am, "Drew Adams" <drew.ad...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > > How can I keep the history of minibuffer commands, e.g. the compile > > > > commands? > > > > > The package is called `savehist'. > > > Emacs-22 bundles it so you can just add (savehist-mode 1) to > > > your .emacs. > > > > And here is the same thing (CVS from 2007-11-28), but fixed so > > it also works with Emacs versions prior to 22.1, if you should > > need that: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/savehist-20%2b.el > > Thanks! I have emacs 21.3.1. I installed the package and it works! > > There is just one bug, Never say that. ;-) > and I thought I'd share it here, maybe others > experience the same: If I do M-x compile and go arrow-up to get the > most recent command it says "no preceding item", then I go "arrow- > down" and "arrow-up" again, and there it is, the most recent compile > command, from my last emacs run. Or, once I have several in the list > it won't show the most recent one on "arrow-up", but the next-to-last > one, then after pressing "arrow-down" it shows the most recent one. Sorry, I can't reproduce that. My guess is that it might be a problem with vanilla `savehist.el' as well, because I don't think I changed any of the code concerning that. Or it might be a problem with Emacs 21's treatment of `compile-history' - that is, it might be completely unrelated to savehist. La petite histoire : `savehist-20+.el' is only a trivially modified `savehist.el': it just doesn't rely upon features that older Emacs versions don't have. Emacs developers didn't want to make the trivial changes that would let `savehist.el' play well with other versions - they don't care about that. So I posted `savehist-20+.el' at Emacs Wiki. Perhaps someone else can reproduce the problem you see? Either using `savehist-20+.el' or `savehist.el' (with Emacs 22 or later). Try testing with a .emacs that contains only (require 'save-hist-20+). And perhap try starting over by deleting your file `savehist-file' (default: `~/.emacs-history'). I think you're saying that this is what you see: 1. Open Emacs, then `M-x compile RET foobar'. 2. Close and reopen Emacs. 3. `M-x compile RET <up>' shows message "no preceding item". 4. <down> shows ? (what does it show?) 5. <up> shows `foobar'. Is that right? I don't see that. At step 3, I see `foobar'. After step 2, visit `savehist-file'. What do you see recorded for `compile-history'? You should see something like (setq compile-history '("foobar")). ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
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* Re: Restore minibuffer history, e.g. for compile commands, after restart? [not found] <mailman.4805.1197225563.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> @ 2007-12-13 15:11 ` Markus Dehmann 2007-12-13 18:17 ` Drew Adams 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Markus Dehmann @ 2007-12-13 15:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs On Dec 9, 1:39 pm, "Drew Adams" <drew.ad...@oracle.com> wrote: > > On Dec 9, 12:22 am, "Drew Adams" <drew.ad...@oracle.com> wrote: > > > > > How can I keep thehistoryof minibuffer commands, e.g. the compile > > > > > commands? > > > > > The package is called `savehist'. > > > >Emacs-22 bundles it so you can just add (savehist-mode 1) to > > > > your .emacs. > > > > And here is the same thing (CVS from 2007-11-28), but fixed so > > > it also works withEmacsversions prior to 22.1, if you should > > > need that:http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/savehist-20%2b.el > > > Thanks! I haveemacs21.3.1. I installed the package and it works! > > > There is just one bug, > > Never say that. ;-) > > > and I thought I'd share it here, maybe others > > experience the same: If I do M-x compile and go arrow-up to get the > > most recent command it says "no preceding item", then I go "arrow- > > down" and "arrow-up" again, and there it is, the most recent compile > > command, from my lastemacsrun. Or, once I have several in the list > > it won't show the most recent one on "arrow-up", but the next-to-last > > one, then after pressing "arrow-down" it shows the most recent one. > > Sorry, I can't reproduce that. > > My guess is that it might be a problem with vanilla `savehist.el' as well, > because I don't think I changed any of the code concerning that. Or it might > be a problem withEmacs21's treatment of `compile-history' - that is, it > might be completely unrelated to savehist. > > La petite histoire : `savehist-20+.el' is only a trivially modified > `savehist.el': it just doesn't rely upon features that olderEmacsversions > don't have.Emacsdevelopers didn't want to make the trivial changes that > would let `savehist.el' play well with other versions - they don't care > about that. So I posted `savehist-20+.el' atEmacsWiki. > > Perhaps someone else can reproduce the problem you see? Either using > `savehist-20+.el' or `savehist.el' (withEmacs22 or later). > > Try testing with a .emacsthat contains only (require 'save-hist-20+). And > perhap try starting over by deleting your file `savehist-file' (default: > `~/.emacs-history'). > > I think you're saying that this is what you see: > > 1. OpenEmacs, then `M-x compile RET foobar'. > 2. Close and reopenEmacs. > 3. `M-x compile RET <up>' shows message "no preceding item". > 4. <down> shows ? (what does it show?) > 5. <up> shows `foobar'. > > Is that right? I don't see that. At step 3, I see `foobar'. > Sorry for the late reply! Okay, here is what I get with a fresh .emacs that contains only (require 'save-hist-20+), also I delete any old .emacs.d/history file. 1. open emacs, `M-x compile RET' (shows 'Compile command: make -k'), remove 'make -k' and type 'foobar' RET. 2. close and reopen emacs 3. M-x <up> (shows 'compile') RET (shows 'Compile command: make -k') 4. <up> (shows 'Beginning of buffer. No preceding item' and jumps back to 'Compile command: make -k') 5. <down> (shows 'Compile command:') 6. <up> (shows 'Compile command: foobar') If on 6., I type <down> again, instead of <up>, I get 'End of history: No default available', then <up> shows 'Compile command: foobar' The fact that the fresh emacs shows 'make -k' as a default is kind of unexpected, right? May this pre-setting be the cause of the trouble? Note that on step 1., I did not press RET for make -k, and still it shows up again after restarting emacs. > After step 2, visit `savehist-file'. What do you see recorded for > `compile-history'? You should see something like (setq compile-history > '("foobar")). What is 'savehist-file'? If you want me to do M-x savehist-file -- that's not available. Or did you mean something else? (sorry, although I'm a heavy emacs user, I'm not an expert in the jargon! ;-) --Markus ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* RE: Restore minibuffer history, e.g. for compile commands, after restart? 2007-12-13 15:11 ` Markus Dehmann @ 2007-12-13 18:17 ` Drew Adams 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Drew Adams @ 2007-12-13 18:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Markus Dehmann, help-gnu-emacs > Okay, here is what I get with a fresh .emacs that contains only > (require 'save-hist-20+), also I delete any old .emacs.d/history file. > 1. open emacs, `M-x compile RET' (shows 'Compile command: make -k'), > remove 'make -k' and type 'foobar' RET. > 2. close and reopen emacs > 3. M-x <up> (shows 'compile') RET (shows 'Compile command: make -k') > 4. <up> (shows 'Beginning of buffer. No preceding item' and jumps back > to 'Compile command: make -k') > 5. <down> (shows 'Compile command:') > 6. <up> (shows 'Compile command: foobar') I assume that you also put (savehist-mode 1) in your .emacs. > If on 6., I type <down> again, instead of <up>, I get 'End of history: > No default available', then <up> shows 'Compile command: foobar' > > The fact that the fresh emacs shows 'make -k' as a default is kind of > unexpected, right? May this pre-setting be the cause of the trouble? > Note that on step 1., I did not press RET for make -k, and still it > shows up again after restarting emacs. If `compilation-read-command' is non-nil (the default value is t) then "make -k" is always the default value for the compile command. To have the default value for the compile command be the last compile command you entered, set `compilation-read-command' to nil. Check the value of variable `compile-history' after step 2, using `C-h v'. If it includes the last compile command you entered, then the problem is not with savehist. In that case, you might want to report an Emacs bug for command `compile'. > > After step 2, visit `savehist-file'. What do you see recorded for > > `compile-history'? You should see something like (setq compile-history > > '("foobar")). > > What is 'savehist-file'? It's the variable that tells savehist where you want to save the histories. By default, its value is "~/.emacs-history". You can customize this variable. In sum, check the saved value of `compile-history'. If it looks good, then the problem is not with savehist. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Restore minibuffer history, e.g. for compile commands, after restart? @ 2007-12-08 6:07 Markus Dehmann 2007-12-09 3:28 ` Stefan Monnier 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Markus Dehmann @ 2007-12-08 6:07 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs How can I keep the history of minibuffer commands, e.g. the compile commands? I want them to be persistent, so that I can just press M-x compile arrow-up to get the last compile command, even if I just started emacs and haven't typed anything yet. Thanks! Markus ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* Re: Restore minibuffer history, e.g. for compile commands, after restart? 2007-12-08 6:07 Markus Dehmann @ 2007-12-09 3:28 ` Stefan Monnier 2007-12-09 5:22 ` Drew Adams 0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread From: Stefan Monnier @ 2007-12-09 3:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs > How can I keep the history of minibuffer commands, e.g. the compile > commands? The package is called `savehist'. Emacs-22 bundles it so you can just add (savehist-mode 1) to your .emacs. Stefan ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
* RE: Restore minibuffer history, e.g. for compile commands, after restart? 2007-12-09 3:28 ` Stefan Monnier @ 2007-12-09 5:22 ` Drew Adams 0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread From: Drew Adams @ 2007-12-09 5:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs > > How can I keep the history of minibuffer commands, e.g. the compile > > commands? > > The package is called `savehist'. > Emacs-22 bundles it so you can just add (savehist-mode 1) to your .emacs. And here is the same thing (CVS from 2007-11-28), but fixed so it also works with Emacs versions prior to 22.1, if you should need that: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/savehist-20%2b.el ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 7+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2007-12-13 18:17 UTC | newest] Thread overview: 7+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed -- links below jump to the message on this page -- [not found] <mailman.4784.1197177791.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> 2007-12-09 17:38 ` Restore minibuffer history, e.g. for compile commands, after restart? Markus Dehmann 2007-12-09 18:39 ` Drew Adams [not found] <mailman.4805.1197225563.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> 2007-12-13 15:11 ` Markus Dehmann 2007-12-13 18:17 ` Drew Adams 2007-12-08 6:07 Markus Dehmann 2007-12-09 3:28 ` Stefan Monnier 2007-12-09 5:22 ` Drew Adams
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