1 ;;; chistory.el --- list command history
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 ;; Author: K. Shane Hartman
7 ;; Keywords: convenience
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28 ;; This really has nothing to do with list-command-history per se, but
29 ;; its a nice alternative to C-x ESC ESC (repeat-complex-command) and
30 ;; functions as a lister if given no pattern. It's not important
31 ;; enough to warrant a file of its own.
35 (defgroup chistory nil
36 "List command history."
40 (defun repeat-matching-complex-command (&optional pattern
)
41 "Edit and re-evaluate complex command with name matching PATTERN.
42 Matching occurrences are displayed, most recent first, until you select
43 a form for evaluation. If PATTERN is empty (or nil), every form in the
44 command history is offered. The form is placed in the minibuffer for
45 editing and the result is evaluated."
46 (interactive "sRedo Command (regexp): ")
48 (if (string-match "[^ \t]" pattern
)
49 (setq pattern
(substring pattern
(match-beginning 0)))
51 (let ((history command-history
)
54 (while (and history
(not what
))
55 (setq temp
(car history
))
56 (if (and (or (not pattern
) (string-match pattern
(symbol-name (car temp
))))
57 (y-or-n-p (format "Redo %S? " temp
)))
58 (setq what
(car history
))
59 (setq history
(cdr history
))))
61 (error "Command history exhausted")
62 ;; Try to remove any useless command history element for this command.
63 (if (eq (car (car command-history
)) 'repeat-matching-complex-command
)
64 (setq command-history
(cdr command-history
)))
65 (edit-and-eval-command "Redo: " what
))))
67 (defcustom default-command-history-filter-garbage
68 '(command-history-mode
70 electric-command-history
)
71 "*A list of symbols to be ignored by `default-command-history-filter'.
72 If that function is given a list whose car is an element of this list,
73 then it will return non-nil (indicating the list should be discarded from
75 Initially, all commands related to the command history are discarded."
76 :type
'(repeat symbol
)
79 (defvar list-command-history-filter
'default-command-history-filter
80 "Predicate to test which commands should be excluded from the history listing.
81 If non-nil, should be the name of a function of one argument.
82 It is passed each element of the command history when
83 \\[list-command-history] is called. If the filter returns non-nil for
84 some element, that element is excluded from the history listing. The
85 default filter removes commands associated with the command-history.")
87 (defun default-command-history-filter (frob)
88 "Filter commands matching `default-command-history-filter-garbage' list
89 from the command history."
90 (or (not (consp frob
))
91 (memq (car frob
) default-command-history-filter-garbage
)))
93 (defcustom list-command-history-max
32
94 "*If non-nil, maximum length of the listing produced by `list-command-history'."
95 :type
'(choice integer
(const nil
))
99 (defun list-command-history ()
100 "List history of commands typed to minibuffer.
101 The number of commands listed is controlled by `list-command-history-max'.
102 Calls value of `list-command-history-filter' (if non-nil) on each history
103 element to judge if that element should be excluded from the list.
105 The buffer is left in Command History mode."
107 (with-output-to-temp-buffer
109 (let ((history command-history
)
110 (buffer-read-only nil
)
111 (count (or list-command-history-max -
1)))
112 (while (and (/= count
0) history
)
113 (if (and (boundp 'list-command-history-filter
)
114 list-command-history-filter
115 (funcall list-command-history-filter
(car history
)))
117 (setq count
(1- count
))
118 (prin1 (car history
))
120 (setq history
(cdr history
))))
122 (set-buffer "*Command History*")
123 (goto-char (point-min))
125 (error "No command history")
126 (command-history-mode)))))
128 (defvar command-history-map nil
)
129 (unless command-history-map
130 (setq command-history-map
(make-sparse-keymap))
131 (set-keymap-parent command-history-map lisp-mode-shared-map
)
132 (suppress-keymap command-history-map
)
133 (define-key command-history-map
"x" 'command-history-repeat
)
134 (define-key command-history-map
"\n" 'next-line
)
135 (define-key command-history-map
"\r" 'next-line
)
136 (define-key command-history-map
"\177" 'previous-line
))
138 (defun command-history-mode ()
139 "Major mode for listing and repeating recent commands.
142 \\{command-history-map}"
144 (Command-history-setup)
145 (setq major-mode
'command-history-mode
)
146 (setq mode-name
"Command History")
147 (use-local-map command-history-map
)
148 (run-hooks 'command-history-mode-hook
))
150 (defun Command-history-setup ()
151 (kill-all-local-variables)
152 (use-local-map command-history-map
)
153 (lisp-mode-variables nil
)
154 (set-syntax-table emacs-lisp-mode-syntax-table
)
155 (setq buffer-read-only t
))
157 (defcustom command-history-hook nil
158 "If non-nil, its value is called on entry to `command-history-mode'."
162 (defun command-history-repeat ()
163 "Repeat the command shown on the current line.
164 The buffer for that command is the previous current buffer."
170 (read (current-buffer)))
172 (car (cdr (buffer-list))))))))
175 (defun command-history ()
176 "Examine commands from `command-history' in a buffer.
177 The number of commands listed is controlled by `list-command-history-max'.
178 The command history is filtered by `list-command-history-filter' if non-nil.
179 Use \\<command-history-map>\\[command-history-repeat] to repeat the command on the current line.
181 Otherwise much like Emacs-Lisp Mode except that there is no self-insertion
182 and digits provide prefix arguments. Tab does not indent.
183 \\{command-history-map}
185 This command always recompiles the Command History listing
186 and runs the normal hook `command-history-hook'."
188 (list-command-history)
189 (pop-to-buffer "*Command History*")
190 (run-hooks 'command-history-hook
))
194 ;;; chistory.el ends here