lisp/savehist.el

   1 ;;; savehist.el --- Save minibuffer history.
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1997, 2005, 2006, 2007  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; Author: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
   6 ;; Keywords: minibuffer
   7 ;; Version: 24
   8
   9 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
  10
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  24 ;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  25
  26 ;;; Commentary:
  27
  28 ;; Many editors (e.g. Vim) have the feature of saving minibuffer
  29 ;; history to an external file after exit.  This package provides the
  30 ;; same feature in Emacs.  When set up, it saves recorded minibuffer
  31 ;; histories to a file (`~/.emacs-history' by default).  Additional
  32 ;; variables may be specified by customizing
  33 ;; `savehist-additional-variables'.
  34
  35 ;; To use savehist, turn on savehist-mode by putting the following in
  36 ;; `~/.emacs':
  37 ;;
  38 ;;     (savehist-mode 1)
  39 ;;
  40 ;; or with customize: `M-x customize-option RET savehist-mode RET'.
  41 ;;
  42 ;; You can also explicitly save history with `M-x savehist-save' and
  43 ;; load it by loading the `savehist-file' with `M-x load-file'.
  44
  45 ;; If you are using a version of Emacs that does not ship with this
  46 ;; package, be sure to have `savehist.el' in a directory that is in
  47 ;; your load-path, and to byte-compile it.
  48
  49 ;;; Code:
  50
  51 (require 'custom)
  52 (eval-when-compile
  53   (require 'cl))
  54
  55 ;; User variables
  56
  57 (defgroup savehist nil
  58   "Save minibuffer history."
  59   :version "22.1"
  60   :group 'minibuffer)
  61
  62 ;;;###autoload
  63 (defcustom savehist-mode nil
  64   "Mode for automatic saving of minibuffer history.
  65 Set this by calling the `savehist-mode' function or using the customize
  66 interface."
  67   :type 'boolean
  68   :set (lambda (symbol value) (savehist-mode (or value 0)))
  69   :initialize 'custom-initialize-default
  70   :require 'savehist
  71   :group 'savehist)
  72
  73 (defcustom savehist-save-minibuffer-history t
  74   "*If non-nil, save all recorded minibuffer histories.
  75 If you want to save only specific histories, use `savehist-save-hook' to
  76 modify the value of `savehist-minibuffer-history-variables'."
  77   :type 'boolean
  78   :group 'savehist)
  79
  80 (defcustom savehist-additional-variables ()
  81   "*List of additional variables to save.
  82 Each element is a symbol whose value will be persisted across Emacs
  83 sessions that use savehist.  The contents of variables should be
  84 printable with the Lisp printer.  You don't need to add minibuffer
  85 history variables to this list, all minibuffer histories will be
  86 saved automatically as long as `savehist-save-minibuffer-history' is
  87 non-nil.
  88
  89 User options should be saved with the customize interface.  This
  90 list is useful for saving automatically updated variables that are not
  91 minibuffer histories, such as `compile-command' or `kill-ring'."
  92   :type '(repeat variable)
  93   :group 'savehist)
  94
  95 (defcustom savehist-ignored-variables nil ;; '(command-history)
  96   "*List of additional variables not to save."
  97   :type '(repeat variable)
  98   :group 'savehist)
  99
 100 (defcustom savehist-file
 101   (cond
 102    ;; Backward compatibility with previous versions of savehist.
 103    ((file-exists-p "~/.emacs-history") "~/.emacs-history")
 104    ((and (not (featurep 'xemacs)) (file-directory-p "~/.emacs.d/"))
 105     "~/.emacs.d/history")
 106    ((and (featurep 'xemacs) (file-directory-p "~/.xemacs/"))
 107     "~/.xemacs/history")
 108    ;; For users without `~/.emacs.d/' or `~/.xemacs/'.
 109    (t "~/.emacs-history"))
 110   "*File name where minibuffer history is saved to and loaded from.
 111 The minibuffer history is a series of Lisp expressions loaded
 112 automatically when `savehist-mode' is turned on.  See `savehist-mode'
 113 for more details.
 114
 115 If you want your minibuffer history shared between Emacs and XEmacs,
 116 customize this value and make sure that `savehist-coding-system' is
 117 set to a coding system that exists in both emacsen."
 118   :type 'file
 119   :group 'savehist)
 120
 121 (defcustom savehist-file-modes #o600
 122   "*Default permissions of the history file.
 123 This is decimal, not octal.  The default is 384 (0600 in octal).
 124 Set to nil to use the default permissions that Emacs uses, typically
 125 mandated by umask.  The default is a bit more restrictive to protect
 126 the user's privacy."
 127   :type 'integer
 128   :group 'savehist)
 129
 130 (defcustom savehist-autosave-interval (* 5 60)
 131   "*The interval between autosaves of minibuffer history.
 132 If set to nil, disables timer-based autosaving."
 133   :type 'integer
 134   :group 'savehist)
 135
 136 (defcustom savehist-mode-hook nil
 137   "Hook called when `savehist-mode' is turned on."
 138   :type 'hook
 139   :group 'savehist)
 140
 141 (defcustom savehist-save-hook nil
 142   "Hook called by `savehist-save' before saving the variables.
 143 You can use this hook to influence choice and content of variables to
 144 save."
 145   :type 'hook
 146   :group 'savehist)
 147
 148 ;; This should be capable of representing characters used by Emacs.
 149 ;; We prefer UTF-8 over ISO 2022 because it is well-known outside
 150 ;; Mule.  XEmacs prir to 21.5 had UTF-8 provided by an external
 151 ;; package which may not be loaded, which is why we check for version.
 152 (defvar savehist-coding-system (if (and (featurep 'xemacs)
 153                                         (<= emacs-major-version 21)
 154                                         (< emacs-minor-version 5))
 155                                    'iso-2022-8 'utf-8)
 156   "The coding system savehist uses for saving the minibuffer history.
 157 Changing this value while Emacs is running is supported, but considered
 158 unwise, unless you know what you are doing.")
 159
 160 ;; Internal variables.
 161
 162 (defvar savehist-timer nil)
 163
 164 (defvar savehist-last-checksum nil)
 165
 166 (defvar savehist-minibuffer-history-variables nil
 167   "List of minibuffer histories.
 168 The contents of this variable is built while Emacs is running, and saved
 169 along with minibuffer history.  You can change its value off
 170 `savehist-save-hook' to influence which variables are saved.")
 171
 172 (defconst savehist-no-conversion (if (featurep 'xemacs) 'binary 'no-conversion)
 173   "Coding system without any conversion.
 174 This is used for calculating an internal checksum.  Should be as fast
 175 as possible, ideally simply exposing the internal representation of
 176 buffer text.")
 177
 178 (defvar savehist-loaded nil
 179   "Whether the history has already been loaded.
 180 This prevents toggling `savehist-mode' from destroying existing
 181 minibuffer history.")
 182
 183 (when (featurep 'xemacs)
 184   ;; Must declare this under XEmacs, which doesn't have built-in
 185   ;; minibuffer history truncation.
 186   (defvar history-length 100))
 187 \f
 188 ;; Functions.
 189
 190 ;;;###autoload
 191 (defun savehist-mode (arg)
 192   "Toggle savehist-mode.
 193 Positive ARG turns on `savehist-mode'.  When on, savehist-mode causes
 194 minibuffer history to be saved periodically and when exiting Emacs.
 195 When turned on for the first time in an Emacs session, it causes the
 196 previous minibuffer history to be loaded from `savehist-file'.
 197
 198 This mode should normally be turned on from your Emacs init file.
 199 Calling it at any other time replaces your current minibuffer histories,
 200 which is probably undesirable."
 201   (interactive "P")
 202   (setq savehist-mode
 203         (if (null arg)
 204             (not savehist-mode)
 205           (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)))
 206   (if (not savehist-mode)
 207       (savehist-uninstall)
 208     (when (and (not savehist-loaded)
 209                (file-exists-p savehist-file))
 210       (condition-case errvar
 211           (progn
 212             ;; Don't set coding-system-for-read -- we rely on the
 213             ;; coding cookie to convey that information.  That way, if
 214             ;; the user changes the value of savehist-coding-system,
 215             ;; we can still correctly load the old file.
 216             (load savehist-file nil (not (interactive-p)))
 217             (setq savehist-loaded t))
 218         (error
 219          ;; Don't install the mode if reading failed.  Doing so would
 220          ;; effectively destroy the user's data at the next save.
 221          (setq savehist-mode nil)
 222          (savehist-uninstall)
 223          (signal (car errvar) (cdr errvar)))))
 224     (savehist-install)
 225     (run-hooks 'savehist-mode-hook))
 226   ;; Return the new setting.
 227   savehist-mode)
 228 (add-minor-mode 'savehist-mode "")
 229
 230 (defun savehist-load ()
 231   "Obsolete function provided for transition from old versions of savehist.
 232 Don't call this from new code, use (savehist-mode 1) instead.
 233
 234 This function loads the variables stored in `savehist-file' and turns on
 235 `savehist-mode'.  If `savehist-file' is in the old format that doesn't
 236 record the value of `savehist-minibuffer-history-variables', that value
 237 is deducted from the contents of the file."
 238   (savehist-mode 1)
 239   ;; Old versions of savehist distributed with XEmacs didn't save
 240   ;; savehist-minibuffer-history-variables.  If that variable is nil
 241   ;; after loading the file, try to intuit the intended value.
 242   (when (null savehist-minibuffer-history-variables)
 243     (setq savehist-minibuffer-history-variables
 244           (with-temp-buffer
 245             (ignore-errors
 246               (insert-file-contents savehist-file))
 247             (let ((vars ()) form)
 248               (while (setq form (condition-case nil
 249                                     (read (current-buffer)) (error nil)))
 250                 ;; Each form read is of the form (setq VAR VALUE).
 251                 ;; Collect VAR, i.e. (nth form 1).
 252                 (push (nth 1 form) vars))
 253               vars)))))
 254 (make-obsolete 'savehist-load 'savehist-mode)
 255
 256 (defun savehist-install ()
 257   "Hook savehist into Emacs.
 258 Normally invoked by calling `savehist-mode' to set the minor mode.
 259 Installs `savehist-autosave' in `kill-emacs-hook' and on a timer.
 260 To undo this, call `savehist-uninstall'."
 261   (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'savehist-minibuffer-hook)
 262   (add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook 'savehist-autosave)
 263   ;; Install an invocation of savehist-autosave on a timer.  This
 264   ;; should not cause noticeable delays for users -- savehist-autosave
 265   ;; executes in under 5 ms on my system.
 266   (when (and savehist-autosave-interval
 267              (null savehist-timer))
 268     (setq savehist-timer
 269           (if (featurep 'xemacs)
 270               (start-itimer
 271                "savehist" 'savehist-autosave savehist-autosave-interval
 272                savehist-autosave-interval)
 273             (run-with-timer savehist-autosave-interval
 274                             savehist-autosave-interval 'savehist-autosave)))))
 275
 276 (defun savehist-uninstall ()
 277   "Undo installing savehist.
 278 Normally invoked by calling `savehist-mode' to unset the minor mode."
 279   (remove-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook 'savehist-minibuffer-hook)
 280   (remove-hook 'kill-emacs-hook 'savehist-autosave)
 281   (when savehist-timer
 282     (if (featurep 'xemacs)
 283         (delete-itimer savehist-timer)
 284       (cancel-timer savehist-timer))
 285     (setq savehist-timer nil)))
 286
 287 (defun savehist-save (&optional auto-save)
 288   "Save the values of minibuffer history variables.
 289 Unbound symbols referenced in `savehist-additional-variables' are ignored.
 290 If AUTO-SAVE is non-nil, compare the saved contents to the one last saved,
 291  and don't save the buffer if they are the same."
 292   (interactive)
 293   (with-temp-buffer
 294     (insert
 295      (format ";; -*- mode: emacs-lisp; coding: %s -*-\n" savehist-coding-system)
 296      ";; Minibuffer history file, automatically generated by `savehist'.\n\n")
 297     (run-hooks 'savehist-save-hook)
 298     (let ((print-length nil)
 299           (print-string-length nil)
 300           (print-level nil)
 301           (print-readably t)
 302           (print-quoted t))
 303       ;; Save the minibuffer histories, along with the value of
 304       ;; savehist-minibuffer-history-variables itself.
 305       (when savehist-save-minibuffer-history
 306         (prin1 `(setq savehist-minibuffer-history-variables
 307                       ',savehist-minibuffer-history-variables)
 308                (current-buffer))
 309         (insert ?\n)
 310         (dolist (symbol savehist-minibuffer-history-variables)
 311           (when (boundp symbol)
 312             (let ((value (savehist-trim-history (symbol-value symbol))))
 313               (when value               ; don't save empty histories
 314                 (prin1 `(setq ,symbol ',value) (current-buffer))
 315                 (insert ?\n))))))
 316       ;; Save the additional variables.
 317       (dolist (symbol savehist-additional-variables)
 318         (when (boundp symbol)
 319           (let ((value (symbol-value symbol)))
 320             (when (savehist-printable value)
 321               (prin1 `(setq ,symbol ',value) (current-buffer))
 322               (insert ?\n))))))
 323     ;; If autosaving, avoid writing if nothing has changed since the
 324     ;; last write.
 325     (let ((checksum (md5 (current-buffer) nil nil savehist-no-conversion)))
 326       (unless (and auto-save (equal checksum savehist-last-checksum))
 327         ;; Set file-precious-flag when saving the buffer because we
 328         ;; don't want a half-finished write ruining the entire
 329         ;; history.  Remember that this is run from a timer and from
 330         ;; kill-emacs-hook, and also that multiple Emacs instances
 331         ;; could write to this file at once.
 332         (let ((file-precious-flag t)
 333               (coding-system-for-write savehist-coding-system))
 334           (write-region (point-min) (point-max) savehist-file nil
 335                         (unless (interactive-p) 'quiet)))
 336         (when savehist-file-modes
 337           (set-file-modes savehist-file savehist-file-modes))
 338         (setq savehist-last-checksum checksum)))))
 339
 340 (defun savehist-autosave ()
 341   "Save the minibuffer history if it has been modified since the last save.
 342 Does nothing if `savehist-mode' is off."
 343   (when savehist-mode
 344     (savehist-save t)))
 345
 346 (defun savehist-trim-history (value)
 347   "Retain only the first `history-length' items in VALUE.
 348 Only used under XEmacs, which doesn't (yet) implement automatic
 349 trimming of history lists to `history-length' items."
 350   (if (and (featurep 'xemacs)
 351            (natnump history-length)
 352            (> (length value) history-length))
 353       ;; Equivalent to `(subseq value 0 history-length)', but doesn't
 354       ;; need cl-extra at run-time.
 355       (loop repeat history-length collect (pop value))
 356     value))
 357
 358 (defun savehist-printable (value)
 359   "Return non-nil if VALUE is printable."
 360   (cond
 361    ;; Quick response for oft-encountered types known to be printable.
 362    ((stringp value))
 363    ((numberp value))
 364    ((symbolp value))
 365    (t
 366     ;; For others, check explicitly.
 367     (with-temp-buffer
 368       (condition-case nil
 369           (let ((print-readably t) (print-level nil))
 370           ;; Print the value into a buffer...
 371           (prin1 value (current-buffer))
 372           ;; ...and attempt to read it.
 373           (read (point-min-marker))
 374           ;; The attempt worked: the object is printable.
 375           t)
 376         ;; The attempt failed: the object is not printable.
 377         (error nil))))))
 378
 379 (defun savehist-minibuffer-hook ()
 380   (unless (or (eq minibuffer-history-variable t)
 381               ;; XEmacs sets minibuffer-history-variable to t to mean "no
 382               ;; history is being recorded".
 383               (memq minibuffer-history-variable savehist-ignored-variables))
 384     (add-to-list 'savehist-minibuffer-history-variables
 385                  minibuffer-history-variable)))
 386
 387 (provide 'savehist)
 388 \f
 389 ;; arch-tag: b3ce47f4-c5ad-4ebc-ad02-73aba705cf9f
 390
 391 ;;; savehist.el ends here