feat(emacs): savehist-mode

users/crumb/programs/emacs/history

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+;; -*- mode: emacs-lisp; coding: utf-8-unix -*-
+;; Minibuffer history file, automatically generated by ‘savehist’.
+
+(setq savehist-minibuffer-history-variables '(minibuffer-history file-name-history evil-ex-history evil-ex-search-history))
+(setq minibuffer-history '("file-name-concat"))
+(setq file-name-history '(#("/persist/dots/users/crumb/programs/emacs/modules/syd-autosave.el" 0 64 (project "/persist/dots/"))))
+(setq evil-ex-history '("qa" "w"))
+(setq evil-ex-search-history '("savehi"))
+(setq evil-jumps-history '((2219 #1="/persist/dots/users/crumb/programs/emacs/modules/syd-autosave.el") (1758 #1#) (3255 #1#) (3279 #1#) (1697 #1#)))

users/crumb/programs/emacs/modules/syd-autosave.el

@@ -38,5 +38,38 @@
          (find-file-hook . recentf-save-list))
   :custom (recentf-save-file (file-name-concat syd-data-dir "recentf")))
 
+(use-package savehist
+  :defer-incrementally custom
+  :hook (on-first-input-hook . savehist-mode)
+  :custom (savehist-file (file-name-concat syd-cache-dir "savehist"))
+  :config
+  (setq savehist-save-minibuffer-history t
+        savehist-autosave-interval nil     ; save on kill only
+        savehist-additional-variables
+        '(kill-ring                        ; persist clipboard
+          register-alist                   ; persist macros
+          mark-ring global-mark-ring       ; persist marks
+          search-ring regexp-search-ring)) ; persist searches
+  (syd-add-hook 'savehist-save-hook
+    (defun syd--savehist-unpropertize-variables-h ()
+      "Remove text properties from `kill-ring' to reduce savehist cache size."
+      (setq kill-ring
+            (mapcar #'substring-no-properties
+                    (cl-remove-if-not #'stringp kill-ring))
+            register-alist
+            (cl-loop for (reg . item) in register-alist
+                     if (stringp item)
+                     collect (cons reg (substring-no-properties item))
+                     else collect (cons reg item))))
+    (defun syd--savehist-remove-unprintable-registers-h ()
+      "Remove unwriteable registers (e.g. containing window configurations).
+Otherwise, `savehist' would discard `register-alist' entirely if we don't omit
+the unwritable tidbits."
+      ;; Save new value in the temp buffer savehist is running
+      ;; `savehist-save-hook' in. We don't want to actually remove the
+      ;; unserializable registers in the current session!
+      (setq-local register-alist
+                  (cl-remove-if-not #'savehist-printable register-alist)))))
+
 
 (provide 'syd-autosave)