ui: save execute cmd history to XDG_DATA_DIR

3 files changed, 52 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ui/src/components/utilities.rs b/ui/src/components/utilities.rs
index d1eb7409..14834b8b 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/utilities.rs
+++ b/ui/src/components/utilities.rs
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ impl StatusBar {
             id: ComponentId::new_v4(),
             auto_complete: AutoComplete::new(Vec::new()),
 
-            cmd_history: Vec::new(),
+            cmd_history: crate::execute::history::old_cmd_history(),
         }
     }
     fn draw_status_bar(&mut self, grid: &mut CellBuffer, area: Area, context: &mut Context) {
@@ -966,6 +966,7 @@ impl Component for StatusBar {
                             && self.cmd_history.last().map(String::as_str)
                                 != Some(self.ex_buffer.as_str())
                         {
+                            crate::execute::history::log_cmd(self.ex_buffer.as_str().to_string());
                             self.cmd_history.push(self.ex_buffer.as_str().to_string());
                         }
                         self.ex_buffer.clear();
diff --git a/ui/src/execute.rs b/ui/src/execute.rs
index 1db34cf9..248d22a3 100644
--- a/ui/src/execute.rs
+++ b/ui/src/execute.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub use melib::thread::{SortField, SortOrder};
 use nom::{digit, not_line_ending};
 use std;
 pub mod actions;
+pub mod history;
 pub use crate::actions::Action::{self, *};
 pub use crate::actions::ComposeAction::{self, *};
 pub use crate::actions::ListingAction::{self, *};
diff --git a/ui/src/execute/history.rs b/ui/src/execute/history.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87907d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/execute/history.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * meli - ui crate.
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Manos Pitsidianakis
+ *
+ * This file is part of meli.
+ *
+ * meli is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * meli is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with meli. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+use std::fs::OpenOptions;
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+thread_local!(static CMD_HISTORY_FILE: Arc<Mutex<std::fs::File>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new({
+    let data_dir = xdg::BaseDirectories::with_prefix("meli").unwrap();
+OpenOptions::new().append(true) /* writes will append to a file instead of overwriting previous contents */
+                         .create(true) /* a new file will be created if the file does not yet already exist.*/
+                         .read(true)
+                         .open(data_dir.place_data_file("cmd_history").unwrap()).unwrap()
+})));
+
+pub fn log_cmd(mut cmd: String) {
+    CMD_HISTORY_FILE.with(|f| {
+        cmd.push('\n');
+        f.lock().unwrap().write_all(cmd.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    });
+}
+
+pub fn old_cmd_history() -> Vec<String> {
+    let mut ret = Vec::new();
+    CMD_HISTORY_FILE.with(|f| {
+        let mut old_history = String::new();
+        f.lock().unwrap().read_to_string(&mut old_history).unwrap();
+        ret.extend(old_history.lines().map(|s| s.to_string()));
+    });
+    ret
+}