Re: ielm automatic saving of history -- bug 67000

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com>
> Cc: Madhu <enometh@meer.net>,  Simen Heggestøyl
>  <simenheg@runbox.com>,
>   emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 08:23:09 +0200
> 
> I have a different suggestion.  I think IELM should use savehist-mode to
> preserve its history.
> 
> When loading ielm.el:
> 
>     (cl-pushnew 'ielm-history savehist-minibuffer-history-variables)
> 
> When starting an IELM buffer:
> 
>     (setq comint-input-ring (make-ring comint-input-ring-size))
>     (dolist (cmd (take comint-input-ring-size ielm-history))
>       (ring-insert-at-beginning comint-input-ring cmd))
> 
> After each evaluation:
> 
>     (add-to-history 'ielm-history code comint-input-ring-size)

This addresses only some of the issues brought up by Madhu.  For
example, the main bug, the one with encoding the saved history, is not
addressed, AFAIU.