History resetting itself

[wcfi]

My history is reset after I run certain commands and I lose all my recent command history.

For example, I use "windres -o whatever.o whatever.rc" (windres is in the tdm-gcc-4.6.1 package from http://tdm-gcc.tdragon.net/download) and my history is reset to whatever it was before I opened the shell and windres isn't in the history. (windres spawns gcc..).

Is there a way to fix this?

 

[rconn]

My history is reset after I run certain commands and I lose all my recent command history.

First, are you using local or global command history? What version of Take Command / TCC are you running? Are you running TCC in a Take Command tabbed window or in a stand-alone console?

The only way that the history list can be cleared is if you've got a HISTORY command somewhere -- in your TCSTART, in your PRE_INPUT, PRE_EXEC, or POST_EXEC aliases, or if you're starting secondary shells and you've defined an autoload history file (OPTION / Command Line / History File).

 

[wcfi]

I have a History File set (OPTION / Command Line / History File), I am using TCC from within Take Command 13, and all my Local lists (OPTION / Startup) are Unchecked as I'd like a global history. I do not have a HISTORY command in TCSTART.

I guess windres is starting secondary shells to spawn gcc, but I want to keep a history file without it being reset. What can I do?

 

[David Marcus]

You can vote for my suggestion: http://jpsoft.uservoice.com/forums/...2327359-history-file-check-for-global-history

 

[wcfi]

Ok, but is there any reliable workaround for the time being?

 

[David Marcus]

You can use local history. Or, you can handle the history file yourself in your tcstart.btm and tcexit.btm.

 

[rconn]

I guess windres is starting secondary shells to spawn gcc, but I want to keep a history file without it being reset. What can I do?

The history file in its current incarnation is not really intended to be used with global history lists or when spawning multiple secondary shells. (Actually a bit of a misnomer, since as far as Windows is concerned there isn't such a thing as a secondary shell.) I'd recommend putting a HISTORY /R in your TCSTART, and conditioning it based on whether you're in a transient shell; i.e. something like:

if %_transient == 0 history /r historyfile

 

[wcfi]

Should I be saving this global history in TCEXIT or would that also cause overwrite problems with multiple tcc tabs when they close?
history > historyfile

 

[rconn]

Should I be saving this global history in TCEXIT or would that also cause overwrite problems with multiple tcc tabs when they close?
history > historyfile

If you're using global history lists, you can save it to a file in TCEXIT. If you're using local lists, it would be a Very Bad Thing. (Unless you use a different file for each tab.)