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-rw-r--r--XMonad/Prompt.hs11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/XMonad/Prompt.hs b/XMonad/Prompt.hs
index 951f9ad..53ec2e5 100644
--- a/XMonad/Prompt.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Prompt.hs
@@ -293,10 +293,11 @@ mkXPromptWithReturn t conf compl action = do
io $ freeGC d gc
if successful st'
then do
+ let prune = take (historySize conf)
io $ writeHistory $ M.insertWith
- (\xs ys -> take (historySize conf)
- . historyFilter conf $ xs ++ ys)
- (showXPrompt t) (historyFilter conf [command st'])
+ (\xs ys -> prune . historyFilter conf $ xs ++ ys)
+ (showXPrompt t)
+ (prune $ historyFilter conf [command st'])
hist
-- we need to apply historyFilter before as well, since
-- otherwise the filter would not be applied if
@@ -768,7 +769,9 @@ readHistory = readHist `catch` \(SomeException _) -> return emptyHistory
writeHistory :: History -> IO ()
writeHistory hist = do
path <- getHistoryFile
- writeFile path (show hist) `catch` \(SomeException _) -> hPutStrLn stderr "error in writing"
+ let filtered = M.filter (not . null) hist
+ writeFile path (show filtered) `catch` \(SomeException e) ->
+ hPutStrLn stderr ("error writing history: "++show e)
setFileMode path mode
where mode = ownerReadMode .|. ownerWriteMode