created by

Ingo Karkat

script type

utility

description

DESCRIPTION This plugin automatically persists (parts of) buffers used for the editing of commit (or other) messages, where Vim is invoked as the editor from an external tool. In these buffers, it sets up mappings and commands to iterate through stored past messages, and recall the contents for use in the currently edited message. This way, you automatically collect a history of (committed or aborted) past messages, and can quickly base your current message on contents recalled from that history. SEE ALSO This plugin is used by: - VcsMessageRecall.vim (vimscript #4117):   Browse and re-insert previous VCS commit messages. RELATED WORKS USAGE The plugin is completely inactive until you set it up for a particular buffer through the following function; you'll find the details directly in the .vim/autoload/MessageRecall.vim implementation file. MessageRecall#Setup( messageStoreDirspec, ... ) INSIDE THE CURRENT MESSAGE BUFFER After setup, the following mappings and commands are available in the current message buffer: CTRL-P, CTRL-N          When the buffer has had no changes yet: Replace with a                         [count]'th previous / next stored message.                         When the buffer has been modified: Open the [count]'th                         previous / first stored message in the preview window.                         When the buffer is modified and a stored message has                         already been inserted: Replace it with the [count]'th                         previous / next stored message there. :[count]MessageView     View the [count]'th previous stored message in the                         preview-window. :MessageView {message}|{filespec}                         View {message} (auto-completed from the message store                         directory) or any arbitrary {filespec} contents                         in the preview-window. :[count]MessageRecall[!]                         Insert the [count]'th previous stored message below                         the current line. :MessageRecall[!] {message}|{filespec}                         Insert {message} (auto-completed from the message                         store directory) or any arbitrary {filespec} contents                         below the current line.                         When the existing message consists of just empty (or                         ignored boilerplate) lines (originating from the                         message template that the tool invoking Vim has put                         there), the inserted message replaces those empty                         lines.                         With [!]: Replace an existing message with the                         inserted one. :[range]MessageWrite    Persist the current message / specified lines in                         [range]; normally, this is done automatically when Vim                         is done editing the buffer, but it can be useful to                         store an intermediate state (e.g. before a complete                         rewrite or before aborting the current edit). INSIDE A MESSAGE PREVIEW WINDOW CTRL-P, CTRL-N          Go to the previous / next stored message. :MessageRecall          Insert the previewed stored message below the current                         line in the buffer from which the message preview was                         opened. INSIDE BOTH :[N]MessageList         Show all / the last [N] messages in the                         location-list-window; most recent first. (So the                         line number directly corresponds to {count} in                         :{count}MessageRecall.) :[N]MessageGrep [arguments]                         Search for [arguments] in all / the last [N] stored                         messages, and set the location-list to the matches. :[N]MessageVimGrep [/]{pattern}[/]                         Search for {pattern} in all / the last [N] stored                         messages, and set the location-list to the matches. :MessageStore[!] {dirspec}| {identifier}|N                         Add the directory {dirspec} as a source (with [!]: set                         as the sole source) for recalled messages.                         If message stores have been preconfigured (cp.                         g:MessageRecall_ConfiguredMessageStores), these can                         be referenced via their short {identifier} instead, or                         by the N'th last accessed message store . :MessageStore           List all message store directories for the current                         buffer. :[N]MessagePrune[!]     Remove all / the oldest [N] messages from the message                         store, with [!] without confirmation. :MessagePrune[!] {fileglob}                         Remove all files matching {fileglob} from the message                         store, with [!] without confirmation.

install details

INSTALLATION The code is hosted in a Git repo at     https://github.com/inkarkat/vim-MessageRecall You can use your favorite plugin manager, or "git clone" into a directory used for Vim packages. Releases are on the "stable" branch, the latest unstable development snapshot on "master". This script is also packaged as a vimball. If you have the "gunzip" decompressor in your PATH, simply edit the *.vmb.gz package in Vim; otherwise, decompress the archive first, e.g. using WinZip. Inside Vim, install by sourcing the vimball or via the :UseVimball command.     vim MessageRecall*.vmb.gz     :so % To uninstall, use the :RmVimball command. DEPENDENCIES - Requires Vim 7.0 or higher. - Requires the ingo-library.vim plugin (vimscript #4433), version 1.043 or   higher. - Requires the BufferPersist.vim plugin (vimscript #4115), version 1.11 or   higher. CONFIGURATION For a permanent configuration, put the following commands into your vimrc: When you have multiple, related repositories, you may wish to recall messages from other message stores. Though this is possible via :MessageRecall path/to/other/message-store, it is tedious, and you cannot browse / preview them as easily as the ones from the current message store. For this, you can define additional message stores via:     let b:MessageRecall_MessageStores = ['', 'path/to/other/message-store'] The empty string stands for the current message store; by omitting it, its messages won't be offered any more. Note that this only affects recall and preview; the edited messages are still exclusively persisted to the current message store. If you don't want to directly add more message stores, but enable the user to quickly do so, you can configure additional message stores together with short identifying names:     let g:MessageRecall_ConfiguredMessageStores = {     \   'repo1': '/path/to/repo1/.svn/commit-msgs',     \   'repo2': '/path/to/repo2/.git/commit-msgs',     \] If you want to use different mappings, first disable the default key mappings in your vimrc:     map <Plug>DisableMessageRecallPreviewPrev <Plug>(MessageRecallPreviewPrev)     map <Plug>DisableMessageRecallPreviewNext <Plug>(MessageRecallPreviewNext)     map <Plug>DisableMessageRecallGoPrev      <Plug>(MessageRecallGoPrev)     map <Plug>DisableMessageRecallGoNext      <Plug>(MessageRecallGoNext) Since there's no common filetype for this plugin, User events are fired for each message buffer. You can hook into these events to define alternative mappings:     autocmd User MessageRecallBuffer  map <buffer> <Leader>P <Plug>(MessageRecallGoPrev)     autocmd User MessageRecallBuffer  map <buffer> <Leader>N <Plug>(MessageRecallGoNext)     autocmd User MessageRecallPreview map <buffer> <Leader>P <Plug>(MessageRecallPreviewPrev)     autocmd User MessageRecallPreview map <buffer> <Leader>N <Plug>(MessageRecallPreviewNext)

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
MessageRecall-1.50.vmb.gz	1.50	2025-02-07	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- ENH: Enable support for excluding Git message trailers (and similar): a:options.range can also be a List of range expressions; the first matching range will be used. A range of a single empty line will not be deleted. *** You need to update to BufferPersist.vim (vimscript #4115) version 1.11! ***
MessageRecall-1.40.vmb.gz	1.40	2024-10-03	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- ENH: Offer definition of a buffer-local command to persist the current buffer state on demand, via a:options.writeCommandName. - Minor: Make substitute() robust against 'ignorecase'. - Don't clobber the search history with the a:options.range (if given and using a /{pattern}/ address). - Add dependency to ingo-library (vimscript #4433). *** You need to separately install ingo-library (vimscript #4433) version 1.044 (or higher)! ***
MessageRecall-1.30.vmb.gz	1.30	2020-02-24	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- ENH: Sort the :MessageStore completion candidates for configured message stores by last modification time (instead of alphabetically by identifier), so stores that were recently updated come first. - ENH: Allow :MessageStore referencing via N count of configured stores, too.
MessageRecall-1.20.vmb.gz	1.20	2018-11-18	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- ENH: Add :MessageList, :MessageGrep, and :MessageVimGrep commands. - ENH: Add :MessagePrune. - Refactoring. *** You need to update to ingo-library (vimscript #4433) version 1.023! ***
MessageRecall-1.10.vmb.gz	1.10	2014-12-23	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- ENH: For :MessageRecall command completion, return the messages from other message stores also in reverse order, so that the latest one comes first. - ENH: Allow to override / extend the message store(s) via b:MessageRecall_MessageStores configuration. - Get rid of the dependency to the EditSimilar.vim plugin. - ENH: Add :MessageStore command that allows to add / replace message stores. Presets can be configured via the new b:MessageRecall_ConfiguredMessageStores variable. - Use ingo#compat#glob() and ingo#compat#globpath(). *** You need to update to ingo-library (vimscript #4433) version 1.022! *** The dependency to the EditSimilar.vim plugin has been dropped.
MessageRecall-1.03.vmb.gz	1.03	2014-04-16	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- Adapt to changed EditSimilar.vim interface that returns the success status now. Abort on error for own plugin commands. *** You need to update to EditSimilar.vim (vimscript #2544) version 2.40! ***
MessageRecall-1.02.vmb.gz	1.02	2013-11-21	7.0	Ingo Karkat	- CHG: Only replace on <C-p> / <C-n> in the message buffer when the considered range is just empty lines. I came to dislike the previous replacement also when the message had been persisted. - CHG: On <C-p> / <C-n> in the original message buffer: When the buffer is modified and a stored message is already being previewed, change the semantics of count to be interpreted relative to the currently previewed stored message. Beforehand, one had to use increasing <C-p>, 2<C-p>, 3<C-p>, etc. to iterate through stored messages (or go to the preview window and invoke the mapping there). - ENH: Allow to override the default <C-p> / <C-n> mappings. - Add dependency to ingo-library (vimscript #4433). *** You need to separately install ingo-library (vimscript #4433) version 1.012 (or higher)! ***
MessageRecall.vba.gz	1.01	2012-07-12	7.0	Ingo Karkat	BUG: Script error E486 when replacing a non-matching commit message buffer.
MessageRecall.vba.gz	1.00	2012-06-25	7.0	Ingo Karkat	Initial upload

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