patch 9.1.0864: message history is fixed to 200
Problem: message history is fixed to 200
Solution: Add the 'msghistory' option, increase the default
value to 500 (Shougo Matsushita)
closes: #16048
Co-authored-by: Milly <milly.ca@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Shougo Matsushita <Shougo.Matsu@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
diff --git a/runtime/doc/message.txt b/runtime/doc/message.txt
index 6453b95..69d8bc7 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/message.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/message.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*message.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Mar 13
+*message.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Nov 14
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
Clear messages, keeping only the {count} most
recent ones.
-The number of remembered messages is fixed at 200.
+The number of remembered messages is determined by the 'msghistory' option.
*g<*
The "g<" command can be used to see the last page of previous command output.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 73ff7cc..1aa5ccc 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -4440,7 +4440,8 @@
global
A history of ":" commands, and a history of previous search patterns
is remembered. This option decides how many entries may be stored in
- each of these histories (see |cmdline-editing|).
+ each of these histories (see |cmdline-editing| and 'msghistory' for
+ the number of messages to remember).
The maximum value is 10000.
NOTE: This option is set to the Vi default value when 'compatible' is
set and to the Vim default value when 'compatible' is reset.
@@ -5917,6 +5918,12 @@
time in msec between two mouse clicks for the second click to be
recognized as a multi click.
+ *'msghistory'* *'mhi'*
+'msghistory' 'mhi' number (default 500)
+ global
+ Determines how many entries are remembered in the |:messages| history.
+ The maximum value is 10000.
+
*'mzquantum'* *'mzq'*
'mzquantum' 'mzq' number (default 100)
global
diff --git a/runtime/doc/tags b/runtime/doc/tags
index 00c131d..86db8a4 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/tags
+++ b/runtime/doc/tags
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@
'mesg' vi_diff.txt /*'mesg'*
'mfd' options.txt /*'mfd'*
'mh' options.txt /*'mh'*
+'mhi' options.txt /*'mhi'*
'mis' options.txt /*'mis'*
'mkspellmem' options.txt /*'mkspellmem'*
'ml' options.txt /*'ml'*
@@ -531,6 +532,7 @@
'mousetime' options.txt /*'mousetime'*
'mp' options.txt /*'mp'*
'mps' options.txt /*'mps'*
+'msghistory' options.txt /*'msghistory'*
'msm' options.txt /*'msm'*
'mzq' options.txt /*'mzq'*
'mzquantum' options.txt /*'mzquantum'*
diff --git a/runtime/doc/version9.txt b/runtime/doc/version9.txt
index ac0700e..10e13f8 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/version9.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/version9.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*version9.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Nov 11
+*version9.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2024 Nov 14
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -41659,6 +41659,7 @@
popup
'findfunc' Vim function to obtain the results for a |:find|
command
+'msghistory' Max number of messages to remember
'winfixbuf' Keep buffer focused in a window
'tabclose' Which tab page to focus after closing a tab page
't_xo' Terminal uses XON/XOFF handshaking (e.g. vt420)
diff --git a/runtime/optwin.vim b/runtime/optwin.vim
index 99b1ecf..c8170da 100644
--- a/runtime/optwin.vim
+++ b/runtime/optwin.vim
@@ -749,6 +749,8 @@
call <SID>BinOptionG("terse", &terse)
call <SID>AddOption("shortmess", gettext("list of flags to make messages shorter"))
call <SID>OptionG("shm", &shm)
+call <SID>AddOption("msghistory", gettext("how many messages are remembered"))
+call append("$", " \tset mhi=" . &mhi)
call <SID>AddOption("showcmd", gettext("show (partial) command keys in location given by 'showcmdloc'"))
let &sc = s:old_sc
call <SID>BinOptionG("sc", &sc)