rsc3/doc-schelp/HelpSource/Classes/History.schelp

class:: History
summary:: keeps a history of interpreted lines of code
related:: Classes/Archive
categories:: Streams-Patterns-Events

description::

History keeps track of all code lines that are being executed, in order to forward them to other players, to easily reuse earlier versions, or to store and reproduce a performance. Since it records everything that is interpreted, there is only one privileged instance of History - code::History.current::.
(adc 2006/7)

ClassMethods::

private::initClass, timeStamp, dateString, hasMovedOn, lineShorts
private:: addToLog, date, time0, saveFolder, logFolder, logFile, logPath, makeLogFolder, checkLogStarted, startLog, endLog, showLogFile.
private:: maxShortLength, getTimeFromString, asLines, cmdPeriod

method::start
start adding interpreted code to (current) history.

method::end
end adding interpreted code to (current) history.

method::clear
remove all items from (current) history.

method::enter
add an entry by hand.

method::document
post the history in a new document (as story).

method:: makeWin
make a HistoryGui for History.current, at the point given, with the given textHeight.

method:: keepsLog
get and set flag whether to log History to a file.

method:: verbose
get and set flag whether to post debug messages from History operations.

method::drop
drop the newest n lines from history. if n is negative, drop the oldest n lines.

method::keep
keep only the newest n lines from history. if n is negative, keep the oldest n lines.

method::saveCS
store history as one compileString.

method::loadCS
load a history from (compilestring) file.

method::saveStory
store in a file, in historical order as individual code snippets.

method::loadStory
read history into current, from a file in story format.

method::play
play back current history from start to end line, per default verbose.

method::stop
stop current history playback.

method::rewrite
Write a properly formatted code file from a history.

argument::path
The filename is the original name with "_rewritten." appended.

argument::open
If open is true (default: true), open a text window with the string.

subsection::More internal methods:

method:: current
the current History instance

method:: lines, lineShorts
the currently recorded lines in History.current.

lineShorts is a copy with shortened strings for display.

method:: new
create a new instance.

Examples::

code::
History.clear.end;		// clear to start over
History.start; 			// starts recording, opens log file

				// execute these lines one by one
1 + 2;
p = ProxySpace.push(s.boot);
~a = {Dust.ar([1,1] * 30 ) * 0.3 }; //
~a.play;
~a.end;

History.end;		// History.end ends logging as well.


History.document; // create a document with all the changes
History.showLogFile; // open the log file as it was written.

g = History.makeWin(0@20); // make a gui window, put it where you like
g = History.makeWin(0@20, 5); // lines to see in textview

History.play;			// posts lines by default;

History.play(verbose: false);	// just do it, no posting;

	// continue recording
History.start;

10 + 200;			// enter 5 more lines
p.push;
~b = { |freq=500| LFDNoise3.ar(freq.dup(2)) * 0.2 };
~b.play;
~b.set(\freq, 1000);
~b.end(2);

History.end;


	// save current history to a file.
History.saveCS("~/Desktop/TestHist.scd");
h = History.new.loadCS("~/Desktop/TestHist.scd");
h.lines.printcsAll; "";

	// under the hood: History.someCommand goes to History.current:

	// History.current is where new codelines always go.
h = History.current;
h.lines.printcsAll; "";
h.lineShorts.printcsAll; "";	// lineshorts are for gui display

History.enter("2 + 2");		// make a simple entry by hand.
h.lines.printcsAll; "";

		// one can edit a history:

History.drop(-1); // drop the oldest memory
History.drop(1); // drop the newest memory

h.keep(9); 		h.lines.printAll; "";
h.drop(3); 		h.lines.printAll; "";
h.removeLast;		h.lines.printAll;"";
h.removeAt([3, 4]);	h.lines.printAll;"";


// more examples
History.clear.start;

1 + 2;			// code lines get stored

(nil + 2).postln;	// error lines are ignored

	// comment-only line is kept, empty lines not:

	// save and load as text files


History.saveCS; // save as compilestring for reloading.
			// save with name, in forward time order.
History.saveCS("~/Desktop/testHist.scd", forward: true);
			// load back in from file
h = History.new.loadCS("~/Desktop/testHist.scd", forward: true);
h.lines.postcs; "";

	// save as human-readable/hand-playable story
History.saveStory		// write all to time-stamped file in historical order
History.saveStory("~/Desktop/myTestStory.scd");	// ... with given filename.
History.loadStory("~/Desktop/myTestStory.scd");	// load from story format file

Document.open("~/Desktop/myTestStory.scd");	// the story file is human-readable.


	// Various Internals
	// make a new instance of History by hand:
h = History([[0, \me, "1+2"], [1.234, \me, "q = q ? ();"], [3, \me, "\"History\".postln"]]);
h.lines.printcsAll; "";
h.lineShorts.printcsAll; "";

h.play;	// play it
h.stop;


	// string formatting utils
h.storyString;
History.formatTime(1234.56);
History.unformatTime("0:20:34.56");
(
History.prettyString("
/* removes line returns at start and end of code strings ... */

").postcs;
)	// convert a line to a short string of n characters for gui display
History.shorten(h.lines.first.postcs, 60).postcs;


	// in networked setups, one may turn off local recording and rely on remote recording:
History.recordLocally
History.localOff
History.recordLocally
History.localOn
History.recordLocally


	// by default, history always logs here (and makes the folder if not there yet):
History.logFolder;
History.showLogFolder;
History.logPath;
History.showLogFile;	// current logfile...
	// todo: optionally, one should be able to turn logging off?

	// filtering lines, to get subsets of all lines by key and/or searchstring:

	// get indices for specific keys
h = History([[0, \me, "a=1+2"], [1, \me, "3+5"], [1.234, \you, "q = q ? ();"], [3, \her, "\"Herstory ==== \".postln"]]);
h.keys;
h.matchKeys(\me);
h.matchKeys(\you);
h.matchKeys(\her);
h.matchKeys; 		// nil if no test
h.matchKeys(\all); 	// all keys match
h.matchKeys([\me, \her])
h.matchKeys(\isidor)	// empty array if no line found

h.matchString("Herst");
h.matchString("q");
h.matchString("1+");
h.matchString("herStory", false); // ignoreCase is false by default
h.matchString("herStory", true); // ignoreCase

h.indicesFor([\me, \her], "=");	// indices for line written by \me or \her AND containing "=";

	// searching is only an interface/access feature,
	// so please read on at HistoryGui help ...
h.makeWin;

HistoryGui.help;
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