bug#67000: 30.0.50; [PATCH] Add support for reading/writing IELM input history

[Simen Heggestøyl]

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm not against adding a hook to `kill-emacs-hook', but it should be
> added when you start IELM and not on top-level.  We want to avoid any
> side effects from merely loading a file.

Fixed.

> I don't think this will work in its current form either: AFAICT,
> `comint-write-input-ring' saves it for the current buffer, and that's
> not guaranteed to be the *ielm* buffer when `kill-emacs-hook' runs.
>
> So you'd want to first switch to that buffer, I think.  It could also
> have been renamed meanwhile, so I think you want to save the actual
> buffer and not it's name (i.e. use `get-buffer').

Right, good catch. New attempt in the attached patch!

0001-Add-support-for-reading-writing-IELM-input-history.patch
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-- Simen