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Keeping console history clean-ish

#1

Is it possible to delete an entry from console history? Or to have a method of selectively saving commands in history (like in bash, for example, one can setup to not remember any commands that started with space character).

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#2

AFAIK even a standard interactive python console doesn’t offer something like that because as soon as you put a space in front you get an unexpected indent error, and other chars could conflict with python syntax…

Probably the way to do it is manually edit the session/workspace file in another editor with ST closed…

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#3

Console history is not stored anywhere. The way to clear the console is to restart Sublime Text.

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#4

To simply clear the console window I use this:

import sublime_plugin, sublime

class ClearConsole(sublime_plugin.ApplicationCommand):
    def run(self):
        settings = sublime.load_settings("Preferences.sublime-settings")
        scrollback = settings.get("console_max_history_lines")
        settings.set("console_max_history_lines", 1)
        print("")  # noqa
        settings.set("console_max_history_lines", scrollback)
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#5

Yup. I figured this was the way. Was just wondering if I missed some easier way to do it.

To other responders: Thanks.
A) You are probably talking about some other console. This one does save history – in the Session.sublime_session file. And
B) I’d like to keep some useful commands there, without a ton of wrong ones. Not clear it completely.

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