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commit cd89f63b65c4939632903adcfc602d6da8e7f479
parent c7700ee48e74f08f58e0ff02b0c11dfa42a737b6
Author: Anders Damsgaard <anders@adamsgaard.dk>
Date:   Thu,  2 Jul 2020 13:21:06 +0200

Increase history size and show most recent first in selection menu

Diffstat:
M
.local/bin/define
 | 
6
+++---

1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.local/bin/define b/.local/bin/define
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
 history_file=~/.cache/define.hist
-history_length=20
+history_length=100
 
 show_help() {
 	echo "usage: ${0##*/} [OPTIONS] TERM[S]"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ trim_history_file() {
 }
 
 add_to_history() {
-	echo "$1" >> "$history_file"
+	printf '%s\n' "$1" >> "$history_file"
 }
 
 define() {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ done
 prepare_history_file
 
 if [ "$gui" = 1 ]; then
-	suggestions="$(xclip -o || :; echo; cat "$history_file")"
+	suggestions="$(xclip -o || :; tail -r "$history_file")"
 	word=$(echo "$suggestions" | dmenu -i -p "Dictionary lookup:") || exit 1
 	notify-send -t 10000 "define: $word" "$(define "$word" | remove_comm_msgs)"
 	exit 0