History cleaner for the wincmd.ini

[mrbeeye]

It is high time TC had its own builtin history cleaner.
Something like internet browsers have - invoked on-demand and clean whatever you wish by choosing respective checkboxes.

[jbcb]

I like the idea.

Similar to the browser, options could be available for what to delete and in what time period when deleting.

[Horst.Epp]

There is already a button "Delete now" in the Configuration / History

[mrbeeye]

There is already a button "Delete now" in the Configuration / History

it omits deleting many history entries (searches, command line,...)

[Sir_SiLvA]

Just put all stuff you want to delete in an extra ini with RedirectSection= and you have the ability to delete history whenever you want.

for example:

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[Command Line History]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[LeftHistory]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[MkDirHistory]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[NewFileHistory]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[OldConnections]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[RenameSearchFind]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[RenameSearchReplace]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[RenameTemplates]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[RightHistory]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[Searches]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[SearchIn]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[SearchName]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[SearchText]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[Selection]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini
[TargetList]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini

[petermad]

Not that I am against the idea, but I can foresee a huge discussion about which history elements should be deleted with such a function.

Currently I redirect all wincmd.ini sections that I consider to be history to a wincmd_history.ini file - then I can easily just delete that file.

here is my list of what I consider history, hence redirect:

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[rename]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[SyncOptions]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[Selection]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[SearchName]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[SearchIn]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[SearchText]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[RenameTemplates]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[RenameSearchFind]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[RenameSearchReplace]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[left]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[right]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[lefttabs]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[righttabs]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[Command line history]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[RightHistory]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[LeftHistory]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[MkDirHistory]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[NewFileHistory]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[TargetList]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[PluginDuplicates]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[DirSelection]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[LastTracks]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

[ButtonbarCache]
RedirectSection=wincmd_history.ini

I myself could debate whether [SyncOptions], [rename] and [ButtonbarCache] should be there.

[jbcb]

Advanced history handling should be a built-in feature.

[petermad]

Advanced history handling should be a built-in feature.

Then let's see your suggestions as to which of TC's many histories that should be included.

[Sir_SiLvA]

Advanced history handling should be a built-in feature.

It is possible allready as I pointed out, you are just not willing to use it...

[AntonyD]

2petermad
HOW in this approach I can redirect ALL current and ALL FUTURE possible sections regarding screen resolutions?
Like [800x600 (8x16)], [1024x768 (8x16)], [1152x864 (8x16)]
and so on....

[ghisler(Author)]

Use AlternateUserIni in the [Configuration] section. It redirects all sections except [Configuration], [Layout], [Packer], [Confirmation], [Extensions], [Associations], [Shortcuts], [ShortcutsWin], [PackerPlugins], [FileSystemPlugins], [ListerPlugins], [ContentPlugins].

It also doesn't redirect sections containing RedirectSection=0.

[jbcb]

Advanced history handling should be a built-in feature.

It is possible allready as I pointed out, you are just not willing to use it...

But I'm talking about the built-in functionality available from the UI. I'm not talking about manually editing settings files.

[Fla$her]

cm_ClearHistoryConfig — support.

We know the external cleaning methods, even without redirecting sections. But if you compare TC with browsers, then I think that a separate settings page will be quite appropriate here.

[petermad]

for example:

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[OldConnections]
RedirectSection=<path>\history.ini

[OldConnections] is a wcx_ftp.ini section - sections in wcx_ftp.ini cannot be redirected.

[Sir_SiLvA]

[OldConnections] is a wcx_ftp.ini section - sections in wcx_ftp.ini cannot be redirected.

I know, I just copy & pasted the names from my TC Inis History folder and I once tried to redirect that section.
PS: Has there ever been a reason given why sections in wcx_ftp cant be redirected (yet)?