feat(shell): add scrollback history capture on shell exit

- Add smart_exit function: captures Kitty scrollback to a timestamped
  log file on exit; --no-log/-n skips capture; auto-prunes oldest logs
  once count exceeds SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_MAX_FILES
- Wire exit → smart_exit in config.fish for interactive sessions;
  export SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR and SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_MAX_FILES with
  sane defaults (~/.terminal_history and 100 respectively)
- Update cat to detect files in SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR or containing
  raw ANSI escape sequences and pass them through command cat instead
  of bat, preserving color output
- Remove redundant alias rm="rm -i" from tricks.fish (superseded by
  functions/rm.fish trash-aware wrapper)
- Sync README: new Scrollback History integration section, smart_exit
  added to System functions table, cat description updated, stale rm
  Safety Wrapper entry and note removed
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2026-05-30 01:20:40 -04:00
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commit 378cb6b221
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@@ -156,6 +156,21 @@ Desktop notifications for long-running commands via [franciscolourenco/done](htt
| `__done_min_cmd_duration` | `10000` ms | Minimum duration before a notification is sent |
| `__done_notification_urgency_level` | `low` | Desktop notification urgency |
### Scrollback History
When running inside Kitty, closing a shell session with `exit` automatically saves a timestamped scrollback snapshot to `SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR` (default: `~/.terminal_history`). Snapshots are named `scrollback_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.log` and the oldest files are pruned automatically once the count exceeds `SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_MAX_FILES`.
Use `exit --no-log` (or `exit -n`) to close without saving.
The `cat` function detects files inside `SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR` (and any file containing raw ANSI escape sequences) and pipes them through `command cat` instead of `bat`, preserving color output.
Both variables can be overridden in `local.fish`:
| Variable | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR` | `~/.terminal_history` | Directory where scrollback snapshots are written |
| `SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_MAX_FILES` | `100` | Maximum number of snapshots to keep before pruning |
---
## Key Bindings
@@ -196,7 +211,7 @@ These functions wrap modern alternatives with graceful fallbacks to standard too
| Function | Replaces | Tool |
|---|---|---|
| `ls` | `ls` | `eza` (falls back to `lsd`, then system `ls`) |
| `cat` | `cat` | `bat` (plain, no pager) |
| `cat` | `cat` | `bat` (plain, no pager); falls back to `command cat` for ANSI log files and scrollback snapshots |
| `less` | `less` | `most` |
| `ping` | `ping` | `prettyping --nolegend` |
| `top` | `top` | `btop` |
@@ -326,6 +341,7 @@ Install method priority: **git+cargo source build** (fish) → **cargo** (other
| `wake-lock <cmd>` | Run a command with `systemd-inhibit` to prevent sleep |
| `swapstat` | Colorized zRAM compression ratio, swappiness, and swap priority report |
| `sudo-toggle` | Toggle sudo password bypass — writes/clears a `NOPASSWD` rule in `/etc/sudoers.d/nofail-toggle` |
| `smart_exit` | Captures Kitty terminal scrollback to a timestamped log on exit; `--no-log` skips capture; auto-prunes oldest logs when count exceeds `SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_MAX_FILES` |
| `psmem` | List all processes sorted by memory usage (descending) |
| `psmem10` | Top 10 processes by memory usage |
| `tmux-clean` | Kill all detached tmux sessions |
@@ -416,10 +432,6 @@ These aliases add `-i` (interactive confirmation) to destructive commands:
|---|---|
| `cp` | `cp -i` |
| `mv` | `mv -i` |
| `rm` | `rm -i` |
> [!NOTE]
> The `rm` alias applies only when no custom `rm` function from `functions/rm.fish` takes precedence. The trash-aware `rm` wrapper in `functions/rm.fish` is the primary handler for interactive sessions.
#### Archives & Networking
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@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
# Safety aliases (Confirmation before overwriting/deleting)
alias cp="cp -i"
alias mv="mv -i"
alias rm="rm -i"
# Archives and networking short-hands
alias tarnow='tar -acf '
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@@ -70,6 +70,24 @@ set -gx SUDO_EDITOR $EDITOR
# Helps ensure that GPG can prompt for passphrases correctly when invoked from the terminal.
set -gx GPG_TTY (tty)
# ────────────────────────── Scrollback History ──────────────────────────
# Directory where scrollback history is saved into log files.
set -gx SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR "$HOME/.terminal_history"
# Maximum number of scrollback history files to keep
set -gx SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_MAX_FILES 100
# Wire up a clean exit function that won't fire on background subshells
if status is-interactive
function exit --description 'Safe interactive exit'
# If the smart_exit file exists in our function path, invoke it explicitly
if functions -q smart_exit
smart_exit $argv
else
# Absolute fallback to protect shell mechanics
builtin exit $argv
end
end
end
# ──────────────────────────── PATH variables ────────────────────────────
# Adds common user bin directories to the PATH. The -mg --move option for cargo ensures that
# the cargo bin directory is moved to the end of the PATH, which can help avoid conflicts
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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
# Use bat for files and ls for directories when using cat
function cat --wraps='bat' --description 'Use bat for files and ls for directories'
function cat --wraps='bat' --description 'Use bat for files, ls for directories, and raw cat for ANSI logs'
# If no arguments are provided, cat usually waits for stdin.
# We'll maintain that behavior by skipping the directory check if $argv is empty.
if set -q argv[1]
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@ function cat --wraps='bat' --description 'Use bat for files and ls for directori
ls $argv
return
end
# NEW: Check if the target file lives in your scrollback snapshot directory OR
# contains raw terminal ANSI color escape sequences.
if test -f $argv[1]
if string match -q "$SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR/*" $argv[1]
or string match -qr '\e\[[0-9;]*m' (head -n 5 $argv[1] 2>/dev/null)
command cat $argv
return
end
end
end
# Fallback to bat or standard cat
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# Copyright (C) 2026 Rootiest
# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
# Function to capture colorized scrollback before exiting, with pruning and safe overrides
function smart_exit --description 'Capture colorized scrollback before exiting, with pruning and safe overrides'
set -l options h/help n/no-log
argparse $options -- $argv
or return 1
set -l c_primary (set_color cyan)
set -l c_accent (set_color green)
set -l c_warn (set_color yellow)
set -l c_bold (set_color --bold)
set -l c_reset (set_color normal)
if set -q _flag_help
echo -e "Usage: $c_accent"exit"$c_reset [$c_primary""OPTIONS""$c_reset]"
echo ""
echo "Closes the current shell session, automatically archiving the window scrollback."
echo ""
echo "Options:"
echo -e " $c_primary""-h, --help""$c_reset Show this help message"
echo -e " $c_primary""-n, --no-log""$c_reset Exit immediately $c_bold""without""$c_reset saving a scrollback history log"
return 0
end
set -l snapshot_dir (set -q SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR; and echo $SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_DIR; or echo "$HOME/.terminal_history")
set -l max_files (set -q SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_MAX_FILES; and echo $SCROLLBACK_HISTORY_MAX_FILES; or echo 100)
# Handle Scrollback Capture (Skipped if -n/--no-log is used)
if not set -q _flag_no_log
mkdir -p $snapshot_dir
set -l timestamp (date "+%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S")
set -l filename "$snapshot_dir/scrollback_$timestamp.log"
# Safe child process detection
set -l active_tui (ps -o comm= --ppid $fish_pid 2>/dev/null)
if test -n "$KITTY_WINDOW_ID"
# LIVE BUFFER CHECK: Check the active token variable $_
# If the user typed exit, $_ will match "exit". If flags were passed,
# we check if it contains the phrase "exit" to match 'exit -n' or 'exit --help'.
if string match -qr exit "$_"
if not string match -qr '^(nvim|vim|vi|nano|emacs|tmux)$' "$active_tui"
kitty @ get-text --match id:$KITTY_WINDOW_ID --extent all --ansi | sed 's/^\[38;2;[0-9;]*m//g' >$filename 2>/dev/null
end
end
end
# 4. Automatic Pruning Logic
set -l current_logs $snapshot_dir/scrollback_*.log
if test -f "$current_logs[1]"
set -l total_files (count $current_logs)
if test $total_files -gt $max_files
set -l num_to_delete (math $total_files - $max_files)
for i in (seq 1 $num_to_delete)
rm -f $current_logs[$i]
end
end
end
else
echo -e "$c_warn""➔""$c_reset Exiting discreetly; $c_bold""no history logs saved.""$c_reset"
sleep 0.4
end
# Call the true system exit directly
builtin exit
end