History Selection Dialog

The History Selection Dialog lets the user choose a string from the history, e.g.

a past command.

This is a Simple Dialog

Windows

Name	Type	See Also
History Selection Dialog	WT_DLG_HISTORY	dlg_history()

Parent

• Dialog Windows

Children

• See: Simple Dialog

Data

• Menu
• Menu::mdata
• char **matches

The Simple Dialog holds a Menu. The History Selection Dialog stores its data (char **matches) in Menu::mdata.

Events

Once constructed, it is controlled by the following events:

Event Type	Handler
NT_CONFIG	history_config_observer()

The dialog is not affected by colours and doesn't support sorting. Some other events are handled by the Menu (part of the Simple Dialog).

Functions

Function	Description	Links
dlg_history()	Select an item from a history list	gui_dlg
history_config_observer()	Notification that a Config Variable has changed	observer_t, observer_api
history_make_entry()	Format a History Item for the Menu	Menu::make_entry(), menu_make_entry