Date/time inclusion in History.xml

[J-L-Taylor]

If doing so would not cause adverse effects, adding a time entry to the History.xml file would be convenient to have included with the existing entries. For example,

<History>
    <Invalid_Name id="1" ahk="True">
        <crc>…</crc>
        <icon>…</icon>
        <lines>…</lines>
        <time>…</time>
        <text>Thank you for CL3!</text>
    </Invalid_Name>

I would open a pull request, but I tried to get an understanding of the variables used in CL3.ahk and was unsuccessful…

[hi5]

Adding new entries to the history is done using the .InsertAt done here https://github.com/hi5/CL3/blob/74a75a77fed2de5da14dd8aa7bfbc3f95fa39b21/cl3.ahk#L818 (and in a few other places) and updating entries simply manipulates the index value of the history object.

So adding time could probably be as easy as adding ,"Time":A_Now

History.Insert(1,{"text":ClipText,"icon": IconExe,"lines": Count+1,"crc":crc,"Time":A_Now})

Of course that doesn't do much good as the user can't see it, so what would you do with it? Do you want to display it in the menu, cycle through history or search results?

[J-L-Taylor]

Having the time displayed in any of the places you mentioned would be quite helpful, though I imagine it would be most useful in the search results as it may help the user find what they're looking for if they can view the times of the entries as they scroll through the list.

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 5:57 PM hi5 @.***> wrote:

Adding new entries to the history is done using the .InsertAt https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/v1/lib/Object.htm#InsertAt done here https://github.com/hi5/CL3/blob/74a75a77fed2de5da14dd8aa7bfbc3f95fa39b21/cl3.ahk#L818 (and in a few other places) and updating entries simply manipulates the index value of the history object.

So adding time could probably be as easy as adding ,"Time":A_Now

History.Insert(1,{"text":ClipText,"icon": IconExe,"lines": Count+1,"crc":crc,"Time":A_Now})

Of course that doesn't do much good as the user can't see it, so what would you do with it? Do you want to display it in the menu, cycle through history or search results?

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[hi5]

I'll do some tests and see if I can incorporate it somehow (at some point)

[hi5]

You can try v1.107 and set it up via the settings https://github.com/hi5/CL3/blob/master/changelog.md#v1107 I haven't tested it very thoroughly so let me know if you spot something peculiar.

[hi5]

Various additions to timestamp in v1.108 which is now also visible in tooltip (cycle forward, backward, plugin) and search. https://github.com/hi5/CL3/blob/master/changelog.md#v1108