Write History in Powershell ISE

[nyukers]

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Exception report

PSReadLine doesn't write history of PS commands in PowerShell ISE.

Screenshot

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Environment data

PS Version: 5.1.19041.2364
PS HostName: Windows PowerShell ISE Host
PSReadLine Version: 2.2.6
PSReadLine EditMode: Windows
OS: 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
BufferWidth: 120
BufferHeight: 9001

Steps to reproduce

Get-PSReadlineOption | select HistoryNoDuplicates, MaximumHistoryCount, HistorySearchCursorMovesToEnd, HistorySearchCaseSensitive, HistorySavePath, HistorySaveStyle

HistoryNoDuplicates : True
MaximumHistoryCount : 4096
HistorySearchCursorMovesToEnd : False
HistorySearchCaseSensitive : False
HistorySavePath : C:\Users\User01\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\PSReadLine\Windows PowerShell ISE Host_history.txt
HistorySaveStyle : SaveIncrementally

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Expected behavior

File Windows PowerShell ISE Host_history.txt is exists.

Actual behavior

File Windows PowerShell ISE Host_history.txt doesn't exist or empty.

[daxian-dbw]

PSReadLine works only in terminal/console, not in the ISE. ISE is a WPF application that doesn't rely on terminal/console for input.

[nyukers]

I think so, but filename Windows PowerShell ISE Host_history.txt was surpised me.

[daxian-dbw]

The file gets created when PSReadLine is imported, using the host name.