Command Log

Please see the keycast and keypression package, which has options to display in a posframe, headline, or modeline. It’s a pretty well written package. This package was forked to clean up the command-log-mode package that is still ranking highly in a lot of search results.

What it do?

Watch commands & key sequences in some or all buffers. Good for recording demos or annotating videos.

• Logs can be saved and contain command timestamps
• Filter commands or activate logging only in select buffers
• Side window buffer display

What it look like?

Installation

Until and unless MELPA is updated, configure your package manager (which should support pointing at specific repositories) to use this repo.

;; using elpaca (recommended to add a hash for reproducibility)
(use-package
  :elpaca (command-log
           :host github
           :repo "positron-solutions/command-log"))

;; using straight use-package with custom recipe
(use-package command-log
  :straight '(command-log
              :type git :host github :repo "positron-solutions/command-log"))

How do I use it?

Use the command-log-toggle command. The use-package configuration below will configure this command to log globally, including the minibuffer, and to disable the global minor mode when you toggle while the buffer is visible. Customize the command-log group for more options.

(use-package command-log
  :config
  (setopt command-log-filter-commands '(self-insert-command) ; commands you don't care about
  (setopt command-log-mouse t)
  (setopt command-log-text t) ; print strings rather than streams of `self-insert-command'.

  (setopt command-log-merge-repeats t) ; show repeat counts without making new entries
  ;; This following option and some related options can be powerful for
  ;; revealing how commands are delegating out to other commands, such as M-x
  ;; and ivy.  Read the docs ;-)
  (setopt command-log-merge-repeat-targets 'post-command)

Unveiling More Details

You can reveal all commands temporarily by running [M-x] command-log-toggle-show-all. It overrides several behaviors to try to reveal more.

There is also command-log-tail-dribble if you need to see your inputs for debugging. Don’t forget about simple view-lossage and refreshing with g.

Commands to toggle buffer showing and to turn everything off without doing it on every toggle are sorely needed. PR’s welcome!

License

All post-fork work is GPL licensed. This increasingly covers most of the package. The CI is MIT licensed for convenience. See CONTRIBUTING.org for information about submitting changes correctly.

This package is a fork of mwe-log-commands.el by Michael Weber <michaelw@foldr.org> The link is broken, but the original commit indicates that it was GPL2+ licensed, including the other forks. Thanks to others who are in git history or appear in copyright notices.