p0deje/Maccy

Option for "Clear history on quit" to not store history on disk

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#733 opened on Feb 17, 2024

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Problem

Currently Maccy writes history to ~/Library/Containers/org.p0deje.Maccy/Data/Library/Application Support/Maccy/Storage.sqlite stores history when "Clear history on quit" is checkmarked.

Coming from KDE's Klipper, I assumed Maccy would only store history in memory with this option. I didn't really think twice about it until I noticed the wording and decided to double check

Solution

A sub-option for "Clear history on quit" that doesn't write history to disk

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Research direction
Investigate how Maccy currently stores history to disk using SQLite and implement a setting to disable disk writes when 'Clear history on quit' is enabled, keeping history only in memory.
Tech stack
swift
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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75