Save scrollback and start logging as single function

README.md

@@ -43,7 +43,17 @@ you need to log/save all the work.
 * File path: `$HOME` (user home dir)
   * Example file: `tmux-history-my-session-0-1-20140527T165614.log`
 
-**NOTE**: this functionality depends on the value of `history-limit` - the number
+### 4. Save complete history and continue logging to same file
+
+Save complete pane history to a file then continue logging to it. Convenient if you retroactively remember you need to log/save all the work, including what follows.
+
+* Key binding: `prefix + ctrl + P`
+* File name format: `tmux-#{session_name}-#{window_index}-#{pane_index}-%Y%m%dT%H%M%S.log`
+* File path: `$HOME` (user home dir)
+  * Example file: `~/tmux-my-session-0-1-20140527T165614.log`
+
+
+**NOTE**: the last 2 features functionality depends on the value of `history-limit` - the number
 of lines Tmux keeps in the scrollback buffer. Only what Tmux kept will also be saved,
 to a file.
 

logging.tmux

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ main() {
 	tmux bind-key "$pane_screen_capture_key" run-shell "$CURRENT_DIR/scripts/screen_capture.sh"
 	tmux bind-key "$save_complete_history_key" run-shell "$CURRENT_DIR/scripts/save_complete_history.sh"
 	tmux bind-key "$clear_history_key" run-shell "$CURRENT_DIR/scripts/clear_history.sh"
+	tmux bind-key "$snapshot_and_log_key" run-shell "$CURRENT_DIR/scripts/snapshot_and_log.sh"
 }
 
 main

scripts/snapshot_and_log.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+CURRENT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+source "$CURRENT_DIR/variables.sh"
+source "$CURRENT_DIR/shared.sh"
+
+main() {
+	if supported_tmux_version_ok; then
+        local file=$(expand_tmux_format_path "${logging_full_filename}")
+		local history_limit="$(tmux display-message -p -F "#{history_limit}")"
+		tmux capture-pane -J -S "-${history_limit}" -p > "${file}"
+		remove_empty_lines_from_end_of_file "${file}"	
+        "$CURRENT_DIR/start_logging.sh" "${file}"
+
+		display_message "History saved and logging started to ${file}"
+	fi
+}
+main

scripts/start_logging.sh

@@ -3,6 +3,17 @@
 # path to log file - global variable
 FILE="$1"
 
+# If called directly, read context and enable logging
+if [ ! "${FILE}" ] ; then
+	CURRENT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+	source "$CURRENT_DIR/variables.sh"
+	source "$CURRENT_DIR/shared.sh"
+	file=$(expand_tmux_format_path "${logging_full_filename}")
+	display_message "Started logging to ${logging_full_filename}"
+
+fi
+
 ansifilter_installed() {
 	type ansifilter >/dev/null 2>&1 || return 1
 }
@@ -18,12 +29,14 @@ pipe_pane_ansifilter() {
 pipe_pane_sed_osx() {
 	# Warning, very complex regex ahead.
 	# Some characters below might not be visible from github web view.
-	local ansi_codes_osx="(\[([0-9]{1,3}((;[0-9]{1,3})*)?)?[m|K]||]0;[^]+|[[:space:]]+$)"
+	local ansi_codes_osx="(\[([0-9]{1,3}((;[0-9]{1,3})*)?)?[m|K]|
+|]0;[^]+|[[:space:]]+$)"
 	tmux pipe-pane "exec cat - | sed -E \"s/$ansi_codes_osx//g\" >> $FILE"
 }
 
 pipe_pane_sed() {
-	local ansi_codes="(\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]|)"
+	local ansi_codes="(\x1B\[([0-9]{1,2}(;[0-9]{1,2})?)?[m|K]|
+)"
 	tmux pipe-pane "exec cat - | sed -r 's/$ansi_codes//g' >> $FILE"
 }
 

scripts/variables.sh

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ default_save_complete_history_key="M-P" # Alt-Shift-p
 save_complete_history_key=$(tmux show-option -gqv "@save-complete-history-key")
 save_complete_history_key=${save_complete_history_key:-$default_save_complete_history_key}
 
+default_snapshot_and_log_key="C-P" # Control-Shift-p
+snapshot_and_log_key=$(tmux show-option -gqv "@snapshot_and_log")
+snapshot_and_log_key=${snapshot_and_log_key:-$default_snapshot_and_log_key}
+
 default_clear_history_key="M-c" # Alt-c
 clear_history_key=$(tmux show-option -gqv "@clear-history-key")
 clear_history_key=${clear_history_key:-$default_clear_history_key}