Copy 'Fidget history' output

[diegodario88]

As the title says, how one can copy that ouput?

[j-hui]

Unfortunately, for now, that's not supported (I just use the text copying feature from my terminal). :Fidget history (and indeed all of Fidget's usercommand system) could use a lot of work.

[diegodario88]

When using a GUI client like Neovide, I guess there's just no way around it 😕

[Lcchy]

I was also looking for a way to solve this and have resorted to writing a helper function that shows the history in a new buffer.
It does not filter and doesnt do highlighting though.

local fidget = require("fidget")
local function show_fidget_history_buf()
    local history_items = fidget.notification.get_history()

    if not history_items or #history_items == 0 then
        vim.notify("No fidget history available", vim.log.levels.WARN)
        return
    end

    -- Create buffer
    local buf = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(false, true)
    vim.api.nvim_set_option_value("buftype", "nofile", { buf = buf })
    vim.api.nvim_set_option_value("bufhidden", "wipe", { buf = buf })
    vim.api.nvim_set_option_value("modifiable", false, { buf = buf })

    local lines = { "=== Fidget Notification History ===", "" }

    for _, item in ipairs(history_items) do
        local timestamp = vim.fn.strftime("%c", item.last_updated)
        local group_part = item.group_name and (" " .. item.group_name) or ""
        local annote_part = item.annote and (" [" .. item.annote .. "]") or ""

        table.insert(lines, timestamp .. group_part .. " |" .. annote_part)

        -- Handle multiline messages
        for msg_line in vim.gsplit(item.message, "\n", { plain = true, trimempty = false }) do
            table.insert(lines, "  " .. msg_line)
        end
        table.insert(lines, "")
    end

    vim.api.nvim_set_option_value("modifiable", true, { buf = buf })
    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(buf, 0, -1, false, lines)
    vim.api.nvim_set_option_value("modifiable", false, { buf = buf })

    vim.cmd("split")
    vim.api.nvim_win_set_buf(0, buf)
    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_name(buf, "fidget://history")

    local opts = { buffer = buf, noremap = true, silent = true }
    vim.keymap.set("n", "q", "<cmd>close<cr>", opts)
    vim.keymap.set("n", "<esc>", "<cmd>close<cr>", opts)
end

[y2w8]

i add highlighting and i make use render markdown for the rest the text

local fidget = require("fidget")

local function show_fidget_history_buf()
    local history_items = fidget.notification.get_history()

    if not history_items or #history_items == 0 then
        vim.notify("No fidget history available", vim.log.levels.WARN)
        return
    end

    local buf = vim.api.nvim_create_buf(false, true)

    vim.api.nvim_set_option_value("buftype", "nofile", { buf = buf })
    vim.api.nvim_set_option_value("bufhidden", "wipe", { buf = buf })
    vim.api.nvim_set_option_value("filetype", "markdown", { buf = buf })

    local lines = {
        "== Fidget Notification History ==",
        "",
    }

    local highlights = {}

    for _, item in ipairs(history_items) do
        local lnum = #lines
        local timestamp = vim.fn.strftime("%c", item.last_updated)
        local group = item.group_name or "Notifications"
        local icon = item.annote or "ℹ"

        local header =
            "(" .. timestamp .. ") "
            .. group
            .. " | ["
            .. icon
            .. "]"

        table.insert(lines, header)

        -- timestamp (grey)
        table.insert(highlights, {
            line = lnum,
            start = 0,
            finish = #timestamp + 2,
            group = "Comment",
        })

        -- group name (pink)
        local group_start = header:find(group, 1, true) - 1
        table.insert(highlights, {
            line = lnum,
            start = group_start,
            finish = group_start + #group,
            group = "String",
        })

        -- icon highlight
        local icon_start = header:find("%[", 1) - 1
        local icon_hl = "DiagnosticInfo"

        if icon:find("") then
            icon_hl = "DiagnosticWarn"
        elseif icon:find("") then
            icon_hl = "DiagnosticError"
        end

        table.insert(highlights, {
            line = lnum,
            start = icon_start,
            finish = #header,
            group = icon_hl,
        })

        -- message body
        for msg_line in vim.gsplit(item.message, "\n", { plain = true }) do
            table.insert(lines, "  " .. msg_line)
        end

        table.insert(lines, "")
    end

    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(buf, 0, -1, false, lines)

    -- Apply highlights
    for _, hl in ipairs(highlights) do
        vim.api.nvim_buf_add_highlight(
            buf,
            -1,
            hl.group,
            hl.line,
            hl.start,
            hl.finish
        )
    end

    vim.cmd("split")
    vim.api.nvim_win_set_buf(0, buf)
    vim.api.nvim_buf_set_name(buf, "fidget://history.md")

    local opts = { buffer = buf, noremap = true, silent = true }
    vim.keymap.set("n", "q", "<cmd>close<cr>", opts)
end