PR: Add possibility to disable history logging

spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/widgets/client.py

@@ -131,7 +131,10 @@ def __init__(self, plugin, id_,
         self.options_button = options_button
         self.stop_button = None
         self.reset_button = None
+        self.enable_history_button = None
         self.stop_icon = ima.icon('stop')
+        self.history_icon = ima.icon('history')
+        self.history_disabled_icon = ima.icon('history_disabled')
         self.history = []
         self.allow_rename = True
         self.stderr_dir = None
@@ -403,6 +406,21 @@ def get_toolbar_buttons(self):
         """Return toolbar buttons list."""
         buttons = []
 
+        # Code to add the history enable/disable button
+        if self.enable_history_button is None:
+            self.enable_history_button = create_toolbutton(
+                                   self,
+                                   text=_("Enable/disable history"),
+                                   icon=self.history_icon,
+                                   tip="",
+                                   toggled=self.history_button_toggle_handler)
+            self.enable_history_button.setChecked(True)
+            if is_dark_interface():
+                self.enable_history_button.setStyleSheet(
+                        "QToolButton{padding: 3px;}")
+        if self.enable_history_button is not None:
+            buttons.append(self.enable_history_button)
+
         # Code to add the stop button
         if self.stop_button is None:
             self.stop_button = create_toolbutton(
@@ -600,6 +618,19 @@ def reset_namespace(self):
         self.shellwidget.reset_namespace(warning=self.reset_warning,
                                          message=True)
 
+    @Slot(bool)
+    def history_button_toggle_handler(self, checked):
+        """Handle history logging button toggles."""
+        self.history_enabled = checked
+        if checked:
+            self.enable_history_button.setToolTip(
+                    _("History logging enabled"))
+            self.enable_history_button.setIcon(self.history_icon)
+        else:
+            self.enable_history_button.setToolTip(
+                    _("History logging disabled"))
+            self.enable_history_button.setIcon(self.history_disabled_icon)
+
     def update_history(self):
         self.history = self.shellwidget._history
 

spyder/utils/icon_manager.py

@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
     'pythonpath':              [('spyder.python-logo-up', 'spyder.python-logo-down'), {'options': [{'color': '#3775a9'}, {'color': '#ffd444'}]}],
     'findf':                   [('fa.file-o', 'fa.search'), {'options': [{'scale_factor': 1.0, 'color': MAIN_FG_COLOR}, {'scale_factor': 0.6, 'color': MAIN_FG_COLOR}]}],
     'history':                 [('fa.history',), {'color': MAIN_FG_COLOR}],
+    'history_disabled':        [('fa.history',), {'color': 'gray'}],
     'help':                    [('fa.question-circle',), {'color': MAIN_FG_COLOR}],
     'lock':                    [('fa.lock',), {'color': MAIN_FG_COLOR}],
     'lock_open':               [('fa.unlock-alt',), {'color': MAIN_FG_COLOR}],

spyder/widgets/mixins.py

@@ -1284,6 +1284,8 @@ class SaveHistoryMixin(object):
 
     append_to_history = None
 
+    history_enabled = True
+
     def __init__(self, history_filename=''):
         self.history_filename = history_filename
         self.create_history_filename()
@@ -1298,6 +1300,9 @@ def create_history_filename(self):
 
     def add_to_history(self, command):
         """Add command to history"""
+        if not self.history_enabled:
+            return
+
         command = to_text_string(command)
         if command in ['', '\n'] or command.startswith('Traceback'):
             return