(savehist-mode): Don't bother with `custom-set-minor-mode.

(savehist-coding-system): Check XEmacs version.
(history-length): Declare also at run time.
(savehist-mode): Don't emit a message.  Don't run the minor mode hook.
Don't set the customize state.
(savehist-minibuffer-hook): Special case for when
minibuffer-history-variable is equal to t.

lisp/ChangeLog

+2005-11-14  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@xemacs.org>
+
+	* savehist.el (savehist-mode): Don't bother with `custom-set-minor-mode.
+	(savehist-coding-system): Check XEmacs version.
+	(history-length): Declare also at run time.
+	(savehist-mode): Don't emit a message.  Don't run the minor mode hook.
+	Don't set the customize state.
+	(savehist-minibuffer-hook): Special case for when
+	minibuffer-history-variable is equal to t.
+
 2005-11-14  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 	* files.el (write-file): Refresh VC status.

lisp/savehist.el

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ;; Author: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
 ;; Keywords: minibuffer
-;; Version: 19
+;; Version: 23
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 
@@ -64,9 +64,7 @@
 Set this by calling the `savehist-mode' function or using the customize
 interface."
   :type 'boolean
-  :set (if (fboundp 'custom-set-minor-mode)
-           'custom-set-minor-mode
-         (lambda (symbol value) (funcall symbol (or value 0))))
+  :set (lambda (symbol value) (savehist-mode (or value 0)))
   :initialize 'custom-initialize-default
   :require 'savehist
   :group 'savehist)
@@ -135,12 +133,14 @@ You can use this hook to influence choice and content of variables to
 save."
   :type 'hook)
 
-(defvar savehist-coding-system
-  ;; UTF-8 is usually preferable to ISO-2022-8 when available, but under
-  ;; XEmacs, UTF-8 is provided by external packages, and may not always be
-  ;; available, so even if it currently is available, we prefer not to
-  ;; use is.
-  (if (featurep 'xemacs) 'iso-2022-8 'utf-8)
+;; This should be capable of representing characters used by Emacs.
+;; We prefer UTF-8 over ISO 2022 because it is well-known outside
+;; Mule.  XEmacs prir to 21.5 had UTF-8 provided by an external
+;; package which may not be loaded, which is why we check for version.
+(defvar savehist-coding-system (if (and (featurep 'xemacs)
+					(<= emacs-major-version 21)
+					(< emacs-minor-version 5))
+				   'iso-2022-8 'utf-8)
   "The coding system savehist uses for saving the minibuffer history.
 Changing this value while Emacs is running is supported, but considered
 unwise, unless you know what you are doing.")
@@ -157,21 +157,19 @@ The contents of this variable is built while Emacs is running, and saved
 along with minibuffer history.  You can change its value off
 `savehist-save-hook' to influence which variables are saved.")
 
-(defconst savehist-no-conversion (if (featurep 'xemacs) 'binary 'no-conversion)
-  "Coding system without conversion, used for calculating internal checksums.
-Should be as fast as possible, ideally simply exposing the internal
-representation of buffer text.")
+;; Coding system without any conversion, used for calculating an
+;; internal checksum.  Should be as fast as possible, ideally simply
+;; exposing the internal representation of buffer text.
+(defconst savehist-no-conversion (if (featurep 'xemacs) 'binary 'no-conversion))
 
-(defvar savehist-loaded nil
-  "Whether the history has already been loaded.
-This prevents toggling `savehist-mode' from destroying existing
-minibuffer history.")
+;; Whether the history has already been loaded.  This prevents
+;; toggling savehist-mode from destroying existing minibuffer history.
+(defvar savehist-loaded nil)
 
-(eval-when-compile
-  (when (featurep 'xemacs)
-    ;; Must declare this under XEmacs, which doesn't have built-in
-    ;; minibuffer history truncation.
-    (defvar history-length 100)))
+(when (featurep 'xemacs)
+  ;; Must declare this under XEmacs, which doesn't have built-in
+  ;; minibuffer history truncation.
+  (defvar history-length 100))
 
 ;; Functions.
 
@@ -210,15 +208,6 @@ which is probably undesirable."
 	 (savehist-uninstall)
 	 (signal (car errvar) (cdr errvar)))))
     (savehist-install))
-
-  ;; End with the usual minor-mode conventions normally provided
-  ;; transparently by define-minor-mode.
-  (run-hooks 'savehist-mode-hook)
-  (if (interactive-p)
-      (progn
-        (customize-mark-as-set 'savehist-mode)
-        (unless (current-message)
-          (message "Savehist mode %sabled" (if savehist-mode "en" "dis")))))
   ;; Return the new setting.
   savehist-mode)
 (add-minor-mode 'savehist-mode "")
@@ -373,8 +362,11 @@ Does nothing if savehist-mode is off."
 	(error nil))))))
 
 (defun savehist-minibuffer-hook ()
-  (add-to-list 'savehist-minibuffer-history-variables
-	       minibuffer-history-variable))
+  ;; XEmacs sets minibuffer-history-variable to t to mean "no history
+  ;; is being recorded".
+  (unless (eq minibuffer-history-variable t)
+    (add-to-list 'savehist-minibuffer-history-variables
+		 minibuffer-history-variable)))
 
 (provide 'savehist)