https://github.com/bast/history-window

Show command history "picture-in-picture" when teaching command line.
https://github.com/bast/history-window

bash history terminal

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Show command history "picture-in-picture" when teaching command line.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bast/history-window
• Owner: bast
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-04-06T15:04:43.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-07T07:20:26.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-30T09:11:45.217Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: bash, history, terminal
• Language: Shell
• Homepage:
• Size: 386 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: history-window.sh
  • License: LICENSE

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# history-window

Show command history "picture-in-picture" when teaching command line.

**Requires Bash.**

Motivation for this:

- This is nice for people using a tiling window manager

- Only two commands to run, I guess could be collapsed to one

- Only one terminal to deal with

- Less for me to do and prepare before the lesson starts

## Demo

![demo](demo.gif)

## Installation

```bash

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bast/history-window/main/history-window.sh

source history-window.sh

```

The nice thing is that it does not install or modify anything permanently. Once

you close the terminal, it's gone.

Only thing left behind might be:

- `history-window.sh` which we downloaded

- `~/history.txt` which is the history file written to by the script

## Status and roadmap

- There are rough edges. Improvements are welcome.

- Resizing kind of works, but requires a `clear` to redraw the window.

- Currently only Bash. Let's add support for [fish](https://fishshell.com/)?

## Similar projects

- https://github.com/rkdarst/prompt-log