possible to edit the database about autojump HOT 7 CLOSED

Normally paths that don't exist anymore are not used in the ranking, so autojump should still work properly. They are still kept in the database in case they were on a removable drive, so that you will be able to use autojump with removable drives.

Is there any specific reason you want to remove these paths from the database?

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@joel - My highest weighted path per jumpstat was /dev/shm which is where I do compiling, scratch files, etc. I recently switched it to /tmp/scratch and whenever I'd hit 'j' autojump would take me to the highest ranked path which I don't use anymore. I just nuked the ~/.local/share/autojump and rebuilt my db. Having the ability to remove a line from the history would be a cool feature.

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I think you have a good point. I see two options here: either add an option to autojump to remove paths, which is easy but not very flexible; or switch to a text format for the autojump file. What do you think?

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@joelthelion - agreed. I think the latter represents the most flexible and simplistic option moving forward. It's akin to the ~/.bash_history to me. Good idea.

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I've implemented a new text format in a new branch (text_format). I haven't written the migration code yet, but you can already try it, it will simply create a new database file.

Comments welcome!

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The code is now ready in the "text_format" branch, can you test it and tell me what you think?

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I've merged the code into master. Been using it for a few days, and it works great. Please re-open if there is a problem.

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