Add commandline argument for debug log buffer size

qutebrowser/network/qutescheme.py

@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ class QuteHandlers:
     @classmethod
     def qute_log(cls):
         """Handler for qute:log. Return HTML content as bytes."""
+        if log.ram_handler is None:
+            text = "Log output was disabled."
+        else:
             text = cgi.escape(log.ram_handler.dump_log())
         return _get_html('log', '<pre>{}</pre>'.format(text))
 

qutebrowser/qutebrowser.py

@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ def _parse_args():
     debug.add_argument('--logfilter',
                        help="Comma-separated list of things to be logged "
                        "to the debug log on stdout.")
+    debug.add_argument('--loglines',
+                       help="How many lines of the debug log to keep in RAM "
+                       "(-1: unlimited).",
+                       default=1000, type=int)
     debug.add_argument('--debug', help="Turn on debugging options.",
                        action='store_true')
     debug.add_argument('--nocolor', help="Turn off colored logging.",

qutebrowser/utils/log.py

@@ -85,19 +85,20 @@ def init_log(args):
     except AttributeError:
         raise ValueError("Invalid log level: {}".format(args.loglevel))
 
-    console, ram = _init_handlers(numeric_level, args.color)
+    console, ram = _init_handlers(numeric_level, args.color, args.loglines)
     if args.logfilter is not None and numeric_level <= logging.DEBUG:
         console.addFilter(LogFilter(args.logfilter.split(',')))
     root = getLogger()
     if console is not None:
         root.addHandler(console)
+    if ram is not None:
         root.addHandler(ram)
     root.setLevel(logging.NOTSET)
     logging.captureWarnings(True)
     qInstallMessageHandler(qt_message_handler)
 
 
-def _init_handlers(level, color):
+def _init_handlers(level, color, ram_capacity):
     """Init log handlers.
 
     Args:
@@ -119,7 +120,10 @@ def _init_handlers(level, color):
         console_handler.setLevel(level)
         console_handler.setFormatter(console_formatter)
 
-    ram_handler = RAMHandler(capacity=500)
+    if ram_capacity == 0:
+        ram_handler = None
+    else:
+        ram_handler = RAMHandler(capacity=ram_capacity)
         ram_handler.setLevel(logging.NOTSET)
         ram_handler.setFormatter(ram_formatter)
 
@@ -264,7 +268,10 @@ class RAMHandler(logging.Handler):
 
     def __init__(self, capacity):
         super().__init__()
+        if capacity != -1:
             self.data = deque(maxlen=capacity)
+        else:
+            self.data = deque()
 
     def emit(self, record):
         self.data.append(record)